246 – Waterway War (1)
Tongdan The most difficult thing on the continent is, of course, the difficulty of transportation due to the jungle that fills the entire continent.
A well-paved road is a very effective building that represents the wealth and strength of a country.
The better the road is paved, the smoother the road is, the smoother the country’s transportation, and naturally, money and goods travel around the country actively, giving the country a sense of prosperity.
In that sense, the Tongdan continent was at a disadvantage compared to other continents.
If you want to build a road as good as this on this continent, you will have to build a bridge across a wide river, uproot the trees from the vast site, remove the surrounding plants from destroying the road, and then pave the road and lay stones over it. Do.
Pulling out a tree and trimming its place is hard work that can be called construction work. However, in order to pave a road on the Tongdan continent, tens of thousands of trees, maybe even hundreds of thousands of trees, may have to be pulled out.
Naturally, roads were not laid on the continent of Tongdan, and as the movement of goods and people was naturally cut off, the concept of a ‘country’, which was common in other continents, did not arise.
Much more, there was a river flowing in front, a mountain behind, and the fertile land where many people gathered in a good place to create a huge village or city.
The Tongdan Continent was difficult and difficult to control in many ways, except for the so-called land with blocked roads, land with no flow, and its enormous natural resources.
However, as various people come and go and gradually learn the circumstances of the Tongdan Continent, the invaders realize that there is only one way.
The existence of the river that stretches its way across the Tongdan Continent like a spider’s web. And the existence of ‘water people’ who can come and go freely against the flow of the river.
The moment you see that, it’s only natural that the invaders are targeting the water people.
Having a smooth path means having a weapon powerful enough to decide the outcome of a war.
At first, the invaders, who only cared about recklessly invading the land and plundering its resources, began to focus their manpower on dominating the water people in order to possess the entire land.
Some with various materials that cannot be obtained on the Tongdan continent, some with their mighty power and fear, and some with affinity and influence obtained by attracting other tribes around them.
Pressing, subduing, suppressing, and attacking the water people in all kinds of ways, they harassed the water people tribes all over the continent.
“The weather is nice.”
While the water man was holding Senna and telling their story, Chester, who was hesitant to listen because it was in a language that was difficult to understand anyway, looked at the passing clouds and said.
“I don’t think it will rain.”
“Senna said it rains a lot here?”
“But it hasn’t rained while we’ve been here, right?”
“Hmm. That’s right.”
Chester and Monia talked about how serious the jungle would be if it rained, and although they couldn’t understand the words, the water person who saw Doran talking in a good mood shut his mouth without realizing it.
“Keep talking.”
When Senna spoke with an awkward smile, the water person thanked him and started lamenting his situation again.
Anyway, the so-called “Waterway war” Started aiming for the water people’s skills and knowledge.
This was a great danger to the water people, who, in return for ease of movement within the jungle, were able to take a safe position away from tribal strife, completely neutral and untouchable by any tribe.
To them, conflict was the story of a distant country.
As those who live in the jungle, they have hunting and survival skills to some extent, but compared to those who desperately fought and lived in the jungle, they are far behind.
They focused on learning how to handle crocodiles rather than training themselves.
“Now, we don’t go looking for anyone who doesn’t light an old-fashioned beacon. We hide in a hideout that only we know.”
“Ah, is that why you came to the beacon I smoked?”
“Yes. But be aware. Even the guys outside know we show up near colored smoke. So be careful.”
“Can you track us?”
“Yes.”
When she learned why the water person was suddenly lamenting her situation, Senna nodded her head saying yes, and she went to Chester and Monia and told the story she had heard from the water person.
“You’re going after us? Why?”
Monia put on a look of incomprehension at the words that those who were targeting the water people would come after them.
“Whether we know where the Water Man is hiding or not, they don’t care. The truth doesn’t matter to them. If I catch you, you’ll have me tortured to force you to reveal facts you don’t know?”
“Ugh.”
At those words, Monia’s face deteriorated.
“It’s vulgar.”
“Sure.”
Monia spoke with contempt, and Chester nodded her head in sympathy.
