You call this magic?

"Why?" Ethan was dumbfounded.

"Because..." Seeing his silly look, Yubel put her snow-white arms around Ethan's back, pressed his head into her arms, and chuckled, "Fei Lun hasn't come back yet. Are you going to avoid her and sign this contract with me alone?"

Uh, that’s not what I meant...hiss, it smells so good.

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As if they were too excited, Axel's magicians, under Ethan's command, used magic together to clean the entire interior, and then the adventurers entered and began to make arrangements.

After a day and a night, this place has been set up as a second guild.

Ethan generously opened the interior of the Destroyer. Not only adventurers who participated in the crusade against the Destroyer, but also ordinary people were eligible to enter for leisure and entertainment.

Some of the ancient equipment inside is broken. Those that can be dismantled will be dismantled, and those that cannot be dismantled will be converted for other uses. This will be a big project, and the person who will be contracted to do the conversion is... Ms. Banier.

Yes, at night the next day, when the adventurers built a temporary settlement around the Destroyer, Vanir, who had been missing for several days, showed up. No one knew where she heard about this, but she actually spent money to buy a lot of building materials, and then hired Axel's construction team to join the renovation project.

The construction team has always been interested in this matter and has been working very hard. Together with a group of enthusiastic adventurers, it is expected that the interior of the Destroyer will soon be transformed into a very luxurious entertainment venue. However, it now seems that it will take some time to be completely completed.

The name of the land cruise ship was confirmed by this group of people.

After hearing about this, Ethan ran to find Vanir, but he didn't expect that Vanir just blew him a kiss and ran away with teleportation magic. Even Wiz couldn't stop him.

Even though it couldn't be stopped.

"It's great, there are so many girls who like you in the other world." Yu Beier, who didn't know the truth, immediately sent a sour blessing.

"Don't talk about that kind of thing!" Hearing this, Ethan's face turned pale. He grabbed Yubel's bare shoulders and told her the truth about Banil in tears, leaving Yubel stunned.

"Well, that's great, isn't it? Even people without gender like you..." Even You Beier was stunned, and laughed dryly as a drop of cold sweat fell from her face.

"That's not right, Miss Yubel," Wiz explained earnestly. "Demons don't have the same love and affection as humans. Rather, they treat these emotions as food."

Just like Vanir who likes negative emotions, there are of course demons that feed on "love". According to Vanir's description, that guy will immediately change into another appearance after his partner dies, find a new and dedicated partner, and then love each other until the other person dies, and so on.

Hell is so big that there is nothing strange in it. That’s all I can say.

But this also shows that demons will never harm human lives. Rather than being enemies, they are more like symbiotic friends.

Afterwards, because the Destroyer was too large to be brought into the city wall, Ethan operated the Destroyer and found an open space near the city gate closest to the guild to temporarily place it.

During the movement, some adventurers stayed inside the Destroyer, while some stayed outside, just to watch the scene of this thing moving cautiously.

When it was an enemy, those eight spider legs dancing like phantoms were terrifying to watch. But now, the contrasting look of it, as if it was afraid of stepping on something and breaking it, made the adventurers laugh.

After arriving at the place, the closed transformation began. Vanir only provided the materials and money, and the rest was taken care of by Ethan and Yubel themselves. The four of Kazuma ran around every day to help out, especially Aqua, who worked very hard.

"Of course I have to try my best to help, so that I can live an extremely comfortable life here in the future!"

"Although Aqua usually talks a lot of bullshit, today even I have to admit that what she said is absolutely right."

As co-workers who had worked together in Axel for a month, Kazuma and Aqua integrated into the construction team very smoothly, leaving Megumin and Darkness at a loss.

To put it bluntly, Huihui knows nothing except magic. Darkness wanted to help, but was clearly rejected.

It's true that if you don't have experience, don't make things worse.

Especially in this world, the degree of "countermeasures" may be more exaggerated than imagined. A chain reaction may even destroy all the previously built parts.

So they were simply caught by Wiz and asked to clean the house, which was also a form of help.

Just as the adventurers were watching the Destroyer gradually transform into a large entertainment club, they suddenly welcomed an uninvited guest.

It was noon on the fourth day after the Destroyer moved. Ethan was using Banir's money to treat the construction team and the adventurers who helped him to a meal. Everyone was eating with their mouths full of oil. The salty and oily food was very effective in replenishing physical strength and salt, but it also caused the area to be filled with a strong smell of food.

If Ethan hadn't released the transparent barrier in advance, the monsters outside the city would probably have been attracted by the smell.

While he was enjoying his meal, the guild's counter lady hurried over to Ethan.

"Well, that's bad!"

"Don't be anxious, take a breath and speak slowly." Ethan said, and Yu Beier, who was sitting next to her, immediately handed her a glass of water.

