Chapter 7 - Under Attack!
[Time before goblins attack: 7 days and 19 hours]
The scouts have reported that goblins were gathering to attack the village.
[You must build a barricade while training the villagers.]
Rolan was shocked at what he saw. Knowing that his village has no protection from invaders.
He was still in a premature stage where he still had no defenses and no army to boot. It was a tad harder to recruit than normal without the persuasion skill.
He woke up and immediately conscripted men for the army.
The militiamen he had gathered were numbered a hundred. Standing in front was him and his men. They stood in the training grounds and were ready to be trained.
.....
[Troops to be trained]
Melee
[Infantry] (one-handed skill) available
[Heavy troops] (two-handed skill) locked
[Spearmen] (polearms) locked
Ranged
[Bowmen] (bow skill) available
[Crossbowmen] (crossbow skill) locked
[Skirmishers] (throwing skill) locked
...
With it, Rolan could only train Infantry and Bowmen. And so he started training them.
[One handed training activated]
[Bow training activated]
[Hands coordination activated]
This time, he trained them all as the time was their enemy. Only 7 days were left till the deadline.
[One handed training available]
[Training activated] results in making Infantry with shield and sword
[Bow training available]
[Training activated] results in making Bowmen equipped with bows and a sword
[Hand coordination training available] results in faster attack speed of the army
[Scouting and Tracking training available] results in enemy detection of the army and more knowledge of enemy locations
As for their training, Rolan taught them about basic combat.
[One handed training activated]
+1 mastery of one-handed weaponry to troops and as well as shields
+ 1 handling of one-handed weapons
+ 1 tougher defense when equipped with shields
[Hand coordination training activated]
+50% attack speed to the troops
+ 20% faster blocks and parries
[Bow training activated]
+1 mastery of bow weaponry
Gives a 20% faster draw of the bow
Gives 20% more accurate shots
[Scout training activated]
+ 1 detection of enemies
+ 1 avoidance of death
+ 1 hunting for food and tracking enemies in party
The three then became the pillars of defense in case the enemies would attack once again.
[Mission: Train 60 troops]
[Reward: Tactician skill]
[Training the troops]
+ 1 Infantry
+ 1 Bowmen
+ 1 Infantry
+ 1 Bowmen
+ 1 scout
+ 1 scout
...
[Training finished]
25 Infantry finished training
25 Bowmen finished training
10 Scouts finished training
...
[Tactician skill activated]
[Research is available]
[Research Formations?]
[Yes] [No]
"Yes,"
[Basic Phalanx formation] available
[Turtle shield formation] locked
[Basic Circle formation] locked
[Spear and shield formation] locked
[Archer volley formation] locked
[Cavalry wedge charge formation] locked
"Research Basic Phalanx formation!"
[Affirmative]
[Research finished]
[Applying the formation...]
[Training complete]
Aizen then accessed the barracks and built it.
[Barracks 60/50 capacity]
[Upgrade the building?]
[Yes] [No]
"Yes,"
[Upgrading.....]
[Upgrade complete]
[Barracks 60/100 capacity]
[Upgrade troops?]
"Yes,"
[Weaponry] [Armory]
"Both,"
[Spend 20 units of Steel?]
"Yes,"
[Weapons are upgraded to Steel]
[Armors are upgraded to steel]
[Upgrade finished] + 1 to security
...
[Command your troops] 60 unassigned
[Patrol] 25 soldiers 10 scouts (Spend torches and rations)
[Guard] 25 soldiers (Spend torches)
[Attack] 0 soldiers
"Done assigning,"
[The army is now executing your command...]
[Patrol went back with news]
News: They found out that the goblins are heading this way. They were also gathering forces and recruiting more goblins on the goblin tribes on their path. They are estimated to be 300 plus. With their recruitments of the goblin tribes on the northwest and east, their numbers were a lot higher. Upon their estimation, there would be 500 plus.
Upon the discovery, Rolan immediately trained the remaining villagers. They were all conscripted temporarily as militias.
[Time before the goblins attack: 2 days and 4 hours]
Day 2 of training the militias and it was still chaotic. They needed to execute simple orders first and formations. Especially the phalanx shield wall.
Day 3 and they finally were improving. They knew the basics for now and that was what was important. The time was running out and they had to be prepared. Aizen then thought to go all in and all out. All villagers would be added to the training. They might add to the survival of their village
The militias were added to the army and they have a total of 100 plus. Minus the kids of course as they were not included.
Conscripted army list:
25 Infantry
25 Bowmen
40 militias
10 scouts
...
Rolan then made a simple deliveration and they needed more than brawn to deal with this problem. And so, he devised a plan.
They first barricaded the village with spikes and made a singular entry on the front of the gates. Digging a canal near the spikes the water was flooded into it. The gates were put with boiling tar in case the gate wouldn't hold. With it, it could hold the goblins at bay for several minutes.
The archers will be positioned near the gates and they made a draw bridge for better defense. Hindering the goblins to enter immediately.
Now that they were ready, they settled inside the walls.
[Time before goblins attack: 2 hours and 20 minutes]
All preparations were made and it was time for war.
Other guards were praying for the gods to bid them a good battle. It was funny but Rolan clung to hope. That he would survive this predicament.