Lord of Training - Chapter 29



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29. Food of the future.

29. Food of the future.

Buzz buzz buzz! Mutter buzz!

The Falcon landed on the runway.

Captain Hela opened the door and stepped out of the transport, her red hair fluttering.

“Wow!”

“It’s Captain Hela!”

“I love you, sis!”

They are really simple-minded people.

How can those who were just a moment ago looking like cattle being dragged to the slaughterhouse be smiling so brightly······.

Captain Hela shook her head as she looked at her company members waving and cheering.

She reluctantly waved once and then came straight towards me.

“Welcome. What did I say? I said I would see you soon?”

“I didn’t expect to see you in less than a month. That must be a good thing, right? I hired an expensive pilot.”

The Hela Wake I met after 20 days was the same as before.

Still young, still beautiful, still makes money.

“Huh? By the way, the rank insignia has changed.”

“Thanks to you, I got promoted.”

“Wow! Captain at 21? That’s amazing. Congratulations.”

“Let’s talk about the details as we go. We have plenty of time.”

As I nodded, Sergeant Phelps shouted,

“Okay! Alain Company. Get on the transport plane!”

“yes······.”

“Ugh!”

The faces of the platoon members became sad again.

The agents who have awakened the flying technique are aiming to acquire high-speed flight skills together with me.

The rest are aimed at awakening the flying technique.

There was no way out since permission had already been given from above.

Although it was a 15-seater airplane, it could fit 23 people without any luggage.

Of course, I don’t know much about the situation in the back since I’m riding in the passenger seat.

Wheeeeeeing! Swoosh!

So the Falcon flew towards Helac.

Captain Hela asked in a loud voice.

“Why are you going to Hellasi?”

“We are in charge of the gate there.”

Captain Hela looked bitter.

“In the end, it fell to the Atlan Kingdom army.”

“yes?”

“That’s where the Lutes Resistance is most active. When I heard that the Allied Forces had repelled the Imperial Forces from the capital, I thought that the Resistance would still take control of the Helasi Gate.”

“ah!”

Sorry, but the 7th Mobile Corps was mainly an airborne magic unit.

They fly in first and lay waste to the enemy base, then use large transport planes to move armored trucks and ground troops to quickly capture the stronghold.

The pace of advance was so fast that nine gates were taken in just two weeks, leaving the Lutes resistance forces with no chance.

“Whew! The Lacrosse Empire is gone, and the Atlan Kingdom has arrived.”

As Captain Hela said, the Hellasi Gate was now incapable of moving and was essentially the property of the Atlan Kingdom for 15 years.

If the Resistance had taken control of this gate, Helath would have been controlled by House Wake.

So, Hela Wake’s expression can’t help but be bad.

“What’s the spirit world like there?”

I quickly changed the subject.

“Do you see a lot of dimensional monsters?”

Captain Hela suddenly turned her head and stared at me.

“You’re not trying to enter the gate, are you?”

“That’s right.”

“Didn’t I tell you that that gate is connected to the spirit realm?”

“I did. That’s why I’m going.”

“You remember that it’s a dangerous place, right?”

“yes.”

Captain Hela took on a serious expression at my words.

“I’m not joking. It’s completely different from when our family was managing it. It’s been neglected for three years since the Imperial Army took over, so it’s even more dangerous now.”

Captain Hela had previously said that the area around the gate entrance was a place where forest spirits resided, so if it wasn’t maintained for even a month, the vegetation would grow lush, and small grass that was only ankle-high would grow to the height of an adult in just a few days.

He said that the area around the entrance would already be covered in jungle.

And encountering a dimensional monster in such a jungle-like place is a disaster.

“That’s why I came to see Captain Hela.”

Captain Hela made a puzzled expression.

“The Wake family should know the area well. I would like to introduce you to a guide.”

“Well, I’m not sure if I can give you directions. But where are you looking for?”

“I was wondering if there was a place where many wind spirits resided.”

“It is there, but it is the most dangerous place in the gate.”

“You know that place. Then, Captain, you can give us directions.”

Captain Hela frowned.

“Are you trying to catch a dimensional monster and teach your unit members the art of flight?”

“That’s right. I have also received permission from my superiors.”

“You might as well tie up my plane and train like before. I’ll just have nightmares for a few days.”

