The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 14 [Parts 1 to 6] by Tsunehiko Watanabe

Author:Tsunehiko Watanabe
Language: eng
Format: epub

“Prince Largo?”

Zenjirou was rather concerned he had said something odd, but the other man simply shook his head lightly as he regained his wits.

“Excuse me, Your Majesty. I simply could not hide my surprise at your advice. I never would have imagined that. Indeed, though, that would completely nullify two of the three concerns I mentioned. The cost of doing so with earth magic would remain, but that would perhaps be the only concern. Why has no one noticed such a simple solution before now?”

The latter half of his statement was him talking entirely to himself. Why had no one in the Twin Kingdoms realized something that Zenjirou was capable of pointing out?

The reason was extremely simple: with dash drakes being their main mode of transport, the nomads had seen the areas with excessive variability in terrain as obstacles to be avoided.

Even the dash drakes of the Twin Kingdoms, with their incredible speed over flat ground and almost terrifying stamina, were not particularly suited to wide changes in gradient. Of course, that did not mean they were completely incapable of dealing with them, but it would make travel far slower and could result in broken legs if they lost their footing.

The greater problem was that there were wild drakes in the desert. Among them were, of course, carnivorous species. Several of those thrived in the much more varied topographies in the desert. While a trained dash drake was formidable enough to make you doubt it was truly herbivorous, they would still be at a great disadvantage in the hunting grounds of the carnivores. Inevitably, then, the nomads’ routes had none of the cliffs and hills Zenjirou was talking about.

“Then it is worth consideration?” Zenjirou asked, somewhat taken aback by the prince’s shock for what he considered making conversation.

Largo nodded firmly. “Indeed. It is most intriguing. Frankly, I am unsure it would work as well as we hope, but it sounds very much worth attempting.”

“However, you mentioned that it only provided solutions for three of the problems you had. What of the issue that still remains?”

Largo offered a grin. “Three aside, a single problem can likely be forced through without truly solving it. Therefore, Your Majesty, I would like to alter my request. I would like to raise the minimum order from twenty to forty.”

“I see...”

The man’s aim was truthfully rather easy to understand. Essentially, at the same time as they made water creation tools, they would do the same for excavation tools. Forming huge reservoirs in the cliff faces and hills would require a commensurate amount of effort. However, that effort could be dampened by using magic tools for the work. With a marble, it would be possible to almost immediately make such a simple tool, hence buying more of the marbles—or “jewels,” as they called them.

It was by no means an efficient method, but it would solve the base problem. The issue that remained was whether the results would be sufficient to justify the immense outlay buying the marbles would represent.

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