'By the way, what are you going to do with all those high-ranking demon cores you've collected?'

　Aura asked a question as she was wary of her surroundings.

'We're going to use it to make a new type of golem. You'll need insurance in case the two of you go to King's Landing.

　The two people who didn't know how to make a golem tilted their heads, but they thought it was no use worrying about it, so they didn't particularly ask how to make it.


　There are generally two ways to create a golem.

　The first is to make a nucleus out of a stone that has magical power..........a magical core, magical stone, or gemstone.
　The second method is to make a nucleus out of metal.

　Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, and with the first one, it is difficult to carve a magic circle into a small core, and if it fails, it is almost impossible to redo it and difficult to repair it, but a golem made with this method is highly versatile, and the amount of magic power consumed is comparatively small, so it is often used for various purposes.

　The second one is easier to carve the magic circle because the shape and size of the metal can be changed freely, and even if it fails, it is easy to redo and repair, but because it can only give simple commands and consumes a lot of magic, it is mostly used for simple tasks or to carve a lot of things into the magic circle to make it a specialized type.

　The difference in the amount of magic consumed has not been clearly understood, but the prevailing theory is that it is the difference between natural and artificial objects.

　When creating a nucleus, we must not forget to specify the material of the golem's body and register the master.
　In general, the materials are often carved into earth and stone, and if there is room, the number of materials is increased. If you don't carve it, you can't create a body when you summon a golem and it is useless.

　The Lord's registration is to prevent it from being used by anyone other than its creator, but sometimes it isn't engraved on mass-produced objects, for example.

'The orcs are coming!'

　The one that appeared from the bend just ahead was a high-oak, and since there were six of them, I was the only one to cut into it and kill it instantly.

''What ... haha!　

　Jeanne and Aura looked surprised when they saw the high orcs collapsed in the blink of an eye... Come to think of it, it was the first time they'd seen me fight properly...　
　With that in mind, I put the corpse of a high orc in my bag and moved on.
　After that, they encountered a few more demons, but they were all orcs and kobolds, and they couldn't find the desired demon.
　Jeanne and Aura were surprised at first, but they seemed to be getting used to it, so they proceeded deeper, letting them train with the high orcs they weakened several times.

　It's good that we broke through the 39 and 40 levels, but when we thought about pulling up once we didn't see any B-rank or higher demons, we found a place in a dome-shaped space.

'I did it........1, 2, 3.......I guess the B-rank equivalent is 3 in total......................There are a dozen or so other reactions, so I'll have to go with Jeanne and Aura, focus on working with Shiroumaru and the others to protect yourself!

　I didn't hear Jeanne and the others' reply and ran out into the square.
　Noticing my presence, a large scorpion, nearly three meters long, came out.
　In addition to the large scissors and sharp poisonous stingers, the scorpion had sickle-like claws on the tips of its feet, and the surface of its body looked like a rock. There are three such ones, each one raising its scissors to threaten us.

　First, for a small check, I let the scorpion in front of me take an airblit, but it didn't seem to take much damage, just a scratch on the scorpion's surface.
　I selected my adamantine sword as my weapon of choice, and with a swift movement, I struck at the scorpion that was coming at me with force.
　The scorpion crossed both scissors and guarded its body to protect itself, but with a loud thud, both scissors snapped off.
　The scorpion raised its tail to stab the poisonous stinger while spewing green body fluids.

　I didn't want to take a bite, so I ducked by flying backwards, but the other two scorpions came running in with their eyes on the landing spot.

''Stonewall!''

　I summon a wall with earth magic into the scorpion's path.
　The scorpion that was a short distance away from the wall seems to have been damaged by crashing into that wall, but the other scorpion, because of the distance between it and the wall, jumped over the wall and jumped at me.

''Say!''

　With my spirit, I swung my sword at the scorpion that was trying to crush me.
　Unexpectedly, the blow made a zubang sound and sliced vertically through the scorpion's abdomen, sending green rain down.

''These guys, unlike their backs, their abdomens are soft...''

　While muttering about this, I slammed my sword down on the head of the scorpion that was trying to attack me even if it was torn apart.
　With a crunch, I succeeded in crushing the head, but the scorpion was still moving. I decided to stay away from them and looked at the other two, but the one that had been crushed by the scissors was trying to escape, while the other one was moving to get behind me.

