The person resting and checking on his weapons stood up. The soldiers eating something in the restaurant came outside in full armour. Knights and soldier’s equipment were quite heavy so when there was no battle they hardly wore it.
People changed their tune when they searched for people to party with.
“Looking for people to protect the west wall together.”
“Fighting monsters climbing over the north gate. Specially looking for someone with intermediate level 6 Shield Bash.”
“The collapsed wall south east from here needs a priest. Priests please come with me.”
At the Square combatants were recruited in large numbers. Magicians’ lit lamps, where the lines of torches were erected.
• Swarms of monsters are approaching to plunder the provisions.
Monsters advanced every night! Monsters that the Necromancers fought before in the Undead Legion quest were now invading Vargo Fortress.
Although now, with the wall as defensive support it was easier to hunt. The players joined forces, the residents shot arrows and stones against the enemy.
Battle erupted every night in Vargo Fortress. No where else in the continent did the monsters so frequently swarmed together to siege a fortress. Because Vargo Fortress was quite far from Morata and with the mountain ranges in the west and north that provided breeding grounds, the monsters quite attack in quite large numbers.
When the Undead Legion existed Balkan turned them all into Undead. Now that the Undead Legion was gone the players had to defend the fortress. And if the monsters broke through Vargo Fortress, they would pass this area and spread all over the north.
To defend the fortress and prevent mass breeding of the monsters Weed had to continually invest the taxes into repairing the fortress and its walls as the destruction from the monster’s attack was endless.
It was the lord’s duty to provide help to the players by repairing the walls. It was only due to Weed’s fame and his position as lord of Morata that the players were flocking to Vargo Fortress.
If he left the crumbling fortress because of the monster attacks it would leave the players exposed to danger that would grow exponentially. The whole Northern continent would be affected if people left Vargo Fortress as the monsters would spread out unchecked and create turmoil.
Weed cried blood while standing on top of the central tower in Vargo Fortress.
“Residents increase and hunting happens but no tax is left.”
Income tax disappeared scarily fast. Holding on to the tax for even a moment was difficult as the fortress’ extensive network of walls was being repaired without stop. His precious money was being scattered to the wind and all of it went into military spendings.