I just wanted to be able to relax in the village.\n
Drink during the day and live like a degenerate.
If only someone else would do all of the hard work for me. That would be amazing.
âSir Golan. Iâve brought you the petitions for the day.â
âUghâŚwho caaaaresâŚâ
Rig looked at me with a puzzled expression.
Alright, it was time to end my little escape from reality.
âPetitions, eh? What are they about?â
âApparently, more monsters are appearing on the road that leads to the next town. They want you to do something about it.â
One might wonder why they didnât just hunt them down on sight. But I suppose it was difficult for the non-combat races.
âWhat did they do up until now?â
âThey say that the monsters come down from the mountains. So that would have put them in the former Corps Commanderâs jurisdiction. Apparently, he sent out his close subordinates.â
âAh. So that group in black was hunting them down.â
âIt is quite likely.â
ââŚI see. Iâll gather some men together and send them out when I can.â
âI have to go and check the bridge. I wonât be able to gather people until I return.â
âIndeed. Then I will tell them that they must wait a few days.â\n
âŚSo, now I was busy processing confusing petitions in the village.
It had all been under Nehyorâs jurisdiction, but due to his abandonment of his post, they now had nowhere else to go.
Corps Commander Felicia was very busy with restructuring her army.
Nehyor had taken his own little pets, which left her just the four Commanders.
And they were hardly what Iâd call reliable.
But there was one thing I understood now, and that was how good Nehyor had been with managing the town.
There was a proper office for petitions to be brought to, and he had his men take care of everything related to battle and hunting.
As this was the countryside, residents were few, while monsters were many.
Killing monsters meant the expanding of your vessel. So it was no wonder they were so active there.
âStill, I heard that the amount it expanded was very small.â
Most people agreed that you wouldnât get that much stronger if you killed monsters.
Of course, if you continued to do it for hundreds of years, it would be a different matter.
Regardless, since Felicia was working desperately to rebuild the army, these jobs had come down to me.
As for the men that worked for meâŚ
âHey, Golan. Here we are again. You better be ready!â
âExactly. Weâre not the same today!â
And it wasnât just the idiot siblings. Most of the Ogres were meatheads. \nâShut up. Iâll fight you all together, so go and wait outside!â
As it could not be helped, I went back to this old routine.
Beating up the siblings, that is.
It would have helped me greatly if their heads had been screwed on tighter, however, all Ogres were just like this.
And so I couldnât really use anyone.
I would have to go out and deal with these annoying petitions myself.
âWeâre going hunting tomorrow. Thatâll mean fighting all sorts of monsters, so be ready.â
Beka groanedâŚbut it would probably be alright.
âRig. Iâm going to go and see the bridge now. Get ready.â
There was a road that connected the Ogre village to the town that Nehyor used to live in.
And in the middle, was a large bridge.
It was very sturdy, but sometimes the residents of the Demon World did things that exceeded my expectations.
Of course, this time it wasnât anything ridiculous. Apparently, a giant had been running and tripped on the bridge.
The bridge shook, and a crack appeared down the middle.
Also, the handrails were partially destroyed.
I would have to go and look at the damage and give out orders.
\nThe Dojoâs garden had been filled with concrete during some landscaping work once.
If I remembered correctly, it had also used it.
I think they had small, square cubes of concrete they laid out on the bottom. Then iron bars were placed over it like a net.
If they used such a thing for an ordinary garden, then surely it should be in a bridge.
âHaving that will make the bridge stronger.â
I said knowingly, ending the explanation.
âWe will try it at once.â
They were able to make wires, so there should be no problem.
âThis bridge is very old. You will make a new one right next to it, and destroy the old bridge when you are finished. Itâs too dangerous.â
An old bridge that wasnât reinforcedâŚand it was so thin.
It was better to do something before it collapsed.
âIâll expect the new bridge to be able to withstand a falling giant.â
After that, every new structure they made used reinforced concrete.
I hoped they would last long.