Price of Management

Chapter 7 Pioneering the Tex River (2)

A comprehensive Tex river pioneering plan with three people's opinions was submitted directly to me.

Having read this carefully, I nodded my head.

“Excellent.”

The deployment of an army that prevents the formation of monsters is in harmony with Baron Paoni's urban development plan. Armies stationed all around the shipyard, a key part of urban development, were perfectly protected.

Meanwhile, Baron Paoni took into account the scenery to create a beautiful combination of the Tex River and the mountains behind it. Genius was a genius. The city to be built here must be one of the most famous landmarks of all.

“I'm glad the Lord was pleased. ”

The veil replies with a rewarding face.

The pioneering of the Tex River will be the first feat of Vale to become Lord of Lords. It was a chance to demonstrate his or her abilities to everyone, so he or she was passionate in his or her own way. Such passion appeared to be consistent with this plan.

“Good. I like it. Then let's exterminate the monsters from tomorrow. ”

“Yes! I'll have it ready by tomorrow morning. ”

Dean replies.

So the next day, Earl Ligand once again went on to subdue the Tex River.

My family's army has begun marching in line. That orderly look reminds me of the Horn Empire, but it seems to be Dean's handiwork from the Horn Empire.

“Whoa!”

“Win and come back! ”

“Not one of you will die because the Lord is with you! ”

“Hail, my lord! ”

The colonists cheer for you, too, and escort the troops on their way.

As I was drifting through the winding sky, I walked at the forefront of the army.

I approached Dean.

“Dean.”

“Yes, Lord. ”

“I'll go and get the ogre first, so let's proceed slowly as planned." ”

“I understand.”

All right, let's get moving.

We should catch the Ogre rejection site and hike until Dean arrives. Running in place with Earth Hand isn't bad, but it feels a lot better to exercise in a landscape. There's no good workout like hiking.

You use Wounded's power to control your body fluids, raising yourself high in the sky. Then he flew in a hard drive towards the Tex River.

“Is that the Lizardman tribe? ”

A group of Lizardmen found their way into the Tex River basin. There are over 2,000 creatures that seem to have mixed a human with a lizard.

Lizardman mostly uses wooden or stone-chiseled weapons, but he is better armed than other monsters because he has a habit of stealing human iron weapons.

Power is similar to Orcs, but the body is more agile and swims and breathes freely in the water. The Lizardmen who live by these rivers are not as dangerous as Orcs because they fight back and forth in circulation.

Well, there's nothing to be scared of.

- Let's burn it.

Salamander has made a slutty offer.

“Not yet. ”

- Why not?

“We should wait for the army to arrive. We can't let any of them get away. ”

If the Lizardman escapes hiding in the river, he will be in trouble. Lizardman is very vengeful and highly fertile.

Of course, I could kill Woundee with just one word if I worked a little too hard, but I didn't want to solve the problem on my own.

We need to build self-reliance so that everyone can manage the territory on their own without me.

Of course, when I cared about the territory, the money I had funded in the ligand territory was substantial. The Caroc Merchant Guild sends money every year for the poor lands. So the colonists see me and praise me.

I am a new footer compared to the money I earn through the Caroc Merchant Guild every year, but I still really think about the progress of the territory. Advancements are made not by money, but by people's passion.

“Well, I think it would be fun to blow a big fireball and watch it bounce around…. ”

Looking down from the sky so high, the feeling of a child looking at the procession of ants is triggered.

- Let's do it, let's do it!

“Oh, no. ”

- You're shy, which is why your wife is punishing you.

“Shut up!"

A skilled salamander who picks out sounds he doesn't want to hear. The more he grows, the more he develops on this side only.

I took my eyes off the Lizardman tribe and moved to a mountain range across the Tex River.

I told the salamander.

“Hey. Go catch an ogre or something. ”

- Are you sure?

“Did you see me lie? ”

- I saw it.

“... or don't! ”

- No, I don't want to!

The salamander that popped out of me flew away to the mountain. He's supposed to let me play.

