Chapter 35

The survey team, rejoicing over Leord's discovery of the water vein, tried to return to Zeato but was stopped by Leord.

"Wait, wait. There's still only a possibility, not a certainty.

Let's dig here first. If water comes out, we'll return to Zeato and report it."

The survey team, disheartened by Leord's words, still acknowledged the truth in his reasoning and turned their faces towards him.

"Alright. Let's start digging the ground. Those with earth attributes, lend a hand."

"Yes!"

Leord and the earth attribute users began digging the ground. Magic was convenient in such situations. Normally, this would have been manual labor, but with magic, they could easily dig a hole.

However, in modern Japan, heavy machinery powered by science could have been more efficient than magic, but there was no point in thinking about that now.

The hole gradually deepened, but there was no sign of water. It was enough to make one doubt whether there really was a water vein here.

The knights, though anxious, looked at Leord with hopeful eyes as he continued digging.

Meanwhile, Leord was sweating and accumulating fatigue. He had been using exploration magic to investigate deep underground, and now he was digging a hole, consuming the most magic among the survey team.

However, an unexpected situation arose. The knights digging with Leord ran out of magic and sat down on the spot.

"Sorry... I'm... so sorry..."

"I'm sorry... I can't... go on..."

"Haa... Haa..."

Knights were not specialists in magic. Compared to those who specialized in magic, the difference was like night and day. If a knight had 100 magic points, a mage would have 1000.

Digging the ground did not consume much magic, but over a long period, it became difficult for the knights, who were not magic specialists.

"Don't worry. Take a rest."

Leord, now alone, glanced at the exhausted knights and continued working silently.

It was hard to judge how much he had dug, but compared to the others, Leord was doing an incredible job. He had been digging for nearly twice as long as the others, all by himself.

However, even Leord reached his limit. Drenched in sweat, he knelt on one knee.

"Kah... Haa Haa..."

Barbarotto rushed to Leord's side and tended to him while the knights peered into the hole Leord and the others had dug.

The hole was so deep that the bottom was not visible. They threw a stone to test it. The sound of the stone hitting the bottom was heard, but unfortunately, there was no sound of water.

Leord could not say anything to the disappointed knights. He felt disheartened for letting them down after raising their hopes.

(Damn it! I don't want to come up with nothing!

I'm sure there's a water vein. It's just that we don't know how deep it is...

Alright. No holding back.)

Leord, who had been tended to by Barbarotto, stood up and looked around at the survey team.

"I'm going to use my skill to resume the work.

I need your help."

When Leord bowed, the knights were surprised. However, they were unsure how to help.

Among the confused knights, Barbarotto was the first to agree.

"Lord Leord. If my strength is of any use, you may use it as much as you like."

"Thank you. First, grab my hand."

Barbarotto took Leord's extended hand. Leord confirmed the contact and began to channel his magic.

Leord's skill, Magic Sharing, was simple to use in a game, where you just select the target and press the decision button. Here, in reality, it required physical contact to activate.

"Lord Leord... What is this?"

"It's my skill, Magic Sharing. By channeling magic through contact, we can share it. Now, we have a connection, and we both have the combined magic power.

Of course, since the magic is shared, I can use it, and you can use it too.

Additionally, you can now use spells that you normally couldn't due to insufficient magic."

"That's amazing. However, I only use Body Reinforcement, so please use the magic, Lord Leord."

"Thanks. This will help me resume the work."

As Leord was about to release Barbarotto's hand and resume work, the hesitant knights asked Leord to share his magic with them.

"Lord Leord, please use our magic too!"

"Alright. I'll use your magic."

"Yes!"

Leord performed Magic Sharing with each of the knights who had asked.

This significantly increased the amount of magic Leord had. Although Leord's personal magic was overwhelmingly greater, it was better not to mention that.

Still, Leord was currently drained of magic, so the knights' magic was very valuable.

"Alright, let's give it one more push."

Leord used the shared magic with the knights to resume the digging. Whether water would come out was uncertain, but Leord had indeed sensed the water vein, so he had to believe.

Now, it was a matter of perseverance.