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"In the end, I created a new magic to build a wall, but it consumed more magic power than I expected.

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"Of course, that's what happens when you build a wall that high. Didn't you think of that first, Ars?

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Don't say that, Dad. I found a lot of improvements when I was working on the prototypes, and I kept making modifications, and the amount of magic power consumed increased.

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"Well, that's good, isn't it?　It's not every day you need to build a wall that high."

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"Huh?　But if the Titans show up again, we'll have to have a fort or something to surround the city. There are plenty of opportunities to build walls. ......"

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"Ars always wants to build walls. Why do you have to surround the city?　I don't think you have to surround an entire city to intercept enemy forces, even if you're surrounding a base of operations."

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"......Oh, I see. So you're thinking of building a separate town for living and a castle for interception, and then when the battle starts, you move to the castle?　Is that still a good idea? ......"

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I mean, that's the way it's supposed to be. I thought that's what you were planning to do, since Ars built Barka Castle, which seems to have no defenses.

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"Well, that's one way to look at it."

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　I see.

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　Since the city of Fontana was surrounded by walls, I had assumed that all cities were surrounded by walls, but apparently that is not the case.

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　I guess it is effective enough to fortify a defensive castle for use in times of war, like the one here, on the hill of Einrad, or the one I built in the north of the river.

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　My newly created spell [Wall of Atmos] turned out to be a more magic-intensive spell than I had expected.

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　I myself was at a level where I could use it many times in a row, so I thought it would be enough to make it into a spell.

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　However, it seems that it was too hard for ordinary soldiers.

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　Originally, among those who were given the family name of Barca, there were those who could use [wall construction] and those who could not.

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　However, there were many who could not use the "Wall of Atmos" even among those who could use the "Wall Building".

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　To be honest, I thought that there were a few more people who could use it, so I must say that I miscalculated.

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"But, well, thanks to you, we all have a plan to build the wall, so I'm really grateful.

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"No, you don't have to thank me. Dad managed to use that spell, but he couldn't use it continuously like Ars and Byte. It's a desperate measure, you know."

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"Don't be so modest, Dad. I knew how to do it, but I never thought of using it on anyone but myself."

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　I, my brother Bite, and Vargas have a lot of magic power, but my father had only enough magic power to be able to use [Atmos' Wall] somehow.

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　Of course, it is a great thing that he could use it while there are many people who can't use it.

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　But he didn't seem to think it was a good thing.

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　He wondered if he could somehow contribute to the construction of the wall.

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　So he decided to use other people's magic power as well.

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　Without a certain amount of magical power, the Wall of Atmos itself cannot be activated.

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　Until now, the Balkan army had been divided into three groups: those who could use [Land preparation], those who could use [Wall construction], and those who could use [Wall of Atmos], and each group worked separately.

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　However, my father decided to break up the division of work so that everyone could use the Wall of Atmos.

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　He who can use the Wall of Atmos gathers those who cannot use it and builds the wall himself.

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　Then, when my father uses a spell and runs out of magic power, he receives a "magic infusion" from a member who is working with him to restore his magic power.

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　In this way, he succeeded in utilizing even those who had not been able to contribute to the building of the wall due to their low magic power.

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　When I have created new magic spells, I have had Valkyries inject me with magic power to restore my magic power, but I had never thought of exchanging magic with other human beings.

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　It's something that anyone would have thought of, but I guess it's a bit of a discovery.

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　It saved me a lot of time in reenclosing the walls of Fort Einrad.

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"So, are you sure you want to be doing this away from Fort Einrad, Ars?"

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"Hmm, what do you mean by this?"

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"No, I'm working on it right now. I mean, do we really need to go to the trouble of [clearing land] and [improving soil] in the villages around Fort Einrad?"

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"Oh, you mean. I don't see the problem. Once Fort Einrad is secured, the land around here will be incorporated into the Fontana territory.

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"Even so. The Uruks have ruled these lands for many years now, remember?"

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"Well, this time we only improved the farmland and didn't wall off the village. If this were to become Uruk territory again, it would not be so bad.

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　He is talking from the top of the Valkyrie with his father, watching over everyone's work.

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　He goes out to the villages around Fort Einrad to work on the fields.

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　Of course they are not forced to do so.

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　This was by agreement.

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　There is no need to do this because these villages were until recently Uruk territory.

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　But the reason why they did it was for appeal and performance.

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　When I was ordered by Carlos to defend Einrad, I was recruiting men from these villages.

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　There are many young men in the Barca army today who are determined to make a name for themselves, and they are rather numerous at present.

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　It has been some time since they were recruited and used as an army.

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　We thought it was time to give them something in return.

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　We went to the villages of those who had volunteered to join the Balkan army and improved their family farms.

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　If they are not too bigoted, they will be happy about that.

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　After all, they have actually seen how the land they improved at Fort Einrad produces a good haatka harvest in a matter of days.

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　Moreover, this act will also show our power to the villagers who did not volunteer to join us.

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　If they think that if they come and work hard, they might be able to use this kind of magic, maybe more will volunteer.

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　With this in mind, I had come to the village to improve the farmland in my spare time.

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　Vulcania still has room for more people, thanks to the wasteful expansion of its land.

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　We watched the work in the village, praying that even a few people would want to move in.

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