My Players Are So Fierce

Therefore, our architects connected those important fortresses with the mountain body, which was also our approach when designing the Brass Fortress.

But since we’re here, right?

Let’s take a look, shall we?

It might serve as a reassurance for the brave soldiers on the front lines too.”

“Hmm, then let’s go.”

Old Chen glanced at his dwarven friend.

He had to admit, the construction system of the Silver Dwarfs, which had nearly a thousand-year history on the continent, had greatly shocked him, a different world person.

Although most fantasy-style buildings are hard to replicate in the real world, certain architectural rules are universally applicable in both worlds.

For someone like Old Chen, who has spent his life in studies, gaining a perspective on architecture from another angle is really quite valuable.

Hence, he and Master Irich had become true friends, a friendship built on mutual respect among masters.

In addition to his love for drinking, Irich was also very fond of architectural theories from foreigners.

Especially those towering skyscrapers with hundreds of floors, those whimsical structures, those near-thousand-meter man-made wonders like the Tower of Babel, and the entirely steel-constructed sea-crossing bridges.

It must be said that these were things that existed only in the fantasies of the dwarves from another world.

It’s not that they couldn’t do it; the continent’s technological level constrained them from constructing similar buildings.

Just the issue of cement was hard to solve—a tower like the Khalifa can’t be built with stones, right?

The four architects quickly arrived at Lord Hether’s command post.

According to the agreement between Hether and Murphy, all architectural drawings of the Blackflame Mountain Pass were brought out; the stacked drawings were half the height of a person.

The twelve defensive positions each had different functions, especially the six positions at the rear, which had complex underground structures, with basically no repeated designs.

The four architects had to browse through each position’s design diagrams to possibly find any issues.

“Just the four of us looking at these diagrams will take until next year!”

The Chosen Ashman complained:

“Perhaps we should have brought apprentices?”

“Are you kidding?

This is military secret.

Allowing us to view it is already due to Sir Murphy’s considerable influence.”

The brick mover was not annoyed; this slightly chubby architect rationally analyzed:

“The first eight positions have no underground structures; they are purely ground positions with various fortifications connected to the mountain body.

There’s no way to make small moves there, especially with the first five lines having previously faced the werewolf attacks head-on.

Even when the werewolves used the Meteorite Skill, they couldn’t crush them, indicating the position’s quality was solid.

So I think, to find issues, we just need to search within the underground structures of the rear six positions.

What do you think, teacher?”

“Hmm, makes sense.”

Old Chen nodded and said:

“Let’s do it that way, and settle this matter as quickly as possible.

The construction at Midnight Tower is about to reach the core building of a main tower and three auxiliary towers.

It will be our first time tackling issues related to the Mage Towers, and we must return quickly to learn this special construction technique.

We can’t waste too much time on this matter.

Each person handles one position; I and Irich will handle two, and aim to complete the review before tomorrow night.”

They quickly allocated tasks and started examining the diagrams.

But after two hours, even Irich had to admit—Old Chen and his students included—that merely from the diagram aspect, these positions’ design and construction were perfect.

The Silver Dwarfs’ architects designed a remarkably simple underground functional structure for the rear positions of Blackflame Mountain Pass.

To maximize the effectiveness of extending the positions’ endurance during attacks, they not only designed enough hideouts underground but also included extremely important various storages and underground water sources.

Those underground water sources were marked as part of the tributaries from the largest river in the desolate mountain area, the Huma River, and each was subjected to an Earth purification filtering ritual by the dwarves, sufficient to ensure that the werewolves could not poison the stationed troops.

According to various parameter requirements on the diagrams, if Lord Hether prepared completely according to the diagram requirements, the food, materials, and weapon reserves in the rear six positions alone would be enough to help the Blood Covenant Knight Order and their Retinue Army endure for over two years even after losing the first eight positions.

Moreover, there were underground passages connecting these six positions, allowing soldiers to swiftly relocate through the criss-cross network of subterranean tunnels in the worst-case scenario.

“I can’t see any problem…”

The Dust Beater rubbed his sore temples and said to his mentor:

“Aside from these underground tunnels being as convoluted as a web, making one’s head ache, from a design perspective, these positions already resemble ‘miniature Maginots.’ No wonder it would take fifty years to fully construct these positions—just based on this design complexity, I don’t think the Brass Dwarves responsible for construction were loafing.

They practically built a six-layer interconnected ‘Underground City’ in this less than seventeen-kilometer area!

No wonder Lord Hether was so confident in holding the Blackflame Mountain Pass…”

“Indeed, whoever designed this defensive system is truly a master.

They achieved perfect spatial utilization despite limited conditions.”

The brick mover also put down the diagrams and said to Old Chen: