Lord: Starting from the Pit-Dwelling Courtyard

Chapter 140 Successive Breakthroughs (Now Available, please help by giving it a first-day subscription to support its popularity)

Tieling Town covers a much larger area than the main city and the castle district combined.

To make the city more defensible, Ron transformed the surrounding gentle slopes into cliffs using earthworks, and reinforced them with two layers of blue bricks, making it appear as if the entire area was enclosed within city walls.

Finally, a five-meter-high city wall was built around it. In reality, it didn't need to be that high because the surrounding area was transformed from the original hills. With the city wall, the total height was more than twenty meters, which was beyond the standard for city walls.

Only in the ore area did Ron build the city walls three meters higher, in order to cover up the exposed ore as much as possible.

Early the next morning, Matic chose to surrender and become Ron's follower.

"Then you should rest well today and get back to work tomorrow." Ron simply patted Mattich on the shoulder and left.

Matic had prepared many lines to deal with Ron.

In the end, not a single sentence was used.

He looked at Amy, since Amy had also served in the Rose Knights, and they were all somewhat familiar with each other.

Amy pointed to the surrounding city walls and said, "The lord is very busy. He needs to finish building the city walls of Tieling Town in a short time before he can return to the main city with peace of mind."

"City walls!" Matic looked at the city walls that had suddenly appeared around him and subconsciously rubbed his eyes.

"Holy crap! Wasn't this whole area covered in wooden fortifications last night?"

Amy nodded: "The lord is a very diligent person. After joining the territory, don't be lazy. Old Hall and Mrs. Moriel hate lazy people the most."

Matic looked around at the busy crowd with surprise and doubt, and then he noticed that many of them were women.

Mattich asked curiously, "Why are there so many women in the territory?"

Amy countered, "So there aren't any women in your team?"

Matic fell silent, his voice gradually becoming hoarse: "When the territory was about to be breached, we prepared to break out, but the women of the territory were unwilling to break out with us. They were afraid of being a burden to us, and they did not want to fall into the clutches of the goblins, so they chose to commit suicide."

Amy quickly said, "I'm sorry!"

Matic shook his head bitterly: "It's alright. When I get the chance, I will definitely kill all the goblins of the Great Dragon Tribe, no, all the goblins of the entire Blackthorn Wasteland."

Amy said, "These women were rescued from the goblins; they are all pitiful."

Matic nodded silently, wanting to go back to his room to rest.

He's been exhausted these past few days, and now that he's finally settled down, he naturally needs to get some rest.

When Matic came out of the stone house again at dusk, he found that most of the walls of Tieling Town had been repaired, which really shocked him.

Keep in mind that these city walls are all made of stone, and the completed section must be over a kilometer long!

If Matic had seen what was happening outside the city walls, he wouldn't have thought that way.

Ron sat in the corner, munching on a dark bread, while Amy sat next to him, munching on her own bread as she gave him a work report.

Will then led the militia onto the city wall to begin arranging security.

As for the new inhabitants, namely the women, the strong women were responsible for transporting building materials to various areas to make it easier for Ron to work the next day.

The ordinary women began cleaning and tidying up the residential area, while some of them started drying adobe bricks, which they estimated would be used to build adobe houses in a few days.

This sense of order and structure gave Matic an unprecedented sense of peace.

Matic took the black bread from the maid and headed towards Ron's location. Now that he had submitted, he wanted to see what the lord's new plans were for him.

"Amy, during this time, you should plan the city area as soon as possible. Tomorrow, when the last section of the city wall is completed, I will build a 20-meter tower on each of the four sides. Moreover, in the very center of the fortress, while I am building the town hall, I will also build a 60-meter-high tower to be responsible for sending flag signals to the main city."

Amy has been catching up on this knowledge over the past few days, and has learned that messages can be sent to distant places by adjusting the angle and direction of the colorful flags swaying on the tower.

With a 60-meter-high tower and a nearly 20-meter-high foundation, the total height reaches 80 meters. This height is enough for the towers in the main city to see, and with the huge flags waving, it can easily convey information.

Matic was completely confused by what he heard, but when he heard about the 60-meter-high tower, he was also shocked.

Wow, this lord's building magic is that powerful!

Amy quickly agreed, "Yes, my lord, I will clear the area where the town hall will be built as soon as possible."

Ron looked at Matic: "If you feel better, tomorrow lead a cavalry unit to survey the area within a ten-mile radius."

Matic, though confused, agreed anyway.

Lukaku trotted over and gave a knightly salute: "My lord! Sir Hilden has arrived."

Ron asked, "What happened at this hour?"

Hilden's cheerful voice came from afar: "My lord, you are perfectly fine. I have come here specifically to share the good news with you."

Upon hearing the good news, Ron immediately understood and nodded slightly: "Let him come over!"

Hilden trotted over; the knight who once wore full armor had now switched to iron scale armor, which shimmered as he ran, making Matic glance at him a few more times.

He discovered that in this territory, many knights preferred to wear scale armor instead of the usual full-body armor.

It's understandable that a formal knight would wear scale armor instead of full armor, as full armor is too expensive. However, it's unusual for the Earth Knight in front of us to also wear scale armor.

"Good evening, my lord!"

Ron waved his hand: "Enough nonsense, I know. Let's hurry back to Harvest Town before it gets completely dark! The cleanup just ended not long ago, and there are goblins and defeated lords' troops running around everywhere."

Hilden's smile remained unchanged as he knelt on one knee and gave Ron a solemn knightly salute.

"Thank you for your guidance, Lord! I have come to recommend my child to serve by your side."

“I want him to join the Royal Guard so he can learn a thing or two by your side,” Hilden said. “At Harvest Town, all he’ll learn is how to guard the walls.”

Ron was somewhat surprised and asked, "Dembele has become a knight?"

"Yes, my lord! I just broke through a couple of days ago."

"Haha!" Ron couldn't help but burst into laughter, which startled Leonardo da Vinci and the others.

Ron rarely laughed in the past, and every time he did, someone would die. But today he was laughing so loudly, something terrible must be about to happen.

Only Amy and Mattich looked at the pale-faced group with puzzled expressions.

Isn't it a great thing that the father and son both made breakthroughs?

What kind of expressions are those?

Amy and Mattich exchanged a glance.

After Ron finished laughing, he saw the terrified expressions on Da Vinci and Hilden's faces, while Lukaku and Killian knelt on one knee, bowing their heads deeply, not daring to look Ron in the eye.