Chapter 298 Jin, departs (1/2)

Going back in time a little.

After being told that he could travel if he wants, Jin went back to Hourai island in great joy and started preparations for his trip.

“Now then, let’s get the carriage ready first.”

The carriage he had built back in Egelia kingdom still remained, but after assigning the equipped warp gate for other uses, it would be a bit of a bother to put it back.

Laojun had been putting together a carriage of similar type for this occasion. Jin thought he would make a new model from scratch.

He made the outward appearance similar to the previous one.

Of course, he also equipped the warp gate.

With four-wheeled, self-support suspension system, ‘Active suspension’.

Fully furnished air-conditioning.

Floodlight projector.

And, of course, the horse would be a golem horse.

This was what would usually be equipped but from this point on, Jin did the unthinkable.

“I guess I will make it so that it can run even without a horse.”

In other words, he planned on equipping it with a golem engine so that it would be capable of running on its own.

“I can’t really pack in a big engine which stands out so I guess I will have to go with the least possible one I can.”

He isn’t aware that his ‘least’ isn’t what is considered to be the general ‘least’.

“Father, I have prepared the materials.”

Reiko brought aluminium 64. It is much stronger than normal aluminium.

“Alright, let’s start.”

Not having to worry about anyone watching, Jin exerted his engineering magic as much as he wanted and kept on processing the materials. Reiko was supporting him.

Moreover, Laojun was considerate and called over two Smith golems.

And before one knew it, the carriage was completed.

They used the sea dragon’s leather for the tire. Due to its roughness being similar to the dragon’s scales, its grip power is extraordinary, even above boulders. (In fact, the boulder might break instead.)

“As I thought, we don’t get much speed if the golem engine is small.”

Jin grumbled as he saw the carriage go through the test run.

The engines are small as they have been equipped to each of the wheels. It looks like nothing but a fat tire but, in fact, golem engines are installed next to it.

And due to this, he couldn’t install anything too big as it would stand out too much. But it is also true that that would decrease the torque. It would be able to reach a speed of about 40 kilometers per hour.

If the golem horse pulled with all its strength, it would go up to a 100 kmph. A normal carriage’s max speed is about 15 kmph.

Even Jin himself didn’t know that his measure of things was quite outrageous.

This golem horse was reusing some of the material used before.

Even still, the aluminium portion is replaced with aluminium 64 and the magical muscle was enhanced, making the output power twice that of the one before.

“It would be nice to be able to ride it alone as well.”

He equipped the horse with a saddle, a stirrup and a handle so that it could be rode without the carriage as well.

“I guess I should also equip it with a seat so that it feels comfortable riding. Well, when needed, I could always use the warp gate and come back here to sleep anyway.”

There was no one present there who would retort saying ‘you wouldn’t call that a trip now, would you!?’.

Either way, super carriage no. 2 was done in about 2 hours.

[My lord, I have a suggestion.]

“Mm, what is it?”

[I suggest taking a golem with you, one which has the outer appearance of a low-class golem.]

Hearing Laojun’s suggestion, Jin immediately understood the intention behind it.

“I see. Low-class ‘outer appearance’, eh?”

Put simply, a golem which would take care of his daily needs.

“I guess I could also make it be the driver normally.”

And so, Jin started making it immediately. All in all, Jin really liked making automatas and golems.

“The basis is fine being the same as butlers.”

He used 18-12 stainless steel as the raw material. It looked like iron at a glance so it would be easier to fool others’ eyes with this.

He purposely tried making the outer appearance look clumsy. The model was Unifiers’ battle golem. Even still, he didn’t make it clumsy to that point. He also didn’t want others to misunderstand, after all.

Its power was a bit higher than the butlers and its dexterity was close to that of the Smiths. And so, it should be able to handle miscellaneous tasks as well.

“Hmm, I’d better order it to pretend to be sluggish normally.”

And so, the attendant golem was done.

“Your name will be… ‘Steward’.”

“Yes, master.”

With this, approximately all preparations were complete.

“…I guess I will rest for a bit. Reiko, Laojun, I leave the rest to you.”

“Yes, father.”

[Leave it to us.]

As one would expect, Jin was pretty tired and so left the remaining preparation to Reiko and Laojun and lied down on the floor.

“Alright then, I will be back.”

Jin went to inform the people of Kaina village about his trip.