Lord of Training - Chapter 124



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124. I felt a little touched.

Sten Bombard and Staff Sergeant Trainy looked at each other and blinked.

“Is it difficult to say what kind of resource it is? Then let’s pretend it never happened.”

“Just wait a minute.”

Lord Sten opened his mouth.

“Honestly, we haven’t looked into everything yet.”

“But since something came out, didn’t you say there were resources?”

“It’s not us, but we found it in the Kingdom of Albion.”

“So what is that?”

Trainee Staff came up next to him.

“I think it would be best to tell Brigadier General Alain the truth.”

“I think so too.”

As Sten nodded, Staff Sergeant Trainy took two small boxes out of a drawer.

And I put it on the desk.

Sten opened both boxes at the same time.

One was a stone that emitted bright light, and the other was a red stone.

“What is this?”

“It’s a luminous stone and a chlorite.”

“A stone that glows and a stone that burns with fire?”

Lord Sten nodded.

Now that I’m looking at the glowing stone, I understand it right away.

“The world beyond that gate is different from this one. There are two suns and four moons. Luminous stone is a mineral that charges up with the light from those two suns and glows at night. Of course, it can’t be charged with the sun of our world.”

“If our world doesn’t charge, then there’s nothing special about it.”

“That’s not true. If a luminous stone receives sunlight for half a day in that dimension, it will shine for a whole month in this dimension.”

“Yes? A month?”

I was slightly surprised for a moment.

Come to think of it, isn’t this infinite energy?

This means that if you receive sunlight for just one day in that dimension, you can light up this world for a month.

“Do you have a lot of luminous stones?”

“There aren’t many yet. They’re not buried underground, but there are mountains, forests, fields, and rivers everywhere. The problem is that they’re small in quantity, so collecting them is a task. And it seems that the Kingdom of Albion has also spent a lot of time catching dimensional monsters. There aren’t many glowstones that have been found.”

“Then, if we invest more manpower, the quantity will increase.”

“Yes. First of all, I don’t know if it’s because there are two suns in that dimension, or because the concentration of mana is high, but the crops grow much faster than here. So, to solve the biggest problem of the territory, food, first, I’m expanding the farms. And since the harvest this year has been good, I’ve been able to stabilize the territory quickly.”

I nodded.

First of all, more than half of the people in Yeongji are Albionians, but they have warm homes and are well fed, so there won’t be any major complaints.

However, Sten Bombard is not stupid enough to exploit the people of a territory that has been around for two years.

“Then we’ll need even more soldiers. We’ll need to collect glowstones in the future.”

“We also need weapons and ammunition. Dimensional monsters still pop up occasionally.”

“What are the characteristics of this chloride stone?”

I’ve heard of red ore.

It wasn’t hot.

“There is a small mine that was being developed in the Kingdom of Albion. There is red ore there, and when you light it, it burns for quite a long time. It is a fantastic thing in the cold Kingdom of Albion.”

“Is it because of these minerals that the Kingdom of Albion invaded our kingdom?”

“I don’t know about that. Anyway, both of them are definitely attractive ores. That’s why the Kingdom of Albion secretly sent troops to eliminate the monsters in the surrounding dimensions.”

The dimensional gate location must have been exquisitely placed across the border.

If you look at the dimensional monsters you’ve secretly caught.

“How much glowstone do you have now?”

Trainee Staff Sergeant said.

“It weighs about 500kg.”

“Not much. Are they all charged?”

“Yes. Most of them are stored in two places with good sunlight inside the gate.”

“Then, I will buy everything right now.”

“Yes? Right now?”

Two people stared at me.

Lord Sten said.

“But we plan to develop it as a substitute for magic and use it as a demonstration on the territory. We haven’t even finished testing it yet.”

“I will give you 50 eight-shot elf pistols and 100,000 rounds of magic bullets that I found at the labyrinth gate.”

Sten Bombard opened his eyes wide.

“Wow! That’s an offer I can’t refuse.”

You don’t need the glowstone right now, but you need the rifle right away.

There are now two regiments of the 2nd Army Corps on the border of Glagos, but Sten Bombard was a man of integrity.

Only their own people and trusted soldiers would be allowed inside the gate. And even without looking at their weapons, you can tell that they are weapons abandoned by the defeated soldiers of the Kingdom of Albion.

