Goblin Breeder 4: Goblin Defender: This One is Still Mostly Slice of Life by Micky Carre

Author:Micky Carre [Carre, Micky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-02-19T00:00:00+00:00

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“What are we starting with?” he asked.

“Steel. High quality steel,” I said.

“Steel, I’ve got plenty of,” Fennel said, gesturing to a rack of steel ingots near the forge. “You’ll just have to shape them. Magic is the best way, but for some things, larger things, I still use a hammer and anvil. I’m not the strongest with magic, especially fire magic.”

I frowned at the blocks of steel and focused my thoughts for a moment. Bearings were simple; basically two circles with either balls or rollers between them. It was just a matter of sizing everything just right, and ensuring everything was perfectly round. And the same exact size. Okay, so maybe they weren’t that simple after all.

I thought back to the times I had changed a tire on my old cars, or worked on the suspension. I had installed larger sway bars and better shocks on my old BMW years ago in the interest of improving the handling, so I had a general understanding of basic suspension and steering. I could explain it in relatively simple terms.

But now, standing in front of raw materials, I found that recreating it was incredibly difficult. I barely knew where to start.

“Everything alright?” Fennel asked, watching me stare at nothing.

“Sorry,” I said. “Just trying to figure out where to start. What parts to make first.”

“Of the bearings?” he asked.

I laughed. I was getting ahead of myself, designing an entire suspension system in my head. “You’re right. Let’s get this done.”

I opened myself to my magical well and pulled a bit of magic into myself. Using that, I lifted a bar of steel and set it on the coals. Magic created a gentle breeze and enough fire to get the coals yellow-hot. The steel was soon glowing orange.

“It’s ready,” Fennel said. “Much hotter and you can burn the steel.”

Using magic, I lifted the block of hot steel and set it on the nearby anvil. I was making roller bearings, so it made sense to make the rollers first. I sent out my magical tendrils just as I had seen Lossia do countless times, feeling the steel, becoming one with the burning hot metal. I forced it to bend to my will, and it began taking shape. I envisioned the steel lengthening, stretching, and becoming round. It twisted and shaped itself into a long steel rod, larger than I wanted but a good start.

Wasting no time, I tried to improve upon what I had. I continued shaping the steel, stretching the rod out until it was thinner and thinner. When it was roughly a quarter inch in diameter, I sliced off a four-foot section and spun it on its long axis, checking for straightness. With a bit of magic, I ensured it was not only perfectly straight, but round.

After that, I used magic to slice the rod into one-inch lengths. Making precise cuts with magic was surprisingly easy, and soon we had a pile of nearly fifty rollers, still glowing a dull reddish-brown.

“Nice job,” Fennel said. “You’re a bit heavy-handed, but I know you haven’t been using magic very long.

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