I Noticed That It Was an Academy After 10 Years

203. That’s Not How War Works (9)

One week since restoration of the first line of defense.

We restored about half of the fortress.

It was an incredible feat. At this level, I think it would be worthy of a few lines in a history book.

Although my body was extremely tired, I was comforted by the fact that I was able to endure it thanks to Principal Merlin’s magic and the Phoenix’s protection.

“Even if I tell my friends what I saw, they won’t believe me.”

“I agree with that.”

“I didn’t know there was such a fun thing to see!”

Since it’s interfering with my work, can you just not talk to me? I thought about this as I built the strange white and black fortress tower.

It takes about 3,000 skills to build a fortress.

My stamina increased significantly thanks to the protection of the Phoenix, and my skills, mastered through continued frantic labor, began to improve little by little as I built the fortress.

The pace at which they were built was accelerating and becoming more elaborate, and now it is possible to get an estimate for the fortress’s reconstruction just by looking at them. This means that the fortress was destroyed and built with such great severity.

Now, it seemed like I could easily build a castle in the wilderness if I just put in the time and budget.

“Have you received any contact regarding reinforcements?”

“Hmm… There isn’t one.”

Lazy b*stards. This is why you perish in almost half of the endings. As the saying goes, there is nothing to say even if we call them the worst generation.

“Now that it’s like this… How about making choices and focusing?”

“What does it mean?”

“Every time a new plan comes out of your mouth, my heart flutters.”

“I agree.”

No, what did I do? At best, we just destroyed the fortress and rebuilt it. Isn’t that kind of normal? Harpas would have expected this as well.

Anyway, I told the Noik leaders to proceed quickly.

“Why don’t we just block people from passing through rather than rebuilding the fortress itself?”

“Is that what you mean by reducing the number of places to block? Huh…”

“It would be more advantageous to focus by reducing the number of blocking areas rather than spreading it out haphazardly.”

“Still, there must be someone who climb over the broken fortress?”

“You can block it by removing the poison or completely destroying the canyon. And, as soon as Harpas’ location is known, we will create an interception team and begin to subdue Harpas.”

“I don’t know if I’m being too hasty.”

“Mr. Kalinz. If you are Carlintz, you will know. “The side that takes the lead in the war will win.”

It was even more against Harpas. In the original work, the imperial army was swayed by Harpas’s resourcefulness, and the protagonist and his party managed to defeat Harpas through a counterattack, but it would be foolish to suffer the same thing in reality.

The surest way to victory was to use everything available to seize the initiative and cut off all of Harpas’ limbs. No matter how smart you are, if you don’t have arms and legs, you’re just a punching bag.

“That sounds fun!”

“I guess I can lay a trap with magic.”

“I guess I have nothing to do.”

“Just do the same as usual. “We just don’t rebuild.”

“It’s strange that the word ‘reconstruction’ sounds so casual…”

Everyone agreed as if they agreed with what Principal Merlin said.

“For now, we will proceed with the same schedule as before. And Archbishop Pierre, has the scout returned?”

“Not yet. Sir Quartz. “I’ll probably be back around sunset, so the scouts will be back by the time you get back.”

Well, since there are no cars or cell phones here, information gathering is bound to be slow. I gathered my equipment while hearing strangely realistic news from this place.

“I will destroy it to show you off.”

“Break it down well.”

Archbishop Pierre looked at me with a strange expression and tapped me on the shoulder.

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“This is the last fortress.”

“Haha! Let’s get it done quickly! It’s almost time to eat!”

“Don’t act rashly. Couldn’t Harpas have prepared something?”

It is now time for Harpas to respond as well. It looks like we haven’t been able to properly respond yet because we destroyed the fortress at an abnormal speed, but if he was such a brat, he wouldn’t have even been able to become the final boss of the second year in the original.

I made an estimate while looking up at the largest fortress in the far corner of the first line of defense.

It will take quite some time this time.

“I will dig a tunnel first.”

“Good work. “I will be cautious of my surroundings.”

