Ah, if Mister Udoka was here, things would go smoothly .

After all, he had already seen me use the storage magic, so I wouldn’t have to explain that to him .

And so I asked him a question .

“I have quite a lot of it . And I don’t know the exact amount… But I’ll have the slimes take it out, so if you could just make the calculations?”

“Aye . That’s why I’m here . ”

Mister Udoka said as he showed me the request form .

There was a section where you wrote down the amount of firewood that had been brought in .

‘Slimes . Go ahead . ’

I said, giving them the order .

‘Okay!’

They answered . And then the firewood started to come out of the slime .

As always, I was confused as to how it all fit in them…

It was with such thoughts that I watched the slimes fill up the area with a ridiculous amount of firewood .

“…This…when is this going to end?”

“I don’t know . I had the slimes store it as soon as I chopped the wood . ”

‘This is only half of it!’

The slime answered .

It seemed like they had already taken out a huge pile, but there was still more .

‘Thank you . Take out the rest then . ’

‘Okay!’

We watched the slimes…and in about 5 minutes, they were finished stacking the firewood .

Then the slime returned to my shoulder and declared:

‘Finished!’

‘Thanks . ’

I said and petted the slime . And then I told Mister Udoka that it was done .

“Looks like that’s it . ”

“…You did say there was a lot . But this is just insane…”

Udoka said as he stared at the pile .

What was just empty land a moment earlier was now filled with firewood .

…As I had chopped and stored, chopped and stored, I hadn’t had a good grasp on how much there was . It really was a lot when you looked at it like this…

And all of this firewood had been contained in a slime that was on my shoulder .

If the slime ever unleashed all of its contents by accident, I would die in an instant .

“I guess this might be too much for you to calculate by sight?”

“…No . I can do it quite easily . Just wait a minute . ”

Mister Udoka said as he started to measure the height and width of the pile .

Then he did some calculations and replied .

“So that’s 18,500 kg . And since the quality is so great, I would have liked to say there was more…but I can’t lie on a guild contract, unfortunately . Though, you may be able to negotiate for a higher price…what do you think?”

“No, I’d rather go cut more wood then waste time negotiating . …Besides, I’m sure I’ll get a decent amount for 18,500 kg . ”

“I see . …It seems like a waste . After all, this would be twice as effective as damp wood . Damp wood does little to raise the temperature when it is burning . ”

That different, huh?

I had never used it myself, so I didn’t know about the difference .

Well, it was true that a lot of energy would have to be used to evaporate the moisture in the wood . So it would take longer for the temperature to rise .

As for the weight, he was just making a rough calculation, so it was probably not accurate . But this wasn’t like earth, where they had precise scales, so it was fine .

Thinking about such details was a waste of time .

As I thought about this, Mister Udoka filled in the form and signed it before pa.s.sing it on to me .

In the rewards section, he had written: 555,000 cicols .

“Take this to collect your reward . ”

“…I’m getting 555,000 cicols just for cutting wood for a few hours? I almost feel bad…”

“There isn’t even a tiny reason as to why you should feel bad . If anything, you’re not accepting enough . …You are the savior of Rikardo . You should be proud . ”

Mister Udoka said as he returned to the guild .

…I should hurry up and report it so I can go back and gather more firewood .

“I’ve had it all calculated . …So, can I collect my reward now?”

I said as pa.s.sed her the form .

The receptionist looked at it with wide eyes .

“Eighteen thousand…!?”

“Yeah . Thanks to the slimes . They could carry all of it . ”

I said as I petted it .

The slimes had been very useful to me up until now, but on this occasion, it was pretty much all them and Ultra Combat Art .

I just swung the axe and let the skill do the rest . There was no easier job .