Episode 107-Survivors (7)
“Everything I heard about the Arin people through rumors has been confirmed to be true. Aren’t there others behind them?”
“That can’t be possible. “How on earth can we help those who are concentrated on the eastern border?”
Luke, who absorbed the defeated Garhan tribe and experienced a series of clashes with the Arryn tribe in the process, called the wizard and interrogated him.
He wondered if other settlement forces had sponsored them just as they had sponsored him.
The wizard confirmed that it was absolutely impossible. It wasn’t an unfounded statement. From their perspective, the place where the Arin tribe is located is the frontier of frontiers. To reach it, you have to cross the grassland.
Considering the various tribes living among them, it was nearly impossible to interact without being detected.
‘So they built castles, made ironware, and cultivated abundant crops with their own hands? ‘That doesn’t make sense.’
However, there was no answer. Luke wanted more information as his doubts continued to pile up.
The conversation on equal terms that Varun hopes for has not even been considered yet. It was because I thought it was pointless to talk to someone who could just trample on me.
“They are accepting without rejection those who dared to reject us and run away. “Let alone how you plan to feed so many people, if you use this well, you can plant a spy inside.”
“then…”
“Make one of Garhan’s soldiers who surrendered join the refugees and infiltrate them. “I need to hear exactly who they are.”
He took the family hostage and ordered one of Garhan’s soldiers to be sent to the Arryn people pretending to be a refugee. The soldier whose family was taken hostage had no choice but to obey the order by crying and eating mustard.
At least it wasn’t such a difficult order, and the soldier soon played the role of a refugee who had managed to escape, blending in naturally with the group of other refugees and making contact with the Arryn scouts who had come to pick them up.
“We will accept you all as part of the tribe, so don’t be afraid.”
“There is no shortage of food, so fill your stomach!”
The Arryn scouts reassured them and guided them to the field base where Varun was. After organizing it there, it is sent to a hastily created village.
Varun pacified the refugees who had loyally followed Garhan there, saying that he would avenge Garhan.
‘Ah, it would have been better if I had been with them from the beginning.’
The soldier who became a spy truly lamented when he saw the consideration and supplies provided by the Arin tribe.
They seemed to have everything in abundance, and they influenced the refugees both materially and spiritually, and the effects were evident quickly.
“Look at this!”
“Really the Guardian God!”
The residents who were truly inspired were suddenly lifted up by an irresistible force the moment they crossed an invisible line on their way to the village, and were instantly transported through the air to the village.
It is a sight that anyone who sees it for the first time cannot help but be surprised.
“…uh?”
However, the soldier who followed last and waited for his turn with a pounding heart was left alone and embarrassed. Even a hammer appeared in the air.
The horrified soldier sat down in his seat.
“God has the power to see through intentions.”
“Not only did he not take them to the village directly, but he even prepared for judgment like that, which means he is untrustworthy!”
The atmosphere of those around them gradually changed.
The surrounding warriors and soldiers drew their weapons at the words of Varun, who had already realized that an unreliable person would never be moved with a mouse.
“Yo, please forgive me!”
Driven to the cliff, he hurriedly fell to the ground and trembled. Varun stopped those who tried to cut him down right away and approached him directly.
“Did Luke send it?”
“Yes, that’s right. “They took their families hostage and instructed them to infiltrate by disguising themselves as refugees.”
Half-hearted lies don’t work. When he realized the truth, he trembled with fear and confessed the truth with a feeling of desperation.
Varun nodded as if he had expected it, and the warriors around him huffed in anger.
“Chief! He has no intention of talking to us in the first place. “They’re sending spies, and if they think we’re weaker than they think, they’re planning to bring an army and invade.”
“That’s right. If this continues, even if we talk to each other, it is clear that they will look down on us.”
“You guys are right. “Even if this side wants peace, it can’t be helped if the other side doesn’t understand it.”
Varun stopped them from getting excited, but did not deny it. The atmosphere for war is already being created step by step.
‘In the end, if we have to fight, can’t we decide where and how to fight?’
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Varun shook his head. To find a way to wage war by making full use of the abilities they have.
“I don’t know how sincere Warchief Luke is, but since he shows hostility toward us, I think it’s only right to settle the matter.”
“A clear conclusion?”
“okay. “If things proceed in a haphazard manner, only our information is exposed.”
Varun told Riena that if he was going to fight, he wanted to see it to the end. It was a natural thought, since you never know when and where bugs might strike.
“So I think we need some gimmicks to make sure they pounce.”
Varun called back the spy he had just captured. Since I knew about it in advance and caught it, I planned to use it if I could.
