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// Chapter 15: Defenses 
// Story: A New Life 
// by arc5162 
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September 15, 3991 BBB(Before the Battle of the Bell)

Life in the village has been really predictable lately. After all, the same old routine gets tiring after a while. Today however was different. After a few weeks of calculations, I finally have everything ready to set up defenses for the village perimeter.





“Ok everyone”, I said, looking out to the guards, “Today, we will be setting up perimeter defenses for the village. My plan is to build a stone wall around the village, with guards posted at towers throughout the wall. First things first though, we need to get stone, and I know exactly where to get it.”

After finishing that speech, I lead all of the stonecutters and carts to the site of the old dam. Back when humans were still around, this dam was used to supply water for the entire city it was built near. It was a standard spillway dam, mostly constructed using piles of dirt and loose rocks piled up on the either side to make it look nicer. The dam failed a long time ago due to no one maintaining it, but we could use those rocks to build the village wall. 

Before starting though, I wanted to let Maple look at it.





“Your people made this?” She said, looking at what was left of the old dam.



“Yes, it broke a long time ago due to age, but we can use the stones on either side as material to build the defensive wall.”

I then looked to the stonecutters and said, “go ahead and get as many as you need, then take them back to the village.”

They then got straight to work. The deer used their magic to gather rocks and put them in the carts, which the bulls had volunteered to pull back to the village. 

“Hey honey”, said Maple looking at me with curious eyes.

“Yes?”

“Why are you deciding to build a defensive wall? We both know something isn’t right.”

“You’re right Maple, something isn’t right at all. I sensed that the magic of this world is out of balance, it can only be Grogar.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, that’s why I’m ordering this construction, I need some eyes on the outside to help guard the village.”

“What if he finds us?”

“The timberwolves should help a little. But if he finds us, I’ll deal with him myself.”

“Are you sure, he’s really powerful.”

“As powerful as he is, my magic level is still stronger thanks to the crystal.”

“Ok, if you say so.”

After that conversation with Maple, me and the rest of the villagers got to work building the defensive wall around the village. It took several months to cut the stone and put it together, but eventually, the wall was finished. Once it was finished, I assigned the guards to each of the outposts on the wall to guard it and report back to me if they saw anything.

This Grogar sounded like a real problem from what I heard from all of my citizens. From that moment, I made a big decision.

I needed to find out who he was, what he was, and how to stop him for good.