　So first I decided to lock the scorpion that was trying to escape into a box made of earth magic to fortify its surroundings, and then I decided to take care of the other one first.

　The scorpion was trying to get behind me, but when it made eye contact with me, it stopped getting behind me and pounced on me.
　Unlike the other two, this scorpion attacked me with its tail rather than its scissors.
　It was probably the strongest of the three, but I had an opening after it attacked me with its tail, so I attacked at the right moment and was able to cut off its tail with surprising ease.
　I attacked the scorpion, which had stopped moving due to pain, and by crushing it with scissors, legs, and head in that order, I was able to easily defeat it without injury.

　By that time, the first one whose head had been crushed had died out, and there was only one scorpion left in the box.
　As I approached the box, I could hear a sound as if it was tapping with something from inside... perhaps it was trying to break the box with its tail.
　At this rate, it was likely to break it eventually, but I figured I'd kill it sooner or later so it wouldn't be a problem, so I punched a hole in part of the top of the box and released a blizzard spell inside.

　After about five minutes of releasing the blizzard, a completely frozen scorpion was created.
　When I appraised the scorpion, I found that it was an Earth Scorpio, B-rank and the desired rank of demon.
　For now, I put it in my bag with the other scorpions and returned to Jeanne and the others, where Jeanne and Aura were standing with a stunned expression on their faces.

　It seems that no demons came to Jeanne and the others' place, but there are still more than a dozen demons reacting around them.
　I don't know how they will move, but for now, I decided to move on.
　Taking another look at this space, it's a dome-shaped space with a diameter of about 200 meters, and the height to the ceiling seems to be about 20 meters.

　Solomon is playing around a bit hashishly, since it's a space that allows him to fly around freely, which is unusual for a dungeon.
　After that, we proceeded with caution, but there were no attacks from the demons that were in response, and we were able to pass safely.　
'For now, let's take a break and look for a nearby warp zone to get back to the ground.

　I made my resting place as usual, got out my bed and table set and asked Aura to prepare the tea.
　While the tea was being served, I tried to think of a certain food recipe...

''No....I can't think of any ingredients for ramen noodles and curry roux by any stretch of the imagination...''

　To be exact, it's a combination of 'can water' and curry spices that you add to the noodles.
　I've made udon noodles in a previous life, but with ramen noodles it was easier to buy them than to make them, so I've never made them myself, and I only know how to make them roughly and the ingredients.

　Curry is more serious. In my previous life, I could easily get very good curry powder, curry roux, and even a retort, so I only know a few spices to use for the ingredients.

'But I don't want to give up! If we go to King's Landing, there might be some clues...

　I decided to stop trying to recreate it in Seigen, thinking that if I went to the King's Capital, there might be some similar food or that stuff, since it's a city that's considered to be the center of the country... and I don't have time for that.

　

Temma, what were you thinking earlier?

　Jeanne, who seemed to be getting used to it somewhat, but was still awkward, asked me that, so I decided to ask Jeanne and Aura if they knew of any dishes that were similar to ramen and curry.

'I don't know of any such dishes I don't know of any such dishes... and Aura?'

'I've never heard of Kansui, but is it a... curry? I heard a long time ago that there are dishes with several different spices, such as the dish called "The Spice". Some of them may be the same dishes that Master Temma has in mind.

　He told me with a bit of confidence.
　Now there are dishes with spices, and that's just gratifying information.
　The same was true for the noodles, and he could only come up with the noodles for pasta.
　I know I have a long way to go, but I'll make it happen someday, I decided.

　After that, I decided to go out in the warp zone I found nearby and fly to a secret base, this time to start working on the golem.

　The first step was to dismantle the Earth Scorpio. I don't know what part of it can be used, but this scorpion's shell seems to be very strong, so it would be good to peel it off and store it.
　The venom could be used for something, so if you collect as much of it as possible in a jar, you'll probably use it eventually.
　As for the meat, do you want to try it at first? I thought it was a scorpion, but I didn't know if I could eat it after taking it apart, so I decided to burn it this time.

