Legend

At night, Dusker was listening to a report while eating dinner with a worker at the Lords' Hall.

"Hmm, eroding woods... it's also likely Trent has something to do with it,"

"Yes, I've had Mr. Ray investigate it lightly, but apparently it's quite large. And then, I don't know if it's erosion or growth or movement, but you think it's headed towards this guild?"

The worker, who was enjoying sautéing spring vegetables, returns that word to Dusker when he swallows what was in his mouth.

The only reason the woods are so close to the guilds is that they still don't look so stuck in their feathers is because the distance is still not that close.

Even in the woods, if you're only a few minutes walk away from Gilm, it's not that urgent.

Of course, that's not why you can leave it alone.

But the worker hasn't gotten that serious based on it.

Because Gilm has an adventurer who specializes in the magic of fire called Ray.

If you have to, you can burn everything in the forest.

That was making room for the workers.

And Dusker, who knows more about Ray than the workers, is also somewhat concerned about the existence of a suspicious forest, but he wasn't so worried about it from Ray's presence.

... Yes, not until this time.

"Dear Dusker, may I have a moment?

A butler shows up in the room and tells him so.

This is how they say it in person where they are dining with the workers, so I'm pretty sure something happened.

Now if it was an errand like signing papers, Dusker wouldn't do anything to laugh and forgive.

"What?"

"Yes, we have an urgent report from Master Zumous."

"From Zmous?... Let it pass."

"Yes."

The butler, who nodded at Dusker's words, leaves.

Zumous is one of Dusker's … more precisely, alchemists belonging to the Knights owned by Dusker.

A worker gave it away from Ray, a tree branch... I was wondering if that branch I picked up in the woods I went to investigate would help in any way.

It was such a distraction that Dusker asked Zumous to look into it.

Originally Trent's body is a material suitable for making canes.

And if all of the forest was Trent, it was sure to be a huge source of income.

That is definitely an infinite source of income if you do not wipe out all of the forest at once and let it expand again once you have logged it to some extent......

Had I known in advance that it was a forest made up of Trento, the danger would have been well controlled.

As a person, Dusker doesn't have anything to think about the adventurer party eaten in the woods.

But Dusker is Lord of the Guild.

Beyond that, we needed to do whatever we could to develop the guilds.

"Is something wrong?

"I guess I found something because the worker was letting me look into the branches he brought me. Otherwise, you wouldn't be rushing to report it to me."

"I guess. But when I looked it up here, all I could tell was that branches with a little bit of magic...... Is there something else going on?

"Well, I don't know. You're going to tell me that now, aren't you?... Look, here I come"

With Dusker's words, the butler who left earlier walks into the room with one man.

"Dear Dusker, where did you get this branch!?

It was a man in his thirties who asked if he would come in.

I'm not fat, I'm not thin, I'm normal. A strange man who seems weak for some reason from the atmosphere.

Most of all, you wouldn't normally want to get involved in the detours if you saw only your eyes shimmering in that fragile situation.

But some of the alchemists in the Knights are very skilled.

That's why I expect you to have found something in these present circumstances.

"You showed up a little far from the gilm, you're a forest tree. Except where Trent or... or similar monsters are clustered and bred."

"Does that mean Trent Forest?

"So I don't know that. According to the story of the first one who survived being attacked by that forest, he was attacked by Trent. But according to Ray, who went to check it out, the trees in the woods weren't Trent."

Zmous worries about the word Ray out of Dusker's mouth.

Living in the Guild...... on the contrary, Zmous knows Ray more than he works as a Dusker's man, naturally.

Of course I just know, I've never actually talked about it... I've gotten things like ceto wings and hair as alchemy material, so I can say I appreciate Ning Lo Ray.

In addition, the strength will not have to be questioned in the light of previous achievements.

That's why I should say.

I didn't think Ray and Seto would miss the presence of Trent.

"In the end, what does that mean?

"I don't know. But... Whatever. You rushed here for some reason, didn't you? Let me hear that."

"Ah, yes.... this tree branch, but at first glance it's just something somewhat more magical than normal"

To Zumous' words, the worker nods.

Dark Elves with high skill about plants and magic...... marina with outstanding abilities among them affirmed, so I have no objection to that.

Dusker has been with Marina for a long time, too, and I have no objection to that.

Before those two, Zumous goes on to explain.

"But when I examined this branch, I found that if I applied a certain liquid and shed a certain amount of magic… it was quite dense and could also gain a magical defense"

"... what?

The description of Zumous stops the Dusker movement that was trying to carry the bread into his mouth.

So much so that the explanation that came out of Zumous' mouth was shocking.

Workers also stare at Zumous to see the truth of his words.

Lords of the Guild and the Alliance Master.

For both of them, I thought that if the current explanation were true, I might be able to get infinite armor.

It would be harder as a weapon than it is made of wood.

But not as a shield or armor.

With that expectation, Dusker opens his mouth.

"Then the woods... it would be inconvenient not to have a name. Let's call it the Trent Forest for now. Is it possible to make protective equipment out of the trees growing in that Trento forest?

