The Alpha's Regret Return Of The Betrayed Luna (Addison) novel Chapter 305

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Chapter 305: Chapter 305 Leon’s New Role

Though confident in their own abilities, they knew that having multiple fallbacks was far better than being caught unprepared. With so few hands at their disposal, their best option was to build as many obstacles as possible to slow their enemies down.

And even when the pack eventually returned to reclaim this land, once the lingering biochemical traces had been dealt with, the traps would remain, ready for the pack’s continued use of the traps for defense.

What none of the four realized, however, was that while each worked separately on their own section of the border, they were all thinking and doing the same thing.

While the four were busy setting up defenses along the border, Addison had already received reinforcements from the border patrol and immediately sent them to help with the harvest.

The section leaders divided the extra hands among themselves, and their combined effort quickly increased the output by nearly 30 percent, which brought a smile to Addison’s face. She joined in the work as well, all while waiting for Elric to call her over.

Meanwhile, Lance had assigned two of the caravan’s best guards to stay by Addison’s side, ensuring her safety against any possible threat. But Addison, never one to let anyone stay idle, also put them to work in the fields. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

As she swung a long-handled sickle with its curved blade to cut through the wheat, one guard followed behind her, bundling the stalks together for collection once the donkey-drawn cart arrived.

The other guard kept close, about a meter away, also harvesting with the same type of sickle, turning their protective watch into a joint effort in the harvest.

"Princess, you should rest for a while and drink some water before you get dehydrated. Leave this work to the two of us..." said the guard bundling the wheat as he stretched forward, his back sore from bending too long. He tilted his head with a small crack, easing the stiffness in his neck.

"Yes, Princess, please take a break and let us handle the rest," the other guard added, wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve as he spoke.

But Addison shook her head as she looked around. A large section of the acre still remained untouched, and she realized that no matter how hard everyone worked, the progress was much slower than she had hoped.

Determined to change this, she resolved to push the research department and the mage tower to develop a machine or device that could speed up the harvesting process. That way, the western packs wouldn’t have to rely solely on manpower or, worse, compromise their defenses by pulling more people into the fields during planting and harvest seasons.

With the growing number of rogues, weakening a pack’s protection was far too great a risk.

She made sure to take note of this idea so she could bring it up with her father later. It was fortunate that she had been sent to the West, where she could witness firsthand how the people worked the fields.

Although she had also started a farm in the Midnight River Pack, the scale there couldn’t even compare to the vast farmlands of the west, so she had never realized this problem before. At Midnight River, everything generally met her expectations and stayed on schedule.

The workload in the fields was balanced, neither too heavy nor too light, and it provided them with enough options to survive and keep food on the table.

The West, however, was a different story. As the kingdom’s main granary, its terrain was perfectly suited for large-scale farming, which meant the fields stretched far wider. But that also meant most of their manpower had to be devoted to farming, leaving far fewer hands for anything else.