Chapter 196. The deceased young man (1)
Creepy!
Turtle Neck held out both hands.
I made a finger bone heart.
Several other skeleton soldiers appeared behind him.
Together, they fired finger hearts at everyone.
Lloyd, whom they regard as their master and benefactor.
It was a greeting that contained the joy of meeting him after a long time.
‘Cheup. We had a really hard time getting here.’
The third cervical vertebra of the turtle neck trembled with emotion.
Suddenly, the long journey I had been through to get to this place came to mind in my skull.
So it must have been the morning after Lloyd left the estate with the King’s envoy.
‘Leader!’
It was when everyone woke up in the morning without doing anything.
Staying in line with the human construction schedule.
To follow the rhythms of the body engraved in the bone marrow.
It must have been the time when I woke up early in the morning and was basking in the sunlight.
One of the goal guards raised a hand.
I accidentally made fun of my finger bones.
He quickly wrote his feelings in the air.
Hand movements that would have been difficult for humans to recognize.
However, the rest of the goalkeepers were able to accurately recognize and read the hand gestures used by their comrades.
The bone guard said:
‘It’s empty!’
The rest of the bone guards also nodded their heads.
‘right. me too.’
‘I am the same. Strangely, it’s light from morning.’
‘I feel like the wind is blowing through my ribs.’
‘Originally, the wind kept coming in?’
‘Oh, that means that’s how it feels. Her pelvis is smaller than mine.’
The goalkeepers all wrote a word.
someone nodded
And some even fight.
He said he felt the same way.
To do so, Turtle Neck, who had been looking at them for a while, wrote.
‘Somehow I think I know the reason.’
‘What? Does the captain know?’
‘Tell me quickly.’
Everyone looked at the turtle neck like a mother bird.
Turtle Neck clicked its lower jaw and laughed soundlessly.
‘It’s because Lloyd left us.’
‘Ah ah.’
Everyone nodded their heads in unison.
Three, three, five, I wrote what I had to say.
‘Then what should we do, Captain?’
‘Could I continue to live empty until Lloyd returns?’
‘I don’t like that. I feel like I’m going to get osteoporosis.’
‘right. I can’t live like this.’
‘Let’s do something!’
Emotions that had been suppressed were released.
Longing for his benefactor and master, Lloyd.
The emptiness created by his disappearance from his side.
i want to fill it
I was anxious to solve it.
Turtle neck had to spend a lot of effort to take care of such goal soldiers.
‘Whoa. Calm down everyone. Being too excited is bad for your bones. It loses its luster and fades.’
‘Then what are you going to do now, Captain?’
‘well. I have a thought that comes to my mind.’
‘Say something quickly!’
Everyone only looked at the turtle neck’s fingertips.
Turtle Neck wrote his thoughts in the air.
‘We’re going to find Lloyd.’
‘Oh oh!’
‘There are conditions instead.’
‘condition?’
‘uh. I think it would be better to select only the elite among us and visit them.’
‘why? why?’
Everyone tilted their heads.
Turtle neck’s handwriting continued.
‘Think about it. Lloyd, he’s our master, so he’s not afraid of us. It’s okay because the people in the Frontera Territory heard Lloyd’s story, but what about the others?’
‘….’
‘As soon as they see us, they’ll make a fuss. They either run away in fear or try to beat us up. Does everyone want that?’
‘No, that’s not it.’
‘That’s why.’
Turtle Neck’s hand gestures became faster.
‘It should be kept out of sight of people as much as possible. But if all 200 of us move, the risk of being spotted at some point increases. That’s why we’re going to select a few representatives from among us and send them to Lloyd.’
‘Are you going to help with Lloyd’s work?’
‘Yes.’
Turtleneck nodded his skull.
‘If it’s Lloyd, he’ll do construction again wherever he goes. I don’t know why. It just feels that way. ‘Cause I’m that kind of person Actually, it doesn’t matter if you don’t. Anyway, let’s choose the elite among us. Only about twenty-nine. That person alone is going to find Lloyd and help him with his work. How is it?’
‘Then what about the rest?’
‘Can not help it. I have no choice but to be content with hoping for the luck of my colleagues who have been selected as the elite.’
The Turtle Tree calmly expressed its meaning.
The goalkeepers were silent.
Selected 20 elites out of 200.
Then the odds of getting picked are about 1/10.
If selected, you can go see the owner Lloyd.
If you can’t get it, you have to bask in the sun all day here or wash your finger bones to make bone broth.
But it seemed that he had no choice.
Because the captain’s words are always right.
‘Okay, I agree.’
‘I agree!’
‘Come on, let’s pull it out. Let’s select the elite!’
All the members of the goalkeeper voted in favor.
The process of selecting the elite was simple and quick.
‘Come on, make groups of 20 and choose a leader. Rock-paper-scissors is fair between the captains!’
