Chapter 107 – Pioneering (7)
Chapter 107 – Pioneering (7)
‘Did I make a choice?’
Other flower pots were as quiet as usual, but only the plant pots in the mountainous area where the dwarves had migrated were particularly busy.
They decided to give it a try as I suggested to them.
“We decided to build a waterway and build a shelter. So that a large amount of water can fully flow into the hole.”
Through the radio, Serenian told them what they really wanted to do. True to the answer of making a waterway, the Dwarves were now making something by plowing the ground and carrying soil, holding tools.
‘The scale of the construction has suddenly increased.’
The grand construction included the entire potted plant.
Except for the water that seeps into the ground when it rains, everything else flows through a single hole. In case of emergency, drainage channels are being maintained in dangerous places so that water does not overflow, embankments are made of soil, and coated paper is being prepared for waterproofing.
As a result, a huge waterway was formed. The water pouring from the mountain that occupies half of the flowerpot and the water that falls to other parts of the flower pot will flow into one hole under the mountain, just as the water in the sink is guided to the drain due to the minute difference in height.
“—!”
Besides, that wasn’t all. If you pull an enemy out of its den, it makes sense to devise a way to deal with it.
As if they didn’t think I would help them in everything, they were preparing for the battle thoroughly to fight on their own.
‘This is amazing.’
I moved the drone to get a more detailed view of it.
Some of the dwarves, along with the elven carpenters, were carving, trimming, and making a machine that resembled a huge crossbow on wheels.
A huge weapon called a ballista. It looked like a small fingernail to me, but the thing they made to shoot metal spears made of pins combined with the small colored rubber bands I put in, was born into a weapon of great power.
“—.”
They fired the ballista as a test, and the shot pin flew at a tremendous speed and was almost completely embedded in the solid bedrock, leaving only the tip.
The dwarves who built the ballista nodded as if they were satisfied with its power and stroked the rubber band wrapped around the elongated pulley.
When the elves introduced various resources for the first time, they had their eyes on the rubber band, and then they created a place to use it.
“–!”
“—, –!”
Preparations for the fight go on like that. All the dwarves, some elves and fairy ants were mobilized and participated with all their might, and the results proved to be faster than ever.
Countless ballistas aiming at the entrance of the burrow where earthworms are expected to come out. And to protect it, armed Dwarves slowly began to settle down.
And finally, the time I prophesied with my own mouth came.
‘Anything will work.’
I used a plastic watering can I prepared in advance instead of the watering can I usually use for watering. And even a bottled water bottle brought to recharge water and a gun loaded with bullets in case of an unexpected situation.
The second day after meeting Serenian, when the sun rises highest.
At that moment, I took the sprayer in my hand and started spraying the pots with water.
***
“Hasn’t it been a while?”
“Yes.”
“Well, there is no sign of rain.”
When everyone is nervous. At the portal to the bonsai pot, Aaron, who was stationed with armed soldiers facing the mountain, glanced at Serenian.
The sun was so bright right now that I could frown at the light reflecting off the coated paper spread here and there. If the rain was pouring like that, of course there should be dark clouds, but there was no sign of that yet.
“Promises are always fulfilled.”
But Serenian, who was wearing armor and carrying a bow, was confident. It was the attitude that even if there are two sides of the world, it will rain.
“The priest could be mistaken.”
“No. There is no such thing as that.”
Her Pia, who had heard her story, whispered to her, but even that couldn’t shake her. She only looked at the hole in the mountain with the slightest unsteadiness in her eyes.
“Uh.”
“Rain, rain.”
Indeed, her faith did not last long. Even though the noon sun had risen the highest, water droplets glittering in the light began to fall.
“Prepare everything. It will rain a lot!”
Those who had gathered hurriedly began to prepare. As expected, there was an unprecedented downpour.
Incomparable to the raindrops sprayed with a sprayer, thick streams of water pouring violently. When the water droplets hit the ground, the soil was dug up and stones were splashed.
