Chapter 180. A reliable supporter (2)
Construction began in earnest.
‘The anchor I ordered just happened to be chosen properly.’
Was it the day after rejecting Count Namaran’s proposal?
The blacksmiths in the castle came here early in the morning.
It was a steel anchor that was about 7 meters long.
‘It was very good quality for a prototype.’
Indeed, Count Namaran was a blacksmith who was highly recommended.
The standard and performance of anchors were mostly satisfactory.
In particular, the perfection of the wedge at the end, which was designed with reference to the wedgelock bolt, was admirable.
The requirements of this side were almost accurately reflected and produced.
‘The spiral groove of the tip wedge was properly dug.’
Thanks to this, the construction schedule gained momentum.
Based on the prototype, we ordered the mass production of the same anchor.
It was from then.
Lloyd took the first shovel of full-scale construction.
“Now, this is the first time everyone is working with me, so it will be a bit awkward. So, I have a question in advance, is it a skeleton that is new to construction?”
“….”
“I know you can’t talk anyway, so let’s answer by raising your hand. Raise your hand, skeletons new to this type of construction.”
Dalgak!
All of the 200 Corps of Engineers or Goal Brigade members raised their hands.
Lloyd’s eyebrows twitched slightly.
“what. All of them are newbies?”
Dalgak!
“why?”
I couldn’t believe it, but everyone is a construction beginner.
Seeing Lloyd’s slightly perplexed appearance, the goalkeeper’s leader Turtle Neck stepped forward. I heard a piece of paper and charcoal.
– Don’t worry too much. It’s because everyone loses their memory.
“what? You don’t remember?”
– yes. I’m going crazy too. When you were a human, you can’t remember what you did or what kind of person you were.
“aha. Is that why everyone was calling them Turtle Neck and Fifty Shoulder?”
– yes. I forgot all the old names.
“Tsk. It’s just a blank slate.”
– Still, there must be quite a few friends who have done construction. As you do, you may recall familiar experiences.
“Well, that would be nice. Hmmm! Anyway.”
Lloyd’s gaze returned to the goalkeepers.
“Some may be new to construction and others may recall previous experiences. But it must be the first time that everyone is working with me.”
Dalgrak!
Also, 200 goalkeepers who raised their hands and clattered their lower jaws brightly.
Lloyd smiled bitterly.
“Oh, you don’t have to raise your hand anymore. Anyway, I hope everyone will engrave this one thing on their bones as they go through the construction from now on. safety first. The most important thing in the field is safety. So don’t move in a hurry or in a hurry. That’s bad for your joints. Even if it’s a little slow, it’s safe and accurate. Otherwise, it would be the injured person who suffers from bone disease. got it?”
Crack!
“…Are you really going to carve it into your bones?”
The bone soldier who carved the four letters ‘Safety First’ into the ribs took up a shovel.
Xaviel, who was watching Lloyd’s instruction from the side, also raised his sword.
Slope stability construction to start from now on.
It was because Xaviel played the most important role in that construction.
“know? pierce it.”
Lloyd held up a large paintbrush.
A large amount of red paint was applied all over the slope of the cliff.
It seemed like he applied it haphazardly, but in fact, the paint he applied only pointed to the thoroughly calculated and designed spots.
Of course, Xaviel was well aware of that fact.
It was thanks to the thick bones of the construction work with Lloyd.
“Tell me the direction and angle depth and diameter.”
“Vertical. 12 meters deep and 1 meter in diameter.”
“All right.”
The auger crane equipment, or the silver-haired knight, who received the data value (?) necessary for excavating a vertical hole, raised his sword.
Lloyd stared at the painted floor.
Power went into the hand holding the sword.
There was a faint rage in his eyes.
Are you treated with construction equipment as always?
It wasn’t.
It was the opposite.
‘I’m embarrassed.’
I was angry with myself.
You don’t have the right to complain that only construction work is done.
Because this is the only thing that can be done properly.
The powerful enemy he faced was too much to deal with alone.
Even if that opponent is a Hell Knight.
The fact that I couldn’t deal with it alone doesn’t change.
The fact that he received the help of Lloyd, who is to be protected, also does not change.
I was sorry and ashamed of that fact.
own part.
own duty.
own mission.
I felt embarrassed that I hadn’t done any of them properly.
‘Yes, I was conceited.’
It must have been since he became a sword master.
At some point, it seemed that he was satisfied without even realizing it.
That’s enough.
It’s enough to have reached this level.
Maybe I was complacent without even knowing it.
