Episode 52: The next day.
– The lord personally teaches intermediate swordsmanship.
McLane’s knights, who had heard those incredible words the day before, gathered at the training ground early in the morning.
“Was there any intermediate swordsmanship worthy of being passed down in our family?”
“Couldn’t you just tell me the matriarch’s tips?”
“You’ve already given me a lot of advice. If that’s all…”
“Ah. Still, I’m not the type of person who tells lies.”
When the voices of each knight were gradually getting louder.
A middle-aged man with a familiar face slowly walked in from the corner of the training hall.
As soon as they noticed his popularity, the knights all bowed their heads towards him.
“See you my lord!”
“See you my lord!”
It was a polite greeting, but the expression on Padrick’s face when he walked in after seeing those articles was not so good.
“…They are really divided into two. Are there two knights in our order?”
The knights simultaneously flinched at Padric’s bewildered voice.
As said, the current knights were divided into two groups, 41 and 32, and were lined up as if they were strangers.
One side was originally a knight of McLane, and the other side was a knight who converted from Tethron.
“I understand that we cannot easily become closer since we once fought for our lives.”
Serving two lords was a dishonor that would follow a knight throughout his life, but it was a domestic war for territory, not a war against a foreign country.
Since their previous lord had lost his life and even their bloodline had disappeared, there was only one path for the knights of Thethron to choose, and it was not one of dishonor.
“Still, I thought things would gradually get better if I knew the duty of a knight, but… Tsk.”
Contrary to the tone of clicking one’s tongue as if dejected, the momentum gradually becomes stronger.
The dawn glow behind where the red-haired, red-eyed middle-aged man was standing seemed blood-red for a moment.
“While I was silent, I heard an absurd rumor. I didn’t want to believe that it was a territorial act and sabotage of business. But… I knew that the rumor was true without having to look into it.”
Every time they made eye contact with the matriarch, who clicked her tongue with a disapproving look on her face, the knights couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat one by one.
Moreover, Padrick’s momentum was still growing.
“It’s because I’m full. I’m full. I’m training to the point of death to become stronger, and my son is working hard for his territory…” The
matriarch’s appearance as she walked slowly seemed relaxed, but the pressure felt greater than ever.
“The knights who are supposed to protect the territory are fighting with their pride like children. I haven’t paid too much attention. It’s all my fault. It’s my fault, right?”
Soon, the momentum radiating from Padric put pressure on the entire knights.
Heinkel, who faced the momentum at the forefront, could intuitively know that the family head had become one level stronger.
Although we should be happy that our lord has escaped decades of stagnation.
“no!”
Now that I couldn’t show up in front of my lord, I felt even more nervous.
“Absolutely not!”
The knights, who sensed the unusually violent atmosphere, responded in unison and waved their hands.
“No, it’s my fault. So I’m going to try to pay more attention from now on. Are you okay?”
“of course!”
“Okay. Then first…”
Gulp.
When the knights looked nervously at their lord.
A beam of red light over 2 meters long rose from the wooden sword that Padric picked up.
“Hmph!”
“Is that?!”
Even the knights who had been living in private circles widened their eyes as they clearly witnessed that their lord had risen to the highest level.
“The best way to learn swordsmanship is to use your body. Jump out one after another.”
But for them now, it was just a disaster.
Padric’s face became even colder as he looked at the knights’ expressions becoming grim.
‘If you roll around like a dog, you won’t be able to think harshly.’
To pass on a proper knighthood to his son.
He was willing to go through any hardships.
* * * After waking up from meditation and finishing the morning practice, I head to the office.
As soon as Logan ran into Dwayne in the hallway, instead of saying hello, he started talking about business.
“Did you put out a recruitment notice for soldiers?”
“Yes. We will start recruiting in both castles with the beginning of winter. Feran, who is in charge of the soldiers, is puzzled by the news of the sudden increase in troops, but we have a lot of money.”
Logan cleared his throat at Dwayne’s words, which had a strange connection.
“Hmm. Money is money, and work is done by people. If you can help, help…”
“I have a lot of money, so why worry? It will take care of itself.”
Dwayne’s smiling face didn’t seem to show any worries.
‘…This guy has definitely changed too.’
I sighed, but had no idea what to do.
“Well, from now on, my father will also be in charge of training regular troops.”
“Didn’t the head of the house decide to take charge of training the knights?”
“Soldiers are also knight candidates in a broad sense. Who knows if there will be more awakened people if my father takes charge?”
Assigning talent to the right place is the basis of territory management.
I was planning to push my father so hard that he would regret handing over full power too early.
“Heh heh. Do whatever you want.”
Fortunately, Dwayne, who had become a yes man at some point, did not object at all.
“Everyone in the territory has finished their work and gone back, right? We’ll have to gather them again in about a month, but before then, let them get some rest.”
“Are you talking about construction work in that village? We’ve already announced it. Residents are responding well.”
“…is the response good?”
Winter begins and they make you work when you should be resting?
“Because Confucius has shown me that much.”
“Huh…”
I couldn’t get used to what was happening, but Logan decided to just move on, saying that this too was a good thing.
“Aren’t you going to give us food? Plus, it’s their house anyway.”
After listening to it, I found Dwayne’s words to be true.
“And when recruiting soldiers…”
“Aaaah!”
At that moment, a loud scream was heard from afar, consuming Logan’s voice.
Both of their eyes turned at the same time to that desperate voice.
“….”
“….”
“It sounds like it’s coming from a weapon?”
“Yeah. It looks like that, but there’s knight training right now…”
Boom!
