The second group that had remained in Tanzan Town had finally arrived.
This was undoubtedly good news for Gawain.
At the very least, it meant more manpower. It meant he could build the docks and sawmill, consider formally mining the eastern mountains, and start developing this camp into a "territory."
Even with the later arrival of the second group, the Pioneer Territory had only a little over eight hundred people. But compared to the original Vanguard Team of just one hundred, this was already a remarkable improvement.
Knight Philip had led several soldiers and over a dozen militiamen who had remained in Tanzan Town to complete the escort mission. The promising young knight received a warm welcome from Heti. The arrival of him and his soldiers filled an even greater shortage in the camp than manpower: defensive strength.
Although they had yet to encounter monsters of any kind, simply living in the wilderness heightened the people's unease. Fences and magical traps could only ease that anxiety; only genuinely well-armed soldiers patrolling the area could truly put everyone's minds at rest.
As for Knight Philip, he was even more shocked by the camp's scale and degree of development.
They had already leveled such a large area? The carpenters' sheds had already been built? They were even constructing a blacksmith's workshop?!
The young knight practically wandered into the camp in a daze, staring blankly at the sturdy, attractive large tents and the handful of wooden houses already built around him. He also saw serfs and freemen busy in the open space. The latter were turning wood that had been roughly dried and smoked into planks, then further processing those planks into various tools and building materials. It was the first time he had seen such a scene: laborers who normally needed to