Breath of The Interferer - Chapter 32
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#32 – Breath of the Interferer_Key – 1645705
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The difficulty of independence
Kisin sent a telegram to Shindo, Shingi’s father, and arranged a meeting with Baek Yu-cheon. After the two talked, Kisin and Kim Won-gyun, the Marquis of Pyongyang, were called in to continue the meeting. The reason Kisin was called in was because of his accurate calculation skills.
“Here are written the production of food and resources in each region, the consumption of ammunition and firearms in each battlefield, and the production of factories. The parts marked with an asterisk are things that will disappear if the Korean Empire withdraws, and the parts marked with a triangle are things that we must pay a certain price and transfer ownership to from the Korean Empire. Calculate what the best and worst cases are.”
While Gishin was calculating, the three of them spent their time having various conversations. Gishin, who was absorbed in the calculations but kept his ears open, listened to the conversation between the three of them and then closed his ears. It was the very conversation of the nobles who said that they would do politics when the three of them gathered together, so he felt uncomfortable.
“The math is done. It’s very bleak. Even under the best of circumstances, we won’t last three years.”
Baek Yu-han hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth.
“Actually, there is a bigger problem. The imperial family wants us to take the eastern lands of the old Goguryeo.”
Baek Yu-han brought a map and drew a line. When Ki-shin checked, it included parts of Jilin Province, Heilongjiang Province, and Liaoning Province, as well as parts of Mongolian land. Most of it was a place where small monsters who had broken through the defense line often visited.
“What will happen if we resist independence until the end?”
Baek Yu-han answered the believer’s question.
“Think about the case of Canada. They would put up a puppet noble and forcefully make us independent, saying that we are of royal blood or something. In fact, the British Empire is made up of people from many European countries, so they took the form of formally making us independent, but the Korean Empire could just abandon us.”
“We can’t just abandon them. If we withdraw from Jeju Island, they will have a hard time too. In the worst case scenario, if we all go into exile in Russia, it will be the worst situation for the Korean Empire.”
Of course, we don’t know how many people will lose their lives to monsters and starvation in the process. The believer, who had been looking at the map for a long time, opened his mouth.
“But does that mean you’re handing over the Magic Academy to us as well? I don’t understand that.”
“The contradictions between the Magic Association and the Magic Academy have become even more serious. They are even considering abandoning the Magic Academy. The resources required to run the Magic Academy are enormous. The amount of reagents consumed for magic training is no joke.”
“Shin-gi, you calculate how long we can last if the wizards join the defense.”
Before the story even began, Kim Won-Gyeon shook his head and opened his mouth.
“If that happens, the status of wizards will eventually rise, and we will be shaken by the influence of the wizards of the British Empire behind them.”
The god, who had been absorbed in calculations for a long time, opened his mouth.
“The belly button is bigger than the stomach. The consumption of reagents is too high because there are few high-ranking magicians.”
High-ranking magicians can reliably perform magic without the help of reagents. Of course, the power can be further increased by using reagents. Ordinary magicians cannot use magic with the power needed for war without the help of reagents.
The British Empire only mobilizes archmages and high-ranking magicians for battle. This is because there is a sufficient number of magicians. However, the Magic Academy has very few high-ranking magicians who can help in battle. This is because, in the early days of the Academy’s establishment, it sent mainly nobles to study abroad in the British Empire, and failed to produce high-ranking magicians.
“It takes 20 years to train a wizard before you can use him for a few years. If we had the time, a magic academy would be a great choice, but as things stand now, it’s just a burden.”
“I have an idea. Instead of training magicians at the Magic Academy, what if we changed the direction to training magicians or magical engineers?”
At Gisin’s words, the Marquis and the Count focused on Gisin.
“Raising a wizard isn’t something that can be done in a day or two, so we need to raise magicians and magical engineers to increase the supply of magical weapons. If we supply magical weapons to the patrol units in the inland areas, we can deal with monsters more easily and stabilize the rear.”
“There’s no problem with the technology to make magic weapons since you have the skills, but where do you get the copper, gold, and silver needed to make them? Plus, magic weapons consume high-grade magic samples.”
At Shindo’s words, Gishin drew a few circles on the map that Baek Yuhan had taken out.
“It’s a place where copper, silver, gold, and oil are produced. However, I don’t know how long it will take to develop the mines and achieve stable production. I have no knowledge in this area.”
Kishin sent Japanese refugees to areas suspected of having mines through the Fengsin Sugil to bring back ores and soil. By analyzing the ingredients, he found several mines. Of course, he did not disclose all the mines he found. Some are still being confirmed, and Kishin intends to take some of them.
“It takes more than a year. We need to check the mine’s reserves and production rate to decide on the size of the factories to be built around it and how wide the roads should be. Of course, we can prepare the roads in advance and then widen them. However, that would consume a lot more manpower and materials.”
It is not enough to simply find a mine and dig up the ore. You also need to build a factory to refine the ore, melt and sort the metals extracted from the ore, pave a road to transport wood and coal, and make a road for the wagons carrying the heavy metal. Planning and positioning all of these at once will increase production and reduce waste.
