My 【Repair】Skill Became an Almighty Cheat Skill, So I Thought I'd Open Up a Weapon Shop

"This has changed a lot again..."

Sakura leaked her surprise when she saw the stronghold built on the fifth tier of "The Day Clock Forest".

Some time after that meeting, the forest side base of the Hollow Bottom Fortress was becoming roughly shaped.

The [restoration] of the building is almost complete, and we are now even at the stage of decorating and equipping it.

The knights skipped the work instructions and the hired E-rank Adventurers rushed to the right and left with supplies.

At this rate, we'll still be able to make the base fully operational tomorrow.

"Is Lord Luke working here again today?

"No, you don't have any more of my work left on this side. Starting today, we're setting up an underground base. Look, you're carrying wreckage for [restoration] over there, right?

Earlier I pointed out, a large amount of debris was being carried into the base in a luggage truck.

Those will be transported to the underground space side through the 'Dragon Loop', where they will be [restored] to regain the shape of the building.

"I see, then you're just like me. Today's request is to help you explore and secure the Demon King's Castle area."

"'Demon King Castle Realm' hey... that's uncomfortable because I've been calling it 'underground space'"

"I'm sure you'll get used to it."

Dive the base gate with Sakura and come in front of a large outdoor staircase.

Once the dragon appeared and the noir fell, The Dragon's Loop is a big hole in the cliff between the fourth and fifth tiers.

A large staircase has now been installed that stretches straight up to its large hole, as well as lifting devices for cargo, and the atmosphere as before has disappeared.

"Yes, I'll see your pass!

At the end of the climb up the stairs, a little foot in the big hole, an examination was being conducted for people entering and leaving.

The Inquisitor was just not a general adventurer, he seemed like an administrative staff seconded by the Alliance or the Knights.

"Speaking of which, Lord Luke. I do remember this big hole being rigged with a dungeon gimmick door... I don't see it"

"Actually, there's a lot going on..."

When I remembered the stuffiness surrounding the door of this great hole, I smiled unexpectedly.

"The engineers and alchemists sent by the Alliance and the Royal Palace looked into it and found out that the door was still open and closed as a switch that the walls of the 'Millennial Corridor of Naruto' had been broken."

- Someone who built a dungeon a long time ago created a robust labyrinth to protect the underground space from intruders.

In addition, we have an automatic retaliation system to unleash the dragon on the ground as a counter for attempted breakthroughs due to the destruction of the labyrinth.

And that's the hypothesis that the technicians thought about.

Of course the hypothesis is hypothesis. Not necessarily the truth.

The alchemists think it's a trick built by the demon king Gandalf, not 'someone from a long time ago', and they claim that the aim is not to protect the underground space, but to keep Mithrill from being mined.

In the end, the truth remains unknown.

If the latter hypothesis is correct, defeating the Demon King and interrogating him may reveal the truth, but that too will still be a long way off.

"Even if we don't know why the trick was created, we only know the switch on which the trick will activate… Then the next challenge will be to control the opening and closing"

"Right. If you can't open and close it freely, you won't be able to use it as a passage."

"But that's where they got on with their grandeur. The research didn't work."

Continue to tell Sakura about what happened only a short while ago as you descend the 'Dragon Loop', which has been serviced for easy ascent and descent on foot.

Of course we're not talking about anything that could lead to information leakage.

I am thinking about the content with due care.

"I even jumped up to the idea of [disassembling] the wall and opening and closing it, but of course I refused to do everything in my power. I refuse to handle the opening and closing levers."

"... oh, maybe. Lord Luke [disassembled] the door, didn't he?

"Correct. His Majesty the King, who cut the paralysis, ordered us to break the door if we could not move it as we please. We can [repair] the wreckage at any time because we keep it, but it will remain a cave without doors for the moment."

If you think about the defensive side, you'd better have a door.

But the original doors are out of control, so we'll be building new doors later by ordinary means, His Majesty said.

While we were talking about that, we finished off the ramp and arrived at the end of the 'Dragon loophole'.

"Beyond this is the 'Demon King's Castle Realm' … what kind of land is it?"

"Is Sakura new here? Ever since I [disassembled] the giant door on this side. Pretty awesome sight, huh?

Outside the cave there was a sight on one side that I didn't think was the bottom of the ground.

Rock Mountains and Wastelands as far as I can see.

Rock ceilings emitting sky and confusing light.

Spring water rivers flowing through the valley.

"Dragon loopholes" are connected to rocky mountains between walls of the underground space, and the other side of the underground space across the valley is said to be developed as a mine for the Demons.

However, due to the fact that the underground space is too vast to even be visualized with unskilled naked eyes.

"What... you had a place like this at the bottom of the earth..."

"The spaces that resemble the ground itself are in various dungeons, but they're rarely so large."

Opinions are also divided among officials on this side as to whether or not Demon King Gandalf understands the existence of loopholes.

But when the underground space is so vast, I also find convincing the optimism that even the Demon King doesn't grasp the whole thing.

"Speaking of which, Lord Luke. Surely this wasn't a dragon habitat? I don't feel any sign from earlier."

"Oh, that's half the reason."

Translucent, thin-green stone tablet-like objects installed in the four corners of the site to be built.

"It's an oversized junction stone. If there were four of those junction stones, it wouldn't be so easy to get close to a dragon."

"Junction Stone...... I've never seen the real thing"

Sakura approached the critical point of the fence surrounding the junction stone and took a serious look at its surface.

"I hear it's an exorcism stone, but you haven't met many adventurers you carry around. How precious is it?"

"While it's expendable, it's a substitute that only a limited number of alchemists can synthesize. Besides, there are limitations on how to use it, so it's usually only used here."

Constraints on the use of junction stones.

That means you can't use it without resting on the ground in relation to interfering with the magic that flows through the earth and connecting it.

When we say ground, we do not have to touch dirt directly, but can use it even on the foundations or on the floor of the labyrinth.

But when the human body and other organisms' flesh are in between, they cease to be effective at all.

In addition, when forced to move, the link with the magic of the earth is broken and the effect is interrupted.

- I mean, the junction stone can't be used while carrying it.

"I see. You're an item geared towards base defense and camp safety precautions. So what's the other half of the reason?

The arrow tip that tried to answer Sakura's question, the whole dragon crossed the sky with a growl.

Its flesh is instantly torn apart and falls into the valley scattered with blood.

"It's like someone's on the back of a dragon right now..."

"He's half the reason. Dragon Slayer, Theodore Beaufort. A stranger who became an adventurer because he wanted to fight dragons because he was born a nobleman."

Theodore is one of the high-ranking adventurers I've spoken to.

Me and that guy were in touch with each other when I stepped in and said that if I heard of the dragon, it would change the color of my eyes, and they flew faster than anyone else.

"Okay, so what if we get to work? Now that we've built this base, it's time to relax as an arms dealer."

"For that matter, aren't you enjoying yourself earlier? Did you even get good inspiration from seeing the sights of the unknown land?

"It's exciting... if I told you I took it. I feel like I've remembered my beginning."

I said goodbye to Sakura, who was going to do the patrol security request, and I decided to work on restoring the underground base of the Hollow Bottom Fortress.

As long as we get this place done, now it's time for safety to be restored to Green Hollow Town and The Sun Clock Forest.

After that - let's just say we think about it after it's over.