The Greatest Architect

19. All roads lead to Rome (2)

All roads lead to Rome.

All roads lead to Rome.

Everyone would have heard it once.

It also comes from numerous roads built during ancient Rome.

‘The Roman Empire was truly a virtue. ’

Make the road as straight as possible.

It needs to be connected to a vast territory.

I would not hesitate to drill a hole in the mountain or put a bridge in the valley for him.

Rome was the empire that upheld that belief the most.

Thanks to this, they have cleared 85,000 kilometers of roads.

Established a route that can circle the Earth more than once, based on the equator.

“That’s how important roads are. You know what has the biggest impact on the land value? ”

“I’m not sure. ”

“Traffic, traffic. ”

“ ……. ”

Lloyd’s words continue in Xaviel’s silence.

“Say you have a home. But the road from the house to the market is really rough. We have to cross the mountain, cross the water, and make our way to Bungee Jump. Whenever you go out, Mental will automatically call out to your dream team. Would you want to live in a house like that? ”

“I think it will be a great training. ”

“ ……. ”

“If you swim in the mountains every day, your basic health will be stronger. Bungee Jumping… I don’t know what it is, but it would be a great swordplay if it was also an extreme experience. ”

“Tsk, then, on a civilian basis, not someone with a sword fetish like you. ”

“Well, that’s a little tricky. ”

“Am I right?”

“Yes.”

“Now we’re talking. ”

Lloyd raises his jaw satisfactorily.

“It’s not just the house. Same territory. You know what the biggest problem with our territory is? ”

“You used to be Lloyd. ”

“ ……. ”

“I don’t know right now. ”

“Hmmm. The road, the road. ”

“The road? ”

“Yes. Have you seen a properly paved road in our territory? ”

“I didn’t see it. ”

“Right? That’s it. ”

It was true.

Baron Frontera has no paved roads.

Just because the grass does not grow along the path of many people, only the soil road that naturally occurs is frozen.

I thought it was time to change that.

Moreover, the road in the usual role was not over.

Lloyd had a more important plan to take advantage of the road.

“Anyway, you don’t need to know what I’m trying to do right now. Can you step aside? Let’s do some surveys. ”

The reason for the construction of the road is the result.

So now is the time to run rather than explain.

He shakes his hand at Xaviel.

I examined the terrain where the road would be located.

“I wish I could put an asphalt on it, but that’s not going to work here. Via Appia is the best technology to mobilize here. ’

Lloyd recalls the Appian Way he encountered during his sophisticated lecture.

It was also a topic that was investigated and published in the Joint Task.

‘The road of early Rome. The birthplace and starting point of many roads built by Rome. Thanks to the Appian Way, Rome was able to successfully execute a penalty on the southern side of the Italian Peninsula. Even that road remains strong today. ’

It has been built for over 2,000 years.

However, I was still refreshed without much compensation.

A glimpse into ancient Rome’s civil engineering skills.

It was Lloyd’s plan to build such an Appian Way along the central district of the territory.

‘From here to there. ’

From the entrance to the Lord’s mansion, through the land in a straight line to the mountains far east.

It was the perfect section for growing aorta in the future.

But there was something I had to do before I started construction like that.

Surveying and design.

‘Let’s level up your skills first. ’

Lloyd opened the skill window.

Ding-dong.

[Load the list of skills you have.]

[Baseline Survey: Lv 2]

[Basic Design: Lv 2]

[Extension Skill (Shovel): Lv 1]

‘Hm, I also need to invest more in surveying and design skills. ’

Meanwhile, I surveyed and designed several hot-rooms.

Experience increased by 1 for each surveying and design skill.

But this was not enough to survey and design the roads.

‘A surveying skill can only be used once and covers an area of 121 square meters. The design skill is only 1,331 gigabytes in volume. This is too inefficient. ’

Lloyd’s forehead wrinkles.

It was true.

He had recently tested how many skills he could use in a heartbeat.

The result was not more satisfying than I thought.

Each of the surveys and designs was limited ten times.

The more I tried, the more I became extremely fatigued and dizzy.

Of course, the skill was also cancelled by itself.

