Episode 350
“What good is hiding it? Yes, young man, you are right. But think about it.”
“What are you thinking?”
“Let’s see, dragons protect dwarves? Yeah, that’s good. It’s good, but if you build a castle, make weapons, and craft jewels, these bastards will at least pay a proper price. These guys have a lot of money, but they never pay. And if they don’t like it, they just burn it to death. King? That Khalid guy looks really majestic on the outside, but he’s the kind of guy who bows down and watches when a dragon appears. You’ve heard of dragon idolaters, right?”
“I’ve heard of it.”
“Is that something a king would do? I rather envy vampires. They showed their teeth to dragons. They rebelled. If all the other races had helped vampires back then, at least four of the dragons would have died. They were all busy avoiding them. Do you think that was the end?”
Hammer seemed to have a lot to say.
So I just listened.
“Do you know why we stopped dealing with humans?”
“well.”
I knew, but I just pretended not to know.
“That’s what the dragons told us not to do. If you make a deal with a human, they’ll track you down and exterminate your entire clan. Do you know what’s even funnier? These bastards are dragons, and they told us not to let the world know that we’re dragons. The moment they do, they’ll kill us all. I told you, you weird bastards.”
Hammer’s words prove that the contents of the covenant were not widely disseminated 400 years ago.
Then, all of a sudden, I realized the contradiction.
“But you keep telling us about dragons?”
“I have to. If I go there anyway, I’ll die before I can even last a day. You know why?”
“why?”
“I’m going to go and kill myself.”
“suicide?”
“Uh. I was going to swing my fist at the dragon’s face.”
Certainly, that could be seen as suicide.
Seriously. This is an interesting dwarf.
“So, as soon as I saw you guys, a lightning bolt struck my head.”
“lightning?”
Hammer stood up from his seat and swung open the door in the corner.
In what looked like a warehouse, there were piles of weapons and armor.
“Take this, you guys.”
“……huh?”
I thought you were going to say something like begging to be saved or something like that, but you weren’t.
“Take these and sell them to the human world. These are the weapons I carefully selected and made. They should be worth quite a bit.”
“I don’t know what your intention is.”
Hammer smiled seriously, and in a very eerie way.
“If weapons of this level were released in an instant, wouldn’t humans become greedy?”
“… … .”
“If that’s the case, wouldn’t they bring troops and storm the Demon Forest? Instead of coming in pairs like they do now, wouldn’t they bring troops like they did before when the human army stationed troops along the southern border of the Demon Forest?”
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Hammer’s laughter was truly eerie, as I said before.
“And what if the dwarves get hurt?”
“If you do that, I’ll be happy. Because.”
The hammer hits my shoulder and chin.
“The forest of demons is stagnant right now. So stagnant that it reeks of rottenness. Can’t you feel it?”
Hammer was really serious.
Eyes ready for death.
“We need to make the world aware of the existence of these dragon babies and make them hunt them. Kill all the dwarves? It’s strange to be afraid of that. Dragons can never kill dwarves. Even if they do, they’ll probably leave some behind. That’s because we need to make weapons. Our dexterity is that great. But.”
Hammer reached out his other hand and placed it on my other shoulder.
A situation where you put both hands on your shoulders.
“It makes no sense to be afraid of maggots and not be able to make kimchi. You may not know this because you are human, but we have been slaves for hundreds of years. We should have bled with the vampires when they bled. We should have helped Readymane de Royale before she died like that. But if we could kill all five dragons now, if all of us dwarves had to die for him.”
Tears welled up in Hammer’s eyes.
It looked like tears of hope.
“Not bad. If it’s a race-to-race trade, it’s worth it. What would you do if you were us? Would you bet?”
Harold remained silent, and I spoke without hesitation.
“If it were me, I would have done it. Bet.”
Hammer grins.
I realized this while looking at the guy.
The world is truly vast.
Maybe it’s because I’ve only seen the ruined world of 20 years ago, but there were people like this 20 years ago.
It seems like this hammer in front of me is being ostracized a bit in dwarven society.
I guess I’m being bullied because you didn’t even find out from any sources that the reason I came to this kingdom was to kill a dragon.
He opened his mouth slowly.
“If.”
“huh?”
“What if I kill the Emperor in this forest of demons?”
“……huh?”
He asked with a sly smile.
“What will you give me if I completely erase the Five Emperors from this forest of demons?”
Hammer said as if there was no need to even think about it.
“If that happens, I’ll give you everything I have.”
I just snapped my fingers.
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I told Hammer why I was here: to repair Silarion, to kill the Emperor, and so on.
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Hammer, who heard everything, looks at us with a blank expression.
“You look like you don’t understand. Can you explain further?”
The hammer sweeps the beard down.
“… … First of all, you can kill the Emperor?”
“It’s not light.”
“You say it so easily that I feel like I’m losing touch with reality. Can you prove it?”
I burst out laughing.
“You’ll find out in a few days, so come see for yourself then, and then we can talk a little more deeply.”
“Deep story?”
He pulled his chair forward and brought his head closer to Hammer.
“No matter how much I think about it, I feel like I’ve hit the jackpot.”
“……oh my god?”
“Do you want to move your studio? This place is too small to accommodate you.”
