Taiju Village

Taiju Village (の) is a farming village established by Hiraku Machio. The village originally was Hiraku's farm, which some how he carved amongst deadly animals and ungrowable soil.

The village formed after number of residents began gathering to it, because of it's isolation and amazing food. Also, Hiraku, appears to be remarkable likabile, making many females want to gather here to propagate. Taiju is haven as turns out for endangered people who needed fresh new start, who turned out to be remarkably powerful and skilled. Over time, the village would expand to include satellite villages built by the original residents of Taiju.

Notoriety
While the Taiju Village is remarkabe due being established out nowhere, it is arguably the most dangerous in the region. It's known best known for its powerful residents, all of whom are likeable people. Who themselves work hard on Hiraku's farm, which perhaps is most derisive farm in the world, since it has 3 harvests a year (spring, autumn and winter).

All agricultural products produced are of high quality thanks to Hiraku's "All-Purpose Farming Tool", they use ingredients prepared using Hiraku's previous life knowledge and alcoholic beverages are based on the research of elder dwarves. Hiraku regularly creates games and items based on knowledge from his previous life, so there is a lot of entertainment, especially mahjong and chess, which are popular both inside and outside the village.

Relationships
Outside of the village, the existence of Taiju Village is kept secret for various reasons. The very existence of the village, and the powerful people who inhabit it, pose a danger to any nation that is unaware of the village's peaceful lifestyle. In addition, the food and products produced in the village are of a high quality, some even being classified as divine artifacts, so trade with the village must be managed with great care, otherwise it could devastate the economy worldwide.

Demon Kingdom
Bizel came to the village to discuss the land that Hiraku lived in, to acknowledge their authority, and make a deal. Hiraku and Bizel were agreed to have 10% of the harvest and take it before every winter. With that, the village got their military protection. Fraurem Chrome acts as government liaison between the Demon Kingdom and the village, position she didn't want but took it anyways. They mantain the village location as classified and only authorized members of the high rank can visit the village with the help of Bizel.

Korin Religion
Korin Religion was so grateful to the village chief for the Creator God statue that they wanted to make him a saint. Thanks to Valgreif's intervention, they agreed to keep the village's existence a secret and support them from the shadows.

Shashaato City
The village established contact with Shashaato in search of seafood, and began trading regularly with the Goroun Corporation, which was instrumental in the construction and development of Village Five. The food from Taiju Village, along with the development plan initiated by the village head, helped boost tourism and commerce in the town. The Goroun Corporation keeps the existence of the village a secret, only the head of the company and those closest to them handle such information.

The Village Chief is owner of the Big Roof Shashaato and the Ifrus Academy.

Allies
Goroun Corporation: Michael Goroun Korin Religion: Valgrief, Fuushu. Dragon Clan: Doosu, Raimeiren, Doraim, Graffalun. Demon Kingdom: Gargard, Yuuri, Bizel, Glatts, Randan. Lamia Race - Sunea, Junea, 50 others Titan Race - Around 60

Taiju Village's Festival
An event that is held every summer since the 8th year. It was planned by Hiraku for the purpose of promoting fellowship and recreation among the villagers, as well as the spread and use of reward medals. The executive committee is Hiraku and the Civil Officer Girls. Hiraku draws a lottery with the names of festivals in various parts of the Demon Kingdom to determine the content.


 * 7th year: Martial arts tournament. It became a separate festivity.
 * 8th year: Volplane Board gliding competition. The winners were Daga in the first event and Wine Slime in the second event.
 * 9th year: Mountain Toppling. The winners were Team Zabuton.

Taiju Village Martial Arts Tournament
A one-on-one individual competition held each fall since the 9th Year. Originally, it was planned to be a one-time event to be held in the festival of the 8th year, but many people inside and outside the village wanted to hold it again. Various divisions have been established in consideration of differences in races and individual abilities. After the tournament is over, a banquet is held along with free matches on an empty stage for those who wish until late at night.


 * General Division: A division for those who do not live for the fight. Up to two weapons can be used, and damage reduction measures are taken, such as showing them to the opponent ahead of time and wrapping them in cloth. As for armor and magic, you are free. Victory conditions are removing or cutting a headband, declaring a forfeit, defeating the opponent by 10 counts, knock-out, or other judgment by the referee. There is only one match per person, and the opponent is decided by lottery. The winner of each match will receive an award medal.


