Northern Garrison City was already very familiar with how to enslave Kobolds and Goblins. They would select some Kobold Supervisors and Goblin Supervisors from these slaves and give them slightly better treatment. These people with vested interests would then help Northern Garrison City oppress the other slaves.
Tens of thousands of people worked together on the construction site, and the progress of the project was quite good. Mirror Lake City's walls were built using rammed earth, and the height was only six meters. The higher the rammed earth walls were built, the larger the layer of earth below. The amount of work required to build a ten meter high wall was more than double that of a six meter high wall.
A six meter high wall could already block the vast majority of Wasteland monsters. The remaining six meter high walls wouldn't be able to block them. Even if you built a ten meter high wall, it still wouldn't be able to block them. Therefore, they built a six meter high wall. Speaking of which, the difficulty of building a rammed earth wall wasn't low.
The foundation of the wall was made of rock, and Suhlen directly used the Mud to Rock spell to turn the rammed earth foundation into rock. The amount of work required to build a four kilometer long wall foundation wasn't small. Fortunately, it wasn't built in one go.
The rammed earth used for the wall wasn't casually dug up. The excavated earth needed to be filtered first, and the stones and other debris inside were picked out before the earth was steamed. This was done to kill the grass seeds, insect eggs, and other things inside.
After that, the steamed earth was used to tamp the earth layer by layer. Although the wall made this way couldn't compare to rock, it was still very hard.
In Suhlen's previous life, he read a historical record about ancient city building. In it, there was a city called Tong Wan City. In order to build this city, the walls were built using glutinous rice juice, white silt, sand, and slaked lime mixed with a certain proportion of cooked earth.
Moreover, what made people's scalp numb was the strictness of the construction supervisor. During the inspection, the soldiers were to use iron awls to pierce the wall. If they could pierce an inch into the wall, then they would kill the worker who built the wall and fill the wall with their corpses. If they couldn't pierce the wall, then they would kill the soldier. This city became a famous city at that time. Even in his previous life, a thousand years later, more than half of the ruins of Tong Wan City were still preserved.
Of course, this sturdy city did not protect the dynasty. Nine years after Tong Wan City was completed, it was attacked and occupied by other countries.
Mirror Lake City's rammed earth walls were naturally not that extravagant. Suhlen did not have a large amount of glutinous rice to build a city, but they did transport a batch of lime from Northern Town City. Then, they mixed the lime and steamed earth according to a certain ratio to build the city.
While Mirror Lake City was being built, the soldiers weren't idle either. Although Mirror Lake City had been cleaned up, there were still tribes from the surrounding areas that were migrating there. This way, not only could these soldiers be used for training, they could also continue to provide slaves for Mirror Lake City.
Suhlen didn't go there again except for a few days ago when he took the soldiers to wipe out a few tribes. This level of battle was too easy, and there was no challenge at all. Suhlen just left it to the soldiers to deal with. Then he asked the craftsmen to make a boat for him and went fishing on Mirror Lake.
However, his leisurely life was soon disrupted.
"You said that a pack of wolves attacked the slaves of Mirror Lake City?" Suhlen handed two fish to the guard beside him.
"Yes, sir, and it's not the first time." The drow nodded and continued, "At first, we thought it was a few wild wolves or other beasts that attacked the slaves when they were alone, but there have been continuous attacks in the past few days."
"Did you find the wolves or beasts that attacked?" Suhlen frowned and asked.
"Sir, we have sent all the scouts to look for them, but there is no news yet."
"Send some of the scouts from Northern Town City over and expand the search area. I don't believe that those beasts will suddenly appear and disappear." Suhlen said with a cold gaze.
"Yes, sir!"
"At the same time, send some more soldiers to the construction site of Mirror Lake City. Tell the workers and slaves not to act alone. If you find anything unusual, report it immediately."
Under Suhlen's order, Northern Town City quickly sent a group of scouts, led by Ayton. With more scouts, the investigation area was expanded again.
However, as soon as the order was given, Mirror Lake City was attacked again!
This time, the attack was more serious than any of the previous ones. Not only did some slaves and workers lose their lives, even the soldiers that Suhlen sent to protect Mirror Lake City were injured.
Four spearmen from Northern Town City died from the attacks of the beasts. Moreover, the continuous deaths had seriously affected the construction of Mirror Lake City.
The situation was very serious. Northern Town City's soldiers had cleared out so many tribes in Mirror Lake City without any deaths, but they were killed by some beasts.
Suhlen's face was as cold as ice.
At first, Suhlen thought it was just some normal beasts attacking, but now, even four of Northern Town City's soldiers had died. After Northern Town City defeated the orcs, there were still people or other species that dared to attack Northern Town City in this wasteland. They were challenging Northern Town City's bottom line.
