Chapter 297. Colosseum effect (2)
“What is this. Why did time stop?”
Bingryong Tyranus was surprised.
It had to be.
I was sleeping well for a while.
As always, I was thoroughly enjoying the chill of the glacial den.
Suddenly, time stopped.
However, he was fine in the frozen time.
‘How did this happen?’
Bingryong jumped up from his seat.
coo coo coo…! Great!
Body length of 270 meters.
It weighs a whopping 10,000 tons.
I led the giant and came out of the glacial den.
“….”
The world had stopped.
The snowflakes that had fallen in the polar regions stood still as if they were stuck in the air.
Deep wrinkles appeared between the scales between Bingryong’s eyebrows.
I could finally feel it.
‘Did you use the heart of winter?’
It seemed like that.
I felt an unusual chill spread throughout the world.
Mana that felt so familiar to him.
It was mana emitted from the heart of winter.
‘I see now. Someone frozen time with the Heart of Winter. So, I was the only exception to that freezing phenomenon. I’m the one who made the heart of winter.’
The wrinkles between Bingryong’s eyebrows deepened.
‘Then the person who caused this phenomenon must be so. A human who absorbed the heart of winter some time ago. Did he do something?’
All of a sudden, I felt a sense of shame.
It was because I thought that person was using other people’s things carelessly.
‘Because it’s mine. I made it and gave it as a gift to Michael and his descendants.’
It was said that it was presented to Michael, the founding king of Magentano, to commemorate the opening of the business.
At the time, I also remembered how Michael was so grateful that he didn’t know what to do.
It was heartwarming.
That Michael would use the heart of winter to the fullest.
Its descendants will be rich and strong thanks to the Heart of Winter.
It seems like a good present for a friend.
How proud I was of being alone.
‘But a guy who has nothing to do with Michael or his descendants uses it at random without permission because it’s not enough to swallow it?’
Come to think of it, I didn’t really like it.
I thought I couldn’t just leave this alone.
That’s how Bingryong decided.
‘I’ll have to retrieve it.’
I need to get the heart of winter back.
The moment you make that decision.
Aaaaaang-!
Bingryong’s huge legs kicked the glacier.
Two mighty wings stirred the cold polar air.
So it flew into the air.
But it wasn’t that fast.
‘Gee! Is it because time is frozen? I’m also slower than usual.’
Bingryong Tyranus grumbled.
Thanks to being the creator of the heart of winter.
It could be an exception to the time freezing phenomenon.
However, it was not completely unaffected by the freezing phenomenon.
His movements seemed to be dozens or hundreds of times slower than usual.
The flapping of wings vigorously.
The speed of flying through the air.
Everyone was so frustrated that they slowed down to the point that their clothes burst.
‘Tsk. It would be nice to use teleport, but because of the time freeze.’
The flow of mana in the world was also different from usual.
In particular, the temporal coordinates are all twisted.
That’s why I couldn’t use teleport recklessly.
In the end, the only way left was to fly like a slug.
‘At this rate, it will take several months to reach that human.’
Bingryong grumbled again.
A human who absorbed the heart of winter.
I wouldn’t leave him alone.
I made a promise and burned a new hostility.
Then, it flew like slow motion through the frozen world.
It was toward the northwestern plains of the Laurasia continent where Lloyd was.
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On the other hand, the center of the Klamath Great Plain in the northwestern part of the Laurasia continent.
The only region in the world to be exempted from time freezing.
Construction of the circuit-type Colosseum was in full swing here.
“Hey Yongyong?”
squeaking!
“See the blue glowing lines on the floor near here?”
Beep!
Bone Dragon Yongyong nodded his big skull.
It was as Lloyd said.
I looked around and saw lines and planes etched everywhere, sparkling blue.
“good. All you have to do is dig the ground flat, fill it up, and refine it, just like those lines and planes. How can you do it?”
squeaking!
Skull nodding again.
If you could do it, of course.
Although the area was only a few kilometres.
Still, it wasn’t that difficult for Yongyong.
Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Yongyong’s tailbone, loaded with destructive power, swept the ground.
It was like sweeping the ground with a giant broom.
Just like that, three or four tail brushings.
That was enough.
“…Coke Coke! um, great.”
After a huge amount of dust has cleared.
Lloyd nodded in satisfaction.
A construction guideline that shows the drawings you designed by projecting them on the actual site.
The ground in the area was flattened according to the standard indicated by that option.
It was an option to pull out all the densely growing wild grass.