I decided to leave the ogre to the salamanders, and I found a mountain peak to climb.

“I'd like that. ”

I went down to the mouth of the mountain, and I began climbing up the mountain one step at a time. I started climbing for only 20 minutes, but I was sweating red.

Whenever I got drenched in sweat, I continued to climb up in the shower with the help of Wounded.

But…….

Apparently, I was fooling around with Salamander's troublesome powers.

“Well, what the hell! ”

- Wildfires…….

The eunuch mutters.

I did.

There was a great fire on the mountain where the salamanders flew, and a thick black smoke was rising into the sky. Why is an Ogre caught on fire?!

“Salamander! Get over here now! ”

- What's wrong with you?

A salamander appeared in the air.

“I told you to catch the ogre. Who told you to start a fire? Are you crazy?!"

- The way I catch it is in my heart. Khehehe!

“So, did you catch the ogre? ”

- Not yet.

“Not yet?”

- He's in the fire. I won't die easily, Heheheh heh heh!

I'm scared of him. You really want me to look like this when I sign a spirit contract?

“Woundee, go and light the forest.... ”

- I'll turn it off!

Salamander shouts.

“Then turn it off! ”

- Hehe!

The salamander flew back to the burning mountain. After a while, the fire was extinguished.

How did you put out the fire?

I was curious and I flew to the mountain where the salamanders were.

A salamander appears at the edge of the desolate mountain, as all the dense trees have been reduced to ashes.

“How did you put out the fire? ”

- I ate it all! I'm full!

Fire spirits eat fire? Well, once upon a time, our gnome ate the remains of Earth Swarm.

Then I felt that the salamander was slightly bigger than before. I can't be mistaken for someone sharing my senses with Noum and Woundee, so I must have grown a bit after eating that wildfire.

In the past, gnomes used to eat the remnants of Earth Swarms and grow in size, but the salamanders seemed to grow more and more as they ate fire. I've eaten an enormous fire that burned down this mountain, so I have to grow.

“What about the ogre?”

- Here it is!

Where the salamander pointed, I saw a huge pile of bones that I thought were once Ogres. It was definitely an ogre, considering the size of a massive skull.

I sighed.

You burned the whole mountain trying to catch this. Baron Paoni will be furious when he sees this. You're gonna ruin the view of the city.

* * *

At about 2 p.m. that day, Dean arrived on the Tex River with an army.

“State troops, the territorial troops have been stationed on each lane as white troops. But it looks like you had a pretty big fight with the ogre. ”

Dean looks tired of seeing the hollow peaks. I was trembling.

“Yeah, that was great. ”

What was great was not an Ogre, but Salamander's mad firefighting instinct....

“Anyway, now that the ogre that was the biggest problem has been solved, the Tex River is in full swing. Once the Lord has struck the Lizardmen as planned, we will press on by blocking the road. The Lord asks the Lizardman to flee through the Tex River. ”

“Got it.”

The Lizardman who dives into the river and runs away has no answer except for animosity.

I happily said yes and decided to give the Lizardmen a powerful gift.

Will it cause an earthquake or a flood? No, the Lizardman is close to the water, so the flood won't work. Then again, towards the earthquake attack on Noam....

- Let's burn it!

The salamander who read my mind suddenly interrupted me again.

“You were playing with fire! They let me fight monsters as much as I could while I was doing repairs in the North. ”

- You never used to play with me!

“ ……. ”

At that point, Salamander had little to do with what he usually did. At best, how about setting a fire to the fireplace or keeping my temperature at the right temperature?

I had no choice but to use it less frequently than Norm or Woundee. Except when fighting like this, there were not many opportunities for salamanders to do their job properly.

“Why don't you start a useless fight for me? Like setting wildfires or setting wildfires.... ”

- Got it! Khehe!

The salamander replied coldly.

The Salamanders were still intermediate spirits, so they were less destructive than the gnomes and the undead, but if I received an unlimited supply of my enormous spiritual affinity, I would have no problem with thousands of Lizardman tribes.