Building a Fortress is not an easy task; a Fortress is called a Fortress because it possesses incredibly strong defensive capabilities.
However, for Gale, building a Fortress was simpler than building a base.
This was a magical world, and Gale was a Mage with modern thinking.
When building the base, stones still needed to be collected from far away and then transported back via the river. For this, Gale summoned Earth Elements and Water Elementals to help make square stones and transport log rafts.
At the mountain pass, materials could be sourced locally, and in Gale's design, even a portion of the mountain had to be hollowed out to build a warehouse. That's right, Gale was preparing to move all military supplies there.
Compared to the base, he still trusted the defensive capabilities of the Fortress more. If the base were raided by Trolls, the military supplies might be destroyed.
Even though Gale had Aggramar's Shield, Aggramar's Shield was not omnipotent. Otherwise, the Troll Chieftain would not have been killed, and Gale would not have been held up by the Shadow Hunter.
Arriving at the mountain pass, Metri brought the Elemental Spell Codex to the top of the mountain. He was now Gale's adjutant, and because of his strong learning talent, Gale gave him the Elemental Spell Codex, instructing him to learn the spells within.
Gale now wanted to research melee techniques more. If someone could use the Elemental Spell Codex, it would greatly alleviate Gale's burden.
Previously, he had no suitable candidate, but Metri's appearance solved this problem.
Metri recited the incantations from the book and began to summon Earth Elements. The Earth Elements, once summoned, immediately followed Metri's commands to create large square stones.
The other Mages followed Gale to build the foundation. Without the Elemental Spell Codex, casting Earth spells would be slower. After all, it wasn't a battle, so being a bit slow was fine. Gale used the eternal holy grail to constantly shatter the rocks at the bottom of the mountain pass. The other Mages used levitation spells to clear out the gravel and pile them in an out-of-the-way place.
After the foundation was built, the Mages moved the square stones over and placed them in the foundation to build the city walls.
In less than two days, a city wall, 20 yards high, was completed. The city wall extended into the mountain, merging with it under the effect of Earth spells. Walking up the stairs onto the city wall, one could see two massive tall towers.
At the top of the tall towers, three huge crystals floated in mid-air, rotating around the towers.
These were magical watchtowers, capable of observing distant areas. As soon as Drakkari Trolls appeared in the watchtowers' field of vision, the Fortress would immediately detect them.
On both sides of the city wall, two sets of stairs extended up to the peaks on either side. The tops of the peaks had been magically leveled, turning into two platforms. A large amount of timber was transported up, and Gale fashioned it into large ballistas to serve as defensive tools.
In fact, the ballistas were mainly used to guard against siege engines. If the Trolls brought siege engines, these ballistas would destroy them immediately.
Without siege engines, the Trolls, with their flesh and blood, would be utterly unable to breach the Fortress.
In the middle of the city wall, a heavy wooden gate stood wide open. Metri directed the Earth Elements to clear the mountain, increasing its slope to prevent Trolls from climbing up. At the same time, dead zones were also cleared to prevent Trolls from hiding from attacks from the city wall.
At the entrance of the mountain pass, another 20-yard high city wall was erected, intended to block the Amani Trolls.
The hollowed-out parts of the mountain were also cleared. One side was used as a warehouse, the other as barracks. Above the warehouse and barracks, many rooms were also carved out; one side belonged to the Mages, serving as a laboratory, and the other belonged to the Priest Corps, used as a ward.
The area between the two city walls was designated as a training ground. Even in times of peace, training must be maintained.
After the Fortress was completed, Carlos asked Gale to name it. Gale thought for a moment and decided that Alpha Fortress was more suitable.
Moon Fury Legion Commander had ordered the Alpha Squad to build the Fortress, and the logistics troops were only assisting, so it was best not to overshadow them.
Carlos looked abashed; after all, the Alpha Squad hadn't contributed much to building the Fortress. However, Gale insisted, so he didn't say much. Instead, he proactively took over the Fortress's defense, rearranged the visual totems, and sent people back to the base to assist the logistics troops in transporting military supplies.
On the city walls of the Fortress, Moon Fury Legion Commander was very surprised. Only a few days had passed since he issued the order, and the Fortress was already built.
It was simply unbelievable!
Turann High Mage smiled and said, "This is the power of Arcane."
Moon Fury Legion Commander was quite moved, but immediately asked, "But why haven't Mages done this before?"
"Why not?" Turann High Mage enlightened him, "When Sin'dorei was built back then, a large number of Mages helped transport stones. However, due to the scarcity of spells, Mages couldn't make square stones and could only use a large amount of labor. At that time, Pandaren were still our allies, and they also deployed tens of thousands of laborers to help quarry stones."
Saying this, Turann's eyes flickered, "I never imagined the development of Arcane would be so fast. Gale actually thought of using Earth Elements to make square stones, which even us old Mages have to admire."
Moon Fury Legion Commander teased, "In a few more years, your position might be taken over by Mage Gale."
Turann was not angry; instead, he was very happy.
"I want to abdicate now and yield to the worthy. Compared to fighting, I'd rather return to the Mage Tower to do research."
Yue Nu: "It's better to get out and move around more. Otherwise, how would you have personally witnessed such an extraordinary feat as building a Fortress in a few days?"
"Indeed!" Turann High Mage's eyes flickered, wondering what he was thinking.
After personally inspecting the defensive capabilities of the Fortress, Moon Fury Legion Commander decided to move the command center there. Although the base was good, if a Troll Army attacked, the base would have difficulty withstanding the Trolls' assault.
Even if the base on the other side of the river was also repaired, and both banks could provide mutual support, it would still be a head-on battle with the Trolls.
It was different at the Fortress; the city walls, twice as high, were an insurmountable chasm for the Trolls. No matter how many enemies came, they could only sigh at the walls. Unless the supplies within the Fortress ran out, it would be very difficult to breach.
Alpha Fortress was massive, large enough to accommodate a thousand people stationed there. The logistics troops, Priest Corps, and Alpha Squad comprised almost five hundred people, and Moon Fury Legion Commander could still lead five hundred more people to garrison it.
However, Moon Fury Legion Commander did not bring too many people, only the members of the general command and dozens of Mages.
The rest of the army, a portion was stationed at the base to complete the base expansion project. The remaining troops all advanced deep into the forest to engage the Trolls. After the Evil Branch Trolls' defeat, they would surely notify the Amani Trolls.
Therefore, it was essential to capture as many prisoners as possible before the Amani Trolls' reinforcements arrived. Otherwise, once the Amani Trolls arrived, there would be a major battle.
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