“….How about it. Can you do it?”

“Kuek! No way! Orcs cannot do such things!”

Karuta jumped up as soon as Raven finished speaking. Raven frowned at the unexpected reaction.

“Why not? I gave you a quarry, a lumber mill, and an iron mill, so why? What’s so hard about using your strength for the duchy?”

“Ah, I’m thankful for that… but this is…”

Karuta mumbled his words, and Kratul interjected in the conversation.

“Karuta is scared. He does not like heights. Other orcs are fine. They will do as Pendragon wants.”

“Hmph! Orcs are born from the ground, we just have to run around well.”

Raven burst into laughter at the sight of Karuta scratching his head.

“Then all you have to do is oversee the operation. Well, that’s settled then.”

“Okay. By the way. I do not know the details, but I think you will need a lot of stones and wood for this. Are you sure you can work the bird-heads all day? It will be difficult for the orcs to do that all day as well.”

“What are you talking about? You do not have to do it all, and you do not have to do it all day. Besides, Ancona Orcs and Griffons are the most important power of our territory, not labor workers.”

“Hmph! Whatever!”

“Kukeket! Pendragon always says...