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“Yeah.”
The size of the great plains of Africa as seen from the plane was truly enormous.
Even if you look down from the sky, you can’t see the end of the endless plain.
An agronomist who accompanied me at that time said:
“The Great Plains of the Central African Republic are classified as Tier 3 agricultural land.”
“Are you in third grade? So, are there classes 1 and 2?”
Isn’t it better than you think?
Then the agriculturist smiled and said, as if he had read my disappointment.
“For reference, there are up to 9th grade, so the 3rd grade is the upper grade. In the first place, the reason Africans are poor and hungry is not because the land is bad, but because of the instability of security and politics.”
“Oh oh! Yes? How is Korea?”
“… Most of Korea is between the 5th and 7th grades.”
It is also a land cursed with resources.
“Are you saying that all that large land is more fertile than Korea?”
“you’re right. It is a land larger than the entire area of Korea.”
“Can you grow cotton here?”
“Initially, cotton is a tropical plant. So both China and India grow cotton in warm regions.”
It is perfect.
Absolutely perfect
Then you see a horde of creatures passing by on the Great Plains.
“Isn’t it an animal…?”
that’s a monster.
It was a low-level beast-type monster called Tulkan.
At that moment, Tulkan begins to attack and eat the deer that were roaming the Great Plains.
“Isn’t that a total ecosystem-destroying species?”
I said with a bright smile.
“For this reason, all alien species must be eradicated. don’t worry. Wait a little bit, and I’ll destroy everything.”
“Hello! Mr. Han!”
Upon arriving at the airport, he was immediately guided to the presidential palace and met with the President of the Central African Republic, Chiamaka.
I heard that he is a dictator who has held the presidency for 20 years, but since Central Africa itself is such a poor country, not everyone is interested in it, and he has not committed anything particularly bad, so he has managed to keep it up until now.
‘What. That’s out of my business.’
The only thing that matters to me now is the huge loam abandoned in the Central African Republic.
The Central African Republic has a land size six times that of South Korea, while the population is only 5 million, less than a tenth of that of South Korea. It was just a densely populated capital and its vicinity.
In other words, except for the vicinity of the capital, the rest are all areas that I do not care about reclaiming as farmland.
I said shaking hands with President Chiamaca.
“Hello.”
As I said hello and sat down, Chiamaka pointed to the man next to me and said something, and an interpreter translated the words.
“They say Dagan, the greatest Awakener in Central Africa.”
As far as I know, there is not a single SS class in Central Africa.
To be precise, I was there, but I was scouted to America and now I am an American.
That means that man is an S-class.
I did a light bowing with Dagan and asked what I was curious about.
“From the plane, it looks like there are quite a few monsters. Is this place safe?”
“When the monsters first come out of the gate, they go everywhere, but after a while, they sit down in a place they like and territorialize it. Monsters also hunt each other, so the number of monsters is maintained. So, if you handle the gates on this side well and block the monsters that sometimes come over, there is no danger.”
That means that the monsters are living in that prairie, forming their own ecosystem.
Of course, since I’m here, it’s all a thing of the past.
Well, that’s enough for the small talk, shall we go straight to the point?
I said with a relaxed expression.
“To say that there is nothing very dangerous does mean that there are still dangerous things, right? But now you can rest assured. As you may have heard before, I would like to do some farming by clearing land in Central Africa. Of course, we will also clean up the monsters at the same time.”
Then Chiamaka smiled brightly and said,
“We welcome you. Chairman Han, who is an SS level, said that if he manages the monsters in the land, the people will be able to live more peacefully.”
Of course you should welcome it.
The land that had been completely abandoned in the meantime is returning.
In addition, if Ceron farms and exports on a large scale, he will be able to collect huge taxes.
I don’t know, but in the current Central African Republic situation, wouldn’t it be more than half of the total GDP?
At that time, Chiamaka suddenly spoke with a troubled expression.
“But the land you mentioned is a bit difficult to sell.”
“why?”
“It is said that selling all that large piece of land to one company is virtually the same as handing over a part of the country.”
What did you say.
It was a land that was not treated anyway.
“So, how about renting it out? They said they would only get $1 per hectare per year.”
One hectare is about 3,000 pyeong, and if you only get $1 a year for it, it’s definitely an incredibly cheap price.
But that’s just like porridge.
“Then you’re saying you’re going to eat all the land I developed by cleaning up monsters and even clearing it in Central Africa?”
“Instead, they promise to guarantee the rental period of 60 years.”
“Why do I have to work hard to clean up the land that is not mine, whether it is 60 or 600 years old?”
Why do I have to do good for others?
The only thing I need to be a good person is in Korea, where I plan to retire.
“Absolutely buy. The purchase price is $10 per hectare.”
The size of the plains I am currently proposing to purchase in Central Africa is a whopping 20 million hectares.
It was about the same size as North and South Korea combined.
“Then two billion dollars. We will remit this amount as soon as the contract is signed.”
A little over 200 billion Korean won.
This is less than half of Ceron’s monthly sales, so it’s worth investing in.
