The New Civilization of Witches
Chapter 41: The appearance of the first demonic beast
As Brian had said, once the snow started to fall in Border Town, the snow would not stop immediately.
In one night, the city was covered in a layer of white glaze. In the morning, the snowfall had subsided.
Only a few snowflakes occasionally descended from the sky, but the weather was still gray.
When he thought about how he would not see the sun for several months, Roland thought the idea was still rather unimaginable.
This was completely illogical, he thought, although it was already very strange that magic was a common thing in this world.
However, how could demonic beasts impact the sky?
Unfortunately, he did not have any weather satellites to view the cloud formations of this world.
Walking on the road towards the western city wall, Carter could not help but exclaim, saying,
"The city is deserted, there is still a group of people following the retreating nobles!"
"That's good, at least they won't hold us back." Roland replied as his breath fogged in the cold air,
"I have arranged for Barov to hold a census during the winter."
“What is census?”
“This is a statistic that results from going door-to-door, counting the number of people who remain, asking for their names and what jobs they have. All of this will then be registered.” Roland explained,
“As a result, during the war we will know how many human resources we can muster, and after the war, retirement can be applied quickly and efficiently. “
“Eh... What?” Carter blinked confusedly and then laughed,
"Your Majesty, you're really not the same as before."
"Oh?"
“In the past you will say something, and I will not understand it. You will do some unexpected and mysterious things, but in any case, you will,
they did not confirm the prince's identity. And now..” Carter fell silent and seemed to be considering his next words,
“whether it was a strange training rule or a novelty from an alchemy workshop, the results were very effective.
Perhaps this is what my grandfather meant when he said, 'extraordinary people are extraordinary, because they can always see possibilities that ordinary people ignore'.
I have a feeling that there is indeed a possibility for you to become King.”
“...Yes,” suddenly Roland got a warm feeling in his heart.
Is there a better feeling than when someone else acknowledges your hard work?
For a short time, he felt full of strength and felt that the gray sky was no longer as miserable as before.
The moment the prince arrived at the wall, the militia, who had cleared all the snow, bowed to pay their respects. Roland thought that they should also learn to salute, and he asked,
"What was the situation last night?"
“There is no trace of demonic beasts,” replied the Iron Axe,
“Your Highness, according to past experience, we will still have a relatively stable period of time after the first snowfall, the,
During this period, the number of normal animals was still greater than the number of demonic beasts, and if there were demonic beasts, they would become weaker species. “
Roland nodded, "You should still continue to be vigilant."
The regional rear walls had been converted into barracks, so if there was no danger, most people could stay in the camp to rest and conserve energy.
Roland implemented a rotation system, taking into account the low winter temperatures. Each team only needed to patrol for two hours before they were replaced. All of these actions were set by Roland.
He had asked Brian how things were at Longsong Stronghold and learned that they had no rotation system against demonic beasts.
The new recruits would be tasked with keeping an eye on the movements of the demonic beasts and would have to be on guard all day long. So as a result they'll slack off,
to the extent that a situation where the army was deserted would occur. During the winter, twenty to thirty people were hanged for neglecting duty or violating military orders.
If they found traces of demonic beasts, it would be a mess since they did not assign people to their own defense sector.
They paid great attention to personal honor and courage, and even emphasized looting.
Even knights would be at the forefront when storming into the city, yet they did not need to plunder too much.
Roland once again patrolled along the wall and saw that everything seemed to be going smoothly, but Roland discovered that he had ignored the problem.
That's a roadblock. This barrier was currently still clearly visible and would bring the demonic beast towards the right part of the wall,
but if what Brian said was true and the snow would fall for two to three months without interruption,
it could get to the point where the demonic beasts would not see any barrier and would attack all the walls for six hundred yards.
His militia forces were clearly too small to face such a large battlefield. Sending soldiers to clear the snow is a bad idea,
since some species like the demon wolf were extremely agile, so he would definitely lose an army.
Maybe he should rely on the power of the witches. For example, she could let Nightingale take Anna out of town to melt snow with her fire and then sneak back –
just like how she brought Nana in and out of the House of the Pine. At this point, he heard a call from an observer on his left side.
“See in front!”
Roland and Carter both looked towards the position referenced by the observer. There, a group of small shadows crawled out from the snow, moving slowly towards the wall.
The hunter who controlled this part of the defense turned to Roland and asked,
"Your Majesty, you said whether ..."
Handle the situation according to the previous practice, so assess the situation yourself to determine if you should honk, Roland ordered, at this point, you are more experienced than me.
The soldier hesitated, but he ended up pulling the rope from his arrow, and stood further down the wall to observe.
Roland nodded in satisfaction.
For now, when the number of demonic beasts that would attack Border Town was still unknown, the most important thing was to maintain order on the walls.
After all, they could quickly set up their defenses according to the steps drilled into them from before.
Slowly, the shadow approached the wall. When they were 50 yards away from the wall, Roland was finally able to clearly see their appearance. Maybe a fox variant?
Their fur is grayish black and their eyes are red. When they were on the wall, they were panting.
“It seems like not long ago they turned into demonic beasts. They are not a threat,” said the Iron Axe while aiming with his bow.
"You mean they're infected by the Hell's Breath that was expelled in the West?"
“It didn't just happen in the West,” Carter came and replied,
“The gates of Hell can open anywhere in the mountains, there is no safe place from it in the mountains.
In the North, there was a huge road that was often attacked by demonic beasts. There, it seemed that the part of the Impassible Mountain Range was never ending up being cut off.
For more than a decade, this path was the main direction of attack from demonic beasts.”
The maniac monsters only lasted for a short while at the base of the wall before they raised their heads and let out a gloomy growl towards the crowd on the wall while preparing to jump.
However, Iron Axe released his bowstring, and his sharp arrow accurately pierced the neck of one of the demonic beasts, firmly nailing it to the ground.
Roland noted that the blood flowing out of the beast was black.
It was the same kind of erosion for demonic beasts and witches, but why could witches still save their consciousness and be saved after their awakening,
when will animals always turn into maniacs while their bodies mutate?
If I have a chance, I should go and look behind the Mountain of Despair, Roland thought.
In the Prince's memories, it was a place where no human could set foot, it was where the Gates of Hell were opened.
However, since no one had ever visited him, most of his knowledge came from ancient books, and he had no way of verifying the rumors, so he had some doubts about the Gates of Hell.
