Lord of Training - Chapter 67



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67. You’re lucky.

We returned to the dwarf village again.

“Your Majesty Tar, take this with you. It is my gift to you.”

I took the can out of the alchemist’s workshop.

Generous and abundant.

It was fortunate that I had prepared a lot of things before leaving for the Labyrinth Gate expedition.

“Thank you.”

I guess hunger came before pride.

The escort knights came carrying large cans of canned food.

“I’ll leave my escort knight Armin here. If I have any questions, I’ll ask him.”

“All right.”

So the first meeting ended successfully.

***

“How do you do that?”

As we took out the items from the alchemist’s workshop, the dwarf knight Armin made a curious expression.

“This is a subspace warehouse.”

He simply replied that it was a space technique.

“Wow! That’s amazing.”

“The dwarves here will be able to use it soon.”

“Is that really true?”

“Now that mana has started flowing into this world, there will be awakened people. Humans also didn’t have any abilities at first.”

Here, the dwarves were in a different situation than the elves or orcs.

Elves have been a race that has been blessed with mana since ancient times, and orcs have also been blessed with muscle and strength with mana engraved on their bodies.

But in the dwarves’ dimension, mana did not exist.

Then, recently, spirit gates and mana-rich dimensional gates began to appear here, and mana began to flow in.

This was very good news.

That means even dwarves can awaken.

My guess is that the Kingdom of Baern may have attacked the dwarves right away because they were afraid that they would awaken their magic and become stronger.

‘What kind of magic will the dwarf awaken?’

Is it the same as humans?

Or I wondered if they would awaken new spells that fit the characteristics of their race.

“Hey, can I see some human weapons?”

Armin was a curious dwarf.

Armin was a beardless dwarf.

It meant a young dwarf, and youth is the time of great curiosity.

“I have captured some guns, but I have never seen any other weapons.”

I showed them a submachine gun, a sniper rifle, and a shotgun that the orcs used.

Armin seemed very interested in the shotgun.

And he showed off his power by detonating a few magic grenades.

“Wow! Human technology is truly amazing.”

“Even dwarves can make something like this in no time. And the original creators are elves, not humans.”

“What kind of race are elves?”

I explained to him about the elves I knew.

Although there are some tight corners, they said they are also doing their best to survive now.

A few days later.

My alchemist’s workshop is out of canned goods.

I guess I’ll have to go out and come back later.

Because there were so many hungry dwarves, they were consumed in an instant.

There were more cans in Phelps’ subspace warehouse, so it seemed like a good idea to bring him here first.

“I guess I’ll have to go outside the dimensional gate.”

“Yes? Are you leaving?”

Armin made a regretful expression.

I became very attached to him.

“We’re running low on food, and my men outside will be worried.”

“Oh! The Alain Battalion!”

“yes.”

Armin’s eyes sparkled.

A snicker came out.

Over the past few days, I’ve been telling Armin about my adventures in the other dimension.

He told me stories of parachuting into enemy territory as an airborne trooper, conquering the Labyrinth Gate, and subduing the Imperial Army at the gate where the magic stone mine was located.

When I told him that I had hung him on an airship and let him fly in the sky in order to awaken the flying skills of our unit members, he seemed to sympathize with them and glared at me as if he was going to kill me.

“I will guide you to the entrance.”

There was no need to do so, but Armin and I headed to the entrance of the mountain range to get a feel for the geography.

***

As we slowly approached the entrance to the mountain range, Armin had a very nervous expression on his face.

“Sir Alain, how does it feel to fly?”

“Well? It was interesting at first, but now it doesn’t really feel like eating.”

“ah!”

“Would you like to try flying?”

“yes?”

I flew into the sky carrying Armin.

Paaaaang!

“Wow! Wow! I’m flying!”

Armin looked very happy.

“So you’re saying that if you ride an airship, you can fly even without using flight magic?”

“That’s right.”

“Even if I can’t awaken the magic, I definitely want to try making an airship.”

“We can make enough. The dwarves of the Western Continent are making them too.”

Armin nodded.

Let’s move with the flight skill and arrive near the entrance in an instant.

Now it was time to part ways.

“huh?”

“Why are you doing that?”

“There is no need to go outside the gate.”

“yes?”

I pointed to the small dots floating above the Bavarian camp.

“I guess you came looking for me.”

I stood still and waited.

Then the battalion men flew towards me.

