Chapter 202: Night Watch Begins
As the others returned to the barracks for firewood and more supplies, Irene and Leif stayed behind and began to build a large pen for the horses. It would be safer if they could have them all in one area rather than scattered through the plains.
On the likely chance that goblins would go after them eventually, they didn’t want the horses to get spooked and then lost.
All they were able to manage was a shabby sort of structure where taller boards were put into the ground to block the wind for the horses. Otherwise, the rest of the fencing was done with shorter posts dug into the ground and horizontal ones nailed into the tops of those to keep the horses in one spot.
While the structure wouldn’t take much more than wind, and the horses could certainly get through if they used small effort, it was still better than having to tie them up. There was also plenty more room for more horses in case more knights brought them in.
When the others returned with another cart full of supplies, their efforts then went to building tents so they could try to stay warm at night.
They decided to put the first large tent up in the lee of the wall segment, which would break the wind for them and have less likelihood of blowing over. It would also ensure that they had the wall between them and the Duke’s Tower in case more monsters came rushing out of the structure.
It also implied that they would have to have someone on the wall, watching at all times. As long as they had eyes on the tower and the mountains, they would never be caught off guard.
The tent they built had six posts holding up white canvas material. These six posts were holding up the edges as well as smaller branches that had been fitted into the tops of the posts and used to hold the tent into its rectangular shape.
Luckily, Sir Gunnar led their efforts in tent building because he had been on the front lines in one way or another multiple times in his life. Tent living while facing a possible battle wasn’t entirely unfamiliar to him.