Day 511-520/Day 511

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preparing for the departure in various ways, accompany the site today to see the first job.

This is the time when more people start working after finishing breakfast. With a few employees working today and me, I drive on a paved road with two golem trucks modeled after a ten-ton aluminum van truck.

Driving a golem truck is also a meat bag young man and a fighter man because he also practices.

I get on the leading car driven by the young man, and give advice like a teacher. The beginner, a young meat bag, seems to be very nervous, his body is stiff and wasteful. His gaze moved without hesitation, and his hand on the steering wheel turned out to be tight. I'm nervous enough to be worried about what I'm looking at, but in addition to my poor riding experience, I'm inexperienced in driving.

Be careful not only with carts driven by large beasts that freely move on the road, but also with ordinary carts and pedestrians. If a poor collision is to be done, it is clear that the damage to the opponent will be serious, apart from a sturdy and heavy click here. You may be lucky and have minor injuries.

For the time being, driving safety is ensured by the performance and functions of the golem truck itself. The golem truck is a golem, so it can behave independently, and its functions include automatic driving and emergency stop. Even if it jumps out, it can stop automatically. Even if you are dozing, you can proceed without any problems. Otherwise, there is no reason to let a beginner who does not practice properly drive.

Therefore, there is no need to drive while paying close attention to the surroundings as in today's meat bag youth, but driving safely is the basis of no accidents. Therefore, let's keep silent about various safety functions now.

For this reason, the leading car of the young man who drove more carefully than necessary and the following car in a similar situation proceeded at a low speed of about 30 km / h.

As I moved, I felt the eyes of the people gathering.

The cause is that the side panel of the golem truck  Probably because it puts the advertisement of Shokai. Golem tracks, which have a distinctly different appearance than others, are noteworthy, so simply moving them has a publicity effect.

If you look at the advertisement and work comes later, it will be a profit.

We arrived at the meeting place a little earlier than the scheduled time, with a little roundabout for advertising and practice. The meeting place is a little open space near the main gate that leads to the outside. This area is often used as a meeting place, so many people around the same time are also killing time.

Waiting for a few minutes while communicating with the employees, two double-drawn box carriages, accompanied by several escorts on a white wolf-like beast, came into the square. Both are carriages of a design that is not so unusual, but the construction seems to be sturdy, and towing is a good-quality golem It is. A tireless golem hose with horsepower is a fairly expensive item, indicating that someone with a certain level of financial power is on board.

These two carriages had jewelry, eyeglasses and a hammer pattern on the side. From that fact, we found out that the leading carriage was a “Lignadrow jewelry store” that introduced this business partner. And the pattern of the subsequent carriage is different, that is, it is the carriage of today's trading partner {Adora Adra Mineral Store}.

The two horse carriages came straight here as the golem trucks were big and prominent and had advertisements.

When you come to the side, first, the manager and his secretary descend from the carriage of {Lignadrow Jewelry Store}. During a brief greeting with the store managers, the door of the carriage at Adora Adra Mineral Store opened.

Out of the carriage were wolf beasts with good-looking gray fur. The upper body, covered with body hair, is fat and large, wearing some leather pants. A knife is hung from the waist, but if you observe it, you are good at unskilled hand fisting.

The sharp eyes on his wolf-like head look straight at me, observing me in every detail, but without hostility. After confronting the wolf, perhaps an escort, for a few seconds, the wolf moved to the side of the doorway.

The escort retreats aside and the next woman is a woman. She is a woman dressed like riding clothes that is easy to move and has a slightly sharp look and gives a strong impression. However, contrary to her impression, she seemed to be a sociable woman, and she briefly introduced herself with a cheerful smile.

The woman is one of the key business partners for store managers to buy jewelry, and she is the third chairwoman of Adra Adra Mineral Shop, which operates several labyrinth mines. ≪Adora Adra Mineral Store≫ is a long-established category in ≪Free Trade Sectriad≫ and is a large trading company that has a relationship with [Seven Big Merchants].