It even took me almost a day to recover to use the skill again.

This meant that the current skill level could only measure and design an area of 1,210 square meters per day and a volume of 13,310 square meters per day.

‘Then we won’t. It’s a long way from here to that mountain. We need to hurry if we’re going to finish the construction before the spring rains come. ’

There wasn’t much time.

Thankfully, the RP gathered in the meantime was quite good.

[Current RP: 659]

…… No, there was a huge pile.

‘Do I have to thank Lord Neumann for this? ’

It was thanks to Lord Neumann’s defeat in the duel.

Improved likelihood with many

20 each with the barons.

Xaviel and 2.

Lord Bavaria 1.

The appeal of consolidating territorial citizens increased by 6.

Thanks to that, I was able to pack 507 RP in a pile that day.

Nevertheless, he did not waste RP quickly.

A useful day will come when you have it.

With that belief, I’ve been carrying around RP’s.

And it was time to finally use the RP I had saved.

‘Let’s see. Let’s only level up by 1 as a test. ’

Lloyd moves his pupils to one side of the skill window.

There was a skill level up button.

His gaze flashes towards the skill level-up button like a mouse click.

Ding-dong.

[List of Level-Up Skills]

[Baseline Survey: Lv 2 3 (Consumption RP: 10)]

[Basic Design: Lv 2 3 (Consumption RP: 10)]

[Extension Skill (Shovel): Lv 1 2 (Consumption RP: 15)]

‘From surveying and design. ’

Selected two skills.

Ding-dong.

[Skill Level Up!]

[Baseline Survey: Lv 3]

[Measurable area at once: 144 m2]

[RP for next level up: 15]

[Basic Design: Lv 3]

[Area of Designable Structure at a Time: 1,728 m3]

[RP for next level up: 15]

[Current RP: 639]

You saw a slight increase in the skill’s effectiveness.

But I couldn’t be more satisfied.

‘Let’s invest properly while raising. ’

Surveying and design was his lifeline.

It was never about saving my investment.

Lloyd dares to pour out the remaining RP.

Increases the level of surveying and design skills.

Level 3 to 4.

Level 5 to Level 6.

I finally moved up from level 9 to level 10.

When I invested one more time in RP and raised it to level 11, I remembered a slightly different message this time.

Ding-dong!

[Skill Rank Up!]

[Surveying skill has been upgraded to.]

[Skill options have been opened as skill rank advancement.]

[Intermediate Survey: Lv 1]

[Measurable area at once: 1,600 m2]

[Skill Only Option ①: Estimate the unit price per land area at the current time of the measured terrain. (Error Rate +/5%)]

[Skill Only Option ②: Automatically scan underground scanned terrain up to 5 meters. Identify all elements within range, including soil, rock, groundwater, and store resources.]

[RP for next level up: 100]

[You have been upgraded to a design skill.]

[Skill options have been opened as skill rank advancement.]

[Intermediate Design: Lv 1]

[Area of Designable Structure at a Time: 64,000 km]

[Skill Only Option ①: Designed drawing output can be printed accurately on drawings (designated paper, etc.).]

[Skill Only Option ②: Show Floor Plan (2D) Shows the designed result by displaying a floor plan view in the form of 2D on the actual land. (Special: Only Me)]

[RP for next level up: 100]

[Current RP: 119]

‘Oh, my gosh. ’

Changed skill content made my eyes flutter.

The RP was so consuming, it didn’t even bother me.

‘Surveillance area and design volume have increased tremendously. But there’s more to life than this. ’

Lloyd’s gaze turned to options dedicated to surveying skills.

Option created with Skill Level increased to Intermediate above Beginner Level 10.

The contents of those options were amazing.

Land feelings? This is literally a real estate app because you can see the current market value of the land. And underground scans. ’

Let’s use it first.

Lloyd throws his gaze far away.

Intermediate Surveillance Skill is activated.

‘Survey.’

Tsutz!

A faint blue glow settles in Lloyd’s eyes.

At the same time, his gaze changed.

The area of the 40 metre horizontal and 40 metre vertical square, designated by the line of sight.

A few were added to the information displayed within that range.