 * Warrior Division: A division for those who go into the forest to hunt and those who have the same fighting strength. The rules are almost the same as for the general division, but in addition to the headband, cloth is attached to both hands, both feet, and tail. To win it is necessary to cut at least two of any of the cloths. The battle is a gauntlet in which the winner remains on stage and battles the next challenger. Even if you lose, you can try again as many times as you want if Flora, who is in charge of curing, gives permission, and whoever has the longest winning streak wins. 7 prize medals will be awarded to the winner, 3 medals to the player with the most accumulated victories and 1 medal to whoever has won at least one. The winner will be able to participate in the Knight division starting next year.
 * Champions
 * 1st Tournament: Yaa
 * 2nd Tournament: Garf
 * 3rd Tournament: Donovan


 * Knight Division: A division of those who stand above the contenders of the warrior division. The competition is a draw tournament system, and there are no rules like fighting for headbands, losing out of bounds, or reducing damage from weapons that were in the general and warrior divisions, you only win by surrender or knockout. A crown and 10 medals will be awarded to the winner. After the following editions the category was subdivided into 4, adding 2 exclusive divisions for Inferno Wolves (one for the males and one for the females), and one exclusive for Demon Spiders. The winners of all sub divisions can participate in the King division.
 * Champions
 * 1st Tournament: Makura
 * 2nd Tournament: Uno
 * 3rd Tournament: Stifano


 * King Division: A division created by Hiraku to discourage Hakuren and Lastismun, whose fighting power is unmatched, from participating in the main battle. The competition is held between contestants higher in rank than the other divisions as an exhibition. In the following editions, the winners of the 4 subdivisions of the Knight division are also allowed to participate.
 * Exibitions:
 * 1st Tournament: Hakuren (w) vs Lastismun
 * 2nd Tournament: Doosu (w) vs Zabuton
 * 3rd Tournament: The exibitions were changed to different contests due to the power of the people involved, Doosu won in an arm-wrestling match against Girar and a tug-war between Zabuton's team (Ursa, Guraru, Lastismun and a group of spiderlings) against the Demon King's team (Quorum, Doraim, Domaim and Maxbergack) ended up in a tie.

Inferno Wolves Derby
A competition organized in winter in the 9th year. It is done in the racing field located south of the fields area. The main event is the race riding kuros, and there are also exhibition races and races between the kuros to determine ranks. The winners of the Kuros Races are awarded with a bandana.


 * Exhibition Races:
 * Horse Race: Both horses with their riders and Centaurs participate. The track is 2000 meters with elevation.
 * Cargo Race: The minotaurs participate in teams of 6, they must carry a weighted sled on a 400-meter track with elevation.
 * Harpies Race: A 200 meter race without elevation for harpies. Flying is prohibited.


 * Main races:
 * First Race: A race to determine ranks between the descendants of Kuro and Yuki. Participation is limited to 20 and the youngest kuros are excluded. It is a track of 3000 meters with elevation.
 * Second Race: A race to determine the fastest Kuro in the pack. 22 participants in total, with no age limit. A race on a 3000 meter track with elevation.
 * Main Race: A race of jockeys riding inferno wolves. The participants are Ursa, the beast boys, lizardmen children, the wine slime, some high elves, mountain elves, and oni maids. A complete lap is given to the track, 2400 meters with elevation.

Taiju Village Parade
A parade held every spring since the 14th year. It began in the 13th year when Hiraku walked through the village to show the villagers flashy clothing made by Zabuton. After that the villagers asked Hiraku to make it an annual event.

Initial phase
The main village is created around a big tree. From there, Hiraku built his first house or shelter inside the big tree. Other amenities like the toilet and a water source were built around and under his house, respectively. Then he created a 100m x 100m log fence surrounding the big tree with a moat and with a hole on each side of the as bridged entryways. He then tilled the ground around his base to make a farmland or field with size of 50m x 50m. Around this time, a couple of big dogs met him. He called them and they came to him and he gave them food. He use his first hut for the female dog to give birth to four pups, and they grew up and also started to assist him in a lot of tasks along with their parents. The manga didn't mentioned when he made his first wooden house, but shown in the latest map and upper view of the village. He did some exploration and found a river or wellspring 5km to the west from his place. He made a waterway to his house to secure a water source. After winter, the grown cubs went searching for mates and back home two months later with their new partners. So Hiraku expanded to the east for an area for the dogs. He also made a new field to the south.

Second phase
As villagers start to increase in number Hiraku adds more buildings and fields to support them. First he made a stable-like building to support more dogs coming after mating season at the dog's area. Tia brought back 7 high elves that led by Ria. So he construct a new site for housing the elves at southwest from his house as recommended by Tia. He then expanded with new fields to accommodate more crops, including wheat, because the high elves pretty skilled in processing lots of things, including processing wheat into bread. After he was done with the first elves' house, the water system were finished, a new building for bees to the north near the orchard, and constructed a bathhouse in the southwest area. Not long after some of the dogs left for their mating season, they created a new house to house 5 more new high elves. Then, they built Hiraku's a new house at the south fields near the big tree. His second house is now used as a warehouse. They then built a workshop, a drying room, and a smoking room to preserve meats.

