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"It looks like the river has risen quite a bit. A lot of things are being swept away by the water."

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　We landed on a bar on the Gulu River and moved toward a lumberyard.

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　I said this without thinking about what I saw on the way.

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　There was a lumberyard surrounded by the Wall of Atmos in the middle of the river, but there were also a number of buildings outside the lumberyard.

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　Or perhaps I should say that they were buildings.

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　Most of those buildings have been destroyed.

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　Of course, we didn't cause it, and it wasn't done by humans.

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　The area around the lumberyard had already been damaged by the water from the storm.

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　Looking at the ruins of the buildings we passed, it was as if everything had been swept away.

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　The water in the river has increased, and of course it continues to flow from upstream to downstream.

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　The water of the river flows on, knocking down everything in between.

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　The riverbanks in the river are also affected by the water.

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　Considering this, it is crazy to build a lumberyard on such a terrain.

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　Even if a storm as big as this one is rare, the river would rise to a certain extent every year.

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　However, this is the reason why I came to a conclusion.

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　When we came here for the first time before, we were all surprised.

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　It was about the fact that the lumberyard was surrounded by the Wall of Atmos.

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　The Orient, where people who could use magic appeared earlier than in the country of Bulgaria.

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　Even the cities of the Orient were not surrounded by the Wall of Atmos.

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　This may have had something to do with the amount of magic power consumed when magic was used.

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　The Wall of Atmos consumes more magic than the Wall of Architecture.

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　This means that those who have less magic power cannot even use [Wall of Atmos].

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　In other words, even if magic is spread by [naming], if you do not have a certain amount of magical power, you cannot use [Wall of Atmos].

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　And if you are just an ordinary person, you basically don't have enough magic power.

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　Basically, you had to be as good as a knight or a squire in the west to be able to build a high wall.

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　With such a small number of users and a large amount of magic power consumed at a time, it would be okay to build a wall to enclose a city.

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　This is because, when seen as a reinforcement of defensive power, [wall construction] is useful enough.

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　However, the lumberyard was one of the first to use the "Wall of Atmos" to fortify its defense.

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　It may be that they wanted to protect against water more than against humans.

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　They wanted to make the wall as high as possible to protect the lumberyard, which was located in a dangerous place called Chuzhou.

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　Perhaps that is why he used the "Wall of Atmos".

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　Unfortunately, however, it seems that the protection did not work perfectly.

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　No matter how high the walls are, it is necessary to move the stored lumber in and out.

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　It seems that the entrances were damaged by the water.

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　The "Wall of Atmos" is 50 meters high and as hard as metal.

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　However, this wall also has its drawbacks.

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　It is somewhat difficult to use as part of a building.

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　If you put your hands on the ground and cast a spell, all you need is some magic power and you can produce a wall that is terribly high.

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　However, the wall is so high that it is not suitable for defense.

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　It was difficult for the defenders to climb up to the top of the wall, even if they tried to intercept an attack from above.

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　Another problem was that it was difficult to build entrances and exits.

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　It would have been a hassle to hollow out the wall made of hardened bricks and install an entrance.

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　Therefore, I think it would be easier to build a gate between the two walls after building the walls of Atmos on both sides with a little space between them.

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　It seems that the lumberyards in Gulugaria also thought in the same way and built a gate to serve as an entrance/exit.

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　The gate was probably damaged by the force of the rising water.

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　This shows how destructive the water was.

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　Or, on the other hand, it is amazing that the gate was completely destroyed, but [Atmos' Wall] remains intact.

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　I wonder if it's because of the wall, which seems to extend downwards like a stake deep into the ground to prevent the wall from collapsing.

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"There's no interception so far. Are the guys at the lumberyard repairing the facility?"

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"Well, I don't know. Anyway, hurry up. Let's get the hell inside.

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　As I was running and observing my surroundings, Walter called out to me.

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　He said it was strange that the Glugaria side had not responded to us.

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　Indeed, the presence of the Barka mercenaries, who had landed in the middle of the island and were running toward the lumberyard, would have been a target for them.

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　The people of Grougalia, with its many powerful archers, would have intercepted them from a distance.

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　Not a single one.

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　Well, that can't be helped.

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　In the first place, I suspect that the buildings we have passed so far were for defensive purposes.

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　The "atmos wall" that surrounds the lumberyard is not only unclimbable, but also has no windows on its sides.

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　It is impossible to lean out and attack with a bow from there.

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　For this reason, I believe that they would have placed their men in several buildings before they reached the lumberyard to keep an eye out.

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　There may have been buildings for soldiers and buildings for warning, such as so-called "watchtowers".

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　The archers were supposed to respond to any unauthorized persons who landed on Chuzhou from that building or other locations.

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　However, all those buildings were washed away.

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　I am sure that the soldiers were also swept away at that time.

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　And the lumberyards were also damaged.

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　Therefore, they had no choice but to concentrate their personnel inside the lumberyard rather than outside, where they needed to be more vigilant.

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　Not as a proof of this, but people finally noticed our presence and began to appear around the doorways that were being repaired.

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　Some of them rushed to go inside to report the situation, while others were readying their bows to greet us.

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　But they were slow to respond.

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　I've come this far, and they're in my range.

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　I, the only one of the Barka Mercenaries with a bow made of soft magic wood, draw the string with all the magic power in my body and bow.

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　And I unleash a powerful shot called the meteor.

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　With that meteor, the battle between the Barka Mercenaries and the lumberyard began.

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