Lord of Training - Chapter 30



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30. What do you do for fun?

30. What do you do for fun?

Captain Hela’s face turned pale.

She was holding my arm too tightly.

Are you afraid of flying as an unmanned aerial vehicle pilot?

“Have you ever had a fear of heights?”

“No, that’s not true. I’m just anxious because my feet can’t touch the floor.”

Looking at her expression, I thought I had to go quickly.

Fortunately, not long after, the rock mountain she had mentioned came into view.

We came down to the lower foot of the rocky mountain.

“The forest is a bit far away, so it should be okay, right?”

Dadadak!

“Ugh!”

Captain Hela couldn’t answer.

“Commander, do you feel lighter?”

“That’s right. I feel like I could fly at any moment.”

As Sergeant Kalin ran, the men of his company began to jump up and down.

Now that I think about it, I feel light too.

A feeling of bouncing up and down.

Perhaps the gravity in this spirit realm was weak.

Ah! So the probability of awakening the flying technique is high?

“Commander, look over there. There’s a watchtower at the mine entrance, and there’s also a dormitory.”

I looked around at Phelps’ words.

“There’s no need to pitch a separate tent.”

Then Captain Hela came over, emptying her mind.

“That building was originally a dormitory for mine guards. Inside the mine, there are also miners’ quarters and storage areas, as well as restrooms and showers connected to a nearby lake.”

“Oh! The miners’ welfare is good.”

“Because this place is that dangerous.”

In front of the mine was an open space about 100 meters long, and behind that was a forest. And in the middle of the forest was a road large enough for a horsepower truck to pass through.

“There’s still a long way to go here.”

“Around 10km from the gate entrance, there is a place where the spirits of the forest reside. Only there, the plants grow too quickly. Other than that, there is no major difficulty in management.”

A forest as wide as 10km would be incredibly vast.

If there was to be a way around the gate, it seemed like there was really no way around it other than setting it on fire.

Or you can fly in like us.

“Where is the Valley of the Winds?”

“Valley of the Wind?”

“Death Valley. It doesn’t sound good, so I’m going to call it Wind Valley.”

“Ah! There’s a lake behind this rocky mountain, and on the other side of the lake, there’s a wide valley. That’s Death Valley. It’s a place where strong winds blow, so it’s hard to even stand properly.”

Fortunately, it wasn’t too far from here.

I looked at Phelps.

“Unpack your bags at the accommodation, and just in case, take turns stationing two people at a time at the watchtower.”

“yes.”

I looked at Captain Hela.

“Then let’s take a look at the mine.”

“Yes? Are you planning to go into the Gnome Mine too?”

“I’ll just take a look around the residential area and the warehouse. Please guide me.”

The daily hiring cost is 2 gold, but you want to do it for free.

We went inside the mine.

***

The inside of the mine was wider than I thought.

“Is this a gnome stone?”

“yes.”

It looked similar to the original magic stone.

Instead, it had blue metal running through the rock like veins.

And inside this storage warehouse, there was a considerable amount of gnome stones piled up.

“Why didn’t you move this?”

“The Imperial Army suddenly invaded, so how could they move? I wasn’t here at the time, so I don’t know for sure, but they must have been busy running away.”

“Well, I guess so.”

“And gnome is a mineral that is difficult to transport outside the gate, but easy to mine.”

Hela suddenly picked up a fist-sized gnome stone.

And let’s put strength into our fingers.

Bass ssssss!

The surrounding rocks crumbled like sand, leaving behind the blue minerals.

“Except for the gnome, the attached rock breaks easily like this. Scholars say that it seems that the gnome absorbs some component of the rock, but no one knows the exact reason.”

I touched one too.

Strangely enough, when I applied force, it crumbled like sand.

“I’ll take care of the gnome stones here.”

“yes?”

She shrugged and answered.

“It belongs to the Atlan Kingdom now, so do you need my permission?”

“Well, I guess so. Then I’ll take care of it.”

I was planning on taking care of all of this.

We came out to the mine entrance.

“Captain Alain, what do you plan to do now?”

“We should just finish tidying up and head straight to the Valley of the Wind to start hunting monsters.”

“Can we leave the gate entrance as it is?”

“Anyway, there’s no one else to come in besides our company members. And we don’t have the manpower to manage it either.”

We had no obligation to clean up.

It was the same even when the 3rd Battalion arrived.

We were soldiers, not workers.

There was no need to work hard on purpose.

Later, someone from the Atlan Kingdom will come and take care of it.

And I like it when they come as late as possible.

Because you can mine gnome stones in the mine during that time.

***

On the first day, I’ll try to get a feel for the atmosphere.

And to adapt to the gravity of the spirit world.

I decided to take a rest.

Of course not me.

I went into the warehouse and put all the gnome ore piled up there into the alchemist’s workshop.

Looking at the piled up magic stones and gnome stones makes me feel full even without eating.

‘Shall we begin now?’

Now that I am an E-rank hunter, I can run two magic circles at the same time.

The first decomposition space was chosen.

[Please select the soft tissue of the decomposition stage.]

The new metal that was being made this time was the process of compressing existing metal to create a new metal that was denser and stronger.

