Chapter 33 Fortress

The construction on the hill is in full swing, and the expansion of the small fortress is growing at a speed that is almost visible to the naked eye. It is expected that this small square castle with a side length of 80 meters will be completed by this evening at the latest.

As for why it is so fast? The answer is also simple.

Who has ever seen a fierce man who can chop down a tree that three people can hug with one knife? And he can also cut off all the branches within a minute? Duan Kuan, holding a long knife, smiled but said nothing.

Who has ever seen a fierce man who can smash a 20-meter-tall, 2-meter-diameter tree trunk directly into the ground 7 or 8 meters deep with just five hammers? The injured Song Dachui smiled but said nothing.

Who has ever seen a man who can use a shovel to dig out a cubic meter of soil in three seconds? Wang Mumu was dismissive.

In short, building a castle with tree trunks and soil as the main body is just a piece of cake.

But such a castle is no big deal for enemies of the same level, so what is really important are the 14 captain-level archers. So even if they are injured at this moment, they have to stand at the highest point and use their sharp eyes to capture any suspicious traces.

At this time, after making sure that the enemy's vision was completely blocked, Zhang Yang accelerated the warming speed.

Two hours later, a ironwood tree with better texture than the previous one was successfully nurtured.

The elite-level reinforced long sword only left a white line when it was chopped down. Finally, the strongest swordsman in the village, Duan Kuan, was dispatched. He used his captain-level reinforced long sword to chop the tree 72 times in a row before the tree was completely felled.

"Village chief, this ironwood can cut at least 15 wooden spears and 30 arrow shafts."

After reporting, Wu Yuan started to get busy. He borrowed Duan Kuan's knife because other long knives could not cut at all.

Zhang Yang was already very tired at this time, but he still leaned on the Wood Demon Tower, quietly thinking about what he had missed.

For example, how did the deer demon make the mysterious enemies restrain each other and appear to be at peace?

"It should be the heavily-armored deer horn cavalry. As long as they are in an open area, they are indeed the natural enemy of archers and infantry. Moreover, the deer demon has a summoning spell. Its ultimate move can summon level 5 abyss evil spirits. In addition, its own body is strong enough to charge into battle at will."

"Assuming it builds the village in a flat area with a wide view and clears all the surrounding trees, then as long as there are a hundred heavily-armored deer-horned cavalry, at least the twenty captain-level soldiers I have now will not dare to provoke them. No, if there are less than fifty captain-level soldiers, I would be a fool to go to the wide plains to fight against those heavily-armored deer-horned cavalry."

Zhang Yang couldn't help but think of the more than one hundred heavily-armored deer-horned cavalrymen that appeared in the battle yesterday. They died miserably yesterday because this was a hill with many trees and they couldn't charge at all. Then they were killed head-on by wooden spears thrown at them.

But if it were on flat ground, believe it or not, even the fortress that Zhang Yang has expanded now would not be able to withstand their impact.

"So, this can also explain why the deer demon dared to lead its troops to attack even though it knew there was an equally powerful enemy waiting nearby. It was not worried at all that the enemy would raid its lair."

"Similarly, this can also explain why the mysterious enemy sent the little ghost to find me on the day the deer demon died in battle. This is definitely not a coincidence. The deer demon and the mysterious enemy must have been on guard against each other, and that's why they intervened in this war so quickly."

"Well, also, the deer demon is dead, and its village building order has been dropped, but will the village it built perish? It's unlikely, this is not a game."

"Before the deer demons set out yesterday, they must have left behind heroes or captain-level soldiers who could command the troops in their lair, and at least a hundred heavily-armored antler cavalrymen. So, have these little deer demons become wild monsters now? Just like the lone little demons I hunted before?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Yang was tempted. It was an organized wild monster, and that was the lair of the deer demon. There must be a lot of benefits.

Furthermore, he thought of another point. If the human villages in the past had died, then would the soldiers under his command who had not died also have turned into wild monsters and wandered in the wilderness? If he met them, could he recruit them?

"What a pity. This time, the wild monsters left by the deer demon will definitely be devoured by the mysterious enemy, and I still have to consider this do-or-die battle. Perhaps the only thing to be thankful for is that the main force of the mysterious enemy must be destroying the wild monsters left by the deer demon. They won't appear today, and maybe tomorrow, but they will definitely come the day after tomorrow."

"I hope I can still make it in time. After all, the only forces that can be restrained by the deer demon's heavily armored antler cavalry are infantry and archers. So this mysterious enemy of mine is definitely good at mountain warfare. He is my mortal enemy. If I can win this battle, my village will officially become the overlord of this area."

After thinking all this through, even though Zhang Yang was exhausted physically and mentally, he still felt an unprecedented passion and enthusiasm. Thinking back to when he first came here, he was so pitiful and lived in fear all day long. It was all thanks to his soldiers who risked their lives to carve out a way out, and finally got this barely adequate place to stay today.

If yesterday's battle with the deer demon was a matter of life and death, it was because he had no way to retreat.

Then the next battle will determine the future development of the village.

Whoever loses between him and the mysterious enemy will lose the right to control this area.

Only by winning this battle can we develop farming with peace of mind.

For the whole day that followed, the enemies did not show up again just as Zhang Yang had expected. After all, the deer demon had a third-level village building order, so his inheritance must be extremely rich.

If the subordinates of the deer demon turned into wild monsters after his death, they would definitely not be easy to deal with. Even if the mysterious enemy was very courageous and sent out his entire army, it would not be easy to defeat him in a short time.

Zhang Yang was just worried that the mysterious enemy had inherited the deer demon's legacy and would come up with some evil and terrifying trick.

Fortunately, his side is also developing quite well.

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The small fortress had been officially expanded before dusk, and had taken shape, relying on the hill and commanding an altitude of at least forty or fifty meters. This was extremely advantageous for Zhang Yang's side, which already had 14 captain-level archers.

I want to shoot you, but I can’t kill you!

However, this fortress can actually be further widened and strengthened, and then the mysterious enemy will really have no choice but to attack by force.

"It seems I have to hurry up and make some wolf-tooth arrows. After all, I don't know how strong the mysterious enemy will be after receiving the legacy of the deer demon."

Zhang Yang was looking at the dark night sky with emotion, and at this moment, a piece of information suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"Successfully built a level 1 fortress with a completion rate of 80%. Do you want to include this building in the village construction order system? Note: Including it in the village construction order system does not affect further improvement. When the completion rate reaches 100%, the fortress will be upgraded to level 2."

"Yes." Zhang Yang was slightly stunned, then agreed, and then several more pieces of information were mapped the next second.

"Level 1 fortress has been included in the village building order system. Since this is the first self-built village, the village prosperity is enabled. This means that 10 points of prosperity will increase the village livability by 1 point, 100 points of prosperity will increase the village cohesion by 1 point, and 1000 points of prosperity will increase the legend by 1 point."

"The village currently has four buildings, the village prosperity +13 (special building Wood Monster Tower +10), 1 point of village livability value (Note: after the livability value reaches 1000, natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, fires, droughts, etc. will not occur here)."

"Craftsman Zhao Tiezhu witnessed and participated in the construction of a level 1 fortress. He gained 10 points of construction proficiency."

"Craftsman Zhao Tiezhu participated in the production of 100 ordinary feather arrows. He gained 10 points of crossbow manufacturing proficiency."

"Artisan Zhao Tiezhu's main skill repair/manufacturing increases by 2 points each."

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(End of this chapter)