I’ve Been Reincarnated as a Tentacle Slime~ I Want to Live a Comfortable, Secure Life and Do Whatever I Want~ - Chapter 49

On the first morning after becoming the village chief, when I woke up in bed, Rio, Leonora, and Riora were next to me, with Rio in between. I didn’t feel like embracing all three of them yesterday.

By the way, the two slimes were standing guard outside my room.

I wonder if there’s something I need to do regularly in the mornings or afternoons? Since Legos lives in the village chief’s residence, I thought he’d come when he wakes up… but it seems like he’s already up. It’d be a problem if he lost his home suddenly.

“Good morning, Legos. You’re up early. Do you usually wake up at this time?”

“Good morning, Lord Cruz, or should I say, village chief? I’m getting older, so I wake up early.”

Legos says that and smiles.

“It’s fine to just call me Cruz. Now, I have something I’d like to ask. Is there a regular meeting, like in the morning or afternoon?”

“No, there aren’t any. I’ve heard they do have them in cities, though. It’s more about gathering people when needed.”

“I see, so it’s flexible depending on the situation. Now, about future tasks――――”

The villagers will continue with their usual work. I’ll give them instructions once they can do what’s needed.

The same goes for specialists like blacksmiths, Sisters, and hunters.

“Right. I’ll have Leonora support Legos in your work. Please teach her what she needs to know.”

“Understood. I’ll make sure to train her so she can take my place.”

“We, the slimes, will handle the construction of the wall. I want the carpenter to make the gates.”

“Is that so…?”

“I understand your concern. But if you just watch, you’ll see.”

We went outside and moved to the edge of the village. Then, we created five tentacles and used [Acid] and Predation to melt through the trees like a chainsaw. Trees are organic, so they can be melted.

While making sure to control the direction of the falling trees, we cut down five trees in a minute.

“Oh…! What?! The power of the slimes is this great? Could it be, all of you are capable of this?”

“Yes. We can do this much too.”

Legos asked the child slime.

“There shouldn’t be any problems, right? We plan to build the wall around the village at a pace of one side per day.”

Eventually, it’ll be made from stone from the golems, so there’s no need to build it perfectly for now.

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The village is approximately 100 meters wide and 200 meters long, a long vertical village. A river flows on the western side, with fields nearby, and the residences are on the eastern side. The village is elongated because it was somewhat open, and the lower tree density made it easier to clear the land.

To the southwest, there is a road that could barely be called a path. It connects to other villages and towns in the outside world. This village is the final destination in the development.

The three of us will first start by cutting down the forest to the north.

“Father, so we’re starting with the north side, the place where things went wrong before?”

“Yes, we’ll start here to alleviate any worries. If you’re distracted, you can’t focus on your own work, and efficiency suffers.”

“Father-sama, what kind of defense wall will we create? Should we insert logs into the ground and arrange them?”

Right. I haven’t said what kind of shape it will have.

“That’s the basic idea. However, to save wood, I’ll cut them in half and place the clean side inward when I insert them into the ground. Once they’re set up, I’ll form a □ and × shape and use Devour and Transformation to weld the ends of the × and the corners of the □, creating a truss structure. Normally, it’s just a single / shape, but this will be more like the Tokyo Tower. Combining it with the vertically planted walls will give us extra strength.”

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｜＼／｜←Something like this. All the joints are already welded.

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“Father, while I think this would be good for pressure from the sides or top, wouldn’t it be less effective against force coming from the actual wall (Z-direction)? It’s like trying to knock over a standing board, right?”

“…That was a joke. Since we’ll be welding the standing logs together, even if you push one log, the force will be spread out to the others. As a result, all the logs will connect and form a large wall. Eventually, we’ll surround the whole village, so in the corner areas, we might even get the durability of a truss structure.”

“Haha, Father, you’re quite the joker.”

“Hahahaha!”

I managed to cover it up and make sure the mistake went unnoticed.

“If it’s the wall’s durability you’re worried about, inserting a honeycomb structure board between the logs and supports might be good, but it would use up more wood…”

“Well, let’s at least do the northern side. The villagers will probably think it’s just wood panels, but at this point, it’s more of a hobby project.”

“If we create right-angled triangular building materials and weld them into the corners of the wall, wouldn’t that increase the durability?”

With that, we came up with ideas and thought about the design of the wall.

“Well then, let’s divide the tasks. We’ll have to cut down the trees, make the half-logs, assemble everything, and do the welding.”

“Got it. Father, you should probably handle the assembly; you probably have the clearest image of how it should go.”

“I’ll handle the tree cutting. It seems like something I can manage, even if I don’t have much strength.”

“Looks like the division of labor is decided. Let’s get started.”

And so, the wall construction began.

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“Well, this should do. Whether it’s six months or a year, the time we’ll use it is short, and it should last until the wood decays.”

A 100-meter-long wall is impressive. The logs are driven about 1 meter deep, and the height is around 3 meters. The top is pointed to make it harder to climb. The wall consists of half-round logs on the outside, honeycomb board material, and a truss structure. Each part is supported by right-angled triangular frames.

Now that it’s done, I’d want a watchtower as well. I’ll wait to build that after we’ve surrounded the village.

For the river section, wood isn’t suitable, so I used golem stone, creating something like a cage. People can’t get through, but water can still pass. The thickness is about 30 cm, so it should be durable.

Just when we were done, Legos, no longer the village chief, showed up.

“This is an amazing sight… With a wall like this, we can live without worry!”

“If you feel that way, I think we’ve done a good job. Also, we don’t need a door here, right? I plan to make a wall everywhere except for the road on the south side.”

“Yes. Only the hunters go out, so they’d feel safer with this than with a door.”

“Good. Then I’ll continue with the walls like this.”

It feels good when there’s no criticism about the finished product.

In order to create nurseries, I decided to make a permanent settlement.

We’re still small in strength as slimes.

Even now, strong soldiers would be able to defeat us.

This time’s results:

・The first priority is the wall. There was a fence for beasts, but it would be useless against people.

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