It will be quite a big deal from your first job, but if you do well here, the future will be easier.

Greetings were all right, so I decided to start working. The job this time is to pick up the resources from the labyrinth mine run by {Adora Adra Minerals Store} and take it home.

On the way back, the resources were loaded on the full bed, but before that, the store manager and the chairwoman were loaded with two carriages on board. It is faster to simply carry it, but it also has a meaning to show how it can be carried and carried.

Golem horses and carriages themselves are fixed so that they do not move inside. The size of the golem truck could still be afforded with two carriages on one, and the chairman and the store manager-the store manager was going to return after introducing here, but to go with curiosity -After being inspected, he moved to the front cabin where the driver's seat was located. The cabin has enough space for five or six people to ride. If you use the roof at the top of the cabin, you can get a few more people.

The top car was carried by me, the young man and four managers, and it became a bit cramped, but the employees and two people packed in the following car and left. Follow the surrounding flow to the gate that connects to the outside, and exit without any delay.

An escort on the monster followed the area, guarding the surroundings, but the golem truck gradually increased speed without concern. In addition to the fact that youths are getting used to it, the reduced number of wagons and pedestrians around them has led to mental relaxation. Forty, fifty, sixty, speeding up the highway, along the way to the labyrinth mine owned by Chairman Nishio. The mountain road leading to the labyrinth mine was a little meandering, and the height difference was large. However, it had been mined for many years by the Adora Mineral Shop, and was paved with something like concrete. It is much easier to drive than others, and there are no oncoming vehicles and the width is wide so it is easy to drive. He walked down the mountain path leaving his guard behind and arrived in less than an hour. The Labyrinth Mine was a large hole that opened on the side of the mountain. In the immediate vicinity is a building surrounded by a solid stone wall and a deep moat. The building is said to be a base for miners and a material depot. To enter, you need to cross a drawbridge made of logs and pass through a castle gate with a mysterious pattern. The watchman was wary of this approach, but when she opened the window and blew something like a dog whistle, she entered without problems.

Inside, there was a plaza where many wagons could come and go. Stop at the corner and work as a meat bag young man who is weak after finishing one job, and asks the chairman of the woman shojo and the manager for his impressions.

According to the woman enthusiast who was quite excited on the golem truck, it seems that he was much faster and more comfortable than riding a carriage. While earning good impression points, we quickly lowered the carriage, and we decided to load the resources collected by the miners at the labyrinth mine.

By the way, the labyrinth mine seems to mean a mine where dungeon monsters that can collect minerals such as natural golems mainly live. The danger is much higher than in ordinary mines, but instead, some types of golems are more profitable than ordinary mines.

Even rock golems, which are blocks of rock, sell at high prices depending on the type of rock they make up. Golems made of rare metals are even better.

And the resources this time are heavy but valuable metal. A wooden box with resources that has been dismantled to some extent on the arms, legs, torso and head for easy transport. It was piled up in dozens, but the loading was completed in a short time by carrying one after another by relay. Consider building a resource storage warehouse that matches the height of the rear door for more efficient entry. It may be better to lease and deploy a forklift-like golem to make it easier. If you can carry your luggage easily, miners will be able to work easily even when we are not coming.

A brief explanation of what I was worried about next to the chairwoman who saw the work of transporting employees was that Achilla was also reluctant to make a future contract on this occasion. The contract was owned by a wolf escort who was both an escort and a secretary, so the decision was immediate.

Golem forklifts were ordered as soon as possible, so I built about three of them using materials on hand. Although it is instantaneous, it has manufacturing experience with golem trucks and so on, so it should have been able to secure the minimum functions. However, I do not know what the storage situation will be because I lease it, I also make a set of golem dimple keys to start the golem forklift in case of theft. Golem forklifts will only work if you use the respective golem dimple key, so managing them alone would be a theft deterrent. I can only move within a certain range from the base, but there should be some insurance.