Maybe it wasn’t that developed.
‘I can’t deny it. No, the moment I deny myself, I will never be able to dream of progress.’
Confronting Hell Knight, he was at a loss.
A confrontation that could not have been won without Lloyd’s help.
Reflecting on those moments, Xaviel deeply reflected on himself.
and promised
that it will develop further.
I will never put the owner and the territory in danger again.
So let’s never be distracted even at the moment of construction like this.
No, let’s take this moment as training.
It was engraved on his chest and his spleen eyes flashed.
next moment.
His sword shone.
Spa Papa Pad!
It moved like the wind.
stung me like a flash
It burst like thunder.
Two-Quack-! Accurate-!
Every time he moved and thrust his sword into the ground, blasts exploded without fail.
However, the explosion caused by the blast was quite different from before.
If blasting in the past was just a rough explosion in the ground, now it didn’t even give as much impact as playing a xylophone to the range that Lloyd requested.
It was because Xaviel mobilized all his skills and adjusted the range of impact in millimeters.
Of course, that was difficult.
It was also incredibly tiring.
But Xaviel continued to do it.
‘Completion of power. control of the range. more precisely. The place to break is even more certain!’
Every single sword attack becomes training.
Even if he is mobilized for construction work and wields a sword.
Daily routine breathing.
Just a normal gait.
From now on, I will use the entire process as training.
I will make it a stepping stone to further polish myself.
As he carves his firm resolve, Xaviel’s sword continued to dance fiercely and elaborately.
Dozens of smooth vertical holes 1 meter in diameter and 12 meters in depth were lined up on the slopes of the Namaran cliffs.
Then it was finally the turn of the goalkeeper.
“ruler! move!”
squeaking!
Bone disease rose with Lloyd’s relief.
A log 13 meters long and 1 meter in diameter was placed on their shoulders.
“Focus! And remember! You have to move together according to the commands so that your legs don’t cross each other! Keep in mind that if I fall and lose my balance, my teammates in front and behind may get hurt and everyone carrying the log may be crushed!”
Beep!
The bone soldiers nodded their skulls.
I took my steps step by step according to the command.
Moved large and heavy logs.
The vertical hole excavated by Xaviel earlier.
It was a round pile that would be inserted into it to hold the ground firmly.
‘It’s like the toothpick you put on a hamburger when you go to a homemade hamburger shop. Just like the patties, bread, and lettuce won’t drip down the sides if you plug them in properly. The ground is the same. The hard bedrock of the depths and the soft surface are stuck together like this to hold them together.’
Not just one stake, but several.
By inserting them in a row, the effect is more dramatic.
Besides, Lloyd was also very satisfied with the wood used as the round pile.
This was thanks to the climatic characteristics of the Namaran region.
‘Because of the high altitude, it is dry and cool all year round. Thanks to this, iron pine trees, whose wood is as hard as steel, but seldom decays, tend to grow wild in a wide range.’
A solid iron pine with a diameter of 1 meter.
That was more than enough to serve as a round pile.
Lloyd had already confirmed that fact dozens of times with the simulation option.
“Now, Kkoming is next!”
“Kkoming!”
Lloyd shouted to the sky when the goalkeeper moved the stake to the vertical hole.
To that cry, Kkomingi, who was waiting in the sky, responded.
It fluttered its wings and came down.
I bit the rope wildly.
The other end of the rope was tied to one end of a stake.
Just like that, Kkomingyi flew up with the rope bitten.
the rope was pulled
The stakes were erected.
“Bone troops! Match the stakes!”
squeaking!
The bone guards clung to the vertical stakes.
I moved the bottom of the stake to fit the vertical hole.
Lloyd confirmed that and shouted.
“Kkoming! Under!”
“Komiming!”
Kkomingyi flopped and slowly descended.
The piling was driven into the vertical hole little by little.
And after a few minutes the stakes completely filled the uprights.
‘good. It’s perfect.’
Lloyd clenched his fists as he looked at the shape of the stake.
It was a stake that had been precisely cut to a diameter of 1 meter and a length of 13 meters from the beginning.
It filled the hole just right, without an inch of error or left over.
In other words, it meant that the entire process from the excavation of the vertical hole to the insertion of the pile was perfectly constructed.
“good! Keep going like this, Kazuah!”
“Kkoming!”
squeaking!
Lloyd’s cry, Kkomingi’s answer, and the skeleton’s applause continued to build time and space.
Over the course of 15 days, dozens of stakes were driven in at intervals of 2 meters. A belt was also installed to connect the upper ends of the piles and support each other’s strength.
