Wizard: I crush legends with martial arts.

Chapter 160 Aftermath of the Disaster

"Good night, Baron Tartarus." Wells stepped forward, placed one hand on his chest, bowed slightly, and said, "I am Wells Kabulev, the eldest son of Duke Kabulev."

Alphonse looked up at the handsome young man, who looked somewhat haggard and had bloodshot eyes, but still appeared very sharp.

He must be the reinforcement sent by the Northern Army.

"Thank you for coming to help."

Wells felt a little embarrassed when he heard Alphonse's thanks. He and his men hadn't really played a significant role; they had simply picked up spare longbows and participated in the defense of the city.

The greatest contributors to this battle were the delegation from the Kingdom of Hailant.

He could only reply, "We are all members of the Northern Region, so this is only natural."

After saying that, he raised his hand and pointed to the civilians on the street, "These are all refugees from the Five-Colored Flower Territory. Please take them in, Your Excellency. We arrived too late and could only rescue so many people."

Alphonse then realized what was going on: the remaining civilians of the Five-Colored Flower Territory had all been brought to the Cold Wind Territory by Wells.

"Where is Baron Aldrich?"

Could that mean-spirited fellow have come to Coldwind Territory to seek refuge?

Wells became furious at the mention of this. "Baron Aldrich has abandoned the town with his family and fled! They have disgraced the honor of the nobility! Once this matter is resolved and we find their whereabouts, we will report to Her Majesty the Queen and have them severely punished!"

The guards of Coldwind Territory fought to the death, risking their lives to protect the safety of civilians. However, Aldrich and his son disregarded the civilians under their command. On the contrary, it was his guards who fought to the last moment and died on the city walls.

Alphonse nodded slowly. He had been thinking that since Baron Aldrich had sued him once, he should find a reason to retaliate against him.

It seems we won't need it now.

"Also, my soldiers and I will need to borrow your place to rest for a while," Wells added. "We will leave early tomorrow morning to check on the situation in the other territories."

"No problem," Alphonse agreed without hesitation.

The soldiers could sleep, but Simon and Jeru couldn't; they still had to arrange the aftermath.

On this cold night, the soldiers could not be allowed to spend the night on the city wall.

Later, I'll have to wake them up.

At this point, the only option was to light a campfire and let them rest for a while.

The refugees from the Five-Colored Flower Territory arrived in the Cold Wind Territory. They were too busy fighting to pay attention to anything else, so now they had to deal with the issue of where to live.

We need to set up some temporary tents; we can't let them just stay in the streets and alleys with fires burning.

From Simon, Alphonse also learned the whereabouts of the wooden houses in town.

The people dismantled the wooden houses and made arrows from them.

Otherwise, there simply wouldn't have been enough arrows to last until the end of the battle.

Those who lost their homes temporarily settled in the homes of other residents.

"There's another problem. The lady has ordered the granaries to be opened to provide food for the refugees. With our food reserves, the population has increased significantly, and we can't sustain this for long," Simon reported.

"The food problem is easy to solve." Alphonse pointed to the outskirts of town. "There are so many monster corpses, let them eat the monster meat first."

Simon shook his head. "Not all monster meat is edible. Many are poisonous. There are many monsters that attack towns that I've never seen before, so I can't tell if they're poisonous or not."

This is where the monster expert Tessina comes in.

Unfortunately, he didn't come back with us.

Wein, who had been listening in for a while, raised his hand. "I can use magic to tell!"

"That's fine then." Alphonse smiled. "I'll have to trouble you again."

Wayne is indeed proficient in all types of magic, but it's a bit like he's misallocated his talent points; he's maxed out Light Healing, while the others are all at level one.

"Leave it to me," Wayne agreed, patting his chest.

Bishop Bartos wanted to return home as soon as possible, but since Wein had already spoken, he had no choice but to comply with his wishes.

Outside the castle, Alphonse saw his mother.

Large pots were set up there to provide porridge for the refugees.

As soon as Lady Mary saw Alphonse, tears streamed down her face. She hugged him tightly and said, "Alphonse, you're finally back. I thought I'd never see you again."

"It's good that everyone is alright." Alphonse patted his mother's back and comforted her.

The centaurs, led by Mahaya, were nearby, staying with Monica and the cooks and maids.

Although Mahaya and her companions were quite strong, their physiques made them unsuitable for defending the city walls. Therefore, Simon assigned them the responsibility of protecting Lady Mary. In case the city walls were breached and monsters flooded into the town, they would lead Lady Mary to fight their way out.

Compared to the guards, their morale was quite good.

Alphonse decided to have them serve as night guards in case any unexpected situations occurred in the town.

To ensure safety, Alphonse also sent out many shadow creatures to be distributed outside the town, in case of another monster attack.

Alphonse can sense the death of any shadow creature and take immediate action.

Mia was in charge of settling the two griffins.

Alphonse had made up his mind that as long as Queen Junoun didn't come to claim them, the two griffins would be his.

There was no lending involved!

Coldwind Territory finally enjoyed a peaceful night.

Alphonse's fears did not come true.

No more monsters were found attacking the town.

The delegation from the Kingdom of Hailant stayed for only one more day before embarking on their journey home with the miserable Wein.

The two kilns outside the town have been destroyed and need to be rebuilt.

The same applies to the houses of the people.

The collapsed and damaged city walls also need to be repaired.

But Simon arranged everything in a very orderly manner.

The refugees didn't let them sit idle; they were given food, and in return, they had to provide labor.

The cold wind does not support idlers.

Simon ordered them to join the people in clearing the carcasses of monsters outside the town, skinning and butchering them to collect magic crystals.

Alphonse also took the time to visit the queen ant. Although there were some monsters that had wandered into the mine, they had been dealt with by the soldier ant army.

The queen ant showed some changes, which Alphonse could sense. Her magic had increased, and her words, spoken through telepathy, were more fluent.

When the monster horde attacked the town, the queen ant also sent a force of soldier ants to provide assistance. However, once it was far from the mountains, it lost contact with the soldier ants, and that force of soldier ants never returned to the anthill.

It is likely that they have all perished.

Everything is proceeding smoothly.

Alphonse was now completely idle, and as he watched Monica busy outside the castle with her mother, his mind began to wander.

This little girl's cultivation progress is not bad.

The Ren and Du meridians are now open; it's time to reap the rewards.

(End of this chapter)