390 # 371 Member selection and the first island.txt (2/2)

Hmm? How hard was it just to carry a rock? Why?

'I'm sorry. Why did you have trouble just carrying the stone?

'You know... how hard do you think it is to carry a giant stone?'

'What?　Wouldn't it be easier if you could carry it in a golem?

There is a silence.

'...Can you do it?

Yes. It was a normal thing on the old island, right?

Oh. Ahhh... that's right, I was carrying it.

Hey!　You're kidding me!　What have we been through?!

It sounds like you had to work very hard. That's a lot of work to do if you're doing it by hand.

I'm sorry. I was distraught... If the golem can carry and stack stones, it should be possible to build a good base. Of course, it depends on the number of stonemasons.

'How many summoners can summon a golem?'

Me, Rakeshiku, Al, Takuma, and Aroma were there. Furthermore, Raiden was taming Colossus. It seems that Colossus is popular among other fierce beast users.

Apparently, because of Black Iron's success on the ancient island, Horse and Golem have been summoned by quite a few summoners.

''If that's all there are, that's enough.

Oh. I'll get the masons. Do you have a member in mind?

I haven't decided that part yet... while everyone else is discussing it, I'll ask permission and take a look around and then get my fishing rod out and fish. Now, does it hit?

As I predicted, mackerel was a hit. So it's possible to get food from the sea.

Did you catch it?

'I caught it. Allow me to recommend Nick and the other alchemists I fought with on the Chimera with Mr. Sharrow and the others.

They?　It's not just cannon rounds... what are they up to?

You know...I'll tell Mr. Will.

'If we're going to build an embankment, can't we build it in two stages away from the shore?

It's possible, but... do you really want to keep it off the beach?

'Yes. If we build it near the coast, we will have to attack the enemies in the water. That would put us at a disadvantage.

I see. So the ideal time to defend is when you're on land... then why the two-stage stance?

Everyone answers before I can answer.

'It's a trap,'

It's obvious... it's a common strategy to attack from above by pinching them with a big wall. The fire meter is also effective, so I figured I'd need the help of an alchemist. Besides, they are specialists in the mass production of weapons. I heard that they can also throw them and move them around at will, so I think it will be advantageous in many ways.

I see... you immediately think of a defense plan under these circumstances.

'No wonder you have such a high clearance rate for the event.

You're still the same... tact guy. No, more awesome than before?

It's something of a reputation. I'm worried because it's a pretty neat plan. Then we talked and we decided on a crew. Our formation is as follows.

60 heavy infantry, 20 spearmen, 45 knights, 40 swordsmen, 5 fighters, 40 mages, 40 musketeers, 50 archers, 20 summoners, 10 fierce beast handlers, 40 ninjas, 5 clerics, 30 alchemists, 15 smiths, 20 stonemasons, 25 woodworkers, 5 leatherworkers, 10 cooks, 10 fishermen, 10 others.

We were going to take on 375 combat positions and 125 production positions. The reason for the large number of heavily armed infantry and knights was because we thought we needed them for base defense. The martial artists and clerics are due to their small numbers and the fact that they are already fighting for each other.

It was decided to recruit a strong solo player or party that could act at noon in this situation. It seems that there are a lot of such players in Reich, and the people from ”Shooting Stars” and ”Steel Division” decided to work for us.

The reason for the decrease in production was due to the fact that, surprisingly, it turned out that a lot of people were taking production skills. The popularity of the cooking skill was especially great. The others were mainly in the role of gathering information and directing operations. Ruin-san, Sabacan-san, Nao-san and others were included here. Information comes out from Sabacan-san immediately.

''A special shipbuilding event has been confirmed in Wizard Orb. It seems to be an event to build a large magic ship. The verification team believes that this quest is the key to clearing the event.

What kind of quest is this?

The difficulty is A and the name of the NPC issuing the quest is Noah.

Well....that makes sense when you say it's the key. Noah is a celebrity known for Noah's Ark. I'm not sure I've ever seen such a thing before.

And then they all look at me... this is not...

Mr. Tact, can we go to Wizard Orb?

I can go...

You can't help but whisper...

'You're going!　So will you take this quest?　I'll buy any quest information I can find.

No, no. Wait a minute... it's difficulty A, okay? You can't.

Not many people can go to the Wizard Orb...could you please?

Apparently, only mages can go to the Wizard Orb. Then I thought Rekka should just go, but I'm told that difficulty A is impossible with a mage party.

''Huh...I'll just try to do it, but please don't get your hopes up.

I know. I'll handle the basing and the food.

So my trip to Wizard Orb was decided. I didn't know how long it would take, so I hurriedly headed to Aquas, made arrangements to get to Wizard Orb, the magical land, and logged out.