65. Food Before Pride

"We followed the aqueduct for three hours," the man said. "You can't be telling me you own everything inside this valley now. Is that right, Carlos Goldwin?"

Carlos looked at the five Lords and eight troops behind him.

Four of the troops had shields while the other four carried axes and large gathering bags. They had more people, but none of them moved after seeing Kaia and Brann.

"I have a temporary claim," Carlos answered. "I don't own the valley permanently." He didn't know if they were friendly or not. From the way the man spoke, he definitely was not friendly.

The man frowned before opening the district information again.

"Cedric Vale. Level 2 territory. We found this area on our own." He spoke as if Carlos and his group hadn't done the same.

"Yeah, you came after we had already repaired the aqueduct," Cosmic said from the side, making Cedric frown even harder.

Cedric looked at him. "And you are?"