How a Calamity Necromancer Retires

Fortunately, I successfully purchased a corpse and essence from an S-class gate in Europe.

When I arrived in Korea on a plane, I immediately started working on the S-class Death Knight.

A death knight made with great care, such as carving a magic circle with gold and reinforcing vulnerable parts with various metals.

“Whoa.”

I said, wiping my sweat.

“As expected, S rank is not easy.”

A lot of mana was consumed and there were a lot of materials, so about 20 billion was consumed to make one S-class, including corpses, essences, and various subsidiary materials.

Of course, when other awakened people hear it, they’ll be dumbfounded saying that it’s cheap if I just made an S-class with only 20 billion, but I’m not going to make this one.

“If you buy and collect integers in earnest, the value of integers will not skyrocket. Even if it wasn’t, the price was expensive because the original supply was running out.”

Maybe the integer value will rise to several times what it is now.

“On top of that, considering the other soldiers, special objects such as the master-class Death Knight and Royal Lich, and five decisive battle weapons…”

It’s dark.

“Nimiral. You will definitely make a lot of money.”

The Seron Group is growing well.

If you work hard, what can you do?

“Anyway, this is this, and what’s urgent right now is raw materials.”

I decided to leave China, but the way I did it is a problem.

“how will we do it.”

The easiest thing is to diversify the import sources.

Even if the price is high, importing from various countries can reduce dependence.

But I don’t like it.

After all, this is also dependent on other countries.

“The current target is China, but there is no guarantee that it will not change suddenly just because it is another country.”

There is no eternal friend or eternal enemy in the harsh international politics.

If Seron grows enormously and absorbs the world’s industries, other countries might try to keep Seron in check.

“As expected, self-sufficiency is the best thing…”

I laughed and said.

“Is self-sufficiency possible in Korea?”

It is not strange to hear that Korea is cursed in terms of raw materials, which are not self-sufficient in crops except for rice due to lack of farmland and cannot be found even if you look for resources.

I thought about it for a while and said.

“ruler. Let’s prioritize Pass the oil for now.”

Oil is an energy resource and the core of plastics.

But there is absolutely no way to do this oil.

The era of using oil from the sea has come, but Korea, which is surrounded by the sea on three sides, is still sucking its fingers.

“After all, the most important things are metal and cotton.”

Metals used in various electronic products and cotton used to make clothes and shoes.

These two are core resources to the extent that the entire Ceron stumbles the moment the supply is cut off.

“I don’t know anything else, but these two are essential.”

Of course, the problem is that both of these things are absolutely advantageous to countries with vast land.

It is highly likely that there will be a lot of mineral resources if there is a large land, and cotton should be grown only if the arable land is large.

“It’s a wide land… a wide land… huh?”

Isn’t there a place that is the largest land in the world and at the same time no one has touched it?

right by the sea.

“I think I heard that there are underground resources in the sea?”

I said with my eyes shining.

“Shall we find out?”

*

The ocean covers 70% of the Earth’s surface.

This sea was a treasure trove of resources and, at the same time, an uncharted territory where everyone drools and watches.

So, as a result of studying marine resources in earnest…

“Is there a place you’ve been looking for? Did you even get development rights in Korea already?”

It has been found that a significant level of marine resource exploration has already been achieved.

And even with international organizations already granting permission for development.

“yes. The water depth near Korea, as you mentioned, is so low that there are almost no profitable minerals, but several countries have already acquired development rights for seafloor hydrothermal deposits in the exclusive economic zone of the North Pacific. This subsea hydrothermal deposit is formed by the contact of hydrothermal vents with cold seawater…”

As the professor who had invited me to explore the underwater resources continued to explain, I raised my hand and said,

“Professor, it is easy to understand. I have almost no knowledge about it. Please explain it as if you were talking to an elementary school student.”

The professor thought for a moment and then said.

“…Simply put, it means that molten minerals cool and harden to the bottom of the ocean floor. It’s kind of like an undersea open pit mine.”

“You mean open pit mining means you just have to go down and pick up minerals?”