Therefore, there was no need to break down all the materials into their elements.

[The separation (lv.1) linkage device is ready.]

I simply created a flexible device that could separate the gnome stones.

The advantage of separated ductile iron is that the final ductility ratio is better than that of decomposed ductile iron.

[Please select the soft zone of the operation stage.]

Now that the gnome stone has been separated, it was time to compress it.

[Compression (lv.1) ductile device is ready.]

Now finally we have chosen our build space.

[Please select the construction phase’s ductility.]

A processing process was required to make it into a panel form that could be used for air conditioning.

[Processing (lv.1) ductility device is ready.]

Now another soft stage has been created.

Now, in my alchemist’s workshop, I separate the gnome stone, compress it strongly, and process it into the shape I want.

In my experience, nine times out of ten, the resulting metal is much stronger than before.

Then, it will be possible to make it thinner than the metal panels used in existing aircraft.

‘If you want to make a large metal panel, you’ll need quite a lot of gnome stone.’

The ductility ratio has gone up a bit, but it’s still at the garbage level.

‘Okay! Let’s try turning the compression ductility.’

I pushed the gnome stone into the separation device.

With just a few dozen turns, you can create one metal panel.

As the level of the Separation and Decomposition Spheres increased, more quantities could be separated at once.

‘The Mana Extraction Yeonseongjin can’t rest.’

On one side, the extraction worm was continuously spinning, breaking down the magic stones and extracting the mana liquid, turning it into powder.

In order to catch a lot of dimensional monsters here, you have to keep using your skills, and to do that, you need a lot of mana rings for your company members to use, so you’re making them diligently.

As you keep turning the alchemy wheel in the workshop, your alchemist level will continue to rise, and if you make gnome stones into metal panels, you will even be able to prepare food for the future.

And if I catch the dimensional monster, my magic knight skill level will go up and my unit members will be upgraded.

This is killing three birds with one stone!

I was really planning on catching monsters starting tomorrow.

***

[Valley of the Wind (Valley of Death)]

There was a fairly large stream flowing through the valley in the middle, and on both sides of the valley there were tall, straight trees forming a large forest.

The trees here had few branches and leaves in the middle, but were covered with branches and leaves at the top, making them look like broccoli.

Floating tree.

When I saw it in person, its appearance was unique.

I heard from Captain Hela that the place we’re standing now is a great place to catch monsters.

This was the entrance to the valley, and the front was a wide, funnel-shaped structure.

Moreover, water flowed from the lake here, forming several streams, and these streams were full of fish, making it a good habitat for monsters.

“Excuse me, Captain Alain.”

Captain Hela looked at me with a bewildered expression.

“Why? Why am I here? And with a rifle?”

“I can’t leave you alone in the Gnome Mine. A monster might attack you.”

“Then, why don’t you just hide in a corner here?”

“As Captain Hela said. The dimensional monsters here have stealth abilities, making them hard to distinguish with the naked eye. You never know when a monster might attack from behind, so how can you leave them alone? You’re safest among the men of this company.”

Captain Hela held out her pistol.

“So, what is this rifle?”

“What do you do for fun? I’ll give you 2 gold a day, so help me out a little when the platoon members hunt monsters.”

“But this······.”

“And if the monster attacks you, Captain, do your best to catch it.”

“yes?”

“Captain Kalin, give Captain Hela plenty of magazines and one more rifle.”

“Yes, sir!”

I spoke to Sergeant Kalin and flew into the air.

Captain Hela looked up at me with a pouty expression, while Kalin and her men looked at her with pity.

“Our company commander is a demon who ties people up behind an airplane and tries to make them awaken their flight skills.”

“Now that I look at it, he really is the devil.”

“Captain Hela, you too must fight to survive here. Yes!”

“Ha! I’ll try.”

I can hear everything.

But why does it feel like a compliment to me?

But I wasn’t such a vicious commander.

We’ve already put all the safety measures in place for the elven heritage.

“Come on! Let’s have a blast!”

“yes!”

“let’s go!”

The three who had awakened their flying skills flew around the valley.

“throwing down!”

“throwing down!”

We pulled the safety pin and dropped the magic grenade.

Whew! Whew!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

An explosion echoed through the Valley of the Winds.

Some of the floating trees were even set on fire and began to fly into the sky, burning brightly.

“Kkaaaah!”

“Kkiiia!”

The roars of dimensional monsters could be heard here and there in the forest.

‘It’s the first day, so let’s just do this much.’

We quickly flew to the entrance of the valley.

After a while.

Woof woof!

Dimensional monsters started running towards us.

‘Ah! Those guys can change their bodies to the color of their surroundings!’

When they climb on a rock, their entire body turns the color of the rock, and when they run on grass, their body color changes to the color of grass.

When it hangs on a tree, it changes to the same color as the tree it is hanging from, and even if there are green leaves on the branch, its body color changes into two colors at the same time.

It’s hard to tell the difference if you don’t look closely.

“They’re coming!”

“Prepare to fire!”

Body length is approximately 3 meters.

When he opened his mouth, sharp teeth and a disgusting tongue were visible.

