Finally. Are you sure you're going to follow me at ......?
Yes, I have been ordered to accompany the Barca Mercenaries on this mission. I have been ordered to accompany the Barca Mercenaries on this mission. I have been asked to assist the Barca Mercenaries, who have no knowledge of the area.
I see. Well, good luck with that, Oliva.
A few days had passed since I met with Banerjee.
In the meantime, the Barca Mercenaries had been waiting for a long time, and they were sometimes quite busy for some reason.
As soon as they arrived, they also prepared a rest day to take their fatigue away, but sometimes that was basically not necessary.
This is because the members of the mercenary group can use a magic called 【Meditation】.
After using it and resting well and soundly for a night, most of the tiredness will disappear completely.
So, although the fatigue of the long journey was quickly removed, there were many things to do afterwards.
We had a mansion as a place to stay, but it wasn't enough to have a place to stay.
Especially important was food.
They needed to prepare enough food to feed a large family of a hundred people.
And I needed to take care of my weapons.
By the time I got here, I had handed over the weapons to the mercenaries.
These are the iron weapons used by the magicians that I got in the magic labyrinth of the Brillia Mage Kingdom.
The various weapons such as swords, spears, bows and axes, however, are not as sturdy as the Hard Fang Sword.
If you use it, it will naturally be damaged, and if you neglect to care for it, it will become useless.
They had taken care of such weapons themselves, but in the end, they were amateurs.
All of the people here are guys who have lived under the Spiritual Peak and have no proper knowledge or skills.
However, there were many people in this place who specialize in such work.
After all, this is the land where Gran was born, so there are only so many artisans.
In Banagher's opinion, we've lost a lot of good craftsmen, but it's still a lot better than just caring for weapons within a mercenary group.
So when I tried to ask Banagher to take care of it, he simply refused.
He was busy, as expected.
But he wasn't left out completely.
They sent Oliva to me.
The man who had guided me to Banagher when I came here.
He told me to ask Oliva for information on a good craftsman, and he told me.
After that, I continued to ask Oliva about the country in one way or another, while I prepared for the battle that was coming up in a few days.
When the day came, Oliva was going to join us and the Barca Mercenaries as a matter of course, and we were going to work together.
Apparently, I've been ordered from above to work with the Barca Mercenaries.
This is honestly a big help.
The plan is to go down by boat and raid the lumberyard, but of course we've never been there.
Of course, we've never been down there, because we might be in trouble without someone like Oliva who knows the area.
Speaking of which, I wonder how many people ended up going to the lumberyard?
I hear it's going to be about 2,000.
"Two thousand. Is that number enough for your plan?
I think it depends on how well you do on ...... Ian-dono. That's my personal opinion.
It's true that Ian, the warrior of Atmos, is strong, but... It's kind of choppy, isn't it?
To be honest, the situation in this sub-nation is too different from what it was before. No one can make accurate predictions, and that's why there is warfare, and why the Orient has managed to keep it together. You could say that's why there is warfare, and in some respects, the Orientals have managed to keep it together.
"Hmm? What do you mean, Oliva? I don't understand what you're saying.
Or perhaps you're going to go into battle with no hope of winning?
Are you sure you're okay, Orient State?
I think so after hearing Oliva's story, but it seems that the people of this country have their reasons.
The existence of magic is a big part of it, Alphonse-dono. In the country of Orient, some people have been able to use magic. I've heard that they are all very useful. But that magic has spread to other countries as well.
Oh, that's the story. I see, so where there was no magic before, there's something useful called magic. Does that mean it's having a big impact on the battlefield?
'That's right. There are some spells that are useful in battle, such as [Physical Strengthening], but the one that has a particularly big impact is [Wall Architecture] or [Wall of Atmos]. Just by casting a single word of the spell, a wall can be built in the blink of an eye. It's also a huge wall that even the warriors of Atmos can't get over in an instant. Its impact is immeasurable.
After all, the influence of magic is huge.
I've heard that magic that builds walls that can be defended in a short period of time is quite a presence.
It's not just a matter of time before you get to the point where you can get your hands on it.
It's a good thing, but it's also a good thing that the influence of what brother Ars has done is evident here as well.
It's a good idea.
And that's also true of the lumberyard of this operation.
Unlike previous lumberyards, the walls may be more defensible than ever before.
Or the wall could be built up in the middle of the fight.
Maybe the people who have fought here up until now have not been able to keep up with such a drastically changed battlefield environment in their thinking.
The battlefield with magic.
It is said that in this small group of nations where new ways of fighting are spreading, breaking the conventional wisdom, some people who were previously considered excellent tacticians are now losing.
That's why, Oliva says, we won't know what will happen until we finally open the lid.
'What do you think, Elvis? You've been fighting with your brother Ars using Barca's magic, haven't you?
Yes. Well, I don't think there's any problem during battle. The [Atmos Wall] is a magic that uses much more magic power than [Clearing] or [Soil Improvement], and those with a low amount of magic power can't use it or use it less often. I don't think it will be much of a problem as long as you have a firm grasp on the location of the pre-built defensive walls, and just pay attention to being divided by the walls.
"Really?
It's not a good idea. You can't use the original long-distance attacks, such as the shotgun and ice spear, against these guys. I think there are many ways to fight if you only build walls and fortify your defense. However, there is no doubt that in a siege, the attacker is basically in a tough spot.
I see.
Come to think of it, for some reason, the magic that brother Ars can use is spread in this east with restrictions.
I'm sure that besides [Scattering] and the like, you couldn't use [Create Salt Field] and the like.
If there was a magic that could attack from a distance in the first place, Banagher and the others wouldn't have asked for a soft magic tree to make a magic bow.
While discussing this with Oliva and Elvis, we boarded the boat.
The mercenaries and other Orientals are packed into a small boat to go down the river, and we are off.
If we make it down the river in one piece, we'll find a lumberyard in the river.
We began to move with the flow of the water towards it.