"Thank you, Gulu - Ha - Oh no, Ethan has appeared. My Lord, the Lord has heard about the Destroyer and has come here in person!"

Lord?

Ethan recalled that there seemed to be such a person. If he remembered correctly, at the end of the first season, the Corona Ore exploded in his mansion, which made sense for Kazuma to be charged with subversion of the state. But this time, the Corona Ore and the Destroyer were staying here quietly, so why was he here?

Ethan was a little confused at first, but after thinking about it, it seemed that there was no problem.

As the lord of Axel, he should come and take a look at the monster Mobile Fortress Destroyer that has been wreaking havoc on the country for so many years, which is what he should do.

So Ethan was not annoyed. Although he had the impression that the lord was an idiot, as long as the lord didn't have nothing better to do than to offend him, he would not insist on fighting to the death with the other party.

Even if Ethan had ten thousand ways to kill this guy without making any noise.

Not long after, Ethan, Yubel and others drove over in a luxurious carriage.

Wow, there are six horses tied to the carriage, it’s very grand, and there are even knights and a lot of guards following it. Why don’t you just bring the army with you?

Soon, a middle-aged man got off the carriage.

He is quite tall, with a greasy bald head reflecting the sunlight, a big belly, and abundant body hair. He is the kind of character you often see in comic books.

As soon as he got off the car, his eyes were instantly locked on Yu Beier, with a look of lust, but this state did not last long, because his eyes moved to Yu Beier's badge.

At that moment, he seemed to take a breath of cold air, and his eyes became much clearer in an instant.

Apparently, he recognized the badge's identity.

A magician who works directly for the royal family, or more precisely, for the princess.

The aristocracy is not someone who can commit fraud.

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Obviously, the lord was planning to show off his power, but he didn't expect the existence of Yubel at all, which caused him to open his mouth and go through the three steps of wanting to say something but stopping, stopping and wanting to say something, and then forgetting what to say.

Ethan and Yubel exchanged a glance before Ethan stepped forward and bowed politely, "Sir... Lord, may I know what brings you here?"

"Um... uh, well." The lord finally came to his senses. He didn't dare look at Yubel again. Instead, he stared at Ethan for a while and said solemnly, "My name is Alexi Banes Aldap, head of the Alexi family and lord of Axel."

"Okay, Mr. Alexi, I'm Ethan... I'm curious why your last name comes before your first name. Sorry, I mean no harm, I'm just curious."

Obviously, Alderp couldn't answer this question directly. He had never expected Ethan to ask such a question.

"How could I possibly know that?" This was also a response. "Isn't your first name also after your last name?"

"That's not the question." Ethan wanted to say something, but was slapped on the shoulder by Yubel.

"Ethan, get to the point."

This kind of interaction could be considered quite intimate, causing the lord's expression to appear slightly distorted.

"Oh, sorry, um, Lord, what brings you here?"

After hearing this, the lord seemed to be relieved, and his expression returned to seriousness:

"The Mobile Fortress Destroyer was a natural disaster that had plagued the kingdom for hundreds of years. Now that it was resolved within my territory, as the lord, I am obligated to inspect the situation and report to the royal family."

There was nothing wrong with what he said, so Ethan had nothing to say: "In that case, let me take the Lord to visit the interior of the Destroyer."

"What? Inside?" The lord was stunned. He hadn't expected this. "Can you get inside that thing?"

"Of course." Ethan didn't hide it from him because it was not a secret at all. The lord would know it sooner or later. It would be troublesome if he lured him here again. Ethan didn't want to see him again.

"Uh, cough, if possible, cough, I hope a sweet and soft little girl can show me around."

"I'm sorry, Lord." Ethan looked at the Lord, who occasionally glanced at the guild girls who were providing services to workers and adventurers not far away. "They don't have the authority to use this machine."

"..." The lord was stunned, his eyes changed, and he nodded, "Okay, then you can show me around."

Afterwards, Ethan took the lord and three useless guards to introduce the interior of the destroyer, which was halfway through the project. By the time everyone entered the center, the lord was almost overwhelmed by excitement.

Just by completing the half-finished renovation, he could already foresee what the interior would look like in the future.

Luxurious club, these four words are definitely not an exaggeration to describe it.

After the tour, Ethan took them away from the Destroyer. The lord and the three guards were in a trance at this time, as if they had never expected that such a terrifying weapon could be transformed in this direction.

Returning to the carriage, the lord came to his senses, turned around, and stared at Ethan.

"Well, Adventurer Ethan, I order in the name of the lord to hand over the authority of the Destroyer to me. Weapons of this level must not fall into the hands of an ordinary adventurer."

Ethan was not surprised at all, or rather, he was waiting for this guy to say that.