The skin changed to match the surrounding color, but the inside of the mouth did not.

In an instant, their numbers increased from dozens to hundreds.

Moreover, the running speed was very fast.

“launch!”

“Fire!”

Bang! Tata tang! Bang!

Boom! Boom!

“Kueuk!”

“Kkiak!”

Puff puff! Puff!

The chameleon monsters were struck down by bullets fired from the ground and air.

Fortunately, their skin was weak.

In an instant, a dozen or so monsters died, but more monsters followed.

“Use your skills! Use them sparingly!”

[Use the Penetration (lv.2) skill.]

[Use the Penetration (lv.2) skill.]

[Use the Penetration (lv.2) skill.]

Tutata tata tang! Tata tang!

For the first time in a long time, my submachine gun fired.

The good thing about being a magic knight is that.

You can inject mana into a shotgun, which will double its effective range.

Our company’s effective firing range was nearly 600 meters, so the monster was struck down from afar.

But at some point, the distance between them and me started to shrink, and they came closer to me by 200 meters.

It was time to slowly prepare to lift the platoon members.

“Lower your altitude!”

The flight technique awakening squadron members descended to about 5 meters from the ground.

If necessary, it is to carry the platoon members and fly into the sky.

The dimensional monster suddenly surged forward 100 meters.

Then the soldiers on the ground began to hesitate.

“Don’t back down!”

I think I’ve already killed hundreds of monsters.

“Hold on! Keep shooting!”

‘Is this doable?’

I gave artifacts to the soldiers and even gave them mana rings.

Now that I could use my skills at will, the monsters melted away.

Then, the monster came rushing forward to within 50 meters.

Chomp! Papa Pot!

“Squeak!”

“Kyaak!”

Suddenly we heard a scream behind us.

When I turned my head, I saw a dozen monsters lying on the ground with their legs cut off.

I was hit by a cold mine.

‘Wow! I didn’t know you were approaching me from behind!’

Just in case, I placed two ice mines, an elven heritage, behind the lakeside.

The cold mine has a lethal effect in an area up to 10 meters in diameter and emits a tremendous amount of cold air up to 70 cm in height.

At that time, the chameleon monster’s legs were frozen, and when it tried to move its body by force, its legs were broken and severed.

If it weren’t for the elven heritage, the monster would have attacked the troopers’ backs by now.

“Everyone step back!”

“Get the men up!”

When the monster was 20 meters ahead, we took off into the air with the ground troops.

As expected, dimensional monsters are scary guys.

The most unusual thing is that when the chameleon monster is in the water or running on the water, its body changes to the same color as the lake water.

There was no stealth.

Now it really starts to sink in that dozens of people die here every year.

As expected, there is nothing easy in this world.

***

[Hellashi Gate Entrance]

The ten days passed really quickly.

“Chung! You’re here.”

“I heard you’ve already started training. You must be having a hard time.”

As we exited the gate, we were greeted warmly by Lieutenant Colonel Colville, the commander of the 3rd Battalion.

And Captain Gus Navon was there too.

By the way, Captain Gus’s rank changed?

“Have you been promoted?”

“That’s what happened.”

“Congratulations, Major.”

“Thank you.”

At that moment, Lieutenant Colonel Colville looked surprised.

“The faces of your men······.”

It’s like a soldier just coming back from hell.

Because I’ve been working really hard and risking my life for the past ten days.

I also felt proud.

“Let’s go inside first.”

We entered the 3rd Battalion command tent.

Recently, when the 4th Battalion Commander was killed in action, the 3rd Battalion’s operations staff officer was promoted to the 4th Battalion Commander. Then, when Captain Gus took the position of the 3rd Battalion’s operations staff officer, he was promoted to major.

“Do you need anything?”

“What happened to the mortar I requested?”

“Ah! They brought a thousand shells and five mortars.”

“We’re running low on shells.”

“I’ve requested more from my superiors, so more will come.”

“thank you.”

In our company, Sergeant Leopold awakened the detection technique, and his skill was surveying.

During that time, it performed the important task of providing us with geographic information by instantly grasping the surrounding geography.

Now, going one step further, I thought about where I could use my surveying skills, and that was mortars.

If you use the weapon enhancement skill of Corporal Chris, who has a buff technique, wouldn’t the firepower be increased and you be able to fire the mortar at an accurate location?

I had to try it out first.

“Any other news?”

“I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?”

“Good news.”

“The Imperial Army has completely withdrawn its troops to the border of the Kingdom of Lutes.”

“So the war is over?”

“That’s not it. It’s just that you can take a breather for a moment.”

I tried not to listen to bad news.

“The bad news is that the Kingdom of Albion has joined the Empire.”

“yes?”

“So we don’t know when we will be able to return to our home country.”

You may have heard that our Atlan Kingdom has taken over many resource gates from the Kingdom of Lutes.

And the Kingdom of Albion was a kingdom that competed for hegemony with the Kingdom of Atlan on the eastern continent.

The problem is that the Kingdom of Albion borders the Havelock estate of the Bombard family.

‘I might be able to return home sooner than I thought······.’

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