Chapter 287 Jin, activate (2/2)

It was stocked in Hourai Island as well so Jin recognized it.

It is a bit more better for magical muscle than sand worm’s hide but really low in quality compared to the grand spider’s threads.

Lastly, he prepared the materials needed for the swords’ sheathe, guard and pattern. For the sheathe, he got strongly tanned hide. For the guard, brass, and for the pattern, he got hardwood.

“Alright, this wraps it up.”

It would be bulky and impossible if they tried to carry it all at once but if it’s Reiko, she can carry it all with just a few round-trips. The officer in charge was astonished with his eyes wide open.

The time was around 4 PM.

“Well then, let’s start.”

Jin started by separating the nickel from the deep red arsenic nickel ore. By the way, the ore was too big and bulky so he was doing the separation at the inventory and not the workshop. He had also taken the officer’s permission.

“‘Smelting’.”

He was able to separate about 350 kgs of nickel from the 20 ton ore. Arsenic is dangerous so he just left it in ore form in the inventory.

When 5.5% of nickel is mixed with steel, it is called 5 half nickel steel and with its characteristics, the resistance to corrosion and abrasion increases.

Jin took 233 kgs of nickel. (Of course, making Reiko do the carrying.)

“‘Alloying'”

His ingot and nickel quickly unified and became homogeneous. With this, he was done preparing 233 tons of 5 half nickel steel.

Using this, Jin first built up the frame of the golem.

He based the template on the SP adult male of Hourai island. He was quickly done finishing the first one.

“Hmmm, so I used about 122 kgs, eh? I guess that’s enough.”

After confirming the amount he had used, with that momentum, he finished making the remaining 19 golems as well. The workshop was off limits for the time being so fortunately, there was no one who could witness this. No, maybe it was unfortunate that he couldn’t see how they would react.

If there was someone watching, they might have questioned their sanity. That was how abnormally fast Jin’s production rate was.

Of course, he also made the joints with adamantite coating.

It was also kinda unfortunate that no one was able to witness the phenomenon of the transformation of the adamantite.

But even still, it had taken some time to prepare the materials so by the time he finished up frames for 20 golems, it was past 5 PM.

“I guess I will do the rest tomorrow.”

Saying that, Jin locked the workshop and returned to the villa. The automata waiting at the entrance guided him in. It was an automata Jin had fixed.

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At the royal villa, Hanna, Elsa and Lieschen princess were playing together. No, there was one more person — Gloria.

“Ah, welcome baack!”

“Welcome back, Jin-dono. Thank you for your work.”

“Ohh, Jin, you’re back. This ‘sugoroku’ game thingie is pretty interesting!”

“So you’re back, Jin-dono.”

That was certainly sugoroku. They had played it to pass time in Egelia kingdom. Looks like Elsa still remembered it.

Looks like Elsa made the pieces and dice with the engineering magic she learnt recently. The princess was red, Hanna was yellow and Elsa was green. And Gloria was blue.

“Many people can play it at once, the course also changes every time which makes it even better. Above all else, the rules are really simple too.”

Looks like Lieschen princess was getting pretty passionate about sugoroku.

“Now then, since Jin has returned… Ohh, it is already past 5.”

The princess stood up, saying, ‘It’s almost time for dinner’.

“Was it okay for me to also join you?”

Gloria said, feeling sorry.

“It’s fine, it’s fine. The menu isn’t that grand either.”

The princess said smiling. Certainly, when seen from the royalty’s perspective, it would fall into the simple category, but from the common person’s view, it was quite a feast.

After the meal, warm lemonade was served.

“Wah, tasty!”

Hanna was delighted by its taste. It seemed Elsa had had it before so she wasn’t surprised but maybe it was a taste she liked — one could tell she was happy.

“Mmm, is this honey’s sweetness?”

Drinking one mouthful, Jin expressed his thoughts. ‘Yes’, replied the princess and looked at Tia. Comprehending the meaning behind the glance, Tia started explaining,

“Yes, this drink was made from lemon fruit’s juice and honey. I am surprised you realized.”

But Jin didn’t say that it was because the taste was exactly like honey-lemon.

“Honey is Lenard kingdom’s specialty and is mostly not sold in the marketplace but you had it before, didn’t you?”

Having finished saying that, the princess also drank a mouthful and faced Gloria and urged her to explain what happened afterwards with the bandits.