Episode 45
“See? This is a much faster method. You can naturally conduct a census.”
“…I guess so.”
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“It’s because I’m surprised. These days, Confucius is always surprising me. I can be less surprised now. Hehe.”
“That’s nonsense. Oh, and there are probably some residents of the territory who can’t go to work because they’re injured. You know that food should be distributed to those in need, right? Starting this year, no one will starve to death in our territory.”
“It’s enough just for me right now… Yes, I understand. I’m just afraid that the territory’s residents will turn into lazy pigs… Yes, yes. I understand. Don’t look at me like that.”
“Tsk.”
Logan narrowed his eyes and clicked his tongue.
“Anyway, if we wait a little longer, we will definitely be able to carry out the construction properly. Since the financial administrator trusts us and follows us.”
“Not that construction!”
“Oh yeah, I’ll do it no matter what.”
“Could you please reconsider? Yes? Why are you spending 2 million gold a month to drill a hole in the mountain?”
“No. I will. It’s no use saying anything.”
“Ugh. Confucius….”
Dwayne was frustrated that he couldn’t stop this ridiculous waste of construction money.
After lightly suppressing Dwayne’s defiance, Logan looked west again.
‘Even though Scroll is still there, Klayton is there.’
All other materials ordered from Philip had already arrived.
It was time to start planning to break through the mountain.
* * *
“Now. One, two, three!”
Eurachacha!
Tents coming up all at once with shouts.
Numerous tents were sprouting up in the wasteland a short distance away from the planned construction site that Hamar and Logan had chosen.
The location they chose was a midway point in the wasteland, a day and a half from Thethron Castle and a day from Macraine Castle, so temporary lodging for the workers was not an option but a necessity.
And accommodations for the most important wizards also had to be prepared.
“Are you really okay with being the same as the workers?”
“It’s okay, Confucius. Anyway, among magicians, the magic tower of our land is called the toiler, and among them, our school did the most work. You saw the tower owner doing the most work.”
“It’s good that I have less to worry about, haha.”
“Please leave it to me. I will finish it completely as quickly as possible.”
The look emanating from Clayton’s bloody face felt even more trustworthy.
And the very next morning.
The eyes of nearly 8,000 people drawn from the two provinces gathered towards a corner of the hill.
“If you want to drill a tunnel in a straight line, this is the perfect place. If you calculate the range and destroy only this area around here…”
“Dwarf man. With my magic, it can go beyond that, right?”
“No. Then it will collapse too badly, you wizard. There is no need to drill that big of a hole! The target is a semicircle with a diameter of about 30m, and if it’s about this size….” “
Oh well. Trust me, let’s go a little bigger. “Because.”
“Hey, this is true.”
Dwarves and wizards coordinating their opinions for construction.
Logan watches them happily from a step behind.
And next to him was a large administrator, looking in all directions with blank eyes.
“You’re really forcing it. What are you going to do when the matriarch comes out…”
“It’s okay, it’s okay. It’ll be okay.”
“…I don’t know anymore. Do whatever you want.”
Putting Dwayne’s complaints aside, construction finally began.
* * *
“What is that doing?”
“I don’t know either.”
“What are the high-ranking nobles thinking?”
The curious eyes of the territory’s residents, who had never seen or heard of magic, turned to Clayton.
“Wizard! If you’re ready, get started right away!”
With Hamar’s signal, a bright yellow light began to emanate from Clayton’s body.
“Wow! What is this?!”
“Wow, that’s magic…”
“It’s not a big problem, right?”
“The Archduke is there too. It’ll be okay.”
I didn’t know that the workers’ eyes, filled with a mixture of curiosity and anxiety, would fall on Clayton.
At that time, Logan was vividly feeling the changes brought about by Clayton’s power.
‘Hmm. The flow of mana….’
Natural energy (Mana).
Along with the Force, it was a power called one of the two greatest supernatural abilities wielded by humans who rule the continent.
I vividly felt the flow of momentum that I had only vaguely felt in my previous life.
Five mana rings engraved on Clayton’s heart.
It was clearly visible that the power of mana originating there stimulated the same power scattered throughout the world.
The process of gathering power by repeating a complex but consistent pattern drawn by mana countless times in a short period of time. Even the detailed flow.
The extra senses brought by the Force Core had developed beyond Logan’s expectations.
While he was feeling such a strange emotion.