“Let’s go…!”
Along with a bizarre scream, a red light that was clearly visible from afar erupted.
And as if responding to the voice, a sturdy knight was seen soaring over the fence of the training ground.
“Please save my life…!”
“My lord. I couldn’t sleep…”
“Ron! Come to your senses! Open your eyes!
The two couldn’t hide their bewilderment at the desperate voices that became clearer as they got closer to the training ground.
“The knights’ training was originally like that… Are you going?”
Logan immediately thought of that ridiculous horseback riding training.
“That can’t be possible…”
It wasn’t enough to make him cry.
“I guess it’s the new training my father has planned.”
He made up his mind. I see.
It was an unexpected thing, but that was exactly what Logan felt. It was
just that.
“Starting today, I am in charge of training the soldiers… hehe!”
“I left all the other work to Logan. All you have to do is train with me for a while!” He
suddenly realized that he was also in charge of one of the most important duties of knights.
‘Well, I’ll be the one to recruit soldiers.’
It wasn’t a bad story for him, who had to raise the level of his soldiers anyway.
However, there was something he had to do first.
* * *
“What’s wrong with you, Logan? These days, it’s almost just dogmatic…”
These days, Dwayne has been receiving a lot of complaints like this.
However,
“Confucius must have some ideas. What are you arguing about? Now that the budget has increased, there’s nothing to see?! Where does that budget come from? uh? Just do whatever Logan tells you to do. If I have to criticize, I have to criticize!”
The former financial manager who listened to his subordinates’ questions and looked for ways to save even a little bit of money had disappeared.
“Dwayne?”
There was no longer anything to see in Dwayne’s eyes.
“20 years of management. Budget. ‘I never knew I could be so happy to be able to sign documents without worrying.’
And he didn’t want to allow any factor to disturb that happiness.
“You’re going to spend all the gold bars, which would be worth 10 million gold?! why? What on earth are you going to do?!”
But Dwayne seemed to have visions of the money that had given him happiness disappearing like fog.
“They said they’ll give it twice as much next month. Don’t worry.”
At first glance, it sounded like a fraud, but the person who
said that was the owner of the budget. “But you should know why that ridiculous expenditure is necessary…” ”
I’m going to buy mithril. A bit much.”
“…Yes?”
“Mithril.”
“What are you buying?”
“I’m buying mithril. About 100 kg.”
“Why on earth?!”
Dwayne screamed as if in a fit.
Mithril, the silver of the gods.
It contains magical power of its own, has ten times the strength of refined steel, and weighs 1. A rare magical metal worth only /3.
It is a metal mined in rare small quantities from iron ore, gold or silver mines, and its value was 1000 times that of gold of the same weight.
So, Dwayne had no choice but to go crazy and jump around.
“Mithril . What on earth are you going to do by buying 100kg of ?”
But as always, Logan did not accept the counterargument.
“Why, why? Aren’t you tired?”
“…Yes?”
“If I were you, I wouldn’t do it even if I got tired. “Has there been anything I’ve done that was wrong?”
“That’s right, but.”
The undeniable fact created by performance weighed heavily on Dwayne’s resistance. He
had a lot to say, but couldn’t bring himself to say it out loud, seeing the sight of Dwayne suffering. Logan, grinning, explained the reason.
“To make some weapons for the knights.”
“Yes? A mithril weapon, that kind of money….”
“That’s a lot of money! I’m not saying I’m going to give you all the mithril. Even if you buy that much, considering the number of knights, mithril alloy would be the best.”
“Ugh, you lost all sense of money after mining one gold mine…”
Looking at Dwayne’s frustration, Logan added as if to comfort him.
“Ta . These are knights who have worked hard while receiving less pay than territory. We should treat them as well as we can now.”
“Does it really need to be a mithril weapon?”
“There is money and there are dwarves. What else can’t you do? “With just one month’s worth of profits, that’s reasonable consumption.”
“Ha, reasonable… heh heh.”
It has long been a habit of overspending.
If this absurd consumption is called reasonable, it means that this can continue in the future.
Dwayne’s It seemed as if the future, which seemed to be only an imaginary flowery road, was getting darker in real time.
‘I need to stop it. I can’t stop it…’
However, this instigator of overconsumption has proven everything with his performance, as he said.
Moreover, in fact, it is a gold mine. Since it was his personal property, there was no reason to object.
“I already decided, so I know that. If you have any urgent financial matters, just put it off.”
Logan left, leaving a notice rather than a discussion.
He seemed to have already made up his mind, and now no one could stop him.
Boom.
“…You passed it on too quickly, matriarch. Hehehe.”
Visit. This closed, lone administrator had no choice but to wail in a place where no one could hear.
‘A definite plan to strengthen the knight’s strength.’
Improving the quality of the armor.
To some, it was a lot of money, but to Logan, it was just one of the things that had to be done.
I wanted to give artifacts as a gift, but giving artifact armor to all of the knights was impossible no matter how much gold mine I had.
‘Most of them are average . For an order of knights at the knight level, full mithril weapons are rather light and a waste.’
Considering everything, this was the most reasonable choice.
Just by having a mithril alloy weapon, you can expect a power increase of at least 10% to a maximum of 20%.
‘Should I make my sword entirely out of mithril?’
Just imagining it brought a happy smile to my face.
As a knight, he also had a desire for great weapons.
In his previous life, he had never even seen a mithril alloy weapon, but now he thought it would be okay to be a little more greedy.
But… ..
[It’s impossible.]
Philip’s firm words brought down those hopeful expectations to the ground.