I will explain how to handle a golem forklift that was completed in less than 30 minutes and let the miners who actually use it drive it. It was slightly bumped, but if it breaks, it can be fixed by refilling it with a golem core or debris in the rear restoration furnace. Here, there is enough material to be used as a restoration material, so it may be safe to handle it a bit rough.

In spite of the sight of children playing with new toys, they also make some wooden pallets. He explained how to use it to the head of the base and the chairpersons of the women's business.

After noon, I had nothing to do here, so I placed two carriages in the center and returned with a golem truck in front and behind. Naturally, this is because the cargo box is packed with wooden boxes containing resources. The carriage is the only one. The female merchant chairman and four store managers are riding in the comfortable leading vehicles. That's not a bad story because I can talk a lot.

On the way home, I was able to know how I had been transporting resources. According to the woman's chairman, she used to be transported by her own transport unit. But that was costly. For example, the cost of manufacturing a heavy-duty truck, securing workers, and arranging escorts in preparation for attacking foreign enemies. Although there are transportation methods using storage magic items that can be stored in large quantities and are easy to carry, storage magic items are a relatively valuable category. In addition, it becomes expensive as the amount of storage becomes large, and it is very difficult to prepare the required amount. Considering the amount used by miners in the labyrinth mine, wagons and the like can still reduce the price of transportation from the labyrinth mine to the city.

Also, if you want to buy a lot, there is a possibility that you will go to the enemy to other firms as well as rival firms. Many people want storage-related magic items, so if you forcibly collect them, you will buy useless grudges from those who could not buy them.

I want to cut but I can't. It was a painful task for a manager who had been difficult to replace for many years.

That's where we came in. Faster and more hauling can change the way you do it. The cost is reasonable, but still cheaper than before.

The high safety has been demonstrated. Occasionally a monster attacks, but the golem arm normally stored at the bottom of the body automatically expands earlier than the escorts on the monster remove it, like a machine gun from the muzzle at the fingertip Inject a stone bullet. It is a luxurious air gun that uses magic jewels to create a flurry of wind, and is it a kind of magic item? The rounds roll around, and the rate of fire is so fast that most opponents have become beehives. It will be difficult for monsters with a certain strength to pass, but there are still other mechanisms, so it will be OK. At worst, you can be roadkilled if you hit it from the front.

Today's work was finished safely, claiming high defense performance. It seems that we will continue to have good relationships in the future, and we can say that the results were the best for the first time.

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“四十一日目　／　五■十一■目” 出立する準備を色々と進めつつ、最初の仕事を見届けるべく今日の現場に同行する.

朝食を食べ終え、仕事を始める人が増える時間帯. 今日作業する従業員数名と俺を乗せ、十トンのアルミバントラックをモデルにした二台のゴーレムトラックが舗装された道路を走行する.

練習も兼ねているのでゴーレムトラックを運転するのは肉袋青年と、戦闘要員の男性だ.

俺は肉袋青年が運転する先頭車両に乗車し、教官のように適宜アドバイスをしていく. 初心者である肉袋青年は非常に緊張しているらしく、身体はガチガチで無駄な力が入っている. 忙しなく視線は動き、ハンドルを握る手はギュッと力が込められているのが分かった. 見ている方が心配になるほどの緊張具合だが、乗車経験自体が乏しい事に加え、運転に不慣れだから仕方無い.

それに道路を自由に行き交う大型の獣に牽引される荷車はもちろん、普通の荷車や歩行者にも注意が必要だ. 下手に衝突事故でもしようものなら、頑丈で重いコチラはともかく相手側の被害が大変な事になるのは明白だ. 運が良くて軽傷、悪ければ即死もあり得る.

一応、走行時の安全性はゴーレムトラック自体の性能と機能で確保している. ゴーレムトラックはゴーレムなので自立的な行動が可能であり、自動運転や緊急停止も機能の一つだ. 飛び出してきても自動的に停車できるようにしている. 居眠りしていても問題なく進む事も出来る. そうでなければまともに練習もしていないような初心者に運転させる訳がない.