Suhlen was ready to give these people the harshest blow.
The construction of Mirror Lake City couldn't be stopped, so Suhlen sent some Barbarian warriors and heavy armored spearmen to guard the city. These Barbarian warriors and heavy armored spearmen were much stronger than normal soldiers. With these soldiers guarding the city, the attacks finally stopped.
The attacking beasts seemed to have sensed the strength of these Barbarian warriors, so they didn't continue their sneak attack. The Barbarian Greataxe Berserkers who had reached the third grade were very powerful. These Barbarian warriors who had grown up through cruel and bloody battles were all elites among elites.
Although they liked to go berserk and not listen to commands, they still had a strong sense of danger. With the [Danger Sense] talent, although the Barbarians would charge every time they went berserk, in reality, there weren't many attacks that could really damage them.
On one hand, he sent out Barbarian warriors to guard the city. On the other hand, he sent more scouts to investigate the surroundings.
Construction site of Mirror Lake City.
The workers started to get busy again. The fastest part of the city wall was already three meters tall. Large amounts of slaves brought up the soil that had been mixed and then tamped it down bit by bit.
A small official in charge of the construction of this part of the city wall hurried over.
"My Lord!" The person in charge of the construction of the city wall, who was around 30 years old, came over and bowed.
Suhlen didn't stop. He waved his hand and signaled for them to get up. "Where is the location of the attack? Take me there! "
"Please follow me," the official said respectfully.
Near the construction site of the city wall, there was a wooden house. The group quickly walked over. This should be the place where the manager and soldiers rested.
Soon, the group arrived at the small room. The bodies of the four spearmen were placed to the side.
Suhlen's face was cold. He walked forward and lifted the white cloth on the bodies, revealing the hideous corpses underneath. The corpses were still intact, but the wounds were hideous. There was a large hole in the iron-scale armor, and the neck was badly mutilated.
"Sharp claws and teeth, like to sneak attack." After looking at the corpses for a while, Suhlen said in a deep voice, "Although the iron-scale armor's defense is not as good as iron armor, the beast must be very strong to be able to damage it to this extent."
"Ordinary beasts don't have such strength, and these soldiers didn't even fight back. Obviously, they are very good at disguising and sneak attacks, and they are very fast. The four soldiers died suddenly in a short period of time. It's very likely that there was more than one attacker. "
"It seems that we have some magic beasts here."
Suhlen wasn't too worried about magic beasts. Although they were very powerful and had magic, and were very dangerous, as long as they could be killed, the rewards were also very high. The meat of magic beasts had some magical effects, and the fur of magic beasts was very valuable. There were also some other things. In short, magic beasts could be said to be full of treasures.
Many times, humans would organize people to hunt magic beasts. This industry was much more dangerous than being a mercenary.
There were many magic beasts in this world. Some magic beasts were bred from generation to generation, and some magic beasts were the result of mutation of ordinary beasts. After mutation, the beasts might become larger in size, or they might have some ability to control elements, or both. Suhlen wasn't worried about magic beasts. As long as they dared to appear in front of him, he was confident that he could kill them.
As a legendary figure, he had this confidence.
After eating a simple meal, Suhlen sent out more scouts to investigate. He himself stayed at the construction site and waited quietly.
Soon, the scouts brought back some new news.
Some wolves were found in the forest northeast of Mirror Lake, but they were just ordinary beasts. Soon, night fell, and all the workers and slaves began to return to the camp. Some of the slaves couldn't live in the camp, so they could only live behind the walls of Mirror Lake City.
In the past, they used to take turns to work at night, but after the attack, they stopped working at night.
With the presence of the Barbarian warriors, the attackers didn't appear. They obviously had a high command, and it wouldn't be easy to catch them. If the Barbarian warriors kept guarding here, it was very likely that they wouldn't appear. Suhlen didn't want to keep the Barbarian warriors here.
So he planned to let the Barbarian warriors go back, and he would stay here and wait for the attackers to appear.
After letting the Barbarian warriors leave, Suhlen hid behind the city wall and closed his eyes to sleep. Time passed, and the attackers didn't appear. Suhlen didn't rest. With his current physical condition, he wouldn't have a problem even if he didn't sleep for a few days.
The night grew darker, and the night wind blew, bringing with it a whining sound. Some of the bonfires in the camp were gradually extinguished. It was close to two in the morning. This was the time when people were the most sleepy, and also when their defenses were the most lax.
Just then, Su Lun, whose eyes had been closed, suddenly opened his eyes. A flash of lightning flashed across his eyes.
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