After that, the minister took a good look at the port and the ship, and then returned to Igarashi's house.

The ship was unbelievable, even though I had seen it with my own eyes. I'm sure that this technological power will promote the development of the whole Far East. ...... In the meantime, I must reward you with a reward.

　The minister said this and clapped his hands.

　Then the attendants who were waiting in the garden brought in a strange magical device.

This is ......?

　It was an item I'd never seen before.

　It had a black box-shaped body on top of a trident, with a tubular part sticking out at the end of it and two wheels at the top.

　A cannon? It's not ......, is it?

Hmm. Have you ever heard of the activity photos, Mr. Eigha?

What?　Yeah, well. Just in case.

　Activity photography is the technique of projecting the movement of a photograph or picture.

　This is the one I saw with Tiana at the theater in Hafenfeld, the commercial city.

This is the photographic motion picture, a magical tool from the southern barbarians that was used to take these motion pictures.

　According to him, the reason the minister was traveling around the provinces was to record footage of each region of the Far East, since he had obtained this 'film machine'.

　That made sense.

But now Maro must return to the Imperial Capital, and I would like to hand the camera to Mister Eiga.

What?　But isn't it valuable?

Of course it's valuable. But I think it will show its true value if it is entrusted to you. Especially if you want to film yourself defeating the monster.

Yeah.

　I wasn't yet very much into the power of the 'shooting machine' at this time.　

It's a good idea to be able to have a look at it. It's not just a matter of time before you're able to get your hands on a new one. Hahahaha!

　And since it was a reward, I decided to accept it gratefully.



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　After the ministerial commotion was thus over, I immediately began preparations for the Sea Dragon Sea Serpent battle.

　For the upcoming battle, of course, I'll be using a steel ship [ship] to fight the monsters.

　Since the ship was built to fight sea monsters that are difficult to capture with normal parties, the Sea Serpent is a perfect enemy.

　However, the ship is.


Total length: 50 yards

Overall width: 16 yards

Draught: 4 yds.

Capacity: 150 people

Offensive capabilities: ram, 1 main gun, 7 machine guns.


　It is a weapon of unprecedented scale.

　It requires a large amount of 'staples' such as fuel, ammunition and rations to operate it.

"Well, the item list in the warehouse stock is at ......

This way.

　Suddenly I felt the undulations of a woman's body snuggle up against the side of my body, and a list was held out in front of me.

　When I turned my head to the side, the sharp-eyed secretary's beautiful bridge of her nose touched my chin with a pitter-patter.

　Huh, that's just like Igarashi-san.

　The speed with which you manage information and get it in and out is unbelievable.

''Hmph, thanks.

　I thanked him and received the list, and began selecting the "sticky notes" to be loaded onto the ship.


　By the way, there is no budgetary constraint on this selection of glutinous items, as there was on the Hafenfeld expedition.

　We have improved our production capacity to be able to produce most of the things we need for our quests domestically, so we don't need foreign currency "bonds" for this.

　For example, recovery medicine comes from Isao's medicinal herbs, grain comes from Nakamura's rice paddies, swords, arrowheads and fusion stone bullets come from Liv's smithing workshop, and magic ore comes from the mines on the west side of the estate: ......

　Surplus products from each village and items for quests are always transported through the waterways and stocked in the warehouse at the port.

　The system is that the +- of the ppt is entered into Garcia's ledger when the items are entered into the warehouse.

　While giving top priority to the magical ore for fuel, I sorted out the loaded items so that there would be no shortage of them for the upcoming battle.


''Eiga-dono!　I'm home, that I am.

　In the meantime, the troops who had been ordered to pull up from the single-winged tower were coming back in a sailing ship.

　They were given three days' rest and then assembled in the harbor.



　Gaya Gaya: ......

　Harbor.

　The huge shadow of the ship worn on shore looks like a monster when you look up close.

'Guys!'

　I look back to the 150-man squad lined up in front of them and get fired up.

''This time the enemy is the A-class boss sea dragon Sea Serpent!

　Oh!

"This is a formidable enemy, but we can take it down if we're not careful!　Let's get into it!

　Oh, ！！！！

　When the troops raised the battle cry, they climbed the ramp and boarded the ship with a bang.

　I have enough energy.

　I'm sure you're more enthusiastic about the boss battles than the boring experience accumulation.

　I grinned and slowly made my way up the ramp one last time.


　Cueeen......!　Gogogogogogo ......


　Now, it looks like the magic ore has been dropped on the ship's furnace.

　The vibration of the magic screw turning.

　A whistle sounds, and the ship leaves the harbor and begins to move forward into the sea field, the Unabara.

　Wow!

　When I looked back at the territory, the lords who had seen me off were waving their flags and cheering.

　They all think of this ship as a son created by the entire territory.