“Exactly. Such an open-pit mine is under the Pacific Ocean, and the mining rights for some of these open-pit mines are in Korea. And the scale is beyond imagination.”

“Oh oh!”

is that awesome?

I said with my eyes shining.

“Then why aren’t you mining?”

Then the professor said with a wry smile.

“It’s not that I can’t, it’s that I can’t.”

“The reason is?”

“There are currently two ways to get this. The first is to put something like a net into the depths of the sea and sweep the bottom to get it… In fact, this is the most realistic, but at the same time virtually impossible to realize. It will completely destroy the underwater ecosystem.”

Ahh.

It would be comfortable and easy to sweep it up with a net, but at the same time, it would also wipe out deep-sea creatures and their habitats.

I understand.

If you work that way, environmental groups will froth at your mouth.

“So the second method came out. The unmanned submersible robot is sent down to sort and pick only the minerals. But how do you make it profitable?”

In short, no money?

“So, it has already been more than 20 years since we just talked about developing and developing and then drifted away. It is practically neglected.”

After hearing all of the professor’s story, I snapped my fingers and said,

“Perfect!”

“yes?”

“Coincidentally, our company has skeletons for construction!”

A construction skeleton made from an enhanced version of the worker skeleton to lift heavy loads.

It’s even more perfect with a camera attached to its head.

“Doesn’t that mean that we can remodel the construction skeleton for underwater mining, send it down, and then just scoop it up?”

“uh?”

The professor thought for a moment with a dazed expression, then said.

“That seems to make sense.”

“Right?”

hey

This is it.

An open pit mine under the sea.

“How do I apply for development of this?”

*

B. Requested a formal meeting to use mining rights owned by the Korean government.

However, it was Lee Jin-young, the head of the Gate Management Agency, not the head of a government department related to development rights, who came to see me.

“Really? Are you using skeletons to mine underwater resources?”

“Why did Commissioner Lee come? Are you in charge of this too?”

“Obviously, it is not under my jurisdiction, but after hearing the report, the President sent me. I’m at least a bit familiar with Chairman Han. Anyway, isn’t that important now? Is it really possible?”

“I’m going to try it. Don’t do it if you don’t.”

“It is not something that can be easily passed on now. Do you know how important this is?”

“but. From the standpoint of Korea, which lacks resources, it would be a big news story.”

“Is Korea the only big news? There are not one or two countries that share mining rights in the North Pacific. If skeletons are used to mine underwater resources profitably, will those countries stay still?”

“Ohh.”

Come to think of it, if this really succeeds, it will become an important weapon for Saeron.

Other countries will also need Seron’s help to mine.

“Anyway, shouldn’t I know by doing it? So, I contacted the government. By the way, if you just do it, there will be no problem, right?”

“Of course there are procedures, but I can take care of them myself.”

“okay. Let’s try it then. If not, have you already made it? Come in!”

At my words, the door opened and a skeleton and an employee equipped with an unmanned pilot system came in.

“This is the skeleton for underwater mining that I developed this time. Here we send the skeletons down to the bottom of the sea to collect the minerals and put them in barrels connected to the ship. Then, when the barrel is full, I’m thinking about how to proceed by pulling it up from the boat.”

“Then what happens to the skeleton after all the work is done?”

“How is it? It’s just that the next worker takes over and continues to work. It’s enough just to lift the barrel, so I’m just going to leave it in the sea indefinitely.”

Lee Jin-young said with a puzzled expression.

“You keep putting it under the sea? Then what if it breaks down due to a creature attacking it from the bottom of the sea?”

“I don’t think that would happen if I thought about the water pressure and made it strong, but what does it matter if it really breaks down? It’s all bones anyway, so just throw it away. ah. There is a camera, but it will be connected with an optical cable anyway, so I just need to get the camera up.”

Is there a more environmentally friendly way to work?

Lee Jinyoung laughed and said.

“…In the meantime, numerous robot companies have been researching for underwater mining, but I never thought this would be solved in this way.”

A robot that is expensive and has to go back and forth between the seabed and the sea surface frequently for maintenance, and a skeleton that literally just needs to be used and broken down.

Of course, in terms of efficiency, robots were no match for skeletons.

