The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 135

Chapter 135 Bridge

With the chain and hook, they dragged the four chosen logs up the hill, where the warriors got to work planing the logs to roughly the same thickness with their shovels.

It wasn't the most precise use of tools ever, but the logs split well enough when the enchanted tools hit them, and Sister Betty had managed to pick out four that were long enough to span the gap between the two hills without the need for any fancy joinery or a brace in the middle.

They were well over a metre around, which the driver assured them would be enough to drive the bus over, as long as he was careful not to give them too much of a jolt. But he had plenty of practice at that, since not everywhere that he had to go to recover teams was on a proper and improved road.

Karl worked to get the far bank ready as they worked, creating a ramp out of a spare log to roll the bridge deck into place. The plan was simple. Once they finished working the logs, they would attach a chain to either end and toss the other end to Karl, who would pull the log across the river, and let it float to the foot of the road.

Then, with Thor on his side and the warriors on the other, they would pull the log up and into place. Repeat that with all four logs and it would be done.

In theory, it was simple, and they could have it done in an hour or two.

"Ready for the fun part?" Dana called once the warriors had the first log chained up and ready to move.

"Toss it over, and we will see if the plan is good. Just remember, send it a bit upstream so that we don't have to drag it against the current." Karl called back.

The chain came sailing over to his side of the river, and Karl pulled it tight, with the eager help of Thor. The log slid smoothly into the river, and the two of them moved a bit further upstream, keeping it on course until they had their end on the shore, and they were ready to pull it up their makeshift ramp.

"Alright, shift positions, and we will pull together. We have to keep it squared up between the two sides, or it will fall back into the river." Karl called as he prepared to shift the log up the freshly created hill.

"Got it. We will adjust to match your side, just keep it nice and smooth." Dana called back.

The warriors had nominated her to be the spokesperson for the team, since her Golems were the strongest and would be doing the majority of the work.

The two sides moved, and the chains pulled tight again, moving the heavy log into place, then dragging it across the footing that they had designed into the gravel ramps.

The log was about four metres longer than necessary, but with a bit of adjustment and some digging, they had it in place, and they were ready to do the second one.

"This one will be easier. We can just take a short chain and pull it across the other log. I recommend the Golems do it, in case something goes wrong, and they fall in the river." Karl suggested.

"That should be fine. With my two, and then the gravel Golem, we should have plenty of power to get the log moved. We measured them all when they were here, so they're all the same length. Is the other side ready for it?" Dana replied.

"It will be before they get here."

The three Golems easily dragged the log over and dropped it in place, then assisted Karl in getting it rotated with the flat side up and level with the other log.

Now, they had a foot bridge two metres wide, and the third and fourth logs went into place with ease.

All that was left was to bury the ends and drive a few posts into the road base at either end so that they didn't shift apart when the bus drove across it.

They didn't have any spare rope, nails or anything else to fasten them, but with the flat of the shovel, Karl had plenty of strength to hammer a fence post sized log into the ground on either side of the bridge deck. That would have to be enough to hold them, at least until a crew with more equipment could come and make a better bridge, or fix the main road.