The ocher-colored light slowly advanced towards the rock wall in the direction where Clayton raised his hand.
The moment the light hit the rock wall, the ground began to tremble.
Wooooow.
The light soon spread throughout the rock wall.
Wow!
Rumbling.
Soon, a huge explosion of alcohol and a vibration that seemed to shake the world hit the hall.
“Ugh!”
“Oh, get down!”
“I never thought I would do this…”
The workers screamed, confused by the flying dust, and Hamar could be heard screaming through them.
“I told you to do it in moderation! You’re too strong! Why are you making a fuss by showing off your strength here!”
The moment Hamar gets so angry.
Logan sensed a stronger flow of mana.
‘Other magic?’
I could feel a much stronger mana power surging from the rising dust than before.
That’s it.
Before I knew it, the stones and dirt of the collapsed rock wall were rising up into a gigantic giant.
‘her?!’
A huge shadow, perhaps 20 meters high, rising through the blowing dust.
thud. thud.
thud. thud. thud. thud.
The giant that was shaking the ground headed towards the rock wall faster and faster and soon dug into the epicenter of the explosion with a roar.
Quang!
Rumbling.
A series of loud noises coming from inside the rock wall.
“What?!”
“What is happening now?”
The panicked voices of the workers spread everywhere, and after a while, the dust that was blocking the view settled.
Most people who saw the source of the noise with open eyes had no choice but to open their mouths wide.
“A monster!!”
“It’s a monster!”
“Aaaah!”
“The spirit of the mountain is angry!”
“Please save me, spirit!”
Before we knew it, we were inside a rock wall with tunnels tens of meters deep.
The sight of a gigantic giant made from a mixture of earth and stone was enough to frighten the local residents who participated as workers.
Rumbling.
So much so that you don’t even realize that it’s supporting the top of a rock wall that seems ready to collapse at any moment.
“What are you going to do if you’re just standing there stupidly? Run now and fix the ground!”
However, as Clayton shouted and the disciples ran out, bright yellow light began to emanate from the hands and shoot towards the ceiling of the cave. Soon, one by one, the workers recognized that it was magic and sat down or got up from the floor.
“Is that magic?”
“Ugh….”
“So scary….”
“Was the wizard that great?”
In their fear-filled admiration.
“I really did it. Oh my, matriarch. Uh-huh-huh…”
The only unique reaction, the voice of the administrator, who was laughing as if he had lost his mind, woke up Logan, who was looking dazed.
“her…?”
The mana pattern engraved in my mind kept coming back to me.
I had the delusion that I could imitate the collapse magic and the magic that created that giant if my force core grew further.
‘A magic that people who are naturally smart and apt for mana have to research and study for dozens of years?’
Cool reason immediately erased that illusion.
‘No matter how great the divine sword’s vision is, it is unreasonable.’
When I shook off that delusion, the results of Clayton’s magic came into view again.
“A golem like that…”
That huge golem certainly looked amazing to Logan.
Unlike the residents of the territory, Logan was even more surprised because he had seen numerous magics in his past life.
‘A 5th circle wizard can do something like that?’
In his common sense, a golem was a type of artifact and was closer to a magic doll made of stones or dirt with various magic items, including magic stones.
However, the giant that Clayton created with magic could not be compared to such a golem.
In my past life, I had seen a lot of magic on the battlefield, and I had even seen a 6th circle magician called a superhuman summon a storm of flames and devastate the battlefield, but it wasn’t as surprising as it was now.
A little bit of exaggeration: a giant holding up a mountain.
It seemed that the power that the giant would show when it participated in the war would be no more than a firestorm.
‘I don’t think it’s a one-time thing…’
Thanks to the ability to see mana due to the influence of the Force Core, Logan was able to understand the process by which Clayton’s magic was manifested.
Of course, he did not fully understand the complex mana conversion process that began in his heart’s circle.
However, I could tell that the core felt at the center of that huge golem was constantly resonating with Clayton’s circle.
As if to prove that guess, the golem started moving again as soon as the ground above its head solidified.
thud.
thud.
“It’s moving again!”
“Wow!”
This time, the golem began pushing the rocks and dirt scattered in the aftermath of the collapse in one direction.
Rumbling.
The earth giant, who was about 20 meters tall but looked rather stocky because his shoulder width was half that, instantly pushed away the remains of the rock wall with the force derived from his huge size.
‘Why wasn’t that kind of magic or that kind of wizard known in my past life?’
