In a World Filled with Deserts, an Old Man with Electronic Money

"Do you see anything on the label? I don't have that good eye."

"It can only be seen on islands where only rocks and gravel are deposited."

"Is there something here?"

"Nothing, right?

Looks like there's no sandbag.

A few days later, we were being transported to a polar island by desert elves who had just migrated to the South West Coalition.

They were specially licensed in the Central Sea and operated fishing and haulage operations using seagoing vessels.

However, rather than being gradually oppressed by humans and continuing to live smaller and smaller on the Central Sea coast, they moved to the "South West Coalition of Tribes" for each mobile city.

Neither do they, but there are certainly more tribes participating in the Southwestern Tribal Union.

And they didn't make a mistake.

After all, the Central Sea has disappeared.

They were relieved to send us that they had learned of the information since they came here and that they had made no mistake.

"There are still a lot of desert areas in the Southwestern Tribal Union, so it's not a realistic strategy to convert a sandstorm into a seagoing ship. It is faster to build a new seaship. This ocean is wider than the Central Sea, so we also need a bigger ship. I need a new ship."

The problem is securing the timber, the ship's material.

Wood is a precious resource in great dessert, so it is very expensive and sometimes cannot be purchased, no matter how much money it costs.

"I'll take care of that later. Investigating the poles is our top priority now."

"We'll wait here."

After landing on an island with poles, I immediately removed a vehicle from the "Different Dimension Warehouse".

"Sandboat? Not really."

"Mr. Label, I made it myself with Mr. Tallow."

It was like an "aircar" modoki, combining unused small sandboats, parts of small ships purchased in "net shopping", parts such as cars and motorcycles, and a "magic engine" created by Muu himself.

"Running on rocks and gravel? It used to be a sandboat."

"Frau noticed something nice. This vehicle floats. It floats so you can run on any terrain."

Improvements and enhancements to small sandboats float about a few centimeters off the ground.

Its power is magical, and unlike sea urchins used to move when fighting water dragons before, it was adopted because it does not pollute the air.

Sea urchins are also being improved so that gorimacho can run with hydrogen.

Gorimacho, Marilyn, Urilin, and Desert Elves say, "The vehicle gets dirty! , Not good for the world tree! I can't help it if they say '.

That's why I decided to try out a new vehicle on this small island at once.

Since it does not travel long distances, it would be an ideal situation for driving tests.

"It floats in space and runs slippery. I wrote a magic team into the" Magic Engine, "so it should work."

"What a ride. If the desert decreases, the sandstorm will be unable to run, so is this going to become widespread this time?"

Especially in the "South West Coalition of Tribes", planting and cultivation of the five found world trees has begun.

With less desert space, the spread of seagoing and airborne vessels should go even further.

"Nevertheless, there is a problem with uptime right now. I need to refill my magic more often than a sandstorm. Desert elves have a lot of magic, so there's no problem."

It floats into space and consumes more magic than sandboats.

Mu explained to Aisha that improving uptime and fuel efficiency will continue to require research.

Well, let's go.

As Aisha is the one who can handle the ship best of all, we set out with her in charge.

"Master Tallow, there are only shattered rocks and rubble."

"This world is really great dessert...."

At the extreme of what has become an island, nature does not recover suddenly just because it is surrounded by the sea.

It was only rocks and gravel that spread toward the center.

"Tallow, is there something at the pole?

"I don't think so."

Even if it was a landmark, it would be easy to understand, but there was no mark at the Antarctic point of the Earth.

We have to rely on the compass magnet to find it ourselves...

Yes, there is.

Ha!

It was true what the desert elves said: 'There is something at the pole'.

Since landing, there were poles that seemed to be made of potatoes and metal in almost the center of the island, which did not even have huge rocks or hills.

Aisha hurried the airship to Paul.

"I see. Did you stick a tire or something on the bottom of an airship to protect the bottom of the ship? Rock and gravel damage the bottom. Tallow and Mu think about it."

"It also reduces the impact of landing."

Aircraft must land on the ground.

Only the wooden bottom would cause scratches and bottoms to come off depending on the point of landing. Therefore, the tires purchased in "Netshopping" were placed sideways on one side.

Instead of cushions.

I don't care about the wear condition of the tires because I lie down. I bought cheap second-hand tires and reduced my expenses.

"Mr. Tallow, what do you think?

"It's a metal pole."

I don't think it is iron because it is not rusty, but there is a metal pole that is about 30 cm thick and 20 meters high.

Check the bearing magnet, and it looks like this is the southern pole.

"Label, do you have a record of who arrived at the pole?

"No, I've never heard of it. There was no record of that in the royal castle's book. Has Mu ever seen a record like that?

"No, I don't. The polar point until the resurrection of the Far South Sea was surrounded by vast deserts, so no one would bother to go there."

"Aiming to reach the first pole of humanity?

"Tallow, what does that mean?

In the past, there had been enough competition to reach the first Antarctic point, but in this great dessert, people would not be able to afford it.

The prestige of the state... before that, is there a world where it is more important to give people bread and water?

"So, who did this? Someone from an ancient civilization?

"Dear Taro, will you keep this Paul for thousands of years?

"I don't know...."

Paul can't keep standing like this for more than 8,000 years.

Hundreds of years at the most.

Then....

Maybe it was the Transformers.

I am also a "transformer," and I think that this is how I will be able to do what I have done so far.

"Did you bother risking your life and take the trouble to get to the extreme and build this pole back? That's weird. I don't understand."

No way.

The man who built Paul must have come here for some purpose.

That's all I can think of.

"Did you hide the treasure?

"Frau is an unexpected cash guy."

"But if Taro and I have accomplished a lot as a 'transformer', we would have built quite a fortune. It might be a good idea to hide the poles."

"If you're an old bandit, there's often talk of hiding treasure in despicable places. I hear a lot of 'transformers' get quite meritorious and are favored by the state."

Normally, a "transformer" doesn't hide anything from the poles.

Some nobles and royalties name their descendants, and the wealth they build should be inherited by their descendants.

"It is reasonable to assume that the person who built this pole concealed something here because of the distance between humans in this world."

"Mu, there's no guarantee there's a treasure here."

"Dear Label....."

"What's wrong? Flaw"

"There's something like a metal door next to Paul. I saw something, so I moved a little stone and found it."

"... at least there's something underneath this pole. The basement?

"We have to go in and check."

Frau discovered a metal door at the root of Paul.

When I opened it, there was a staircase underneath, leading to the basement.

It seems that the theory that there are treasures here is no longer absurd.

You want to come in?

We grabbed the flashlight we bought at Netshopping and went down the stairs across the door.