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History of the Greatest Territory Design - Episode 279

279fury. lucky accident (1)

‘hmm?’

The morning when we were preparing for a day of construction..

Lloyd, who was the first to arrive at the scene and looked around, felt a strange feeling..

‘what. Why is my heart like this?.’

It was strange.

My heart is pounding without any reason.

2I felt a slight chill of unknown origin in the atrium and second ventricle..

It felt like someone had put a piece of ice cream in my heart..

‘what is this.’

It wasn't that bad.

It was a feeling so faint that a slightly insensitive person might not have felt it at all..

But Lloyd was different..

He had the mana heart of an intermediate expert..

Thanks to this, he was sensitive to even the smallest changes or signs felt in his heart..

‘That's strange. I've never been like this before.’

He closed his eyes for a moment and checked his heart..

focused on the senses.

Then it felt even clearer.

‘Not the heart... … Is the mana heart in my heart moving arbitrarily?.’

I didn't even ask you to do it.

Manahat moved arbitrarily..

Turned the cold energy mana.

Of course it was only for a moment.

Now that I was shocked and checked my heart, the cold energy that had been created was quickly disappearing..

‘What is it? Should I ask Javiel later?.’

As expected, Javiel is much more expert in matters related to Mana Heart and Mana Circle..

I thought I would ask him after work today..

‘I feel like I want to ask you right away..’

It was a pity that I couldn't do that..

Because Javiel is not here now.

I'll be summoned to the king and we'll be sparring hard..

So I will become the king's sparring partner to improve his skills and stay in the training hall all day..

‘While I was asking what this phenomenon was, I also checked the status of my mana circle for the first time in a while..’

Lloyd promised..

While asking, I also received A/S.

Even so, I was feeling a bit anxious these days..

I was wondering if my Mana Heart skill would suddenly rise to the upper level..

I'm afraid that I'll develop Sword Master Syndrome and suffer from hell's insomnia..

There seemed to be a need to check whether Mana Heart was growing without his knowledge..

‘Insomnia. I just hate that kind of thing.’

Lloyd's shoulders trembled..

Meanwhile, Manahat's unexplained chill completely disappeared..

Workers also slowly began to come to the site..

“Everyone is late! You need to prepare work tools and come out in time for the work start time so you can participate in the assembly. I don't think so?”

The workers on their way to work became busier due to his criticism..

Soon the scene was filled with bustling activity..

Lloyd and the workers.

Everyone started moving actively..

The Heart of Winter in a special control box was also like that..

♣

Thump... … Thump thump…….

This is a device that supplies refrigerant to the pipes used in the freezing process..

space in a special control box stored there..

The heart of winter was beating.

Like the heart of someone who meets an exciting lover.

Or like the heart pounding of someone who has met a lifelong relationship..

A bead only 2 centimeters in diameter was resonating like never before..

The mana heart of someone that feels far away is so familiar.

I felt a unique sense of kinship in that Manahat that I couldn't find in anyone else..

Every time that person's heart beats.

To the rhythm of the heart.

It caused an exciting resonance..

I thought through my faint self.

distant past.

When the Kingdom of Magentano was founded.

Bingryong Tyranus, who created him.

Could it be that the Creator foresaw a day like this?.

I think that's why he made himself and presented it to Michael, the founding king..

Exciting… … Exciting…….

maybe so.

This meeting is not a coincidence, it is inevitable..

This is the first human in Manahat with dragon characteristics..

I even think that such a thing exists..

Even the expectation of meeting like this.

Because I've never tried it before.

Thump... … Thump thump…….

space in special control box.

There the heart of winter trembled quietly.

A message was sent to the human mana heart far away, creating a shy resonance..

♣

Ding dong.

‘uh?’

Lloyd paused..

They were in the midst of excavation construction..

To drill a vertical shaft that goes down from the ground.

Breaking through the ground with triple blasting.

Send Podongi to widen and trim the oysters that were drilled..

A work team was deployed to deal with the bearing force (earth or rock chunks produced during the tunnel excavation process) and to pour temporary concrete on the wall..

I was busy shoveling and supervising the work crew myself..

But suddenly, a message appeared before my eyes..

