Chapter 32: 15 year old Inglis and the Town Ruled by a Highlander (3)
Inglis and Rafinha took action along with the knights of the town to intercept the incoming magic stone beast. Although it had only been moments since they were hired, they had still been hired. Thus, this was now also their town to protect.
The fortification around the town of Nova provided little to no protection. It was merely fenced with a stone wall about the height of an adult.
When compared to Ymir in which the walls would be at least three times as high and thick enough for people to stand and move around on, the walls here might as well be paper thin. They were so thin that it would be impossible to station people on top to intercept magic stone beasts. Whereas, the feudal lord’s castle was even more robust than Marquis Wilford’s castle back in Ymir. This clearly emphasized each lord’s character. 1
That being said, there were materials scattered around the walls as well as some scaffoldings being constructed, perhaps they were there to expand and reinforce the walls. Was this an attempt initiated after the feudal lord was replaced by the currently ruling Highlander? Inglis heard from someone affiliated to the castle that the current lord was a female by the name of Cyrene.
「Hmm… Defending this town looks hard.」
Said Rafinha bitterly.
「Yeah. These walls won’t stop magic stone beasts at all. We have to intercept them outside.」
Fortunately, the magic stone beasts hadn’t entered the town borders. The battle had to take place past the walls.
「What types are they?」