だから今の肉袋青年のように周囲を過度に気をつけながら運転する必要はないが、安全運転をする事は事故を起こさない基本中の基本である. だから各種安全機能については、今は黙っている事にしよう.

そんな訳で必要以上に慎重に運転する肉袋青年の先頭車両と、似たような状況にある後続車両は時速三十キロ程度の低速で進んでいった.

移動中、道行く人々の視線が集まって来るのを感じた.

その原因はゴーレムトラックのサイドパネルに新興商会≪商会≫の広告を載せているからだろう. 他と比べて明らかに外観が異なるゴーレムトラックは注目の的なので、移動するだけで宣伝効果があった.

広告を見て、後日仕事が来れば儲けものだろう.

宣伝と練習も兼ねて少し大回りしながらも、予定の時間より少し早く待ち合わせ場所まで到着した. 待ち合わせ場所は外に繋がる正門近くにあるちょっとした広場だ. ここは待ち合わせ場所としてよく使われるので、周囲には同じく時間を潰している者も多い.

数分ほど従業員達とコミュニケーションをとりながら待っていると、白い狼のような騎獣に乗った複数の護衛を引き連れた二頭牽きの箱馬車が二台、広場に入ってきた. どちらもそこまで珍しくはないデザインの馬車だが作りは頑丈そうであり、牽引するのは質の良さそうなゴーレムだ. 馬力もあって疲れ知らずのゴーレムホースは結構高価な品であり、ある程度以上の財力を持つ者が乗っている事を示している.

そんな二台の馬車だが、先頭の車体には側面に宝石と眼鏡と金槌の紋様が刻まれていた. その事から先頭の馬車は、今回の取引相手を紹介しくれた≪リグナドロー宝石店≫のモノだと分かった. そして後続の馬車の紋様は違うので、つまり今日の取引相手である≪アドーラアドラ鉱物店≫の馬車なのだろう.

ゴーレムトラックが大きくて目立つし広告も載せているので、二台の馬車は真っすぐコチラに来た.

そして直ぐ側に来ると、まずは≪リグナドロー宝石店≫の馬車から店長とその秘書が降りてくる. 店長達と軽く挨拶を交わす間に、≪アドーラアドラ鉱物店≫の馬車の扉が開いた.

馬車から出てきたのは、体格の良い灰色の毛並みを持つ狼獣人だった. 体毛に覆われた上半身は太く大きく、何かの革のズボンを穿いている. 腰にはナイフが吊り下げられているが、観察した限り徒手空拳を得意とする感じなので戦闘には使わず、解体とか雑用で使う感じだろうか.

まさに狼のような頭部にある鋭い双眸は真っすぐに俺を見つめ、こちらを細部まで観察するが、しかし敵意は感じられない. 恐らくは護衛なのだろう狼獣人と数秒ほど対峙した後、狼獣人が出入り口の脇に移動した.

護衛が脇に退き、次に出てきたのは一人の女性だ. 動きやすい乗馬服のような服装の女性であり、やや鋭い目つきから気が強そうな印象を受ける. しかし印象とは裏腹に社交的な女性であるらしく、朗らかな笑顔と共に簡単に自己紹介を終えた.

女性は店長が宝石を仕入れる重要な取引相手の一人であり、複数の迷宮鉱山を運営する≪アドーラアドラ鉱物店≫の三代目女商会長である. ≪アドーラアドラ鉱物店≫は≪自由商都セクトリアード≫でも老舗の部類で、【七大商家】とも関係を持つ大きな商会だ.

最初の仕事からかなりの大物になるが、ここで上手くいけば今後が楽になる.

挨拶もそこそこに、早速仕事に取り掛かる事にした. 今回の仕事は≪アドーラアドラ鉱物店≫が運営する迷宮鉱山から産出した資源を受け取りに行って、持ち帰る事だ.

