Infinite Evolution Hunter - Chapter 133

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133
When Jae-in offered to share not just the refrigeration technology but the manufacturing methods as well, Marcelo’s eyes widened.
“Are you certain you can entrust such technology to us?”
“Master Parchem is already searching for the processing method of the Blue Dragon Heart without asking for compensation, isn’t he?”
“Thank you. I am deeply grateful for your kindness, Jae-in.”
Marcelo bowed respectfully.
Marcelo understood that Parchem had rushed off without discussing compensation because of his curiosity about the Blue Dragon Heart, but he graciously accepted Jae-in’s goodwill. Until now, he had endured the heat driven by his passion to become a master craftsman, but he truly despised the sweltering conditions.
They continued touring the workshop. Perhaps because Jae-in had agreed to provide the air conditioning technology, Marcelo showed even greater enthusiasm, guiding her into every corner.
Jae-in absorbed every new technique and idea she discovered, committing them all to memory.
“Hmm….”
“Is something wrong?”
“Oh, it’s nothing.”
The individual craftsmen’s abilities far exceeded the average of Earth’s technicians. However, their efficiency was severely lacking. Because tasks weren’t subdivided, each master craftsman created items from start to finish alone.
Creating quality items was important, but production speed mattered too. Despite their constant busyness, she could now see why they couldn’t produce items in sufficient quantities.
However, as an outsider visiting someone else’s workplace, offering unsolicited advice could damage relationships far worse than mere awkwardness, so Jae-in held her tongue.
“Don’t you visit that area?”
Jae-in pointed to a workshop in the corner. Judging by the size of the firmly closed door, the interior seemed quite spacious.
“Ah, it’s best if you don’t go there.”
Marcelo’s perpetually smiling face contorted into a grimace.