As far as explanations from Ray are concerned, he was also a worker who felt like he could not be called Trent, but still I'm not going to give him an extra mouthful than the fact that he has to name that forest now.

He was a zmouse with the gaze of the workers' and Dusker's expectations pointed at him, but he shook his neck sideways with regret.

"Unfortunately, it's not as strong as it can be used as a protective gear"

"... right"

It was obviously a sighing dusker, but the worker I was listening to with finds out.

"Please wait. It is not as strong as it can be used as a protective device. So... is there another way to use it?

Dusker turns his anticipating gaze to the words, and Zumous nods back to get my will.

"Yes, that… all I can think of is architectural material"

"Architectural material?

I guess I didn't expect words like that to come out here. Even though Dusker gives a strange look for a moment, the next moment is small and breathtaking.

As a lord, I understood the meaning of the word well because I understand the situation of the Guild today.

There is still some room for the current guilds, but there is no doubt that they will be saturated in the near future if the population continues to grow as it is.

In that case, it is true that there will be a lot of problems.

That's why Dusker also wanted to do some expansion work on the guilm if he could, but to do that he would need tons of material, human resources, funds... and all sorts of other things.

However... the trees in Trento Forest now spread naturally no matter how much they are harvested.

And not enough to be used for more protective equipment, if it is strong enough to be used as a building material...

"Mmm."

Dusker roars.

... As far as I'm concerned, I'm seriously worried about what I'm going to do, but from the side, it just looks like I'm staring at Zumous, who brought a report about the tree.

Still, I guess the reason I don't look frightened by Zmous is because I work under Dusker and am somewhat used to this sort of thing.

Ningro, the worker is showing more surprise at how Dusker is doing now than Zmous.

Most importantly, working with Dusker is still short.

With that in mind, it should be taken for granted that the Ning Lo worker is surprised.

He was a dusker who had been thinking silently for about a few minutes, but eventually turns his gaze to the worker.

"Worker, as a guild, what are you going to do with Trent's Forest?

"... that's the hard part. I thought it was better to burn it than the adventurer was attacked... if it could be used for a wand, it could be used as a resource."

"Right. Especially if you listen to me now, there's no way I'm going to get my hands on the detour. If it can really be used for the expansion of the Guild, the means of burning it all with Ray's magic is out of the question"

"I guess."

Neither does the worker disagree with Dusker's words.

The trees that I thought could be used as the material for my wand, but if I burned it, it wouldn't naturally be the material for my wand.

"Dear Dusker, I have one favor to ask you"

Zumous, who was listening to the two of us, pinches the words.

"What?"

"Yes. The forest...... was it Trent Forest? If you can, I'd like you to bring me a tree, not a branch from there. As I said earlier, the only thing that can be used as building materials is what I looked into this branch."

"I mean, if we check the trees, not the branches, we might know something more?

Zumous answers that question.

"You won't know until you've looked into the area in detail. Maybe it has a different nature than its branches. But if you're going to use it as a building material, it might be a little different to say that it's real... but I was wondering if you should do a good research on it."

If Zmous says so, both the workers and the Dusker have to be convinced.

I haven't decided yet to use Trent's forest trees as building materials, but Dusker is looking forward to considering that.

Beyond that, it was certain that we should have thoroughly examined the nature of Trent's forest trees.

"Besides, since it's only a branch of a tree this time, I could only do a little research."

For Zumous, that's probably the biggest reason than building materials.

I suppose I should say that he seems to be an alchemist in a way.

But Zumous's opinion is never wrong.

Because it is not uncommon for monster materials to have different properties depending on the site.

... but it's not Trent's branch that Ray gave me this time, it's a regular tree branch.

"Worker"

"Yes, I understand. Mr. Ray is supposed to see the woods every day, so ask him to bring a tree when he goes to see it tomorrow."

If this is a normal adventurer, it's not easy for a worker to ask for it.

Even when it comes to trees, what Dusker wants you to bring are trees that are of some thickness… specifically trees that can be used for building materials.

If that's all the trees are, logging is commensurately laborious, not to mention difficult considering the weight to bring them to the gilm.

They would have to imitate things like making a couple of connected cars or cutting trees to the right size on the spot.

But in Ray's case, I have an item box, so I don't have to worry about bringing it back, although it would be a tree.

In every sense, coming to fell a single tree was a request suitable for Ray.

(Well, instead, the rewards are going to be even more demanding)

I think so, but fortunately I don't have to worry about the worker's nostalgia hurting when it comes to rewards, more than this request is from Dusker.

"Dear Dusker, it would be nice to have one tree felled, but in that case it would be an additional request in addition to the one about seeing how it goes. Then there will naturally be rewards..."

"Oh, I'll get that out. How specific would that be?

"Hmmm...... right. When you become a rank B adventurer with an alias, is it something like a few gold coins?"

It was a dusker that surprised me that it was cheaper than I expected, but it's big that Trent's Forest is close.

If it was cheap, no complaints...... Dusker nodded at the workers' words.