“Why?”

“The name of that place is Death Valley. It got its name because every year, cadets and military awakeners from the Kingdom of Lutes would come here to awaken their flying skills, but dozens of them would die.”

Captain Hela scared me a lot.

“Are the dimensional monsters strong there?”

“No. A few shots from a rifle would be enough to kill him.”

“Well then, I guess there are a lot of numbers.”

“That’s true, but the monster is good at hiding like a chameleon.”

“Hide?”

Huh? I didn’t know that.

This is why information is important.

“So you’re not going to guide me?”

Captain Hela looked troubled.

“1 gold per day.”

“······.”

“Two gold per day. No more.”

“Phew! Okay.”

Luckily, she liked money.

***

[Hellashi]

“It’s a unique city, just like I’ve heard before.”

Hellasi was a city that developed around the gate that was built first.

The gate was in the center of the city, with the city’s residential areas and markets to the south, and an airfield, a metal smelting plant, and an unmanned production plant to the north.

“Buy as much as you can from inside the gate, including food, water, tools, and materials. Don’t skimp on gold.”

“Yes! I’ll be back.”

After sending Phelps’ squad to the market, we headed for the gate.

There were three armored trucks and one company of the 7th Mobile Corps stationed there.

‘That’s the armored truck that the Mobile Corps is proud of.’

Large wheels that reach the height of an adult’s chest and a height of 3 meters.

It had a machine gun mounted on the roof and could carry up to 40 people.

I wish we had a truck like that.

But the machine gun was pointed towards the gate.

“You mean the replacement troops?”

I showed him the order.

The mobile squadron leader looked at us.

“Are you planning to defend this place with these troops?”

“The next group will arrive in ten days.”

The captain looked puzzled for a moment and then withdrew.

There was no reason to stay since it was no longer their business.

Now this gate, 100 meters in diameter, was under the jurisdiction of our 2nd Corps.

“Alright! Dimensional monsters may come out of the gate, so be alert and be aware of your surroundings!”

The platoon members installed heavy machine guns and took turns guarding the gate entrance with each squad.

“Captain Hela, are there a lot of materials or metals coming out of this gate?”

“Of course. It’s the spirit realm. Basically, floating trees appear. There are a lot of floating trees in the valley of death I mentioned. And there are also hard metals that cover the outside of the airship, and metals that allow mana to flow well.”

“What about the magic stone?”

Captain Hela shook her head.

“Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the magic stone in this spirit realm.”

“That’s a bit of a shame.”

If there had been a magic stone, it would have been the icing on the cake.

“But why did the Empire abandon this Gate? There’s a metal smelting plant and an airship factory right next to it, so if they just got the materials from the Gate, they could make a lot of bombers and transports here.”

“Didn’t I tell you? This place inside the spirit world is dangerous.”

“Then how did the Wake family manage to draw resources from this gate?”

Captain Hela looked thoughtful for a moment, then answered.

“Our family first discovered this gate, and over the course of five years, we cleared the forest inside and around the gate.”

“yes?”

“Once a dimensional monster hides in the forest, it’s hard to tell them apart with the naked eye. If you let your guard down for even a moment, they’ll just get eaten. That’s why I came up with the idea of ​​completely destroying the forest.”

It was an ignorant but surest method.

“Of course, it wasn’t easy. It required daily work and regular burning of the forest. But the Empire had taken control of this area and had neglected the inside of the gate for some time, so what would have happened to the inner spirit realm? And it was left neglected for three more years······.”

“It must have been a really dense jungle.”

After all, isn’t life high risk, high return?

And if you find a way to hunt safely, it will come out.

Previously.

“Can I visit the factory?”

“A factory?”

“Yes, I would like to see the metal smelting plant and the unprocessed manufacturing plant. Is that possible?”

“You can see it.”

***

I toured the refinery first.

The scale was considerable.

It is said that at one time, over two thousand people worked here, so it must have been incredibly busy.

But it stopped now because there was no one there.

A stack of metal panels was visible on one side.

Bang bang bang!

It’s sturdy, but too heavy.

“It’s a metal that comes from smelting gnome.”

“Are you making an unfair body out of this metal?”

“Yes. The inside is filled with floating wood.”