During the spring, he made an improvement to the waterway system by installing a small pond with a bamboo filter at the input, and another small pond as drainage with slime in it. And then he also expand the dog's area until it became 4x8 fields wide with a few new long houses for them. After the dogs were done giving birth, after the pups grew their horns they went to for scout for more high elves -for a total of 42 female elves. New houses build for the new elves not long after that.

After winter a wild wyvern appeared and Hiraku killed it. Hiraku felt like he was missing alcohol, so he expanded the big field to the south westward to make a vineyard so they could make wine. While doing that he also expanded the north field to make an area for spices, Flora, Ru's sister, turned up looking for her sister, learned of the new farm, and after a few days left for home and a month later brought with her 20 Oni maids and 4 cows. He made a cattle area at the north of the dogs' area. Then Tia brought three more Angels and 15 lizardmen. They will live at the southwest area with the high elves. After sometime, Hiraku gather all the racie representatives to discuss the village name. After some discussions Zabuton points to the big tree and Hiraku named the village "Taiju" which means "big tree" in Japanese. He built the Onis a boarding house to west and chicken coop to the east for the chickens brought by Daga, near the big tree.

Neighboring Villages
As progress continued, in the Manga/Light Novels the Taiju Village expanded to include additional villages for additional residents. Numerous children of the main village's Inferno Hounds along with Zabuton's spiderlings would be distributed between these villages as line of defense.

In time, the villages would choose a representative for meetings at Taiju. These individuals would arrive with each race's caretakers for the important meetings of the well being of the villages.

Village One
This village was built to receive the first group of migrants (the minotaurs), but due to incompatibility with the size of the houses, it was decided to move them to the second village that was still under construction and was left on hold. At first, the nyunyu-daphnes began to live in the village but did not use the houses, then the harpies arrived, which were not compatible with the houses either. Eventually, thanks to Fuushu, a group of 20 humans came to inhabit the houses of the village, creating a diverse group of residents. Each group has a representative for village meetings.

The nyunyu-daphnes are scattered throughout each village (including Taiju Village) in units of dozens and play the role of warning broadcast and night light, the harpies work alongside the angels by patrolling from high altitudes, and the humans work on farming. Igu is the representative of the nyunyu-daphnes, Jack is the representative of the humans, and Manha is the representative of the harpies.

Village Two
It was built to accommodate the group of minotaurs that arrived during the 8th year. The villagers population consisting of Minotaurs. They had a sericulture business, but when they were forced to raise the tax rate because they could not meet the demand for increased production by the lord who was dazzled by the profits, they left their place of residence and were found by the subordinates of Doarim.

The role of the village is traditional agriculture (without AFT help), sericulture and cattle raising provided by the Taiju Village. The Second village's representative to the main village is Gordan.

Village Three
It was built to accommodate the group of centaurs that arrived during the 8th year. The population of the village consists mainly of Centaurs. They were originally people who fled from a castle that was attacked by the Fulhart Kngdom and decided to move to Taiju Village for refuge.

The role of the village is farming, poultry raising and linking between each village making use of their excellent running skills. Third's village's representative to the main village is Gruwald.

Village Four, The Sun Castle
A floating island. It is shaped like a castle in one hemisphere and has a diameter of 3 km. According to the literature, its existence has been confirmed 2000 years ago. It was originally a village created by a human king who generously invested money in it. After the king's death, the aristocrats sold it to the angels and took over the property, but ever since they were banished by the invasion of devils around 500 years ago, devils and dream demons have been living there. However, the monsters brought by the devils during the invasion and the monsters kept as pets by the angels were occupying the castle, as a result, they could not control the course of the island.

The birth of Hiichirou and the subsequent party by the dragon clan activated the condition of the high-level contract established 2000 years ago, "If there is a place where more than ten dragons gather, go there and be an ally to humans". As a result, the island began to move, reaching Taiju village in the winter of the same year and threatening an attack. After Hiraku and the others learned about the internal situation and resolved all the problems mentioned, it became one of the subordinate villages of Taiju Village, partly because it was difficult to become independent. Along with that, the name was changed to "Village Four", but it is also allowed to call it "Sun Castle  or "Sun Village  in consideration of its history. By Hikaru's command, the village now floats around the borders of the Forest of Death in a clockwise direction, making it easy for him to tell the date and season based on the position of the island being observed from the Taiju village. since it takes an exact year to go around the forest completely.

