episode_0155

“Dwarfs, do you know where they live?”

Wayne looked at me with a bewildered expression. Looking at the responses, it seemed that the general consensus was that villages of different races were located in remote areas that were not easy to find.

“I’ve been there once. Last time I came back here from Earth, the place I arrived at was a mountain near a dwarf village.”

It was a mountain with a landscape similar to Mont Blanc. Although it was far, we could get there in an instant now. At the time, it was an ordinary human body and flew at about 75 kilometers per hour, but now, by borrowing the power of faith, Sirocco can use its full power without having to worry about overload.

“Really? How long do you think it will take?”

“Wouldn’t it arrive within a year?”

However, I answered Wayne’s question with one year. In fact, if you walk by land or take a carriage instead of using the skyway, it will take about the same amount of time.

Of course, if you fly, you can arrive there in 2-3 hours, but there are 50 years left to complete it, so what’s the point of arriving so quickly? Unfortunately, unlike Arjen, my concept of time is still no different from that of humans, so I could not waste the long 50 years of my life sleeping.

In other words, continuing to experience new stimulation is the only way to make this long time less boring. To be honest, I only remembered that the dwarven village was located in the northeast of the continent, but I had no recollection of the surrounding terrain or scenery. This is a harmful effect of flying.

“Well, it might take longer if you stop here and there along the way. There’s nothing to be busy, so let’s go slowly. I’ll stop by places I’ve never seen before~ I’ll stop by Plane once~ Then wouldn’t I be able to make up for 10 years?”

Actually, 10 years is a lot. Will it be fortunate after 5 years? Wayne refuted my thoughts.

“10 years? No, I think it will take 20 years if we go that way.”

“Hey, you’re not saying you’re going to walk all the way, but you’re going to take a carriage?”

“…Well, you’ll find out when you get there. Well, first, let’s move the stockpile from the distillery warehouse. Since humans can’t come in here, it would be better for us to bring it to the warehouse in advance.”

“Chet. Okay.”

My attempt to gloss over the topic of dwarves failed. In the end, I had to send away the grains that should have been turned into alcohol with my eyes open.

It was a huge amount that had to be moved with a lot of heavy equipment, but with the help of Wayne and Sirocco, it was easy. After about four days, Wayne and I left the green land.

“Good. Please take care of me.”

Having received the best carriage available through Lord Eletrobe, I greeted two horses that looked very healthy at first glance.

“Me?”

As I was just holding on to the two horses and making a fuss, Wayne, who was watching me in silence, asked me playfully. No matter how much you ask the horse, in the end it is the driver who coordinates it, so it was right to say goodbye to Wayne.

“Yes, please take care of our Wayne as well.”

“But you’ve never really ridden a horse? Not even once?”

“Nothing. Where I used to live, people had long since graduated from horse-drawn carriages and used other means of transportation.”

If I had a car right now, I could drive it nicely, but unfortunately, there was no such thing as a car here. If magical engineering were developed instead of electrical engineering, there might be something equivalent to automobiles.

Anyway, what is it? When two people are leaving, it is important that at least one person knows how to drive the carriage. We were able to set off easily thanks to Wayne, who was able to drive a carriage without difficulty due to his many years of traveling.

No, to be precise, it was easy until departure.

“Kuuu!!”

The start of the exciting journey soon came to a halt. A large troll appeared in the middle of the road and rushed at the carriage, holding an uprooted tree. So, in the carriage I’m riding in.

“No, what kind of monster is not a wild animal but jumps out in the middle of the road where carriages pass by!?”

I got angry out the window for no reason, but I was venting my anger in a strange place. The troll that rushed towards the carriage was cut cleanly in two by Wayne’s sword and became a corpse.

The troll may have learned how to attack humans, but it is a sad story that the troll that attacked the most vulnerable driver was a warrior.

“…Well, it happens often. Although it is very rare for such a large monster to appear.”

The reality that monsters appear as soon as you leave Argen’s Lair, a large human city, did not really hit home. That’s because I haven’t been away from Arjen for even a moment since I came here, so I haven’t seen many monsters… Damn, I thought to myself. I wanted to see Arjen again.

“Is this Eugene’s first time seeing such a large monster?”

“No. A long time ago, I cleaned out an orc army with Arjen, and that time I saw all the orcs I would ever see in my life. Maybe I knew it was coming at the time, but I wasn’t this surprised…”

“You will gradually get used to it. How should I do this?”

