Kojiin Tamer

Once you've finished mining the cave, the next step is to find the real prize, Trent.

Seal the entrance to the cave and head deep into the forest.

The production team will be the center of the line, and the adventurers will surround it.

This is the basic way to line up as an escort. This time, the four of us, who have high spotters' abilities, were on the front and back of the line, and the queens were on guard at a distance.

It may seem a bit much, but safety comes first.

We're walking out of the cave, but I don't see any sign of them nearby.

Perhaps the queens have been hunting too much and the creatures have disappeared.

'Hey, can we wait a minute?'

We walked again for a little while and then the kids from the woodwork group called out to me.

'What's up?'

No, there doesn't seem to be anything else around, so I thought I'd give you some practice chopping wood once.

The adventurer's group's kids asked about it, and apparently they want to practice felling while there are no animals or demons around.

One of the objectives of this time includes procuring wood, so no particular objections were raised.

'So which one do you want to cut?'

'Well...'

The woodworkers are scurrying around and we follow them.

'This sounds like something!

And he chose a single tree.

'It's a good tree, a good thickness and type of tree, and most importantly, it's straight.

So I started to cut down the trees immediately.

However, I realized now that I didn't know how to cut wood when we started.

Originally, the old man had prepared the wood for us. The old man had chopped it easily with magic, so he didn't know how to use an axe to cut it.

I don't know much about it either, but when I saw it on TV a long time ago, I thought that if you cut a little bit in the direction you want to fall and then cut the other side, it would fall over.

Is that about right for the cut?

I think I'll be okay.

We started chopping wood as soon as we could. All around us are a group of queens and adventurers on alert.

I don't know how to cut it, but now that there are no demons around, it's a good time to try things out.

Cawne, cawne, cawne, cawne.

He's going down!

I heard a mish-mish sound as the Blacksmith Team Woodworkers and Cruz-kun took turns swinging the axe.

Then, the tree gradually began to lean.

The people around them yelled out in a panic.

Zdoooooooooooo!

It was a bit off from the planned position, but we managed to cut the tree without hitting any other trees.

Once the tree was down, the next step was to cut down the branches.

Because it is a rather large tree, there are many branches of a good size, too, and it was hard work.

The thin branch was cut by Mr. Cruz with a sword.

Naturally this branch can be used for firewood, etc., so I take it home.

If it weren't for the item box, they wouldn't have brought back such a large tree....

That's enough for now.

The kids in the woodwork group look over at everyone as they wipe their sweat off.

'Well, if it's your first time, this should be enough.

I cut a large tree, cut the branches and discarded the leaves. Putting aside the quality, I think I did what I could.

But it sounded pretty loud.

Indeed. You were right to do it here, where there are no demons.

Then do you want to cut it down a bit further here?

The group of adventurers also gathered to practice felling, and began to discuss whether to continue to cut down the trees around them to secure wood.

'You don't want to do that, do you?

At this point, the old man joined the conversation.

A long time ago, a woodcutter told me that if you cut down one tree, you can't cut down the surrounding trees. I don't know the details, but he said it's necessary to protect the forest. Also, if possible, it's a good idea to plant new trees. Well, I don't think there is any problem in planting trees in this forest.

I see. So if you're going to clear the forest, but you have to be concerned about deforestation when you cut down for timber?

'Then we'll have to find another one.'

If we're going to get ahead of them, we'll have to be careful of the demons this time.

Well, I guess we'll just have to let the queens do their thing.

"Womp!

And so we moved on through the forest in search of the next tree.