"Looks like I'll have to raid some orcs again when I get the chance. Such strong bodies—it'd be a crying shame not to have them hauling bricks!"
The more Nalant thought about it, the better he found the idea.
With physiques so sturdy you could race horses along their arms, hauling bricks was the finest future they could hope for.
Of course, with how simple-minded the orcs were, they could only handle such basic work.
"By the way, my lord, with the orcs joining us, we have enough manpower for building the city walls for now. But we're desperately short of stonemasons and carpenters!"
"If we had enough craftsmen, we could build the city much faster!"
Mario raised the matter with Nalant at this point.
Building a city was not like putting up wooden or stone houses. Not a single detail could be neglected.
Otherwise, even if just one section of the city wall had a problem, the city's defenses would be no better than a sham.
And in this world, skilled workers like carpenters and stonemasons were the only ones who understood how to build cities.
Yet Nalant's original territory had been so small that carpenters and stonemasons had always been extremely scarce.
"Carpenters and stonemasons—Mario, have you tried hiring any?"
"My lord, I have. A few days ago, I specifically sent people to recruit in other noble territories on the Black Rock Plains, but in the end, we couldn't find even a single craftsman."
"Oh? Why was that?" Nalant was slightly surprised.
His own territory lacked craftsmen because it had developed too quickly, and its foundation had yet to catch up.
The other nobles of Glory Continent should not have been short on craftsmen.
"My lord, during this time, we aren't the only ones in Storm Territory undertaking