84 Episode 83 Subjugation and Ore

The Dragon Killer's cannon was so large that it couldn't support itself as it fell and shot, but the bullets it fired were slow.

It was a wonder that it had hit the target in the last Dragon battle.

Well, in the first place, in a battle where the speed of sound is the standard, we don't expect that much from machines. The point is that all you need is a bullet that can pierce the dragon.

I activate all of my acceleration magic tools and accelerate the shells at once. I'm going to use up all of my own magic.

Since the front is blocked by shells, it's impossible to prevent the enemy from attacking. And if I had the time, I'd use it to accelerate.

But the shells, made with all the materials in existence, seemed to have real anti-dragon performance.

They were able to catch all the fireballs fired by dragons charging at them and extinguish them without exploding. It was as if ordinary flames had been sprayed with water.

The dragon, perhaps underestimating me, doesn't try to evade me, but instead charges straight at me.

Thanks to this, I managed to collide with the dragon head-on while almost running out of magic.

At the same time as I made contact with the dragon, I felt a magic power from the enemy's head that seemed to surpass even my previous breaths. This may have been the purpose of the assault.

However, the Dragon Killer's cannonballs were able to catch even that, and we were only able to see a few sparks.

The material itself is probably some kind of artifact, but what it's made of is a mystery to me.

In order to make the most of its power, he pushes the cannonball into the dragon's head with all of his magical power and physical strength.

At last, however, his magic power ran out. He had used his magic in a way that had never happened before, so it was understandable.

The magic tools of acceleration in the item box are also running out.

However, I found one item in the item window that seemed to be a breakthrough. It's an explosive tool.

There's no time to lose, I trust my armor, take out all the armor I have, and detonate it.

Just before I was blown away with the explosion and fell into the sea, I saw the dragon's flame that was illuminating the tip of the shell weaken and stop moving.

Then, as the surface of the water approached, I saw the dragon's body slowly tilt and begin to fall.

It had won.

I was thrown straight into the water, but there was no time to relax and bask in the afterglow of victory.

If I could have solved the problem by just defeating it like this, it is possible that the ancient civilization would not have been destroyed.

First, go to the surface. My clothes were wet and heavy, but my status seemed to be effective even after my magic power ran out. I almost brushed the water with all my might and poked my head out.

The corpse of the dragon that had fallen nearby was not as swift as the previous, smaller one, but it was still going to disappear, and its shape was starting to crumble.

Naturally, it seems that the magic element is being scattered through the air, and the maximum value of magic power is increasing at a tremendous rate, but it is still not enough.

Based on the data and the pace at which the magic power is rising, it seems that if I just wait, the magic power will remain high enough to generate another dragon.

However, I have enough magical power to take away the magical elements from the sub-dragon, and I have a track record of absorbing magical elements without any problems.

I approached the dragon and started absorbing magic power to fully demonstrate my power.

The next day, I returned to the Chamber of Commerce to find something to do while waiting for the report from the guild.

He wanted to know the effects of defeating the dragon and collecting the magical elements from it.

After absorbing so much magical energy, my magical power has become so large that I can't even count the digits.

In terms of units, it's like a Jo, or a ditch, or something like that. I've heard it said that what matters to physicists is the number of digits, and that it doesn't matter if the first digit is 2 or 5.

It's a strange thing, because it doesn't affect my physical condition at all.

I guess it's a different world from the one we originally came from.

However, I still don't know if the magic element has really been reduced to a level below which dragons can reappear.

By the time I returned, I had planned to summarize the situation and prepare for a victory party and debriefing, but it seems that both I and the guild had underestimated my speed.

On the way out, I still had the self-restraint to not affect the battle, but on the way back, I didn't even have that.

At most, he slowed down to avoid hitting people with shock waves after passing through the demon's territory.

Of course, there was no way I could prepare in time or gather any data.

With nothing else to do, I delivered the leftover supplies to the guild and went to the merchant's to find something to do to pass the time.

Standing in front of the Chamber of Commerce, I immediately spotted Mercia on the second floor.

