Chapter 126: Building High Walls

  Thud! Thud! Thud!

  Wooden stakes were driven forcefully into the ground.

  The tall and burly slowly lowered its fist, stepped to the right, and hammered down on the wooden stake with great force.

  Feeling the faint tremors from the ground, everyone’s gaze was unsciously fixated in a daze.

  For most of them, it was the first time seeing the perform as other than walking.

  The dispy of raw power from the massive left everyone in shod stirred some mixed feelings in their hearts.

  While everyone was focused on the building the wooden walls, lunch was being prepared and distributed to the group.

  Unsciously, they all stopped w.

  Why were they building wooden walls here?

  While everyone was eating, Matthew had already trolled the to drive the first row of two-meter-long bck wooden beams into the trench.

  Soon, the sed group, who had been ready for some time, began moving the 30-plus carriages into the enclosure.

  The carriages ehe walled area, blog everyone's view.

  The carriage doors opened, and hundreds of lively figures jumped out.

  All of them were cloaked, and the sunlight made them slightly unfortable.

  Five hundred kobolds!

  They had been teleported here along with Matthew.

  Due to their small size, 2es were enough to hold them all.

  The rge and imposing Gold-Fang was the st to step out.

  His vertical pupils sed the kobolds, and at his mere ghe previously restless kobolds immediately quieted down.

  Without waiting fold-Fang's and, the kobolds lined up to retrieve various tools from the carriages.

  Then, they demonstrated an astonishing level of discipline.

  Uhe leadership er kobolds, they split into small teams and got to work under Gold-Fang’s and.

  Despite their small stature, the kobolds moved swiftly, wielding hammers and shovels with impressive speed.

  In just over ten minutes.

  The kobolds had dug a deep trench behind the walls.

  Then, they quickly excavated a series of deep pits, extrag rge amounts of dirt and piling it up behind the wooden walls.

  The dirt piled higher and higher, and the pits ected to form underground tunnels.

  Seeing the pn steadily advang, Matthew slowly opehe door of the carriage and stepped out calmly.

  His movements seemed ter a rea, as the barbarian soldiers who had beeing in the nearby carriages also stepped out.

  The fully armored barbarian soldiers, standing in the sunlight, exuded an overwhelming presence.

  Those who had just finished eating curiously looked over.

  None of them had even noticed when these barbarian soldiers and the mysterious Arist had joihe caravan...

  Adam Smith stepped forward and called out in a clear, straightforward voice:

  "Attention everyone, we are now hiring!"

  "The wages are the same as in Bay Territory, so if you’re ied, you sign up now."

  "Additionally, due to the heavy workload this time, there’s ara 50% pay bonus for all partits..."

  As he spoke, the caravan's guards deftly pulled out several recruitment boards.

  Some adventurers, still eating, gnced curiously at the busy s and finally uood:

  "Bay Territory is pnning to build a camp here?"

  "I think so. This spot is exactly a day’s journey from Bay Territory. Building a camp here would eliminate a lot of dangers."

  "Exactly. Don’t be fooled by the calm Misty Marsh—onight falls, those fishmen will swarm in droves..."

  "I’ve experiehat before, and I have no desire to gh it again..."

  "The caravan came well-prepared. A lot of those carriages were loaded with struaterials."

  "Of course they’re recruiting workers; this is the lord's favorite thing to do."

  "Haha, didn’t we all get recruited once before?"

  "With Bay Territory’s stru speed, this won’t take long. We’ll probably reach Bay Vilge by tomorrow."

  "..."

  Hearing the adventurers' versation, the pushcart workers and refugees finally realized what was going on.

  They had seen the dangers of the wilderness at night firsthand, with many having narrowly escaped death.

  They quickly struck up versations with the adventurers, asking about Bay Territory and the current hiring situation.

  When they heard that the average wage in Bay Territory was 20 copper s a day, most were tempted.

  They also learhat after a month of w as a oner in Bay Territory, one could earn a tribution point.

  With 100 tribution points, they could get a house to live in for free, and most people started making moves.

  Lastly, they were told that those who performed well on the job could apply for the reservist soldier exam.

  If they passed the exam and became reservist soldiers, they would earn 10 silver s a month.

  Everyone rushed forward at o quickly lined up obediently uhe guards' "scolding" to sign up.

  After all, if you didn’t follow the rules, you wouldn’t get a ce.

  No one dared to act out!

  The guards, well-versed in recruitment, quickly registered everyone.

  Seeing how obedient they were, and with no sign of the expected enemy attack, Adam Smith sigo Captain Mellen with a gnd, escorted by four s, left Matthew's side and approached the group:

  "For this camp stru, you’ll only o do the most basic tasks. sider it an early introdu to life in Bay Territory."

  "And to ensure everyone has the strength to work, dinner will include meat for all."

  Hearing that there would be actual meat to eat, rather than just the smell of it.

  All the refugees' eyes lit up, and they begaedly discussing it.

  Adam Smith didn’t interrupt their discussions, simply smiling as he watched them. Ohey quieted down on their own, he tinued:

  "Starting now, follow orders and work hard."

  "Those who work diligently will be rewarded, and those who sck off won’t get aonight."

  Upon hearing this, everyone’s faces lit up with excitement, and they eagerly shouted:

  "Rest assured, Adam Smith! We’ll work hard and make sure no one scks off!"

  Riding this wave of enthusiasm, Adam Smith sent them off to work immediately.

  The first task was to clear the reeds surrounding the hill.

  Adam Smith watched them closely and then g Matthew as he approached, asking him:

  "Whie is the spy?"

  "Should we root them out?"

  Matthew, looking at the obvious "hints," replied calmly:

  "Why would we root them out? Without them, we’d have fewer people to do the work."

  "Besides, if they don’t send word of my presence here, how would the enemy know where to attack?"

  As he spoke, Matthew waved his hand toward the sky.

  Apanied by a distant screech, Yaya, now with wings spanning over two meters, desded in a spiral.

  Under tless astonished gazes, she nded gracefully.

  The "star of the show" had arrived!

  FAL