With Demon King Akira under my command, I returned to the First Control Area.

''Welcome back.''
You're back.

　Kanon and Yataro, who had made us wait in advance, greeted Akira and I. "We're back.

'I'm home. This is Akira.
Oh. I'm not a dwarf so much as I'm a dwarf.
...not a child.
Not children but adults.

　There was Kanon and Yataro who gave their honest opinions to Akira who introduced them, but Akira denied it with a budding face.

''Haha.... I'm sorry. I'm Kanon. It's nice to meet you.
This is Yataro. Take care of him.

　Kanon chuckles, while Yataro says his name to Akira, showing his elderly reserve.

''........Akira. Nice to meet you.

　Akira said his name with a blank look on his face.

'You can deepen your friendship later. Let's get down to business.

　At my words, the three of them look at me.

''Akira. Just to confirm, can you do the 《item smelting》?
We can't do the Item Smelting. Blacksmithing is possible.
Blacksmithing?　What's the difference between it and the Item Alchemy?
The item smelting is easy to do with your smartphone. Blacksmithing is a pain in the ass.

　Akira's explanation was too concise for me to understand, but I don't know the details.

''I don't understand....... For now, shall I have you practice 《forging》?

　A picture is worth a thousand words. I decided to request a practice.

''Where is [the workshop]?　And later, we need materials.
"[Workshop]?　Material...?
Workshop can be created using the Dominant Domain Creation Technique. Materials can be created through the Item Smelting process.

　As I nod my head, Kanon supplements Akira's words to me.

'Let's see, creating a [workshop].......and smelting the materials.......is that right?'
I want my tools.
What tools did Akira use?
They just disappeared, except for this one.

　Akira raised the hammer in his hand and muttered.

　Should I have collected the tools as well before making them 《surrender》?

''For now, tell me all the equipment and tools needed for 《forging》.


　The taciturn Akira replies in a polyphonic tone.

'Yataro. Did you still have room in your living quarters?
''That's right.... This time we have many dwarves under our command. Why don't we create a separate level of living quarters dedicated to blacksmithing?
Or better yet, we could turn the entire Second Reign territory into a mine.

　Following Yataro, Kanon followed suit and expressed his opinion.

'I promised Akira and Akira's men a place of residence, so I guess that's possible.
...Promise?　That's unusual, isn't it?
I'm told that if you don't keep your word, your best friend Saburo will die.
'What?　What a story!　Details!
I don't know.

　When he looked at Akira with a mischievous smile and looked at him, the content of his words ate at the canon and Akira turned away with a blank expression.


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　After that, he spent 10 hours to create a new blacksmith-specialized living area. Furthermore, he connected the blacksmith-specialized residential area to the second dominant area with a [Transition Device], and the second dominant area recreated the entire level into a mining field.


Hmm. You need that much to create a random number.
But I don't.

　I interrupt Yataro, who is joking next to me, and look at the completed residential area.

　The building with an attached waterwheel facing the trident river is the workshop. There are a total of four workshops, all of which are large enough to accommodate ten or more people working at the same time. If you look into the workshop, you will see a large furnace first. Near the furnace, there is a metal workbench - an anvil. Each workshop is divided into different uses: dedicated to Akira, dedicated to weapon blacksmithing, dedicated to armor blacksmithing, and dedicated to other blacksmithing. In addition to the workshops, 50 houses were built in the living quarters, which served as the dwarves' living quarters.

''The facilities are in place. Try it out and make an [Iron Sword] for me.
Okay.

　Akira nodded and put the 【Iron Ingot】 he prepared into the furnace. After that, he dexterously uses a hammer and scissors to shape the dug-up 【Iron Ingot】 into a sword shape.

　--Kang!　Boom!

　And the sound of hitting the metal resounded.

　Akira, with a serious expression, strikes down the hammer and makes incisions with a chisel and shaves off the blade with a grinder, to remake the 【Iron Ingot】, which was a lump of iron, into the shape of a sword.

Hmm.... Not bad.

　After waiting for about 30 minutes, Akira hands one sword to me.

　Hmm......... It's warm.

　Unfortunately, I don't have a connoisseur's eye, but it appears to shine even brighter than the 【Iron Sword】 that I refined with the 【Item Renovation】.

''Lina. What do you think?

　I hand the iron sword to Lina, who was watching the forge together.

''Hm........''

　Lina swings the iron sword she received several times with her bare hands, and finally cuts off both of the logs I threw at her.

''It's sharper than the [Iron Sword] that Theon created.

　Lina looked down at the blade of the iron sword that had cut both sides of the log and spoke of her comfort with it.

'Akira. By the way, modifications?　Enhancement?　Can you do something like that?
If you have the material.
"Lina. Give me the Darnslave.
Hm?　Is my sword the first thing you want to do?
I don't mind.

　I hand Akira the Darnslave I received from Lina.

'You're going to use it?'
This is Lina. It's a pleasure to meet you.

　As Akira looks up at Lina, she smiles and holds out her hand.

'Alright. Do you have any requests?'
Requests?
Weight, length, sharpness ... whatever.
'Well...'

　After that, Lina told Akira of her detailed requests, and he continued to nod his head silently.

''I understand. Sion. Give me four [Demon Mines], two [Silver Sand], and one [Flame Stone].
"Wait a minute.

　I operate my smartphone and search for the material Akira told me to find.

　--!

Is it really necessary?
Yes.

　The CP needed to refine Darn Slave was 500. That's an unbelievably low cost for a unique item. Perhaps it was a trial weapon for a unique item. And the CP needed to smelt the 【Magic Mine】 that Akira had just told me was 200, 【Silver Sand】 was 25 and 【Flamestone】 was 100. In other words, a total of 950 CP was required.

''Can 【Magic Ore】 be extracted in the mine too?''
I don't know. I'm a smelter.
If it's a [Demon Mine], it seems that if you let a demon with high magic power - more precisely, a demon of C or higher - live in the mine, after a certain period of time, the silver ore will become a [Demon Mine].

　What's that backdrop........ It's a setting that I'd never notice if I hadn't grown in knowledge.

　So that means we're going to have a number of high magic power subordinates in the second dominion area.......a lot of things to do.

　Well, that's fine. I smelted the materials Akira told me to and handed them over.

　After receiving the materials, Akira first throws the 【Flamestone】 into the fire furnace. Then, the flames inside the fiery furnace blaze like a high flame. Next, Akira dips the Darnslave and 【Magic Ore】 into the fiery furnace and starts hitting it with a hammer.

　Occasionally calling Lina to check the shape of her hand, Akira continues to hammer the Darnslave with the hammer.

　

''........hmm. It's done.

　When Akira called me to the workshop, I went to the workshop, and Akira handed a single, jet-black sword--Darn Slave to Lina.

''--!　This, this is........

　Lina opens her eyes and stares intently at the Darnslave in her hand.

'Theon!　You have no enemies!
There is a pseudo-peace in the air right now.
I see.

　I tell an excited Lina what's going on and she drops her head in disappointment.

'There's a log, okay?'
A log won't do for this thing what Darinsrave is capable of.
Is it really that great?
"It's not great!　It's comfortable in my hand... or rather, it feels like it's one with me...!

　Looking at Lina's excitement, it looks like Akira's enhancement was a success.

　I'll ask for my gaybolks too........ I took out my gaybolks and gave Akira a look.



　Akira sits there in exhaustion.

　There were only three hours left until the end of the 《Pseudo Peace》. I had decided to put off strengthening my weapons and make plans for the future.