Her tentacles, which had been enhanced during the fight with Leviathan, were now capable of distinguishing people to some extent.

"Have you noticed anything unusual lately?

I talk to Mercia, who is sitting on a chair with her eyes closed.

It's not like she's asleep, it's more like the prayer pose we saw on Earth, but I'm not sure if there is such a religion in this world.

I wonder if there is such a religion in this world. "...... Kaede!　I'm not sure what to do.　Where are the dragons?

Mercia, perhaps not expecting me to return, jumped up with exaggerated surprise.

I'm a little ahead of schedule, but if I'm going to make it back alive, it's going to be today.

I beat it. I've used up all my magic tools, but I've won anyway. Now I'm waiting for a report.

My prayers were answered. ...... No, I'm glad, really. Nothing much has changed here either. It hasn't been that long. We just need a little more farmland, that's all.

Do you have enough ships?

We have enough for the farmland, but the supply of Zunana grass extract itself is far from sufficient. The demand was high to begin with, and now it is being consumed in cities far away. The price is also returning to the level it was before the production increase.

After so much increase, they still don't have enough?

And the prices are returning too quickly.

Considering the time lag caused by distance, the increase in demand must have occurred before the decision to increase production was made.

It is frightening to think what would have happened if the production had not been increased.

After Kaede's departure, there was a discussion about what to do if the dragon was defeated, and there was talk of exporting the zunana plant out of the country.

"Export!

During the few days I was gone, what kind of discussions were going on?

I'm not sure what you mean by "export" when we were talking about a shortage in Japan.

...... More farmland? About 10 times more.

"Okay, let's get more farmland. Can we increase it tenfold?

"Ten times?　Isn't that a bit much?

Last time I looked, there are more than enough islands. The cost of ships will go up, but if we increase the thickness and make them all mithril, we can make it. As for human resources, if we can get the people we have now to lead us, we should be able to get by.

"...... As for the human resources, it looks like it could be done. However, ships can not be built if there is money. If we increase the number of ships by that much, we will probably have to use close to fifty ships. That would mean a shortage of mithril. Running costs would also increase, and that's just absurd, isn't it?

In fact, I would say that most of those problems have been solved.

I didn't just say "10 times" without thinking.

"First of all, mithril, where do you think mithril came from?

Well, I think it comes from the mithril ores that exist all over the ...... continent.

That's before smelting. I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not, but it's a good idea.

It's true that there were no basic books in the facility that could withstand the dragon's attack, and there was not much information that would be useful even today compared to the number of ancient documents.

Nevertheless, as a result of deciphering a large number of existing ancient documents, many shocking new facts have been discovered.

And this is one of them.

This time, after slaying the dragon, I appraised the surface of the earth and found it to be correct.

As far as I could tell, the surface of the area that was burned by the dragon's breath was all high-purity mithril ore.

Anything in the demon realm could be taken by anyone at will.

Furthermore, my magic power, which was in the wrong order of magnitude, was recovering, and there was a mountain of ore in front of me.

Of course, I had no reason to hesitate.

I took out the mithril ore I had found from the item box.

This is ...... very pure. It's the first time I've seen something with such a clear color.

Yes, the purity of the recently formed ore is much higher than that of ordinary ore that was probably formed a long time ago.

While normal mithril ore has a slight blue tinge to it, the one I have is almost entirely blue, more like a mithril ingot than a stone.

I went there just as the bracelets were shot last time, and there's a lot of this stuff. In the item box.

How much is a lot? ......?

A lot.

A mountain of mithril? Enough to build 50 ships with?

Literally, "a mountain." It's not a big mountain, but at least it's bigger than those hills when loaded with ore. Maybe if we refine it, we can fill the seas around Fotolen with ships.

After all, my current magic can easily peel off the surface of the surrounding land (if I don't even think about the damage to the surrounding area).

It won't take long to build up a mountain or two if I start stripping the ore with no restraint.

"Ore, no. What was the item box again? ......