"I reject."

"You dare to disobey my order?" The lord obviously didn't expect Ethan to refuse so bluntly. Wasn't there even any subtle bargaining?

"My lord, it's not that I don't want to give it to you. It's because obtaining the authority to use this thing requires a certain amount of knowledge and magical ability. Without the relevant learning and magic power, you can't even control it to walk." Ethan looked at the lord with a smile, and his eyes almost said that you are a mentally retarded person.

The lord felt a lump in his chest. If this was really the case, he really couldn't do it at the moment.

"...In that case, let's forget it." After a few seconds of silence, the lord actually gave up very straightforwardly and got on the carriage with a carefree look.

But Ethan could see that this guy definitely didn't give up, but was going to use other means.

Ethan had ten thousand ways to kill him, but he didn't want to cause trouble for Axel. If he was killed within a few days after the lord came to inspect, Axel would definitely be targeted by the kingdom.

Use the magic wine to control him? That's good, but Ethan still wants to kill him directly. This man is a waste of air in this world.

"Yubel, how can we kill him without causing trouble for Axel?" Ethan asked casually.

"Take advantage of their own strategy." Yu Bei'er replied casually, "That guy uses two methods. One is to use national power to exert pressure, and the other is to use 'artifacts' to directly counterattack."

The divine props that the reincarnated people brought with them when they came to this world, and which remain in this world after their death, are called "sacred artifacts". These things generally have effects that can only be fully exerted by the owner. If they are not used by the owner, the effect will either be halved or completely useless.

Those that can be called "artifacts" are generally the former.

"If it's the former, I can help you deal with it. If it's the latter, then he's dead." Yubel chuckled. "It doesn't matter which one it is. He's just a small fry. At worst, we can use the Destroyer to crush the ancient Kingdom of Belzer."

"Forget it then. Didn't you say that the princess of this country is very powerful?"

During these few days, when the two exchanged information with each other, Ethan also learned about Princess Alice's strength.

"Hehe, don't worry, Princess Alice is on my side." Yu Beier smiled, holding up her cheeks. "I'm doing pretty well in the royal family now. Don't underestimate this relationship. Even if a few more nobles come, as long as they have stains, I can kill them effortlessly."

That's fine.

With the relationship with Yubel, no matter what method the lord uses, there will be no threat here.

You can watch monkeys... no, pigs in a civilized manner.

So, at Yubel's suggestion, Ethan put the matter aside.

Soon after, the Destroyer was completed.

The guild even held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Destroyer's interior, which was conducted by Ethan himself.

The sense of ceremony is indeed full.

"From today on, for the next month, I'll pay for all of your spending inside!" Ethan said with a wave of his hand. "Of course, anyone who participated in the construction will also receive a permanent membership card with a 50% discount!"

"Ooo ...

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"You can't afford such a loss in a month. Can the budget still sustain it?"

In the Destroyer's central control room, Yubel lay on the soft sofa bored. The interior was no longer the same as it had been at the beginning. Compared to the sci-fi control room, it looked more like a luxury hotel suite. The only difference might be the corona ore placed in the middle of the room.

"It's okay. The free quota is limited. It's impossible to use up that quota according to normal consumption needs. If it can really exceed the quota, I can only think that this guy has some buffet takeout ingredients." Ethan sat in front of the corona ore and performed daily maintenance and operation tests on it. After all, he couldn't guarantee that the code (crossed out) formula he wrote would not have any errors.

But he also follows a simple principle, which is to not touch the spell as long as it can run.

Ethan has placed countless barriers on the Coronation Ore, and it is now operating very stably. One stone of it provides the entire energy supply for the Destroyer, and there is even a large amount of surplus. After all, it does not need to drive the combat module. Ethan is now thinking about whether to use this surplus energy to manufacture new electrical equipment.

That's right, electrical equipment does exist in this world, but it is not locally manufactured. Instead, it is drifting objects from another world. However, this thing basically depends on luck, and the probability of it being intact is not high, so Ethan didn't get much.

He is not Josuke Higashikata, and [Repair as New] does not include the function of searching for broken fragments all over the world and recalling them.

"Hahaha, that's right." Yu Beier laughed happily.

A week had passed since Ethan made his boast, and the fat-headed lord had not immediately caused trouble as they had expected. It seemed that he was not completely brainless.

This month was a vacation for the team. Except for Huihui's daily explosion, everyone else basically stayed inside the Destroyer. At the same time, in order to prevent Darkness from thinking that everyone was lazy, he also arranged a guard position for Darkness, and her daily job was to patrol.

Actually, it's security.

Although this girl has quite obvious shortcomings (masochism), she is surprisingly stubborn. She will feel uncomfortable if she takes a long vacation, so Ethan has to resort to this last resort.