“It’s a playground after all. If I clear the land, it will be safe and the tax revenue will increase dramatically, so do you just go easily and easily?”
Besides, this is not a big deal to me, but a huge amount for Central Africa.
The annual tax revenue that the Central African Republic takes from 5 million people is at most 600 billion won.
The Central African Republic is a very poor country to the extent that a country’s annual tax revenue is less than the sales of one of the Ceron Group affiliates.
In such a situation, if you can sell your abandoned land and get 200 billion won, that’s not a bad story at all, right?
“In addition to that, we will provide a bodyguard skeleton as a service.”
What a security service.
Is there any other service more coveted than this for a dictator who is sensitive to safety enough to come to a meeting with the strongest awakener in his country?
Chiamaka said with her eyes shining.
“Are you referring to that bodyguard skeleton that you have only heard of?”
“Yes. We will even provide about three A-class items.”
Of course, this service was not provided just to be good for chia maca.
If the person in power suddenly changes, the policy of the previous person in power will also be overturned, right?
Even here, Africa High School is famous for its instability in politics and security.
It was cleared at best, but after the revolutionary or rebel forces pushed out Chiamaca, if the dictator made a fuss saying that the project was null and void, it would be very difficult for me to comply with the law.
“ah! And I’m not trying to do anything with skeletons. What will my credibility be if the skeleton attacks the protected object? Besides, from my point of view, it is advantageous for the president to remain in good health.”
Chiamaka pondered for a moment at my words and said.
“I will accept that condition.”
right.
How can you refuse to provide such a good service?
“Instead, how about paying the money like this? Calculate the purchase price at $8 per hectare, and put the remaining $2 in profit in a separate account.”
This bastard is said to have a good reputation for being a dictator, and in the meantime, he started thinking about making a slush fund.
If you have a lot of money, even if you don’t, you should think about helping the poor people.
I said waving my finger.
“No! I don’t put my hands in muddy water.”
I’d be in trouble if only this kind of thing would stain my retirement life.
“Let’s just take it easy. If you keep doing this, will you go to South Sudan?”
Originally, I chose two candidates: South Sudan and Central African Republic.
But in South Sudan, the road infrastructure connected to the sea is the worst, so I excluded it.
Chiamaka, who had been pondering for a long time at the end of my cover, nodded and said.
“I will know. I will accept all of the conditions that have been said.”
“OK!”
I said, handing out the contract I had prepared in advance.
“ruler. If you stamp here, it will be deposited directly into your account.”
“Ahh!”
I stretch out my arms and enjoy the vast plains.
“You mean this is all my land?”
All of my land is a vast plain with no end in sight.
How could I, who lived a life without a single room, now have land similar to the total area of the Korean Peninsula?
It should be said that it is reliable in a different sense from minerals.
After all, a person must have real estate.
of course.
“Keek?”
Although there are illegal intruders called monsters.
I killed the monsters at once by blowing bones, and looked at the agronomist who was touching the ground and said.
“how about it? Do I have to clear it?”
“Since the river is nearby, it is easy to draw water channels and the land is quite fertile. However, the problem is that there are a lot of useless things from weeds that have been neglected for so long…”
“What should I do?”
“First of all, the basics of clearing are to overturn the ground. The deeper the ground, the more nutrients it holds.”
“How deep can I go?”
“The deeper the better. oh And you have to pick out something like a big stone. Then you have to fertilize the land to make it suitable for farming. ha.”
The agronomist shook his head and said.
“Anyway, it seems that it will take an enormous amount of time to clear all this large land.”
“After all, the land is large, can’t we just grow it in moderation? Is there something you must make and grow under the best conditions for each land? I think we can just accept the drop in production per pyeong and just push it to the size of the land.”
Said the agronomist, who was stunned at my words.
“It must also be a method.”
“Good. After all, you have to overturn the ground as deep as possible and pick out the stones, right?”
“you’re right.”
“Do we have to deal with monsters at the same time?”
“Yes.”
I said to the interpreter.
“Ask the public official who came with me if there are people living on my land.”
Of course, people want to live in this land with monsters everywhere, but you don’t know, right?
The interpreter spoke to a government official and said:
“Of course there is no one.”
“Good good. So what is the monster level?”
“The strongest is class A. Even if a new A-class gate appears there, the number is always kept the same because it is fighting for territory with the existing A-class.”
It’s literally a monster ecosystem.
A real ecosystem with natural population control.
“Isn’t there an S-class?”
“I know it’s not there yet.”
“Then it doesn’t matter.”
It’s just what I expected.
The reason this land was abandoned is not because mankind is weak, but because there is no reason to recover this land with great effort.
In the first place, it was abandoned due to the lack of gate management ability in Central Africa.
It would be the same again anyway.
If that’s the case, then there’s no way any Awoken would want to stay in this barren wasteland, where there’s no way they’d want to stay in this barren wasteland where there’s no need for a massive deployment of Awoken.
There are only a handful of monsters that come over if you manage the metropolitan area well, so I just assumed it was like that.
But I am different.
Because I need this land, and at the same time, even in this barren land, there is an army of undead who can kill monsters without stopping 24 hours a day.
