Reconstruction (1)

For the first time, everyone truly set foot in the ruins of Blue Bridge Fortress.

Beneath their feet lay charred stone bricks and ash-covered wreckage scorched by holy light. Broken arrows and burned bones still spoke of the fierce battle not long ago.

The faint morning light fell over this desolate land, reflecting the faint hope beginning to kindle in their eyes.

"Ang, what do we do next?" Dana walked to Ang's side, her gaze sweeping over the ruins. "Do we keep watching the demons' movements like before?"

Ang nodded slightly, but did not answer at once.

He turned toward the eastern mountain road and looked into the distance at the faint dark silhouette on the horizon—Baker Fortress.

"The chances of the demons passing through the ruins of Blue Bridge Fortress again are very low now." He spoke slowly, his tone steady and resolute. "What they truly want to cross is our eastern line of defense—Baker Fortress is their new point of breakthrough."

Everyone listened in silence.

"Our mission has shifted from 'defense' to 'control,'" Ang continued. "Now, it is time to rebuild Blue Bridge Fortress."

The moment those words fell, everyone was stunned.

Blue Bridge Fortress had just been utterly destroyed. It was nothing more than scorched earth and piles of shattered stone now. Rebuilding it sounded almost insane.

"But the problem is..." Hansen hesitated. "Fokas Fortress will never send craftsmen to help us build it. Reconstructing a fortress is not something that can be done in three to five days."

"We do not need their craftsmen," Ang said calmly. "As long as they are willing to provide the necessary materials, leave the rest to Isi and me."

"That... might actually work." Hansen nodded as he silently marveled at Ang's audacity.

"Dana." Ang turned his gaze toward the agile