Chapter 40: Fortifications

The soldiers and mages were put in charge of restoring Aldeharn Gorge, and they found a job for me, too.

My task was to build a semicircular wall centered on the spot Chloe had designated.

Uncle asked me to do it, saying the gorge had to hold firm even after the main force left.

The reason he entrusted that task to me was simple.

I was the only elf who could control spirits, and therefore the only one capable of building a wall in such a short time.

At first, I was horrified and tried to refuse, bringing up what I'd done at Zerga. But after listening to Uncle's explanation and testing it in the backyard, I eventually agreed.

What I'd done at Zerga was clear out a packed space as if a sinkhole had opened, then make the fortress wall collapse downward.

Uncle said that removing the existing ground meant having the spirits move it somewhere else, so of course it took a lot of mana.

By contrast, the task I was doing now didn't take much mana if I used the surrounding stones and soil.

And most importantly, as long as I didn't use an enormous amount of mana all at once, it shouldn't hurt that much...