Capítulo 1859: Chapter 1258: The Scent of the Old Days
Compared to Hillsbrad Foothills and Arathi Highlands, the wetland environment on the other side of Thandol Span is really not welcomed by Duanmu Huai and the others.
The environments of Hillsbrad Foothills and Arathi Highlands are those of lush green mountains and clear waters, at least looking very comfortable. In modern times, they would be the kind of nature tourism spots you have to visit on a road trip. But the wetland environment is much worse; not to mention the humid climate and the mosquitoes everywhere, the muddy ground is also very annoying.
Naruse Mio and the others didn’t need any prompting this time, they directly summoned their mounts, while Duanmu Huai was unlucky enough to have to trudge through the muddy ground one step at a time.
“The infrastructure in this godforsaken place is really terrible, can’t they fix the roads any better?”
Duanmu Huai stepped into the mud again and couldn’t help but complain. When it comes to combat, the ground environment doesn’t matter at all. But for travel, such ground conditions are quite frustrating.
“I think, it’s because you’re too heavy, uncle…”
Naruse Mio looked at the road ahead, then at Duanmu Huai, and muttered a low tease. Hearing this, Duanmu Huai’s face twitched slightly, and then he turned to look at Naruse Mio.
“I recall Frieren wanted you to practice more, right.”
“Uh… uncle? What do you intend to do?”
Noticing Duanmu Huai’s malicious gaze, Naruse Mio shivered slightly.
“Let’s build a road.”
“…Huh?”
“This place is so hard to walk on, for the sake of those who come after us, let’s build a road. Aren’t you good at that?”
“…?”
Am I really good at that?
In the end, with no better option, Naruse Mio had to ride her mount at the forefront and use her ability to manipulate gravity to construct a smooth road—well, according to Duanmu Huai’s requirement, it had to be at least a four-lane road in both directions.
Fortunately, even though Naruse Mio complained, she actually already accepted her role as the Judicature Construction Brigade Leader, and she often read books about it. After all, as a high school student, Naruse Mio also faced the dilemma of what to choose for her future. Though she possessed powerful gravity and spatial manipulation abilities, Naruse Mio wasn’t really interested in fighting and killing.
After the previous incident of the entire class being transported to an isekai, Naruse Mio realized perhaps civil engineering might indeed be a good choice for her future.
This is also related to the Human Magic System taught to Naruse Mio by Frieren.
The characteristic of the Human Magic System is that something only exists if it is confirmed by cognition. While Naruse Mio’s personality can be quite explosive sometimes, she finds it difficult to imagine gory scenes such as crushing people into pulp with gravity or dismembering them with space spells.
Well, normal people wouldn’t think of that unless they were not in their right mind.
Conversely, if Naruse Mio were to imagine a building forming, and then use gravity and space magic to construct it, that would be quite simple.
Moreover, the speed at which buildings are created using magic is very fast, unlike moving bricks in civil engineering which takes months or even years to see initial results. Thus, it also gives a strong sense of accomplishment. Besides, the Tribunal indeed needed such a civil engineering master, so Duanmu Huai also had intentions to cultivate Naruse Mio in this direction.
They didn’t expect her to fight, just to protect herself, and fortunately, Banriya was there with her, so there was no fear she’d get into trouble.
Building a four-lane road in both directions was not difficult for Naruse Mio. She rode the Headless Knight’s warhorse, with her eyes fixed ahead. Soon, the muddy mixed ground in front of Naruse Mio began to rise and tightly compact together, transforming into a smooth surface.
This reminded Duanmu Huai of the terrain modification tools he used in The Sims, hmm, in fact, right now, Naruse Mio seemed like a humanoid terrain modification tool in Duanmu Huai’s eyes.
One must admit, it was quite handy indeed.
However, this journey was destined not to be peaceful.
“Bang!”
While Naruse Mio was concentrating on shaping the road ahead, suddenly a gunshot rang out, and then a dirt flower sprung up on the ground next to Naruse Mio. She was startled, causing the land that was about to form in front of her to fall apart again.
Hmm, more practice is needed.
Duanmu Huai took one look at Naruse Mio, shook his head silently, then looked ahead. He saw two small figures emerge from the bushes, holding firearms.
“Stop, who are you people!”
Actually, without their self-introduction, Duanmu Huai and the others could tell at a glance that those blocking their way were dwarves.
Hmm, the dwarf race is quite similar in any world. Short stature, big beards, a love for drinking, a fiery temper, and skilled in construction… it seems it’s no different here.
“Humans?”
Seeing the group of girls, the dwarf relaxed a bit.
“What are you doing here? Wait, you’re coming from… Thandol Span? What exactly happened?”
“We’re adventurers.”
At this moment, Duanmu Huai stepped forward, staring at the dwarf before him, who involuntarily retreated a step—hmm, even a person with a normal human stature would feel pressured seeing Duanmu Huai; for a dwarf, seeing Duanmu Huai was pretty much the same as seeing a walking brontosaurus.