All of the remaining members of the Airborne Magic Battalion were visible, except for Ensign Herman.

“Captain! What’s going on?”

“I was surprised when I heard that you might have been kidnapped by dwarves.”

When I saw Phelps and the crew, tears welled up in my eyes.

Although we had only been away for about two weeks, I remembered how hard it had been to feed the dwarves during that time.

If these guys were here, it would have been a lot easier.

“But what about that dwarf? Is he a prisoner?”

“I’ll tell you the details later. What about Lieutenant Colonel Elmore?”

“We are currently gathering the Bavarian Rangers from the front lines. We will go to rescue the Captain as soon as our search is complete.”

“The Bavarians lied to us.”

“yes?”

“The dwarves are the victims.”

The subordinates looked at each other with puzzled expressions.

“Lieutenant Kalin, go back and tell her I’m safe and that I’ll be back on my own soon, so don’t look for me.”

“yes!”

“The rest of you, follow me!”

I returned to the dwarf village with my men.

***

We fed the growing number of dwarves, and it was much easier with the battalion members joining us.

A few days passed like that.

“Sir Alain!”

Armin came running.

“The palace has contacted you. They want you to bring Sir Alain.”

“I see you’ve finally made up your mind.”

“I think so.”

“Let’s go.”

I carried Armin and flew towards the palace with my subordinates.

“Sir Armin, is this the right way??”

“Yes, just a little further. And feel free to call me Armin.”

“I will do that, Armin.”

King Tar called me later than I expected.

‘It won’t be an easy decision.’

Even after living here for two years, it was difficult to leave the house I had grown attached to.

They have lived here for tens or hundreds of years.

But suddenly abandoning everything and moving was a gamble with one’s life.

But there would have been no choice.

The question was whether they would believe me.

But why do you keep going down remote roads?

No, is the length right?

I flew for a long time over the gloomy valley.

“Here it is.”

“Is this the palace?”

“Yes, just go straight into the cave.”

The cave entrance was quite large, but there were no decorations or soldiers guarding it.

And a large rock appeared at the top of the cave.

What is it? Is it for blocking the entrance?

I went into the cave with my men.

Then he immediately opened his mouth wide.

“100 million!”

“Oh my god! It must be dozens of meters high.”

“Wow! It’s really big!”

Even the members couldn’t close their gaping mouths.

What on earth were you doing in that cave?

The floors were covered with marble, and the walls and pillars were engraved with lifelike sculptures.

There were all kinds of gorgeous paintings on the ceiling.

It was several times more magnificent than the throne room of the Atlan Kingdom.

Dwarves are really good with their craftsmanship!

“The palace is truly magnificent.”

“Thank you.”

If we had to leave this behind, it seemed like the DPs wouldn’t be able to move.

“This way.”

We followed Armin into the palace.

The agents waited in a square-like place, while Armin and I continued to move inside.

After walking inside for a while, he soon stood in front of a large door.

“This is a conference room. Please wait a moment.”

Armin opened the huge door and went in.

Dwarves were smaller than humans, about 140 to 150 cm tall, so they honestly didn’t need such a large door.

But everything in the palace was big.

Is it some kind of sense of entitlement?

Or self-consolation?

Through the crack in the door, King Tar and a dozen dwarves could be seen having a serious meeting.

Armin approached the king and whispered something in his ear.

Then Tar looked at me and bowed his head slightly.

Armin came straight out.

And then he closed the conference room door.

“I’m sorry. There is still time for the meeting. And you will come out once the elders have voted.”

“Vote?”

“I guess since this is an important matter, you would like to hear the opinions of the elders.”

“Ah! I understand.”

We sat in the chairs at the front of the conference room and waited.

“Over a thousand dwarves have passed through here in the past three weeks. And they were gathered in the square near the entrance earlier, talking.”

“A thousand people?”

“Yes. The elders wanted to hear the opinions of all the dwarves, but since they were short on time, they gathered only the village chiefs from each village to hear their opinions.”

“I’m sure you have a lot on your mind. The lives of the dwarves are at stake.”

The meeting went on longer than expected and the door swung open after an hour.

It seemed like the voting was finally over.

“Come on in.”

I went inside with Armin.

however!

“His Majesty the King!”

“His Majesty the King!”

King Tar and the elders bowed their heads to Armin.

I looked at Armin with a questioning expression.

