567 Building a base and people's minds

"You're taking shape, Kyle."

"Yeah. Name this lake Holy Lake and build a city by it. Now it's just the outer peripheral walls, but I guess we'll want to expand more eventually."

"Brother Byte brought in the engineers. In the meantime, if we leave it to that battalion, construction can proceed. But isn't it time to send out as the ruler of the new lands towards the perimeter?

"I know, Brother Ars. In the meantime, we've got a base on this ground. I was just about to move."

"Right. I guess it was a useless worry. Do what Kyle thinks. If you need any help, tell me, and I will. Even so, I may not be able to move due to drainage for the time being."

"Yeah, that's not true. Thank you, Brother Ars. It's a lot of help, so I'll take care of it myself."

The site of the Holy Capital floated in the sky.

The land is my land for once.

It will take the form of the rebuilding of the Holy City on the land of Ars Barca, the shield of God, and the appointment of Migliaria as the chief administrator of that Holy City.

In other words, the empty land belongs to Kyle's, not to the Reed family.

It is only a temporary relay point for bringing talent from the Kingdom of Fontana, but as a Reed family it was necessary to create a base on the ground.

So Kyle, who came south, spent some time building a base on the ground.

The indentation of the earth became a giant lake.

Apparently, I've tried to call this Holy Lake because it means it's holy.

By its sacred lake he grew salt grass with Kyle's woody essence, and grew wheat to provide an eye for food security.

And after that, they used people who could use [wall architecture] and so on in Barca's magic to make bases.

For the time being, we were able to draw troops into the garrison and we were also able to secure enough space to accommodate some of the refugees around us.

If it were true, I would have liked to do bandit exorcisms and such soon, but first I would make a solid foundation.

There will be no mistake in Kyle's idea of making that decision.

But it's not a good idea not to move too much.

It's not strange when it snows at times anymore.

We need to get some grip on the perimeter before it snows and claim territory that this neighborhood is Reed family land.

In doing so, perhaps the Rheinzatz family and other nobles and knights around them will react.

A flavor of Fontana, based in the north, suddenly appeared, taking over the land.

It won't be forgivable at all.

But no other force can move if it snows.

Perhaps it will be time for it to move after the dawn of next winter.

In other words, Kyle must be strong enough to at least confront each other against the forces around him by next year.

To do this, we need to keep up with the bandits who are in the land, which, in reverse counts, has become a neighborhood lawless zone by the end of this year, and train them to the point where they can be used as a force of war.

Of course, loyalty to the Reed family, etc. would be necessary so as not to betray them during the battle at least.

Thinking about it like this, it's quite a ghostly schedule.

If this were my case, there would have been too many troublesome conditions to dislike.

In particular, the task of grasping the hearts and minds of the bandits is too cumbersome.

Because it's a challenge to subordinate the desolates, who would already be used to taking it from others, and use it after they admit that they are residents of the land controlled by the Reed family.

Maybe if you do it too radically when bandits are exorcised, you will fail.

Anyway, originally, they were normal people who lived around here, too.

People can't be happy that someone close to them has been killed.

If you do that, you'll just be resented.

But I have to show you some power.

If there's anything like compromising on a sweet decision to be able to follow the bandits, it might be because the story spreads and the Reed family doesn't think they can count on it.

What happens if that happens?

It will be seen by the surrounding human beings that the Reed family, who do not have a solid ground around them, cannot possibly survive a lone army struggle by hegemonic nobles and their grand aristocratic alliance opponents who will join them in the future.

If so, those who once came under the Reed family may also flee to their own life-cleanness as soon as it comes to a battle.

In other words, it is not getting land that is important for Kyle to get territory in this land.

We need to grasp the hearts of the people who live there.

While the Reed family shows that they have just the firm power to rule the land, be careful not to be unnecessarily resented.

It also means we need to finish it as soon as possible and be ready for next year.

It should be noted that I am not going to lend myself directly to it, so far I am thinking about it.

Because, no matter how bad, my name is quite widespread.

As the one who defeated Naja, the divine enemy who destroyed the Holy City.

Even if it's too much, it doesn't seem like this land is going to be recognized as my dominion.

Besides, I have to work on it, too.

Deep underground on the site of the Holy Capital, where the labyrinth nucleus was once buried.

To the bottom of the earth, which became the indentation of the earth, I implanted waterstones and created the Holy Lake.

but of course this is the same as an abnormal natural mutation.

Waterstones are watering out in response to magic overflowing from the indentations of the earth.

I keep putting it out.

It's overflowing as water enough to fill a huge indentation.

Not yet.

Kyle used woodstone to increase the number of food crops at once, so only that much water was consumed.

But you can't just leave the amount of water that keeps increasing little by little.

If we do that, the surroundings will be flooded and the Reed family bases will be lost.

This heap is going to change from a land of death to a land of flooding.

Thinking about it like this, I thought maybe that terrain that lasted all the way west of the Nelson Wetlands also had something to do with waterstones.

Because it was a bit of a strange phenomenon that vast tracts of land up there were covered with water.

The very size of the waterstone buried in the basement is small, so I don't think it would be as huge a wetland zone as that, but measures would still be needed.

In the meantime, we need to make sure that it leads to other rivers and groundwater veins so that the water flows.

Besides that, it would be better to keep it available for agricultural waterways.

Or would it be better to build moats, sewers, etc. from now on for a time when we have eventually expanded our stronghold on the banks of Holy Lake to expand the city?

Anyway, I needed to deal with the growing amount of water on the steep pitch.

Me making waterways while Kaiser Valkyrie splits his magic.

Kyle led the army to the bandits around him while I was being held to such tasks.