The Great War of Rhodesia

15. Lighthill Region

After the arrival of Aksa and Nata's entourage, the construction of more livable camps for the 150 families who lost their homes was carried out in the eastern region of Varun City. In one of the areas that have been cleaned.

In addition, the construction of the Antenna Tower for Radio Communications also began, as well as the construction of guard posts in the eastern region bordering the free land of Azure.

The workers and the Witch Builders were seen starting to be as busy as the soldiers since they arrived in the city.

Aksa and Nata meet with Lucia, Orland, Amithy, and the old men who used to work under Matthew. To start talking about the construction of the city which is planned to be used as a headquarters city during this attack.

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"You must remember Samuel, right? The Ignus family servant" Orland reintroduced a middle-aged Morra man sitting at the end of a table in a meeting tent.

"Yes, even if it has been five years, you don't look any older, Mr. Samuel." Nata answered from Aksa's side in front of Orland.

"It makes no difference to the two of you, Lord Aksa, lord Nata. I couldn't believe it when I heard you two coming back. But thank goodness you guys have really come back" replied Samuel looking relieved.

"Why have you been in this area for five years? Isn't the other Ignus family already in the central region?" sahut Aksa with questions.

"My family is a hereditary man of the Ignus family. And one of our main tasks is to care for the ancestors of the Ignus family" Samuel explained.

"Caring for ancestors? You mean their graves?"

"really. Although it seems strange, but the late Mr. Mateus was also buried in this region. At the Ignus family's special cemetery in the northwest of the city."

"What is the new ruler of this region not to dispute about it?" This time Nata looks curious.

"It was fortunate that Gall's nobility was a man who valued the custom of nobility. So he did not care much about it as long as I did not enter Varun City" Samuel replied again.

"So you live in the cemetery?"

"really. We have a decent house in the area. Mrs Zanda always sends my needs every month through the acquaintance of Miss Versica who is in Varun City," explained the Morra man with a grateful smile.

"Aunt Zanda and Eureka will be here in a few weeks. After everything is completely safe," said Lucia to give additional information.

"Thank God. Finally the Madam and Young Miss were able to visit Mr. Mateus' meal after a long time," Samuel replied with eyes that began to look teary from haru.

"And from now on you'll stay here to help build this territory, Sam." This time, Amithy gave the order to Samuel.

"I'm ready to do it, Mrs Amithy. And what can I do to help rebuild this region?" samuel said, looking excited to get the order.

"There's no need to hurry, Mr. Samuel." Nata. "The construction of the city will begin another week after the construction of the road from the central region to this city, along with the security has been completed" he explained.

"Oh, okay. I understand, Mr. Nata." Samuel nodded quickly.

"Later the train line from this city to the south will also be updated. But after Aksa finished confirming his territory." Nata spoke again.

"May later Lily and I will do a territorial check using a drone. As well as to help plan the development of this region in the future," said Aksa added to the speech of his best friend.

"But what about the Lighthill region?" ask Orland who looks worried. "Don't we have to pass through their territory if we want to go south without passing through Coedore?"

"No need to worry, Mr. Orland. Tonight the army led by General Wedge will begin a raid on Lighthill." Nata answered.

"really? This fast?"

"We do have to act quickly in this attack, Uncle." Lucia added to Nata's explanation.

"And if the information I have received is correct, then now the Augra forces in the Lighthill region will not get any assistance, not even from the Ravus region." Nata gave an explanation.

"How can you?" Orland looked to be frowning.

"Because Miss Helen and the Elite Forces around the Ravus region managed to intercept all Messengers from the Lighthill region heading to Ravus and the Augra region" Nata explained later.

"Oh, as it turned out. That's very good news." This time relief was seen on Orland's face.

"So the development schedule that we have made before will not change, Mr. Orland," said Nata again.

"Yes, I understand."

"Then, what about the warning letter to Vistralle, Your Majesty?" This time Nata asked Lucia about another topic.

"This morning the letter had been carried by the Introduction to the Message which departed with Biggs' army to the west" Lucia replied later.

"When the Introduction to Messages was on horseback, it might have reached the city of Dios in about a day and a half." Samuel added with more detailed information.

"One and a half days, huh? Then we still have time to build a road from Lighthill to Margrace, if it's true Mr. Wedge's army took over tonight." Aksa.

"really?" This time Lucia, Orland, and Amithy asked Nyris at the same time.

"According to the aerial images I took a few months ago, it seems that the damage to the railway line in the region was not too severe. Our workers should be able to recover it within a day." Aksa gave an explanation.

"But it takes half a day to travel by iron train from this city to the Lighthill region" said Lucia who then stopped suddenly. "Oh, unless we use an Air Ship," he added, who looks to have just recalled it.

"Oh, right too. It only takes less than 1 hour when we use the Airship." Orland.

"really. It should be tomorrow morning, our second Airship can already be used" Aksa replied later.

"Really, right? This is good news." Orland put a smile back on his face.

"Sorry, but what is an Airship?" Samuel seemed unable to follow the theme of the conversation this time.

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Later that night, the attack on Randon, the Lighthill County government, began.

This time the Rhapsodian army would not hesitate to use the Destruction Train to pound the city fortress.

Although the Augra Soldiers in the Ravus region would not be moved to help the Lighthill region, due to the failure of the message delivery, the information obtained from the Rhodesodian spies in the Lighthill region was quite limited.

So to anticipate the risk of power hidden by the Augra, such as secret weapons or additional troops that escape the eyes of the spies, he said, then the choice to take over the city at full force was the best.

Although it had to damage the city, or even had to sacrifice some residents.

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The invasion of the city of Randon was the fastest of all raids ever carried out by the Rhapsodian Army. But even so, the raid was the scariest invasion ever experienced by the Augra Forces.

Because dozens of magic bullets from the 8 Destruction Trains rained down on the city's fortress walls for a full 1 hour, barely ransacked. Which resulted in the collapse of one side of the fortress in the end.

Even before the Rhapsodia Army had stormed in, the Augra Warrior was only half of its previous number.

Some did not survive the attack on the Destroyer Train, and others fled because they felt they had no chance of victory against the Rhodesodian troops.

And this time Nata ordered Helen and the Elite Forces to let the fleeing soldiers enter the territory of Ravus. So that they can report the power of the Destroyer Train they saw while raiding the walls of Randon City to other colleagues in the region.

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The next morning, Wedge contacted Varun City to report the success of his attack the night before. Then it began to prepare to run its Combat Train south. Four to the border of the Augra and four to the border of Ravus.

Meanwhile, the second Air Ship owned by Rhapsodia was ready to be launched.

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