《Rise of the Horde 》Chapter 50
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The wall finally took shape. Huge pillars made of cement, small stones from mines mixed with sand and the long and thick iron rods were finally being slowly erected. They finally put the lumber that Xiao Chen requested from the trolls to use.
It puzzled the trolls at first on why the timber must be turned into lumber and now they are finally witnessing its use; They needed them to shape the pillars into perfect box shapes that pointed up towards the sky.
They properly lay the foundation for the walls down as it got filled first with rocks and pounded by the taurens with thick timber pillars squeezed the rocks together tightly. They then lay the iron rods down, which were crisscrossed with each other, held together by simple metal wires before being poured over with the concrete mix and left to dry for days.
It took more than a five weeks with everybody working together to complete the wall. A full kilometer by kilometer solid wall surrounded the village with a gateway leading to the mountains, one towards the stone quarry to the north and four facing east where the minions of the demon would come from.
They then fixed the gateways with thick solid wooden walls nailed together and reinforced by iron binders that clamped the thick lumbers together tightly.
The four gateways didn't have such humongous doors, instead they remained open, but in each entry point had a hundred meter long walls on both sides in the villages inside.
Xiao Chen designed them to become choke points for the enemies. Their foes would surely go for the four open passages instead of the towering resilient thirty feet in height solid walls.
The shotgun crossbows would then pepper their foes with iron bolts and lead pellets while his warriors hold the line and prevent them from gaining real entry to the village. The other races, except the goblins and kobolds who are in the mines, would then help in the village's defense, positioned right behind the Yohan First Battalion to clean up any enemies that got through his warriors.
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They lay everything out. Xiao Chen was then awaiting the execution of his grand plan and felt thankful that the minions of the demon hadn't located their village yet. He was worried that they might assault them while they were constructing the wall.
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The next day, a scout that Xiao Chen has sent out returned bearing news of a goblin army a few days to march away from the village. The scout reported that there were ten thousands of them or maybe more. It also included hobgoblins in the enemy army.
Xiao Chen smiled as he opened his mission tab. His mission had long been on hold and he hoped that the targets in his mission would deliver themselves to him. Xiao Chen assembled everybody during dusk for the kobolds to take part in without feeling uncomfortable because of the light.
There they stood, mixed races stared at Xiao Chen. He saw the expectant look in their eyes, the eyes full of hope, but the one that really caught his attention were the eyes of his own warriors.
The orc warriors had a look of excitement in their eyes. Apparently, they hunger for blood and excitement once again after spending many weeks without battle and some suffered the aftereffects of the demonic curse that plagued them.
"Everything is in place!"
"We have prepared aplenty!"
"The only thing that is missing are our enemies!"
"The targets for our new toys!"
Xiao Chen chuckled. The trolls and the orc forgers then joined him. They were the ones who knew of the damage that those toys could do and it ain't pretty.
The warriors of Yohan had mischievous grins on their faces at the mentioning of the new toys. They have tested and practiced with it and they totally loved it. Some of them even whined when they weren't chosen to fire those 'bad boys' when their foes attacks.
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Xiao Chen even tasked the forgers to craft some special shields for the occasion, shields fully made of solid iron which were aligned with spikes.
"Now we wait!"
"Rest a bit and hope that our foes would arrive in time before we are bored"
Xiao Chen continued as laughter reverberated among his warriors which were then joined by the other races. The ogres and taurens requested to be part of the defense, which caused Sakh'arran and Gur'kan to be busy for the past few days, teachings and drilling them.
Those who didn't pass the required discipline were left out and served as auxiliary units or helpers. They specifically crafted equipment to tailor their immense frames, which only Galum'nor could come close to.
Helmets for the heads and chainmails for the torso, a much bigger shield and weapons. The ogres favored blunt weapons over blades, which is why they are armed with maces with an iron head accompanied by spikes.
The taurens, well the taurens, didn't want to wield shields, which is why they are covered from head to toe with solid iron plate armor and their favored weapon was huge double handed axes, but Xiao Chen equipped them with halberds.
Xiao Chen dismissed them after and a feast followed, they celebrated the completion of the walls and their success in completing it in such a short time.
Chants, songs and musical instruments were then introduced when the bitter ale finally took hold of them. They dance around a huge bonfire that they made, singing and dancing, just enjoying their time after such a continuous week of hard labor.
All the races celebrated together and have foregone their old hatreds with each other under the leadership of Xiao Chen. It was a rare sight which only occurred during their exodus from their old world.
They united as one in massive hordes of mixed races, battling the creatures of destruction that fed on their world. But after arriving in this new world, the old hatreds ignited and war broke out among them.
The taurens were the only ones who didn't exist back in their old world, but they had the four-legged ones, the centaurs.
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