Published: January 13, 2026
When I arrived at the site, sure enough, much of the area that used to be forest had been logged. Seeing only tree stumps poking out of the ground gave the feeling of actually being at a forestry site.
That said, the area was surprisingly vast.
“...I can’t believe they cut down this many trees. It’s outright environmental destruction,” I muttered.
Kamushin tilted his head.
“Environmental destruction? Trees grow everywhere, though…”
I nodded in understanding at Kamushin’s puzzled words. Indeed, this world seemed to have so few humans that nature was overwhelmingly abundant. It was normal to travel long distances past deep forests and mountains before reaching a village.
If you said you were going to the neighboring town, you might be gone for days or even weeks. That’s the kind of world this was.
Thinking that way, the deforestation around Seato Village might not be such a big issue after all.
“…Yeah, maybe I won’t worry about it.”
I muttered to convince myself and took another look at the logging site.
The adventurer town was built along the highway, so expanding toward the Wolfsburg Mountains side would make for an odd shape. From above, it would probably look like an awkward L-shape.
This was troublesome.
“How should I design it…”
I pondered while staring at the tree stumps. Then Kamushin standing next to me groaned with a troubled expression.
“…Well, high ground is advantageous in battle…”
“Talking about defense? Really, Kamushin, your mind always goes to combat.”
I smiled, thinking Kamushin’s thoughts were boyish, but suddenly a new image popped into my head.
Indeed, battles often involved fighting for the high ground. Shooting arrows or throwing stones from above made it difficult for those below to counterattack. Even in close combat with weapons, being a bit higher than your opponent makes fighting harder.
If so, Kamushin’s idea might be very good.
The problem was that Seato Village was nearby, but since we prioritized Seato Village, we could use the adventurer town as a defensive line.
In other words, we’d prevent attacks toward Seato Village, while maintaining strong offensive power toward the highway side and the Wolfsburg Mountains side.
Once that was decided, it was just a matter of shape and height.
“…Let’s make the adventurer town walls about twenty meters high. On the Seato Village side, we can keep the walls around five meters, so even if it’s captured, it won’t be a big problem. Now, about the shape…”
If we used as much of the cleared area as possible, it would form a shape like a distorted magatama bead. That felt a bit strange, and if possible, I wanted to match the shape to Seato Village.
As I thought this, an idea suddenly struck me.
Seato Village was shaped like a hexagram, so the adventurer town should be shaped like the moon. A crescent moon.
Many countries like Turkey and Malaysia have stars and moons on their flags, but no one had ever made a town shaped like a moon and star.
“All right. Let’s survey.”
I said this and turned to Bola and the others.
“Now, we’ll start preparations for building the town. First, let’s make a simple map.”
“Y-yes!”
Bola and the others energetically responded without fully understanding. They had no idea how much work this help would require.
“Hmm, Bola, your position should be a little more to the right? Also, overall, bigger… no, maybe put the walls outside the markers.”
“Bola! Move a little more to the right, please!”
Watching the scenery from above, Kamushin loudly gave instructions to the ground.
Bola and the others responded quickly, holding up their iron round shields.
For now, we had built a twenty-meter-high section of wall at the farthest point from Seato Village in the planned expansion area, and had the mechanical bow unit stand in designated spots as markers. But it was harder than expected.
Even with slight adjustments to spacing, forming a smooth curve was difficult.
“I think the tail end is a bit small.”