Vol 2 Chapter 8 (1/2)
That is an independent type magic tool called Golem.
It has a human shape but there are also those with the form of animals or magic beasts. There are also those that are totally different from golems with the shape of living beings, normally, they just repeat the action they were ordered to do, but if they are highly advanced, then those golems can think and act on their own judgment.
In the time of the ancient magic kingdom of Zars they were supposedly very advanced, instead of humans they became a major labor force, or so it is said.
At that time it was said that every household had at least one golem, or it was said that they were at least that popular.
Of course that technology was also used for battle.
A golem specialized for battle wasn’t something that could be used that easily by Humanity. It had become a major factor of their victory against the Demons.
However, most of that technology disappeared along with Zars´s destruction. Right now, the most they can create are simple and small things.
From time to time, powerful golems from the time of Zars are found, but those were sold at high prices.
“So, in other words you are trying to revive a special battle type golem of the time of Zars, right?”
Lize asked Gou after having calmed down Kail with her fist from behind him when he became excited.
“Ah, yes. I have made the blueprints, however, to make the real thing would take some time, so…”
“Hooo….. This pretty well made, is it not.”
Sildonia said with an impressed tone while looking at the blueprints.
“You understand it!?”
Gou looks surprised at Sildonia.
“Hm, even in that time it was specially designed to fight against the Demons; you are trying to make the ‘t.i.tan’ type, are you not?”
“Yes! From the little bits of scriptures that existed. I used them as a reference and improved it with my own ideas!”
“Hmmm… It seems like even the hardest part, the efficiency of the magic power isn’t a problem either.”
“Yeas you’re exactly right! Rather, I have been having problems with reducing its size…”
Gou got excited and began to crazily talk with Sildonia.
Sildonia, who had made sure of it, took a glance at Kail and lightly nodded. It seems like there is no doubt about it.
Because he got too excited, Kail had failed to check whether it was the real deal or not, but since Sildonia had checked it, Kail became relieved.
Originally Kail had thought of ama.s.sing the weaponized golem so that it could become a force he could freely use.
At first, I was planning to buy up the items that were sold from the time of Zars, but I wanted to ma.s.s produce them myself with the help of Sildonia.
TL note: Yeah, POV is 1st person again. As mentioned before, the author randomly switches.
However, even if it’s Sildonia’s main body, the one who was called the ‘Magic King’, it didn’t mean that Sildonia would possess all the knowledge they had in the time of Zars, Sildonia doesn’t even possess all the knowledge the main body has.
Sildonia even said that even though Sildonia did have some knowledge about the basics, it still wasn’t at the level of those that specialized in it of that time.
I tried to ask Sildonia how long it would take to make one with the current knowledge, Sildonia answered that it would at the very least take years, furthermore, it could easily take longer than that.
I really wanted a force that I could freely control, but since I couldn’t put all time I had in it, I gave up on it.
However, if he can entrust this job to Gou, and if he can ma.s.s produce them… it would become a great force to use against the ‘Great advance’.
“You are amazing Sildonia-san. I thought I knew a lot about the technology of the time of Zars but…”
Gou looks at Sildonia with s.h.i.+ning eyes.
“Hm, you may feel HONORed.”
Hehe, Sildonia said proudly.
“No, I thought that it would take at least a decade just to make a prototype, now I might be able to reduce that time by half.”
“Then you won’t make it on time. At latest within two years… if possible, try to make a prototype within one year. After that I want you to think about ma.s.s producing them.”
Kail says with a straight face.
“Eh? No but… If I were to do something like that then I’d have to use money as if it were water.”
“Then just do it. I’ll give you more than enough.”
Kail says again with a straight face.
Gou stood there stunned and then involuntarily looked at the faces of the others, but Seran and the others didn’t see any problem and just kept nodding.
“Thank goodness… that I would get such a generous patron…”
Gou became moved to tears.
“With this I can stop worrying about the budget and make designs I always wanted to…”
“No, please do advance with what you’re currently doing. Also it’s important to remember this, keep what you’re doing a secret.”
“Yes. Ah, but several people had already invested in this…”
“I want you to tell them you failed. Please return them the money and the money for failing. Of course, I will give the money you need.”
“Yes, I do not mind that, but…”
“Please… since we need to be careful with how we treat this.”
