Warlord: King of All Clans

Compared to the wars in the outside world, the Earldom of River Bay is still peaceful.

Because a large number of local skilled workers went to support the construction of the four cities and the militia was also recruited to defend the city, the northeastern region of Isenpol experienced a labor shortage after the spring plowing season.

In the plantation of Village No. 4 led by Knight Karl, only a group of female workers are left to maintain the operation of the plantation.

The land here is not suitable for growing cereals, only flax and antler cassava can be grown.

In a plantation covering tens of thousands of acres, thousands of workers are needed to work overtime during the busy farming season, but normally only one or two hundred people are needed to maintain it.

The female workers in the plantation stay in the fields all day long, manually weeding, fertilizing and catching insects on the crops.

Even though two hundred female workers may not be a big deal, the income they create by maintaining this economic plantation is no less than that of a thousand traditional farmers.

Outside a shed on the plantation, a cub that looked 60% like a gnoll and 40% like a kobold was standing guard in front of a nursery.

Because of his kobold bloodline, "Jackal" Edgar grew very fast. At the age of one and a half, he could run and jump, and knew how to hold a bowl to eat.

The nursery in front of him is filled with small potatoes planted by his "mother" Helin after work. These will be his food for the second half of the year.

In order to support her "son", He Lin had saved almost no money in the past two years and spent all her money on him.

I ate black bread while my son drank milk; I wore a coarse cloth smock while my son wore a small fur coat.

The plantation had its own cheap canteen, but only workers were allowed to eat there. Family members like Edgar had to go to the nearby market to buy food.

The manager of the shed took good care of Helin. He gave the nursery that originally belonged to him to Helin to manage, and also arranged a small compartment for her in the shed so that the mother and son would not be bullied by others.

For these refugees whose families have been broken up, such a life is good enough and they are close to having no worries about food and clothing.

Tiny Edgar had been standing guard in front of the nursery for a whole day. He had pulled out all the weeds and laid them out neatly in front of him. These were his trophies.

Seeing that it was almost time to get off work at the plantation, a group of human children suddenly broke into the shed area and headed straight for Edgar's nursery.

Edgar growled as if he was facing a formidable enemy, baring his teeth and arching his thin back in an attacking posture.

But he was only the size of a three-year-old child, and these five or six-year-old human children were not afraid of him at all.

The leading boy kicked Edgar to the ground and said in a mocking tone, "Jackal, jackal, not a gnoll, nor a kobold!"

Perhaps this is why Edgar was abandoned. He is a hybrid of a gnoll and a kobold, and his appearance is weird among both races.

Edgar didn't dare to resist, but threw himself on the bed and shouted, "Potatoes, mine, you bad boys!"

But the nursery was so large that it was no match for the children who were looting it.

Soon, every child dug a pocket of potatoes and ran away contentedly.

These small potatoes are very fragrant and delicious after being buried in the ashes and baked. They are the favorite snack of all the children in Village No. 4.

A child walked at the back and looked back at Edgar and invited him, "Edgar, we are going to roast potatoes by the river. Do you want to come?"

Edgar used his claws to dig up the small hole dug by the little robbers and restored the nursery to its original appearance, muttering, "Edgar, good boy, you can't play together!"

After a while, Helin, a plantation worker, got off work. Seeing Edgar covered in mud, she became furious and picked up a cane and hit Edgar twice on the back.

"You're not listening again! Your clothes are so dirty, you'll have to sleep on the floor tonight!"

Edgar was beaten while wagging his tail like crazy. When his human mother calmed down, he held up the weeds he had pulled out and boasted, "Mom, weeding!"

He Lin held her forehead with her hand and said, "Don't weed anymore. I don't want to wash your clothes. Also, don't dig up the soil to count potatoes anymore. If you do that, none of the potatoes will grow."

Edgar wagged his tail and just nodded, "Okay, Mom!"

He Lin looked at his stupid appearance and immediately lost her temper. She laughed and scolded, "What a stupid dog."

Young and ignorant Edgar had lower intelligence than human children. He would not be able to remember the words unless he was beaten too hard.

He Lin is young, only eighteen years old. Because she has eaten well in the Hewan Canteen in the past two years, her blood and qi are much more rosy than before, and she is healthy and has a slim figure.

She has a good appearance to begin with, and in the past two years she has attracted many young men from the work sheds. Even villagers from Village No. 4 have fallen in love with her because of her hard work and diligence.

They are local people who own houses and have jobs. They are completely different from the relocated refugees like them who can only live in collective sheds.

Tired as she was, Helin walked into the shed, took out a small stove, and prepared to cook for Edgar.

While making a fire, Helin took out half a wheat cake from her arms and handed it to Edgar, "Eat this to fill your stomach first."

This was food that was secretly brought out from the cafeteria. Although it violated the rules, the cafeteria auntie knew her situation and everyone turned a blind eye.

Edgar hugged the wheat cake and ate it madly, watching his mother light a fire and cook with admiration.

In his eyes, Helin was the best mother in the world, who fed and clothed him and held him in her arms to keep him warm in the winter.

He will protect his mother forever!

Although several bad humans came to the house and tried to bite his mother this year, he bravely drove them all away!

Helin felt helpless when she looked at her stupid son. Her three ex-boyfriends could not accept her son who was a werewolf, and the relationship ended in nothing.

With Edgar around, her boyfriend didn't dare to show too much affection for fear of being bitten.

Edgar has been educated by Helin to be very docile. Normally, he would not resist when being beaten. However, every time he saw his mother being bullied, he would become very ferocious and would start biting people even before he had teeth.

Most of the migrant women workers who worked in the shed at the same time as them found a place to go, and some couples even had their own cabins.

She is the best in every aspect, but she has never been able to find a suitable partner.

Her last boyfriend, on the surface, did not dislike Edgar, but secretly planned to drown Edgar in a water tank while she was out.

If the aunt in the shed hadn't discovered and rescued Edgar in time, the son she had raised with great difficulty would have been gone.

After this lesson, Helin never looked for a man again.

A pot of oatmeal was cooked for Edgar, with some dried beef cubes sprinkled in it. The women workers next door had already returned one after another.

Smelling the aroma of porridge, a female worker couldn't help but say with envy: "Eating potatoes by yourself and feeding broth to jackals, it really broadens your horizons."

He Lin was not in a good mood either. Upon hearing this, she immediately fought back, "What's wrong with raising a jackal? It can still guard the house in the future. Raising a man means losing both money and life, right?"

This female worker was eager to find a man, but she met the wrong person. Her savings were gambled away by her boyfriend, and they broke up miserably.

After this experience, after it got out, at least the young men on the plantation would no longer look down on her, so she had to look for someone else outside.

When she was told about her sore spot, the female worker immediately got furious and stood up, ready to curse.

At this time, the loud voice of the aunt who manages the work shed came from outside the door, "Helin! Helin! Bring your son out!"

Helin hurriedly carried Edgar out and saw the village chief of Karl Village No. 4 and a Rose Knight standing next to the dormitory manager.

The head of Village 4 looked at Edgar in Helin's hand and asked, "How old is this dog-headed man?"

He Lin quickly said, "One and a half years old."

The Rose Knight next to him said, "The dog-headed man is one and a half years old, and it is time for him to go to school."

He Lin was stunned. "What? My son has to go to school too?"