In other words, this land is the best place for me.
I immediately opened the subspace and summoned a large seabed mining skeleton I had made as a reserve.
Unlike the worker skeleton, a large skeleton made to a fairly high level to withstand the water pressure on the seabed and move while harming the water.
“Let’s see. You’ll need equipment to topple the ground, right? Lengthen the rake in reverse and sideways.”
In such an instant, I made a 20m-wide reverse rake out of bone.
I immediately started adding various magic circles to the large skeleton.
“Keep going straight and turn around at about 10km, and this time, if you keep pushing along the line next to the ground you dug… OK! ruler. Give it a try.”
At my words, a large skeleton nailed its reverse rake to the ground and slowly moved forward.
Then, the soil is crushed between the rakes in the reverse direction and the land is turned over.
“how about it? This is enough.”
said the agronomist, who was staring blankly at him.
“this. This is enough.”
“ah. Did I say I had to pick a stone too?”
This time, take a worker skeleton and a transportable skeleton from subspace and add a magic circle right away.
“Choose a large-sized stone… put it on a transport type, and when it’s full, come over here and throw it away. End!”
Then, the skeletons who stick to the back of the large skeleton that continue to break through the ground and move forward, pick out the stones of the torn land.
“Now, what if I finally summon a skeleton for the escort and accompany him? complete!”
A skeleton unit that started clearing the land automatically under the protection of the escort skeletons that had lifted the attack limit.
Now, this skeleton unit will clear the ground for 24 hours without a break and take care of the monsters that attack at the same time.
I turned and looked at the agronomist and said,
“Are you going to go back and rest today?”
“Yes?”
“Now they will clear the land indefinitely on their own. Of course, these are just for testing purposes, and if there are no problems in the future, I will make dozens of such units and release them.”
A unit of one stone and two birds that clears the land and also handles monsters at the same time.
Of course, unpredictable situations can occur as they are made on the fly, so we have to wait a few days.
“Then, if you first farm on the land that has been cleared, you are done! In the meantime, they will continue to clear and clean the monsters without a break.”
The agronomist shook his head and said.
“Is it that clearing was so easy… Normally, I had to dig the ground all day with a crane and use a man to pick out the stones…”
“I guess it’s because you haven’t gotten used to it yet. This is where Seron was originally.”
I have to keep working with Seron for the time being, but I have to get used to it.
I said with a bright smile.
“ruler! let’s go. President Chiamaca is hosting a party, so let’s enjoy an African party.”
“OMG!!”
I said stretching out.
“I slept well!”
I slept until late after drinking and playing at a party hosted by President Chiamaca.
I said rubbing my eyes.
“Africa is pretty fun too.”
It was definitely a party hosted by the president, so the food was delicious and there were plenty of things to see.
“When I retire later, let’s build a villa here too.”
I also have my own land.
“ah. After all, a clearing corps.”
Yesterday, just around the start of dinner, the skeleton’s reverse rake, which was plowing the ground, got caught in a huge rock and could not move forward.
So I took control and let the stone pass and keep clearing.
“Next time, if there is a big stone, I should automatically avoid it.”
Because the stones are enough if you pull them out or crush them later.
“Are you doing a good job?”
The moment I close my eyes and try to take control of the large skeleton, the leader of the clearing force.
“···uh?”
Cannot connect with large skeletons.
“what.”
Tried to connect with other skeletons in succession, but all connections were broken.
“uh?”
I said with a puzzled look.
“Did you happen?”
As soon as I confirmed that there was no connection, I flew to the clearing and found the bones of the skeleton that had been horribly smashed.
I said checking the bones.
“It’s completely smashed.”
The strongest individual is Class A, and most Class A members work individually, so 20 combat skeletons, including two Class A, were deployed for escort.
Even though the anti-monster algorithm is weak at this point, it’s not a big deal to deal with at least one A-class monster as its basic ability is an ability.
So I was able to enjoy the party with peace of mind, but I think it will be completely destroyed in one day.
“Are there any S-class monsters? Didn’t I say that there was only A-class?”
Then the official, embarrassed, said to the interpreter.
“So far, it is said that only Class A has been found.”
The fact that only A-class was discovered means that there may be undiscovered S-class.
I pondered for a moment, then smiled and said.
“I guess I thought it was too easy.”
This is an ecosystem created by monsters that have settled on Earth.
Of course, there is a counter-reaction to pushing this huge ecosystem away.
I threw the shattered bones on the floor and opened the subspace.
“Does this bring back old memories?”
I thought that I could just make a clearing unit, run it like a robot vacuum, and deal with monsters that attack, but I was too easy on myself.
What this land needs right now is an active, large-scale eradication.
“I didn’t do both cleaning and clearing at the same time, but cleaning came first.”
The battle skeletons I have accumulated over the years in my subspace continue to pour in, and at the same time form a line behind me.
The first gun sortie of the Undead Corps, which has been reconstructed since returning to Earth.
“I’ll show you what I’m good at.”
I took a step forward and smiled.
“let’s go. Guys. It is war.”