Brutal Defense 4

"What will you do? Lucas?" He said before he leaves Lucas alone.

Lucas did not answer him directly and wait for him to walk out of the door. When he saw him pass the door, he smirked before turning around. "Stupid nobles. You're just going to be my source of mana grains, death is the only answer for people like them."

He went to the tank of sap to take a liter of sap. He put the sap into a basin and soak the black strings on it. He counted the number of strings and find out that there's really a hundred of them. 'Holly crap, I can't waste this strings. Well, let's make seven more crossbows to complete my set.'

He went outside the dome to find out that Redford was discussing something on his people, he ignored them and went out of the fortress. Outside he started making the seven crossbows.

With his ax, he is able to sculpt and shape the carcass of the mahogany borrower with ease. The bark which is said to be the hardest part of its body was cut into a rectangle. 'Erg, it will be a waste if I throw this away, I'll try to make a tower shield later.'

After a few minutes, a train of truck enter the fortress wall and enter the fortress of despair. They did not even give attention to Lucas who was working in the sideline. Everyone seems in rush and forget to give a damn about their surroundings.

He just ignored them. He knows how important a revenge for them. He continues his crafting for another half an hour before Redford went out of the fortress together with hundred of leather armored adventurers.

"Lucas, they are the best crossbow wielder we have. They also have a good decision making as you request." Lucas said with a formal tone. He turned around to sign his people to pay some respect.

"W-we are glad to meet you!" The adventurers said in chorus bowing a little.

"Sounds good, but I need the top 16. If possible, I want to have them participate in a test. I'll give them a test tomorrow, for now, let them follow you." Lucas said as he continues crafting the crossbows. He suddenly stood up and turn around as if he remembers something, "Also, you guys don't have to be discouraged if you know that you aren't matched with the others. The top 17 to 80 will become a member of eagle riders who will fight from the air, while the top 81 to 100 will be trained with spear and sword."

Redford nodded his head to convince his people. He found Lucas word to be unconvincing and tried to back him up. He leads his people inside the fortress and does last preparations.

'Yep, I still have two weeks before my hoe portal cooldown. After two weeks, I can use two chance and save the last one. I need to buy every manual about weapons, horseback riding. I should take a visit to mom and dad. Nah! I have to write down everything I need to buy before that day!' Lucas was a bit sidetracked, forgotten that he was crafting and almost cut his finger.

"Fuck! That's close!" He wiped the sweat on his forehead and look into the sky. The cloud is getting larger and darker, covering the sun and the sky, "A storm? Or a snowstorm? I have to ask Chivous to have the adventurers accompanied by some of his hordes."

He called Hugo and ask him to help him to carry the parts of mahogany burrower inside the fortress before visiting Chivous.

"Hey, Chivous!" Lucas greets Chivous with an energetic smile. "Can you do me a favor?"

"Xiii? Xiiiixiii." Chivous look at him suspiciously. His look was as if telling him that 'Do you need something again?'.

Lucas smile bitterly, Chivous become troublesome these days, and every time he asks for a favor, Chivous ask for a return. "Chivous, you've become too greedy. Well, it's better to ask Coco for help." He said and acting to leave.

"Xixiixii!" Chivous run after him to stop him from leaving while apologizing to him.

'Greedy dragon, so you are scared of being left alone buhehe!' Lucas keeps pretending that he was disappointed and wanted to leave.

"Xiiiii!" Chivous released a high pitch screech to call his generals. This past couple of days, his horde stop growing and stock into 700 chili dragons. The plants from the pots suddenly died one morning.

Chivous has 100 generals, each general has six normal chili dragons under them. He also has four great generals like the demon Lord which amused Lucas.

The generals lined up and on their front is their four great generals. Chivous surrounds Lucas, trying to convince him.

"Okay, okay... But if you're too greedy, next time, I will cut your food... okay?"

"Xiiii!" Chivous flapped his wings and circled above them.

"Haha, well, I just want you to lend us, five generals. I don't want the four generals. They're a troublemaker." He said as he picked five generals from the crowd.

"Xuu~" The four great generals were sulking in the corner, simply disappointed.

"Haha, you guys are a troublemaker. But, we need you guys to stay here. We are ice cold if you guys left the fortress!" Lucas said, trying to comfort them.

The chili dragons lifted their head and with sparkling eyes, they suddenly breathe and turn the dome into an oven. Lucas walks away as he shook his head, 'I regret speaking to them... Yes, I...'

Lucas leads the five generals and their underlings to Redford's group.

"Did you feel that? The temperature suddenly rose up!" An adventurer with full metal armor spoke.

"Yeah, I did. I know! This is the thing the guild leader mentioned, the chili dragons!" Adventurer 2

"Woah! That's sick! I want one of them!" Adventurer 1

"Stupid! Do you know that you might die because of that guy's rage if you take one of them?" Adventurer 2

"Who?" Adventurer 1

"Shut up guys! Lucas might hear you if you continue talking about him." Adventurer 3

"T-that Lucas? Yeah, I heard he slew thousands of Jack Orangutans by himself, they are even lead by two kings! That guy is a monster!" Adventurer 1

"The three of you!" Bedford shouted at them, and pointed to the person on his side, "Look who's here! Do you recognize him?"

