The best territory designer of all time - Episode 29
29fury. Nuclear Profit Plan (1)
Ding dong.
[Everyone in the Barony of Frontera is deeply moved and praises your heroic courage and initiative..]
[As a bonus for this great social achievement, you will receive a special large amount of RP..]
[500 Earned RP.]
[RP you currently own : 507]
“…….”
Lloyd blinked..
Is it because I slept soundly for too long?.
My eyes didn't focus well.
No, it seemed empty.
‘RP? Bulk acquisition? As many as 500?’
I read the message in a daze..
Meanwhile, little by little, I remembered what I had experienced..
‘ah.’
tunnel construction.
beast ant.
methane gas explosion.
Distressed in a dark cave.
Laboring on Javiel’s back.
‘You lived.’
Suddenly, I remembered walking with Javiel on my back..
I also remembered meeting the baron and the soldiers at the end..
Lloyd was finally able to properly understand the meaning of the message that appeared before his eyes..
‘Hehehe. Everyone is praising this body’s achievements.?’
It's a very good thing.
They're so great.
Lloyd felt satisfied..
I was struggling not to die..
Survived with vitality as tough as honeysuckle.
Thanks to this, I got a lot of RP that I didn't expect..
It was as if I was taking out my winter clothes in late fall and found a bundle of 50,000 won bills that I had put in my inner pocket last year and forgot about..
He was in happy trouble..
‘How should I use this? no. It's better to stock up on RP than to spend it just because you've accumulated some..’
What else may happen in the future?.
The most reliable card in such an unexpected situation is a large amount of RP..
That's what happened this time too..
‘What would have happened if my affinity with Javiel had not increased while carrying him around?.’
Then you wouldn't be able to get RP.
I wouldn't have been able to invest the RP I earned that way to turn the Assassin's Mind skill into a skill..
‘I would have died without moving.’
Goosebumps appeared on my forearms..
‘So RP is the trump card and the final insurance. Let’s not waste anything and have plenty..’
Lloyd shook off his goosebumps..
Then, suddenly, I looked to the side..
The movement just stopped.
opened my mouth.
“What are you doing there??”
“I'm watching Lloyd..”
“…….”
“…….”
Lloyd asked a question.
Habiel answered..
There was silence between the two..
This time, it was Lloyd who broke the silence..
“No, I mean. Since when did you sit there like a statue from a distance and watch me?.”
“If you're asking since when, well, I think it's been about three hours..”
“three hours?”
“yes. After breakfast, I took shifts with my lord..”
“Well, you've been sitting there ever since you had breakfast.?”
“yes.”
“He was there all morning watching me stretch out.?”
“yes.”
“are you a pervert?”
“no.”
“then?”
“I was just taking care of Lloyd..”
“Nursing. what nursing?”
“If you lie down like that and stop breathing, are you ready to call someone right away?.”
“…….”
“It's a joke.”
“Uh, that doesn't really sound like a joke..”
“You must be mistaken..”
“But are you okay??”
“Yeah, that's okay.”
Lloyd's eyes turned to Javiel's ankle..
A faint smile appeared on Javiel's lips..
“I'm all better now.”
“already? It's been a few days.”
“It's four days.”
“……I just woke up after sleeping for 4 days.?”
“yes.”
“And your sprained leg, which you couldn't walk on, got better in 4 days.?”
“yes.”
“Wow. You, speak honestly. I screwed up that day?”
“What is kekki??”
“I'll kill you.”
“I've never been abusive.”
Javiel responded as if asking what he was talking about..
A blood vessel popped out on Lloyd's temple..
“There's never been anything that bothered me. You didn't walk properly. His expression looked like he was going to cry. ok? Lloyd, I can't walk, hehe. ok? I just whined. ok? So this body even carried me on my back. Did she say it was all an act??”
“Of course not.”
Javiel shrugged his shoulders..
And he blurted it out in his characteristic cynical tone..
“Thanks to the resilience of Triple Circle.”
“Resilience? triple circle?”
“That's right.”
“aha. So, thanks to the triple circle amplification of mana, the recovery is also extraordinary.?”
“That's an accurate summary..”
“Whoa. It feels unfair. My bones are still throbbing.”
“You don't have to feel unfair..”
“why?”
“I think it would be a little comforting to think that it's just that I'm older and less resilient..”
“What kind of guy is this kind of bone breaker. I want to keep hitting my bones with facts?”
“I've never been hit. but-”
“but?”
“I want to tell you that I'm glad you woke up like this..”
“Uh, okay. I'm happy too, you bastard..”
Lloyd burst out laughing..
It was fortunate.
The fact that I survived like this.
The fact that Javiel is safe.
It was nice to see everyone.
