Volu 2, Extra 2.1
Translator: Reflet
Editor: Weasalopes
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「Imma pound in the ink, so hold it tight.」
「Kaaay.」
Azuma Workshop was currently in the middle of expanding construction in Wulls.
「Hiroshi, do we gotta bring over more wood, eh?」
「If there ain’t enough we can go defeat so more hunter trees, eh?」
「Nah, I think we’re good here, mate.」
Finishing the asuring and ink stamping, Hiroshi calculated the foundation as he replied to Goivejon and Foeldan.
「Hasn’t even been a year since we reford it. I can’t believe we would ever have to add on to it.」
「Welp, can’t be helped. Factory space is one thing, but in order to accommodate a forest giant, it’s a bit small.」
「Sorry ’bout dat.」
「It’s cool, mate, don’t worry. There haven’t been enough n helpin’ out here, plus yer a darn good help.」
Everyone nodded in agreent. Azuma Workshop never had any issues with lewd conduct, but it was also true that it was a bit careless to have no n whatsoever. Still, two of the girls were hardly older than children, plus Aearis would frequently make her way in. They couldn’t just let any old guy in. In that sense, forest giants were perfect because of having little sexual drive. Furthermore, elder goblins had practically no sexual drive at their age.
In actuality, any mber of the human sub-species could mate with any other combination of humanoid. With the right requirents, forest giants and humans, elves, even fairies and pixies could all have offspring. Still, normally humans, elves, dwarves, and so humanoid beasts would not generally mate to produce half-children unless they liked their appearance, stature, or aesthetic sense. This was to be expected though, since their sexual drive would erge in different ways. Other than races like minotaurs with no won, there was no one mad enough to be okay with just any female.
「I’m thinkin’ of makin’ this side of the buildin’ the n’s dorms while we’re at it. How ’bout it?」
「Well, I don’t have a problem with that.」
「It makes sense for hiring in the long term.」
Everyone agreed with Hiroshi’s proposal. They’d have to go around the hinterlands setting up transportation circles and bringing over people from all around anyway. Plus they’d already received demand for expanding the workshop.
「Alright, imma start by finishin’ up the foundation, so Haruna-san, I’d like ya to help out for yer trainin’. Mio, I’d like ya to lecture Fum ‘n the others.」
「Got it.」
「I can use anything to teach them, right?」
「Do whatcha wanr.」
Mio gathered a bunch of materials that looked good after getting approved. She intended to give a lecture on Class 7 potions and every type of expendable that fell into that rank.
「Alright, we’re finishin’ the exterior by tomorrow, y’all.」
「It’s gonna be done by dat ti?」
「Heck yeah mate, this size is nothin’.」
Just as Hiroshi said so confidently, the foundation was layed out with no abnormalities before day was up.
「So this is what Class 7 potions are like. Think you can handle it?」
「…Wait, we use it for things like that?」
「It’s really difficult to get precision……」
「Yeah, keeping the speed at a constant is a lot of trouble……」
The three of them groaned after actually trying to implent the lecture. They still hadn’t reached the point where they could use enchantnts or alchemy for other purposes, but this was incredibly difficult for craftspeople who were still struggling with Class 8.
「Let just say that Haru recently beca able to cast even the most rudintary of short-hand enchantnts at this level.」
「……That’s way too fast of a progression, even if she’s always with Boss Man and Mio-san……」
「……I already doubt if Boss Man is even human, but Haruna-san? She must be pretending to be human……」
Mio burst out laughing at Teres and Nora’s comnts. Although anyone could tell she generally had a poker face, it wasn’t like she was incapable of smiling.
To add further, Haruna had truly begun crafting 8 months ago. Given how she had levelled up her harvest and enchantnt skills to 15 and how she still had materials left over, Haruna hadn’t grown all that quickly. Besides, making condints didn’t just up your cooking skills, it also upped your potion-making and alchemy skills among other things. As a result of that, making curry bread had led to so rich training for other skills on a regular basis.