‘What's this?’

He looked at the message with a puzzled look..

[Mana Heart Skill Option ④: Half-Man, Half-Dragon has been activated.]

[By chance, your mana, which possesses the unique characteristics of Dragonheart, is attracting the attention of a nearby dragon-like entity. The unknown dragon-like being is already quite curious about you, and will show explosive favor if given the slightest chance..]

‘what?’

Lloyd wiggled one eyebrow..

‘A dragon-like entity? Is there something like that nearby? I'm feeling curious about myself?’

He quickly looked around..

However, the only people around were phantom species like Podong, workers, and royal wizards who managed and monitored the device containing the heart of winter..

‘Is there a dragon among them??’

At first glance, I thought so too..

But that didn't seem to be the case.

‘In the message just now, you said it was not a dragon, but a dragon-like entity..’

It's not literally a dragon, but is it something similar to a dragon?.

I was confused and confused..

But there was no way to guess what that meant..

‘Tsk. That's strange. From earlier.’

something is out of the ordinary.

It's been like that since morning.

Doesn’t Mana Heart move out of nowhere and create a chill?.

Aren't you saying that you're suddenly getting the attention of a dragon-like entity?.

These were all things that never happened before..

‘Maybe the heart of winter? It's not. It's just a magical object, so it probably has nothing to do with dragons. Tsk. I don't know.’

I thought about it for a while, but couldn't find an answer..

In the end, Lloyd put the question aside..

Because work is important right now.

Vertical shaft construction should not be done rashly..

I thought I should focus on the scene in front of me..

‘Because there is nothing more dangerous than looking away at a work site..’

The field is that kind of place..

Even though it looks ordinary and safe at first glance,.

Even if you are a skilled worker for decades,.

The moment I let go of my mind for a moment.

A moment of letting down your guard.

Accidents come unexpectedly..

Lloyd had personally witnessed such misfortune several times..

‘A minor accident could result in a slight injury to your back or shoulder. Or, while cutting a piece of wood with a grinder, the blade breaks and bounces. The worst time was that wild goose dad... … Tsk. let's not think about it.’

Because it was a sad memory.

I don't want to remember it.

Anyway, the current scene had enough dangerous elements..

‘Because it is a vertical tunnel excavation..’

The depth of the cave dug into the ground next to the royal castle had already reached 10 meters..

The plasterers were hanging themselves by a single rope..

Like painting the exterior wall of an apartment..

Or like cleaning the glass on the exterior wall of a high-rise building..

I was hanging in the air like that, diligently applying temporary concrete..

So I had to keep a close eye on their work situation..

Because if you let your guard down, they might get hurt..

I had to keep my eyes wide open with a sense of responsibility and check the progress on site from time to time..

That's how Lloyd paid attention every day..

focused.

I spent a few days like that.

I even forgot the message about the half-human, half-dragon option..

Meanwhile, the freezing method construction proceeded smoothly..

A vertical shaft with a total depth of 45 meters was dug..

Multiple long holes with a diameter of 30 centimeters were drilled on the side of the vertical shaft in the direction of the castle..

Javiel did that work..

Now it was his blasting machine whose length and diameter could be adjusted at will..

“Carefully. Aim well. The angle is exactly as I indicated. If there is even the slightest deviation, the blast will hit or pierce the foundation pillars of the royal castle at a distant point. You know you shouldn't do that.?”

“of course.”

Tuchem!

Each time Javiel's sword flashed, a hole hundreds of meters long passed horizontally beneath the castle's foundations..

Dozens of such holes were opened in just a few days..

Separately manufactured metal pipes were inserted into some of the holes..

One side of the pipe was connected to the refrigerant supply pipe..

The refrigerant supply pipe was in contact with a special control box..

And the royal wizards operated a special control box..

Tsussssss……!

A special control box responded according to the wizards' control..

The heart of winter contained in the control box was slowly opened..

Exactly as intended output.

I started to give off a chill..

Damn it... … ! Hehehe!

The chill created frost outside the special control box..

The same was true for the refrigerant supply pipe..

So bad so bad!

Pure white frost spread through the refrigerant supply pipe and onto the metal pipe..