“ah. For reference, this is a prototype, so it’s a bit small, right? If I see a real possibility, I want to make it several times larger than this and put a lot of it in at once.”

A man-sized skeleton that has been raking in minerals for years.

If you’re going to do it, you should make it big and dig it out.

Jinyoung Lee nodded and said.

“great. The government will also actively support it. Resource development has been a long-cherished dream of Korea.”

The sorrow of a country without resources.

Until now, Korea has been striving to develop overseas resources, such as purchasing overseas mines, but it has rarely produced proper results.

But with the appearance of Seron, that opportunity finally opened.

“By the way, shouldn’t we be giving the government a stake in the company? I hate that kind of thing.”

Lee Jinyoung smiled and said.

“As long as the mined minerals are not diverted overseas, it is sufficient to receive a fee for mining rights rental. It is meaningful that Korea procures its own mineral resources.”

“Nothing like that. I started because I needed something to write in the first place.”

good anyway

Don’t you notice that the government is also supporting it?

“great. Let’s try it.”

*

“I live and live and see all of these vast seas.”

People who worked as construction skeleton pilots and were suddenly offered full-time positions for the new development of Seron.

They accepted the offer right away at the word full-time employees, and after receiving training to manipulate a skeleton in the water, they boarded a boat provided by the government and moved to the middle of the North Pacific Ocean.

“what is it. Digging for underwater resources?”

“They say so.”

“A person with deep sea phobia can’t even do it.”

“That’s why it’s a deal that only selected people who didn’t exist in the first place. Besides, I’m not going down there anyway, so what’s up?”

At that time, a government official shouted.

“I’ll be there in a minute!”

People went inside the ship after hearing from a government official that the skeleton for underwater mining connected with an optical cable would soon arrive at the bottom of the sea.

All of them are veterans who have handled construction skeletons countless times at Seron Rental, so they naturally wear the controls.

Those who finally shared the skeleton’s vision through the liquid crystal on the mask.

“and. This is under the sea.”

“How far down have you gone? I can’t see anything besides the light shining on it?”

“It’s a bit scary.”

The skeletons finally landed completely on the bottom of the sea when they were talking about this and that.

Then the official said.

“It won’t float by attaching weights to the skeleton’s legs, but it won’t be easy to move because of the water resistance. This mining is just for testing, so don’t overdo it…”

Then people spoke in a calm voice.

“Let’s stop doing that, because we’ve already heard enough that we’re about to puncture our ears.”

“I’ve already practiced a lot, so what else?”

“The president said so. Even if it breaks down, you can just throw it away, so don’t worry about it.”

At that, the official said in a cold sweat.

“Ah, I see. Then get started!”

The people who started to scan the seabed in earnest like that.

Then a man called out.

“Number 32, are these black stones by any chance?”

Then, the researcher who was sharing and watching the video of the worker next to the public official shouted.

“you’re right! The stone is a mixture of dozens of minerals, including cobalt, nickel, and aluminum…”

“no no. Do we know if you explain it like that? It’s just right, but tell me.”

“No, that’s right.”

“okay.”

Then, the skeleton took out the shovel and bucket that were hanging from its back and started pouring in at random.

When the barrel was full in such an instant, the controller said.

“It fills up quickly. Don’t you need a big barrel for this?”

At that, the researcher who was watching the video next to the official said with an excited expression.

“This time it’s a test, and later we’re going to use a large net or barrel, so don’t worry and send it up.”

“yeah.”

The pilot connected the wire from the researcher’s horse to the barrel.

“I connected the wire. Raise it 32 times.”

At that, the official operated the machine, and in an instant, the barrel was pulled into the boat.

“Let’s go!”

Researchers left the control room with expectant expressions and moved to the wire coiling area.

how long has it been like that

“Come up!”

Finally, the mineral that was sleeping under the deep seabed is revealed in a barrel.

A researcher excitedly picked up the ore in the barrel, checked it, and shouted.

“Success! success! This is unconditional!”

It was the moment when the government and Seron Development jointly promoted the seabed resources development plan experiment, which ended successfully, and at the same time, full-fledged submarine resource development began.