"Wind and rain"

"A Harvest of Everything"

The four caravans stopped on the muddy road in the drizzling autumn rain, tightened their raincoats, and asked the villagers who were standing in the sentry posts to guide the way. The raincoat was made of a special fabric made of Dinecor, which was not fire-resistant, but completely protected against the penetration of liquids. It's a material that has never been seen in this country.

"Brother, what's the good stuff in the village lately. I brought a lot of ores, and the origin was marked according to the requirements. It's been a waste of time for me to collect these things."

"I don't know when the rain will stop, and the village chief wants us to repair this road in the next few days."

The villager, who was standing on the side of the road and was in charge of guiding the road, pulled his hat, patted the water gathered in the depression, and said:

"Let's go to the tavern in the village. It's late to go and the chilled strawberry wine is about to be sold out, and the iron caravan has just come in the past two days. The excavated ore was brought away, and a lot of new things were brought in. I suggest you exchange these ores for sweet black sticks. Cultivated in Vasa generation. That thing is so much sweeter than beets for boiling sugar! ”

"Really? Now sugar is the equivalent of gold. I'm going to have to take a look at this and see you back, brother. ”

"Well, see you later."

Watch the convoy drift away. Villagers recall how much has changed in the village of Dinecol in the past two years. The archmage has not been to the village for a long time, and it is said that he has ventured into a distant land. Every family in the village lives in a small two-story building. Because of the villagers who fled from Wind Cliff City, it has completely become the center of this area, and has formed a fairly large town, but it is still a village in name.

Since the beginning of potato cultivation, the town has hardly been short of food. It is under the direct command of Her Royal Highness Natiri, so there is almost no tax, but every household needs to carry out some simple business activities according to the requirements. Bars have been built in the village, and even national chambers of commerce have established contact points here.

The Adventurers' Guild and the Archmage reached an agreement and began to maintain the security of the perimeter. But now the village is very crowded. Under the arrangement of Her Highness Natiri, a large number of people who had fled the war and famine were sent to Ryugu, where the city was built around a huge iron tower.

All in all, it's really much better than before. The villagers here are tired of eating canned food and other things that are extremely luxurious in the outside world. Most of the villagers work on the side of the newly discovered black water well.

This burning black oil made the archmage happy for a long time. The discovery of this black water was followed by a large number of steel factories, which continuously transported this kind of water-releasing cloth to the outside. The dwarves who returned on the Moon of Doom taught the villagers a lot. This includes making a headliner out of this transparent waterproof fabric. Even in winter, you can eat summer plants such as water melons.

Although this country used to be able to grow out-of-season food, it had to be a lot of magic attached to the mages, and even the emperors of some small countries did not have the money to build such a magic greenhouse. And although this kind of cloth is sky-high outside, as long as the people of Dinecol Village can receive a roll every month.

In addition to their daily farming and use, each household had to make one of these waterproof garments every month to give to the merchants who had signed a trade agreement with the village of Dinecor, who of course had to have at least four caravans. Otherwise, you won't get a full set of waterproof tools. The more caravans you have, the more tarps you'll get for the first time.

A certain long-distance convoy from the west was even summoned by the Archmage himself. They were given a lot of magic items. This precious tarp was able to cover even their caravan in its entirety. And it's not like the villagers wear it now, which is not fireproof. The archmage hosted them with a feast, and at the end gave the caravan leader a few guns and boxes of ammunition.

Keep in mind that only the Town Guard can claim these things. It must also be stored and used in strict accordance with the requirements. Adventurers can also get a variety of firearms, but they must go to the Adventurer's Guild in Dinecor Village to exchange them for Adventurer Contribution Points, which are recorded on a card made of plastic. There is no way to cheat, when the adventurer completes the task assigned by the archmage, he can get a certain amount of contribution points.

The most basic small pistol costs 500 points, which means that the simplest goblins have to fight 500 of them, and by the way, cut off 500 right ears. But on the other hand, these guns will have something called fingerprint verification, which means that no one else can use the gun except for the adventurer after logging into the list. It's kind of like a soul connection.

The Adventurers' Guild Monolith of Dinecor is already the best place on the entire continent that can be exchanged for equipment. The entire Adventurer's Guild is assisting the Archmage in something called instant networking, which means that people can work together in far, far away. But such a thing seems to be being targeted by some bad guys. One such machine was lost after the raid on the Adventurers' Guild in Ames City, and the Archmage seemed to be unconcerned.

But because of this, the Adventurers' Guild and the Archmage signed a security agreement. From that day on. There are more than 600 branches of the Adventurers' Guild on the entire road, and a metal puppet is stationed. The actual number of garrisons is adjusted according to the size of the branch. There are also a few of them in this kind of puppet village, and they usually stand motionless in large black and white boxes.

But several other attacks on the Adventurers' Guild confirmed the toughness of this puppet. It is said that a certain mage who attacked the Adventurers' Guild rushed over the wall to summon the evil almond, and before he could exert his might, he was beaten into a puddle of rotten meat by this iron puppet.

"It's a shift change, let's go to the cafeteria to eat."

"Huo~ What are you eating today?"

"Your favorite potato roast."

The villagers who came to change shifts entered the guard box, and the villagers stomped their feet before entering the house, shook off the rainwater on their bodies, took off their raincoats, and took a piece of firewood and threw it into the boiling water. The villagers who were spitting white air seemed to be freezing and quickly shivered and opened their fingers to approach the stove.

"Old Bell, how long have you said Her Highness Natilly hasn't been here?"

"What do you want to do here! Her Highness Natiri went to heaven to study. It is estimated that it will not be able to come down for a long time. ”

The villagers who had come to change shifts turned around and pointed to the towering airport control tower. He felt happy because his son worked in this tower, and out of the many young people, only a few dozen passed a mental test composed of cards, and then these people were taken to the Moon of Doom, and when they returned, he found that his son had become very smart. He didn't understand what he was saying.

But he knew in his heart that it was the Word of God. This archmage is the messenger of God. The Archmage gave a new life to those who had almost made a big mistake because of hunger. He dared to bet his wife. There is no happier place on this road than them. Not even the king of the Black Dragon Empire. After warming his frozen hands, he hurriedly urged the previous guard to eat.

After seeing another convoy on the road. He put on his raincoat, carefully adjusted the square collar badge representing the moon of doom, and walked to the barricade on the side of the road with his umbrella to wait for the caravan to arrive.