Plan-2

Noah began thinking. If he had some time, he could summon different weapon that would surely sustain the defensive need of the village but unfortunately, he only had five slots which was not enough to arm everyone so quickly.

Even if he gave them and teach them to use firearms there were many problems like ammo issue, gun maintenance and spare parts that all needed to be summoned which would exhaust his many of his slots.

Not to mention, he was unsure how powerful these elites were that even someone like Flame emperor needed to be careful of. Would normal guns even work on them? What if they had unexpected powers that made them immune to hot weapons? It's not like he could have machine gun or rocket launcher because of ten kilogram weight limit per summon.

What he could so was repelled these pesky knights for some time and when the flames of war eventually reach this region they wouldn't have time to worry about tiny village in the mountain. They also needed to horde some stuff or find different chain for their daily supplies.

It could take months but he was confident enough to find something that would become the speciality of the village. That why they would be able to sustain themselves without him being here. He eventually planned to leave this place but since they helped him so much, he was willing to stake it out until their immediate problems were gone.

" Alright, we can discuss more about it but first I think we need to clear the abundant monster problem. Even if we somehow manage to go through this tough time, we would need to make the roads safer for the merchants or else they wouldn't dare to step foot in the mountain." Mera saw Noah contemplating so she pressed for the next issue.

" I would have helped but I need to look after my students. So, I will refrain from participating." Felix proclaimed and left the meeting. He would help dealing with the nobles if they have a solid plan but other issue of the village was no concern to him.

" Che, he is acting high and mighty but he immediately left as soon as we began talking about fighting." Someone said disgruntledly. 

" It's alright. We are not waiting for charity from him even if he is a famous sorcerer." Another one added.

" It's alright. Fighting monsters is not without risks so I can see why he wouldn't put himself in harms way when his disciples are injured." Alastair surprisingly took Felix's side.

" Regardless, most of our people are injured. Even after I healed them, it would take one week for light injuries to heal and almost a month for those with severe ones." Mera spotted a problem.

Since most of the fighting force was on the wall when the arrows fell, they were decommissioned for the moment. If they leave the monsters alone, they would only grow stronger.

" How many able body people you can gather?" Noah asked.

" About ten."

" If we include skilled woman that are somewhat strong?"

" Are you asking women to fight?" Mera was taken aback when she heard him talk about women. Tang was an exception among hunters, most of the women tended to fields or stayed home raising children.

" They will not be harmed in anyway. I just need smart people with little bit of strength."

" I need to check but we can roughly get around fifteen to twenty."

" Good, I will make preparation. Tell them to gather in the yard next morning." He said with a smile. They didn't know why he was so confident but in the end Mera decided to see what he was up to.

They talked about some other issue before dispersing to do their work. Noah went back to his room and began summoning the stuff he would need, that when he realise something was wrong with his system interface.

" Is this real?"

After the meeting, Noah went outside and began thinking about a new plan. He first summoned five identical rifles, Sig Spear LT, an advanced M4 variant rifle along with hundreds of round of ammos.

It was great that he didn't need to think about the weight and can just max it out accordingly to summon them together.

Without this feature, he had to do it individually which would mean the ammos would take separate slots making it impossible for him to arm large amount of villagers quickly. He stored them in his room safely because he would need it tomorrow and went out for a stroll.

He realized, he haven't explored the village being injured all the time. There were not many villager out because most of them were injured and those that weren't, were taking care of those that were. The houses looked a lot rustic than he remembered.

Noah never fully experienced the quiet countryside life and had always been around the modern 'concrete' forest most his life. As an orphan and making a life out for him in the special forces, the most time he spend in rural parts were during his deployments.

Remembering where he was just a few days ago filled his mind with complex emotions. There were many things in his past that he tried to forget but being by himself without any outside influence to dull his sense made him aware just how much he was bottling everything inside.

He would normally wallow around in his misery, gaining weight binging on junk food and watching stuff on his phone to pass his days. He started to feel the stress that came with responsibility first time after getting discharged from his job.

Looking at the rustic mud building reminded him about ' that' incident again. He remembered how they use long solid weed tail grass to make a simple wall that acted as frame after which they would drowse it with mud solution to make it solid.

He remembered putting these up with 'them'. He learned a lot in those few months than he ever did in his entire life, how hard it was to live life being cut off from the world.

This small little village must be similar, they do have different design but being situated in top of the mountain they should have faced same problems.

" I don't have time for this." He immediately shook his head, thinking to himself to get a grip. He sat down and again began looking at the quaint village. He felt the need to at least help them, that's the least he could to elevate his internal guilt.

He walked back taking a detour through the farm fields. They had a completely different culture when it came to food. He mostly remembered having some grilled meat and what appeared to be porridge with a hint of salt.

Fortunately when he returned, he saw them cooking food for everyone. They seemed to have come together for a communal meal which was prepared by middle aged ladies because most of the young ones were injured.

He could see a big pot hanging over a large fire and ladies were putting the ingredients after cleaning them. It was some sort of soup, at least it smelled delicious.

" Why are you brooding? Did she really reject your marriage proposal?" Suddenly he heard a child's voice from his side. Tang came over with a huge grin on her face.

" So that's what why people had been looking at me weirdly?" He couldn't be bothered by dispelling the rumours. Those that witnessed him fighting with Cyra were having the time of their life.

" It's fine. Don't let it keep you down. You will find some other girl, if you ask me there are some here that are interest in you but they are too afraid because they are under the impression that you are already taken by the Chief!" He never thought her as someone who loved to gossip but Tang was revealing her true colours.

" You mean Mera? There is nothing going on between us." Noah sighed. Who would be attracted to such a violent girl? But he couldn't deny she being the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. A certain image flash in his mind which agitated for him for a second.

" Hey, hey, no need to make that face. Our Chief is famous for her beauty, just see the situation we are in because of it."

" I never said she wasn't but I am not interested in surface stuff."

" Said like a true man! But why do you look so sad?" She asked again. Is this her way to console him? Was she under the impression that he was heartbroken or something?

" It's not something a kid like you should be concerned about."

" Kid? I may not look like it but I am an adult! I am already fifteen years old!" She proclaimed proudly. She was under the impression since she was still short and kind of tomboyish which made him under guess her age.

" From where I come from, fifteen is still a kid." He scoffed looking at her proud face.

" That place must be boring then! Where do you even come from?"

" A very faraway place."

He didn't even realize before he began explaining about Earth. It must be because he didn't talk to anyone for a while but words seemed to come out from his mouth looking at her so curious about what he had to say.

They talked for hours, going back and forth about different things. Noah realized how smart the little girl was, she answered most of his questions about the state of the village and even the surrounding territory. From farming and different ingredients to politics of the village she seemed to know everything.

She was much more candid about it speaking without holding back which he appreciated. She was like a cute little sister that he never had!

Is this the power of gossip?