I was training Livia and Orphe in swordsmanship. I was training then in altering the magic power inside their bodies, but they surprisingly were both able to get the feel for it.
The one most surprised by this was Livia. “…I certainly heard about altering magic power, but back then I wasn’t able to do it too well.”
…On really? However just now Livia was able to figure out the basics of the water sword art. The feeling of water attribute magic in her body was unmistakably the real thing. “Could it be your name?”
“…Since that’s the biggest change in me lately, that might be so.” …Maybe the fact that I’d tamed them made it easier for me to perceive their magic power.
The water sword art was a school that focused on increasing your ability to concentrate, allowing your to pre-emptively read your opponents moves. Livia’s Iai brought instant death in a single attack, so it seemed to match her combat style quite well.
I glanced over to Orphe. He was struggling. With his fists clenched, he tried controlling the magic power in his body.
However, he released his control after a fixed period. It was roughly a minute.
“Haa, haa…” After panting roughly a few times, he went back to fine tuning the magic in his body. …Livia might be a lot more talented in this.
“Don’t push yourself there Orphe.”
“I get it… It’s just that in order to attain the power to beat my brother, I need to do whatever it takes to learn this.” Saying this, Orphe started shaping the magic power in his body. …His magic power showed signs for being suitable for the fire attribute. It matched his power based fighting style very well.
As I watched Orphe, Livia came up to me. “By the way, which attribute are you talented in lord Crest?”
“More or less, all of them.”
“Eh!? All of them!?”
“Contrary to how it sounds, it’s not really that great. It would be a problem if I fail to match advantageously against my opponent.” My swords teachers called me more of a jack of all trades, master of none.
“That’s still pretty amazing.”
“Not really though. …Well, it’s pretty helpful right now. It makes it a lot easier for teaching everyone the basics like this.” Only the basics though. Once they get stronger, then they’ll have to rely on self study. We continued our sword training until noon.
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Once lunch was over, I looked to the pile of lumber that had been gathered. …It’s quite the pile for sure. The surrounding area was reclaimed as a by-product, and we could now look out over the opened up area. Now our enemies won’t be able to sneak up on us through the tree cover.
Next I just need to use the wood to make a defensive wall. I searched construction technique for the best wall I could build. However, it seems like stone would really be the better material to use for this.
Now was not the time to make such an advanced wall though, so I’ll just make a wood wall for now.
I decided where the border between inside and outside the village. I activated the skill there and built a wooden wall. I walked the perimeter of the village while building more.
“Th, that’s incredible… it’s all done in an instant.” The werewolves spoke out in surprise. …They’re certainly right about that. The two metre tall wooden wall was quite sturdy and didn’t move at all when they tried shaking it. I doubt any half hearted monster would be able to bust through it.
The werewolves followed behind me, checking that the finished walls were sturdy. Soon enough, I’d finished building the wall with all the wood I’d needed.
All it needs now are some watch towers and it’s done. With the remaining wood, I focused on the northern side. Then I made a single tower on the east. …It was just a precaution against the off chance the slime tribe attacks us.
“A, amazing! Such a tall building! Let’s go check out the top!” Werewolves and goblins harmoniously used the ladder to get up top. I gave them a glance before looking at the wall.
It looks pretty sweet. I’d put a four gates in it, with one in each cardinal direction. They’ll be usually latched shut to prevent any trespassers. If I had to say though, I wish I could have built it with stone. It would have been a lot sturdier that way.
Even so, this was still more than enough of a workload for a single day. I can’t use it in battle, but this construction technique is quite the skill to have.
“You’re amazing lord Crest. I can’t believe you could build all this so quickly.” Livia stated honestly.
“Seriously… Even though us werewolves could only build a village to that level after several tens of days, you can build this so quickly…” On the other hand, Orphe had a complex expression which mixed his astonishment and joy as he spoke. I’m much more impressed that everyone could gather so much wood than that. I could only work that fast since I got that amount of wood so quickly.
“It’s starting to look a lot like more village-like now.”
“Village-like you say… It’s at the level that I’ve never seen a village like this before. Seriously, I’m glad I followed you.” Orphe had a wry smile.
I followed the other two up into a watch tower and looked out over the outside. …Yup, we can see things clearly. We can also probably shoot from the watchtowers with bows.
“Guess I’ll need to make some weapons too… Oh right, what level of weaponry do the northern werewolves have?”
“About the same as the swords we all have. They don’t have nice swords like the ones you make.”
“…So basically, even just changing out your weapons should raise our war potential quite a bit then?”
“Yeah. It probably would.” I’m glad to hear that.
“We should probably collect some more iron magic ore then. We should strengthen our weapons while I’m upgrading everyone’s gear.”
“Alright. I’ll emphasise collecting that starting tomorrow.”
“Yeah, thanks.” The three of us watched the beautiful sunset. …Time to do all I can so we can watch this scenery forever.