It seemed like Haviel felt the same way..
Once again, I realized that we had escaped together from such a dark and gloomy ant cave..
“thank god. really.”
Lloyd slowly got up from the bed..
Fortunately, it's fortunate.
Now was the time to move..
♣
Lloyd's condition recovered quickly..
It was the power of the double circle obtained underground..
I used a vague mental technique at any time throughout the day..
Absorbed mana was amplified by two circles..
I spread the amplified mana all the way to the extremities of my body..
The biological cycle of natural body cells has accelerated..
The cell recovery cycle has also become faster..
Thanks to this, most of the muscles and ligaments that had been stretched due to extreme overuse were completely healed in less than 10 days..
There was more good news.
Foreclosure tickets stuck all over the mansion.
Those red scabs that had been bothering me since I first came here have disappeared..
It was thanks to the lifting of the seizure of the baron..
‘It's all thanks to this body.’
Lloyd suddenly remembered the contents of the novel The Knight of Iron Blood..
According to the novel, the baron's mansion should have been completely empty at this time..
This was because the seizure was carried out early..
But now?
Rather, the seizure was canceled.
The ondol room construction project that he has been steadily carrying out..
It was thanks to the money he earned that he paid the baron's interest on a regular basis..
‘Thanks to this, my trust in the author was restored. I'm so glad.’
In Iron Blood Knight, the Baron's family is all kicked out of the mansion around this time..
The Baron and his wife faint in despair, and Lloyd begins to live in full-fledged denial of reality and addiction to alcohol..
But not anymore.
I was changing that gloomy scenario..
Also, we planned to continue changing in the future..
“So everyone, move! Don't be upset just because it's hot!”
Lloyd's shout rang loudly throughout the mine construction site..
Before he knew it, he had returned to finishing the mine construction..
Directed the construction directly.
I tied my tool belt around my waist and took the lead..
Participated in all the most difficult and dangerous tasks..
Every time that happened, the skilled workers and soldiers of the engineering corps sweated even more without hesitation..
It was thanks to everyone trusting Lloyd more than before..
‘He values our safety more than his own life..’
There is no longer any mess from the past..
Even if you were a bitch once, it doesn't matter anymore.
On the day when the beast ants first appeared, Lloyd was the last to stay behind to safely evacuate the workers..
That image was deeply engraved in the hearts of the workers..
And everyone thought.
That's something not everyone can do.
If the work is led by someone like that, I can trust and follow it..
Even if a dangerous moment comes again, he will take responsibility for our safety..
It was the power of trust.
Thanks to this, mine finishing work has become more active than ever before..
“This is the last reinforcement pillar. little bit more! Give an order! two! three!”
“Huh!!”
The final stage of construction was completed at Lloyd's command..
The coal mine was finally completed..
But Lloyd wasn't excited about it..
‘It's starting now.’
At a dinner party commemorating the completion.
While paying special bonuses to all skilled workers and engineers who participated in the construction,.
Instead of getting excited, Lloyd calmly planned the next step..
And put it into action.
Not in a hurry.
Step by step.
It was a safety inspection process for the completed mine..
‘You have to be diligent to pay off debt.!’
It was natural.
The Baron has only just escaped seizure..
With the money I was currently earning from the ondol room construction business, it was not enough just to pay the monthly interest..
‘That means that there is still a principal repayment left on the main game..’
That principal was ultimately a huge lump of shit that had to be cleaned up..
I had to stop resting to sort it out..
At the same time, you should never be hasty..
‘Safety first, safety second..’
In fact, if you only think about immediate money, you can just open a mine..
You can immediately recruit miners to work in the mine and start training them..
Coal mining can begin that early..
Both time and cost will be saved.
But Lloyd didn't want to do that..
‘If you do that, you can make a little money right away. But you have to take a long look at things like this..’
He recalled the many things he had experienced and seen in Korea..
Korea was a country of hurriedly hurriedly..
I couldn't even dream of doing a safety inspection..
No, workers were often treated as accessories..
This was the case in many factories, distribution centers, and even field sites..
‘My hand got cut off by a machine, I fell into a furnace, I got electrocuted by a high-voltage line, I got caught in a subway screen door, got caught in an accident while repairing an escalator, and suffered a disaster... … Even though such tragedies are constantly reported in the news, those in charge of management only pretend to reflect for a moment or care about safety and end it. When an accident happens like that, a new worker is put in to fill the empty position. Roll it until it breaks again. What if it breaks? doesn't care. Because I think we just need to find a new worker. Because that's the natural practice they say. As easily as discarding old parts and inserting new parts..’
It was the dark side of Korea that I saw through the news and experienced with my own skin while living as a member of the lower class..
Lloyd was sick of that method..