Still, even Haruna had yet to break through Novice Rank. Even if she could take on short-hand enchantnts, all she could really do was slightly improve the quality of items a bit or make so work easier to handle, and she wasn’t able to make potions from lower-rank items like Hiroshi or Mio could. In the end, a beginner was a beginner.
「I’ve already discussed this with them a certain amount, so this ti around we’ll be gathering ingredients from around the Ortem Village area. It’s pretty easy to get your hands on Class 7 ingredients over there.」
「Understood.」
「So we can harvest Class 7 ingredients too?」
「It’s not much different from anything up to Class 8 for raw materials.」
Mio said, clarifying the basic characteristics of each material. The three of them listened with serious faces, taking attentive notes. In the amount of ti that had transpired before this, Fum as well as Li (who was not currently present) had learned how to read and write, so you could say they were good resources from how they were able to lecture on fairly difficult material.
The ga was similar in that gathering raw materials didn’t have much of a difference anywhere below Class 8 or above Class 7. The only real point where materials and completed product harvest difficulty changed greatly with rank was after Class 5. Once you got to Class 6, the materials tended to spawn in locations that were troubleso for beginners, and gathering everything in large quantities was the real hassle.
Furthermore, not only were ingredients an impedint for getting past novice class; the conditions for raising one’s skill level were also harsh. For interdiate class and up, failing still ant your skill level increased, but for novice class, nothing could be gained from failing, no matter how close you were to success. On top of that, stamina consumption per second was in the maximum 1%, far more severe than mid and upper class. And then once your stamina got to a certain point, fatigue penalty would set in and success rate would lower. Yes, Teres and other two had gotten much better as of recent, but the stamina consumption trap was still severe, becoming a large wall that stood in the way of improving their crafting capacity and skills.
「Also, it’d be best if you learned how to make tools tomorrow.」
Mio suddenly added in.
「We’re making the tools ourselves?」
Nora asked, bewildered.
「Of course.」
Within seconds, Mio had shot her objection down.
If they weren’t able to at least make tools for themselves to use, things would get real troubleso. Especially like the forging hamr that Hiroshi used, there were tools that required you put so serious enchantnts for the base of special ingredients, and these tools couldn’t be obtained just by paying money. Besides, before the industry beca subdivided to the max, Japan had always had highly skilled craftsn, and they were also great at making tools. As long as there were similar patterns in this world, those who called themselves craftsn absolutely had to make their own tools and equipnt.
That was what Hiroshi, Mio, Haruna and the others were like, but for craftspeople who barely fledglings, they unfortunately had not even imagined that they might have to make tools eventually. Then again, since all of the supplies for the tasks they were currently working on could be obtained from the Adventurers’ Association, they had plenty of convenient little tools on hand. Maybe it was a little unreasonable to expect them to see that coming. Besides, they had never seen Hiroshi and the others working with tools before.
「So no tools from the marketplace?」
「Do you really think that the hamr Sensei uses can just be obtained there?」
「Ugh」
「Besides, unless you want to be satisfied with condints and Class 7 potions, anything above that will need sothing with better function than those market tools.」
Now Mio had given them a concrete example and an ultimatum. The three of them fell into complete silence.
「You won’t go making difficult things like that from the get-go, rest assured.」
「That’s not all that reassuring……」
「Besides, even with the three of us together, the most our power amounts to is a wooden pestle.」
The pestle was one of the tools most prone to wear and tear. Teres found herself readily agreeing with that comparison. True, the three of them could make one of those as long as no one was picky about the shape. But at this pace the tool would wear out fairly quickly (after about a year).
「So for now we have gathering ingredients for tools tomorrow, and then I’ll guide you to a place where you can get so ore, so first we’ll do so excavation training there.」
「All we ever do is physical labor……」
「And making potions? Even that’s a race to see how long it takes for my arms to wear out……」
「Craftsn need both physical and ntal aptitude, I’d say……」
The sun was still high up, but after having heard about their spartan assignnt schedule, the three students had tired expressions on their faces. But these girls did not know that they had yet to even climb up the long slope that was crafting.
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