Torture is a common war crime, along with looting, murder, arson, and rape, in areas of war or conflict.
Monia is a woman from an aristocratic family, so she learned basic and simple knowledge of war because she didn’t know when she would be caught up in the battle of the territory.
That’s why there are more eerie and messy stories in war than heroic and mythological beautiful ones, and I know that’s normal.
But to Monia, it was a story from a distant world.
But the moment she allowed herself to become the target of that war crime, it was no longer a faraway story, but a messy story deserving of contempt and loathing.
Of course, inside Monia, the fact that they had tied up the natives who had attacked them a little while ago and blackmailed them to extort information, an act close to torture, did not remain.
Chester knew that, but he didn’t care. If it’s something he can do, it’s something he might face, so before he said he liked or disliked it, he had to think about how to do it first.
“Then it will be uncomfortable for a while, but let’s always wear a shield. I checked the performance of the shield a while ago, so everyone knows, right?”
“Yes! Know!”
“Looks like a good shield.”
Rex tapped her shield on her darling with satisfaction, and Monia spoke only of what she had seen since she hadn’t used her shield yet.
“Sena, is your shield okay?”
“Yes. I didn’t make anything special for mine, but it’s pretty good?”
There were some scratches from blocking arrows from close, but those scratches weren’t a big deal.
“But can they come after us? We move by water There won’t be a single trace left.”
“There may be someone on the other side with greater knowledge and tracking skills than we do. Monia, you should always consider the possibility.”
“I know. But, what if you’re chasing me? Isn’t it important to think about it?”
“Yes. How are you, Monia? If you are the pursuer, how do you think you will pursue us through the traces we have left so far?”
“The traces we left behind?”
“There are two main types. The natives I killed, the natives who raided and killed us.”
Monia began to think deeply.
Seeing Monia like that, Senna secretly called Chester and asked.
“So, is there a way to track it down?”
“I don’t know, do I?”
“What… ? Since she has an answer, didn’t she tell Monia to think about it?”
“No, I just said to think about it.”
“… ….”
Senna shut her mouth as she was speechless.
“No, what is that?”
She looked at her chester and she looked dumbfounded with her face. Chester gave Senna a signal to shut her mouth.
“Monia is given this constant time to think for herself, so she should develop the habit of thinking and judging everything.”
Sena reminded me of Monia, who knows how to do many things on her own, such as practicing making tools and drawing beautiful pictures, and thinking about her often.
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Then she saw Chester.
“You are overprotective of that.”
“What?”
“It’s overprotective.”
“I don’t know what you are talking about.”
When Chester waved her hand at her, telling her to stop talking and go away, she wet her head with her face saying that Senna had nothing to say about her, and left next to Rex.
“Rex, what are you doing?”
“Wipe the shield!”
“Will my sister teach me how to clean a shield?”
“Yes!”
Chester grabbed Ant as he passed by, hugged him, and stroked him.
“Ant, you should bring a more genuine woman.”
With that said, Ant cursed silently at Chester with eyes that said that he would give her a chance to meet a woman.
“That’s right, our Ant is cute.”
Chester, who could tell the meaning from Ant’s cry, but couldn’t read her eyes, petted Ant and petted her.
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“A raid! Attack!”
A coastal village has been raided.
Several tribes with a grudge against the outsiders raided the place, and they were able to kill a nobleman with the force of their ambush.
However, it wasn’t long before the expensive escorts that the nobles had appeared and they were quickly suppressed.
Among them, the most active was a strangely armed mercenary holding a spear in one hand and a stick in the other.
Control long distances with a spear, and control short distances with a stick while limiting movement with a spear.
It is difficult to hold and handle the same sword in each hand, but he wielded two different weapons with completely different weights and centers in a flamboyant and graceful way.
“Oh, that’s great!”
“Fighting splendidly! Hey! I’ll give you the money when you come back alive!”
The nobles were frightened at first when they were attacked, but soon they enjoyed watching their escorts and the natives’ war.
With a drink in one hand and a woman with the other, they enjoyed this gory pleasure.
The raids of these natives were also just a toy for the nobles who came here.