21st Century Necromancer

Chapter 149 Loyalty (4th update, asking for subscriptions, asking for monthly tickets)

"My lord!" Seeing Chen Yu suddenly repelled, Kojo Kyoko and the others hurried over and supported Chen Yu's body.

With a wave of his hand to shake off the assistance of his three subordinates, Chen Yu stood up on his own. Although he couldn't open his eyes due to the blood tears, this did not affect his perception.

Sensing the worried emotions of his three underlings, Chen Yu signaled for them not to worry and then explained, "It's nothing. I just glimpsed something I shouldn't have and received a bit of a shock, that's all."

"My lord, are you sure your body is all right?" Kojo Kyoko asked with concern, watching the blood tears on Chen Yu's face, and took out a handkerchief from her body to hand it to him.

"It's nothing, I'm not hurt by such a degree of shock." Chen Yu took the handkerchief, wiped the bloodstains from his face, returned it to Kojo Kyoko, and then said, "Kyoko, help me over there to rest for a while."

"Yes, my lord." Kojo Kyoko did not dare to delay, and quickly helped Chen Yu to a stone nearby and sat down.

Kyuuzai Ryousen and Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu also gathered around, looking very concerned at Chen Yu with his eyes closed, and kept asking, "My lord, are your eyes okay? Is there anything we can do?"

"It's just a temporary impaired vision due to the shock, nothing serious. You guys should draw up a map of this island. Also, I have previously arranged for an underground water layer; we should be able to exploit it to develop hot springs.

Pay attention to this when you're searching," Chen Yu instructed Kyuuzai Ryousen and Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu as he sat on the stone, letting Kojo Kyoko clean the bloodstains on his face.

"Yes, my lord." Seeing that Chen Yu was alright, Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu and Kyuuzai Ryousen didn't ask any more questions, but followed his orders to get to work, leaving only Kojo Kyoko at Chen Yu's side to attend to him.

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"Ryousen, what do you think happened to the lord just now?" Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu and Kyuuzai Ryousen were walking down the mountain, along a path that was barely there, when Yoshiharu suddenly opened the conversation with a question to Ryousen.

Upon hearing Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu's query, Kyuuzai Ryousen simply shook his head, indicating he didn't care in the slightest, "I don't know, nor do I care. All I know is doing the tasks assigned by the lord, and that's enough for me. As for the rest, I do as the lord says; if he says it's none of my concern, then I won't bother with it."

"You are truly loyal to the lord!" Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu laughed lightly, not minding Kyuuzai Ryousen's attitude. However, he spoke with a sense of importance, "I know you're loyal to the lord, and you do whatever he asks, but I think it's not that simple. There are things the lord does not instruct us on that we should think of ahead of time and prepare for."

This made Kyuuzai Ryousen stop in his tracks and turn around to look at him, "What are you trying to say?"

"I just think we should care about more things," Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu said with a smile, not stopping his stride.

Though there was no path on the mountain and the ground was full of pits and uneven rocks, it didn't pose any difficulty for the two Transcendents; their coordination was more than enough to handle this terrain.

Watching Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu continue down the mountain, Kyuuzai Ryousen had no choice but to follow him, "Some matters are not for us to worry about. And do you think we have the qualifications and strength to care about what happened just now?"

"Having the strength is one thing, having the will is another," Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu, having jumped on a large boulder and stretching as he looked down at the plain and river below, asked Kyuuzai Ryousen, "For instance, when you look at this plain before us, what do you think of it?"

"This plain?" Responding to Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu's question, Kyuuzai Ryousen also climbed the stone and looked down at the desolate plain below, pondered a moment, and then replied, "This is an alluvial plain formed by the river, the channel has dried up, and there's no forest resource.

Besides drawing up a basic topographical map, we should also check the soil quality, and consider water sources..."

"Wrong!" Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu interrupted Ryousen loudly. When Ryousen looked at him, he lowered his voice and said with a smile, "Wrong, terribly wrong."

Kyuuzai Ryousen was startled by the interruption from Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu and asked with puzzlement, "Wrong? But hasn't the lord tasked us with drawing the map?"

"Drawing the map is a given, and indeed we must consider the soil quality and water extraction, but is that enough?" Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu had an expression of satisfaction and admiration, "The lord is a Necromancer! Haven't you considered that he might turn this area into a graveyard?

Besides land development, you should also think about how many corpses could be buried here if it became a burial ground."

"Corpses..." Kyuuzai Ryousen, on hearing this, was taken aback before realizing Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu's point, but still instinctively argued, "How could the lord transform such a vast land into a graveyard! That would be too wasteful!"

"That's why I said 'consider'!" Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu's smile remained, but this time it carried a hint of self-satisfaction, "Not only should you consider the possibility of the lord turning this place into a graveyard, but also think about land development. You should take into account all possible arrangements the lord might make.

In doing so, when the lord makes a decision, you won't be caught off guard and will be able to respond effectively."

At this point, Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu patted Kyuuzai Ryousen on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Ryousen, you are my good friend, which is why I want to share this with you. I know you're not adept at these corporate matters, being the son of a wealthy family, but I hope you understand that serving the lord requires more than just loyalty.

Loyalty can indeed make the lord remember you, but it is not everything. Just like in a company, loyal employees may leave an impression on the president, but those who are truly valued and utilized by a company's president are always those who are capable.

The lord's future will certainly not end here, and his side will certainly not consist only of you and me as subordinates. If you have only loyalty, the lord might not forget you, but to keep pace with the lord and continue to be favored by him, mere loyalty is not enough. You also need abilities that will make the lord hold you in high regard."

Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu's words left Kyuuzai Ryousen silent. He had to admit that what the other said made sense, so he nodded and thanked Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu, "Thank you, Yoshiharu." Discover more stories at empire

"No need to thank me, aren't we good friends?" Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu smiled indifferently and turned to continue down the mountain, "Besides, I'm doing this for my own sake too. If you can stay by the lord's side, you can also become a valuable assistant to me, right?"