“I had no intention of deceiving you. I am Armin Urard, King of the Dwarf Kingdom.”

“Then, King Tar?”

“Sir Tar is the head of the Senate. He is my uncle. I succeeded to the throne after my father passed away.”

“Huh? Oh my god, how could this be!”

I tried to look as shocked as possible.

To be honest, I already guessed his identity.

In fact, it was suspicious from the start that Armin was left alone in the dwarf village.

And it was strange that the other dwarves had a hard time with Armin.

So I tried to be as honest as possible with Armin, and even told him about the things I experienced in the other dimension.

“So how did the voting go?”

Tar Chief Elder answered.

“It just so happens that the score is tied. It’s 7 to 7.”

“So the Council is neutral? So now it’s just up to me to make my decision?”

“That’s right.”

Armin looked at me.

There was no complexity in his eyes.

No, it’s a look full of confidence.

“I have decided. We will abandon the kingdom and emigrate!”

The elders all bowed their heads at Armin’s words.

“I will follow the king’s will!”

“I will follow the king’s will!”

The hard work of the past three weeks has finally paid off.

***

“So you’re saying this machine creates a dimensional gate?”

“Yes. Right now, you can only use it once, but if you can get the Dimensional Core, you can make it as many times as you want.”

“I hope it goes well.”

King Armin looked tense.

This was a secret warehouse located underground in the palace.

The palace itself was hard to find, but the secret vault was even harder to find.

If you don’t know the complex machinery, you would have to destroy the entire palace wall.

I took out a small dimensional core from the workshop.

[Small Dimensional Core (Dimensional Energy Remaining – 76.8%)]

There were also dimensional cores with less remaining than this, but since there was a chance that only the dimensional core would be blown up if the gate did not open properly, the dimensional cores with a large remaining amount were put into the dimensional gate creation device.

Then he adjusted the dial and fired towards one space.

Woof woof! Pfft!

A dark dimensional energy was emitted.

In about two hours, an F-grade gate will be created.

“What if I fail?”

Phelps asked quietly.

“Then we should try to find more dimensional cores.”

“But where?”

“There’s one in the Empire. It’s a C-class labyrinth gate.”

“yes?”

Phelps’ face lit up with horror.

There are currently three remaining labyrinth gates.

The one in the deep sea was impossible to conquer, and the S-class labyrinth gate on the northern continent was out of the question.

But if it was a C-class gate, we could have cleared it with our abilities.

Of course, it is dangerous to sneak into the empire and find the labyrinth gate buried underground.

And even if it wasn’t a mission to find the dimensional core as an elf legacy, it seemed like there would be a dimensional core somewhere in the gate.

If you still can’t find it, you’ll have to wait for the labyrinth gate to open again.

‘Then, first we need to stop the war between the Kingdom of Bavaria and the dwarves…’

I had one method in mind.

I needed the dwarves to cooperate, but I was confident I could convince them.

Their situation now is not one where they can be picky about what’s hot or cold.

For me, it was a big adventure and a kind of investment.

Because it took a lot of time and a lot of gold for the dwarves to settle down and develop the technology I wanted.

But if I didn’t get ahead of others, I couldn’t keep the peace I wanted.

How much time has passed like that?

Papat!

The black gate began to rotate.

[A Class F Dimensional Gate has been created.]

[The lowest level gate creation dimensional energy is insufficient, so the gate will close in 6 months.]

It was a six-month limited gate.

“Phew! Where could it be opened?”

“You guys have to figure that out from now on.”

“yes!”

Phelps and Carlin’s squadron took a deep breath.

“let’s go!”

Swish! Swish swish!

The agents entered the dimensional gate.

King Armin let out a short sigh as he looked at the blazing gate.

Now all the dice have been cast.

“Armin, please stop going up. Just wait and the results will come.”

“Whew! Leaving the kingdom isn’t easy.”

“Even if it’s not this time, there will be a chance. I will somehow persuade the Bavarian Kingdom Army. So, even if it’s humiliating, you must endure it.”

“Ha! Okay, I understand.”

Armin sighs deeply.

Whee!

Lieutenant Phelps re-entered the gate.

“Huh? Phelps, what did you leave behind?”

“No, I knew where it was.”

“already?”

“This is the Kingdom of Albion.”

At that moment, a laugh came out of me without me knowing it.

“The dwarves are lucky.”

I was lucky too.

End