Published: August 25, 2025
Today, two chapters posted simultaneously.
This is the first chapter.
“Ready? Then let’s start work! Stay safe!”
“Got it!”
On the morning of the third day of inspecting the experimental site.
The goblins inside the dimension home were fully mobilized to the eastern plateau, which we visited yesterday afternoon. Each was equipped with axes and saws transformed from metal slimes and iron slimes, and tasked with cutting down the trees growing on the plateau.
The logging area had already been scouted yesterday, with underbrush clearing and trial logging completed. This shouldn’t interfere with their work, and rest areas have been set up. If any problems arise, I’ll be informed through the effects of beast taming magic and respond accordingly.
“Shall we go too?”
Watching the goblins scatter between the trees, we humans began laying a road that would also function as a firebreak. Lord Rosenberg was in the mountain cabin reading materials on lost magic, but everyone else joined the work here.
This time, the road stretched safely along the eastern side from the foot of the mountain to the cabin. The mountain slope extends from northwest to southeast, and the cabin is built slightly above the mid-slope on the southern side. Therefore, the road planned is shaped like an S tilted nearly 90 degrees to the left, connecting directly to the foot’s main road.
To facilitate firebreaks, forest maintenance, and transport by horse-drawn carts or wagons, the slope is made gentle, extending across the mountain’s mid-slope from end to end. Once complete, from the vantage point overlooking the eastern slope, the road will seem to split the mountain vertically.
“All right, let’s begin as discussed.”
With a reply of “Understood!” work started just before the mountain cabin. Preparations were done yesterday, so we pushed ahead rapidly.
“First, from the foot of the road.”
I directed the soil slimes and used slime magic to manipulate the ground. They dug and overturned the earth impressively, felling the trees in the construction area. The loud noise and impact were felt, but since the slimes merged with the ground and we humans kept our distance, safety was ensured.
The felled trees were temporarily moved aside by the adventurer team to clear the area, then collected later for reuse. Nothing was wasted. The timber, fuel, and even raw logs would be tried for mushroom cultivation.
We dug up the soil, compacted it, and secured space to install “soil retaining” walls to prevent road collapse. Various sized stones underground were left intact.
Sending in the Huge Rock Slimes, they consumed the remaining stones in the dug holes, transforming their bodies to form L-shaped retaining walls integrated with the foundation. Each wall measured one meter tall and 1.5 meters wide, installed in just about 20 seconds—an incredible speed.
If we had done this with heavy machinery and manpower in my previous life, installing even one would take ages...
“The first one is installed.”
“I’m going in, meow!”
Without hesitation, Miya jumped into the gap between the newly installed retaining wall and the ground. We would later refill this space with backing material, but the walls have drainage holes. One of today’s tasks was to place hemp bags as water-permeable mats to prevent soil from washing out.
While they worked on that, I proceeded to install the next retaining wall. The dug soil wasn’t very deep, so repeating this process connected the walls, preventing road collapse and effectively creating curbs.
“Even from yesterday’s test, it’s surprisingly fast…”
“There’s a slight feeling of cutting corners, though.”
Ms. Eleonora took notes enthusiastically, impressed by the work. Since this involves magic and slimes—things not existing in my past life—it simplifies the tasks, but could cause problems later on.
...Still, if issues arise, we’d check the cause and rebuild. This mountain is the experimental site, after all—this is an experiment applying slimes to civil engineering.