Chapter 360 - Episode Seven - The Calm before the Storm (1)

I was at the edge of a human village in the Fage territory, controlling fifty Ortems, carrying lumber and stone, and building a tower.

Ive been doing this for fifty hours straight, and Im starting to reach my physical limits, but Ive managed to get by with the Abel Potion.

After two days and ten hours, my vision started to turn blue, and by the third day, it turned red, but as long as I took the Abel Potion, the headache stopped, so it didnt affect my work that much.

What the hell! It looks like the magic wave tower will be completed sooner than I thought! Wouldnt it be better if you did it all yourself?

Next to me, Altamir is shouting and screaming.

I want you to stop, because your voice is echoing in my head. I took another bottle of Abel Potion.

I pick up one of the bundles of blueprints on the large Ortem and review it from corner to corner as if to burn it into my brain.

These blueprints were the work of the best blacksmiths and architects in the Fage Territory, Altamir, and myself.

Originally, we had hired many carpenters and alchemists from the Fage Territory to build the magic wave tower, but Altamir and I had rushed the project, and it had ended up in a mass boycott.

We had no choice but to hire a carpenter supervisor on the promise that he would never work more than ten hours a day, and asked Peter to borrow his men to somehow continue the work, but from the second day, Peters men collapsed in a heap, and on the third day, for some reason, a large number of Peters men went missing.

I had learned from my mistakes and was careful, but somehow I got a little excited in the middle of the project.

And on the fourth day, the supervising carpenter also asked me to insulate myself from him for breach of contract, and at the same time, Peter bowed to me and asked me not to dispatch human resources, and here I am.

Abel, youre the best! Youre really great! Im really impressed with you!

Im sorry, Alta-san I think Im losing it. After all, our brains cant handle having the whole thing run with different precision Since a while ago, my hands have been kind of shaking

What!? Whats wrong with your usual tone!? Here, get over it and you can go! Im You see, youre always telling your subordinates this and that in the alchemy division!

Is this person a demon.

Why is he so obsessed with the magic wave tower?

Now I really understand the feelings of the members of the alchemist division.

I feel like I can be a kind commander from tomorrow.

Ill be careful in the future. Ill apologize again to Bamale-san, the carpenter and ask him to mediate with the others. I have a lot of other work to do.

Ehhh I liked my magic cellphone Magiphone a lot, though

No, this person is pretty much an asshole.

In fact, a person who was forced to leave the kingdom because of her overzealousness in research could not possibly be a sensible person.

The alchemist division sees her as a good person who doesnt ask for too much, but lately, she seems to be forcing herself on me more and more.

If this continues, Altamir might kill me.

Im happy about that, but lets put it off for a little while. Well get as much money as we can from Peter anyway. We just need to increase the scale of the hiring. Itll be fine.

Oh, by the way, the Raingrum frontier count, who is rumored to be helping Amor fund its activities, has put up for sale several of his prized paintings and two of his villa. It might be a little hard to depend on Lord Peltaire for money.

Amor is an extremist organization of the Kudor Church, of which Peter is the shadow head.

The Raingrum Frontier Count and others are probably one of Peters puppets.

Although Peter himself doesnt say much, he is probably in a position where it is difficult for him to move large sums of money directly, so he disperses his funds to noblemen who are under his control and entrusts it to them.

The fact that Count Raingrums asset management is fading suggests that he may be overextending himself a bit.

Lord Peltaire must have accumulated a lot of money, because hes been doing some very shady things to build up his assets since he stepped down as Pope. Ive heard him boasting before that he has an amount close to the national budget The only thing that might have gone wrong was the cost of the wooden dragon and the magic wave tower. Ive negotiated with the collectors all over the world to get you the forbidden grimoire you wanted, but he seemed to have pushed himself pretty hard to collect them. I cant really speak for others because Ive been a part of a lot of this

I felt that I owed Peter several things for the Levi thing, so I thought I could extract as much as I wanted from him now, and I may have gone a little overboard.

New research and development inevitably requires money.

Ive been in such a hurry with my research that Ive been neglecting my money, but I may need to do a little more work on this too.

Wow, the work I need to do increased again.

Tha-Thats right, lets get it from Sateria! Im sure shell be more than happy to fund it!

After all, she is the head of the country and the church.

And I hear that the Avel religion is doing quite well.

It should be a legitimate right for the church to receive a portion of the offerings.

It is said that the Riveras Kingdom has not been able to do much mining due to the fierce internal conflicts, but it has a fertile land full of resources.

Isnt it better not rely on that girl too much? Youre probably going to get into a lot of trouble. From what Ive heard, she really worships you

R-Really?

Well, you can think about that another time. Weve got enough materials to keep us active for a while. Look, the Ortem has stopped! Come on, come on, Abel! I know your bodys not working, so lets just start resting tomorrow!

Yes

I vowed never to force the alchemist division again, and resumed working on the Ortem.

As I was silently working on the Ortem, someone suddenly called out to me.

Abel, I need to talk to you. Come with me.

The voice was solemn and clear, and then I heard a cat-like mew.

When I turned around, I saw a mysterious-looking woman with long blue hair that reached the ground, holding Nyarun in her arms.

It was the human form of Kudor.

Oh Hello.

Whats the matter, you look terrible?

Kudor scowls.

I think I looking pretty bad right now.

I was fine until yesterday, but I think I may have crossed a bad line.

Abel, you know this person? You cant leave her in the corner, poor Mea-chan.

Altamir poked me with her elbow.

I dont want to do this now because I feel like my stomach contents are going to come out.

I had explained to Altamir about the incident, but I hadnt told her that Kudor was the same person as the beautiful adventurer wandering around with Nyarun, causing a stir among the people.

Anyway, come here, I want to talk to you about Julem. I thought I should tell you a little more about the moves he might make in the future. He didnt even say anything about the girl after all.

In any case, this will free me, albeit temporarily, from the work hell.

I understa-

When I tried to stand up from the Ortem which I used as my chair, Altamir grabbed my arm tightly with both hands.

Oh, wait a minute! Abel is busy, you know! Abels time is very precious! Its a resource of the Fage territory! Is it too difficult to talk to about it while youre working?

Whos the resource, who. This guy has shown her true colors.

This Altamir, what an outrageous thing to say.

It is not a matter of disrespect to accept an oracle from the great evil god Kudor.

I felt a floating sensation in my body.

The next thing I knew, my body was being carried in one hand by a Kudor.

Eh, ah, no way?

Altamir was also puzzled by the sudden movement of my body.

As expected of Kudor, the top of the Maharaun Kingdom and the former Pope Queer had teamed up to create a ranking of the strongest ranking in the world, and he was sitting in first place.

Its a hell of a speed.

Just now, if it was a real battle, I would have been done in.

As I stared at the back of Kudors head, I wondered if I should have brought guard Ortem on a regular basis.

For now, though, I was grateful to be rescued from the clutches of Altamir.

Dont worry, Ill take you back immediately.

I heard Kudors words and hung my head in disappointment.