The Elven musket is almost as good as the Imperial musket, better than the rifle of the Kingdom of Albion, and better than the Lebel musket of the Kingdom of Atlan.

It’s inferior to the Draco assault rifle I have with water though.

“Then I guess the deal is done. I’ll pick you up at the gate later.”

“Do so.”

Sten shook his head and chuckled.

The glowstone I just bought was something I had to use after I refined it.

“Now, shall we talk about the salt stone?”

“So how much do you need?”

“First of all, Glagos is a cold region, so please give me everything except what I can use for my territory.”

“Are you perhaps confusing it with the firestone from the spirit world? The thing used as an igniter or propellant for magic bullets is not chlorine, but firestone powder from the spirit world.”

“I know that too.”

I could use that chlorite to make something with similar properties to firestone powder, because I’m an alchemist.

Since there is no spirit gate in the territory right now, I was thinking of using it as a propellant for magic bullets or shells.

“How are you going to pay for the salt?”

“Let’s discuss that later.”

“Okay.”

When his business was over, Sten Bombard looked at Staff Sergeant Trainy.

“Could you please step aside for a moment?”

“yes.”

Trainee Staff went out.

“Do you have anything else to say to me?”

Sten Bombard suddenly smiled warmly.

“First of all, Alain, I should thank you.”

“yes?”

I was slightly surprised by the soft tone of speech.

He looked out the window in the direction of the Hebrok estate.

“When I was young, I often climbed the wall with Brother Belief, just like you and your siblings. Your grandfather told us that we would have to protect this wall in the future, and he made us watch the terrifying dimensional monsters die and the soldiers fight fiercely.”

I knew because I also had Alain’s memories.

The monsters bursting out in front of my eyes, the dimensional monsters that occasionally climbed over the barriers were so scary, and seeing soldiers dying from the monsters’ claws and teeth was so horrifying that I had nightmares for days on end.

Of course, my father and Uncle Sten grew up like that too.

Because our territory’s greatest mission was to guard the barrier and border from dimensional monsters.

“I kicked out my territory and entered the military academy on my own because I hated seeing that. But my brother protected his territory until the end.”

I had heard that Uncle Sten, like Alain, had gone to the military academy in place of his father and aunt because of his noble duty, but that did not seem to be the case.

“So I’m glad you’ve grown up like this.”

“yes?”

“To be honest, I was worried about what would happen if I took over Hebrok Estate after my brother. It was just a boring place with a lot of work and duties.”

“That’s true.”

In fact, Hebrok Estate was not an attractive place.

Most of the people of the realm made a living through farming and livestock raising, and every year they had to deal with dimensional monsters, repairing walls, training, and patrolling the borders, so there was nothing but work to do.

Yet development was the slowest in the Atlan Kingdom.

“Now that you have grown up so well, I can let go of my burden and become the Lord of Glagoth. I can also call my men here. That’s why I really wanted to thank you.”

All this time I’ve been misunderstanding Uncle Sten Bombard!

In fact, he had no desire to become the lord of Hebrok Estate.

No, I didn’t want to do it.

But he was forced into a position where he had to become a lord because of his stupid eldest son, Alain Bombard.

Fortunately, I was able to relieve that burden thanks to my taking over Alain’s body and growing rapidly.

Somehow, looking back now, I can see that he never did anything bad to me or gave me any unfair orders.

In the end, it was just me who misunderstood.

I felt a little sorry.

“If there’s anything I can do to help you in the future, just let me know. I may not be able to help you much right now, but things will get better as time goes by. Still, we’re family, so we have to trust and rely on each other.”

I felt slightly touched by the word family.

Come to think of it, my uncle and I were family and related by blood.

“I will also help you in the future if there is anything I can do to help you.”

“Thank you for saying that. I understand that you may be a bit stiff in front of your subordinates.”

“I understand. That is not the position of a lord.”

Sten Bombard nodded.

“The elves will be waiting. Just get up.”

“Okay, I’ll see you again soon.”

It felt like my first brief but honest conversation with Sten Bombard.

And somehow he seems like he would make a good lord.

***

I stopped by the dimensional gate before going to where the elves were.

It was to collect the luminous stone.

I handed over the elf gun and ammunition, and placed all the glowstones in the alchemist’s workshop. And as a bonus, I also took 500kg of chlorite.

