The soldiers who followed them to hunt rats were selected, and ten of them are now waiting inside the camp.
George was also called over, and judging by his attire, he seed to be ready to go hunting.
The two carpenters had also arrived before Kana.
Kana didn't waste ti, and directly placed the map in front of them, pointing at a certain stage along the river and said.
"I've observed that starting here, there are no waterfalls or overly rapid currents.
We can practically float smoothly towards the estuary. Starting from here by raft, can safety be ensured?"
The two carpenters looked at the map, and the younger one seed confused, as he wasn't sure if Kana's statent was correct.
The older carpenter clearly knew the situation better, glanced at the map, and nodded: "Your judgnt is correct, sir."
Then he drew a big circle around the area: "There's quite a lot of forest in this area, the wood for constructing rafts is definitely plentiful, and we can source materials locally.
This way, we won't need any craftsn, just strong people, and we can build enough rafts in a short ti."
The experienced carpenter already had a certain process and idea in his mind.
As for the difficulty of building a raft, it's not troubleso for them; building a raft poses no challenge?
By directing so untrained people, they're confident they can construct sufficiently solid rafts, at least enough to float to the estuary without issue.
Since this is Kana's requirent, they only need the rafts to reach the estuary.
With this clear answer, Kana nodded, such assurance was enough.
"Now you two can go recruit workers, with a quota of 30 people, fill it up for .
Being from a small town, I believe you can recruit people strong enough, and diligent enough in their work."
Just after saying that, he added: "Oh, and tell them we'll stay there for half a month.
As for wages, an additional twenty percent higher than usual."
Anyway, the wages aren't coming out of their pocket.
The two nodded and quickly left to recruit workers outside.
Though the job wasn't difficult, their working target was a prince.
With things settled here, Kana turned to the soldiers, thought for a mont, and called out two soldiers.
Then he spoke to Alyris, "You should have learned how to set up camp, right?"
Alyris nodded, as the training for knights involves many more professional knowledge and skills compared to soldiers.
"That's good." After saying this, Kana looked at Jonel: "Could you please prepare the supplies for a camp of 50 people, and enough food to sustain us for a month?"
"Uh, didn't you say we'd only stay for half a month?"
"What if there are any ergencies? Preparing for a month is never a problem."
Jonel shook his head helplessly, fortunately, the small town had long been well-stocked with all sorts of supplies, making this not such a difficult matter.
"George, go find another skilled hunter, and you two will be responsible for reconnaissance around the camp."
George nodded excitedly, being young, it was clear he'd be working for the prince for a while.
He rushed out impatiently.
Kana also gathered a few people and went with Jonel to get so supplies.
...
A few hours later, everything was ready.
A convoy had gathered at the town entrance, while many idle townsfolk watched and chatted around.
Thirty laborers recruited from the town, two carpenters.
Ten expert semi-armored soldiers, two hunters.
Kana and his companion plus a rat.
The convoy had a total of 47 people.
Under Kana's "persuasion," the two warhorses they arrived with at the town were taken by him as well.
Additionally, he specifically requested a mule for pulling carts, originally hoped for two cows to handle transportation but only managed to obtain one.
This way, they acquired three horses and a cow.
One cattle cart, one horse cart.
Once everything was ready, Kana waved goodbye to Jonel with a smile.
Jonel, expressionless, watched Kana and the others leave.
Recalling what Kana said before leaving: "It's ti to organize night patrols."
He also inford him about the configuration and weaknesses of the Blood Race scouting teams and things to keep an eye on.
Being a seasoned knight, Jonel knew the situation now was far from optimistic.
...
The location Kana had in mind was about 20 li downstream from the town.
In reality, he had certainly never been here, but in the ga, he was quite familiar.
During earlier discussions, he already confird that the terrain in the ga and reality had almost no major differences.
Though he only knew this place was good, deciding where exactly to camp or build wasn't his call.
But barely after traveling 20 li along the river, still a distance away from their destination.
The three felt sothing.
Kana sensed a distinct liveliness.
Riding alongside him on horseback was Alyris, and Bobo on the goods in the horse cart also sensed it.
Unlike Kana and Alyris's lack of understanding.
Bobo was clearly well aware of what this feeling ant, said excitedly, "Here, starting from here, the magic has beco active."
Speaking this, Bobo extended her paw and snapped her fingers.
A small fla ignited in her hand.
Magic—Trick.
This scene startled the soldiers around and the workers following the convoy.
Kana quickly grasped the reason.
Because they were approaching the edge of the border, nearing the mountains.
As previously ntioned, the scarcity of magic power in Safro Kingdom had its reasons, not naturally occurring.
Almost the entire country's magic was gathered underground, congregating at the Royal Capital.
The Royal Capital itself was built upon the magic node of this region.
The progenitor of the Blood Race, who created the race, was a powerful mage, leading a mage family.
Gathering there was mainly ant for research to improve the Blood Race.
But there's a limit to how much magic such nodes can influence and extract, moving closer to the mountains was gradually leaving the borders of the country, hence magic began to recover.
Kana could also feel that the magic within himself, that normally wouldn't even replenish 5 points in a day, was now accelerating its recovery.
Thinking of this, Kana shouted loudly, "Stay alert, here it isn't as safe."
Since magic was no longer scarce, various creatures appearing due to increased magic concentrations might start showing up.
Fortunately, they're still relatively close to the magic-depleted area; although magic is increasing here, creatures favoring naturally active magic areas wouldn't co so close to the edge.
They soon arrived at the planned destination.
The two carpenters, along with Alyris, wandered along the riverbank for quite a while before settling on a fairly suitable location for camping.
Once everything was prepared, work began.
First to construct the camp.
"George, you two take five soldiers and scout around, ensure the situation within a 3 li radius is clear."
George nodded, and along with his friend, chose a few soldiers he knew and quickly departed.
"Alyris, follow the military camp standards to build, if possible, construct a few small watchtowers.
Also, encircle with a wooden wall, it's not very safe here."
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