‘paper!’
Amidst several rounds (?) of close matches and mixed sighs and joy, the lucky 20th pitcher was selected.
There were 18 skeletal soldiers, including Captain Turtle Neck and Vice Commander Fifty Gyeon.
‘Then I leave the command of the remaining members to you, Square Jaw.’
‘…sniff Yes, do our part well, captain.’
‘Leave it to me.’
Thus, the turtle neck and fifty-shouldered 18 skeleton soldiers packed shovels and left the Frontera territory at night.
they didn’t get lost
In the first place, they were subordinated to Lloyd through the Undead Domination skill.
Thanks to this, I could feel the direction Lloyd was in real time.
‘East!’
‘Gazua!’
crossed the Eastern Mountains.
It has never been an easy journey.
Numerous wild animals and monsters coveted the shiny bones of the party.
Among them, the pack of wolves frequently drool and harassed the party.
But I overcame it.
They crossed the Eastern Mountains safely.
A wasteland where it was difficult to even find a sip of water spread out.
Since then, the journey has become much easier.
It was because they were bone soldiers who didn’t need water or anything in the first place.
‘It’s warm because I’m in the sun all day long!’
There was no need for food or water.
It was the same even when the desert spread out.
Rather, it was more convenient because there was less risk of being noticed by people.
That’s how I crossed the desert.
Occasionally passing by oasis or near villages was not a big problem.
They all spent the day scattered all over the desert sand dunes and pits.
Then it was okay if someone passed nearby.
I just left after looking at the scattered bones and saying to myself that it was a pity that I was in distress.
Like that, I continued to move with camouflage.
In the middle, Lloyd’s location suddenly changed suddenly.
‘Oh, Lloyd just passed over our heads!’
‘what? really?’
‘I saw it too! It was Lloyd! Kkoming rode and flew away!’
For a moment, everyone was confused.
Lloyd’s location, which he had felt across the desert to the east, changed to the royal road Magenta in an instant.
But the confusion is short-lived.
from west to east over the desert.
Again Lloyd passed overhead.
From then on, everyone moved on steadily.
And finally today.
After a long journey, they arrived here without a single dropout.
Of course, thanks to the connection of the Undead Control skill, Lloyd was able to feel both the movement and approach of the goalkeeper.
‘Anyway, they’re very special.’
Turtle Neck, Fifty Shoulders, and 18 Skeleton Soldiers who came all the way here.
Lloyd’s eyes were colored with delight as he looked at them.
‘I don’t ask for food or lodging. It doesn’t get tired and the tips are good. You don’t even get a daily wage? Fish oil these gold nuggets.’
But now he came all the way to this faraway place to help himself.
I just had to look pretty.
Of course, the feelings of the rest of the rebels watching the Goal Brigade were a little different.
“What?”
“What is that!”
Termez, the leader of the rebels.
And the rest of the rebel men were all startled.
As soon as I saw the turtle neck, I reflexively picked up a shovel and a pickaxe.
If Lloyd hadn’t stopped him at the right time, he might have charged the goalkeeper right away.
“Whoa, whoa. Everyone calm down.”
Lloyd grabbed Thermes’ shovel.
He quickly turned to everyone with a smile on his face.
“do not be surprised. Those guys are the ones who listen to me.”
“…You mean those skeletons?”
“yes.”
“Have you ever been a warlock?”
“Ah, that’s not it.”
Lloyd’s smile widened.
“I have a little story. Do you want to hear it?”
“ah….”
Thermes and everyone hesitated at Lloyd’s question.
Soon, their complexions became pale.
The day I first kidnapped Lloyd.
It was because he had remembered asking the wrong question that day and listening to Lloyd’s answer for over an hour.
Thermes quickly shook his head.
“No no. I don’t think there’s any need for an explanation.”
“Isn’t it? It’s not like we need anything like that.”
“Right. Ah, of course it is.”
Thermes laughed urgently and awkwardly.
Lloyd also gave a satisfied smile.
“Thank you for trusting me. Anyway, they don’t ask. I won’t hit or kick you. They are sincere and kind kids, so they listen to what I say.”
“exactly?”
“yes. After all, they are full-time workers working at my estate.”
What a brilliant full-time job.
At Lloyd’s introduction, the Turtle Neck, Fifty Shoulders, and the rest of the bone guards proudly put their shovels on their shoulder blades.
Lloyd, who roughly resolved the misunderstanding toward the Goal Brigade, spoke.
“Anyway, it’s very fortunate that a talented person who can pierce the last water vein of the canal came at the right time.”
I smiled and tapped Turtle Neck’s shoulder.
Everyone’s eyes widened.
“Could it be that the skeleton soldier is doing the last dowsing?”
“yes. That way no one will die.”
Naturally.
