Fun Territory Defense Chapter 179 (Patreon)

Town Expansion On-site Inspection

When I went to the site, I found that indeed much of what used to be forest had been cut down. Seeing only tree stumps pockmarked and remaining on the ground, it was as if we were really at a forestry site.

Yet, the extent of the area was much larger than I had expected.

"...I can't believe they were cutting down so many trees, destruction of nature is a good thing."

I muttered, and Camsin tilted his head.

"Destruction of nature, sir? Trees grow everywhere..."

Camsin nodded his head in agreement. It is true that this world has too much nature, perhaps because there are not so many human beings. It is common to finally reach a human village after traveling along a long road with deep forests and mountains on the side.

It is the kind of world where you say you are going to the next town and return days or even weeks later if you are not careful. Such is the world.

When you think about it, it may not be a big problem if the forests around Seat Village go bald.

"...Yeah, let's not worry about it."

I mutter to myself as if to convince myself, and check the logging site again.

The adventurers' town is built along the city road, so it would look a little odd if it were expanded on the Wolfsburg Mountains side. It would look like an awkward L when viewed from above.

We're stumped.

"What should I make it look like?"

I look at the tree stump, racking my brain. Then Camsin, standing next to me, growled with a difficult look on his face.

"...Well, I guess. The advantage in a fight is the heights, but..."

"Talking about defense? Really, Camsin is so battle-conscious."

I was laughing, thinking that Camsin's thoughts were boyish, but suddenly a new image popped into my brain.

Indeed, the battlefield is often a battle for heights. If you shoot bows and arrows or throw stones from above, it will be difficult for those below to counterattack. Incidentally, even in a melee with weapons, it is difficult to fight if the opponent is a little higher than you.

Then Camsin's idea may be a very good one.

The problem is that Seat Village is located nearby, but we can use the adventurers' town as a defensive line because we are thinking mainly about Seat Village.

In other words, the town should not be able to be attacked in the direction of the Seat Village, while maintaining high offensive power on the road side and the Wolfsburg Mountains side.

Once that was decided, it was just a matter of shape and height.

In the direction of Seat Village, if we make the wall about five meters high, we should be okay even if the town is occupied. The rest is just shape..."

If we use the paved area as wide as possible, it will look like a transformed gradient. That seems a little odd to me, and if possible, I would like to elaborate the shape to match Seat Village.

And then, as I was thinking about this, I had a flash of inspiration.

Seat Village is a six-pointed star, so let's make the adventurer's town look like a moon. A crescent moon. Many countries, such as Turkey and Malaysia, use the moon and stars as their national flags. But no one has ever made the town's shape into a moon and a star.

"Okay. Let's survey."

I said, and immediately looked back at Borra and the others.

"Then, we will now prepare to build the town. First, let's make a simple map."

"Yes, yes!"

Borra and the others replied cheerfully, not really understanding. They had no idea that this would be a very difficult task.

"Well, maybe Borra-san's position should be a little more to the right. Or maybe the wall should be placed outside of the marker."

"Borra-san! Move it a little more to the right!"

Camsin directs his loud voice to the ground as he mouthing his concerns while looking at the view from above.

To this, Borra and the others, who were raising their iron round shields on the ground, quickly responded.

For now, we are watching the creation of a 20-meter part of the wall at the furthest point from Seat Village in the planned expansion area and having everyone in the mechanical archery unit stand in place from the top of the wall as a landmark, but it is more difficult than we had expected.

It's the same with the subtle distance, but I can't draw a good, clean arc.

"I think your hips are a little smaller than you'd like."

"Huh? Oh, that's true...I wonder if it will look different when the wall is actually built."

Arte and Tyll, who came later with tea and snacks to see how things were going, shared their thoughts. I feel like Arte has been able to properly voice his opinions lately.

"Yes, I know. I'm not looking at it from directly above, so my sense of size gets a little weird in the far distance. I don't know what to do. Should I get another ten or twenty people?"

I rack my brain as I receive my tea. I feel sorry for Borra and the others because they have been surveying for an hour already. While I was thinking about that, a loud voice echoed from the ground.

"What? Is someone calling me?"

I thought about peeking down, but I was afraid to show my face through the 20-meter walls. Since the fence had not yet been built, I took a creeping position and peeked over the edge.

"Van-sama! Do you need any help!"

"What? Why are you here?"

There were more than 20 knights of Arv and Roe, led by Dee, gathered on the ground. We had told them to take turns taking a week's rest after returning from the march, but for some reason, they had all gathered there wearing light armor.

And then one Dee disappeared.

"Van-sama!"

"Wow! You scared me!"

I looked away for a moment, and Dee had climbed to the top. I was still crawling on the ground and yelled out in surprise.

"Ha ha ha! I guess climbing stairs is good training too! I hope they make more stairs when they build the next castle wall!"

"What? You're going to use them for training?"

I quietly consider installing an elevator in my head, as Dee, the training idiot, starts to say something I don't understand. If it were up to me, they would make me go up and down until I collapsed.

"Well, at any rate, I'm glad Dee and the others are here. Can you give me a hand with this?"

I asked, and Dee nodded with a laugh.

"Leave it to me! I've asked Espada to defend Seat Village, so don't worry about your time!"

"That would be great."

I chuckled at Dee's enthusiasm and thanked everyone in my heart for giving up their holidays to come and help me. I am truly blessed with good friends.