The three adventurers shook their head in response. Bedford smirk and continue speaking to the person on his side.

The adventurers were puzzled by his sudden question.

"You guys are an idiot!" Rangga spoke to the armored adventurers, "That guy is Lucas."

"Pff!" The three adventurers spat blood when they heard him. They suddenly felt chills on their spine.

'Fuck! Why a monster wears normal clothing!?'

'Can I quit!?'

'I hope he's a good person.'

Lucas said his good luck to Redford and cheer up the chili dragons. It was their first time going along with someone they don't. But since they are calm, they can understand his warnings. 'Stay inside the truck and only release a breath when it was too cold'.

Lucas left them to ask Coco to prepare five of his generals for the jungle expedition.

Coco followed his request with high energy. He runs out of the dome to prepare his horde and left Lucas alone.

'Haist, I have to assemble the crossbow now. If only I have a paint or varnish to strengthen the wood. Well, I have to check the strings too.' He went to the basin where he soaked the strings and took a single string from it.

He let the string dries and try if it was working. 'It will work, right? Base on the manual grandpa gave me, I just need to soak the item. The sap can also strengthen the item depends on the amount of the sap. Well, I hope it works!'

Lucas took out one of the bolts and let the string touch its surface. Shing! The bolt shrank from four meters to 80 centimeters! Success!

He removed the strings from the basin to dry them out while. He pours the saps to the crossbows and waits to get dry. 'This should be enough, if they were soaked in the sap, the sap will strengthen the now right?'

He set aside the crossbows and take out the leather he bought earlier. Using his hoe, no planteros can escape death. He first draws sixteen pairs of archery gloves before cutting them with his hoe. He soaks them to the sap and set it aside.

'Ah, I hate working! I have to find a crafter next time!' He sits to the ground after several hours of work. Assembling the crossbow was the easy part, but stitching the leather exhausted his mental energy. The hardness of the leather makes him decided to make a hole with his hoe. It was fortunate that he is only working with archery gloves and he only needs a few stitches.

"Ei, Lucas, you're exhausted huh?" Redford and his walk to his direction, with the chili generals behind them. Redford suddenly stop when he saw the crossbows and gloves prepared neatly on top of the table, "Eh!? Oh my God! You made them all?"

Lucas raised his head and glare at him, heaved his hands to tell him to that he's not in a good mood, "You guys are back, hows the expedition?"

Redford looks at the exhausted Lucas and shook his head. He took out a piece of paper and read his report. "Erg, We only able to catch 900 of them. They are outside the fortress wall, their carcasses can't fit inside, and also find a snow carrot fox plant starting to grow and decided to transfer it to a container."

"That's good. Coco!" When shouted his name, Coco rush on his side with the five generals on his side. "Coco, these guys are trustworthy. Could you tell your generals not to harm them? Actually, I want your generals to help."

He tries to convince Coco to let his generals help Redford. Coco was hesitant of course. But looking at his exhausted master, he doesn't know what to decide. Lucas also told him that they only need to fight if they're in disadvantage.

In the end, he was only able to convince him that they're only going to fight if the group was in disadvantage. If that happens, they are going to retreat after being saved. If not, the generals and the chili dragons have the right to leave them in the forest.

They were about to leave when Lucas remember something. "Right, Old man, can you ask someone to look for craftsman? I can't deal with 900 phone throwers on my own. Also, ask him to buy the best leather in the market. I'll make shrink quiver and shrink fingerless gloves."

"Oh, okay..." Redford nodded his headline agreement, looking at his condition he decided to accept his request. "Well, I also know a great sewist, I trust her the most and she was also a former adventurer."

"Okay, you can decide on your own." He said as he stood up and pick up one crossbow, he wears one archer gloves and picks up one bolt. Shing! The bolt suddenly shrunk. "Want to watch? I was about to check its strength."

Redford and his people nodded as they also want to see how strong the crossbow was. They follow Lucas out of the fortress' wall.

He dragged one carcass of pine thrower a hundred meters from the gate, and serve as a target.

'Woooh! Okay, calm down!' Lucas went back to the gate and pick up his equipment. Lucas kneeled with one leg to support his body before loading the bolt to the crossbow. Considering the size of the pine thrower, it was easier to shoot them down.

Three...

Two...

One...

Shook! He pulled the trigger to take the first attempt. After a second that the bolt was released, it started to grow back to its size. Its speed also multiplied by five while the fletching design also takes effect and made the bolt spin.

Swish!

The bolt(Arrow) looks like gathering mana, the wind around it looks like visible as it gathers to the tip of the bolt. The spinning motion gets faster and faster. It started to produce whistling sound as it gets near the target.

Bang! Crack! Tak Tak Tak!

The bolt penetrated to the side of the carcass, but the force of the impact almost make it look like exploding. The spinning motion turns the pine thrower send into pieces before it stabs to the ground.

"A-a-amazing! It did not even hit the middle, but the penetrating force, and... How can you make the spinning motion!? This... Lucas, this thing is too brutal!"