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From the Orient, we traveled down the Gulu River.
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We traveled in a magic iron ship, a vessel with enhanced mobility and defense, but no major skirmishes occurred along the way.
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We then arrive at our destination, the country of Grougary.
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The ship was parked on the riverbank, from where the attack was to begin.
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"The magic ironclad will wait for you on the river Gulu. Just be careful not to send any troops towards us from the lumberyard.
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The soldiers of the Orientals disembarked from their ships one after another.
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They then give instructions to the crews of the remaining ships.
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There are several important strongholds in the country of Gulagaria, but basically we only need to pay attention to two: the city area and the lumberyard.
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It is possible that the lumberyards in the middle of the country will bring help to the cities, but it is inevitable that they will have to be transported by ship.
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So far, the strength of the lumberyards has been a major factor in the defense of Grougalia.
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The country of Gulagaria, with its skilled archers, was also good at fighting on the river.
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On board of a ship, the main fighting methods are long-range attacks with bows, or hand-to-hand combat on board by crashing the ships.
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The Bulgarians, who had won many of their battles on the river with their overwhelming power of bow, fought on the river with the ships that brought their soldiers and repulsed every attack on their cities by other nations.
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Therefore, if we were to attack the cities of the Bulgarian nation, we would have to devote a considerable number of troops to the defense of the ships that we have used to get here.
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However, the Orient did not need to do so.
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This is because of the power of the magical iron ships.
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The entire ship is covered with iron to provide a high level of protection.
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And the most important thing is that they have overwhelming propulsive power that is far superior to that of conventional ships.
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Moreover, this ship can attack from a long distance.
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The skill of bow is totally different from the previous Orientals due to the training, and they also have a weapon called the "magic bow Orient".
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Therefore, even with a small number of soldiers, it is unlikely that the magic iron ship will sink.
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So, we don't have to worry about our means of transportation being disrupted, which is why we can concentrate on capturing the city.
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Let's get the call for help from the country of Grougalia and start attacking quickly before the armies of other countries arrive.
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With 3,000 soldiers who had disembarked from the iron ship, we now moved on the ground and proceeded to the capital city of the country.
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The first time the soldiers arrived at the capital of Gulugaria, they were accompanied by a group of three thousand soldiers.
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"Looks like a turtle. Do you think you can conquer it, Oliva?"
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"I don't know. Can't you destroy the Wall of Atmos, Ian? If you could, it would be a quicker story.
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"Impossible, isn't it? That wall is a defensive wall designed for warriors against Atmos. You might be able to knock down the wall if you try really hard, but it won't be enough to take out one of them. It looks like there are a lot of layers."
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The capital of the country of Gulgaria.
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We arrived there and immediately launched an attack.
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But the attack is not working at all.
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This is because the city of Glugaria is terribly well-protected.
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The capital of Gulgaria was surrounded by a wall.
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But the walls were not built of "wall construction" but of "walls of atmos".
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Even a ten-meter-high wall would have been enough to defend the city, but it was a fifty-meter-high wall that was even taller than that.
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Moreover, the "Wall of Atmos" is not made of ordinary bricks, but hardened bricks.
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They are as hard as metal and fireproof enough to be used in a high-temperature furnace.
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It is not so easy to attack.
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Moreover, it is said that the wall is made of many layers of bricks.
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The walls built by "wall construction" are 10 meters high and 5 meters thick.
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However, the walls of Atmos are not only taller, but also less thick.
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This was supposedly to reduce the amount of magic power required to activate magic at one time.
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However, the country of Glugaria must have felt insecure with a wall with no thickness.
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Even though it is made of hardened bricks, they wanted a thicker wall, and so they built another [Wall of Atmos] right behind the [Wall of Atmos], and so on, to achieve a thicker defense.
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Thanks to this, none of Ian's attacks have been able to penetrate.
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This inevitably limits the places to attack.
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It is the Wall Gate.
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Even though the city is surrounded by a strong wall, there must be a place to go in and out.
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And for that purpose, a gate must be built.
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Compared to the Wall of Atmos, the gate must be less defensive.
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Therefore, it would be best to attack the gate if you are going to attack the city.
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But the Gulagarians know that.
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That is why the gate was heavily fortified.
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The wall gate is made of soft magic wood as well.
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Like hardened bricks, the wood is as hard as metal when it is not subject to magic.
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It was used to open and close the gate, so that it could be easily opened from the inside using magic power, but from the outside it was a hard, thick, heavy metal spring gate that could not be opened at all, making it impervious to any attack from us.
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Moreover, the walls around the gate were made so that archers could easily shoot their bows, and arrows shot down from above would fly in and cause damage to us.
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In short, it seems that the Glugarian State intends to play a thorough defensive war.
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They are defending like tortoises and will not go out to attack us at all.
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Such a strategy is only possible because other small countries are sending reinforcements towards us.
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If they persevere, help will come someday and they will be able to overwhelm the Orientals by sheer numbers.
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The Pelagians have played the decoy role, and now the Bulgarians are going to play the same role.
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What should we do?
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Is there any quick way to attack this strong defense?
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Facing the most heavily defended city we had ever seen, we began to consider how we would deal with it.
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