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"It looks like there are oil puddles deep underground. There seems to be quite a lot of it."

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"Oil puddles, huh? I wonder how much oil can be recovered by digging a vertical hole like a well. If we have to keep dragging the well's fish bottle until we get all the oil out, won't it be too late to work on the river?

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"I agree with Mr. Barca. If there is no strong reason for the river to flow here, it would be better to look for a new river replacement site. Well, if you have a magic stone with magic power, you can make a well by digging a vertical hole. ......

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　Lassen put his hands on the ground and did some digging.

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　I knew it would be useful.

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　It's really hard to dig a hole by hand, but we can examine it without actually digging it.

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　I can see why Ai took him out.

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　According to the report by Lassen, there was a large amount of oil in the ground that was oozing out of the land that had been dug to make room for the new river.

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　It would be difficult to get it all out.

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　As expected, we need to rethink our plan.

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　It will be difficult for Ai, but I will ask him to find another site for us.

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"Well, I'm sure they will change the plan, but let's have them dig a pit just in case. If we can get oil, we'd like to keep it. The magical power of the magic stone here is enough to do that, isn't it, Mister Lassen?"

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"Yes, I understand. Then we need to make some preparations. For now, I'm going to ask you all to stay away. Could you tell the other workers to stay away from here for their own safety?　You should also put out the fire. Please keep the fire strictly out."

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"What?　All you have to do is dig a well, right?　Is such preparation really necessary?"

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Just in case. When digging a well for water, you need to be more careful than you think. Just to give you an idea, there is oil under this ground, but it seems to be protected by the bedrock.

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"Bedrock?"

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Yes. The ground varies in hardness depending on the strata. Among them, the bedrock here is strong, and a large amount of oil is being held down further below the bedrock. If I dig a well to collect the oil, I will have to use my magical power to dig a hole and make a hole in the bedrock as well. In such a case, the pressure of the bedrock, which has been holding down the oil pressure from below, will change, and the oil may come out to the surface at once. In other words, there could be a very large fountain of oil.

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"Ugh. You mean you might get covered in oil if you're nearby? That's dangerous. I understand. It's also important to make sure people don't burn themselves. I'll let them know. I mean, is Mr. Lassen okay with digging a hole in such a situation?

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"Me?　Yes. Digging a hole uses magic power, so if we can pass the magic power through the ground and activate the magic to make a hole at a distance, I don't think we have to worry about getting caught in the oil fountain."

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"Oh, I see. So you can dig holes remotely to some extent. Yes, sir. Well, it will take some time to prepare, so please keep yourself in good shape, Mr. Lassen.

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　Apparently, digging a hole to collect the oil is not that easy.

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　It's hard to imagine the oil coming out of the hole like a fountain.

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　I wonder how much oil is contained in that bedrock.

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　Maybe the construction workers around here are just like me and can't understand it.

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　Some of you may wonder if we really have to evacuate that far, since the distance of the oil that Lassen told Ai afterwards was quite far from the ground.

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　It is no use.

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　Let's not dig a hole today and let's get all the workers out of here.

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　Besides, we have fires for food preparation and heating in some places, and we need to make sure that they are all extinguished.

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　Thus, we have a few days to prepare for the drilling of the oil wells.

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　All the areas that might be affected by oil are cleared so that there is not a single dead tree in the area.

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　We now have a very good vantage point.

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　While I and many other workers watch over this vast flat land, Lassen digs a hole through his magic power into the ground.

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　As I watched from a distance, a hole of a certain size opened up in the middle of the flat land.

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　After that, Lassen is still using magic while using the magic of the magic stone, so the hole must be getting deeper and deeper.

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"...... We have reached the bedrock. From here, we will penetrate the bedrock at once through the magic power. We are keeping a safe distance away, but if something should happen, please run away immediately, Barka-dono and Reid-dono.

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　Lassen warns me.

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　I wonder if it is really that dangerous, but Ai and I are riding on the Valkyrie.

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　The Valkyrie is also somewhat restless, so I wonder if there is something wrong with her.

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　I stroke the Valkyrie's neck to calm her down and say to Lassen

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I understand. ...... please, Mr. Lassen."

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"I'm coming."

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　Russen drills a hole into the bedrock as I speak.

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　The next moment, the ground explodes.

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　What spewed high into the sky was not oil, but a pillar of fire and numerous rocks and sediment.

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　Many stones and rocks were blown up into the sky and came down to the ground.

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