The Marquis Is a Master of Martial Arts

“Can I hear the details?”

“Please sit down.”

After motioning him to sit down, I pulled a chair and sat down.

“How many Volcanuis mercenaries are there?”

“A little over 120 people.”

“Enough. For now, I think the request period is about one year.”

The actual time it takes will be ten times that.

In fact, the amount of mana stone mines in Gairin can’t be mined in a year. Mana stones were lined up in the ground, walls, and ceilings that I hadn’t seen before.

It would take ten years to mine all the mana stones even if miners were hired because there were a lot of them buried there.

But you don’t have to hire mercenaries for ten years.

Rather than hiring mercenaries for more than a year, I thought it would be better to train guards and have them guard the place, so I plan to hire them only for one year.

“A year is really good conditions.”

Gut’s expression brightened as if he was satisfied with the one-year period. What mercenaries want is a moderately long quest that is neither too short nor too long.

“I’ll have to ask the kids, but they’re probably all welcome.”

“thank god. Then we will continue. The target of the quest is one location. It is my commission to be vigilant day and night for a place I will tell you later, and to escort the people who work there.”

“yes. I think I can.”

“After discussing with the mercenaries, please come to the castle.”

“yes! I’ll see you right away!”

“Then take care of yourself and see you later.”

I left my last words and got up from my seat.

“Viscount! thank you.”

I got up and nodded to Gut, who greeted me at 90 degrees, and went outside.

“Now let’s go to where the other wounded are.”

“yes? Are you going to see all the wounded?”

“It should be.”

Under the guidance of Peru, we visited the injured one by one and examined their condition. When I visited the wounded, they seemed both surprised and moved.

“thank god.”

After meeting the injured and taking care of the affected citizens, I felt at ease.

“yes? What?”

“Since this happened as soon as I became the lord, it might be a bad omen, but people’s expressions aren’t bad.”

“That’s natural. The Viscount handled the monster that caused the incident himself. It’s only in stories that the lord personally goes out and defeats the monsters that invaded the village, but since you’ve actually seen that, can you stop praising the viscount? Right now, people are in a frenzy that the greatest lord of all time has arrived.”

“Is that so?”

“yes. I haven’t seen it, but people who saw the Viscount fight said he looked like a god of war.”

Musin is a word that is difficult to put into words because it is so grandiose even if it is grandiose. I’d rather be a saint.

“Okay, let’s go to Pyran.”

“yes.”

I moved to a place where there is a pyran like Peru. Most of the wreckage of the collapsed building had been removed, and it seemed like all I had to do was clean up.

“Pyran administrator.”

“Viscount. Have you been?”

“You worked hard to direct the work.”

“no. Villagers and mercenaries worked hard.”

Pyran said, pointing to the people who are still working. Rough mercenaries are usually troublemakers, but in times like these, they became reliable workers.

“Pyran manager. I’m sorry I didn’t let you rest, but I think I need to go to Lord Karens right now. Things have become urgent.”

“All right.”

Pyran answered right away without hesitating. He didn’t even seem to question my words.

“A mana stone mine was discovered in Mount Ekil.”

I walked closer to him and whispered quietly.

“As expected.”

As if he had predicted it from the time he was asked to bring in the mana stone miners, Pyran was not surprised at all.

“Then may I go back to the castle to get ready?”

“Sure.”

After sending Pyran, he returned to the castle after giving follow-up to the people who lost their homes. After piling fruit on him, I was tired and lay down on the bed.

“Sasura, see you soon.”

**

smart.

As I was looking at the papers, I heard Peru knocking outside the office.

“come in.”

“Viscount. The Pyran Administrator has returned.”

“Has it been a week?”

“yes. It’s been just a week.”

“Who came with you?”

“I came back with two men. They were middle-aged and young.”

If you brought the miners, it’s game over. As soon as they see the mine, they will beg me to work.

“Are you in the drawing room?”

“yes.”

“let’s go.”

I got up and went to the living room. When I arrived at the drawing room, the pyran and the two miners who were sitting stood up at the same time.

The miner, who appeared to be a young man, was tall and muscular, but had innocent eyes, and the middle-aged man had a normal physique, but was hard and had a calm look on his body.

“Meet the Viscount.”

“Meet the Viscount.”

At Pyran’s greeting, the miners also got down on one knee and bowed to me.

“Everyone wake up.”

I was greeted by them and sat across from the miners.

“Sit down.”

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Pyran stood next to me, and the miners sat down while watching.

“Pyran administrator.”

“yes!”

“Thank you for your effort. Aris is depressed because she hasn’t seen her dad for a week, so stop going.”

“no.”

“are you okay. Go.”

“thank you. Excuse me.”

Pyran bowed her head to me and left the drawing room. The miners who saw this looked at me with a look of surprise.

It was sincere, but it was directed to show the lord who is affectionate and gets along well with his subordinates.

“Did you have any problems on the way?”

“I came here comfortably because Pyran-nim took care of me in various ways.”

The middle-aged miner opened his mouth. This hard-looking man seems to be the representative of the miners.

“I’m glad.”

“My name is Mundil, and I am the leader of the Chadol Miners.”

“I-I am Ludan of the miners.”

The miners bowed their heads again. I set the miners pretty rough, but they were quite friendly to me than expected.

“My name is Yuren Rocks. Welcome to Gairin.”

“I’ve heard a lot about Viscount Yuren’s reputation.”

“yes! One of my downsides was listening to the bard about the Viscount’s success.”

