Episode 47 ‘Where am I? ‘Who is this?’
A huge pile of documents.
The huge feast of paper blocking his vision distracted Logan more than any curse.
thud.
The downward stroke was mechanical, and his eyes were vaguely scanning an unknown point in the air.
But…
“Are you checking and stamping properly right now? Oh, that document is related to the repair of the castle? We didn’t even discuss that! Confucius! Are you going to keep working like this haphazardly?!”
The devil kept squeezing him and had no intention of letting go.
“Oh, I’ve never seen my father work this hard before?”
Logan protested, albeit belatedly, about the sense of disconnect he was feeling.
“Of course. I handle most of it myself.”
“…what?”
Flames poured out of Logan’s red eyes at the devil’s absurd answer.
“But why are you throwing all this at me!”
“Since you are the one who will be the successor, you must now know the ins and outs of the territory!”
“I’m not the heir!”
“Who admits that!”
Instead, Logan was dazed by the sight of Dwayne yelling.
‘Oh, really? Should I be recognized not as a successor, but rather as someone who is not a successor?’
I was momentarily confused about my common sense, but Dwayne did not give me a chance to come to my senses.
“The post-war processing hasn’t been completed yet, so there’s a lot of it. There’s also some from Tethron Castle. Among the officials there, there were so many people who ate together with Harman Tethron that they all got rid of it….”
Grumbling continues. Dwayne’s complaints are giving me a headache.
“We’re already struggling because we don’t have enough administrators, but I think we’ll be able to survive thanks to Logan’s help.”
I received a sweet compliment after pushing the familiar limits of development repeatedly for several days.
But this time, Dwayne’s strategy didn’t work.
“Do you think I’ll die instead?”
“Then, when you become a lord later, please elect more administrators. No, you can elect more administrators now. Haha.”
“Ok.”
“Logan-sama’s project has resulted in a lot of documents. It must be so large-scale. The post-war processing hasn’t even been completed yet…”
Dwayne’s darkly smiling intentions were fully read.
If I bring up the dam construction issue, I completely understand that I can’t do anything anymore.
“Okay, let’s say we do it. If we just take care of this one, the construction project is over, right?!”
If this isn’t the end, I will finish you off.
Dwayne reluctantly nodded at the tone that threatened his life.
Just like that, the work of acting as a lord with the malicious intent of the highest administrator ended.
Logan climbed the mountain with his tired body and raised his sword against the backdrop of the setting sun.
‘Once the construction is over, recruit soldiers…’
My mind was still full of thoughts about ways to increase the family’s power, but I tried to concentrate fully at the moment of swinging the sword.
‘Not only my family, but I too must become strong.’
I needed the strength to deal with the overwhelmingly strong people I had seen in my past life.
One way was to attract talented people who could deal with them to the allies, but it was not easy.
Not even a single piece of information has been uploaded yet regarding the request entrusted to Nox.
‘I have to become stronger. ‘If it’s the power of vision…’
I swung the sword with vague expectations that seemed unlikely to come true, but fortunately, as I concentrated my mind little by little, I felt that the sword gained strength and my movements became more precise.
The senses amplified by the Force Core were so excellent that one could be aware of even the slightest changes in oneself.
For Logan, training was a process in which vague expectations gradually turned into hope.
Therefore, the practice of pushing my body to its limits by maximizing its capabilities actually felt like a mental rest.
Of course, this was possible because the accumulated fatigue could be completely relieved through meditation practice, which is now a perfect substitute for sleep.
That’s how Logan’s daily life went by.
As the number of documents to be processed gradually decreased and the training time became longer than the agency work time, Logan received some bad news.
* * *
“accident?!”
The news suddenly delivered during work hours was enough to make him jump to his feet.
“Yes. One of the mine shafts collapsed…”
“Hmm. Somehow, they said everything was going well.”
“But when was a mine built in our territory…”
“But why? Why did they collapse? How big of an accident was it? What is Hamar doing?”
Although the Collapse Scroll was used, it was also used only as needed under Hamar’s supervision.
The mine development was supervised by dwarves with the goal of stability above all else, but an accident?
“Well… the place where Hamar is has collapsed. But I heard from you, Confucius, but what kind of mine is this…”
“Hamar?! You should have said that first!”
bang!
Logan stormed out of the office like the wind.
Not only the workers but also Hamar, a valuable resource, was trapped.
In that case, I couldn’t just sit back and give instructions.
‘You can’t do it even if you die!’
If Hamar was missing, the gears of his grand plan would be out of alignment.
This should never have happened at this important time.
‘Dwarves collapsed a mine shaft while working in a mine. What’s so funny…’
Logan ran quickly, trying to soothe his boiling stomach.
Meanwhile, the financial administrator left alone in the office was trying to wrap his head around the news of a mine accident that he did not even know existed.
“What kind of mine is this?!”
* * * Doo doo doo doo.
In his haste, he whipped the whip and added the power of the Force, and the lord’s favorite horse, the huge black horse Firerun, showed off his spirit by breaking through the two-hour distance in just half an hour.
Even though he seemed to be foaming at the mouth in return, Logan rushed to where the people were gathered without even looking back.
Heehee!
“Everyone get out of the way!”
“It’s Confucius!”
“Everyone get back!”
The workers who discovered Logan also quickly cleared the way.
“Where is the collapsed tunnel?”
“If you go in, it’s in the middle of the three paths. The deepest…”
Logan ran quickly without even hearing the answer.
As we quickly passed by the faint lights that illuminated the mine shaft and entered the middle of the three paths the miner had mentioned, not even the faint lights were visible, perhaps due to an accident.
