Ah, if Mister Udoka was here, things would go smoothly.
After all, he had already seen me use the storage magic, so I wouldnât have to explain that to him.
And so I asked him a question.
âI have quite a lot of it. And I donât know the exact amount⊠But Iâll have the slimes take it out, so if you could just make the calculations?â
âAye. Thatâs why Iâm here.â
Mister Udoka said as he showed me the request form.
There was a section where you wrote down the amount of firewood that had been brought in.
âSlimes. Go ahead.â
I said, giving them the order.
âOkay!â
They answered. And then the firewood started to come out of the slime.
As always, I was confused as to how it all fit in themâŠ
It was with such thoughts that I watched the slimes fill up the area with a ridiculous amount of firewood.
ââŠThisâŠwhen is this going to end?â
âI donât know. I had the slimes store it as soon as I chopped the wood.â
âThis is only half of it!â
The slime answered.
It seemed like they had already taken out a huge pile, but there was still more.
âThank you. Take out the rest then.â
âOkay!â
We watched the slimesâŠand in about 5 minutes, they were finished stacking the firewood.
Then the slime returned to my shoulder and declared:
âFinished!â
âThanks.â
I said and petted the slime. And then I told Mister Udoka that it was done.
âLooks like thatâs it.â
ââŠYou did say there was a lot. But this is just insaneâŠâ
Udoka said as he stared at the pile.
What was just empty land a moment earlier was now filled with firewood.
âŠAs I had chopped and stored, chopped and stored, I hadnât had a good grasp on how much there was. It really was a lot when you looked at it like thisâŠ
And all of this firewood had been contained in a slime that was on my shoulder.
If the slime ever unleashed all of its contents by accident, I would die in an instant.
âI guess this might be too much for you to calculate by sight?â
ââŠNo. I can do it quite easily. Just wait a minute.â
Mister Udoka said as he started to measure the height and width of the pile.
Then he did some calculations and replied.
âSo thatâs 18,500 kg. And since the quality is so great, I would have liked to say there was moreâŠbut I canât lie on a guild contract, unfortunately. Though, you may be able to negotiate for a higher priceâŠwhat do you think?â
âNo, Iâd rather go cut more wood then waste time negotiating. âŠBesides, Iâm sure Iâll get a decent amount for 18,500 kg.â
âI see. âŠIt seems like a waste. After all, this would be twice as effective as damp wood. Damp wood does little to raise the temperature when it is burning.â
That different, huh?
I had never used it myself, so I didnât know about the difference.
Well, it was true that a lot of energy would have to be used to evaporate the moisture in the food. So it would take longer for the temperature to rise.
As for the weight, he was just making a rough calculation, so it was probably not accurate. But this wasnât like earth, where they had precise scales, so it was fine.
Thinking about such details was a waste of time.
As I thought about this, Mister Udoka filled in the form and signed it before passing it on to me.
In the rewards section, he had written: 555,000 cicols.
âTake this to collect your reward.â
ââŠIâm getting 555,000 cicols just for cutting wood for a few hours? I almost feel badâŠâ
âThere isnât even a tiny reason as to why you should feel bad. If anything, youâre not accepting enough. âŠYou are the savior of Rikardo. You should be proud.â
Mister Udoka said as he returned to the guild.
âŠI should hurry up and report it so I can go back and gather more firewood.
âIâve had it all calculated. âŠSo, can I collect my reward now?â
I said as passed her the form.
The receptionist looked at it with wide eyes.
âEighteen thousandâŠ!?â
âYeah. Thanks to the slimes. They could carry all of it.â
I said as I petted it.
The slimes had been very useful to me up until now, but on this occasion, it was pretty much all them and Ultra Combat Art.
I just swung the axe and let the skill do the rest. There was no easier job.
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