The Release That Witch
Chapters 9's

"Not much, Your Majesty," replied the hunter. "During each Demon Month there would only appear two to three mixed demon species, otherwise, Longsong Fortress would be in big trouble."

"Well, you seem to be very observant," Roland ordered the man to stand up and asked, "what's your name? You don't look like a man from my Kingdom of Graycastle."

"A half of my bloodline is from the Mojin Clan, the townspeople call me the Iron Axe."

The Mojin clan, the people of the Shamin Kingdom, located in the southwest of the barren land, were said to be descendants of giants. Roland searched within his brain for any memories related to the Mojin Clan and realized that the Iron Axe did not use the name called by his clan, instead, instead it used the name given by the people in Border Town, and it seemed that he did not want to have any relationship with Shamin Kingdom. As for why, as it was clear he was from the southwestern border of a remote land, he estimated, there was a series of sad stories involved.

But for now the stories are unimportant; everyone is welcome in Border Town, whatever the background.

Roland clapped his hands, "That's not why I asked you to be here, Carter, give them ten silver royals each, then they can leave."

"Thank you very much for the gift, Your Majesty," the three said in unison.

After that people were taken away by Carter. After completing his task, Carter returned once more and asked, "Your Majesty, why are you asking them these questions? Do you want to stay here?"

Roland did not express any opinion and instead asked, "What do you think?"

"This matter is unquestionable, Your Majesty!" The knight said loudly, "According to the statement from the hunter, even a wild demon bear would be difficult to overcome. Outside of fifty yards, a shot with a crossbow will have no effect; we will have to wait until it is close to forty yards, or even up to thirty yards before making a shot, only our elite soldiers can do it. Plus the demons are too many, and we cannot rely on a strong wall, just standing side by side with the local guards to stop them. I fear that his victims will outweigh his achievements, our defeat will be assured. "

"You've seen what witches can do, so why can't you think positively?" Roland sighed.

"This ... The witches are evil, but Anna ... Miss Anna doesn't look like that, as the Knight Commander, I have to find out the truth by looking for the facts."

"If I give you the city wall, do you think it's possible?"

"What?" For a moment Carter suspected that he had heard wrong.

"If I give you a wall, between the north slope of the mountain and the Chishui River," Roland emphasized every word he said, "Although it won't be like the great wall of Graycastle, it will be, but to stop the animals, they should have stayed that way already."

"Master, do you know what you're saying?" The knight did not know whether to get angry or laugh, "Even your nonsense must have limits, if you don't stop, you must forgive my lack of manners."

"We still have three months, don't we? I see past records, the first snow usually falls here at the end of the second month from now."

"Even if we have three years it won't be enough! Building walls would require many workers, to lay foundations they would have to compress the earth and every one or two feet would have to be reinforced; otherwise it would be at high risk of collapsing. This would be the simplest of the earth walls, "Carter shook his head again and again," brick and stone walls are even harder to build and will require hundreds of artisans who will first have to cut the stone or bake the clay into bricks. After that they need to build it block by block. Your Majesty, all the walls were built in this way, without exception. A city built in time of day and night, it's just stuff of legend . "

Roland pointed out that he had heard enough, "So. You don't need to be too angry, if there is no reliable wall, I will take refuge with you to Longsong fortress. I won't give up my life in this place."

The knight knelt down, "I'll protect you!"

He had decided to stop the demonic beasts in Border Town - joining the elite army with the city guards, he would also intensively farm by expanding the area patrolled by the guards. If he wanted to build a wall connecting the northern slopes of the mountain and the Chishui River within three months, he would have to use the right technology from modern times.

This was not the case when Roland suddenly thought of this, previously he had checked the edge of Border Town (though he did not leave personally), in his memory there remained a clear picture - the northern slopes of the mountain and the Chishui River were only separated by 600 yards at its closest point, it was a natural inhibitor. And due to year-round mining in the Northern Mine, it was surrounded by stone pebbles mined from the cave.

The rest of this pebble is gray, containing a lot of calcium carbonate, which can be used as limestone after grinding. With the limestone he had the solution, it would be the same as cement.

Yes, it will change the history of mankind, to be able to build with water hardening materials, with easily obtainable raw materials, which is simple to prepare, to be able to build with water hardening materials, truly one of the most efficient tools for cultivating fields. .

Roland estimated the time it took, even if he was going to apply new technology, even with the cement he was not sure if it was possible, the actual amount of cement they needed was too large, he wasn't sure if they could whitewash that much. talc within three months. And the toughness of concrete will be lower, in the end they need to strengthen it with steel, so the possibility to successfully build a concrete city wall is not too big.

They must maximize the use of existing materials and save cement, so building fieldstone walls is the most appropriate choice.

The so-called fieldstone, is a stone that does not undergo grinding, it is simply a natural byproduct of mining. This stone, because the shape of the tip and angle is irregular, there is no way to directly use it to build, but it must be processed first by masons into bricks that can be used. But building a field stone wall using cement as a binder is possible, regardless of how strange the shape of the stone can be used, the gap between the stones is filled with cement, storing cement and using residual materials.

With this great direction had been set, but the actual implementation, he was afraid that he would have to do it himself, Roland thought. Regardless of whether it was calcined cement or field stone walls, both were novelties. Except for himself, no one had ever seen these things, nor did anyone know how to make them. He was afraid that he would be very busy for the next three months.

"You, look here."

Anna's clear voice came from behind her.

As Roland turned around, he saw the small cluster of flames in his palm calmly lit up, there was clearly no wind, but the tip of the fire rose down, as if it was going to nod at him. He shook his finger, and the fire was like a toddler, moving slowly towards his fingertips. In the end, it stood on top of the index finger, boiling.

"You did it."

It was an incredible sight, Roland felt admiration from the bottom of his heart. It's not an illusion magic, or a chemical trick, but it's really a supernatural force. But this was not the most attractive thing to Roland - much more dazzling than the flames, was Anna's appearance.

While she was carefully staring at her fingertips, the clear eyes of the lake water reflected the blazing flames, as if a fairy was sealed inside a sapphire. The traces left from the torture of the prison had already faded, although he rarely smiled, but his face was no longer lifeless. At the tip of the young lady's nose was a speck of sweat, the reddish color in her white check exuded vitality, even looking at her could also make one's mood feel cheerful.

"What happened to you?"

"G ... Nothing," Roland watched her stare at him for too long, he let go of his gaze and coughed. "Alright, then, try using it to melt the iron."

In the past few days, except for eating and sleeping, she had always repeated her exercises, she said, in front of the hardworking Roland could only blush endlessly - even in the face of the college entrance exam he did not work too hard.

"His tune he won't take long, until he really captures this power," Roland thought. After that, his ideas about new projects can be put on the agenda.