4. airship
What I want is not a high-tech airship. I didn’t want that much in the first place, and modern-looking airships are of no help in hunting.
“Are you saying that you know how hard it is to talk!”
“That’s your case.”
Last time you made something like the Goddess, you did a good job, so why are you saying you can’t do it this time?
“Do you know how hard it is to gather ingredients!?”
The fact that materials are already being talked about means that you can make something with only the materials.
“You seem to be mistaken about something, do you think you have the right to veto?”
“·······.”
You will have to live in prison forever, if you need me and get me out, then you have to do what I tell you to do.
If you don’t, you’ll be in prison again. But you’re trying to get annoyed because the slave kid keeps whining?
“I’m not soft like the dwarves, so your neck might fall first before I go to prison.”
“Are you threatening me now?”
That’s right.
“And isn’t it good for you too? I can do it proudly because the dentures have made it an official business. Why do you hate this?”
Do you know that being a civil servant is that easy? How many people studied to become civil servants in their previous lives?
“… Even if you make it anyway, you’ll just be teased again.”
“Ah, why are you whining like this? If you want to make it, just make it. What other bastard look at you like that.”
I know your self-esteem is low, but can you stop wasting my precious time with it?
So the Dwarf reluctantly nodded.
“… I got it. Let’s try it.”
***
There were many materials that the Dwarves asked us to obtain, but among them, if I were to choose the most difficult one, it would be a floating stone.
-The most important thing is floating stone.
– Where do you get that from?
-I do not know.
-Are you really a crazy bastard?
So, I first collected information about floating stones, and then went to get them again.
Collecting stones floating in the sky was difficult, but not impossible. Because we had Luna who could fly.
Normally, I can’t carry a lot at once even because of the weight and volume, but since the volume floats on its own anyway, it was as if I didn’t have it.
Except for floating stones, we got all the materials they asked for and brought them to us. I’m going to raid an S-class monster, but I can’t find materials for an airship.
So, since it will take a long time to make, he told me not to disturb myself and to pass the time in moderation.
Considering the size of the airship, of course it will take a long time to make. Still, I made a giant god soldier that would destroy a country by myself in a few years, so it would take that long to make an airship, which is just a means of transportation.
Of course, a few months is not short, but I had something to prepare, so I was preparing one by one, so the time flew by.
Exactly 4 months later. After everything was ready, we gathered again at Marquina.
Since you can’t build that big airship in Marquina, it’s an abandoned mine where there was a tower that used to build a goalpost for the Giants. I used it once again.
“Is this it?”
“Yes. It’s my own work. I stayed up all night for months to make it.”
In front of our eyes was an unopened airship covered by a large cloth.
“It’s a moment that will go down in history, so keep your eyes open!”
The dwarf grabbed the cloth with both hands and pulled it straight. Then, a gigantic airship…
“…help me.”
“”······.””
It almost came out, but due to the physical characteristics of a dwarf’s short arms and legs, the cloth could not be removed.
In the first place, if you try to peel something that big by hand, of course it won’t work.
We had no choice but to help, and only then did the airship reveal itself.
shape of a large ship.
It is made of wood as a whole, but for defense, important parts are covered with iron. On the side of the ship, you can see several oars for moving forward and backward.
Originally, there was no huge balloon that should have been hung on top, but a lot of floating stones were installed on the floor so that it could float in the air, but now a thick rope is connected to the ground to prevent it from floating.
Even now, if you look closely, it is slightly floating off the floor.
“This is the means of transportation in Luke-sama’s world…”
“Awesome…”
“Wow! It’s so big!”
Everyone showed their own reaction to seeing the airship for the first time.
Honestly, it’s not the first time I’ve seen an airship, so I don’t think it’s such a great achievement, but from this world view, this airship is definitely an achievement that will go down in history.
“The armor is made of steel stone rather than ordinary iron. The weight is a bit heavy, but that’s how much the defense power goes up, and it doesn’t matter because there are a lot of floating stones in it.”
The Dwarf shuddered as he put his long arms on his waist.
“So, when is the departure possible?”
“Is that all you react to even after seeing this…?”
Would it be more responsive to me to bring something supernatural than a modern item?
“Departure is possible right now.”
“Then let’s start right away without further delay.”
