While the Korean Awakeners continued their rapid growth, various things also happened in the subspace.
First of all, it was about the dwarf craftsman, Brok.
To my offer to provide a place for them to stay in subspace, Brok responded succinctly.
“I’d rather have a place to sleep. But I’d rather have a workspace…….”
It’s not like I was asking for any great facilities.
A desk, a light, and a few miscellaneous tools were all he asked for.
But when I discovered Emes’ material warehouse located on one side of the logistics center, and James’ workspace attached to it…
“………What is this………!”
Brok couldn’t help but be impressed.
A huge space surrounded by perforated iron plates.
Dozens of tools were neatly displayed all over the walls, and various screws and accessories were neatly organized by type on the shelves stacked high.
A truly dreamlike space that any engineer cannot help but desire.
It was a luxurious space that would have been unimaginable without the logistics center’s replication capabilities.
Brok, with his mouth wide open.
He didn’t say anything specifically, but I could tell just by looking at him.
“Are you jealous?”
“Oh, no. That’s not it………!”
Brok hurriedly turned around with a blush on his face.
It was quite an unusual reaction for someone who had been whining that a desk and light were enough.
‘Well……….’
That’s what desire is.
Something I never even thought of before.
But as soon as you see the object on display, your desires begin to rage.
‘Quick, bring me that thing.’
And……….
What I do isn’t much different.
Displaying a bountiful logistics center in the middle of a ruined world.
It was an exhibition of traces of a peaceful world, urging them to ‘quickly take back the world.’
Meanwhile, whether we were watching or not, Mechanic James was still hard at work.
Cheeeeeee!
Welding……….
Phalang!
Check the drawing with a pencil in your ear,
Swish swish! Swish swish!
While editing the drawing nicely.
But……….
‘………Aren’t the gestures a bit excessive?’
When I looked closely, James’ face was bright red.
It seemed a little embarrassing that Brok was just staring blankly at his work.
James continued to avoid Brok’s gaze.
‘Come to think of it, this person also had no social skills……….’
A dwarf and an American turn their heads away from each other with blushing faces.
Thanks to that, I too was about to feel embarrassed.
“No, what are you doing now!”
“………?”
The one who broke the silence was none other than my father.
“When someone comes, you have to say hello first……… Oh my, come here!”
My father was always going in and out of the materials warehouse.
I became close with James over many beers.
His father, holding his hand, strode towards Brok and asked.
“You’re a technician? What kind of work do you do mainly?”
“That, jewel crafting……….”
“Gong? Wow……… It’s full of experts.”
The father, who had been chatting lightly, gradually created an atmosphere for conversation by asking questions about the purpose of Brok’s work tools and encouraging James to add his comments.
After a long conversation like that………my father made a decision.
“Then we can make a workshop for you. Where would be a good location? Over here?”
“Oh, no! It’s not worth going to that trouble………!”
Brok waved his hand, but……….
“Calm down, Brok. Father Jeong-gyeom, you’re a great worker. You even helped me build a sturdy frame for my workshop.”
James, whose tension had now eased, encouraged Brok.
“Then……….”
Only then does Brok look up and look into James’ studio.
It seemed like he also wanted to have a workshop like this.
“Just to the extent that it doesn’t incur too much of a burden……….”
“Okay! Okay!”
Everyone nodded.
I, too, was watching the subspace technicians from afar.
A few days later.
When I heard that Brok’s workshop was completed, I headed to subspace.
I arrived straight at James’ workshop and let out a gasp.
“………Oh, that’s good.”
It was a wonderful space, just like James’ studio.
From bright LED lights, polishers, drilling machines, to crucibles for casting work.
If it was something that was in the logistics center, they would provide support without fail, and even if it wasn’t something that was needed, James seemed to have personally made the necessary equipment.
Meanwhile, one thing stood out.
“………That?”
A low-height square table.
There was a round hole in the center, and eight sharp spikes were placed around the hole.
And……….
Three people appeared, talking about their work.
They sat down on the chairs one by one.
‘………It looks like we’ve definitely become close now.’
The awkwardness of the first day was nowhere to be found.
There are only representative technicians from Pax FC sitting together.
The identity of the table was immediately revealed.
Click.
Flames rising from the hole in the center.
As if he had been waiting, James took out a large sausage and stabbed it into the awl.
Then, when I pressed a button on one side of the table, the sausages hanging on the skewer began to spin around.
Cheeeee……….
A huge sausage that is grilled until golden brown.
In addition,
Gulp, gulp.
A cold beer was poured into each of their glasses.
A newly designed automatic snack table.
It was a place where three people who work hard every day could find comfort together.
“This is……….”
“Oh, Jeong-gyeom. You’re here?”
I couldn’t help it.
From the cold beer to the salty smell that tickles your nose.
There is no choice but to find a place between them.
“Ah, hot……….”
“Eat slowly.”
As I was sipping a cold beer to cool my mouth, Brok, who had been staring at me, said:
“Actually, when I first heard that I was asked to craft a gemstone… I thought that was enough. My wish was to spend my life crafting gemstones and then die. But….”
A flushed face.
But the atmosphere was completely different from the clumsy first day.
“Thank you. I never thought I would receive such a gift. Really……….”
Gift.
He was trapped in the lyceum and searched for Clementine indefinitely.
It was a task that I was very happy to bring out that lonely existence.
