Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?

Chapter 240: Base Establishment

The Airship Ouranos deployed its landing gear and slowly lowered in altitude. The Ouranos touched down gently on a small hill in a forest, and Kaede jumped out and was being vigilant of our surroundings.

「Master! I’ll go exterminate the monsters nearby, okay~!」

「Sure, be careful.」

「Kaaay!」

Once everyone alighted, I stored the Ouranos in the Item Box.

Kaede jumped out at the get go, so she left to thin out the monsters in the surroundings.

The presences of the surrounding monsters was diminishing and the sun was going down, so we set up barriers and made camp at that spot for the day.

「Hee~, mhmm, isn’t this a good spot?」

「Fumu, a thick Earth Vein runs along here as well. No issues here.」

「The greenery is ever so slightly scarce.」

The next morning, just as we finished eating breakfast, Undine, Gnome, and Dryas showed up.

「How unexpected.」

「It is us, the Great Spirits.」

「Uwaa! Don’t scare me like that.」

Selene talked from behind, startling me.

「Don’t be frightened.」

「Fufu, Spirits are mischievous beings, you know.」

Undine and the Great Spirits came here to help with the groundwork for making the base.

「Shall we begin with purifying the land?」

「Gotcha.」

Akane, Laeva, and I invoked a wide area Light attribute spell at Selene’s prompt.

「「「Holy Barrier Sanctuary Field!!」」」

「Oh Great Light Spirit, cleanse all that turn wicked! Holy Light Purification!」

Additionally, Sophia who had synced her timing with ours had transferred magic power to Selene and activated Light attribute Spirit Magic.

A 500m diameter area in the land of dense magic power encroached by miasma known as a quasi-monster nest was purified by our triple cast Sanctuary Field. Then when Sophia, who had borrowed Selene’s power, activated her Spirit Magic, a purifying light spread to the surroundings.

Eventually, land spanning over 1km in diameter was purified beginning from our location.

「……isn’t this too big?」

As we had only used the purifying light in a not-so-wide area, we were dumbfounded.

「It is my turn next.」

When Dryas said so, the earth rumbled audibly, and the trees of the forest retreated.

「Eh?!!」

Before long, the visage of the forest that surrounded the purified land changed.

「Now it is my turn.」

The moment after Gnome said that, the surface opened up by the retreating forest of trees sunk loudly, leaving only 200m at the center where we stood.

「And finally, myself.」

When Undine stated so, the near 1km hole that Gnome had created was filled with clean water, turning into a lake.

「…………」

「Fuu, this will suffice. Plenty of water would evaporate because this area is hot. However, it would be regulated with spring water so it will be fine.」

In the middle of the lake spanning 1km diameter, a small island sizing up to 200m in diameter remained.

「It’s like Valkyra Kingdom’s royal castle.」

「Simply a coincidence.」

Though it is a small island, with the amount of space it has, it would be enough to build a structure which would become our base.

「Then, we will be returning now.」

「Thank you.」

After the Great Spirits disappeared, we discussed what we should be doing from here on.

「First off, I’ll make the building of the base, and I want everyone to divide the work.」

「Laeva will explore the forest.」

「Then Kaede too!」

「Sure. That’s enough for the exploration group, so I want Titan to chop down the trees around the lake.」

「Ｒｏｇｅｒ， Ｍａｓｔｅｒ.」

I asked Titan to widen the distance from the lakefront to the forest.

Marnie would prepare meals for everyone, while Akane and Lulu-chan assisted. And of course, Sophia was my escort like always.

「Okay, shall we form the base before the day is over?」

「「「Yes!」」」

After teleporting Kaede, Titan, and Laeva, I went ahead with the construction of the base.

I was thinking we should make the base a small fortress.

「Fuuh.」

Taking a deep breath, I concentrated, imagining a strong, complete picture.

I placed my hands on the ground and poured well kneaded magic power into it, activating my original Earth attribute spell.

「『Build Fortress』!」

Using the soil from the raised hill and the underneath the ground, the earth tremored as an unrefined fortress enclosed by high ramparts was completed.

The walls and the fortress structure were altered to solid stones, and the rooms and stairways within it were also built.

Creating a wall with Earth attribute magic was something many other Earth Mages do, but I can’t imagine there being someone capable of constructing a complicated structure with magic in one go. For that reason, I am proud of my original magic.

Since the building was done, we’re going to install the magic devices for lighting and kitchen use, lay down furniture, as well as set up a Gate inside the fortress that connects to the Sanctuary.

「Okay, this is fine for now.」

「Thank you for your hard work.」

After installing Purifier MDs on the toilets of each floor of the three-story building, I added magic devices to the large bath built on the first floor, and my work was done.

Afterwards, I went to meet up with Kaede, Titan, and Laeva and our second night at the Demon Continent passed.

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