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“You can even catch a Cheopcha this way.”
Allies are green, hostile relationships are red. Even when everything changed from neutral blue to green, there was one that firmly maintained the color red.
The moment they passed the screen, I picked up everyone except the spy in the last row and moved them to the village.
Then he picked up a hammer and tried to kill the spy.
Fortunately or unfortunately, the spy burst into tears and fell to the ground in surrender as the residents pressured him, and we learned of Warchief Luke’s intentions.
‘Wow, look. ‘Because we just have to fight.’
It was already annoying, but now my mind has completely changed. If you keep going half-heartedly and problems will continue to arise, it is right to completely eliminate them and focus on bugs.
If the residents, including Varun, were prepared to go to war, I planned to actively support them.
-It doesn’t seem like someone else’s business. Since we are getting bigger these days, it seems like the people around us who say we are lords or kings are arguing about all kinds of things.
“It’s as important as dealing with bugs, so you have to pay close attention. I think it’s natural. “It’s not like a game that produces people.”
Soyeon Lee was going through something similar to me. Looking at this, it seems to be some kind of inevitable event that occurs as the number of residents being fostered increases.
I had to pay close attention because it wasn’t like shooting soldiers out of thin air like in a game.
Relations with surrounding powers were an important task for us to increase our population and expand our power.
‘Varun also intends to fight.’
Varun, who has relatively moderate tendencies, also fights reliably when necessary. They decide how many troops to mobilize and how to fight, and I just watch for now.
Even when fighting against Luhan’s tribe the other day, Varun actively used the abilities they had acquired in the game.
I was curious about what method to use now that the number of abilities and manpower available has increased significantly compared to then.
Since the high wall has been completed, there will be no problem with just a defensive battle in the village. However, since the refugees who are now flocking in are unable to enter the village, they may devise another method.
“–. —!”
next day. Varun was giving instructions to people from early on. And according to his command, numerous people began to move busily.
‘What are you trying to do?’
First of all, the residents did not seem to have any intention of simply holding out within the walls. They seemed to want to create an opportunity to attack in reverse in case of emergency.
“Earth, tunnel.”
The first thing that started was digging a tunnel with dozens of miners. They dug into the ground near the village and began to take turns digging the tunnel at an incredible speed.
The tunnel, made up of 4×4 1m blocks, began to stretch incredibly long. It crossed the screen, then another, and then another, and continued digging westward.
Dozens of people worked in shifts, digging out one block with a single pickaxe, making the process faster than modern construction using heavy equipment.
‘In effect, they’ve just ripped open a highway.’
There were hills, forests, and muddy roads above the tunnel, but they ignored them. This underground tunnel, which is opened in a straight line, can transport a large number of troops to the other side at incredible speeds by riding a horse.
If there are enemies on the same screen, I, who cannot use a mouse, can pour a large number of troops into the rear without any help.
“–! —!”
However, Varun’s instructions did not end with digging tunnels for attack in advance.
As if they had no intention of engaging in a defensive battle in the village, they began to build up the outpost they had built to receive refugees and turn it into a fortress.
‘There is no reason to fight together.’
The opponent is a warchief who wants to become the loser of the plains. These people lead a powerful cavalry and sweep away their enemies. Is there any need to fight them from the front on horseback?
I was about to support the defense tower at that outpost when I stopped moving my mouse. Varun realized that the reason he created this outpost was to attract enemies.
Once you decide to fight, you have to see it through to the end.
In order to prevent the enemies from giving up the fight after seeing the huge wall they have built in the village, they build a strong fortress and literally trap them.
Once we take the enemy’s turn, it’s our turn where we can do anything.
‘Double agent?’
Varun, who was preparing by changing the terrain, released the spy he had captured yesterday. There was no way he would have just let them go, so the spy had actually changed from hostile to neutral.
It was convenient to think that I had received some kind of instructions from Varun.
If a spy takes fake information and tells it to the enemy commander Luke, Luke will believe the information and attack, and he will fall into the ally’s trap.
“They say there is time to come and go, but isn’t it a bit much to spend it all in one day?”
I scratched my head and sipped the coffee I made. Perhaps that double agent will be the catalyst, and the war will break out within a few days at the latest.
“The delivery has arrived.”
“Oh my.”
It was then that someone left something in front of our door.
Additional monitors delivered last time have arrived.
‘I’m not the type of person who broadcasts anything.’
I laughed and opened the package and took out two new monitors. Now that I think about it, if I want to install these additionally, I have to completely clear out my desk.
When the residents on the desktop are preparing for war in their respective places. I also neatly organized and rearranged my desk.