Kail, who had become cool headed as if the excitement he showed earlier was a lie, reminded Gou of this fact.
“So, what happened?”
After they had a small meeting about the costs, when Kail and the others returned to Miranda, who looked tired, he had asked her.
“We’re in disagreement.”
Miranda sighed. In front of her was Gazas who didn’t try to hide his bad mood.
“In the first place, even if a dwarf like me were to become the city chief, there would be problems all over the place!”
Though there are a lot of Dwarves living in Karan, in the end it is still a human city.
And if a dwarf among them was to become chief, then there would naturally be many who would reject it.
“… Whether they may be dwarves or humans, I want the racial wall between them gone and change Karan.”
I shall leave it here for today; I shall come again, saying that, Miranda tried to leave from her seat.
You can also just not come, is what Gazas said, and then he tried to go to the room in the back, but at that moment Kail began to talk to him.
“I apologize to bother you while you’re tired, this has nothing to do with Miranda-san, but I have a favor to ask, or rather a request.”
“A request?… Do you want me to make you a sword? Sorry, but I don’t accept any blacksmithing requests at the moment.”
Without even looking him in the eye or trying to bother with it, Gazas refused.
“Father don’t say that. It seems these people even have a request they want to hire me for. Please at least listen to what they have to say.
However, in a split second, Gou tried to help them. He put in a good word for them when he already rejected it.
It seems that Gazas is soft toward his son and stops for a moment; he turns around and takes a look at Kail and his party, but his gaze stops at Urza the moment he sees here.
In response to that, Urza began to frown and tried to say something, but Gazas intercepted her.
“Don’t worry; I don’t deliberately act racist towards Elves… I don’t discriminate whether they are Elves or humans.”
“I- I see…well aren’t you admirable for a Dwarf.”
にしないから大丈夫だ」
“No matter how haughty, closed off and over thinking the Elves may act while fundamentally not having a shred of concern on them… but it’s alright cuz’ I don’t mind.”
Urza whose face became completely red, tried to make some complaints, but was calmed down by Lize.
“So the thing we want is a sword for me. The one I have now is just a little unsatisfying.”
When Seran said that, Gazas looked at the sword on Seran’s waist and then began to glare at him.
“That sword you have, it’s a sword that that pup Dotos sold you right?’
“You can see that?”
Of course Seran hasn’t unsheathed his sword. He must have seen through it by looking at the patterns and the handle of the sword.
“Though he may not be as good as me, Dotos still has some skill; there aren’t that many swordsmen that would be unsatisfied with his swords.”
Gazas said grumpily, but Gou refutes that.
“Father, Seran-san is really strong. I think that even Dotos-san’s sword may be insufficient.”
“What? Are you serious? With Dotos’s sword you say?”
Seems like he believed what his son said, since Gazas began to mummer some things while thinking.
“Then that would mean……. No, but it could be….”
“If you could, can you make it on the same level as Sil-… I mean Kail’s sword.”
This time Gazas looks at the sword on Kail’s back, when he did, his eyes became wide open.
“Wha!?… Le- Lemme see that sword… No please show it to me!”
Gazas, who lightly receives the sword from Kail with trembling hands, slowly pulls the blade from the scabbard.
“This is…..”
Strong, yet beautiful. Those who see it become captivated and Gazas was speechless. Gou and Miranda who saw it for the first time became wide eyed.
“I have seen a number of swords from the time of Zars… But this one’s on a different level… Th-That there would be other swords like this one is….”
Seeing Gou’s stunned look, Sildonia began to nod satisfyingly.
“Like I thought, it’s impossible… To make a sword that would rival this one is… for the current me it’s impossible.”
It was a voice as if it was squeezed out while admitting his defeat.
Gazas apologized and asked if they could leave for today, so Kail and the others left Gazas’s home.
“Yeah~… As expected, it’s impossible to ask someone to make a sword at the same level as Sildonia.”
Seran complained while scratching his head.
“Or course. The sword which is myself, is the crystallization of Zars’s technology and wisdom. And I can affirm that human hands would never be able to create something on the same level.”
It’s only to be expected, Sildonia said while puffing out her chest.
“Well I didn’t expect that much from the current time… but even so, something felt a little off.”