I felt a skepticism bordering on disgust..
‘If you do that, it may be good for now, but eventually you will lose the trust of the workers. Later on, no one will want to do the work I give them..’
Moreover, if an accident occurs later,?
It costs more money to fix it..
No, more than anything, he didn't want the people under his command to go through that kind of thing..
Therefore, it was essential to carry out safety checks before opening the mine..
‘Fortunately, I have surveying skills, so it’s easy. survey!’
Tsutsutsutsu!
His eyes glowed faintly as he examined every corner of the mine..
The structure inside the mine was inspected in detail through surveying skills..
Is the ground stable?.
Is the foundation well laid?.
Are there any areas where subsidence is occurring?.
I tried to look without missing even a single centimeter of area..
Moreover, the scope of his safety inspection was not limited to mines..
“Are you really trying to go back into the anthill??”
coal seam at the bottom of the mine.
As I was about to enter through the hole there, a question came from behind me from Javiel..
Lloyd looked back at Javiel and smiled..
“huh. Are you scared??”
“That's not it. but-”
“but?”
“I'm curious as to why you want to go in..”
“For some reason. It's a safety check..”
Lloyd said as if asking something so obvious..
“In fact, this is more dangerous than a tunnel made by construction. They say ants are natural tunnel builders, but there was an explosion down here, right? The ground must have become unstable. If further collapse occurs on a large scale, it may also affect the mine shaft above..”
his words continued.
“Is that all? We need to check whether there is any risk of the remaining methane gas leaking out, or whether there are some surviving beast ants wandering around. Because they might come up and harm the miners. I guess you understand by now, right? Then let's go.”
After saying that, Lloyd went into the ant cave..
I was with Haviel.
“But I still don't understand.”
“I don't understand. what.”
“Why are you taking the risk yourself?.”
“Why don't you get someone else to do it??”
“yes.”
Javiel shook his head, gathered his thoughts for a moment, and then said:.
“I don't think I've ever heard of a noble person taking on such a dangerous task..”
“Isn’t it okay to have a noble like that??”
“yes?”
“I'm going to personally check the safety of the people who work for me. Is this idea that strange??”
“That's not it. It's reckless, but I think it's great at the same time.”
“oh. Why did you praise me?.”
“I made the premise that it was reckless, but.”
“To be shy. If you want to praise, just do it.”
“I don't like it.”
“haha. To be tsundere.”
“What is tsun tsun??”
“There is such a thing. But what is that??”
We were in the middle of a busy chat while investigating an ant cave..
Lloyd narrowed his eyes and pointed ahead with the torch..
There was something shiny on the floor there..
“I'll take a look.”
Javiel approached with his sword drawn..
I looked at the place Lloyd pointed out..
But the thing that sparkled there was…….
“It's a sword.”
“knife?”
“yes.”
Javiel picked up the sword that was lying on the floor..
“It doesn't seem to be a sword used by humans. It's crude and unbalanced. Judging from the shape of the handle and the damage to the blade… … I think it might be a sword used by orcs..”
“Oak?”
“yes.”
“Why is the orc sword here??”
“I don't know about that either..”
It was a puzzling thing..
Orcs were monsters with pig heads that often appeared in Iron Blooded Knight..
But it's an oak longsword lying in the middle of an ant cave tens or hundreds of meters underground..
“Aren't they originally the ones who live in the wilderness across the eastern mountain range??”
“you're right.”
“Hmm, that's strange.”
Maybe some ant just bit it..
Thinking like that, Lloyd put aside his doubts..
“If we continue to investigate, something else may come up. For now, let's keep moving.”
“All right.”
After that, the two investigated various places in the ant cave..
It was a tangled cave with a very large area..
A full month passed by while I was conducting a thorough investigation..
And on the 16th day of the investigation,.
The two found a young orc warrior lying in a storage room at the bottom of an anthill..
“What is this?.”
Why are orcs here??
Lloyd looked at the orc warrior with a puzzled expression..
Javiel, who was examining the orcs side by side, answered..
“It appears to be an orc captured by ants. But this orc seems to be alive..”
“What?”
I'm alive?
Like a frozen person?
Javiel nodded..
“It looks like I've been poisoned by paralysis..”
“…….”
Suddenly, I remembered something I read in an article about Sangvis..
It was about the ecology of wild ants..
‘that's right. It is said that beast ants store some food by paralyzing it alive..’
Perhaps this orc was such a case..
It was thanks to confirming that fact..
Suddenly, a new picture was drawn in my mind..
“……Uh, wait. bingo.”
An unexpected nuclear gain plan came to mind like lightning the moment I checked the orc's condition..
A smile of remorse bloomed on Lloyd's lips..
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