帰りは荷台一杯に資源を積み込む事になるが、その前に店長と女商会長達が乗って来た馬車二台を荷台に積み込んだ. 単純に運んだ方が速いからだが、どういう風に載せて、運ぶ事が出来るかを見せる意味もある.

ゴーレム馬や馬車自体が中で動かないように固定していく. ゴーレムトラックの大きさは一台に馬車二台乗せてもまだ余裕があり、それを女商会長と店長――店長はここで紹介した後帰る予定だったのに、好奇心からか同行する事になってしまった――が視察した後、運転席がある前面のキャビンに移動した. キャビンは五、六人くらいは余裕をもって乗れるスペースがある. キャビンの上部にあるルーフも使えば更に数名乗れる.

先頭車両には俺と肉袋青年と店長達四人が乗り、少し窮屈になるが従業員達と御者二人は後続車両に詰め込み、出発した. 周囲の流れに沿って外に繋がる門まで移動し、何の滞りも無く外に出る.

騎獣に乗った護衛が周囲を警戒しながらついてくるが、それを気にせずゴーレムトラックは徐々に速度を上げていった. 肉袋青年達も多少慣れてきた事に加え、周囲の荷馬車や歩行者の数が減った事が精神的なゆとりに繋がった. 四十、五十、六十と速度を上げて街道を進み、途中で女商会長が保有する迷宮鉱山に向かう山道を登っていく. 迷宮鉱山まで続く山道はやや蛇行し、高低差も大きいが≪アドーラアドラ鉱物店≫が長年採掘してきただけあって、コンクリートのような何かで舗装されたものだった. 他よりも遙かに走りやすく、対向車もいないし幅も広いので走りやすい. 護衛を置き去りにするように山道を進み、一時間もしないうちに到着した. 迷宮鉱山は山の中腹にポッカリと開いた大穴だった. その直ぐ近くには堅牢な石壁と深い空堀に囲われた建物がある. 建物は鉱山夫達の拠点であり、物資集積場でもあるそうだ. 入るには丸太で作られたような跳ね橋を渡り、不可思議な紋様を浮かべた城門をくぐる必要がある. 見張り番がこちらの接近に強く警戒していたが、女商会長が窓を開け、犬笛のような何かを吹くと問題なく中に入れた.

中に入ると、多くの荷馬車が行き交い出来そうな広場があった. その一角に停車し、一仕事終えて脱力する肉袋青年を労いつつ、女商会長や店長に感想を聞いてみる.

ゴーレムトラックに乗ってかなり興奮気味だった女商会長曰く、馬車に乗ってくるよりも遙かに早く、かつ乗り心地も良かったらしい. 好印象ポイントを稼ぎつつ、さっさと馬車を下ろし、俺達は迷宮鉱山の鉱山夫達が集めた資源の積み込み作業を行う事にした.

ちなみに迷宮鉱山とは、主に天然のゴーレムなど鉱物を採取できるダンジョンモンスターが生息する鉱山の事を言うらしい. 危険性は普通の鉱山よりも遙かに高いが、代わりに資源の塊であるゴーレムの種類によっては普通に採掘するよりも利益が出しやすいという.

岩の塊であるロックゴーレムでも、構成する岩の種類によっては高値で売れる. レアメタルで構成されたゴーレムなら更に良いそうだ.

そして今回の資源は重量があるものの価値の高いメタル系だ. 運びやすいように腕や足、胴体や頭部などにある程度解体された資源入りの木箱. それが何十と積み重なっていたが、次々とリレーで運ぶ事で積み込みは短時間で終わった. もっと効率良く入れるためにリアドアの高さに合わせた資源集積倉庫を作る事も視野に入れておこう. 後はより楽にする為、フォークリフト的なゴーレムをリースして配置するのも良いかもしれない. 荷物を手軽に運べるなら、俺達が来ない間でも鉱山夫達が楽に仕事できるだろう.

