Chapter 310 - Episode Ten - Attack of Penrath (1)

Come on, keep carving! Keep carving! Dont stop your arm! Youve been standing still for ten seconds, whats going on!? If I had those ten seconds, Id have finished making that part, but what happened!?

I made a megaphone with my hands and shouted to the group.

In the garden of Larks mansion, I was leading a group of alchemists in the production of the wooden dragon Quetzalcoatl.

Although it is possible to manufacture the dragon by means of an automaton to a certain extent, there are many complicated parts that require a high degree of precision and alchemy, so the parts that require human hands cannot be completely eliminated.

To put it bluntly, Im too small to compete with Kudor.

I cant use the same strategy I used last time, which was to use an artificial spirit as a surprise attack to reduce the magic power.

It was just a matter of luck, in addition to the fact that Kudor didnt know what I had in my hand and attacked me with a method and timing that I hadnt anticipated at all.

Therefore, the presence of Quetzalcoatl, a wooden dragon, is essential to compensate for the scale.

Once this is completed, we will have an invincible floating fortress with durability and maneuverability unmatched by Zeshums floating fortress, which Ebelheid had spent his life planning to revive.

The last time, Kudor had attacked with little magical phenomena and mainly used simple tentacle attacks.

I dont know how far we can go against Kudor who has unleashed his full power, but it should be better than nothing.

Okay, keep up the good work! At your current pace, youll never be able to complete it! Keep up the good work! Ill do my best too!

The members of the division proceeded to manufacture Quetzalcoatl, the wooden dragon, using magic and knives with dead eyes.

A protective ward was deployed in the garden, and a pile of wooden idol parts was stored inside it.

This is totally a massive scale weapon, right? How did they get permission? On such short notice?

Ive heard that someone from the upper echelons of the church came and gave them permission in person. They said its a deterrent against the aggression of the new Levi faction that holds sovereignty in the Riveras Kingdom. Theyre even funding it.

The Church and the Riveras Kingdom did something unnecessary If you bait Abel-san, were the ones who will suffer ?

If you look around a bit, youll see members whispering and complaining.

Okay, no private conversations while we work! Each of you should measure the time it took with an hourglass, write it down in a memo, look back at the difference in the estimated time required, and come up with your own countermeasures! Our job is to protect the Dinrat Kingdom from the aggression of the evil Riveras Kingdom! Please be firm there!

I clap my hands and raise my voice.

It is an important role of the leader to encourage the members of the division.

After all, Altamir, who is being lifted up and treated as an idol, is not the vessel of a chief.

I dont want to be angry either, but its unavoidable for the growth of the division.

And above all, as I said, it is necessary to protect the Dinrat Kingdom from the Riveras Kingdom.

I, too, will make up my mind.

In the first place, we wont need such an exaggerated weapon, dont you think Abel-san can handle this by himself? He just wants to build this thing, doesnt he?

Right there, no conversations, please!

For me, I want to finish Quetzalcoatl, the wooden dragon, as soon as possible.

The next step is to analyze and improve Levis spear, and to build the magic wave tower and the pseudo-magic cannon that can distort and destroy space with high gravity waves.

I had planned not to build the last one, but now that I have permission, and I also have the funds.

So the more weapons we have against Kudor, the better.

There is no guarantee that we wont have a confrontation with Kudor in the future.

As for the analysis of the spear, I had Peter gather the forbidden grimoires from all over the country by his power, and I had put up a Warding Ortem to prevent any escape in the room, we are in the middle of a full 24-hour research project for Zolomonia, so we hope to make some progress by the time this is completed.

Abel, I think its time for you to take a break

Mea calls out to me behind my back.

This is a very important job for the protection of the country and Lark has asked me to finish it as soon as possible.

Well, um, wasnt all the thing that you do is just order them?

Thats not true.

Im a little bit like, The virtual enemy is someone who might attack at any moment, so the sooner the better, right!? Hm, can we afford to be that calm!? Ill go check with Peter and see what he says, okay!?, thats all I said.

If we can save even one more smile by crying Im fine with that.

I can feel the eyes of the members of the division on me, saying, I dont tolerate such things.

Rinoa was also glaring at me. I looked away.

By any chance when you took on the task of taking down Levi and taking custody of Sateria, it wasnt to build a weapon to strengthen your cause to extract money from me, was it?

Peter, who had come to check on me, said to me as if to confirm.

After the incident, I presented a favorable and reluctant idea to take down Levi, saying that we would make preparations while keeping an eye on their movements, and if necessary, we would start.

To be honest, I didnt really want to get involved, but if I said this, Peter would have no choice but to give up, the alchemists would be able to move in the name of preparations, and the nobles and the church, who were under Peters control, would provide funds.

Perhaps anticipating my thoughts, Peter had decided to leave the area after conducting a short inspection of the alchemist division.

When I asked him if he had that much free time on his hands, he replied, Im busy, but after taking everything into consideration, the inspection became my top priority.

Abel If you rush them too much, theyll all collapse again and youll lose efficiency.

Altamir, who had been smelting the necessary metals, excused herself and came over to me.

Why? Ive paid you well for their part of the work, right?

Did you know that you cant relieve stress if you dont have time to use it?

At the sound of Altamirs voice, the members of the division stood up and shouted, Yeah, thats right! And a storm of accusations danced in the air.

Lets call it a day. Many of you have been putting off not only lunch but also the morning meal, havent you?

Ahhhhh! Hey, that would be a problem! Wait a minute, everyone! Stop! I said stop! Im the leader of the group, though, hey!

Altamir said, and before I could take it back, the divisions members swept away.

As expected of Alta-san! You understand it, unlike a certain Ortem idiot!!

Ill respect you forever!

Youre not like the leader of the Ortem idiots!

I hung my head in disappointment.

For some reason, everyone, including Lark, finds Altamir useful, but Altamir is not even an official member of the group yet. ?

Does everyone understand that?

Id like to introduce the manufacturing golem in earnest, can you pass the paperwork to the Baron in your name? Its easier to get through that way.

You didnt pay someone to go ahead with that, did you?

Because you hardly listen to anyone while you work. In any case, the members of the division were completely exhausted. Do you really want to get another Ortem thrown at you?

I check the documents with a feeling of disbelief.

The golem that was to be completed had features that were absolutely unnecessary, but I decided to ignore them.

Altamir is also Altamir, and she has a pretty good personality.

This will certainly speed up the completion of Quetzalcoatl, the wooden dragon

As I continued to look over the documents, the members of the group who had run away from me and Lark came running towards me, their faces pale.

Commander Abel! Its important!

Abel-san, were in trouble!

The way they treated me was completely different from the way they treated me just now

There were many things that didnt make sense to me, but I was an adult, so I swallowed my frustration and dealt with the situation as an adult.

Whats wrong?

Lark, who was coughing heavily from running as fast as he could, turned his blue face toward me while Euris rubbed his back.

Nalgarns coming out of the mountains near the border of Riveras Kingdom! Theyre heading this way! And theres not just one of them!