Village Five
Village located one day by carriage from the city of Shashaato. It was created in the 12th year to hide the teleportation gate connecting Taiju Village and Shashaato. It is used as a direct link to the Demon Kingdom and as a trading point for the village. Although they call themselves a village, it is a city with more than 10,000 inhabitants. Youko is the "acting Village Chief" and with the help of the mercuries Hih, Loch and Nana rule the city on behalf of the Village Chief.

Hot Spring Area
A set of hot springs discovered in the spring of the 9th year. Due to the high temperature of the water it was not possible to use them, but thanks to Hiraku they were able to connect part of the river to temper the water. A large thermal bath was built next to a shrine. Also later a teleportation gate was installed to facilitate travel from the village. The place is abundant in "hot stones" which have various applications.

A ghost knight is the place guard. Over time more ghost knights join the guard along with a small family of lion beasts rescued by the ghost knight. After the teleportation gate is installed, the mercury Asa guarded the gate, but since he moved to the School with Alfred's group, Yoru was left in charge.

Taiju Village Dungeon
An artificial dungeon located south of Taiju Village. Construction began in the winter of the 11th year and was completed in the spring of the 12th year. After the teleportation gates were discovered, it was used as a hideout for it. It is divided into five layers in total, and the teleportation gates are installed in the bottom layer. From the first floor to the third floor, it is possible to go directly using a hidden passage, and the shortest time required from the ground to the teleportation gates is about 15 minutes.

List of Residents
[AS OF CHAPTER 210]

Village Representatives
Main Article: Taiju Village's organization

Residents
Humans: 3 Hiraku Machio - Village Chief Ursa - Former ghost king and now a little girl. Hakuren and Hiraku's adopted daughter. Naami - Gutt's wife and Nutt's mother. Migrant from Howling Village

Vampires: 3 Rurushi Ru - Hiraku's wife Flora Sakutou - Ru's cousin Alfred - Ru and Hiraku's son

Angels: 6 Tia - Hiraku's wife Gran Maria - Village guardian Kuudel - Village guardian Corone - Village guardian Kiabit - Daughter of the present leader of the angels Tizel - Tia and Hiraku's daughter

Dragons: 2 Hakuren - Ancient Dragon, Hiraku's wife Lastismun - Crazy Dragon, Hiraku's Wife

Devils: 2 Bulga and Stifano - 2 Servants of Lastismun

Demons: 16 Fraurem Chrome - Village governor, Hiraku's wife Rashashi - Centaur’s caretaker 14 Civil Officer Girls - Demon Nobles

Oni: 21 Ann - Oni leader, Hiraku's wife Ramurias - Beastkin caretaker Torain - Ann and Hiraku's son 18 Oni Maids

High Elves: 57 Ria - High Elves leader, Hiraku's wife Rize - Hiraku's wife Rafa - Hiraku's wife Ririus - Ria and Hiraku's son Riguru - Rize and Hiraku's son Rata - Rafa and Hiraku's son 51 High Elves

Mountain Elves: 20 Yaa - Mountain Elves leader 19 Mountain Elves

Lizardmen: ~20 Daga - Lizardman leader Naff - Centaur's caretaker 13 Lizardmen + hatchlings born every year

Elder Dwarves: 41 Donovan - Dwarves leader Wilcox Cross 38 Elder Dwarves

Beastkin: 27 Sena - Beastkin leader Gut - Sena’s older brother. Son of the mayor of Howling Village. Naato - Naami and Gut's daughter. Gol Sil Bron 21 Beastkin migrants from Howling Village

Pets and Monsters
Inferno Wolves: +100 Kuro: Inferno Wolf Emperor Yuki: Inferno Wolf Empress Kuroichi, Kuroni, Kuroyon: Inferno Wolf Kings Kurosan: Inferno Wolf Queen Fubuki: Cocytus Wolf Many others

Demon Spiders: +300 Zabuton: Illegal Demon Spider. Makura: Evolved Demon Spider Many others

Slimes: +100 Wine Slime: Evolved Slime Many others

Cats: 1 Raigiel: Former fallen god, now a cat.

Wyverns: 20

Farm Animals 5 Cows 10 Goats 3 Horses Many Chickens

Trivia

 * In the anime version of the Isekai Nonbiri Nouka, producers of the show went with the name "Great Tree Village" instead of Taiju. Its unclear if this was translation by subbers or the offical name choosen instead of the original name used in the Manga/Light novels.