The first was the estimated price of land.

‘Phew… Was this the price of shit in our territory? ’

Currently, the place he scans with surveys is the center of the region. The tavern and several shops were in their own yellow crowd.

However, the expected selling price per flatrate was less than 1 gold!

‘Hmph. I’m going to need a little more excitement. ’

The Baron Saab Frontera felt very real.

But that’s just the story now.

If you keep your territory, the land value will rise naturally.

Lloyd has focused on other information that appears to be a surveying skill.

The information he noted this time was the result of underground scanning.

It’s a lot better than I thought. ’

It was as described depending on the skill option.

The basement within the measuring range was clearly visible up to 5 meters.

I could see how the roots were intertwined in the ground, how the groundwater flowed, and even the rabbit tunnels that were made everywhere.

Lloyd swallowed a saliva without my knowledge.

‘Fantastic, really. ’

To date, surveying skills have only seen information on the surface of the earth.

Before he dug the ground himself, he had no way of knowing what was in the basement.

But it was resolved at once.

‘Especially when it comes to earth construction. ’

Foundation construction on the ground is absolute.

Especially when building large buildings, the basic construction becomes more important.

What if we’re building a big bridge or a dam and the ground is in a shithole?

Failure to properly undertake the appropriate foundation?

The architecture presents a problem in a few moments.

Tilt, crack, or sink.

Finally, it crumbles and falls.

Before that, there may be circumstances that require tearing down.

There is a catastrophe when you build something with the greatest amount of money and then pour it into the demolition to prevent further damage.

‘But when underground scanning is automated, it’s much less likely. The construction of the foundation will be reduced. ’

You can check the basic construction situation in real time.

Much shorter construction time.

It saves that much money to go into construction.

‘Design skill options are not great either. ’

Lloyd’s gaze this time led to two options created by the design skills.

“Show the top view on the drawing output. ’

I wanted to try it right away.

But now there was Xaviel by my side.

The design skill used to carve out the blueprints was a deceptive human printer.

‘Let’s use the design when we are alone. ’

Survey first.

Tsutztsu!

From that day on, Lloyd hung up on surveys during the day.

The path was measured by calculating the area where the road would be placed.

All the information collected over the past few days was made into data.

Data was transferred to design skills.

If day was the stage of surveying, night was the time for design to take center stage.

When night falls, he puts Xaviel to sleep.

“The plastic limit (PL) is 3.2 mm (1/8 in.) and is defined as the percentage of the function at the time of breaking. The firing limit is…… blah…… blah…… of soil and… like determining the liquid limit…… using a similar conical cone with an endnote egg…… weighing 240g…… d The function ratio corresponding to a contour of 20mm is…… blah……. ”

“…… Kuoul. ”

When Xaviel is completely exhausted, he activates his design skills from then on.

Based on the information obtained through surveying, we designed road routes and cross-sectional views.

Then he quietly printed out the drawings so that Xaviel wouldn’t break.

Tsuzus!

The drawing was attempted on paper as a test.

Then the drawings, designed with skill, are stamped on paper.

“Oh, it works. It really works. ’

So far, he has had to manually draw drawings designed with skills.

It was uncomfortable and difficult.

A slight decrease in accuracy

Then I printed the drawings like a printer and became more comfortable and comfortable.

Power of Skill Options (?) was not the only one.

“Hey, Xaviel. Do you see that?”

“Yes? What is it? ”

A few days later, Lloyd tested his skill options on Xaviel at the site where the road was to be built.

He points to where the road will be built.

“That. That’s a dead line on the floor, isn’t it? ”

“I don’t see that. It’s just… ”

“Only?”

“I’m a little concerned about Lloyd’s ocular health, or mental health. ”

“Do I look like I’m seeing things? ”

“That’s right.”

“Hehe, got it. ”

“ ……? ”

Lloyd smiles in a sly manner.

As expected.

Designed with skills last night.

So now the floor plan is engraved in 2D all over the site.

It was only visible to him.

‘Okay, you can do it. ’

Surveillance and design skills far more powerful than expected.

Thanks to this, construction preparations were made in full swing.

It was time to dive into the real work.