The chill emanating from the heart of winter was piped.

Soon, rapidly.

Moisture in the soil around the pipe began to condense..

‘good. It's going as well as I thought..’

Watching the situation in the frozen ground using surveying skills.

Lloyd clenched his fists..

‘After all, the heart of winter. Maybe it's because it's a national phenomenon, but it's incredibly chilling..’

It was on a different level than just a cold freezer..

It seemed like it was almost a few dozen degrees below zero..

This was even when using only a portion of the Heart of Winter's power..

‘At this level, we can freeze the entire ground below the castle within a few days. Well, if we follow the principles, we shouldn't freeze the ground this rapidly..’

Originally, the freezing method was a construction method that required as much time as possible..

This is because water expands in volume when it freezes..

If you freeze the ground too quickly, the moisture in the soil expands rapidly..

Then, the ground itself, which was supposed to be stabilized, would rise upward..

A catastrophe occurs in which the structure above is seriously damaged..

‘So, the freezing method involves freezing the ground slowly over several months while suppressing ground uplift as much as possible. Because of these requirements, it can only be used on large-scale sites with sufficient construction period..’

But I didn't have time for that.

There was no time to waste months on end..

So we resorted to a somewhat extreme makeshift solution..

Dozens of holes under the castle that were previously drilled by Javiel by blasting..

Only some of them had pipes for freezing..

‘I left the remaining holes empty. That space will prevent the rapidly freezing ground from rising. The remaining holes will cover the expanding volume..’

Volume of land to be rapidly frozen and raised.

Securing surplus space to cover the volume.

It was Lloyd who had calculated everything in advance..

Thanks to this, we were able to completely freeze the ground beneath the castle in just a few days..

Nevertheless, it was of course that there was almost no uplift of the ground..

After confirming this, Lloyd began the next construction stage..

“ruler! When Baul-gi digs and eats, Po-dong follows along, trimming it! As for the general work group, organize your strength and take it out! Blacksmith class? What did you say that Baeulgi would make if he released the rebar??”

“rebar support!”

“you're right. I believe that everyone is familiar with the dimensions of each part provided in the blueprint..”

At the bottom of the 45 meter deep shaft that was previously dug..

From there, they began digging a horizontal tunnel in the direction of the royal castle..

The construction method used was the drop shield method used in the past when bituminous coal mines were sold in the Frontera territory..

It was further developed and applied on a larger scale..

Everyone is in harmony.

Uhhhh.

Together, they excavated a horizontal tunnel measuring 6 meters in diameter under the royal castle..

In the process, rebar supports were widely used to support the tunnel itself and prevent its collapse. After creating the reinforcing bar support, rock bolts were immediately installed on all sides of the tunnel, like needles, and concrete was poured..

The concrete played the same role as shotcrete, which is considered the core of the modern NATM (New Austrian Tunnelling Method) method..

Literally, the inside of the tunnel was coated with a thick layer of concrete..

In addition, the ground around the tunnel was extremely stable..

This was thanks to the freezing method previously used to freeze the ground beneath the foundation of the royal castle..

As the tunnel was excavated under the frozen ground, the surrounding hardened ice and soil itself shared the surrounding load..

This was also one of the core principles of NATM, a modern tunnel excavation method..

All of Lloyd's inventions and application designs worked in synergy..

Tunnel excavation proceeded with utmost stability..

The tunnel got longer and longer..

Five days, ten days, fifteen days.

As time passed, the tunnel finally reached the lower 5 meters of the foundation pillar where its target, Tauranga, was located..

There Lloyd changed the direction of the excavation once again..

‘up this time.’

Bottom-up shaft excavation has begun at the end of the tunnel..

5Independent pillar visible above the meter.

To pluck Tauranga from its side.

Everyone worked together to drill an upward tunnel, remove dirt and rock, and trim and reinforce the vertical shaft..

It was a tunnel that went up parallel to the independence pillar..

So everyone believed that the construction would proceed without incident..

Anyone can see that the construction was extremely stable..

However, on the morning of the start of the upward shaft excavation.

It was an ordeal that no one expected, and at the same time, a fortunate(?) accident occurred that would become the foundation for Lloyd's great growth..