“… … You say it’s narrow? It’s spacious enough to live alone… … .”
“Let’s go to the continent. Come out into the wider world.”
The hammer quickly shakes its head. What the heck.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Move? Come out into the world. Please try to speak in a more organized manner.”
Harold seemed to notice why I was doing this.
You want me to speak clearly?
Then I’ll do it.
“You’re not planning on just throwing away those rails and carriages you developed, are you?”
“Of course. I’d be happy if it was commercialized without being buried, but… … Ah, so that’s what they meant when they asked me to come to the continent. To install those rails in the mines on the continent. But were there really that many mines on the continent? Even if there were, I wouldn’t need to go there. Why don’t you just tell me how to make them?”
At this point I could tell our conversation was a little off-key.
“Think about it. What if the continents were connected by this ‘rail’?”
“……huh?”
“The carriage you made seems a bit small. Let’s make it a bit bigger. Roughly… … about half the size of this room.”
If you just count the living room, it’s probably about 20 pyeong?
Half of that would be about 10 pyeong, so I think that’d be okay.
“Then naturally, we should make the rails bigger, right? If we’re going to do it, it might as well be to connect the carriages. We’ll make the carriages really long. We can carry people on them, and we can also transport goods.”
The hammer’s mouth began to slowly open.
But that was only for a moment.
“It’s a great idea, a really great idea, but there’s one thing you’re overlooking.”
“What is that?”
“Money?”
I turned my head slightly and looked at Harold.
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The guy happened to look at me too, and when we made eye contact, we both laughed.
Hammer continued speaking with a regretful expression, perhaps because our appearance seemed like that of people facing reality.
“Let’s say we lay steel on the ground. If the size of the carriage is about the size of this room, the steel would have to be bigger to support it. But are you going to connect it to the entire continent?”
Hammer looked genuinely sorry.
“It’s really interesting. If it’s the continent, there should be many wizards of higher level than me, and with their help, it shouldn’t be difficult to solve minor problems like the thermal expansion of the rails depending on the season… … But money, money is the problem.”
Hammer looks at me, sighing deeply.
“Where on earth are we going to get all that steel, how are we going to process it, and how are we going to get the people to do this project? If we’re going to cover the entire continent, thousands? That’s not enough. We need at least tens of thousands. It’s an interesting idea, but unfortunately, the wall of reality is too big.”
Only then did I burst out laughing.
Then he nodded to Harold.
The quick-witted guy speaks quickly to Hammer.
“Let me formally introduce myself. I am Harold Lynch of the Continental Battlefield.”
Hammer was wondering why this guy was speaking informally to him when they first met, but then suddenly started speaking to him more politely. He opened his eyes blankly, and then suddenly became startled.
“Lynch? That lynching?”
A high-ranking dynasty that reigned over the continent for over a hundred years.
Even if there is someone who does not know about humans, there is no one who does not know about the Continental Battlefield.
That includes heterodox peoples as well.
Harold finished speaking.
“The current leader of the Continental Battlefield, Roland Lynch, is my father. I am an only child. As a side note, I am currently in charge of the major projects taking place in the Continental Battlefield.”
“Oh.”
Hammer nodded, as if he was beginning to understand, but there was still distrust in his eyes.
I understand completely.
Well then, why don’t we have a three-way meeting?
“Harold.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“How many communication ports do you have now?”
“One for my product, and one for the spare at my accommodation. Two in total.”
He said, taking a sip of the grape cocktail on the table.
“I’ll give you 30 seconds. Place two communication ports on this table within 30 seconds.”
Harold immediately put the communication device he was holding down on the table.
With a whoosh-! he disappeared from that spot.
It’s not like I kicked the seat or anything.
I used teleport.
“What, you were the Master?”
“Oh, Master. And intermediate.”
“… … A mid-level master like that would be so taken aback by your words?”
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“That’s what happened.”
He took another sip of his grape cocktail and set it down on the table.
This one too, looks like the grapes are rotten.
“Why? Does it make sense now that you’re going to kill the dragon?”
“… … Oh, the probability has gone up a little.”
“how much?”
“Oh, 80%?”
He chuckled.
That was when.
With a whoosh, Harold appears in the exact same spot where he disappeared.
And then I just put a communication device on the table.
“How many seconds did it take?”
Hammer answered naturally.
“Exactly 15 seconds 40.”
“It’s pretty good.”
Harold said with a smile.
“You are too kind.”
Hmm, let’s see.
What were Aveiro and Roland’s numbers?
I squeezed my memory and connected Aveiro to one communication port and Roland to the other.
Then two faces appear above the communication port.
{It’s been a while.}
{It’s been a while, my lord. Have you finished your work?}
After briefly responding to their greetings, I immediately went on to explain about the rails and carriages.
As soon as the explanation is over, two people speak.
{Wow… … My lord, this is… … .}
{… … You’re crazy.}
Although the choice of words was a bit extreme, they were thinking the same thing.
{Railroads… … and carriages… … . I guess you could call it a horsepower train. It’s certain that this will speed up the movement of goods. What’s the top speed?}
“Just wait.”
He turned his head and looked at the hammer.
He stared blankly for a moment, then quickly wrote something down on the table.
