Aizen walked out of the battle and saw the terrified humans. To his mind, why would they be in here? In such a place.
One old man who was seen as an elder approached him and thanked him.
"We have indebted our lives to you. In turn, we offer allegiance. Please become our Lord!" he said in a shaky voice.
"Eh? Lord?" Aizen was surprised.
Aizen has arrived in the game and found a village. But! It was not a bad offer!
He immediately smirked and chuckled. It was time to be a Lord instead.
[You are offered to be a Lord]
[Will you accept?]
[Yes] [No]
"Okay, I accept," Aizen said to the village elder.
[System notification: Village established!]
[Name your village]
"Bloodsworn village."
[Bloodsworn village established]
[You are 78th to establish a village]
[Reward: 100 units of construction materials]
"Yes! Thank you so much! May we ask our Lord's name?" the elder asked politely.
"I am Aizen Bloodsworn," Aizen bowed slightly.
"We should celebrate! Though we don't have much," the elder said in worry.
Aizen was chuckling, "Don't force a celebration if we become starved as a result. Save up the food and we must survive,"
Soon after, Aizen asked what was the current situation of the elder. They entered the tent where Aizen would rest in the meantime. They called it the Lord's tent. He was shaking in his posture as he was putting his weight on his staff.
"We have one day of ration to feed the village. After that, we will starve. Also, the village numbers are in the 200's. We will try to hunt for food," he said to him.
"Also, We only have houses. There are no other buildings currently," he said sadly.
"Please use these three boys to your liking. They will assist you," the three boys entered and they introduced themselves.
"I am Frederick, one of the grandsons of the village elder Redrick,"
"I am Roderick, the eldest grandson of the village elder,"
"I am Eldrick, the youngest!"
"We will serve our Lord Ainz!" they chorused.
With the three, they soon were trained by Aizen in basic combat. They showed promise in their training.
[Time before goblins attack: 3 days and 19 hours]
The scouts have reported that goblins were gathering to attack the village.
Goal: You must build a barricade while training the villagers.
Aizen was shocked at what he saw. It was an event that the game system gave. Knowing that his village has no protection from invaders, unlike the normal and easy difficulty.
He was still in a premature stage where he still had no defenses and no army to boot. It was a tad harder to recruit than normal without the persuasion skill.
He woke up and immediately conscripted men for the army.
The militiamen he had gathered were numbered a hundred. Standing in front was him and his men. They stood in the training grounds and were ready to be trained.
.....
[Troops to be trained]
Melee
[Infantry] (one-handed skill) available
[Heavy troops] (two-handed skill) locked
[Spearmen] (polearms) locked
Ranged
[Bowmen] (bow skill) available
[Crossbowmen] (crossbow skill) locked
[Skirmishers] (throwing skill) locked
...
With it, Aizen could only train Infantry and Bowmen. And so he started training them.
[One handed training activated]
[Bow training activated]
[Hands coordination activated]
This time, he trained them all as the time was their enemy. Only 3 days were left till the deadline.
[One handed training available]
[Training activated] results in making Infantry with shield and sword
[Bow training available]
[Training activated] results in making Bowmen equipped with bows and a sword
[Hand coordination training available] results in faster attack speed of the army
[Scouting and Tracking training available] results in enemy detection of the army and more knowledge of enemy locations
As for their training, Ainz taught them about basic combat.
[One handed training activated]
+1 mastery of one-handed weaponry to troops and as well as shields
+ 1 handling of one-handed weapons
+ 1 tougher defense when equipped with shields
[Hand coordination training activated]
+50% attack speed to the troops
+ 20% faster blocks and parries
[Bow training activated]
+1 mastery of bow weaponry
Gives a 20% faster draw of the bow
Gives 20% more accurate shots
[Scout training activated]
+ 1 detection of enemies
+ 1 avoidance of death
+ 1 hunting for food and tracking enemies in party
The three then became the pillars of defense in case the enemies would attack once again.
[Mission: Train 60 troops]
[Reward: Tactician skill]
[Training the troops]
+ 1 Infantry
+ 1 Bowmen
+ 1 Infantry
+ 1 Bowmen
+ 1 scout
+ 1 scout
...
[Training finished]
25 Infantry finished training
25 Bowmen finished training
10 Scouts finished training
...
[Tactician skill activated]
[Research is available]
[Research Formations?]
[Yes] [No]
"Yes,"
[Basic Phalanx formation] available
[Turtle shield formation] locked
[Basic Circle formation] locked
[Spear and shield formation] locked
[Archer volley formation] locked
[Cavalry wedge charge formation] locked
"Research Basic Phalanx formation!"
[Affirmative]
[Research finished]
[Applying the formation...]
[Training complete]
Aizen then accessed the barracks and built it.
[Barracks 60/50 capacity]
[Upgrade the building?]
[Yes] [No]
"Yes,"
[Upgrading.....]
[Upgrade complete]
[Barracks 60/100 capacity]
[Upgrade troops?]
"Yes,"
[Weaponry] [Armory]
"Both,"
[Spend 20 units of Steel?]
"Yes,"
[Weapons are upgraded to Steel]
[Armors are upgraded to steel]
[Upgrade finished] + 1 to security
...
[Command your troops] 60 unassigned
[Patrol] 25 soldiers 10 scouts (Spend torches and rations)
[Guard] 25 soldiers (Spend torches)
[Attack] 0 soldiers
"Done assigning,"
[The army is now executing your command...]
[Patrol went back with news]
News: They found out that the goblins are heading this way. They were also gathering forces and recruiting more goblins on the goblin tribes on their path. They are estimated to be 300 plus. With their recruitments of the goblin tribes on the northwest and east, their numbers were a lot higher. Upon their estimation, there would be 500 plus.
Upon the discovery, Aizen immediately trained the remaining villagers. They were all conscripted temporarily as militias.
[Time before the goblins attack: 2 days and 4 hours]
Day 2 of training the militias and it was still chaotic. They needed to execute simple orders first and formations. Especially the phalanx shield wall.
Day 3 and they finally were improving. They knew the basics for now and that was what was important. The time was running out and they had to be prepared. Aizen then thought to go all in and all out. All villagers would be added to the training. They might add to the survival of their village
The militias were added to the army and they have a total of 100 plus. Minus the kids of course as they were not included.
Conscripted army list:
25 Infantry
25 Bowmen
40 militias
10 scouts
...
Aizen then made a simple deliveration and they needed more than brawn to deal with this problem. And so, he devised a plan.
They first barricaded the village with spikes and made a singular entry on the front of the gates. Digging a canal near the spikes the water was flooded into it. The gates were put with boiling tar in case the gate wouldn't hold. With it, it could hold the goblins at bay for several minutes.
The archers will be positioned near the gates and they made a draw bridge for better defense. Hindering the goblins to enter immediately.
Now that they were ready, they settled inside the walls.
[Time before goblins attack: 2 hours and 20 minutes]
All preparations were made and it was time for war.
Other guards were praying for the gods to bid them a good battle. It was funny but Aizen clung to hope. That he would survive this predicament.