However, the golden eyes could see right through the darkness, and Logan ran through the darkness without any hindrance.
Soon, miners with lanterns were found pounding on the rock wall in front of the collapsed stone block.
“What on earth happened…!”
“Shhh, if the space rings, the shaft may collapse again.”
It was Pale, one of the mining experts we rescued from Tethron Castle.
“What happened?”
In response to his warning, Logan lowered his voice and asked.
“We don’t know. Hamar went down the shaft as usual…”
“He didn’t look good. He was a bit overworked recently.”
“Maybe you made a mistake when using scroll?”
Hamar, who reads the ground conditions better than the 5th Circle Earth Mage, made a mistake?
I couldn’t believe it, but the pile of rocks filling the tunnel in front of me was definitely real.
“So what’s the state like now? How broken is it?”
“It looks like it’s about 50m or more. It looks like the magic scroll even collapsed the supports. Fortunately, the chain reaction has stopped, but other supports need to be checked as well. If this continues, the rescue work will take a few days…”
’50m?’
I couldn’t even hear the afterword.
I felt like I could do something at that distance.
“Get out of the way.”
“Huh? If you’re going to use the scroll right now…”
“I’m not stupid. Get out of the way.”
Pale swallowed his saliva and took a step back at the force contained in the low voice.
Logan stood there, placed his hands on the rock wall and concentrated his mind.
A weak force rose up and penetrated between the rock piles.
Logan sharpened his senses, which had been amplified to the maximum, and stretched out the thread of force in search of familiar energy.
How long has it been like that?
After a short but seemingly infinitely long time, Logan breathed a sigh of relief.
I could definitely feel Hamar’s energy deep inside the pile of collapsed rock walls.
Even the presence of a dozen workers with a warmth similar to Hamar.
“They’re all still alive.”
Logan sighed, thinking that the worst had been avoided.
“But there are a lot of people injured. Even Hamar. They seem to have fainted and are bleeding. Damn.”
“Yes? Confucius?”
“How could you do that…”
“I don’t know. How long do you think it will take to clean this up and take out the hippopotamus?”
“…It will take at least a week, if not three days. That’s assuming everything goes well. It’s impossible to take more than that without Hamar.”
When Logan looked away, the miners all nodded.
Logan gritted his teeth at that.
No matter how strong Hamar was as a dwarf, it was unlikely that he would be safe after bleeding and being crushed under a pile of rocks for more than three days.
Moreover, there was another biggest problem.
‘I wonder if the air is flowing or if we can breathe….’
If we wait too long, we cannot guarantee the survival of Hamar or the workers.
‘What should I do…’
A way to definitely save Hamar was already in my head.
Because the family had more qualified personnel than anyone else, the ‘Earth Wizard…’
However, a violent conflict arose in his heart.
‘What if we mobilize wizards and the secret leaks out?’
The existence of the mine was not yet known to the outside world.
Can we trust wizards who are just short-term hires?
Wouldn’t it be better to mobilize yourself or your drivers and work under the miners’ instructions?
Complicated thoughts were messing with my head, but if I did something hasty and a secondary collapse occurred, the worst would happen.
There was no surer way than mobilizing the earth wizards.
‘Anyway, we have to save Hamar somehow.’
Besides, that was the most important thing right now.
There was no talent to replace Hamar at this point.
‘I have no choice but to take some risk.’
And apart from all the rational reasons.
The lessons of his past life were engraved in his mind.
– If you don’t even protect your own person, there will be no one left around you.
“Yes. That’s right…”
The conflict that was swirling in my head was quickly erased.
Logan bit his lip and quickly left the tunnel.
* * *
“It is the Archduke!”
“Your Majesty!”
Doo doo doo doo.
Even as we passed by on horseback, workers greeted us here and there, but there was no time to accept their greetings now.
“Oh, Master Logan. It’s been a while…”
“Master Clayton! Can you speak with me privately for a moment?”
Clayton had no choice but to leave the construction site for a while with a stern expression in response to the urgent request, which even cut off a friendly greeting.
“You mean a mine… or an accident?”
Clayton, who heard Logan’s brief story, was very surprised and could not hide his shaking eyes.
But there was no time to just explain.
“That’s right. Mr. Clayton, please save Hamar and the workers! I will make sure you pay for it. Please.
” “…I guess the reason the dwarf was busy was because he was going back and forth between here and there. no wonder. Hehe, I understand. “People say they’re in danger, so I have to go and help them.”
“Thank you. This price must be…”
Clayton looked at Logan, who lowered his head with new eyes.
‘It’s a mine…’
I thought it was strange that he didn’t use the Collapse Scroll at all.
I thought there was some other ulterior motive, though. If it was a mining development, I could understand it.
‘If it was kept secret, it wouldn’t be like an ordinary copper mine.’
No, even if it was a copper mine, it was not easy to reveal the hidden secret to save a slave and a few workers.
He bowed his head and even promised to pay separately for himself, who was
just a hired wizard. ‘I guess it means he’s not a nobleman.’
I already knew that he was a capable young man from the time he accompanied him to the territory.
In addition, he was impressed by his broad-mindedness in not forcibly mobilizing the people of the territory who were obligated to work as collaborators, but instead making them do the work in exchange for food. In addition,
this time, he was impressed. From the incident to the actions shown.
‘Great!’
It was the greatest young man he had met recently.
‘This young man has a lot of money. Even if this project fails, this estate will continue to develop.’
Sometimes I thought that the feeling of happiness I felt whenever I saw a young person like this was proof that I was getting older, but it wasn’t a bad feeling.
“Greek! “Call the kids. They’re all coming with me.”
Clayton’s response was quick.