“Time is the issue. How long will the Imperial Family give us?”
Baek Yu-han answered Gi-shin’s question.
“Originally, we thought it would be 7 years later. However, the production efficiency of weapons factories has increased significantly recently, so the imperial family plans to make it independent within a year.”
As a result of the god’s hand, resource consumption decreased and production speed increased, although it varied by region. The imperial family also predicted that if Joseon became independent, it would last about three years. In that three-year period, the imperial family could recover territory equivalent to its current territory. If that happens, it could reclaim the Korean peninsula that was pushed back by the monster.
It can reduce the power of Joseon and Japan, which have many subversive elements, and gain sufficient benefits, and it is also flawless in name, so it really suits the imperial family’s taste. All other ethnic groups have been integrated, but only the descendants of Joseon and Japan are refusing integration. In particular, Joseon script has been used more recently than Chinese characters, the official script designated by the imperial family, which is irritating the imperial family.
“Let’s call in more trustworthy people and discuss it together in two weeks. Independence is inevitable, so we must do our best to ensure that as many people as possible remain on this land. We need to think of a way to reliably stop the monsters without the help of the Korean Empire, and a way to buy at least one more month.”
Shin Do also nodded at Kim Won-Gyeon’s words.
“I agree. I’ll see you back here in two weeks. And Shingi, I have high expectations for you. You should think about it as much as you can and feel free to tell me anything that comes to mind.”
Kishin receives praise from Shindo for the first time. Kishin does not know, but Shinki has never received it before. Kishin has brought about considerable change in this world by interfering with the productivity of the factory. Kishin’s interference in this world will not be like the flapping of a butterfly’s wings, but like the flapping of a pterosaur’s wings.
‘Wait a minute, could it be that that little bastard named Shingi has entered my body and is having some kind of big influence?’
Shingi had ruined Kishin’s reputation by making the middle school team suffer a crushing defeat with the 4-1-5 tactic. Compared to Kishin’s involvement in the flow of history, it would be okay to say that it was just a mayfly’s half-hearted flapping of wings. Kishin, who didn’t know that Shingi would not do anything that would cause serious trouble thanks to his wizard’s intuition, returned to Jeju Island with a worried face.
### I am a busy dividing line ###
After returning to Jeju Island, a few days later, Hyocheon finally woke up. After waking up and stretching, he became bigger than before. I saw this every time, but it was amazing. Hyocheon, who used to be the size of my palm, is now as big as two palms. His head is too big compared to his body, so his body is only about 1.5 times the size of his head.
Hyochon doesn’t eat or drink. When he gathers enough mana, he sleeps again and does nothing except grow bigger. That was the pattern until now, but Hyochon woke up and suddenly ran outside. Gisin hurriedly chased after Hyochon. Since Hyochon was connected to Gisin by soul and didn’t want to be separated from him, Gisin didn’t think much about it and followed him when he suddenly ran outside.
Soon, the guards followed Gisin. Since Hyocheon was small, he couldn’t run fast, so Gisin caught up with him right away. Thinking he might as well get some fresh air, Gisin followed Hyocheon slowly.
The entire coast of Jeju Island is filled with spiny turtles and various baits. Through long battles, baits are placed in appropriate locations and the operational area is established. Depending on the size and type of monster, they are lured to the most suitable area and then destroyed with the firepower of spiny turtles.
There are crops planted in a belt shape inside. Since the monsters do not necessarily take out their anger on the crops, even if the defense line is occasionally breached, there is no major damage. And there are residential areas and factories inside. The residential areas are close to the east coast, and the factories are in the very center. There are defensive arrangements around the factories, but they are somewhat weaker than the defenses along the coast.
Hyo-cheon stopped at an empty lot outside the factory and began to dig in the dirt. Compared to its head, its body looked very small, and its front legs were also very tall. However, the monster was a monster, and it dug very quickly. After digging for a while, bone fragments that were presumed to be human bones began to appear.
According to the order of the god, the guards collected the bones that Hyochon had dug up. After the bones were revealed, they dug a little further and found a broken sword. Judging by the handle being about 30 centimeters long, it did not seem to be a small sword. The handle of the sword was tightly held by the hand bone that had been cut off below the elbow.
“It looks like the hand and the hilt of the sword were tied together with something like cloth. It seems like the cloth has rotted away over time and disappeared.”
The guard spoke to Gisin, but Gisin’s mind was elsewhere.
– We found a broken sword, a relic of Admiral Yi Sun-sin.
– During the battle with the monster, the broken sword could not withstand the wear and tear of time and disappeared without a trace. However, the part of the sword hilt that was connected to Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s hand remained intact. This hilt contains Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s will to hold off the monsters for one more day and save the lives of the people.
– I’ve discovered one of the secrets of this world. The reason why the monsters gather at Daemado and head to Jeju Island is because this sword handle is pulling them. If you separate this sword handle from the hand bone, the monsters won’t be obsessed with Jeju Island.
The third secret of the world has been revealed. However, none of it has been revealed by the god. It was only the message that told the god. However, the message that followed was welcome.
– The more secrets of the world you uncover, the easier it will be to return to your original world.
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