The 2nd ended successfully.

The participants returned to their home countries by airship.

Jin also returned to Horai Island by .

Then on January 23rd.

"Well, let's get going."

Jin looks up at Vulcan. He has just returned yesterday after completing his mission.

Jin is now on his way to the demon territory. < because of the harsh weather conditions in the demon territory in winter, and because of the large number of golem horses to be transported.

The companions are Elsa, Reiko, Edgar, Anne, Makina, and Rei.

Theon and Marikka have been notified in advance, so the first destination is the clan territory of .

It is a small bay on the southeast coast of the Gondor continent.

It takes only 30 minutes to reach the Gondor continent from Horai Island.

"That's fast."

It's a spaceship to begin with. If you go 100 kilometers per second, you can reach Gondor in 10 seconds.

Jin said jokingly,

"That's not the speed you're allowed to go in the atmosphere."

Erza interrupted him.

"Father, we are about to land!"

Reiko's voice makes me look at the magic screen, and I realize that we are almost at the surface of the earth.

< clan is greeting us from afar. The <> clansmen are greeting them from afar, but all of them seem to have their faces scrunched up in astonishment.

Using the force field generator, the lands without even lifting a flake of snow.

The landing legs, which can expand and contract, absorb the slight irregularities, keeping the ship level.

"It looks like we have about 20 centimeters of snow around here."

The snowfall is light in this coastal area.

"All right, let's unload the cargo."

The stationary opens its lower hatch and extends a ramp to make a path to the surface.

's lower storeroom contains the golem horses.

Makina and Rei walk out astride two golem horses, and eight golem horses follow them.

The ten golem horses walked down the ramp in an orderly fashion.

At the same time, Jin, Elsa, Reiko, Edgar, and Anne flew to the side of the tribe with <>.

"Welcome, <>!

< clan, greets Jin and the others. The others bow their heads in greeting.

"It has been a while. As you may have heard from Sion and the others, I have brought 10 golem horses as promised.

Jin returns the greeting.

His breath is white. The temperature seems to be below freezing even in the middle of the day.

Just then, the golem horses that Makina and Rei had brought with them arrived.

"Oh, this is wonderful!　You are the MagiCraft Meister!" The others were also beaming.

The others were also giddy.

"Let's get it out of here first.

"Yes, that's right."

Jin and the others walked along the plowed road to the clan territory of Morura.

The clan territory was surrounded by a solid stone wall.

"It's amazing. When did you build it?

"Last autumn, I think. It keeps out the cold winds and the beasts.

Only a demon tribe with two to three times the power of humans on the Laurentian continent could create such a thing. If we combine this with gravity magic, the construction work will become even easier.

"But still, this is ......."

The stone wall that surrounds the village is at least 3 meters high.

They were also three meters thick, filled with earth and planted with bushes and shrubs.

"It was Zion's idea," he said.

"It's nice and sturdy," he said.

The wall was not just masonry, but was planted with plants and trees to soften the ruggedness of the wall.

When we entered the stone wall, we found that it was much larger than we had expected.

"How big is it?"

"It's almost a circle. I'd say about a kilometer in diameter.

That's amazing.

"I'm sure the number of residents will increase in the near future. That's why we've made it large.

I see.

The food situation had improved and the population was expected to increase.

There was no snow inside the stone walls, so they decided to leave the golem horses in the square for now.

"Well, let's start with ......."

"Oh, Jin, come here!"

Then I heard Zion's voice.

"Here, Zion!"

"Ah. Welcome to ......, Jin-sama."

Rebuked by his grandfather, Bardius, Zion resumed his greeting.

Marikka came up behind him.

"Welcome, Mr. Jin.

Zion and Marikka are looking well, aren't they?

Yes, thanks to you.

After greeting everyone, Jin handed over the golem horses.

Makina, Rei, Anne, and Edgar were in charge of the instruction.

"If you do this, it starts walking. If you do this, it stops. If you turn this way, the path changes to that way.

"Open this door and you will find a storage space. You can put small items and valuables here. Of course, you can also load them on the horse's back."

See, it's easy, isn't it?

I see. I see.

I see. I see. I will listen to simple instructions. >. This is good for pulling a sled or a cart.

"Mmm, this is great!"

"As for the maintenance parts, the joints and hooves need to be repaired. When they are worn out, they should be repaired or replaced. It is possible to do this with rudimentary engineering magic.

"I understand."

With such a simple lecture, the people of Morira were able to ride the golem horses in no time at all.

"This is amazing!

"It's so comfortable!"

The new model can reach a maximum speed of 150 km/h, which is equivalent to that of a motorcycle.

The physical abilities of the demon tribe will allow them to ride it.

The young men seemed to have immediately set out for a long ride on the golem horse.

The young men were soon out for a long ride on their golem horses.

"No, Master Jin, thank you very much.

Jin and the others were being entertained in the clan leader's house.

"I am going to distribute the same golem horses to the other clans.

"That's good. So, I asked Marikka, would you be willing to pay in cubic zirconia?

"Grandfather, and the pelts, right?"

Theon added.

Cubic zirconia is equivalent to gold by weight on the Laurentian continent. It was valued at 300 toles per gram.

Jin stocked up on 10 kilograms of them every time. The market value is 3 million tolls, or about 30 million Japanese yen.

It was enough to pay the bills.