On that day, Kyle's office had been turned into a battlefield.

With Kyle's help, he flew away, only to find the room full of papers.

 

"What's this?"

Please help me!"

"Oh, please explain it to me."

"Actually, ......."

 

The Cockatrice attack prompted Kyle's army to be established early, and he immediately called for recruitment, which received nearly 2,000 applications for a capacity of 300 people.

That's what percentage of the settlers .......

 

"I know it's proof that Kyle is loved, but do you want to increase the capacity?"

"No, it will put pressure on the budget."

"That's right, soldiers are money-eaters."

 

Basically, soldiers are provided with food, clothing, shelter, equipment, and salaries. Considering training and other things, the budget for one soldier is not half as large.

We can't afford to increase the number of troops half-heartedly.

 

"And I had no idea how to sort ......."

 

Alphard, who was working on paperwork with Kyle, also looked up.

 

"I'm going to be in charge of the army, but I've never chosen anyone from outside of nobles and knights, so I'm having a hard time.

"Well, Alphard belonged to the Holy Knights."

 

There will be a difference between recruiting an elite army and recruiting ordinary soldiers.

I picked up a stack of papers in front of Alphard and flipped through them.

Professions ...... farmer, lumberjack, hunter, adventurer.

 

"Hmm? Are there any adventurers?"

"Oh, there are quite a few, maybe they want citizenship."

"Wouldn't it be easy to get Golden Dawn citizenship?"

 

Normally, the only way to get citizenship is to be born in the town or accumulate money, but citizenship in the pioneer village of Golden Dawn is fairly easy to obtain.

Basically, you can earn by having a residence and having a regular job, or by buying a house.

Moreover, there is also a room rental for those who wish to settle, so it is really easy to get citizenship.

 

"At the moment, we don't treat adventurers as regular jobs, although we welcome more adventurers."

 

Certainly, some of the adventurers have a Mr./Ms. who changes bases one after another. It may be difficult to define a regular job.

But I didn't think that adventurers would become soldiers for citizenship.

 

"This is my opinion as a former adventurer, but I think that most of the adventurers who applied probably like this Golden Dawn and want to change jobs to protect it.

 

I can understand if this is a low-rank adventurer who can't eat because of lack of ability, but as far as I can see from the application documents, it seems that there are also reasonably high-rank adventurers in the mix.

 

"First of all, let's get rid of the adventurers, and then we need to get rid of some combat experience."

"Okay."

"Thank you, brother."

 

While checking the documents extracting the adventurer, I found a ridiculous person.

I put the papers for the two of us in front of Alphard.

 

"These two are confirmed."

"Who?"

"They are Degard Bismak and Tygal Gaidar, both C-class adventurers with experience as mercenaries. He's the guy who was in charge of the Cockatrice Defense."

"Oh, they, one of them is a beastman."

"Is there a problem?"

"No...... Not."

 

Alphard stuttered for a moment, probably because he still had a feeling about letting the beastmen into the army. However, Kyle's policy is not to discriminate against beasts and beasts.

 

"I think Devil should be Alphard's second-in-command."

"Well, it's not bad."

"All adventurers above the D grade should be taken, and those below should be compared with the investigation report."

"Okay."

 

If you are going to join the army, you need to do a minimum of ideological research, family relationships, political thoughts, etc., but at present, there are more than 2,000 of them, and there is no way to do it.

It seems that after narrowing it down to a certain extent in this way, it will be investigated again.

 

It was decided that the civilian officers who had been dispatched by the Marquis, along with the teachers of the school, would be so busy that they would cry.

Yeah. I'll give you the potion later.

 

After about a month of selection, the hard work was rewarded, and an army under Kyle's direct control was established.

300 may sound small, but a low-ranking nobleman may have only about 10 soldiers, so 300 is quite a large number.

 

If war broke out and the king ordered him to send troops, he would have to conscript peasants and take them with him, but Kyle didn't want to do that, so he increased the number of full-time soldiers.

However, it is also related to the fact that this remote land is dangerous.

 

The population of the town had swelled, and it was necessary to maintain public order.

Soldiers are divided into three main categories, and since they are rotated into activities, standby (training), and rest, the number of soldiers who are active in peacetime is 100.

 

Kyle is the commander-in-chief. Alphard is the substantial general. Desgard was his assistant, and Tygal took the lead.

　

Kyle overlooks the training ground from the mansion. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw how he was being trained by Taigal.

 

"It's finally come together."

"yes, it was hard."

"But now that we don't have to hire adventurers to keep the town safe, we'll be able to get rid of the demons in the area."

"Yes, the walls will be completed soon."

 

Once the walls are completed, the defense power will skyrocket, reducing the number of adventurers hired to defend the castle.

 

"Yes, everyone is doing really well."

"I can't lose either."

"Rather, Brother Kraft, please rest."

"Ah, okay, okay, you too."

"Rest assured, Persia won't let you do it."

"I see."

 

Persia watched with a frown as she and Kyle laughed together.

 

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The second city wall, which had not been completed, was completed.

All buildings were now protected by alchemy fortified rock walls.

During the attack of the cockatrices, the completed part was not damaged, so it is a relief to have this wall.

 

Today Li Fan and Kyle. And I'm going around with Persia.

 

"The north gate is closed now because it faces the river, and the west, east and south gates will be open until nightfall."

"You're going to create a small area outside the north gate so that it's completely adjacent to the river, right?"

"Yes, we are currently working with the Building Guild to see if we can build a bridge over this great river. If we build a bridge, it will be a gateway to the bridge, and if we can't, we will build a port."

"It's exactly as reported, Mr./Ms. is really doing their best."

I'll tell everyone!"

"Thank you, and what about the Third City Wall?"

"We're in the process of building the foundations, because the third wall is on a different scale."

"That's right."

 

Even the current Second City Wall is not as large as the royal capital, but the Third Wall is many times larger. It is large enough to easily fit three royal cities. It would have taken decades to build it, but with the trick of alchemy fortification, it will be completed in a fairly short period of time.

 

Kyle inspected the completed walls and gates with satisfaction.

A red bipedal lizard ran up to me. It would be Alphard's Red Flame.

 

"Kyle!"

"Alphard, what's wrong?"

"It's a letter, a letter has come!"

 

It's clear from Alphard's panic that this isn't an ordinary letter.

 

"I'm going back to the office, Brother Kraft should come with me."

"Got it."

 

We hurried back to Kyle's office.

As Kyle sits down at his desk, the butler, who has been sent by the Marquis for an extra mandate, respectfully holds out a letter.

Kyle's eyes peeled at the emblem on the letter.

 

"This is ...... Kingdom Seal"

Isn't it from the Marquis?"

"No, it's a letter from the royal capital."

 

Kyle trembled slightly, as he opened the letter and read it over and over again.

 

"What did it say?"

 

Carefully folding the letter and placing it on the desk, Kyle looked up.

 

"A delegation will be sent from the royal capital."