“This is pretty scary.”
Aron, who was waiting with the others under the temporary structure he had made in advance, swallowed dry saliva when he saw the coating made from the roof vibrating.
It was such a huge stream of water that they could hardly stand it that they could be swept away.
“Hey, it’s collapsing!”
“Protect the ballista. It can’t be broken!”
In the end, the structure, which was supported only by crudely made wooden poles, could not withstand the heavy rain and collapsed.
They struggled on the ground, which had turned into mud to the extent that their feet were submerged before they knew it, and hurriedly ran to the ballista, supported it and held it so that it would not be damaged.
‘When will it come out? Come out.’
Even in the middle of being soaked in the harsh rain, Serenian swept his wet hair in an instant and searched for the enemy’s figure.
If the heavy rain continues, our allies will suffer too. Right away, I saw several buildings built by the Dwarves on the plains and mountains collapsing, unable to withstand the raindrops.
“The embankment is collapsing!”
“No! If it collapses, all the workshops you’ve built will be flooded! Observe it unconditionally!”
Not only those who were waiting for battle, but those who remained to protect the facility were covered in muddy water and desperately endured.
All this is to wait for the monsters to come up from the submerged land.
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More than the amount of water that the soil could absorb poured out, and as the water gradually began to fill up, everyone who clamored for the moment waited for that moment with all their might.
“…Why isn’t it coming out?”
In a quiet house, bathed in the warm noon sunlight, Seung-hyeon sprinkles water with a watering can. Unlike his peaceful self, Seung-hyeon bites his lip at the small people struggling desperately in the world of potted plants that are slowly sinking.
If you add a little more water like this, it will go beyond heavy rain and reach flood level.
“Dah, the ground is shaking, uhhh… The ground is shaking!!”
And that moment. Pia, who was riding a wooden horse around Hans’ neck, wiped his face and pointed to the mountain and shouted.
[Beast Earthworm]
“They are bastards!”
The ground shook, and the mountains wriggled. And at that moment, monsters began to jump out of the dark cave.
Drenched, they were monsters of the land, desperately crawling out of the submerged land in search of oxygen.
“This crazy, it’s not just one or two.”
The problem is that the number of them is not small. There seemed to be well over a dozen demon beast earthworms that continued to crawl out.
Although its size is much smaller than the male that jumped out before.
“The cubs are clear. Shoot!”
Aaron, who had already seen them once, noticed that they were immature pups.
At the same time, the pins fired from the ballistas, which managed to break through the rain and withstand the heavy rain, rushed towards them across the air at high speed.
“Ha! You can eat it!”
No matter how hard the carapace was, a powerful shock that could not be endured pierced the beast beasts’ bodies.
The carapace was broken, spraying body fluids, and the worms crazily crawling towards this place wriggling in agony.
Aaron, excited, urged the dwarves to shoot faster and more pins.
“To be honest, I didn’t expect it to happen. I never thought we would be able to deal with monsters of that caliber without a single outstanding warrior.”
The rain stopped before I knew it. Even so, the monster earthworms were in a state of no where to go, only staggering to their deaths from the bombardment of the chichimpin pouring down from all sides.
“Be alert.”
Wiping his face one last time, Serenian was still looking into the hole.
I’ve dealt with all the pups, now there’s only one left.
[Beast Earthworm Death Worm (♀ )]
“No, this is crazy.”
The rain stopped, but the basement was still full of water, so we had to come out.
The gigantic body, skewered by a long, pointed metal spear, began approaching the dead babies.
“Shoot, keep shooting!”
The ballista was constantly winding and unwinding the rubber band and blowing the pins, but the carapace of the female, which was larger than the male, was just as hard.
It was to the point where if ten shots flew in, one of them might get stuck.
“Ha, won’t heaven punish you!?”
“Heaven does not help those who do not help themselves. We are ready to fight, so we must fight.”
The frightened Aaron and the Dwarves flinched, but Serenian stepped forward with his bow and stepped on the splashing puddle.