The final task of piercing the water veins of the qanat canal is extremely dangerous.
To what extent is it dangerous, it is a 100% mortality rate.
i.e. die indefinitely.
So, when selling qanat in the ancient Middle East, the oldest worker took over the last water line work. No, he made a sacrifice. So, risking his life, he handed down clean water to his young people and descendants.
But here?
No need to.
“Here, these turtle necks and bone soldiers will be put into water vein work.”
“Is it okay to do that?”
“Yes what. Instead, a strainer should be installed downstream of the waterway. That way these guys won’t lose their bones.”
“….”
Everyone nodded, feeling a little overwhelmed.
So, the final task was prepared.
Several layers of sieve nets and sieve frames were installed downstream of the waterway.
And the turtle neck and fifty shoulder bone soldiers were put in.
“Now, from here, do you see the direction of the guidelines this way? Just dig it up.”
squeaking!
Turtle Neck and Bone Guard nodded vigorously, holding up shovels and pickaxes.
He hit the bedrock with a pickaxe without rest and dug it out with a shovel.
long time to do that.
The water vein was finally pierced.
Phew-!
‘…!’
Huge water pressure burst out.
The members of the bone soldiers, including Turtle Neck, could not hold out for even 0.1 second, and many of the bones in their bodies were scattered. It was washed away by the raging torrent along the waterway. And I was able to get caught in the strainer without losing a single bone.
After that, water continued to flow along the canal.
Aaaah-!
Through a tunnel beneath a vast and desolate desert.
By flowing along a precisely calculated path.
finally reached the destination.
The end of the qanat.
Clear water flowed from a water purification plant in one corner of Kandara City.
It was melted water from the ice caps that flowed from the foot of the mountain, a whopping 36 kilometers away.
“It’s water! Water really flows!”
A stream of water filling the water purification plant in an instant.
Seeing that, the citizens of Kandara were thrilled and shouted.
In fact, they were citizens who did not trust Lloyd very much.
At first, I thought he was the Sultan’s pawn.
Later, after hearing the story of the rebels, the misunderstanding was resolved.
In fact, he is an aristocratic boy from a distant country in the west.
He said that he came to do construction work to get rid of the drought here.
I did know the inside story to some extent.
But even so, I continued to have doubts about whether Lloyd could really pull the water this far.
Bringing water from the foot of a distant mountain?
I wondered if that would be possible.
It’s a futile hope.
It’s a vain wish.
In my heart, I was so dismissive.
Even our king, the sultan, gave up.
It’s been a long time since the city’s officials also made a fuss.
Would a young master from another country willingly do such a thing?
Let’s not have too high expectations.
Expecting too much will result in great disappointment.
I was preparing for a situation that would one day be disheartening.
But now I can’t see it.
The man named Lloyd was right.
Indeed everything he said actually came true.
The cold water that now wets their hands.
The proof was the clear water that the father and son safely drank.
‘thank god.’
Citizens got water that would never dry up in the middle of a drought.
Seeing them, Lloyd smiled happily.
However, he did not recklessly cheer or rejoice like the citizens.
It is still too early to surrender to joy.
We need to look at the rest of the waterways.
‘Because this is not the end of Qanat’s channel. I have to check all of them.’
Lloyd recalled the construction order contract he had with the Sultan.
The content of the contract was to solve the drought in ‘the entire Kandahar region’ with qanat.
But what about the city of Kandara?
It is the central city of Kandahar province.
It wasn’t all province.
So it was.
‘In the first place, I didn’t blindly block all of the rebels’ tunnels.’
Blocked where to block and pierced where to pierce.
It went through elaborate calculations and simulations.
So, like a spider’s web, like a blood vessel, the waterway led to small towns and villages throughout the province of Kandahar.
“So, Mr. Termez? Now move a little with me.”
“Where are you talking?”
“Other towns and villages in the region.”
They probably still don’t know about Qanat’s existence.
The rebels’ tunnels that stretched near their cities and villages.
That clear water came flowing along the tunnel.
That the cave has come to act like a natural well.
Therefore, as long as water is scooped up from there, they will be able to farm without suffering from thirst.
You should fly with Thermes and tell him in detail.
Only then will he be able to say that he has completed his contract with the Sultan.
“Let’s go.”
It was from that day.
Over the course of three days, Lloyd made a tour of each small town and village in the Kandahar region. He informed the people of the destination in detail about the existence of qanat and how to use and manage it.
Just like that, the moment I finally finished visiting the last village.
A welcome and fruitful message floated in front of Lloyd’s eyes.
Ding dong.
[You have accomplished the feat of connecting a miraculous stream of water in the middle of the dry desert through your ingenious wit, bold negotiating ability, and precise and tenacious construction method.]
.]
[A new tribute to you has been created.]
[A new tribute < The Master of the Western Country > has been created.]
