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"It's starting to take shape, Kyle."

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"Yeah. We're going to name this lake Sacred Lake and build a city on its banks. Right now it's just a perimeter wall, but eventually I'd like to expand it.

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"My brother Byte brought the engineers with him. For now, we can let the battalion take care of the construction. But it's time for us to send out a message to those around us that we are the new rulers of the land, isn't it?"

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"I know, brother Ars. I know, brother Ars. We have a base here on the ground for the time being. I was just about to make my move.

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"I see. I'm afraid that was needless worry. Well, you do what you want, Kyle. If you need any help at all, just let me know and I'll do my best. I may not be able to move for a while because of the drainage.

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"No, it's not like that. Thank you, brother Ars. You've helped me a lot. I'll take care of the rest myself.

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　The site of the Holy City was floated in the sky.

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　I call it my land.

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　I rebuilt the Holy City on the land of Ars Varka, the Shield of God, and appointed Mirialia as the superintendent of the Holy City.

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　In other words, the empty land does not belong to Kyle's or the Reed family.

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　It is only a temporary relay point to bring people from the Kingdom of Fontana, but the Reed family needed to establish a base on the ground.

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　So Kyle, who came to the south, has been building a base on the ground for a while.

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　A hollow in the earth became a huge lake.

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　Apparently, he called it the Holy Lake because it is a holy lake.

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　Near the holy lake, they grew salt grass and wheat with the spirit of Kyle, so that they could secure food.

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　And after that, they were busy building a stronghold using those who were able to use the "wall-building" technique among the Barka's magic.

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　At the moment, we are able to bring in troops and station them, and we have enough space to accept refugees from the surrounding areas.

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　If it were true, they would have liked to exterminate the bandits immediately, but first, they need to build a solid foundation.

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　Kyle is not wrong in his judgment.

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　However, it is not good to stay still too long.

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　It could snow at any time of the year.

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　We need to take some control of the surrounding area before the snow falls and claim this area as the Reed family's land.

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　Then maybe the Reinsatz family and other surrounding nobles and knights will react.

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　The sudden appearance of the Fontana gang based in the north would snatch the land away from them.

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　This would be unforgivable.

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　But the other forces will not be able to move once the snow falls.

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　Perhaps the time to move will come after next winter.

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　In other words, Kyle has to be strong enough to at least be able to compete with the surrounding forces by next year.

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　To do so, he needs to train the bandits in the neighboring lawless areas this year and train them to the point where they can be used as a force for battle.

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　Of course, at the very least, they need to be loyal to the Reed family so that they will not betray them in battle.

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　It is quite a daunting schedule.

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　If this had been my case, I might have been disgusted by too many troublesome conditions.

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　Especially, the task of winning the hearts of the bandits is too troublesome.

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　It is a difficult task to subjugate these ruffians who are probably already accustomed to robbing others, and to use them after making them recognize that they are residents of the land controlled by the Reed family.

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　Perhaps they will fail if they are too radical in their banditry.

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　After all, they are just ordinary people who used to live around here.

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　People will not be happy when someone close to them is killed.

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　They will hate us if we do.

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　But we have to show them our power to some extent.

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　If we compromise with our naive judgment in order to subdue the bandits, the story may spread and the Reed family may be seen as unreliable.

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　What will happen if that happens?

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　People around them will see that the Reeds, who do not have a solid foundation around them, will not be able to survive in a solitary struggle against the Hegemony and its alliances of great nobles in the future.

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　If this is the case, even those who once served under the Reeds may flee for their lives as soon as the battle comes.

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　In other words, it is not the acquisition of land that is important for Kyle to gain territory in this land.

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　He needs to win the hearts of the people who live there.

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　The Reeds must show that they are strong enough to rule the land, but be careful not to cause unnecessary resentment.

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　We also need to get it done as soon as possible so we can be ready for next year.

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　I am not going to help them directly, for the time being.

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　For better or for worse, my name is well known.

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

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　I don't want my presence to be too much and for this place to be perceived as my dominion.

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　Besides, I have work to do.

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　Deep beneath the ruins of the Holy City where the labyrinth core was once buried.

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　In the hollow of the earth, at the bottom of the ground, I have filled in the water stones and created the Holy Lake.

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　But, of course, this is the same as a freak natural disaster.

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　The water stone is reacting to the magical power overflowing from the hollow of the earth and is producing water.

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　It keeps on emitting water.

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　It is overflowing as enough water to fill the huge hollow.

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　Not yet.

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　The water has been consumed by the amount of food crops that Kyle has increased at once with the tree spirit.

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　But we can't leave the amount of water to continue to increase little by little.

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　If they do that, the surrounding area will be flooded and the Reed family's base will be lost.

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　This area would change from a land of death to a flooded land.

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　This made me think that the landform that extended from the Nelson marsh all the way to the west might have been related to the water stones.

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　It was a little strange to see such a large area of land covered with water.

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　I don't think that the size of the water stones buried underground is small enough to create such a huge wetland, but it is still something that needs to be taken care of.

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　For the time being, we need to make sure that the water flows through the site by connecting it to other rivers and underground water veins.

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　Besides, it would be better to make it usable for agricultural use.

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　Or, it would be better to build moats and sewers now for the time when we expand the city by expanding the base by the holy lake.

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　Anyway, I had to deal with the rapidly growing water supply.

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　I was making waterways with the help of Kaiser Valkyrie, who was sharing her magic with me.

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　While I was busy with this work, Kyle was leading an army against the surrounding bandits.

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