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Chapter 108
Chapter 108: Into the Mountains
The first contact between the two races came to a smooth conclusion under Oswald’s guidance, and the honest, simple dwarves were soon welcomed by the soldiers.
Even though the Duke emphasized that what the dwarves needed to do during this period was recover their health, they were unwilling to eat every day and then simply lie down. One by one, they all voluntarily began helping the soldiers with their work.
It was rather amusing. Humans and the demon race clearly had the smallest differences between them, and there was not even reproductive isolation between them. Yet the soldiers of the current Northern Territory felt an immediate kinship with the dwarves, and their relationship quickly warmed.
Everyone was harmonious. They had cried together, and now it was time to build their future homeland.
Ŵ е̊b̆ ñǒ.v̈ е̇ ĺ _Еǹ u mа
Outside the city, everything was busy. The sites for the new villages were officially selected. Looking at the planning map, a large number of small villages had already been established in orderly layers across the vast funnel-shaped land between Broad Valley City and Ice City. Only the village layout between several rivers was somewhat disorderly.
“Here. The cement plant and brick factory can be expanded.”
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Oswald tapped the map with his finger and pointed to the locations of several iron mines southwest of Broad Valley City, right next to the mountains.
“Continue allocating manpower there. From this place onward, we will build a cement road all the way to the Western Pastoral Region, and use the materials produced here to build a prosperous great city for the herders.”
“And the warehouses. Right now, the coal mines on Ice City’s side have a very large output. Broad Valley City must properly perform its storage and transit function. Whether it is Starfall City to the north or the Western Pastoral Region, the coal resources they need must be transported from your side.”
Londo hurriedly wrote everything down in his little notebook. During this period, he had only been focused on land reclamation and iron smelting, and had neglected this fresh thing called cement.
Wе̌ b n òv̊ è l Е̇n̈ u m а
“If you are too busy, you can recruit more people. As long as they can help you, write a report and send it to Ice City. Ice City will pay their wages.”
“After next year’s spring plowing ends, you must shift your work focus to recruiting the new army, especially cavalry! For the specific affairs, you must contact Marquis Barton more often and complete the handover properly.”
Sensing the Duke’s intention to place importance on him, Londo quickly nodded. “Leave it to me, my lord. I guarantee that not a single soldier I train will disappoint you.”
“It is just…” Londo chuckled, then thickened his face and said, “Well, Lord Duke, can I have a share of the division commander position?”
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Londo had already seen it. Division Commander Kate would most likely be stationed in the south year-round. Since Broad Valley City’s army would be expanded next year, then as the person in charge, should he not also be promoted a little?
If Lord Duke had not appointed generals this year—arrested them, rather—he might still be serving as a lord in the county. Of course, developing people’s livelihoods was not bad either, but the army was where the broader world lay for him.
Е.n_ū_m̆ а
Sometimes, when he thought about it, just how high did a military rank have to be before it counted as high?
Oswald smiled helplessly and promised him, “Using the Fourth Regiment as the foundation, I will allow you to recruit two infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment. However, do not set your sights on the Third Regiment. I need to be able to transfer those elites of the Third Regiment to Starfall City at any time.”
“Yes!”
Londo’s grin nearly split all the way to the back of his ears. He straightened his back and replied loudly, “I will definitely do well as this division commander!”
“You are already a veteran general, yet you still care about these nominal positions.”
Oswald clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the map again, specifically at the mountain range stretching north of Broad Valley City.
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He planned to build this mountain range into the dwarves’ new homeland. In such complex terrain, as long as there were several thousand dwarf soldiers, even if Starfall City fell, the dwarf army would still be able to buy time for Broad Valley City’s counterattack.
When it came to mountain warfare, dwarves were experts. He really had no idea how they managed it with those short little legs.
Several large, flat valleys had all been circled on the map by Londo. However, Oswald did not intend to place the first dwarves who joined the Northern Territory too far away, so the valley closest to Broad Valley City became his primary target.
“Tell me. What do you think of this place?”
Londo stepped forward. Seeing that Lord Duke had indeed taken a fancy to this valley, he rubbed his hands and introduced it somewhat awkwardly.
“The land here is fertile, and supporting tens of thousands of dwarves should not be a problem. It is just, my lord, when the soldiers went to investigate, they said there were strange sounds in the mountains.”
En u̇ m.а́
Oswald was silent for a while. “What sounds? Running water?”
“No. They sounded like muffled thunder.”
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Thunder…
Could it be some kind of magical beast?
Oswald carefully recalled the previous life, but he seemed not to have heard of any magical-beast disaster erupting in this area.
Seeing Lord Duke’s brows lower, Londo swallowed and quickly explained, “Please rest assured, my lord. I personally went to investigate and did not find any traces of large magical beasts.”
Ē n ù m å
“Then it can only be a dungeon.”
Oswald quickly made a judgment. In any case, there were already enough problems in this life. One more dungeon would not make much difference.
Londo was shocked. “A dungeon? My lord, should I send troops to deal with it?”
“That kind of narrow and chaotic terrain may even contain poisonous gas inside. It is inconvenient for the army to move.”
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Oswald raised his hand and directly rejected the plan.
The dungeons of this world were extremely dangerous. In the original work, one of the few times the Hero suffered a defeat happened in a dungeon. If Lilith had not used the Wishing Star to revive him, the Hero’s journey would have ended long ago.
