Chapter 8

I camped with the beastman, Pollo.

The next day, I was walking with Pollo.

"Are you really coming with me?"

"Yes, Master Vyl."

Due to her existence evolution, she now looked like an adult woman.

Perhaps because of this, her way of speaking had also changed.

"Isn't that a bit out of character?"

"I've become an older sister. And, well, I can have babies now too!"

"Huh?"

Well, the soul is pulled by the body, after all.

"Hem. I have no home to return to. If possible, I would like to serve by your side."

Pollo's family had died of illness.

She was lost and alone when she was captured by a bad merchant.

Apparently, she had quite a few buyers due to her good looks, but she was often expelled from mansions because of her temper.

On her way to a new buyer, the carriage was attacked.

She had no family or friends to return to in her hometown.

So, she wanted to come with me.

I felt sorry for her, so I thought it would be fine if she came along.

"Alright. You can come with me."

"Really? Thank you so much!"

Excited, Pollo's tail wagged vigorously.

Her breasts jiggled too.

By the way, she was wearing the new clothes I had made for her.

She was wearing clothes, but she had no weapons or anything.

"What do you want to do now, Master Vyl?"

"Hmm. Walking is tiring, so I'd like to get a carriage somewhere. I also need to stock up on food."

"In that case, there should be a village right after we pass through this Abyss Forest."

Pollo had moved from one noble's mansion to another.

There were quite a few guests at the mansions.

"I can hear conversations. I have good ears."

Her wolf ears twitched.

I see.

"Then, please lead the way to the village."

"Yes! This way!"

Following Pollo, we walked for a while and successfully made it out of the forest.

Walking through the grassland, we discovered a village surrounded by a shabby fence.

"Is that it?"

"Yes. That's our destination, Dead End Village."

What a ominous name for a village.

Dead End.

"But doesn't it seem a bit strange?"

"Yes... Should we go and check it out?"

Sure.

I visited the village with Pollo.

"What the... It's flooded."

The village was in pretty bad shape.

There were buildings that were half-destroyed everywhere.

The roads were flooded.

Elders stood helplessly in front of broken houses.

"I'll go talk to them!"

"Hey, wait! ...She's fast. She's already gone."

Pollo talked to the village elders.

Soon, she returned with one of them.

"I am the village chief, Arthur."

I greeted the village chief, Arthur.

"My name is Vyl. I'm a traveler. Is something wrong?"

"Actually, due to the recent heavy rain, the village has been flooded."

"Heavy rain... flood... I see."

The village was in a bad state because a nearby river had overflowed.

"There are no young people in this village, so we were at a loss about what to do."

Indeed, looking around the village, there were only old men and women.

None of them looked like they could do much.

It would be a struggle to stack sandbags.

If it rained again, the village would be in even worse shape.

Poor them.

Alright.

"Old man, I'll lend a hand."

"Really? That's very kind of you."

"Yes. I'm good at fixing things."

I went to the nearest house.

The wall was broken due to the flood, and the inside was a mess.

I took my divine hammer, Mjolnir, and connected it to my Sun Hand.

I swung the hammer at the broken house.

"【Complete Repair】"

Thud.

Whoosh!

"Oh, oh, oh!? What! The broken house is back to normal! Amazing!"

My Sun Hand has five crafting skills engraved on it.

One of them is Complete Repair.

It's a skill that restores broken objects to their original state.

The wooden house was restored.

"If we leave it as it is, it will collapse again when it rains. Alright."

I took out some ore from my ■.

This is the common ore I often use.

"【Synthesis】"

I tapped the ore once.

Then, I tapped the wooden house.

The ore and the wooden house combined...

"Amazing, Master Vyl! A sturdy house is complete!"

"I reinforced it while repairing it."

The old man's eyes widened, then he bowed deeply.

"Thank you, young man. You've saved us."

"No problem. Let's quickly repair and reinforce the rest."

Thud.

Thud.

Thud.

"Wow!" "Amazing!" "Too amazing!"

As I repaired and reinforced the houses one by one, the old men and women were overjoyed.

Yes, it was good to fix them.

"You've really helped us."

"No, it's not over yet."

"What do you mean?"

"Can you show me the river?"

I left the village with Arthur and went to the nearby river.

As expected, there was no levee.

The river was swollen due to the rain.

If it rained again, there would be another major flood.

"So, 【Synthesis】."

I tapped the ground near the river with my hammer.

Whoosh!

"Wow! The ground rose up and became a levee in an instant!"

The levee extended far along the river.

One of the crafting skills, Super Synthesis.

With the right materials, I can transform and create anything (as long as it's of the same type).

"Amazing. Your hand is incredible."

"Sure. With Super Synthesis, this is a piece of cake."

"Truly, well done."

"Thank you. Now, for the final touch."

Since the river had overflowed due to the rain, the same thing would happen again soon.

I went back to the forest.

"Let's do this. Divine Hammer Mjolnir... Large Form Change."

As I commanded, the divine hammer Mjolnir grew larger and larger.

"What a size! And you can lift it so easily, amazing!"

"What's going on!?"

I explained to Pollo.

"This hammer doesn't require magic power and can change into any shape I command."

"Amazing...! It's a universal hammer!"

Hehe, the artifact made by the old man is incredible.

Not only does it change shape, but it also acts as a catalyst to bring out my power.

"So... Heave ho!"

I slammed the large hammer into the forest ground with all my might.

Boom!

The hammer's strike crushed the trees and created a large hole.

"One more time!"

This time, I swung the hammer from the hole towards the river.

"【Shock Wave】!"

When I swung the hammer, a shock wave traveled in a straight line.

Unlike before, this shock wave had directionality.

The shock wave shattered the trees and peeled off the ground, creating a straight path.

It connected the large hole to the river.

Then...

Water started flowing into the hole from the river.

"I see! A reservoir!"

"Exactly. With this, we can prevent the river from overflowing."

Pollo looked at me with sparkling eyes.

"Amazing, Master Vyl! What was that? That shock wave!"

"【Shock Wave】?"

"Yes! Is it a skill?"

"No, it's a craftsman's technique. I learned it from the old man."

Striking with a hammer, sawing with a saw.

These are techniques used by craftsmen.

"Wasn't that the earth attribute magic used by great mages, 【Earth Dragon Rush】?"

"No, just a craftsman's technique."

"No, that was Earth Dragon Rush."

"No, it's a craftsman's technique."

The old man was quite stubborn and wouldn't believe me even when I said it was different.

"Anyway, the craftsman's technique you use so casually is equivalent to a great magic that talented mages learn after long training."

"Really?"

I didn't really care.

I'm not interested in magic.

"Amazing... This man is truly extraordinary."

"Yes! Master Vyl is very amazing!"