Why don't you build a village on top of the world tree

"This is Second Surveillance Tower Amane. Regular contact with headquarters. The Shadow of the Devil's Worm."

I used the flag signal to report everything to HQ, and I unloaded the flag.

Look at the window, also stating in the required work log that there is no sign of a demon bug.

"I've been wondering since you lived in the village, but this is how it's going."

I am now at the heart of the world tree, the trunk. East side of the trunk, to be exact.

I can't see things like towns and villages in the view outside from the window.

What exists instead is a sturdy wooden fortress.

Because the type of insect that can't fly through the sky, which is a threat to life, can twist up the trunk of the world tree, we monitor it with forts built on trunks and towers around them with warbug hunters around them.

Sometimes a demon bug can crush a village. It's a defensive building built to at least deal with non-flying demon bugs because they can't even lay defensive lines on their opponents.

There is no such thing as a war between humans in this world. Because the birth rate is extremely low, it is imperative to fall together if you kill each other, so when you wage war, it is the end of the line.

So the only thing around the trunk that is fortifications, things to see, and things to do is this anti-demon worm thing. I feel a little fresh.

"And that's funny"

I observe what the fort looks like outside the window.

It's a so-called log-house-style architecture that piles up Marutai upside down. In previous life, it is a simple wooden fort in the form known as Ostrog made in Russia.

I'm not worried that it's made of wood because I don't have to worry about getting burned more than the target being a demon worm.

It is also very sturdy and has thick walls due to its strength and the use of world-tree wood. He said he wouldn't collapse if he got a giant demon worm rampage, and would also bounce back at the corner of the Blue Beetle, a beetle-like demon worm.

It even exists for baristas against giant demon worms, so I can see the importance of fortifications around the trunk.

"If we don't get this far, we can't deal with the demon bugs coming up the trunk, so even the skyscraper will have to be built on branches away from the trunk. Convinced."

I have long wondered why they are built on branches, as it would be more convenient in terms of cost and strength to build them along the trunk.

I guess if you build it around the trunk, you're more likely to be attacked by demonic bugs. Especially the devil worms that crawl up the trunk seem to be many sturdy types instead of lacking the ability to fly.

Old people probably decided that it would be more sensible to build them on branches if they were to reduce the risk of demonic bugs raiding.

"In other words, because of the demon worm, the difficulty of building a skyscraper is increasing..."

I can't go down to the ground and sweep or anything. All past surveys of the roots of the world tree have come to an end as a result of the destruction of the investigation team. It is as if we do not know what is happening on the ground.

I found a round shadow slowly coming up from beneath the trunk as I continued my surveillance mission with a rough thought.

I will lift the flag signal and contact headquarters.

"Megasnail appearance, number three. Moving on to the crusade. That's it."

Let's get to work. Let's do that.

Put the flag aside and hold your favorite bow.

Megasnail is a demon worm with no aggressiveness. It is subject to crusade because it devours the leaves of the world tree, but it is also a rare demonic worm that attracts more attention to the benefits than the harm it causes.

This mega snail, a quick story, is snail. This is how they crawl up the trunk the day after it rains.

I lay an arrow on my bow and set my aim on the stupid big snail that comes up at the top.

I never saw the real thing, but you're really big. The shell has a diameter of several meters. You come up the trunk carrying something like that, so you're the bearer of unsightly powers.

If the figure is larger, the snail relaxed movement will also proceed at that rate.

Waiting for the megasnails to crawl up the trunk and arrive on the branches, I squeezed my bow.

I'm in the watchtower, and I shoot down an arrow with a high stake. The arrows released from the synthetic bow, which combined the branches of the world tree with the tentacles of the demonic worm, sounded the wind cut slightly to tear the universe apart.

I wonder where I'm going, and the arrows poke at the mega-snails that were poking my eyeballs out in the tourist mood.

The mega-snail stuck up to the arrow feathers shriveled the eyeballs that were sticking out and stopped moving.

Sad, but this is a hunt, isn't it?

Set your aim for both of the mega snails that came up later.

The two men who have come up to the branch find their companion shot dead, stop moving, and stick their eyeballs out to guard their surroundings. It's like a periscope.

You can see the surveillance tower I'm in, but you're too far away to realize there's an archer named me.

It was convenient that you were stopping me from moving, and I stared at the arrow and pulled the string.

The unleashed arrow shoots straight through the head of the megasnail and takes his life.

A survivor noticed the sniper pulled his body into the shell.

I take the penetrating, thin, pointed arrow out of the arrow bundle and pull the string. It's a slightly more difficult arrow to handle, but I won't remove it if it doesn't move.

The arrow I unleashed hits a trapped mega-snail shell, but its speed didn't fade and pierced the shell.

As a Demon Bug Hunter, I learned each Demon Bug steeple, and I nod when I see an arrow pierced. That's instant death.

I will ask HQ to report the end of the crusade and carry it with a flag signal.

The primary shell is made of calcium. The same applies to megasnails, which are also used in world trees to help birds form egg shells as a valuable source of calcium or as soil modifiers.

However, the most demanding is the use of building materials and lacquering.

Lacquering with lime extinguishing is a wonderful building material with excellent water and fire resistance. It is one of the important building materials in this world, where there is no stone, and it is a gratifying substitute that greatly increases the appearance variation of the building.

While appreciating the megasnail, I send it out to the haulier who came from the fort, the headquarters, to tell me where the megasnail carcass is located. We have a long shot with a bow and arrow, so we have quite a distance.

I watch from the watchtower that a mega snail can be placed on the cargo deck of a coyote car, while guarding the perimeter. Occasionally, demon bugs that prey on megasnails come later.

I got off the surveillance tower to pick up the hauler who came back loaded the coyote car with megasnail carcasses.

"Good luck"

Speaking up, the haulier nodded with a smile.

"Nice to meet you. You've just been seconded by Joynesley, and you're a good arm. Do you buy this mega snail?

"I think the request form is coming from Mr. Komatsu Chamber of Commerce, will you process it?"

"When it comes to the Comatsu Chamber of Commerce... Oh, speaking of which, Amane, you're also a Bridge builder. Even architecture using lacquer from now on?

"I'm not coming to the boulder to secure my own material. I'm just being asked to do this by the Comatsu Chamber of Commerce via the Devil Bug Hunter Guild in Yoinsley. You've come here to work as a Demon Bug Hunter."

Well, when I get home, the building request may have arrived at the office.

"Then I'll take the carcass of the megasnail straight to the fort. And one more thing, okay?"

"Yes, what is it?

The haulier who started moving the coyote car turns a bitter smile on me.

"Don't whine too much to yourself because you're lonely. Fort watchmen can't use their flags. They can use lip reading to handle emergencies, so they're creeping Mr. Amane out."

"... I'll be careful"

I want to go home and have tea with Richay soon......