These are the people who will become my loyal warriors in the future. I was already worried about how to punish the Pequot tribe, so of course I couldn't help but be happy.
We left the town hall and headed towards the outer wall. A moment later, dozens of warriors, still looking young, stood awkwardly at the entrance to the village.
"Hello, Chief! I fought alongside you in the last war against the Susquehannock tribe."
"It is an honor to meet you, Your Majesty."
"I came with them to guide and protect them, because they are still young and don't know the way well and it might be dangerous."
"Nice to meet you, Chief! I brought some food for them to eat."
Those who brought warriors to be trained by me in the future greeted me. Some of them were familiar, while others I saw for the first time.
"Greetings! This is the great chieftain, a warrior of God."
The young warriors greeted me with nervous expressions, revealing their names.
"···It is an honor to be taught by you, Chief."
"···I will study hard."
I welcomed them, roughly checking their abilities with my mind.
"Welcome. This is the great second thousand days of the warriors of God. This is where you will be staying for the next two years. I ask for your continued support."
"Yes, Chief!"
After the greetings were over, he turned his head and spoke to the 'brave wolf'.
"Guide them."
"Okay, Chief!"
'The Brave Wolf' took the young warriors to his home in the outer castle.
* * *
Within a few days, warriors began arriving from each village. While the village warriors guided them, I was at the village hall checking the census and food and supplies to be used as military provisions.
"···There are one hundred and twenty-two people in the village, right?"
"Yes, Chief!"
"You brought quite a lot of food."
"···The chief told us to take plenty because our children will probably eat it."
"Thank you. Please tell the chief that I put it to good use."
"Chief! Please take good care of our village's warriors."
"Don't worry. I will raise you to be a strong and brave warrior."
After a while, the census and the food and goods survey were completed. As expected, the population of the village was different from the last time I investigated.
In particular, when we went into detail, the difference was quite significant. I had no choice but to edit each and every thing displayed in the map window.
"By the way, the location of the village is not exact, so it's a big problem."
First, I roughly marked the location of each village on the map window.
"Hmm! I guess there's nothing we can do. Later, we'll take the warriors and patrol the territory and check each village."
* * *
"Pick off the branches of the fallen trees and move them to the other side."
"This is where you will train. You better tamp the ground down well."
"I'm going to build a house for you guys to live in here. Got it?"
The warriors who arrived first only did simple basic training at dawn, and then together with the villagers, they built barracks and a training center where they would stay and train.
I continued to give instructions as I toured the area where the barracks and training camp would be built, along with 'Lazy Beaver' and his assistants.
"Lazy beaver! This is where the warriors who will protect our tribe will stay, so it must be built strong."
"Because other chieftains might misunderstand, we need to build separate food storage and warehouses."
"We'll connect it to our village fence later. Take note of that too."
The 'lazy beaver', with dark circles around his eyes, answered weakly with a tired expression.
"Yes, Chief!"
A moment later, as I entered the town hall, the 'fast-footed deer' who had been doing the census for me was clutching his head in concentration.
"Are you done?"
"Just wait a moment. It'll be over soon."
The 'swift deer' wrote numbers on the hide with charcoal and then erased them again.
"No, why is adding so hard? It's driving me crazy."
"Once you get used to it, you'll be able to do it in no time."
I waited a moment for the 'fast deer' to calculate.
"Ah! It's over now. Chief! Check if it's right."
"huh."
The 'fast deer' leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh, perhaps because the mental stress from the calculations was no joke.
Phew!
After receiving the leather, I quickly checked its contents.
'One thing was wrong.'
However, I deliberately did not say that, for fear that it would lower the confidence of the 'fast-footed deer'.
"You got it all right. Good job. You're a fast deer!"
"really?"
"huh."
The 'fast-footed deer' jumped up from his chair in delight.
"I was getting nervous because I realized my calculations were wrong again. Hahaha!"
"See? I told you that if you keep doing it, you'll get used to it."
"I'm getting used to it a little, but calculating is still difficult."
Although he said that, the 'fast-footed deer' had a smile on his face.
"I'm doing well, so don't worry."
"huh."
"How many villages haven't arrived yet?"
"About twenty."
"You will continue to take care of it in the future."
"Understood, Chief! Can I leave now?"
"Okay. Thanks for your hard work."
"I'll go."
The 'swift deer' ran out of the village hall. Left alone in the town hall, I copied the contents of the leather note directly into the map window.
"You shouldn't try to do everything by yourself."
* * *
West of the Kwannetucket River (Connecticut River). The 'Burning Weasel' who had been receiving reports in the large hut suddenly jumped up from his seat as if he was overcome by great shock.
"What? They were all wiped out?"
"······."
Three Pequot warriors, freed from captivity in a Lenape village, knelt, their faces tense. Then, one of the Pequot warriors spoke cautiously and without warning.
"Chief! Not all of them were annihilated. About thirty of our warriors are being held captive in that village."
"······."
Clang! Clang!
The two Pequot warriors next to him glared at the Pequot warrior who had just said that as if he were going to kill him. As expected, the 'Burning Weasel' burst out in anger, laughing in disbelief.
"Are you saying that in front of me and calling it talk?"
"I'm sorry. I misspoke."