A faint smile appeared,
“That’s true………what a shame.”
He added with a complicated expression.
“I can’t help it. It’s not because of Mr. Brok.”
It was a story about reinforcement.
Even while the workshop was under construction, Brok occasionally worked on the reinforced stone produced in Camelot.
Thanks to that, I was able to greatly strengthen most of the equipment I had to level 4, but……….
When I actually tried to proceed with the 5th level, the item was completely destroyed.
Brok elaborated on the reason.
“In order to increase the power with a reinforcement stone, the item must also be upgraded to a similar level. Of course, that’s not all………but it can be said to be the minimum prerequisite.”
From common industrial goods, to military supplies, and even low-level weapons from other dimensions.
Although they have all been useful so far, there has been no ‘properly made’ item like Camelot.
Because of this, growth is bound to be slowed down.
Like that……….
‘………Where should I bring the legendary blacksmith?’
It was when I was mulling over such thoughts.
“………!”
Someone was approaching me in a hurry through the portal in the logistics center.
Its identity is……….
“Mister?”
“Jeong-gyeom………!”
Korean Cowboy, Dong-Kwan Park.
He came towards me, out of breath, and shoved an object at me without warning.
“What is this?”
A rocket launcher that looks like an RPG-7.
But the warheads and rockets were nowhere to be found, and only the launching device was left there.
Park Dong-gwan, who had taken a moment to catch his breath, delivered some new news.
“There was an intruder in the lyceum.”
“An intruder?”
The Lycian mine in the Grand Canyon.
They had asked Koreans, including Park Dong-gwan, to manage and control the mine here.
And fortunately, these Koreans weren’t the only ones guarding the mine.
“The Guardians took care of everything. But……….”
“………But?
“This weapon is really suspicious.”
Crunch.
He showed me the launcher tube of the rocket launcher, but I couldn’t see what it actually was.
Tiring!
[This is an item with restricted information access.] “………Is this a reinforced weapon?”
“Thank goodness. It’s not an enhanced weapon. But still……….”
Park Dong-kwan raised the launcher, as if it would be faster to see it with his eyes.
Then he aimed at a distant empty space in subspace.
Crunch.
The trigger was pulled without delay.
The results were truly amazing.
Wooooow!
A complex blue circuit painted on the launch tube.
The blue light spread out in all directions and slowly pushed forward……….
Kwaaaaang!
A blue energy of some kind was emanating from the launcher.
Kwaaaaang!
The sound of a blow coming from afar.
Even though there was clearly nothing inside, something was ‘firing’ from the weapon.
“………How can this be?”
“………What I mean is.”
It was a weapon I had never seen before.
A new weapon whose principles and functions are incomprehensible.
The one who answered our questions was none other than the craftsman Brok.
Brok approached quickly and picked up the launcher.
He said after closely examining the circuitry engraved on the launcher.
“There aren’t many beings that can make something like this.”
And,
His next words were truly astonishing.
“………They are dwarves.”
Brok, Yoo Seong-cheol, and I headed to Elvenheim with our group.
And,
“………A weapon made by dwarves?”
Ellie, whom I met in front of the Galaon Council.
She looked as surprised as we were.
Slap!
Ellie looks at Brok with a complicated expression.
Brok nodded with a bitter expression, as if to confirm the truth.
“The dwarves have come to Earth.”
When I asked if only weapons had trickled in, Brok shook his head.
“No matter how you look at it, it’s a copy of Earthling’s weapon. It was clearly made at the Earthling’s request.”
That the dwarves created weapons for the humans of Earth.
Ellie took that fact quite seriously.
“Dwarves are a peaceful people, just like elves. They would never engage in a war of aggression with weapons like these. Unless they were taken prisoner or enslaved……….”
There was also circumstantial evidence.
Because the invaders of Lysion were humans, not dwarves.
Ellie summarized the situation so far as follows:
“The dwarves’ ‘factory’ was consolidated on Earth. And then it was taken over by humans.”
Occupied locations placed throughout the United States by chambers of commerce.
If one of them was a Lycian mine, this time it was a dwarven production plant.
Ellie bit her lip.
“I’m sorry. I was wrong. I didn’t expect the humans to succeed in taking over so quickly……….”
It was a situation in the United States where people thought they had some time.
However, the invaders from the South were showing threatening growth.
This time, the head of the operations headquarters, Yoo Seong-cheol, added.
“The expansion is beyond imagination. Arizona is close to the far west………and they’ve already come here and are loitering……….”
I couldn’t put it off any longer.
Because we had to prevent any additional occupied territories from falling into the hands of the southern invaders.
Moreover, there was a need to protect the newly acquired Lycian mine.
I said.
“For now, let’s try to somehow join up with the North. I don’t know if they’re okay, but……….”
It was the North that was maintaining a fierce battlefront with the South.
I’ve heard that they’re somewhat inferior, but they must certainly be quite powerful.
It was a relationship that could be mutually beneficial in that they were hostile to the South.
The only problem was where to meet.
The hotline with the United States had long since been cut off, so all that remained was to trace its origins.
“Where did you say you were last heard from in the North?”
“Illinois was the only place I was able to contact until recently. Among them, if there were a lot of people……….”
Yoo Seong-cheol answered my question.
And……….
“………Of course it’s Chicago.”
Our next destination has been decided.
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