21st Century Archmage

f sleep or a meal! I just want to show you my ideas, the ideas I thought of with all of my brain and soul. If its you, my liege, who will make full use of my ability, I can give you my everything! Even this humble life of mine!”

‘Mm…

Everyone had their story. I thought I knew Derval well, but even I didnt know the story buried deep inside Dervals heart.

“There are truly a lot of things to do. First of all, what you need to do, my liege, is to formally become the lord and receive a promotion in your title. That way, you can appoint knights—”

“Stop!” I interrupted Derval with a shout. “Sir Derval, receive my order!”

“Your word is my command!”

“I hereby command that you are to take a forced break from this moment on for one day. If you do not eat three meals per day and sleep at night during this time, then you will be… exiled.”

“M-my liege…”

At my vehement warning, Dervals face went pale.

“I want an ally who can walk with me for a lifetime, not an idiot who just works like a fool before dying an early death.”

“My liege… Sob.”

As if overtaken with emotion, big tears dripped from Dervals eyes.

‘Id better do my best, even if its just for Derval. Damn.

He called territory management his lifelong dream. I was one to even honor a dead persons dream, so there was no reason to not honor a living persons dream.

“Give me some more soup and bread here, if you will.”

“Yes, my lord,” responded Lucias mom cheerfully from the kitchen, which was connected to the dining hall.

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‘Those mountains cant be blocked. Since thats the case, I need to construct a fort with a long flow of traffic in mind. And protect the villages with the fort behind them…

Swooooooosh.

Riding on an updraft, Bebeto stretched his long wings and entrusted his heavy body to the wind.

I looked down on Nermans great plains from his back. There were almost no mountains taller than five hundred meters in altitude to be found, and along the plains, a few mountains around two to three hundred meters that were more like hills stood out. The sight of small streams and expansive flatlands lush with greenery met my eyes.

‘Its approximately a 5 hour flight when moving at an average speed from Denfors. If we say thats around 40 km per hour, the distance is around 200 km. If we are to defend this large of an area, well need a good plan.

After ordering Derval to a forced rest, I quickly sent Baroness Janice and her Skyknights on a flight to patrol the southern region. At the same time, I temporarily transferred 20 knights who could use Aura Blade and 500 soldiers capable of riding horses into a cavalry troop.

‘The organization of infantry with the men who want to join me should be done about now.

Ryker was actually pretty useful. He volunteered to organize the soldiers, if he was familiar with empire military organization. The only thing was that I agreed to give him one months wages in advance if he could organize them perfectly.

‘Land, money, population… besides the people, its got it all. I wouldnt know exactly how many people were living in Nerman unless there was a population census, but it was definitely far too low.I have to bring in people. Craftsmen, artisans, farmers, you name it. I have to draw those kinds of people in.

Even with the knowledge I had learned up until now in high school in Korea, I could think more broad-mindedly than the people here. On top of that, I had an enormous wealth of Masters forcibly transferred knowledge. All I had to do was bring that knowledge to life.

‘10,000 elite troops! Thatll decide victory or defeat for now.