582 – Petroleum (2)
I did not complain that I could make a magic engine using oil in Machina, but the result is like this.
“You bastard who spread this, voluntarily get down.”
“sorry!”
“I thought I could do it if I was a master craftsman…!”
Virtually impossible. It is an improvement of the magic engine, and it is Nabal, and it is difficult with the current engineering technology.
Isaac may feel that these crazy dwarfs are making something strange again, but for Makina, it’s more like just yelling.
The problem is that the subject who spread the press is Makina. It is a very troublesome situation because the country has confidently declared that it is only necessary to improve.
“Sigh······”
Ains, the developer of the magic engine and the technical chief of Geist, let out a complicated sigh.
In my heart, I wanted to kill the Dwarves who spread the jokes on their own, but I didn’t even have the heart to do so.
‘I also made a magical engine based on a water pump…’
The magic engine is being praised as a rare invention, a masterpiece that will change the world. However, Ains could not help but feel a prick in her conscience.
The magic engine was invented based on the water pump like the steam engine, and even that would not have been possible without the life story of Zenon.
Of course, the advantage of a steam engine, that is, an external combustion engine, is that the degree of freedom in fuel selection is high. There is no big problem if you put oil instead of coal.
But why? It is not as efficient as coal to the extent that it is said to be. Moreover, what people want is ‘miniaturization’, that is, a new organ.
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Like the engine of the tank seen in Blood and Steel, an engine that can be operated with only oil.
‘I can’t even reduce the size of the boiler…’
The magical power engine is showing extreme efficiency enough to operate a tank, but its limits are clear.
However, reducing the size is almost impossible due to boiler problems. This means that an engine that runs without a boiler must be invented separately.
“Once it disappears before my eyes. Everything.”
“Ha, but…”
“Right now, before I use all of you as coal.”
“Yes, yes!”
Ains kicked out all the dwarves who caused the accident. There is too much to think about.
Eventually, left alone in the forge, he trudged his short legs and sat down in front of the large machine.
A rare masterpiece and a magical power organ in charge of managing Machina’s energy. This is a newly improved and super-sized one.
Although, due to the limitations of technology, the space where mana can be delivered is not very wide. However, this alone is sufficiently fulfilling the role of a ‘power plant’.
“Ehh…”
Ains sighed again as he gazed intently at the magic engine in action. My head is already dizzy to have to scale this down.
Even the magic engine runs thanks to the steam power generated by the evaporation of water. There shouldn’t even be water.
‘If there was such a thing, the factories wouldn’t have suffered.’
From Ains point of view, the task of replacing steam power with mana was not very difficult. The technology to convert energy into mana has existed since the beginning.
It just couldn’t see the light because there was no machine to create that energy. From his point of view, it was as if he had eaten what was lying around.
Of course, it was only picked up by him, and if Isaac saw it, he would have told him not to cheat.
‘Should I ask Zenon?’
I want to run to Isaac and gain knowledge. Like Zeno’s biography and revolution with blood and steel.
But it’s too nuisance, and there’s a lot to do in Makina. If you visit too often, you will be uncomfortable.
‘yes. I’d rather change my words and solve it myself.’
Fortunately for Isaac, he did not know a single principle of the internal combustion engine.
Even the magic engine was invented by Ains after picking up various things, which is impossible advice for Isaac, a writer.
Even materials that can be produced from petroleum, even plastics, have been completely forgotten. She must be tearing Cecily’s stockings hard right now.
In any case, there was nothing more troublesome for Ains than this incident. I wanted to do blacksmith work peacefully after a long time, but the other side had an accident.
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Like a boiler room burning coals while generating mana, Ains’ heart gradually burned.
“Look! Friend!”
“Well?”
At that moment, Ains heard a roaring cry. It’s a familiar yet friendly voice.
When I turned my head, Geast’s close friend, Geass, who served as the chief secretary, was walking towards this place.
Next to him, Gias’ aide, the Dwarf, was dragging something. It seems that he used a cart.
“What? You must be busy right now?”
Ains looked puzzled and said to Gias. Gias is in charge of politics in Geist.
In other words, it is time to move around to deal with accidents committed by party members. But he came to the forge.
Gias, as if aware of Ains’ feelings, said good work to the dwarf pulling the cart.
Then, as the dwarf bowed his head and disappeared, Gias spoke to Ains.
“As you said, they are moving without hesitation. I wanted to kick them out of my mind, but isn’t a crisis always an opportunity?”
“Just in case, I can’t make an invention. I don’t know what to do, but what kind of invention is an invention.”
“Don’t do that, check what I brought this time.”
“What is it?”
Ains approached the cart pulled by Gias’ aide. And I opened my eyes wide at the items in the cart.
“This······”
“It’s black water from Helium. Zenon calls it petroleum, right?”
“Isn’t oil usually pitch black?”
It was black water, or oil, that is currently drawing the most attention. But it’s not just oil, it also includes other things.
The oil believed to be the raw material was really pitch-black, but the others were quite pale. Some were almost white.
In addition, seeing that even the magical energy was felt, it seemed that storage magic was used. What the hell is this even using storage magic for?
“Right. But you heard last time. Helium developed alchemy to somehow use the rotten black water.”
“I’m well aware of it. Stockings or something like socks are also made there?”
“And they even learned how to classify black water in various ways. The tanks and planes that appeared in Blood and Steel didn’t just randomly put oil in? .”