気になった事を従業員の運搬作業を見ていた女商会長の横で簡単に説明するとアチラも乗り気になり、この場で今後の継続的な契約も結ぶ事が出来た. 契約書は護衛兼秘書だという狼獣人が持っていたので、その場で即決だ.

ゴーレムフォークリフトは出来るだけ早く、という注文でもあったので、手持ちの素材を使って三台ほど製造した. 即席だがゴーレムトラックなどの製造経験もあり、最低限の機能は確保できているだろう. ただリースするので保管状況がどうなるか分からないし、盗難された場合も考え、ゴーレムフォークリフトを始動させるゴーレムディンプルキーもセットで作る. ゴーレムフォークリフトはそれぞれのゴーレムディンプルキーを使わなければ動かないので、それを管理するだけでも盗難防止になるだろう. 一応拠点から一定範囲内までしか動けなくしているが、保険は幾つかあるべきだ.

三十分もせずに出来上がったゴーレムフォークリフトの扱い方を説明し、実際に使う鉱山夫達に運転させてみる. 多少ぶつけたりしていたが、壊れたら後部の修復炉にゴーレムコアとか残骸を補充して放置しておけば直る. ここでは修復材料になる素材がそれこそ売るほどあるのだから、多少手荒に扱っても問題ないだろう.

子供が新しい玩具で遊ぶような光景をよそに、木製パレットも幾つか作る. それを使ったやり方を拠点の責任者と女商会長達に説明した.

昼過ぎにはここでする事も無くなったので中央に馬車二台を配置し、前後をゴーレムトラックが挟む形で帰った. 荷台には資源入りの木箱が満載なので、自然とこうなった訳だ. ただ馬車には御者しかいない. 女商会長や店長達四人は乗り心地の良い先頭車両に乗っている. その方が色々と話せるので、こちらとしても悪い話ではない.

そして帰り道、これまで資源の運搬をどうしていたか知る事が出来た. 女商会長によれば、これまでは自社の運搬部隊で運んでいたそうだ. ただそうなると相応にコストがかかっていた. 重量に耐えられる運搬車の製造費、作業員の確保、外敵の襲撃に備えた護衛の配置などなど. 大量に収納できて持ち運びが簡単な収納系マジックアイテムを使った運搬方法もあるにはあるが、収納系マジックアイテムは比較的貴重な部類だ. しかも大量に収納可能な物になればなるほど高額であり、必要量を揃えるのは非常に大変である. 迷宮鉱山内で鉱山夫達が使用する量も考えると、迷宮鉱山から都市まで運搬するのは荷馬車などの方がまだ価格を抑えられる.

それにもし買い揃えようと思ったらライバル商会の横槍はもちろん、他の商会まで敵に回る可能性も出てくる. 収納系マジックアイテムは欲しい者が多いから、無理に買い集めれば買えなかった者達から無用な恨みも買うと言う訳だ.

削りたいけど削れない. 長年代え難かった、経営者として頭の痛い問題だった.

そこに登場したのが俺達だ. これまでよりも速く、そしてより多く運搬できればやり方も変えられる. 費用もそこそこするが、これまでと比べればまだ安い.

また安全性の高さも実演済みだ. たまにモンスターが襲いかかってくるものの、それを騎獣に乗った護衛達が排除するよりも早く車体下部に普段は収納されているゴーレムアームが自動的に展開し、指先にある銃口からマシンガンのように石弾を射出する. 突風を生み出す魔法宝石を使った豪華仕様のエアガンであり、一種のマジックアイテムとも言えるだろうか. 弾はその辺りに転がっているし、連射速度も速いので大抵の相手は蜂の巣になった. 一定以上の強さを誇るモンスターには通じ難くなるが、その他にも機構はまだあるので大丈夫だろう. 最悪、正面からぶつかれば轢殺できる.

防衛性能の高さも主張しつつ、今日の仕事は無事に終わった. 今後とも良好な付き合いができそうで、一先ずは最良の結果になったと言えるだろう.