If you’ve already blown it up for four months to make an airship, you’ve waited long enough. We climbed the ladder on the side of the airship and climbed onto the deck.
On top of the airship was a door to the inside and all sorts of weapons. Like something that looks like a cannon.
“What’s in that door?”
“It’s just a resting place. The higher you go up, the lower the temperature. If you don’t have that, you’ll freeze to death before you can do anything.”
Certainly… that’s right. Now that I’ve succeeded in flying, I need to find the cumulonimbus cloud where Valeine is.
I don’t know how long that will take. No matter how good you look, the world is wide.
“You have a good sense.”
“Heh. If you can’t do this much, you can’t be called a dwarf.”
The dwarf headed in the direction of the helmsman.
“Hold tight everyone! It’s takeoff!”
When the dwarf lowered the lever next to the helmsman, the sound of mechanical operation was heard and the sail unfolded. At the same time, the airship slowly began to rise.
The airship flew high in the sky and reached the clouds before I knew it.
“Ah~”
“what are you doing···?”
“I’m going to eat a cloud!”
Yui tried to eat the cloud she had touched for the first time. Soon after, he realizes that he doesn’t taste anything and cries.
He was born in a real era. If a man I don’t know offers to buy me snacks, I think I’ll follow him.
“Ha ha ha! I did it! I did it!!”
When the airship he made successfully flew in the sky, the Dwarf laughed heartily.
yes. I really like it. Since they created the world’s first means of transportation that can fly in the sky, in terms of the history of their previous lives, they must be the Wright brothers.
The ride comfort of the airship was better than any other means of transport I had used in this world. Since I wasn’t running on an unpaved road, there was no shaking, and I didn’t get motion sickness when I used the teleport.
The dwarf turned the helm, and once again the sound of machinery was heard as the ship’s head turned with the sails.
‘If there were a few more kids like this, civilization would have developed faster.’
This is why nerds are a problem. It is blocking the progress of the times with all its body.
Leaving behind the Dwarf holding onto the helmsman like a child who received a toy, we went inside the airship.
Inside, there were tables and beds. Literally a resting place.
There was no refrigerator, so there was no food, but you can get it off once in the middle, and I have enough meat in my inventory to last for about a month, so it doesn’t matter.
Now all I had to do was wait, so the moment I put myself on the bed to rest, the dwarf who was manipulating the helmsman from outside came inside.
“So, I made it as you were told, what are you planning to do with it?”
“Hunting S-class monsters.”
“···what?!”
The Dwarf was astonished. It’s okay to have that kind of reaction.
Who would listen if he said, ‘We’re not a big deal.’ That kind of thing is only possible in movies, but if you do that in real life, the friends you didn’t have will disappear.
So I didn’t say anything to the dwarf.
“Wasn’t it used as a means of transportation?”
“As for transportation, there are means of transportation for accumulated money such as teleport, so why make something like this?”
Of course, in my previous life, airplanes were the fastest means of transportation, but that’s because there is no teleport. If there was a teleport, it would definitely be the best means of transportation.
“… I haven’t heard of that.”
Yeah~ It’s already too late~ If you’re going back, leave the airship behind and jump down here. Of course, he couldn’t have made a parachute.
***
There was a lot of wind in the sky, so the speed of the airship was considerable. Exactly when a little over a week passes in an airship.
“Hey! Everyone come out and see!”
We, who were lying in the airship, went outside at the sound of the dwarves shouting outside. Then, what we see is a scene of large clouds.
A large cumulonimbus cloud was captured at a glance from a distance.
gulp. I heard a dry swallowing sound somewhere. Maybe everyone is nervous.
“Is that what you’re looking for?”
“It seems so.”
After moving for a long time, we were finally able to find cumulonimbus.
So, how do I make sure there’s a Valeine in there? Could it be that it was just an accidental cumulonimbus cloud?
Those doubts quickly disappeared.
Lightning flashed in the cumulonimbus, and the shadow of something large appeared in the cumulonimbus.
It didn’t take long before it came out through the clouds like breaking a shell.
A face with no eyes, no nose, only a mouth. In the area where the wings would be, something like three pairs of tentacles was spewing out lightning.
Soon after, Valeine recognized us and let out a roar.
-Gwaaa- through