And thus we finished the city
Now that the war ended, we might as well return to our city.
So, I’ll leave the return march to Hakurou.
After I sent him back, I sat down to decide who’d rush back with me.
But they couldn’t come to a consensus on who’d go.
Gerudo also referred to his ability to carry things with his stomach, and asked to be included.
Wait a second! I just remembered that I can use 『Shadow Step』as well.
I was completely oblivious to dejected Ranga, who wanted to carry me, and disappointed Shion, who was hoping to ride with me.
「Well then, I’ll be going on ahead!」
I declared, and left using『Shadow Step』.
Oh, and I fly through that plain using 〈Flight Magic〉.
Seems like this skill can plot a course not just to people and monsters, but also to locations I’ve previously visited.
I am completely satisfied with the results of this trial run.
Hakurou and the High Orcs will be here a month from now, at the soonest.
While some small dilemmas are bound to arise, we’ve at least solved all the major problems.
For now, I just want to relax.
Then,
The city was quickly taking on shape.
According to Kaijin,
「With time, they just might become as good as the Dwarf Manufacturing Battalion.」
Is what he said.
Thus, having acquired new workers, we quickly rushed to finish all the previously neglected projects.
At the same time, we started transporting goods and equipment.
The goblins sent to them have been able to assert their leadership and have been helping establishing basic necessities.
Though they ended up with, what we may call ancient, bartering system, the fact that they came up with it is in itself wonderful.
There is very little variety right now; basically limited to growing a potato-like crop.
It also has high nutritional value, and though you can’t exactly call it luxury food you can certainly live off of it.
Perhaps in two years they could be self-sufficient? I surely hoped so…
As he claimed he could, he swallowed the disassembled tents and thus distributed them among the villages.
He seriously tried hard to learn it and became the first to succeed with it.
That is, the trip to the mountain district alone on foot would have taken him many months. Instead, he was able to make a round trip in a single day.
Basically–Postal Service.
Though I must mention that only a few individuals here can read and write, and I’m rather afraid of sending a verbal message.
Hopefully they can learn letters. More so, since 『Telepathic Communication』 does not reach that far.
Thus, we were able to establish some kind of connection between the many communities.
And I must not forget about a guy that showed up.
That idiot suddenly showed up in our city.
「Iyaa… ha ha ha! This Gabil has rushed over to become Your strength, Rimuru-dono!」
He brazenly stated.
「Kill him?」
Shion asked me with a serious face.
Gabil paled and,
「I got carried away! I’m sorry!
We will definitely prove ourselves useful!!!」
He immediately corrected himself falling into a dogeza.
So since he was just so pitiful, I decided to welcome him in.
Hmm? If I look closely, seems like the Head’s Guard Captain is also among them.
「Hmm? Captain-san, why are you here?」
When I asked him,
「I came to serve Souei-sama, whom I greatly admire!」
「I am different from the other muscle brains! That much is obvious!」
They started to quarrel among themselves.
Well, I don’t see a big problem with them wanting to serve Souei.
「If you want to serve Souei, go and talk to him. But do note–he’s a ninja. Will you be of any use to him? 」
「Wh-what did you say! Don’t underestimate me, little girl!」
Seems like they don’t get along.
Cause it’s damn tiresome.
Since she’s his relative, she’s probably also little weird.
But her father is a wonderful guy…
「Well, since you’ll be serving Souei, I guess you’ll be called Souka.
Touka, Saika, Nansou, and Hokusou!」
Flower endings for girls, and spear endings for boys. Of course, there is no greater meaning attached.
The moment I named them, they began to evolve.
However, I cannot name Gabil. He already has a name.
「Are you jealous, Gabil-kun?
But you are already named “Gabil!”」
Gabil quickly looked at me.
The moment I thought that, a lot of magical energy suddenly left my body.
Seriously… But who could have thought I can overwrite names.
I had wanted him to reflect a bit more, but just thinking how haughty he’ll become after evolving… damn it, now I’m scared!
While thinking these things, I entered Sleep Mode.
The following day, I named the other hundred lizardmen soldiers.
20 names was my limit. Since they were high level monsters to begin with, naming them takes uses up a lot of magical energy.
Can’t I just stop?
It’s Gabil. It’s all Gabil’s fault.
Since that’s clearly the truth, let’s fire a magic bullet at him.
「Wh-what are you doing?!」
He exclaimed in surprise,
「Practice!」
I responded.
By the way, since it was pointless, I didn’t fire a bullet at him.
He’s covered by dense scales which act like a multi-layer barrier.
The men don’t look much different than when they were lizardmen. They sprouted dragon wings and horns, and are now covered in hard scales–just that much.
On the other hand, the women have a human appearance. Rather beautiful, actually.
They look like I would if I were to transform into a human and combine myself with the black snake and giant bat.
So, since Gabil’s vices annoyed me to no end, I also wanted to check out his defenses, and it’s hard to check that by yourself, I fired a test shot at him. He was unharmed.
Well, maybe he’s just so stupid he doesn’t feel the pain, or, even worse, he inherited my pain resistance.
They do say that dinosaurs were dull to pain, so could he be a…
Now that they have evolved, what should we do about their housing?
And it’s a pain to make a village with only a hundred people.
Well, since it’s Gabil, he can handle that much, right?
However, would sending them into the cave prove perilous to them?
Hopefully he can raise them into fine ninja and kunoichi.
Gabil’s group is the problematic one, however.
As Dragonewts, their fighting strength is B rank.
But since they are experienced warriors and are carrying weapons they should be fine, right?
He also obtained quite a lot of magical energy.
So maybe he’ll end up as an A rank.
「Gabil, I want to leave harvesting Hipokte grass in the caves to you, how about it?」
When I asked,
「Please leave it to me! This Gabil will work himself to the bone for your sake!」
He casually responded.
Besides, if they start living there, they can also double as the cave’s guards.
And so Gabil’s group started harvesting hipokte grass in the caves.
And since they are constantly fighting, they are becoming stronger.
How reassuring.
And thus, some time passed.
Two months have passed since I returned to the city.
And the moment we finished the last house,
The goblins.
Showed up and knelt before me, saying
「If you may, please make us your servants as well!」
「「「We humbly beg you!!!」」」
They said falling prostrate before me.
If I refuse them, that may seed conflict later on.
If I send them away that may set a precedent of discrimination.
Let’s accept them. So I decided.
「Fine. But I will drive away anyone who’s slacking, is that fine?」
「Of course!!!」
I accepted them lightly.
Again! My screams could be heard immediately after.
To say the least, I used numbers and thus created the Green Corps.
Right now, they were but dirty goblins.
But this was not a complete tragedy. My total amount of magical energy has increased.
And thus, I finished naming the goblins.
By the time I finished naming them, we also finished constructing housing for everyone.
We had a system for drawing water, a well in every house, so it is a pretty advanced city.
There is a need to carry the pumped out water to the toilet in a bucket, but strong monsters don’t particularly mind.
However, we can’t have the city stinking.
However, there are still many fields and animal farms that haven’t seen success.
I want to make sure this city grows in abundance.
I have finally acquired a land where I can live at peace.
Here are those who were with me at the time,
Oni – 6 people
Star Leader – 1 member
Goblin Riders – 100 people
Goblin King – 1 person
Hobgoblins – 8,657 people
Orc King – 1 person
High Orcs – 1,984 people
Dragonewts – 106 people
And 4 dwarfs supporting us.
And thus we finished the city.
End of the Forest Disturbance Arc