Volume 1 - Chapter 17 – HORSE GOLEM (1/2)

From going out collecting this time, Jin had found a yellow earth type 《Magic Crystal》, as well as 15 small pieces. It was a considerable amount.

Additionally, Mithril Silver and Adamantite too. He could bring back all the 《Magic Crystals》 but all the minerals was impossible. So after Jin and Rock returned to the village, together with not just Gen but Gon too, he went to collect the minerals that was dug out.

The next day, with the two Golems that did not tire, they piled up all the minerals on the yard. When Jin looked at it, the amount he could use spread out before him, and he chuckled to himself.

「Onii-chan, what are you grinning about?」

When Hanna said that, Jin came to and tried to hide his smile in embarrassment,

「I-It’s nothing」

「Is that so…? By the way, Rock-san is calling for you」

「Rock-san?」

When he left the yard wondering what it was, he saw Rock standing with something in his hand.

「Yo, Jin. This is the dried meat of the mountain deer. It’s only a little, but I wanted to share this fellow with ya」

He was holding the dried meat of the mountain deer they caught on the way back from collecting. Since raw meat goes bad if left alone, by turning the meat that is a precious source of protein into dried meat, it can be preserved.

「Aa, thanks for going out of your way for this」

When Jin accepted it, Rock continued,

「The thing is, I have a little request for you today」

「What is it?」

「This time me and a few other were thinking to go hunting for mountain deer, but for carrying our luggage, could you lend Gon or Gen?」

With a Golem carrying the luggage, it would certainly be easier to enter the mountain. So Jin,

「Sure. Then please take along Gen」

「Ou, alright. Well then, I’ll come by tomorrow morning」

Rock said and then returned home. Jin then looked at Gon and Gen,

「Un, right then, I should hurry up and get done with strengthening them」

「Onii-chan, what are you doing?」

Hanna who was still nearby heard Jin murmur and asked him.

「Hn? I’ll be making Gon and Gen a little bit more stronger」

「They’ll become stronger? Can I become stronger?」

「Haha, that’s probably impossible. Shouldn’t a girl be more graceful?」

Irresponsibly and nonchalantly Jin said that. Hanna hearing that,

「Is that how it is? So Onii-chan likes graceful girls more…」

she mumbled, but it did not enter Jin’s ear who was focusing on his work.

「For now, I’ll change the old hand and breastplate with Adamantite」

Last time, while digging for minerals, Gen’s hand broke from digging Adamantite ore. And the breastplate is to protect the 《Mana Drive》, 《Ether Converter》, and 《Control Core》 made from 《Magic Crystal》 placed inside the chest. He decided to make the two from Adamantite.

「《Smelting》!」

He smelted the minerals into metal using magic. Among the impurities was tin, chromium, nickel and other metals mixed in which he stored away and planned to smelt later.

Though Jin did the process alone, he was not aware about how it was far from the norm. Well, there wasn’t anyone in Kaina Village to point this out, therefore things continued on peacefully.

「Alright, with this the bodies of these two are now robust」

And he was still not aware that Gon and Gen were gradually becoming more of an outrageous Golem.

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「Well then, Rock-san, Jeff-san, Yang-san, take care」

「Ou, we’ll be going」

「Dear, take care」

「Gen, I leave Rock-san and the others to you」

「Acknowledged, Master」

The next morning, Rock and two others went out to hunt mountain deer. Some of the children would go along partway to have fun. Mario went of course and Hanna too.

And speaking of Jin, he had begun working on making something new.

That is, a Horse Golem.

Golems have a humanoid form, the reason why they can control their movement is because stored in the 《Control Core》 is the movement information of a human. In other words, it’s only because the person who made it has an understanding of human movement..

However, that did not apply to Jin who is a 《Magi Craft Meister》. He had the analysed data for walking on the four legs inherited from his predecessor. In this respect, this period is behind that of the past. Truly, war was an unpleasant thing.

Back to the story, Jin had begun making a 《Pony》. To start with, he thought to make a mean of transport exclusively for Hanna.

Unlike an 《Automata》, the structure of a Golem was simple (but that’s based on Jin’s standards).