When the atmosphere in the chief's room became tense, the Pequot warrior who had been talking nonsense quickly apologized and fell face down.
"······."
The chieftain, 'Burning Weasel', was seen shaking his hands as he tried to suppress his anger. There was silence for a moment.
The 'Burning Weasel' sat down, deep in thought. He sent over four hundred warriors to the Mohegan tribe, enduring great loss and suffering, to bring new weapons and their technology.
But it was completely destroyed. If the Mohegan tribe ever finds out... It was clear that he would not miss this opportunity and would come out aggressively.
'The Burning Weasel' became more and more complicated as time went on.
'···We need to hurry and sign an armistice agreement.'
There were only six hundred Pequot warriors available for war at the moment, gathered from here and there.
'This is a big deal. This is a big deal.'
Then one of the Pequot warriors raised his hand and spoke cautiously.
"Chief! We came from that village to see the new weapon with our own eyes."
"······."
For a moment, the eyes of the 'Burning Weasel' sparkled with greed.
"Tell me specifically what it looks like."
"that is···"
For a while, the Pequot warriors competed to explain their new weapon. After a while, the 'Burning Weasel' squirmed with a small smile on his lips.
"···They were all wiped out, but at least there was some gain. Go out and see."
"Yes, Chief!"
"Understood, Chief!"
The Pequot warriors emerged from their communal huts and conversed quietly, their eyes looking uneasy.
"By the way, should I tell you what the Lenape chief said? Or not? I don't know."
"Fine. You just said that in front of us. Do you think the Lenape tribe would invade?"
"Yes. I see that the chief is really angry, and I'm afraid that he'll get in trouble with us for no reason. It's better to just pretend not to know anything and keep quiet."
* * *
A 'very big' town. Finally, the warriors from each village arrived. The number of warriors alone is 2,672. As there were many people to work, barracks were being built one after another around the training grounds every day.
I called a meeting at the town hall, summoning the grand champions and leading warriors.
"Lazy beaver! When do you think the training camp will be finished?"
The 'lazy beaver' who had been occupying a seat at the meeting spoke calmly.
"I think it will be finished in about two weeks. However, it will probably take a few more days to build a well, food storage, warehouse, and weapons depot."
"Brave Wolf! How are the warriors training these days?"
The 'Brave Wolf', who was in charge of training the warriors with the help of the great knights, answered.
"For now, I'm just doing basic training in the morning. I don't know about the barracks, but the training grounds are roughly set up, so I'm planning on starting full-scale training tomorrow."
"Yes, the faster the training, the better. You're a fast-moving deer! What are you going to report back on while you're scouting?"
"None. I don't see any Pequots either."
The meeting continued for a while.
"I know you're all busy, but please pay special attention to the emergency exits."
"Okay, Chief!"
When the Pequot tribe invaded, the need for an escape route was felt desperately. From the inner to the outer, from the outer to the safe place outside.
We plan to dig a tunnel to create an emergency escape route just in case.
* * *
I stopped by the turkey pen for the first time in a while to check on how the domestication was going.
"Chief! These guys are really docile. They seem to understand what you say, and they follow people around a lot."
'The Gorgeous Turkey' reported excitedly, pointing to the turkeys that had been separated.
"···These guys even got names after hearing that."
"Well done."
He patted his head once and observed the four turkeys closely. It was definitely mild. It didn't bite or threaten me even when I put my hand in its beak.
"There aren't any males?"
"Yes, unfortunately they are all female."
They needed a male to reproduce.
"What about the males in the other cages?"
"Those guys are no good. They still don't let their guard down, even with me."
"Should I go outside and get another male turkey?"
The 'Gorgeous Turkey' tilted its head and reacted negatively.
"It'll be difficult even if you bring other males."
"okay?"
"Yes. However, among the pups born this time, there is one male that is quite docile, so I am observing him closely and keeping an eye on him. Chief! Could you please wait a little bit?"
"If you say so, then wait."
"Thank you, Chief! I will bring you good news soon."
* * *
Late spring. The sweet potatoes grown in small pots are beginning to sprout. The women of the village cut the stems and planted them one by one in the fields.
"Chief! Is it true that if we plant them like this, the sweet potato shoots will grow well without dying?"
"Yes, you can continue to plant them like that. Of course, we have to take good care of them until the roots grow from the sweet potato shoots."
"Understood, Chief!"
Sweet potatoes have the advantage of being resistant to pests, so if grown well, they can become a pretty good food source.
After a while, I looked around the sweet potato fields and headed to the cultivated fields where wild rice was planted. Because there was not much wild rice seed collected, the cultivated land was not very large.
And since wild rice is also a crop that consumes a lot of water, the farmland was created around the river. Finally, green sprouts of wild rice began to appear here and there above the ankle-deep water.
"I hope some mutants or good seeds come out of these."
It was quite possible that the white rice I ate in modern times was also a mutation of wild rice.
* * *
A dark night. I quietly came out of the house while 'The Moon Rises' was in a deep sleep. And then I walked towards the empty workshop.
After completing several life quests and building a barracks and training camp, a message popped up late in the evening saying I had leveled up.
Current level is 40. A while later, I returned from the 'Celestial Library' and clenched my fists with a joyful expression.
"Okay. Now I can make weapons out of iron."