Chapter 22 – WEAPON DEVELOPMENT

The village had sent out scouts, and discussing if there was anything else he could do, it was decided he would make a fence for the field.

With it, the crops would be protected from harmful creatures, so making it would not be pointless.

Cutting down trees, producing logs, he covered the perimeter of the field. The work progressed quickly with the help of the villagers in addition to Gon and Gen, as well as the Horse Golems Drei, Quatre, and Cinq. It was a speed that one would call abnormal if they were to see it all.

Day 3 after the departure of the scouts.

「Haa, I somehow made the shape」

Jin helped out with the work by cutting the trees into logs (with Engineering Magic), but the number of necessary logs to make was done, and he now had some time for himself.

「Just in case… I want a weapon」

Jin thought. Right now the materials are scarce, so making a special weapon is unlikely. At best would be an edged tool made out of Adamantite.

「Well, I don’t want it to go to waste, shall I make an axe and nata…?」

He decided to make an edged tool to use for his usual livelihood. Although there wasn’t much left because to make the Horse Golems, iron was used for the body, and Admantatite for the exterior, so he could not make much. But he was still able to make 10 axes and 20 natas.

「All that’s left is a weapon for myself, huh?」

Jin could not boast as his physical strength and athletic ability were low. Compared to the men of the village he would be the lowest level. Therefore close combat is unreasonable. Although, he was also unskilled with the bow.

「After all it will have to be 《??》」

So Jin muttered and began making a Water Gun. It was a pistol model with a large tank attached type.

「Onii-chan, what are you making?」

Day after day, Hanna came to Jin’s workshop (though it’s really Hanna’s grandfather’s workshop).

「Yaa, Hanna. I’m making a Water Gun」

「Water Gun?」

To begin with, in this world there’s no such thing as a 『Gun』, so saying 『Water Gun』 would not get through to her.

「Well, just take a look」

Since the structure in itself was not too complicated, he immediately completed one. It was a water tank attachment model.

「…?」

For Hanna who didn’t understand it well,

「This here, you put water into it, then you hold it like this, then pull this trigger…」

Chuu~ the water flew out.

「Waa! It looks fun!」

To people with the exception of Jin it was merely a toy, so he decided to give the Water Gun to Hanna.

「Though this is really something to play with in the hot summer」

「But still, thank you! It’s really fun!」

Hanna delightfully received the Water Gun and went out to play with it.

「… with this I’ll have to make some for the other children」

Jin realised, so he made 10 more Water Guns of the same type. With a thing of this degree, after making it once he could easily mass-produce it.

Incidentally, because there isn’t any plastic, all of it was made of 《Muscovite》 so it was light and hard to break.

After that, for his own weapon, he increased the capacity of the water tank, and with 2 pistons it raised the accuracy. He then made two of the type where the main part of the Water Gun without the water tank could fire water.

If this is used together with Jin’s Engineering Magic 《Water Jet》, it would be a fearsome weapon.

「But I still can’t protect the whole village」

Feeling at peace is forbidden, was what Jin warned himself.

After that, Kurt and Mario who found Hanna playing with a Water Gun came over, needless to say they were all provided Water Guns.

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Then a peaceful two days followed. And on the third day, the scouts came back.

「Oh~! Rock and Yang, you’re safe!」

「Aa, thanks to this horse」

After the two had a short break, they began the report of the scouting in the village chief’s house.

「At first there weren’t any problems…」

The point that there was no problem with the mountain deer was made.

「From there we advanced further back for a day, but not much had changed. Then, we went around to the west a little」

They had been going straight north, so they changed course 90 degrees to the left.

「Around there nothing had changed. We felt relieved, and once again headed north. And then…」

「What is it?」

「…… we stumbled upon a place with the bones of mountain deer rolling around」

「What!?」

「Feeling that it was dangerous, we mounted our horses and then, a big Wood Bear appeared. Looking at it, it was dragging a mountain deer still dripping in blood」

「A Wood Bear!?」

「Aa. So, listen, and don’t be too surprised」

「…? What?」

「For that big Wood Bear, there are 10 in total that appeared there」

「No way?!」

Whose cry could that have been? That cry spoke the feelings of all that gathered there. A Wood Bear was a dangerous beast that could be barely hunted with three or four skilled hunters. And to say there’s 10.

「Why, in such a place…」

Normally a large herd of mountain deer would not come south, so then why would the mountain deer come south? The mountain deer and Wood Bear live in a remote mountains, while Kaina Village is in the back of the mountains, and the