Magicless Extra: The Villain’s Survival Method – Chapter 156.1

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟓𝟔.1: 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐩 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 (1)

After spending a sweet two-week vacation with Alicia in the County of Valencia, Oswald headed to the capital, Central.

The Expeditionary Force Command was set up on the outskirts of Central, and they received additional support from the nearby Osiris Maesterium: ten Superior-class aerial magic battleships, four Metatron-class aerial magic carriers, and one Central-class aerial magic carrier.

Thanks to this, the current size of the Expeditionary Force was two Central-class aerial magic carriers, eight Metatron-class aerial magic carriers, and twenty Superior-class aerial magic battleships. In addition, one legion-level airborne unit was deployed, and a total of about 3,000 Gigant riders were on board. It seemed that Gigants were additionally deployed due to the lack of forces like tanks.

‘𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 . . . . . .’

Leaving such knight power as surplus was foolish, so the Maesterium was currently focusing on producing Gigants rather than tanks. Of course, in the case of tanks, they were outsourcing and purchasing them from the Winchester Principality and the County of Valencia.

“General, General. . . . . .”

Usually, battleships and carriers were anchored in the sky using buoyancy stones. In addition, they had begun developing nuclear weapons, Oswald’s ultimate weapon, with conventional weapons.

The empire, which had already come close to nuclear physics through alchemists, was searching for uranium mines and found a uranium mine in the northern snowfield region.

The problem was that people were getting sick due to the radioactive material emitted from uranium, and they realized that it could not be studied using conventional methods because it could not be cured even with holy power. They were in the process of making protective clothing to block the material.

‘𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭.’

As he entered the commander’s office at the Expeditionary Force Command, the staff welcomed Oswald. They had been handling work without a commander, and they were finally able to carry out tasks that they could not handle arbitrarily.

“As soon as I return, a monstrous work hell welcomes me.”

First, they had to decide on the deployment of doctors from the Department of Infectious Diseases and the Department of Surgery, as well as pilgrims, who were dispatched from the church.

“Oh, they’re making an aerial medical ship.”

Looking closely . . . . . . they were going to deploy them here and there, but it seemed they decided to just make one medical ship to be in charge of healing the sick and wounded.

Two aerial medical ships were currently being built, and existing magic battleships were being converted into medical ships. Therefore, they were scheduled to be completed before the expedition.

Medical ships were largely divided into two categories: surgical medical ships and internal medicine medical ships. In particular, in preparation for this plague, internal medicine medical ships focused on creating isolation wards. The wards were designed so that the air inside and outside could not communicate with each other, and ventilation could also be carried out in different directions.

Furthermore, a clean spell was made to activate every 30 minutes inside the isolation ward. Through this, they intended to always keep the hygiene conditions inside at their optimum.

“Jeez, this is the ultimate in money burning.”

It was fortunate that oil was coming out endlessly from the desert wasteland . . . . . . If it weren’t for that, the financial burden would have been considerable.

‘𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘪𝘭 . . . . . .’

Magic stones were superior to firepower in terms of efficiency and power, but . . . . . . there weren’t many of them. In contrast, oil was so abundant in the desert area that it just came out when you dug the ground. Even within the empire’s territory, oil fields were being discovered everywhere.

In addition, firepower using coal was also emerging, and recently, they began to open their eyes to electrical energy as well. In other words, it meant that the era of relying solely on magic stones was coming to an end.

Of course, due to this, wizards would also partially walk the path of extinction. . . . . . but it was a natural order for old jobs to disappear and new jobs to be created as civilization developed.

Moreover, recently, various exchanges were actively taking place after establishing diplomatic relations with the Dark Elf Empire, Sahara. After the Elondil Empire recklessly set foot in the continental war and lost miserably . . . . . . the hegemony of the Gigas continent was gradually shifting to the Saharan Empire.

Furthermore, I heard that a warp gate connecting to the Saharan Empire was being built in the central region of Francia, which had been devastated this time. The location was Pescara City, located on the opposite side of Rome City, which was a small and medium-sized city, but . . . . . . as the warp gate connecting to the Saharan Empire was built, a lot of capital began to gather in the outer agricultural land.

The first to move were the heavy and light industry factory owners. They quickly began to take over the land near the warp gate. The next to move were the distribution companies, and then the general individual businesses.

‘𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘱 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭-𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵.’

The country was running on the domestic economy alone, but . . . . . . if exports and imports were added, the economy could be further revitalized. In particular, thanks to the warp gate connecting Iberia to New York City on the New Continent, the products of the New Continent and the empire were exchanging, rapidly developing the entire Iberia region.

The people of the empire, who already knew how great the effect of warp trade was, began to fill the central region of Francia, which had been nothing but a blank space, with people again.

And now, the Francia Military District Command and the Francia Naval Command were scheduled to be built on the site of the former Rome City, which had become Lake Rome.

A few crazy people even babbled nonsense, asking Oswald to drop a few nukes on some coastlines as well . . . . . . Fortunately, Oswald, who was sane, delivered this news to the emperor, and the emperor beat up all such reactionaries, so it calmed down.

‘𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?’

The existing magic engineering civilization was now developing into a magic science civilization. Moreover, this world was full of knowledge about dimensions and the universe.

It went beyond recognizing that the Demon Realm or chaos world, etc., were other dimensions, and led to the theory that perhaps those dimensions could be other planets close to the planet we live on.

In response, some scholars were clamoring for space exploration, saying that we should build aerial warships that can fly in space. Fortunately, there were many skeptics who said that space exploration was premature because we hadn’t even conquered one planet yet, so space exploration remained in the realm of science fiction.

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