“Ah, understood.”
Jae-in didn’t press further.
After spending several hours touring, they returned to Parchem’s workshop.
“Did you have a good look around?”
“What were you doing, Chairman?”
“I was thinking about how to contact Eres. Carlton suggested prayer, so I tried it, but I’m not sure if it’s working.”
“Does prayer work anywhere?”
“I was actually considering visiting the Dark Temple. It’s a distant place without a Gate connection, so it will take several days. Would you be alright staying here without me?”
“I’m fine. There’s so much to learn here.”
“Bae Na-young, would you look after Jae-in for me?”
Knowing how the people of Tellus coveted the Blue Dragon Heart, I couldn’t leave Jae-in alone.
“Sure. Safe travels.”
“I’m honored to be protected by a goddess.”
Crack!
When Jae-in teased her, Bae Na-young smacked her back.
“Ugh!”
The large-framed Jae-in trembled from the S-rank Hunter’s back strike.
After Ji-seok departed, Jae-in pulled out her laptop and began designing the air conditioning system.
“What… is that? Is it projection magic?”
“It’s a computer. Manufacturing a computer here would be impossible. Since this is one of the things we’ll exchange during our technology transfer, it would be faster to ask them about it.”
“Hmm….”
Marcelo stared intently at Jae-in’s notebook as she rapidly constructed a three-dimensional model.
Until now, everything had been drawn by hand in two dimensions, making the process extraordinarily complex and labor-intensive. Creating designs in three dimensions like this would make blueprints far easier to draft and interpret.
As Marcelo continued watching, he observed that Jae-in had designed this air conditioning device using only the materials and techniques she’d seen while touring the workshop.
In Jae-in, who absorbed everything in a single tour and then engineered machines by applying that knowledge, Marcelo glimpsed the essence of a Craft Master like Parchem.
“Marcelo, would you give me a magic book if you have one?”
Bae Na-young, who had grown bored sitting idle, asked the question.
“What sort are you looking for?”
“Anything you have will do.”
“Pardon? Anything at all? Then how about this one? It’s about magical inscriptions….”
“Yes. That’s fine.”
Bae Na-young settled into her seat and began reading.
Marcelo thought to himself that the Goddess was indeed no ordinary person.
After several hours of focused work, Parchem returned.
His entire body was covered in dust, and he carried a tome under his arm that was as large as his own torso.
“Marcelo, you bastard! Aren’t you having the workers downstairs organize and clean the warehouse?!”
“Master, that’s a place no one usually goes to. There’s no one there now anyway. I’ll have it cleaned once the war ends.”
“Damn it!”
Parchem brushed the dust from his head and body.
“Did you find it?”
Jae-in approached eagerly.
“Yes. I found it. There aren’t many records on how to process an Ice Dragon’s heart, even among dragon materials.”
Parchem opened the book.
“However, it requires many materials and the crafting method is complex. I can’t guarantee we’ll be able to process it.”
“Let’s gather what we can first and then decide.”
“And there’s one major problem.”
“What is it?”
“We need a dwarf.”
Crunch.
“Damn it.”
Marcelo’s brow furrowed sharply, and curses spilled from the lips of a man who had been consistently courteous and kind until now.
“Yes. It’s a damnable situation.”
Parchem agreed with Marcelo’s curse.
“Are there no dwarves on the Western Continent?”
“Not many. But among them, there’s only one true master craftsman.”
“Who is that?”
“Miss Jae-in, did you see that large workshop with the closed door earlier?”
“Ah, that belongs to them?”
“Don’t call him that. He’s a worthless bastard.”
“It seems… you two don’t get along well?”
“A racist. But thinks he’s something special. His very nature is garbage.”
“Then… would it be difficult to ask for his help?”
“…Let’s go see him first. Crafting a Dragon Heart would be a challenge even for him, so if he’s truly a master craftsman, he might not refuse. Actually, I don’t know. Don’t get your hopes up.”
I followed Parchem to the dwarf’s workshop.
Knock, knock, knock.
I rapped on the workshop door, which was firmly shut, but no one answered.
Irritation flickered across Parchem’s face as he waited.
“Jerex! Everyone in the Sleeping Fire Mountain Range knows you have nowhere else to go! Stop pretending and come out!”
Parchem pounded on the door as if he meant to break it down. The force was unbelievable for a goblin of his small stature, yet the door was sturdy enough to withstand the assault.
“Get lost! Stinking goblin!”
The door remained closed, but a raspy voice came from within.
“What’s this fat, hairy bastard doing here! Today’s the day I settle this once and for—”
“M… Master… we came to ask for your help.”
Marcelo stopped Parchem from escalating the confrontation.
“Tch….”
Parchem drew a sharp breath.
“Open up. We have a visitor from Earth.”
“What do I care whether Earth people come or not?!”
“You think I wanted to come here?! If you don’t want your forge fire to go out, open this door now!”
Parchem’s threat worked—the door that seemed sealed shut slowly creaked open.
“A master craftsman resorting to threats over fire. How barbaric.”
A dwarf with an impressively braided beard that hung down to his chest opened the door.
“Shut it and come in. I have something to discuss quietly.”
Parchem pushed past the dwarf Jerex and entered.
“Hello.”
Jerex didn’t even return Jae-in’s greeting. He glanced once at Bae Na-young standing behind her, then abruptly turned away.
“What is this, a whole crowd showing up?”
Parchem gestured, and Marcelo closed the door.
“Are you here to interrogate me?”
“Madman. If I wanted you dead, you’d be dead already. Jae-in, show him.”
Jae-in pulled the Dragon Heart from her bag.
Jerex looked at her with an expression full of annoyance, wondering what they were up to.
The moment the Dragon Heart was fully revealed, Jerex’s eyes widened and his jaw dropped. For an instant, his mind seemed to stop entirely, leaving him unable to react.
“What?! What?! Is that—! Is that really—?!”
Then he began to grow extremely excited.
“Yes. It’s the heart of an Ice Dragon.”
“H… how is that in the hands of Earth people?”
“We hunted it.”
“…Did Earth have an Ice Dragon all along?”
“It came through the Gate, we heard.”
“Damn it… Why couldn’t we have such fortune?”
“You madman. Do you know how many would die if an Ice Dragon emerged from the Gate?”
“Thousands of powerless fools dying is worth far less than this single prize.”
“If I keep listening to this, I’ll burst from frustration.”
“Earthling, sell this to me!”
“You lunatic! How would you even buy it?! You can’t be ignorant of its value?!”
“Damn it… Then why did you come?”
“I found the processing method. But I need your strength.”
“…What’s the price?”
“You cursed bastard! I’ve looked after you all this time with nowhere else to go, and this is how you repay me?!”
“I have no intention of helping.”
Jerex, think carefully. Will there be another chance to process a Dragon Heart before you die?”
“…”
“I don’t expect you to act like a decent person. But if you’re a craftsman, you won’t abandon this, will you?”
“Tch… Fine.”
“Phew… At least the minimum condition is met. Now I just need to gather the materials.”
“You came without materials?! You stupid green monkey!”
“Shut up!”
Parchem and Jerex quarreled heatedly.
“They really don’t get along, do they?”
“Jerex is a dwarf who fled as a refugee from the Eastern Continent. He has skill, but we can’t cast him out because of his refugee status, so we keep him around.”
“His personality seems rather… unpleasant.”
“Rather? He’s garbage.”
I waited for their fight to end while listening to Marcelo’s blunt assessment.
“I’ll gather the materials, so be ready!”
Parchem slammed the door shut.
“Damn it!”
Unable to contain his rage, Parchem stomped the floor repeatedly with his feet.
“Phew! Marcelo, gather all the items on the list.”
“Yes, Master.”
* * *
Jae-in unrolled the scroll that Marcelo had written out.

“… Do I really have to gather all of this?”
The parchment scroll, easily five meters long, was densely covered with hundreds of types of ore and materials I’d never even heard of.
“Did you think processing a Dragon Heart would be easy?”
“No…. But still…. Do we really need all of this?”
“I don’t know.”
“Pardon?”
“I don’t know if all of it’s necessary. Some materials might be substitutable, or perhaps not needed at all. But do you have the courage to omit even a single item?”
“…”
“If you leave out one thing and it fails, you’ve wasted the Dragon Heart.”
“…”
“Go help Marcelo outside. Fortunately, all the finest craftsmen from the Western Continent have gathered in this Mountain Range. Craftsmen always keep a few premium materials hidden away—if we’re lucky, we might manage to gather everything. In the meantime, I’ll keep this here.”
Parchem opened the door of an enormous vault and placed the Dragon Heart at its center.
“Even a Master couldn’t break this.”
Parchem closed the door again.
“Place your hand here.”
“Like this?”
Parchem and Jae-in placed their hands on the door.
An orange light spread across the door.
“Now it can only be opened if both of us come together. Go on.”
“Phew….”
After hearing Parchem’s words, I headed outside with Marcelo.
“Marcelo, how are we supposed to find these materials?”
“We have no choice but to search them out one by one.”
“… One person each? But there are so many of them?”
“Including the apprentice craftsmen, there are over a thousand.”
As I contemplated having to visit each one individually, my head began to spin.

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