The North City Armory.
More precisely, the armory stood in the northwestern corner of Maple Forest City.
A vast quantity of war machines was sealed away there, waiting to be brought out when the army marched.
The place was heavily guarded. At all times, a hundred-man squad was stationed there in rotation, divided into ten smaller squads, each led by a cultivator.
Of course, that did not mean cultivators made up such a high proportion of the Maple Forest City Guard. The armory was simply too important, so the generals responsible for its defenses had deliberately increased the share of elite troops.
By comparison, the City Lord's Mansion itself had few cultivators guarding it. City Lord Wei Quji was, after all, the most formidable force in Maple Forest City.
At the same time, taking turns guarding the armory was one of the City Daoist Academy disciples' regular duties. Two disciples were stationed there every day. The Dao Merit was meager, but the post was steady and there was usually nothing to do, so it did not interfere with meditation and cultivation. Plenty of people fought for this assignment. You had to be quick to get it; hesitate, and it was gone.
The armory was divided into an outer and an inner storehouse. With security this stringent, the goal was obviously not just to protect the mountains of ordinary weapons and armor in the outer storehouse.
In terms of space, the inner storehouse was tiny, occupying just one small room at the center of the entire armory.
But magic arrays had been specially carved into everything from the walls to the ceiling and floor, preventing anyone from forcing their way in. If an attack proved too powerful for these arrays to withstand, the self-destructing array inside the inner storehouse would activate.