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"I guess there's no money here after all."

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Of course it is. After all, this is a lumberyard. It's a place to cut down and store the softwoods that have been cut down, and merchants don't come here to buy them.

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　A lumberyard in the middle of the Gulu River.

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　After defeating the Gulugaria archers there, the Barka mercenaries went around to check out the lumberyard, which was surrounded by the Wall of Atmos.

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　They were searching for treasure, just as they had done in the previous Purging Town.

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　But this time they did not find any gold or silver treasures.

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　Well, that's all right.

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　As I told Walter, this is just a place for juuma-gi.

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　The function of the country of Grougalia is located elsewhere, so this place really exists as a lumberyard.

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　But it is not just a place for lumberjacks to store their wood, as it is a precious wood that can only be found here, and is a symbolic symbol of the importance of this place to Gulgaria.

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　Not to mention the hoarded treasures, gold and silver coins that were probably needed for the guards, which they succeeded in acquiring.

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"But this is just a bonus. The real treasure we are looking for is these guys lying on the ground in front of us."

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　That's right.

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　We're not here to pick up money.

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　We are here to get something better than that.

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　Naturally, it's a soft devilwood, which is said to be found only in this chuzhou.

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　It is hard enough to be called wood, but it is an unusual kind of wood that becomes flexible when it passes through magic power.

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　That is the treasure of this lumberyard.

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　It can be made into a bow like in Grougalia.

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　Or, like in the Orient, you can combine magic stones and magic circle to make a crossbow called the Magic Bow Orient.

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　At any rate, the Barca Mercenaries, who until now have mainly used swords, now have the materials to make strong long-range weapons.

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"Master Alphonse, I have finished collecting the archers' bows."

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"Thank you, Kiku. In the meantime, give those bows to the mercenaries here. They won't be using them anytime soon.

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"Yes, sir."

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"Please. Walter's squad, let's get this lumber out of here. Except for what will fit in my magic bag, you will tie it to a string and float it down the river.

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"Yes, sir."

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　Apart from me and Walter, it was Kiku who was collecting bows, not gold.

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　Kiku's squad leader, who was leading his men well, gathered the surviving Glugaria soldiers in one place and then collected the bows and other equipment they were using.

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　Thank goodness for that.

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　I think Banagher told me that Jumaki is a material with unusual properties, so it is a bit tricky to process it.

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　It would be easier to use if it is a bow that has actually been tuned for use in battle.

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　Though it would be impossible to use it right away.

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　Unlike ordinary bows, you have to send magic power into the bow before you pull the string, so it is a little different to use.

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　You can send magic power to the bow by using the [Magic Injection], but you may need to practice to be able to send the right amount of magic power for your own muscle strength by manipulating your own magic power.

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"But this soft magic wood is basically made into a bow, right?　Don't you want a log that's too big?"

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"No. I want a big one. I have a use for them."

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"Okay. So you've already thought about what you're going to use it for."

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Of course. Otherwise, we wouldn't have come this far.

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　Kiku distributes bows to the mercenaries, and next to me, Walter gives instructions to the other mercenaries to bring out the lumber from the lumberyard.

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　After all the instructions had been given, Walter asked me for confirmation.

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　He asked me what to do with the long logs that had been cut into several sizes and stored in the lumberyard.

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　It's not easy just to carry the big ones to the river," he said.

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　I am sure he wanted to say that if they are not needed, the logs can be left alone.

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　But I would not do such a wasteful thing.

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　Because, of course, we had planned the use of the big ones from the beginning.

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　For Ian.

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　Ian, a warrior of Atmos, can become a 5 meter tall giant.

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　Ian's huge body and the overwhelming physical strength that he wields from his immense magical power.

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　With just this strength alone, he is strong enough to change the course of the war in a single stroke.

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　Ian already had a weapon that no other Atmos warrior had.

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　The Jizuka (Sword of Freedom).

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　Until now, the warriors of Atmos in the East have basically only been able to fight with empty hands or by swinging logs around.

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　Ian, with his sword of variable size that I have acquired, is more powerful than the warriors of Atmos so far.

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　Even a normal human being can attack more powerfully with a sword.

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　If a Titan has a sword in his hand, it is only natural that he would be much stronger than a Titan without a sword.

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　But the purpose of this lumberyard attack was to give Ian a weapon to strengthen him even more.

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　In other words, my idea was to make a large bow that Ian, now a giant, could use from a large log of soft magic wood.

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　A bow the size of a child's bow would still be able to fire a powerful shot.

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　If the size of the bow is suited to the body of a warrior of Atmos, even if he can't use the Meteor, I might be able to give him an attack power equal to or even greater than that.

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　Well, this was also an idea because Ian had named it.

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　The Atmos warriors have been fighting since their birth, but they never used a bow very often.

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　I heard that the village of Atmos, where Atmos Warriors are born and raised, is a big canyon like a rocky mountain.

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　The lack of trees in the environment probably prevented them from using bows.

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　Therefore, the giants who came of age to work as mercenaries in various places did not learn to use bows as adults either.

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　I think this is because bows take time to master, and beating them with one's fists is faster to settle a dispute.

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　But Ian became able to use magic.

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　That also means that he can use [practice.

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　Ian, who had been doing nothing but empty fist, is now able to use a sword.

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　This means that if he can use [practice], he can improve his archery skills just as quickly, which promises the birth of a giant who is the best with the bow in the world.

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　I'm looking forward to it.

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　As I looked at the logs being carried out, I couldn't help but smile as I imagined Ian shooting the bow and myself fighting alongside him.

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