Ё n úm̀ а
In human history, the number of dungeons conquered by adventurers could be counted on one hand, and most of them were still in the process of being raided.
Aside from various complex environments and the magical beasts constantly born inside, the deadliest thing in a dungeon was still the boss lurking in its deepest depths.
That thing would be A+ rank at the lowest.
After hesitating for a while, Oswald made a decision. “Once the dwarves migrate there, I will take Barton with me to have a look. Select an elite force and be ready to support us at any time.”
“Yes, Lord Duke.”
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Following the road that had been cleared through logging, Oswald led the dwarves and the construction team on the journey to their new homeland.
This time, Oswald truly broadened his horizons. As it turned out, dwarves climbed mountains on all fours. Their strong limbs allowed them to move across steep mountain peaks as if walking on flat ground. Even an eighty-nine-degree incline counted only as a slope to them.
As for descending a mountain, that was pure stat-checking. In any case, dwarves had thick skin and sturdy flesh. They just rolled straight down, and that was that.
If Deng Ai had possessed a dwarf army back then, hiss… Oswald did not dare imagine how smoothly they would have smuggled themselves through Yinping. Why cry? What are you crying for? Can you not see that this is all effort and sweat?
Along the way, Oswald kept paying attention to whether there were any strange sounds nearby. Once a dungeon completed its construction, after the number of magical beasts born within it reached saturation, they would definitely overflow onto the surface.
A sudden outbreak of magical-beast disaster was likewise an important sign used to judge the birth of a dungeon.
Е̌ ń ũ mа̊
Fortunately, during the nearly three-day journey, they did not encounter any magical beasts, nor did they hear the strange sounds mentioned in the intelligence.
After arriving safely at their destination, they saw that in the central area of the valley, right beside a small river, the soldiers who had previously come here to scout the road had already cleared an open space for them in advance.
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One thick tree after another had been cut down and piled up, making them convenient to use at any time.
“Everyone, start fires and cook first. After resting for a while, set up all the tents.”
Oswald gave the order, put on his sunglasses, and walked to the side with the map, repeatedly imagining the layout of the dwarves’ village.
There were still far too many trees in the Northern Territory. Fortunately, there were no extreme environmentalists in this world.
W̌ẽ b̈ñ o v̌е l E̊nūm̄ а
Oswald walked to the edge of the clearing and took out the Novice Village Staff from the System space. In the previous battle against the Blood-Robed Saintess, because of the goddess’ intervention, he had lost his own “companion” staff and could only use the beginner weapon the System had given him before.
The staff lit up. One Decaying Chain after another burst out from the ground, binding those great trees and uprooting them.
After shaking off the soil, Oswald controlled the chains and wrapped them around the trees, stripping away all of their branches and leaves. Finally, he sharply severed the trees at the roots, extracting straight trunks with extremely high efficiency.
Although magic could construct a wide variety of formulas, in terms of efficiency, Oswald still felt that the power of nature was easier to use.
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While raising the proficiency of his skill, he continuously expanded the range of the clearing. At the same time, the tree trunks used for building houses rapidly piled up as well.
The dwarves, who sensed the dense aura of undead magic, all felt their scalps go numb upon seeing this scene. Then they looked at the construction team, which turned a blind eye to it, and a new question surfaced in their minds.
Еn̄ u̇ m̌ӓ .і d
Do you people know… what your lord is?
Kindem walked over and mustered his courage to stand beside Oswald. At that moment, he only felt as if he were facing an undead beast.
He raised his hand tremblingly. “My lord, most of the woods over there are fruit trees…”
“Is that so? Then I will leave them for you.”
Oswald waved his staff and rapidly redirected the Decaying Chains.
The forest churned, and birds startled into flight. Glimpsing Kindem’s legs shaking uncontrollably, Oswald turned his head and laughed knowingly. “What is it? Say whatever you want.”
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Kindem pressed down on his disobedient legs and asked carefully, “My lord, are you undead?”
“Possibly.” Oswald pushed his sunglasses up with one hand. “In the process of resolving the curse, I lost many things, Kindem. Do not hate me for it.”
Since he could not control his legs, Kindem simply jumped onto a rock and sat down. As he watched Oswald cast spells, he asked, “Is the curse very powerful?”
“You would not want to see that thing.”
Oswald laughed heartily. “At least I still kept a human shape. That twisted mass would definitely become your most terrible nightmare.”
Kindem let out a long sigh. So the human kingdom was also suffering from the pain of a curse. As a former soldier, he could very well understand the price an army needed to pay when facing a disaster.
Еn̄ů m̈ а̇ . і d
And so, he sighed with emotion. “By my big beard, my lord’s army must have suffered terrible losses. Even you became like this.”
“Do not mention those useless fellows!”
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At some point, Barton had walked over. Hearing their conversation, he snorted angrily and said viciously, “If only they had been able to protect my lord, instead of my lord protecting them, Lord Duke would never have become undead!”
Oswald stopped casting spells, helpless. He turned around and pressed a hand on Barton’s shoulder.
“There are some things that only I could bear. Others cannot be blamed. Barton, I hope you can understand me as well.”
“A strong army makes a strong nation. If all of them came to guard me alone, then who would guard the Northern Territory? Sometimes, one should also not put too much faith in sayings like ‘a lion uses its full strength even when hunting a rabbit.’”
Ên ům а̀.іḋ
“The strong must learn to allocate their strength, and use the most reasonable amount of force to solve problems.”
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