　This scorpion's magic nucleus was about 5 cm in size, and one of its nuclei was unlucky to be broken.
　However, the color of this magic nucleus was reminiscent of a black pearl, and even though it was called a jewel, I almost believed it.

　This time, I'm going to try to make this new type of golem, I'm going to try to take the best out of the two ways of making it.
　In other words, I'm going to combine a magic core and a metal core, and then I'm going to carve a magic circle on both of them.
　As for the design, I plan to make a necklace, and I've bought the chain pieces and hardware from a specialty store, and I've also looked at the neckpiece that I'll use as a reference.

　In this golem making, I'm going to carve magic circles in the image of a soul on the nucleus and a body on the metal, and I'm going to make a mechanism to connect the two in a part of each magic circle.

　The magic core has a mechanism to connect the magic core and the magic circuitry to be carved into the magic circle in detail so that it can absorb magic power from its surroundings to some extent.
　I'm going to use mithril on the metal side and carve the magic circle while it's hot. This one was a race against time, and I worked with fire magic to make the temperature harder to drop, but I made a few mistakes.
　Every time I failed, I had to mix the silver and start over, so I was going to make two, but I only managed to make one due to lack of time.

　By the way, for the metal and magic circle, I made the body material of earth, stone and iron, and the shape was a scorpion that looked exactly like Earth Scorpio. This is because I thought that this shape might be a good match for the magic core, and I was inspired by the scorpion's excellent offensive and defensive skills and considerable speed in the actual fight.

　So far today, in about five hours, I've completed the magic circle with two magic cores and one decorative pedestal type. The rest, adjustments and test runs were to be done tomorrow.


　When I returned to my room, Amy and Shi-chan were in front of it, so I told them about the future.

'What? Sir, you're going to leave?!

　I was surprised.

''I'm not moving out of here completely. I'm going to go to King's Landing, but I'm planning to come back here and I need to talk to you about it, but I'm going to pay you in advance and I need you to keep this room for about six months.

　I still wanted to conquer the dungeon, so I just wanted to make sure I had a room.

''I'll go ask my mothers!

　With that, Aimee ran to the house.
　Eeechan and Shiechan stayed here as they were flirting with Shiroumaru and Solomon.

　A short time later, Aimee returned with her mother, Karina.

'Do you want to be paid for six months in advance?'

　Carina asked me, so I told her that I still wanted to challenge Seigen's dungeon, so I wanted to secure a room, and that Jeanne's relatives are in the King's capital, but the warp doesn't fit, so I wanted to use it as a refuge in case of an emergency.

''I understand the situation, but for a lump sum of six months, it will be 42,000 Gs.......''

Is that all right?

　Saying that, he took out money from his magic bag and handed it over.

''Well come to think of it, Temma-san was a terrific adventurer, wasn't he? I beg your pardon.　

　Carina took out the contract she had brought from home and wrote a lot of things on it after checking the money she had received and handed it to me.
　I skimmed over the contract and signed it, then handed it back to Karina.

'Yes, I've confirmed it. Then I'll keep it for six months from the time the current contract expires. Please let me know when you come back here and let me know.

　Karina said, bowing her head and walking back into the house. Amy was petting Shiroumar.

I'm going to miss you...

　'I'll definitely be back,' he said, and I promised him I would.

'Yeah, well Amy, make sure you change the air in your room every few days while we're gone. This is a request. We'll pay you for what you've done so far.

　Then Amy would say.

'Yes! I understand, sir!

　He agreed with a raised hand.

　Just before he walked into the room.

'Oh, I forgot to shop for dinner tonight!

　Aura exclaimed. There must have been more material in the magic bag, Aura said.

It's bargain-basement day at our usual store!

　And since I was concerned about the time, we all went out to shop to see if there might be anything left.

　The store is an affiliate of Jay's Company, where I've shopped before, and inside it was full of people...or rather housewives.

''Well then, I'm off!''

　I couldn't bring myself to go inside, so I decided to wait outside and keep Shiroumaru company.

'Oh? Isn't that Mr. Temma there?

　I turned around as a familiar voice called my name.

Mr. Jayman?

　There stood the slaver who had previously rescued him from being attacked by bandits.

''I knew it! I thought it was a familiar wolf!

　He laughed at that, but I asked him why he was here, and he wondered why he was here.