“It’s pretty heavy.”

“However, it is lighter than the iron used by the Empire or other kingdoms. It comes from the spirit world. The reason why our Wake family’s airships sell well in the market is because the body is lighter and therefore consumes less magic stone batteries.”

“Then, if there is a metal that is stronger and lighter than this metal, it would have marketability.”

“Haha! As far as I know, there isn’t any.”

“What if there is?”

“Then we should create an airship right away. It will be faster and more efficient.”

Of course not now.

But it will come out in the future.

In my alchemist’s workshop.

“What happens to this refinery now?”

Captain Hela looked bitter.

“Well, it belongs to the Wake family, but we’ll have to wait and see what happens.”

“If someone from the Kingdom of Atlan comes, we will have to negotiate well.”

Now that the gate has been taken, it won’t be easy.

We moved to the next location, the unregulated production plant.

“Are the magic stone engines also made here?”

“Yes. We only import the magic stone batteries and make everything else here.”

Half-finished products were visible all over the factory.

“Aren’t large-scale airships built here?”

“Large? You mean fortress-level?”

“yes.”

“Only the Empire can create such monsters. And above all, they are too inefficient.”

“Are you saying it is possible?”

“Well, if you’re determined to make it, there’s no reason why you can’t. That is, if you can burn a few hundred gold a day for the magic stone battery.”

I looked around the inside of the unfair manufacturing plant and went out the exit.

“Captain Hela, let’s make another deal.”

“What contract?”

“I will provide you with the metal. Please make an airship out of that material.”

“Is that the metal you were talking about earlier? Does something like that actually exist?”

“Not now, but there will be soon.”

Captain Hela snickered.

I guess he thought it was a joke.

“If you have that kind of metal, I can make it for you.”

There were two main reasons why I came to this spirit world gate.

One is to make all the members of the company into aerial magic knights.

Another is to envision future food.

If a person who dreams of becoming a lord thinks only about becoming a lord, then he has already set a limit.

I didn’t want to become a lord and live a life of luxury like a king.

I wanted to become a true lord who was respected by everyone.

Hebrok Estate is a changeable estate.

To the northwest of the estate was the Kingdom of Albion, and to the northeast was a great wall.

The reason for the erection of the barrier was because there was a large gate that could not be cleared. The northeastern mountain range had become a forbidden land for the past several decades due to the dimensional monsters that came out of it.

Guarding that wall was the Bombard family’s main job.

Of course, it is still being blocked well, but Yeongjimin’s life was not so easy.

If you want to become the lord of such a place, shouldn’t you think about the future of your territory and how you can live better than before?

So I started thinking about what I could do to make money consistently using my alchemy skills, and the first thing that came to mind was the illegal business that the Wake family had been making money from.

Because I can create lighter and stronger metals in the alchemist’s workshop.

Of course, it wasn’t very efficient right away, but since I had the Dimensional Core Fragments, I was able to level up quickly.

So I decided to test that possibility here.

***

“Sergeant Herman, secure the entrance. Hold this place until the 3rd Battalion arrives.”

“Yes! Leave it to me.”

I prepared to go in with 12 people including the platoon members who can fly at low speeds, the Kalin squad, and Captain Hela, and I left 12 people here.

“enter!”

“Enter!”

Special Agent Phelps entered the gate first.

There was a moment of darkness, and soon the surroundings became bright.

“Beware of the four pillars!”

The inside was more serious than expected.

It felt like I was completely lost in the middle of the jungle.

“Everyone, grab one and go up!”

“yes!”

I carried Captain Hela and climbed up into the jungle.

“Everyone, be careful not to fall!”

The weight that a magic knight who had awakened to the low-speed flight technique could lift and fly was limited to one person.

If I had been carrying military gear here, I wouldn’t have been able to fly.

“What is that?”

I saw a rock floating in the air.

“It’s a floating stone. Be careful not to hit it.”

It was definitely a sight I had never seen before, perhaps because it was the spirit world.

“Which way is the mine?”

Captain Hela looked around.

“Over there.”

“Everyone, follow me!”

I moved in the direction Captain Hela had told me.

The reason I went to the Gnome Mine was simple.

It was a rocky mountain, the only place in this gate without any trees.

And I was also able to obtain gnome stone ore.

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