Next was anchor construction for the slope.
First, the site of the slope where the anchor will be installed was straightened out.
And when Xaviel drilled the hole, he pushed the anchor in.
Kirik! Kwakkwagak!
An anchor was inserted into a hole drilled at a 45 degree incline.
After inserting it all the way, turn the bar in the center of the anchor.
The head at the end of the anchor attached to the rod turned.
The anchor head rotated along the screw-like groove. entered the anchor body. As the head went inside, the diameter of the anchor tip increased. It filled the hole tightly and was firmly fixed.
Lloyd then injected the grout solution into the hole.
It was a curing agent made by mixing lime with special glue made by boiling slime.
The rope attached to the anchor was pulled taut in accordance with the curing of the grout solution thus introduced. The other end of the rope was connected to a flat pressure plate placed on the ground.
The pressure plate was made by cutting granite. The size of the pressure plate, which was shaped like a cross, reached 2 meters in width and length.
anchor in the ground.
Hydraulic pressure plate installed on the ground.
Between them, the rope pulled the pressure plate with taut force.
A large, flat pressure plate pressed down on the slope of the cliff.
What if the hard pile you built earlier was a toothpick stuck in a hamburger?
This anchor was like piercing a hamburger with a threaded needle and attaching a plastic plate to the other end of the thread and placing it on top of the hamburger.
Anchor needle.
the rope is threaded.
The pressure plate is a plastic plate.
What if the thread is taut in that state?
The plastic sheet will press down on the hamburger as much as the string is taut.
This creates a strong anchoring effect.
So, everyone built numerous restraint piles and anchors according to the design.
The dripping sweat and the creaking of the bone marrow.
Kkomingyi’s flapping of his wings and Lloyd’s commands continued every day.
A day passes, two days pass.
Ten days passed, a month and two months passed.
The cosmos that bloomed in late summer wither.
I wondered if the entire highlands were dyed in autumn leaves.
The day when the first snow finally fell.
The long and long work was over.
The result was successful.
The slope of the cliff, which had been crumbling and flowing down little by little every day, changed.
It no longer collapsed.
Of course Count Namaran, who confirmed this with his own two eyes, cheered.
“Here’s the promised construction price.”
“This…Isn’t it a carriage?”
“Right.”
“Couldn’t this wagon be the construction money?”
“Heh heh, I hope so. Look inside the wagon.”
Count Namaran smiled kindly.
Seeing this, Lloyd felt a sense of inadequacy.
‘This is something.’
The premonition of jackpot blooms rapidly.
Lloyd opened the carriage door with his heart pounding before he knew it.
And both eyes wide open.
“It’s my little castle.”
“….”
A box full of wagons.
Gold coins staggered into the slightly opened box.
is this a real story?
Lloyd asked in bewilderment.
“…Can I accept all of this?”
“Don’t you believe it? Heh heh heh! I wrote a little bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of In fact, considering his exploits in saving my daughter and the city, I thought I would give him more, but I was a bit embarrassed that he refused this old man’s request, so I cut my courtesy a bit.”
“haha. You don’t have to cut that.”
I try to grumble.
However, unlike such grumbling, the corners of his mouth naturally catch on his ears.
‘hurray!’
Lloyd secretly clenched his fists.
There were five boxes filled with gold and silver coins.
This would be enough to manage both the territory and the refugee group without royal support for the time being.
‘nice. Super Special Nice.’
After all, there is nothing better than money.
money is the best
With just this money, you can now swim in a pot of honey for the rest of your life.
Convinced, Lloyd set out on his way back to the Prontera domain.
Driving a wagon full of gold coins.
With 200 bone mounds.
Being escorted off by the count and the young lady, Bomu proudly departed Namaran.
And finally, the 12th day of the journey.
The morning half a day before arriving at the Frontera territory.
Lloyd called out to Xaviel, who was clearing the campfire.
“Hey, Xaviel?”
“yes. What are you doing?”
“There you are. Isn’t there such a thing as being pretentious?”
“…What do you mean, all of a sudden, pretentious?”
“bet. Lady Ella. You decided to return to the territory with that outfit, right?”
“….”
“You couldn’t have forgotten, did you?”
“….”
I honestly forgot.
The iron-blooded knight’s heart sank.
Seeing that, Lloyd’s mouth bloomed with a mischievous and evil smile.
Before he knew it, Lady Ella’s dress and wig, which he had prepared in advance, were in his hands.
