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"Hey. You're going really fast. At this rate, we'll be there soon."

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"No, this is a little too scary. Don't fall off the ship, Commander Alphonse!

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　The great river near the Orient.

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　The name of the river is Gulu, and it is a big river.

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　At the end of the river is a lumberyard in Gulugaria.

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　We, the Barka mercenaries, set out as soon as we had obtained a boat from a village near the river and proceeded over the water to the lumberyard.

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　This land, called the Kuzuryu Plain, has a number of large rivers, and one of them floods every year or so.

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　The name "Kuzuryu Plain" is said to be derived from the fact that the raging water of the rivers reminds one of a dragon.

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　I had heard from Oliva and others that the Gulu River, one of such large rivers, is relatively resistant to flooding.

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　However, even the Gulu River seems to have been affected by the recent storm.

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　There are signs of flooding and damage here and there.

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　And even though it has been some time since the storm ended, the river was still affected and the water flowed fast.

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　The river was much more turbulent than when we had been on a boat on this river before when we attacked the city of Glugaria.

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　Walter and others were clinging to the boat, afraid of the rocking.

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"What a pity," he said. I mean, come to think of it, wasn't Walter still with the Barka Mercenaries when we attacked the Grugaria before?"

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"Yes, that's right. I wasn't in that battle. But I heard about it. I often heard that Commander Alphonse did a great job.

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"I kind of miss it. There was the army of the Orient then, but this time it's just us. We are few in number and we have to be very careful.

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"About that, are you sure?　You're sure it's safe to attack the glugaria, aren't you?"

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"Hmm?　What do you mean, okay?"

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"I'm just worried that the Congress will complain again."

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"Oh, don't worry about that. I've got a good excuse.

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I see. Then it's all right.

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"Yeah, I'm fine."

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　I talk to Walter as we rock on the boat.

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　Apparently, Walter has never been on a boat that rocks this much before, and he feels like he is going to get drunk.

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　He seemed to be more comfortable talking to me, and kept exchanging some random comments with me while looking at the scenery.

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　Then came the excuses of the Orient.

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　This time, too, I made up a suitable reason, similar to the previous one.

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　The man who was trading rice in the futures market ran away.

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　I was chasing him to make sure that he would honor the contract, but it seems that he was headed for the country of Glugaria.

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　It would be safe to say that the man ran after him to a sandbar at the end of the raging Gulu River, and a battle ensued.

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　It is not uncommon for money to be the reason for a fight.

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"Oh, I see him, Walter. That's the lumberyard. It's time to get yourself in shape by pouring magic power into the flame of charity.

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"Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

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　We descended the river in a much shorter time than last time and came in sight of the island.

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　Before we departed, we had been given the "Flame of Compassion" by the Barka Church, so we told the mercenaries on the boat to recover their health by using the effect of the "Flame of Compassion".

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　Because it enhances the natural healing power.

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　Even if they are seasick, they can be ready for battle immediately.

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"Well, didn't we cut the softwoods before by anchoring the boat at a point away from the lumberyard?　Are you going to do that again this time?"

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"No way. We did that because we had more soldiers than just the Barka mercenaries that time, but this time there aren't as many. We can't be cutting down such a hard tree for too long.

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"Huh?　What are you going to do then?"

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"Of course. You see the lumberyard right in front of you. That's where we're going to hit. That's where they keep the softwoods they've already cut down. Let's get it and go home.

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　Walter's seasickness is getting better, and he corrects himself when he says something carefree.

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　I mean, as I have been saying from the beginning, the target of this attack is a lumberyard.

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　It is possible that we could have landed in the middle of the island and cut down softwoods as we did before, but we had no intention of doing so.

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　There was a reason why we went to cut the trees directly instead of going to the lumberyard.

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　It was because the lumberyard was well protected.

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　The Gulu River has a large width, and the middle bar of the Gulu River covers a reasonably large area.

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　Even in the middle of such a bar, the location of the lumberyard can be easily seen from a distance.

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　It was because of the high walls.

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　The Wall of Atmos.

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　Even in the country of Gulugaria there were people who could use magic, and they cast spells to protect the lumberyard and fortify it.

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　The lumberyard must be very important.

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　Instead of the relatively easy-to-use "wall construction," which consumes little magic power, the lumberyard is covered with the "Wall of Atmos.

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　It is a wall of hardened bricks as hard as metal, 50 meters high.

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　Seeing that, we decided that it would be difficult to attack the lumberyard, which is why we changed our policy at that time.

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　This time, however, the situation was different.

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　That [Wall of Atmos] is certainly a strong defense.

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　But there was a big storm, and the water of the river increased temporarily.

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　It cannot be without its effects.

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"I found it. We're going to start our attack from there."

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　Water is a terrible thing.

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　Even a slight rise in the water level causes the force of the water pushing things down to the surface to soar.

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　Therefore, I thought that there must be some place that would be easy to attack.

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　Apparently, I was not wrong.

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　We can wall off the city, but we cannot completely cover it.

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　Because then people would not be able to enter.

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　Or, in the case of this lumberyard, there would have to be an entrance to let in the softwoods that were cut down.

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　And such an entrance would inevitably be a weak point in the structure of the building.

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　From a distance, I gathered magic power in my eyes and observed that some of the entrances had collapsed.

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　Let's attack from there.

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　After deciding on the target of our attack, we immediately attached our boats to the sandbar and marched toward the collapsed point.

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