‘Shit. If the elves see it, it must be a scene of uproar.’
A bitter smile came to my mind because of the plant lovers who suddenly came to mind.
Anyway, thanks to Yongyong’s great success, the Colosseum’s foundation work went smoothly.
“Next, Podongah? Xaviel?”
“Ppodong!”
“…yes.”
“input!”
“Podo-dong!”
“…Whoa.”
Podongi ran all over the place.
Xaviel walked across the field with an expression full of bewilderment.
I found a spot that wasn’t evenly organized like that.
Peel the raised part and flatten it.
Flatten the dents by filling them in.
It was meticulously organized and tidy.
Then it was Hamangi’s turn.
“Come on, dear?”
“Hamang!”
Hamangi, who had filled up to 30 meters in size while circling the nearby stream, replied in a clear way.
“It’s more fruitful because I’ve grown in size with precious water. know? Let’s compact it.”
“Hamaman!”
Quagwagwagwa-!
Hamang rolled over.
Yongyong was sweeping the broom, and Podongi and Xaviel were diligently rolling around the place carefully arranged.
It was pressed down with its own weight and compacted flat and firm.
It took ten days to get there.
Next came the drops.
“Come on, drop! Give me strength!”
“Bell!”
With my daughter! Fu harmony!
The bell diligently ate the soil and expelled the rebar.
Then, Lloyd and Xaviel diligently arranged and cut the rebar.
The cut rebars were laid on the track intact.
A running course where the centaurs race fiercely.
Concrete to pave the floor firmly.
It was the rebar to support the concrete.
‘The floor of the circuit track of this Colosseum is a continuous reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) method.’
It was a Lloyd that had been designed in advance.
Continuous reinforced concrete pavement has a longer pavement life than other pavement types.
It has the advantage of being easy to manage after construction, less hands-on, and saving maintenance costs.
‘That’s why it’s used in a hot, dry, and vast place like Texas, USA. I wonder if it goes well with the Great Plains.’
And that wasn’t all.
In Korea, there was also a road where the continuous reinforced concrete method was constructed on a large scale.
It was the Central Highway.
‘Anyway, people often don’t know that rebars are laid on the roads where everyone runs. But what if there is no rebar when constructing concrete pavement? get in trouble That’s why rebars are so important.’
Rebar in concrete pavement.
It could be said to be a kind of skeleton.
Environmental changes such as road surface temperature and humidity.
Or the pressure of a car passing by.
Microscopic cracks caused by such harsh conditions.
It was the best support to hold such a crack from opening.
‘That’s why I have to lay the reinforcing bars firmly and meticulously.’
Lloyd laid the cut rebar longitudinally along the road surface to be paved to size.
Of course, it wasn’t easy.
It was because there was too little manpower.
‘Tsk! There should have been a bone marrow at a time like this!’
It was not an easy task to cut the rebar.
It was definitely something that required advanced technology.
‘of course. The dimensions have to be precisely matched, it must not be horizontally distorted, and the fastening must be strong.’
So he couldn’t entrust it to the centaur tribesmen.
Basically, it was because the centaurs had a body shape that was not suitable for this type of construction.
‘Because they can’t even scratch their horse’s stomach with their arms!’
A body structure that is seriously confined to running only.
Thanks to this, the centaur race could not scratch their belly or butt without tools.
It was the same when picking something up off the floor.
Even with the horse’s legs bent, the arms were short.
There were many cases where the hands could not reach the ground.
Literally useless for construction.
It was like a shit-handed race among shit-sons.
However, it was not possible to entrust the important task of accurately laying and fastening the rebar on the floor.
Thanks to that, Lloyd had to lay the rebar alone with Xaviel.
“…Whoa, I’ll have to stop by the Prontera manor after I’m done with this work. They carry all the bone soldiers on Yongyongi. You don’t have to pay for food and labor costs are free, and you can always mobilize high-quality workers who don’t get tired. how nice.”
Unlimited labor force with no food or labor costs.
Wannabe dream team of all dream owners of bad businesses in the world.
When I thought of taking care of such a goalkeeper around for 24 hours, I felt a sense of satisfaction.
‘But right now, it’s just the two of us with Xaviel, without any fuss.’
I was sweating all day like that.
One day, two days, three days, ten days, a full moon, two months, three months.
It took three months to complete the work of laying the rebar.
‘Well, thanks to the time freeze, the actual time passed is 0 seconds.’
