Fun Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord (Novel) - Chapter 129 - The Development of the Adventurers' Town, Furnace Building

Chapter 129 – The Development of the Adventurers’ Town, Furnace Building

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Worn out by various things, I ended today’s work after only one Bell-Rango Company shop.

Since I built the other stores on the next day, the main street of the adventurers’ town ended up completed in appearance only.

After that, if each shop gets its employees together, it will be perfect.

“Looking at it like this, it is quite a spectacle. Bell is not wrong, and it might indeed look cooler if the other Bell-Rango Company shops were rebuilt to match this appearance too.”

When I said that with a laugh, Bell’s eyes dimly shone.

“T-Then, the store and warehouse that were first built in the adventurers’ town as well…!”

Bell hurriedly proposed rebuilding the shops, but I smiled and shook my head from side to side.

“No, no, that might be good too, but it seems like it would be good practice for the carpenters, you know. It is fine if they keep building buildings one after another.”

When I answered that, Bell slumped deeply.

I feel sorry for her, but we have to raise the technological level of the territory. If we do that, Van-kun’s miscellaneous work too should gradually decrease.

Now then, let us leave Bell to be depressed and next I will do consulting for each shop. Van-kun, who has used all kinds of popular stores, will mass-produce popular shops crowded with customers.

That is what I thought, but then I abandoned the idea when a crowd of short bearded figures came swarming out from behind the shops.

“Ten more days until the promised limit…! Eight days for the furnace, one day for the air-blast boxes!”

“Wait!? The number of days has not gone down!?”

When I checked in surprise, Habel folded his arms and opened his mouth while breathing heavily through his nose.

“Of course it has not! If we watch you making several giant shops like this, that is what happens! If you put your spirit into it, you can make it in three days, right!?”

When Habel shouted while pointing at the newly completed shops, the other dwarves nodded as well.

“I have never seen a town get built this quickly.”

“This is cheating, this.”

For some reason, the dwarves pointed at the Bell-Rango Company shops that had just been completed as they said that in an irritated way.

“That elevator too, but the worst part is the way you add or reduce walls at the end.”

“The worst part?”

I tilted my head at the dwarves’ assertion. Then the dwarf who had complained about that explained while stamping on the ground many times.

“Once we make something, we cannot change it later. It is the same not only for carpenters but for smiths too. Even if someone looks at a completed sword and says make it a little longer, that is impossible. But with Lord Van’s magic, even that can be done easily. From the standpoint of those who make things, that is cheating of the highest order.”

When one of them muttered that, those around him nodded too.

I see. Certainly that would be convenient, whether for processing wood or metal. Being able to easily change something once it is completed, I mean.

Even though using magic tires me out, it is still far easier than actually doing smithing or carpentry. The working time is incomparable.

“I see. In that sense, perhaps having this magic aptitude was lucky?”

When I folded my arms and said that, Habel and the others gave a big nod and stepped one pace closer.

“That is exactly right. Therefore, from this point onward, devote yourself with all your strength to furnace building.”

“For our sake as well, we who have no choice but to do smithing steadily.”

“Hurry, hurry.”

All at once they voiced such unreasonable opinions, and Habel and the others began walking toward Seat Village while pushing me from behind.

“H-Hey, are you not being too forceful!?”

I complained, but they paid me no attention whatsoever. Thus, Van-kun, who should be the lord, ended up being forced into a black labor environment by the demonic hands of the dwarves.

Incidentally, Espada instead went around the various shops and carried out the consulting I had wanted to do. As a result, the shops ended up opening at a standard probably far higher than if I had done it myself, and their reputation among the adventurers was also extremely good. It is frustrating.

Meanwhile, on Van-kun’s side, I carried out furnace building continuously from early morning until sunset. Apparently, if the furnace’s height is high, it can produce a great quantity of metal. No, there is no need to make that much.

Thinking that, I reduced the furnace’s height and hurried completion. After all, both the ore and coal have to be put in through the top of the furnace. The higher it gets, the more troublesome it becomes.

“It is better if it can make lots of material, is it not!”

Habel shouted that, and the other dwarves gave great nods as well.

Immediately rejecting such opinions, I told them the scale of Seat Village.

“Even if we consider the number of knights in this village, the adventurers, and the total number of peddlers coming and going, I do not think we need such an enormous quantity of metal. Therefore, the height of the furnace will be twenty meters and that is final.”

When I decisively said that, Habel and the others shrugged with the sort of movement you see in comedy films. But after showing signs of thinking it over for a while, Habel said, ‘Well, if it is not enough, we can make more later,’ and the other dwarves also accepted that. The temperature and pressure necessary to melt orichalcum apparently can be achieved with a height of twenty meters, so I made it as low as possible within that.

Habel and the others probably imagine using furnaces over and over with the Dwarf Kingdom as their standard, but we do not have that many smiths. If we make a furnace twenty meters tall, that should be more than enough.

After that, the dwarves said nothing and silently started kneading materials together and shaving down magic stones. Apparently they were trying to help even a little and finish the furnace more quickly.

“It seems magic stones take the most magic.”

“Ohh, is that so? Then everyone, shave the magic stones.”

“All right.”

The dwarves hold only the most minimal conversation and work silently. In some cases, they even forget to take breaks.

It is nice that they are stoic and seem like craftsmen, but I cannot stand being made to keep up with them.

“I have already made over five meters! Would it not be fine if we do the rest tomorrow!?”

“No. The center of gravity is leaning too far to the north side. Please adjust that, then make it two meters higher.”

“Ehh…”

They are dwarves who use people roughly.

As a result, I completed in one day the part called the hearth base. After that, all that remained were the upper part of the furnace, the tuyere openings where the air is sent in, and the air-blast boxes.