It's an affiliate of my brother's. Oh, just in time. I'd like you to meet my brother, Jake.

　I was introduced to a man who looked vaguely like Jayman. After the man called Jake looked at me, he seemed to notice something, and after talking briefly with Jayman, he introduced himself to me.

'Nice to meet you, I'm Jayman's brother, Jake. I've heard of you, Temma. I look forward to your continued patronage.

　I introduced him to the audience, and Jayman asked Jake about the rumors, and he rolled his eyes when he heard about Solomon and what happened with the Marquis of Samonth.
　When he tried to talk to me about it.

Hey, I don't know what you're saying, but you're not gonna let me off the hook.

　And the man behind Jake joined in the conversation.

'Oh, excuse me, Master. I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that I'm not the only one. I'm the best blacksmith in town.

　Upon closer inspection, the master was a short, but muscular-looking man with a full beard, of the so-called dwarf variety.

''Nice to meet you, my name is Temma,''

'Oh, I've heard of you! I'm Gunz, nice to meet you!

　Then he held out his hand to me and I shook it, and the master looked at the cuirass on my arm.

Hey, did you make this?

　He suddenly asked in a low voice, and I replied that yes, I did.

'You're making fun of your armour! You're making such a shoddy job of it, and your hard-earned mithril is crying!

　He started yelling at them loudly. It was so loud that even the customers inside the shop came outside, but since the center of the commotion was an adventurer and a dwarf, they went back in like it was the usual thing.

''Oh, is it really that bad...''

　So I asked him, pressurized.

'First of all, it's not balanced. And it's not the right size. In addition, the connection part is a problem. In addition, the surface finish is poor.

　And then he gave me a quick look and ruined it. Other than that, though, I said, it's the right size.

'You weren't that bothered by all those mooks because you're so d*mned good at it. It's partly due to your high mithril strength, but you've compromised yourself without even knowing it with all those weak opponents.

'Huh, I see...'

Come to my workshop tomorrow! I'll fix it up in a day!

　And with or without saying so, he let me hold the map with the location of his workshop in my hand, and he left.

I'm sorry to have been shouted at, but you're lucky, Temma-san.

　That's what Jake says, but I don't know if I can trust him.
　You read that idea.

'You can trust that master. After all, if you don't like him, he's so stubborn that he'll turn even the nobility against you.

　Most of all, though, there are many more allies than that, he said.
　If Jayman's brother says so much, he could visit him once.
　The rest of the day was spent chatting about idle things, and when they both wanted to see Solomon, they called him over, and he came out of his bag, alertly, and moved to Shiroumaru's back.
　They were both impressed by the first dragon they had ever seen, but were disappointed that Solomon didn't want to be touched.

'Master Temma, we've finished our shopping,'

　Just as Aura and Jeanne returned from finishing their shopping, I said hello to Jayman and his friends and decided to leave.

　On the way back, I changed my plans for tomorrow and told them that I had decided to go to the dwarves' workshop and that I thought they might be able to discuss their equipment with me, so I decided to let them accompany me.

　By the way, the items I bought were in a magic bag that Aura had left for me, so I didn't have to carry my luggage.



　The next day, we decided to visit Master Ganz's workshop from early morning.
　It was located in the center of the East District, a little over an hour's walk from our room, and we didn't have access to a carriage.
　As we got closer to the east area, we could hear the sounds of noisy people, even though it was morning.
　There seems to be a lot of blacksmith's workshops along the road we're on, and the sound of hammering metal and the heat of the furnace are everywhere.

　About 20 minutes into the east area, we see our master's workshop, but

Are you sure this is the place?

Just like in here...

This is where it says on the map...

　It's an ordinary house that makes us want to shake our heads. We had imagined a workshop that was more sturdy and had the sound of metal tapping coming from inside, but I think we've got the map wrong. I suspected that it was a good idea.

　Just to be sure, I looked inside on a search, and when I saw Master Ganz and a few other people reacting yesterday, I ventured to open the door.

What the hell are you doing? The temperature of the furnace is dropping!

'You're not a constant pounder of iron!

"f*ck you! Don't let your mind wander through that last step! You're going to ruin everything!

""Excuse me, sir!"