If you’re lucky, you’re lucky.
Even after that, construction and construction continued.
Cement collected from the volcanic eruption of a bubble every now and then for three months.
All of it was mixed with the aggregate.
The mixture ratio referred to the concrete mixture for pavement used in the Central Inland Expressway in Korea.
‘The maximum dimension of coarse aggregate is within 32mm. The slump is 4.5. Air volume is also 4.5%. The ratio of water to cement is 42.3%. The fine aggregate ratio should be close to 37.7%.’
matched as much as possible.
mixed vigorously.
A pool-like pit was dug in the ground, and cement and aggregate were mixed and poured.
Yongyong stirred it with his tail like he was stirring soup at a hamburger restaurant.
The road was paved with mixed concrete.
The concrete was also meticulously compacted.
In the process, Podongi played a big role.
“Hey, Podong? roll!”
“Ppodong!”
Podongi covered his entire body with oiled paper.
In that state, it rolled sideways on a dry concrete road.
Just like the equipment used at road pavement construction sites in Korea.
The pompous belly delivered sufficient weight and vibration to the concrete surface.
Thanks to this, the concrete was well compacted.
The next step was the curing stage of drying the concrete.
In this process, the centaur race was active for the first time.
“Hey, have you finished all the things I asked for the other day?”
“Sure, here.”
The centaur lady smiled broadly.
I guided Lloyd to the back of the stable.
There was a gigantic giant rolled up there.
It was a gigantic giant 5 meters wide and 50 meters long, made by weaving wild grass.
There were dozens of such giants.
The centaur lady was disgusted.
“Eh, all the women in my village couldn’t even run properly, even though they gathered wild grass and weaved it for three months. My fingers are all swollen.”
“Oops, thank you.”
“Thank you. This is all about making our kids run well without getting hurt later.”
“of course. I will make the Colosseum properly.”
“great. We must not forget that promise.”
“yep.”
I immediately brought a giant.
The concrete pavement, which has not yet dried, is covered with a mat.
This was to block direct sunlight.
‘This is how you can prevent rapid evaporation of moisture. Otherwise, drying will proceed too rapidly and the entire pavement surface will crack.’
I covered the blanket and waited.
I had such a leisurely time.
And when the full moon had passed.
Removed the giant.
The solidly cured road revealed a bright appearance.
On top of that, I boldly covered a layer of sand with a thickness of 5 cm.
It was to protect the hooves of the centaurs who would run on the track.
‘Someone might say that it’s okay to just lay sand in this case, but it’s completely different from having a road paved under the sand.’
There is no need to worry about subsidence or deformation of the ground.
Roads firmly paved with steel bars and concrete will easily endure for decades.
Plus, with a layer of sand laid over it, it would be less susceptible to damage from solar heat and temperature changes.
‘That’s how long the life of the road is, and it’s easy to manage. After every race, all I have to do is level the sand on the track.’
As such, the construction of the running track, which will be the main building of the Colosseum, has been completed.
Of course, more finishing work remained.
A fence was installed to divide the track from the general area.
There was also a separate seat for watching the match.
We also made a stable for the players’ waiting rooms.
It took another two months to complete the construction.
And finally, after activating the time freeze option, a total of 7 months have passed.
Finally, the first running-only coliseum on the continent of Laurasia was completed.
On one side is a straight track of 300 meters, 800 meters and 1.5 kilometers each.
Next to it was a full-fledged running track with a total of 19 corners, 2.577 km in the north and 1.3 km in the south.
‘…I did it.’
Seeing the completed Colosseum, Lloyd wiped his eyes.
Are you overwhelmed with emotion?
It wasn’t.
‘It’s finally a high school student’s escape!’
Because I didn’t bring the bone mounds.
Because the centaur race, the least useful one, is a serious mess.
Because only Xaviel and Yongyong can roll and eat only fantasy species.
From one to ten, I had to roll up my sleeves, dig, chop, lay, shave, and shed sweat.
At the same time, I was also afraid.
So, can it be built in one year when time is frozen?
It was said that worry from time to time gave goose bumps in the duodenal villi.
‘But I did it. In just 7 months! It’s finished!’
So now this kind of dogged high school is over.
Next time, I will not skip the goalposts and roll them to the fullest.
Promising in his heart, Lloyd swallowed the emotion.
So he never even dreamed of it.
Bingryong Tyranus flew from the Antarctic ice cave 7 months ago.
The fact that that overwhelming existence is about to finally arrive here.