Logan naturally couldn’t help but think that way.
It’s a 5-circle magic that’s much more versatile and powerful than most 6-circle magic.
‘Why on earth…?’
No matter how hard I racked my brain, I couldn’t come up with an answer.
But one thing was certain.
‘I want it. ‘He’s a coveted talent.’
I couldn’t help but feel greedy for that kind of magic.
Moreover, aren’t those top-class workers currently being employed without pay?
That’s why Logan was able to smile brightly while looking at Clayton.
“Elder. You are truly amazing. I never thought I would see magic like this in the world. Thanks to you, I am able to open my eyes.”
“Hmm. Well, this is beyond the basics for the head of our Golem School, Confucius. I didn’t guarantee it.”
“Haha. That’s right.”
“Narrow-minded people like the owner of the tower only see the shortcomings, but the history that our school has achieved is not something to be ashamed of showing off anywhere in the world.”
Chin raised proudly with an expressionless face.
If it weren’t for the sweat dripping down from the scar on his forehead, he would have definitely appealed as a noble wizard.
Hiding his sad expression, Logan raised his thumbs on both hands.
“ha ha ha. It’s not that I doubted the elder’s words. In fact, I was surprised that it was better than I expected.”
At those words, the corners of Clayton’s mouth slightly rose.
His face was close to an expressionless expression that would not be noticeable to an ordinary person.
However, Logan learned that expression through the experiences of the past few weeks and the explanations of his students. I knew that this Clayton would only come out when he was truly satisfied.
“As expected, I am reassured. “Can your disciples use the same magic?”
So, I was able to take advantage of that moment without hesitation to ask questions that might be rude or secret.
Clayton’s disciples now only use magic to fix the collapsing ground.
Those disciples If they can use this golem magic, even if only weakly, the construction he had planned will go much faster than expected.
However,
“You can use it, but hmmm. There’s a bit of a problem.”
“Yes?”
“The spell that turns the golem’s core into mana is only possible in the 5th circle, so disciples need magic stones. However, it will be much smaller and weaker.”
Clayton’s answer left Logan astonished.
‘A magic crystal…’
Mana Crystal.
Orichalcum or Mithril, the metal of the gods. It is a rare mineral that contains mana, the energy of nature. It
cannot be made artificially and is constantly consumed by wizards to assist with magic or to manufacture artifacts, so its rarity is high. The price was expensive compared to others.
Although the grades were divided according to the concentration of mana, even the lowest grade magic gemstone was much more expensive than the same volume of
gold
. Is it rain?
‘As long as the effect is good, it’s done. If you can increase the power by investing money…’
Logan momentarily forgot that Clayton and his disciples were just employees.
“Perhaps the elder’s magic?”
“Of course. . Even if you have reached the same level as me, if you use the appropriate magic stone, you can amplify the power of the golem several times. Strength, speed, and durability.”
“Wow. “You’re truly amazing.”
Logan was sincerely impressed, while at the same time quickly thinking about it. Even
if the golem could only reach a few times the speed it has now…
‘It can swallow up most knights. That’s amazing!’
If you can exert that level of power, spending a bit of money is not a problem…
“But as I said, you need a suitable magic stone.”
“What if you say a suitable magic stone?”
“Hehehe. Since it is the 5th circle, it needs to be of the highest quality.”
… It seems to be a bit of a problem.
The estimated price of a fist-sized top quality magicite was between 500,000 and 1 million gold.
I can clearly see why the Golem school is always struggling. It was a perfect moment.
But Logan did not give up hope yet.
“Maybe the disciples are like that too…?”
“No way! For circle 2 golem magic, even a lesser magic stone is sufficient. It can be maintained for about a day, and it can generate strength several times that of an average adult man.” A
low-level magic stone would be about the size of a fist, and would be
worth about a piece of gold. In terms of gold, the price is almost a thousand gold.
That’s money. Only a few times that of an adult man?
And with a daily time limit?
As expected, the cost-effectiveness was low.
‘But… if it’s a short-term battlefield, you can increase your performance even more than that.’
Even considering all its shortcomings, the moment you think of a scene where golem magic is used on the battlefield, you wonder,
‘What if that’s an ally?’
Logan unconsciously felt a slight shiver,
but…
‘Ah, he was a member of the Magic Tower.’
Logan, who soon realized the reality, had no choice but to quench his appetite and turn back.