Wayne got out of the carriage and kicked the troll he had cut in two with his toe.

“How do you usually do it?”

“What… should I clean it up or disassemble it into parts and sell it? There is no option to just leave it as is. If something like this blocks the road, it will be a nuisance to other carriages. When these large monsters rot, the smell and toxicity are enormous.”

I was interested in disassembling it by section. Isn’t this something an adventurer would do? I felt a little bored as I felt as if my adventure in another world was just beginning.

“Oh, how do you dismantle a troll?”

“Let’s see….”

Wayne took out a small knife other than the holy sword. Of course, it was smaller than a long sword, but looking at its appearance, it was definitely a cleaver knife.

“The evidence of subjugation is the nose and left ear. There may be subjugation quests or rewards, so it’s best to keep these things in mind first and not forget them.”

Starting with those words, Wayne focused on disbanding. As I watched him move brilliantly while adding explanations one by one, I thought it was really cool.

“…The skin can be used on any monster like this, so peel it off carefully, and unlike animals, the meat cannot be used, so throw it away.”

“What about blood? Isn’t troll blood used as a potion ingredient?”

Wayne’s expression hardened when he briefly told him about the fantasy country rules he had picked up somewhere.

“Uh… Sure, if you drink troll’s blood, the damaged area will regenerate, but you can’t use it like that because it ‘continues to regenerate’ even after it is restored to its original state.”

In short, it was said to be a carcinogen. I took a couple of steps back from the troll’s corpse.

“Just don’t eat it. As long as you don’t eat it.”

Wayne finished dealing with the troll with a big smile on his face, wondering what was so fun about seeing me so scared.

After that, the carriage was attacked by something once an hour. Sometimes goblins, sometimes orcs, sometimes even monsters with unique appearances whose identities I can’t guess at all. What they have in common is that every time they appear, the carriage stops.

Even if Wayne could wipe out the monster in one blow, getting rid of the body was a different matter. At first, Wayne was excited and explained everything, but then he realized that time was getting too late and instead of dismantling it, he threw it away in the direction of the forest.

Besides, Wayne is human, so he needed to rest. Regardless of whether you were strong or weak, it was difficult to stay focused all day, and driving a carriage was something that required a lot of concentration.

After pulling the wagon out to the side of the road for a while and setting up a shelter, Wayne sat down on the floor and sighed.

“Ha…you understand now, right? Why does it seem like it will take 20 years?”

“Sure. No, you don’t do any separate road management? Even though the road is next to the forest, there are too many monsters…”

When I opened the map, I saw that I had barely reached half the distance I had planned. If things continued like this, today would be camping.

“There is nothing we can do about this area because it is all forest cleared. However, after passing Potera, it will be a little better because it can be considered completely human territory.”

Wayne said, pointing to another part of the map. It was quite far from its current location. When I took Eletrobe as my starting point, I had to go 7 times the distance.

“…I suddenly had a question: How on earth does Eletrobe transport the crops grown in the green land to the entire continent?”

There was no way that much cargo could be moved intact when the carriage road was this bad.

“How can I… transport it by freight rail?”

“Huh? There’s a railroad!?”

“You may not know. Eugene Because it was developed while you were away.”

I was startled by the appearance of a very unexpected item. Well, just because there are no cars does not mean there are no trains, so it was a hasty thought on my part.

“…Then you could take the train instead of the carriage…?”

” Aside from the fact that the cost is very expensive… there is no difference in that from flying. Rather, flying is much faster and more convenient, right?”

“No, the train is a bit different because you can see the scenery…?”

“What are you talking about? How can I see the scenery when there is nothing to see but the wall?”

Judging by the conflicting conversation, it seemed that the train was not what I thought it was. Anyway, I was able to understand why the carriage road was relatively poorly maintained.

“I really stuck to rare. I can’t believe I didn’t even know that the railroad was developed…”

“That’s possible. This is because passenger rail has not yet been commercialized. The day is getting dark. Should I camp here today?”

Although the horse was camping, the carriage was so good that it was possible to stay inside. Wayne and I made eye contact as we entered the carriage after making a bonfire outside.

“…Are you going to do it?”

There was a lot of omission in the back and forth, but there was no problem understanding the meaning.