This place was unlike any settlement he had seen since entering the Campbell Duchy. Whether it was the style of the buildings or the overall atmosphere of the settlement, everything felt remarkably unique.
What especially amazed him was that there was none of that overwhelming stench of excrement so common in most rural villages. The people's expressions didn't look like those of wanderers who had just arrived from faraway lands. Instead, they seemed like they had been living here for quite some time.
And then there were the roads.
The hard road surface seemed to be made of cement. But what baffled him was the absence of any nearby volcanoes—where on earth did they obtain these materials?
No matter where they got it from, using it for road paving was simply a waste!
In the southern regions of the Ryan Kingdom, plenty of lords were willing to purchase this material just to make their castle walls appear smoother, rather than resembling a pile of jagged, uneven stones.
Of course.