Uncle Sten gave me the saltpeter just to check its performance.

Did you take care of me because I was family?

And he and Lieutenant Chris flew straight for the border.

‘Let’s first smelt the luminous stone.’

On the way, he opened an alchemist’s workshop.

The reason I brought the glowstone was simple.

I somehow felt like it would be a good weapon if used well.

First, we selected the first decomposition space.

First, I created a flexible device to break down the glowstone.

I chose the second manipulation space.

Although it is still very bright, it was necessary to extract only the pure luminescent material to emit light strong enough to momentarily affect vision.

A light extraction device was created.

I chose the third building space.

It was solidified into a powder form so that it could be sprayed in the air or spread in all directions when exploded.

‘Next, let’s soften the chloride stone!’

Chlorite was also used to make soft clay in the same way.

The hot heat-generating part is extracted by decomposing the chloride stone, and then it is coagulated and made into powder.

Now that we had powders that could emit light and heat, we could create flashbangs or flares that oxidized in mid-air and produced heat.

This time, I thought it would be good to fight against Brigadier General Becken Bart, a named-class knight, and deal with the magic knights who use heat-inducing skills, and the flash grenade can be made to explode in the air, momentarily blinding enemy aerial magic knights or dimensional monsters.

Because good things have to be used right away.

Both were placed in a soft device.

There was more and more work to do in the alchemist’s workshop.

And you also get a lot of alchemist experience points.

‘Ouch! Surprise!’

I was startled for a moment.

I saw Beckenbart’s body lying dead with his eyes wide open on one side of the workshop.

He was killed by the Empire before, and fled as the Empire’s aerial magic knights swarmed from afar.

But now it occurred to me that if I ever become an S-rank alchemist, I could create homunculi.

Since I had a Dimensional Marionette Steel Battle Puppet in my workshop right now, I could put in a small Dimensional Core and use it right away by just pulling the soul from the Abyss Gate.

Then, a thinking steel homunculus with a soul is created.

The marionette could exert a force of one ton in an instant, run at speeds of 50 km/h, and was made entirely of steel, making it impervious to most bullets.

But it couldn’t fly in the sky.

A named-class aerial magic knight is equivalent to an S-class hunter on Earth!

Beckenbart was an aerial magic knight before he died, so if we were to make him a homunculus, it would take some time, but he could eventually fly.

So I went back and picked up the body.

However, since I didn’t have time, I put it in right away, and it ended up being put in with its eyes wide open, just like it was right before it died.

I didn’t want to take the body out again and close its eyes, so I just left it there.

So sometimes my heart sinks.

First, I need to cover my face with clothes.

“Chief, I see elves over there!”

“Let’s hurry!”

Paaaaang!

***

As soon as I came down to the ground, the troops came rushing in.

“Chung! Mission accomplished, Commander!”

“Thank you for your hard work. Captain Audrey, Captain Nicole.”

The two female battalion commanders always looked dependable.

“Huh? Lieutenant General Alain, your face looks a little different.”

“Really! Why did you suddenly become so handsome?”

“What do you mean? I was originally a character.”

“No. Your face glows. And you look more handsome.”

All the members looked at my face and said something to me.

My skin did get a little better after drinking the elixir.

Then Prince Evolod appeared waiting behind him.

“I’ll tell you more later.”

I passed the agents I hadn’t seen in a long time and approached Evolod.

“You must have had a hard time getting here.”

“Our elves are strong. However, it was a bit difficult to board the ship.”

“Well, it’s hard for forest elves to exert strength when they’re far from the ground.”

“But your face seems to have changed a bit. The energy you feel from your body has also changed.”

Evolod also felt the changes in my body.

“It won’t be easy even if we fight on the ground now.”

Evolod frowned slightly as he spoke.

Previously, if you fought Evolod on the ground without any flying techniques, you would never win.

Because he was stronger than Lieutenant Colonel Nicole.

But with my aerial magic skill and my current physical condition that was twice as strong, I could fight without the flight technique.

Evolod feels it too.

“Stop moving. I’m ready to create the dimensional gate.”

He led over 5,000 elves beyond the Havelock Wall.

Still, there were many eyes watching, so we moved in the dark of night, entered the mountain range, and moved to the dwarf village.

End