Amplistown lay in the southwestern corner of the Milando Duchy, bordering the Rulton Duchy to the south, with the Lampari Kingdom surrounding it to the west and north.
A broad river flowed through the center of the town and stretched eastward.
Within the Lampari Kingdom, this river was called the Sandy River, while within the Milando Duchy, it was known as the Milando River.
It had been given this name because it was the only river in the Milando Duchy more than fifty meters wide, and thus the only one that could be considered broad.
Apart from this river, Amplistown was no different from the other small towns in the Milando Duchy. It was just as quiet and unremarkable.
Amplistown had existed on this continent for hundreds of years. No matter how the continent changed, no one took an interest in such a featureless, impoverished little town.
The people of Amplistown likewise believed that, just as they had for hundreds of years, they would repeat these quiet, ordinary days until they died.
Yet once the second half of Continent Calendar year 3783 began, the town's peace was suddenly shattered.
First, one day, dozens of large ships came drifting down from upstream on the Milando River.
The markings on the ships indicated that they came from the Lampari Kingdom. Yet among the burly men who jumped ashore, besides humans speaking with the accent of Bunta City, a short distance upstream in the Lampari Kingdom, there were actually some strange-looking, fearsome men of the Orc Tribe!
To the surprise of Amplistown's people, however, these burly orcs apparently had not come to this town with its meager pickings to burn, kill, and plunder. After disembarking, they actually settled down to work obediently under the humans' direction.
After watching for a while, though, the