“Are they on their own?”
Ains questioned Gias with an uneasy expression on his face. This usually requires consultations between countries.
However, Helium blindly entrusted it to Makina without any consultation. This is an obvious diplomatic excuse.
“They said it didn’t matter if they couldn’t invent it. They said black water was rotten in their land anyway. They said they would support them since they don’t have the capacity to make machines. And we were the first to talk about it.”
“… I can’t deny that I brushed my mouth. Anyway, how did you classify it so that these things come out of the black water?”
Ains, who invented the magic engine, but he’s very good at mechanical engineering and doesn’t know anything else.
Physics, which is the basis of engineering, is basic, and they do not even know the basics of alchemy.
Although Dwarves are masters of manual techniques, they said that only one well should be dug to succeed, so they did not focus on alchemy on a national level like Helium did.
In this way, it was strange for Ains to see that various substances came out of the black water.
“I heard that distillation was used, but I’m not sure about that, so try using these. Maybe an answer might come out?”
“The answer is damn. Let’s see how well it burns. If it burns well, we can use it instead of coal.”
Since he had already given up halfway, Ains snorted and picked up a bottle. It was a clear, almost colorless liquid.
As soon as Gias saw the liquid, he tilted his head for a moment. When I took it, I asked what to do.
‘A clear-looking liquid is said to be explosive…’
A fuel that Isaac would have called ‘gasoline’ if he had seen it. And gasoline is highly explosive.
Without knowing that, Ains intended to put it into the boiler as a test. I thought it wouldn’t explode like oil because it was clean.
“Hey, wait…!”
It was already too late since it was Gias who was trying to stop it, albeit belatedly. The gasoline in Ains’ hand had already gone into the boiler a long time ago.
The magic set in the storage container must have been subtly firm, so it didn’t explode right away.
about 1 second?
Quaang!!!
Even in small amounts, gasoline is gasoline. Upon exposure to sudden high temperatures, it caused a large explosion.
Powerful enough to break a sturdy boiler with strong flames erupting. The aftermath reached Ains and Gias to match its power.
A dwarf with a low center of gravity thanks to his tall stature and strong muscles, making it difficult to fall. But in front of the petrol explosion, everyone was equal.
“Ugh!”
“Oops!”
Ains and Gias fell unseemly at the explosive power beyond imagination. Fortunately, the flames did not reach the cart.
Moments later, Geass coughed violently and rose from his seat. The explosion was severe, but there were no serious injuries due to the distance.
He was just angry at Ains for throwing gasoline at him blindly. Gias scolded Ains, furrowing his forehead.
“Collock. Collock. Listen to people first. The demons said that some liquids are explosive. Thick ones don’t burn easily, but all others are dangerous. Do you understand?”
“······”
“Ains?”
There was no answer from Ains. Feeling anxious, Gias hurriedly found his friend lying on the floor.
Fortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any serious injuries anywhere. However, it was right in front of the boiler, so I burned all my beard and eyebrows.
He almost burst into laughter at his ridiculous appearance, but Ains didn’t look good. It’s like a blank face, as if he’s possessed somewhere.
“Hey. Are you okay? Can you see how many of these there are?”
“······It’s a great explosion.”
“Ains?”
through-
Ains muttered something and raised her upper body. He stared blankly at the boiler destroyed by the explosion.
You’ll be strapped in for hours fixing the boiler, but it doesn’t matter. Already, only the explosion that had just occurred in his mind.
“What would happen if I used that explosion?”
“what?”
“That explosion just now pushed us away. It means there is a ‘force’ like steam power.”
It seemed that a close friend of mine had inspired him. If this is the case, I will definitely make something.
I don’t know what result it will produce, but this one thing will be certain.
“It’s noisy and fix the boiler. By now, all air conditioners called air conditioners will have stopped working.”
“Will it take a while?”
“how many hours?”
“About a day?”
That the next Zenon prize would be given to Ains once again.
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Around the time when Ains was repairing the magic power plant as soon as he came up with inspiration.
Helium, who made money selling stockings, is planning to make huge financial gains from oil in the future.
As the value of oil rose, it was natural for Helium, an oil-producing country, to be in the spotlight.
Helium had no choice but to be happy with the enormous blessing that even Albenheim did not have.
It is even said in the work of Zeno, who is praised as a prophet, so its value is guaranteed.
And that’s not all. Helium used oil from the beginning to live somehow, and as a result, alchemy was extremely developed.
Thanks to the development of alchemy, stockings and other various substances could be obtained from petroleum.
But not everything is useful. In particular, there was one piece that was way ahead of its time.
“Are you trying to set up a factory to induce mass production? I wonder if you really think this kind of material is useful.”
“We don’t know, but the people will use it often. Previously, mass production was impossible, so it was useless, but not anymore.”
“But even if there is a factory, mass production is difficult. Alchemy needs to be incorporated into the factory, but do you think it’s possible?”
The king of Helium, Descal, expressed a negative attitude to the request of a courteous servant.
Currently, a fork is held in his hand, which looks like an ordinary fork.
But it’s no ordinary fork. It wasn’t made of popular iron or wood.
A substance that has not yet caught on because it was invented too quickly.
“Let’s assume that this is mass-produced. But, rather than making and using this, wouldn’t it be better to use something else?”
It was ‘plastic’.
Time to put microplastic in everybody