“I’m going to take a look around here too!”

After doing this for so long, we now know our roles and each of us gets on with our work.

“It starts from quite far away.”

“Isn’t the fortress big? There will be more monsters, so I plan to make it a little safer.”

The key to tunnel construction is safety first. If you dig a tunnel half-way through, it will collapse and you won’t be able to do anything. I started messing around with the shovel as usual.

If we wanted to return before the sun set, we had to dig the tunnel a little faster.

One hour.

Two hours.

Three hours.

Just when it felt like quite a long time had passed, I wiped the sweat from my forehead as I looked at the tunnels dug in all directions.

This should be enough. I turned my head and looked at Principal Merlin. Principal Merlin was fiddling with his wand, putting his lighting magic here and there.

“I’m going to draw a magic circle, so take a break.”

“I knew. Production.”

After making a chair that was comfortable to rest on, I sank down on it. If I convert this into wages, I think I should receive a thousand gold coins per case. Should I make a serious request to the empire?

To be honest, you did that much work.

As he watched Principal Merlin draw a magic circle while thinking nonsense, his side felt itchy. Of course it was Rue.

[Contractor, but why did Harpas suddenly start a war?]

“I don’t know either.”

Even in the original work, it was not mentioned why the crow started the war. Lue carefully took out the main dish as if it were an appetizer.

[I feel uneasy ever since I got closer to Harpas.]

“…I feel uncomfortable?”

Is there something I can point out? I picked up Lue and made eye contact with her. Rue wiggled her tentacles like a shy child, she told me.

[What is it, a nostalgic feeling? But would you say there is something about it that makes me uncomfortable? I can’t explain it in words, but it feels like that.]

Is it a ‘variable’?

“Will I know for sure if I face Harpas?”

[Maybe? But I’m not sure. For some reason, I feel like I shouldn’t approach him.]

“…I get it. “I’ll just keep it in mind for now.”

[Hmm, I’m sorry about something. I feel like I’m pouring cold water on it.]

“No, thank you.”

I needed at least a little more information.

“It’s over.”

“Then I will leave right away.”

“Okay.”

We left the tunnel at a fast pace.

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“Huh.”

It was the first sound Harpas uttered while observing the world from the top of the mountain.

“This is absurd.”

One of the most high-ranking devils in hell. Even though he was famous as a Jizo among Jizo, this was his first time dealing with such a ridiculous opponent.

‘Destroy the fortress and rebuild it in an instant? Could it be…Malphas in disguise?’

An operation in which his rival, Malphas, who has the power of consecration, emerges. Harpas sensed that the maddening operation of destroying the fortress and rebuilding it would be more troublesome than he expected.

That’s because he didn’t have much time left.

‘I used up too much strength dealing with the Phoenix guy. If this happens, the strategy of slowly accepting the offering and recovering the body will have to be put on hold.’

Although he has become stronger since making a contract with ‘it’, he cannot go on without any damage against the Phoenix, which was nothing short of the ultimate.

Harpas looked down at the collapsing fortress, regretting his greatly reduced strength.

“If that guy hadn’t been on the other side, I would have made him my representative.”

Even though he was an enemy, the way he came up with ideas and put them into practice that ordinary humans could not do was quite novel, even from the perspective of a devil who has lived for thousands of years.

Because it was a crazy idea that even he hadn’t thought of.

If it weren’t for the fact that he, who was the ruler, had been reduced to being an advance guard and appeared on this land, he would have made a sweet offer right away.

The Crow Grand Duke was disappointed that he could not do that.

‘I guess I’ll have to call the executioners and buy some time.’

It might be better to destroy them, but the strength of those trying to destroy the fortress was unusual.

It seems like the only thing the executors can do is bide their time.

At the very least, you will be able to deal with it reliably only after your body fully recovers. Harpas did not rely on half-baked possibilities and neatly threw away his regrets.

Because I couldn’t have foolish regrets and repeat the mistakes of hundreds of years ago.

A huge monster flew up into the dark night sky.