　And from the front, it was unbelievable how loud the shouting was.

'Oh, isn't that Temma! Now get your armor out of the way!

　The master notices us and beckons us over, wiping the sweat off his face.

'The more you look at it, the rougher it is built! You'll never be a top blacksmith like that!

'No, I'm an adventurer, and that's something I made up in between adventures...'

　And then the master stopped moving and

What! You're an amateur! No wonder it's supposed to be messy!

　He gave me a surprised look and then started laughing out loud.

　Apparently, this master mistook me for an aspiring blacksmith. When I asked him why he misunderstood, he told me that the metal object he was wearing was poorly made and that he had made it himself, and that he had the skill to process mithril, so he figured that his relatives or someone close to him must have had a blacksmith to teach him. It seems.

Hey, you guys! Come here!

　The master called the three dwarves, who looked like his apprentices, and showed them my equipment.

''Do any of you know how to make this!

　So the master asks his disciples, but they all shake their heads in unison.

''What are you guys learning when you know a bunch of amateurs ... and even kids who have nothing to do with blacksmiths!

　He blackmailed them. The disciples shrank back in surprise at the power of this, but

'Oh well. I'm in a good mood today, so I'm going to show you guys a special way to work out!

　He said, and walked off with his disciples to the back of the room, but

'What are you doing? Why don't you guys come along?

　He called out to us as well, and then proceeded to the back again.

''Well let's just follow along for now...''

　Jeanne and Aura nodded at my words and followed me out to the back of the room.

　The back room was filled with tools that looked even more used than the tools in the room earlier, and the tools seemed to be bigger than normal.

'Alright, let's get started then! Hey, you said Temma or something. Let's start with your arm size.

　As he said this, the master began to touch my arm and began to carefully examine its size and shape.

'It's going to take a lot of tweaking, but, well, the shape is ready, so it should be ready in three to four hours.

　Then he removed the base and began to heat the dismembered palmshells.
　When he heated the palm shells until they were bright red, he now dipped them in the molten silver until they were liquid, and then began to beat them and reforge them.
　As expected of a master, he was very good at this, heating up the silver and then striking it, and when it cooled down, he heated it up again and dipped it in the silver, and then struck it again, repeating the process for about an hour and a half.

Now the other armor!

　And without taking a break, I continued to work on it.
　This one was also worked out using the same procedure as before, and it took about an hour to complete it.

'Now all we have to do is polish the surface and put them together and we're done!

　and then brushing the surface and removing the soot.

'Oh, and if there's anything else you've made yet, put it on the table over there!　

　As he said this, he put down the kokarasumaru he had made so far, as well as Jeanne and Aura's cuirasses.
　As he looked at them sideways, the master looked at them.

Hey, guys! Just try to brush the surface!

　He handed his apprentice a mithril cuirass and came over to the table.



　and pulled the kokarasuma out of its scabbard to see how well it did.
　Seeing my master like that, I realized that I was getting nervous without knowing it.

'Well, it's better than the Tekko... but the way you hit it is sweet!

　He was furious.
　The master said, and began to beat Kogarasumaru with heat.

'It's a shape I've never seen before, but the basics of the sword must be the same!

　and reforge it without losing its shape.

Here, it's done.

　This too was reforged in just less than an hour.
　As I polished the Kogarasumaru and sharpened the blade, the color of the blade seemed to be darker than before. When I asked the master about this, he said.

That sword is made of the metal of the dragon, right? That kind of metal, when you work it out properly, the colors get darker and darker, like they're concentrated!

　He laughed vigorously. Then he took the magic iron cuirass.

Is this yours, girls? I'll work this one out again, but not today, as it's a stone's throw away. Come back tomorrow!

　He handed it to me and I put it in my bag and tried to pay for it.

I didn't ask for this money. I didn't ask for this money!

　But I couldn't do that, and I had to push back and forth.
　Finally, he refused to give up the money, so I paid him three kilograms of mithril and ten kilograms of silver.
　
　While looking at Mithril, he thanked the master who was thinking while muttering about what to make, and left the workshop.

　Incidentally, Jeanne and Aura may have been hot inside the workshop, but they mostly took refuge in the drawing room, only occasionally bringing drinks and other items.