Otoko Nara Ikkokuichijou no Aruji o Mezasa Nakya, ne?

July 25, 7451

Ten days after Al set fire to the Dart Plains.

The flames were still burning.

Although there are places that are difficult to burn due to rivers, vegetation, and so on, they are fairly distorted, but the burned area extends to five meters in diameter even if it is viewed at a glance from the center of the arson point.

However, from the fourth to the eighth day after the fire, the fire lost its initial momentum and the fire situation was weakening considerably due to the increase in humidity caused by the rain and the fact that several rivers prevented the fire from spreading.

Al has also earned experience points of about 140,000, which is a long time ago.

The scorching smell also reaches the camp far north of the arson point, and depending on the wind direction, it reaches as low as the smoke.

"That's right."Accompany me to the inspection of the burning area. "

Ha-ha

Al selected the two people appropriately, accompanied them, and went out to investigate the spreading fire range.

In this way, the survey of several people has been conducted since about a week ago, and it has already become a routine.

As a result of surveys carried out on a daily basis, it was found that many places had been extinguished even in the outer part of the fire.

Aiming for the nearest extinguished area, Al and the others are advancing their horses, but their speed is very slow.

The attack by the burned-out monsters had subsided for about two days, and now the monsters and animals were ignored, and no birds or insects were seen.

A few hours after we left the camp, we finally reached the extinguished area on the outer perimeter of the fire.

The nearest flame is several hundred meters away, and while there is little flammable material left, it is quite safe, but the smell is quite strong, and smoke still faintly rises from all over the ground and burning trees.

We're going east today.

In response to Al's voice, the two knights responded briefly and began to move.

It doesn't seem to be spreading very much.

"It rained yesterday, too..."

Without reacting to the Knights' conversation, Al observed the flames and surroundings that were still burning with sharp eyes.

From Al's observation, it was initially as if the flames were burning in a band.

However, after about a day, it was divided into lumps with a diameter of about tens to 100 meters, and it was found that each was burning to move.

Thanks to this, there are quite a few places that have been burned down with little fire damage.

In addition, when a lumpy fire hit a river, it was extinguished and moved along the river in two parts.

This seems to be influenced by the flames of the massive flames, the amount of water in the river, the climate at that time, etc., and it has been found that it is difficult to predict what will happen.

Three days ago, we observed fires moving along the river from around noon to dusk in a drizzle that had begun to stop, but we could only conclude that it was impossible to predict the route of a moving flame due to the small number of samples.

In any case, the tree completely burned, and the extent of the land was slightly wider than the 200m square where the fire was initially lit, and the remaining part was burned at the tip of the branch, the leaves, and the dead grass that accumulated on the ground, but there are overwhelmingly many places that remain exposed to the burnt bark without carbonizing the inside of the tree trunk.

--Because the branches and leaves are gone, I opened my vision a lot...

As for Al, I expected to burn down more acreage and make it recoverable without much need to acquire it.

However, it turned out that the prediction was very optimistic.

Even so, it was a major advance in land development in the Dart Plain.

--But would it be helpful if you just burned the surface?

Now that the field of view is wider, it is possible to emit a super-high temperature flame over a much wider area than before.

If you want to create a higher ground that overlooks a wide range with a little elevation, you can create an ultra-high temperature range in square meters.

A tree that remains burned and has a burnt surface will burn up in no time.

- It takes a little bit of work, but I can't do it alone if I'm going to dry up the forest.

With that thought and a thin smile, Al hadn't even thought about what was under the ground.

In particular, if we do not think about tillage, even if it is the roots of a large tree, we will leave it alone for the time being, and even if we take measures to handle it after it gets in the way, it is not very harmful.

And Al has no idea of tillage in the burned-out area.

At present, the Dart Plain is fat enough even if you don't bother burning fields.

--But it doesn't burn much when it's a natural fire...

Considering the weather and other conditions, it is sufficiently burning, so Al's impression is out of place, but considering the purpose in the first place, it can be said that it was definitely out of expectations.

--If it rains a little bit like this, it'll be completely extinguished in a week.

This prediction was true, and the forest fire was put out just a week later.



July 27, 7451

Well then, do me a favor.

With that, Al returned to Beiglitz.

The remaining Knights must confirm that the fire has been extinguished or continue to monitor the fire until the fire intensifies again.

And after noon on this day, the knights approach the wetlands, not far from Lake Cervonne, to water the horses.

The fire was apparently extinguished around the west side of the wetland, and the east side is still lush with grass, and the surface of the water is also visible.

They approached from the west, burnt as a matter of course.

There, the knights discover a strange burned body.

The burned corpse had barely retained its prototype and had been devoured.

Regardless of the surface of the body covered by the scorched scales, the cross-section of the meat that seemed to have been eaten was not scorched, and the direct cause of death was unknown, but it seems that it was eaten by somebody after death.

But the problem was its status.

It's only natural that the unique name is not indicated, or that the destruction is too severe and the status notation of [corpse] is lost, but the status of the knights who were interested in taking part of the corpse...

[Black Dragon Scales]

So, it was such a terrible thing that the eyeballs popped out.

Somehow, when I lined up the pieces of corpses left on the scene, they looked like little black dragon corpses that were not even a meter long.

The Knight of the Year investigated the surrounding area and discovered several other species that used to be called [Dragon] were rolling.

It has been a long time since they died, and it was estimated that if only some bones were left, the number would rise to double digits in total, and they would have finished their lives as dragons.

"What is this...?"

"Is this the Dragon's Graveyard or something...?"

The knights looked at each other and spoke in a trembling voice.

"Let's bring some back as evidence."

In the words of the old knights, the remaining knights also nodded.

However, his face was frightened, and his expression of desire was hidden.

After all, this place itself is not the realm of Marquis Greedo, but of the Kingdom of Daybus.

There is no charge for making what is falling into personal property (if it is within one's own country, everything on the land will be regarded as the property of the senior nobility who governs it).

The dragon's scales will naturally have a high value, and even the bones of rotten flesh may be bought by favorites and object-loving aristocrats.

If legends are true about fangs and claws, they can be processed into sharply sharp cutting blades, such as the level of a simple product.

Especially, the fangs are about the size of the tip of the child's pinky finger, and the nails are about 2cm long, so it seems that they are of little value in that respect.

In short, a pile of treasures.

There are many of them scattered around here.

The knights quickly put the dragon's corpse together and tied it with a rope, and the little ones slammed into their riding saddlebags and head bags without worrying about getting dirty.

Time has passed since death, and neither the bone-only carcasses nor the relatively new carcasses of rotting flesh are left in small quantities.

However, in front of the dazzling pile of treasures, the knights' vigilance was extremely relaxed.

In addition, it may be a bit harsh to blame this only for the fact that there is no movement other than ourselves immediately after a large-scale forest fire.

They were captured in a perfect ambush by patrols from the Kingdom of Daybus, who also came to investigate the fire.