The miners, especially Rudan, were shining as if they were my fans.

“Viscount. We are guys who only know about digging for mana stones. Can you tell me why you called us? Just because Pyran-nim said he would know when he came…”

It seems that Pyran didn’t tell you that there is a mana stone mine here, fearing that the secret might be leaked.

“Of course I called to hire you guys.”

“Isn’t there a mana stone mine in Gairin?”

“I thought so too, but I was lucky enough to accidentally discover a mana stone mine.”

I only know my people so far, but I plan to hire them and spread rumors.

“Are you sure?”

“exactly. Even those of you who have only seen mana stones your entire life must be seeing this mine for the first time.”

“Excuse me, can I see you right now? We have to see it so we can make a decision and get a quote.”

“Of course. Peru.”

“yes. Viscount.”

“Guide them to the back door of the castle, and I will come out after I get ready.”

“All right.”

After hearing my words, the miners made faces that couldn’t be helped.

“Are you saying you’re directing me?”

“It is not a matter of course.”

I went to my room, got dressed, and went out the back door.

“If you are ready, we will depart.”

“yes!”

He took the lead and guided the miners. The miners were sure of their physical strength, so they headed to the cave of Mount Ekil without rest.

“It is in this cave. It’s dark, so follow me carefully.”

I stopped in front of the pit at the end of the cave and looked back.

“Down here.”

“It’s strange that it’s under the pit in the cave.”

“exactly?”

“yes. They are usually found in deep caves. It’s under the pit, so it doesn’t seem to have been found until now.”

“Right. I will go in first, so please follow me.”

As I entered the mine, the blue light of the mana stones that lit up the mine welcomed me.

In fact, I was already used to it because I had been going back and forth here every day for a week and dealing with monsters that were attracted to mana stones.

“omg!”

“Muh, what!”

The miners who came down to the mine put on a bewildered expression as if they had seen a ghost as soon as they came down and looked ahead.

“What’s this!”

“Nonsense!”

They fell backwards in surprise as if they were stunned by the mana stones that were densely embedded in the walls, ceiling, and floor.

“Three, my God…”

“This size, this amount!”

“Captain, even if you do things buried in the ground, it will be twice as much as you can see!”

“No, at this amount, it will be three times as many. To think that such a mine existed, now, Viscount. What the heck…”

“Didn’t you say you’d let me see the first sight?”

The reaction of the miners was astonishing as I expected.

“Really. There are probably 10 mana stones of this size in a normal mine, but there are so many of them…”

“Let’s take a closer look.”

“Viscount. Just in case, there are monsters in the Mana Stone Mine.”

“I already took care of it.”

“Uh, what kind of monster was it?”

Louran, who seemed to be a fan of mine, held his hands tightly and asked if he wanted to know what kind of monster I had dealt with.

“It was a living armor.”

“Hey! One of the strongest monsters guarding the Mana Stone Mine is the Living Armor! Did you deal with him?”

“He wasn’t particularly difficult.”

“also! You are amazing.”

“There are so many and the quality is so good. Really…”

Mundil was more in awe as he went deeper into the mine. He was twitching his fingers as if he wanted to do something right now.

“Our captain really likes working in the mines, but that’s because we haven’t been able to find work for six months. As soon as I start working, I will show myself properly.”

Rudan looked at Mundil’s back and whispered to me. Itching to work is, of course, welcome.

“It’s the last room!”

“leader!”

Upon reaching the round room at the end of the mine, the miners ran into it.

“Kuaa!”

“Whoa!”

Miners screamed at the sight of the largest mana stone in the mine.

“It’s filthy big. It’s almost the size of my thigh.”

“Even if I tell you this, they won’t believe it.”

“I don’t believe it.”

The two of them made ecstatic expressions looking at the large mana stone, but in fact, the real super-large mana stone is in my magic bag.

Pomera is neatly camouflaged.

The mana stone that surprised the miners over there was camouflaged by instructing Pomera to embed the second largest mana stone in the mine.

“Come on, viscount. A mana stone of this size would really be worth it.”

“exactly?”

“yes. Working as a miner, I have never seen a mana stone of this size.”

“How about this mine? Do you think it’s worth the work?”

“It’s best. If you hire us, we would like to come and start work tomorrow.”

“There will be time to come, tomorrow will be impossible, so please take good care of me in the future.”

“Please. thank you!”

**

The miners left after making preparations and said that they would come back within 10 days, and I was watching the test to select the guards from above.

“I think about 500 people came to the exam today. Since the total number of applicants is over 2,000, are you doing it over four days?”

Beside me, Peru opened her mouth as she roughly counted the number of people below.

“that’s right.”

“The Viscount made the working conditions for the guards better, but just because Viscount Yuren is in Gairin, there are many people who come here because they want to work or live here. I think you are really great.”

“Thank you, but the number of applications is not important. What kind of person you are is what matters.”

“That’s right.”

It’s a good thing that a lot of applicants for the guards came, but it’s important how many decent people there are.

The 1st physical fitness test is only a little harder than average, so quite a lot of people will pass the 1nd round.

“There are quite a few mercenaries.”

“Once the conditions are good, there are many mercenaries who want to settle down.”

“okay. After all, mercenaries wander all their lives.”

While looking through the report, he simply answered Peru’s words.

“uh? Didn’t you see that girl before? I heard you’re famous, why are you here? Is it because you lost all your money?”

“female?”

I lowered the report and turned my gaze to where Peru was looking. As he said, a woman who had no reason to come here was warming up.

“What were you thinking…”

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