Legend - Vol. 12 Ch. 71

[Shinigamisama]

There's a sus guy in his room I assume.

 

[derpdederp]

blackmail or mind control or misdirection.. wonder which one it is.

 

[Diagus]

Next Boss

 

[Kaarme]

Probably cause iron would be standard issue and more expensive stuff would be forged out of monster parts.

Prices are defined by supply and demand in capitalism. Industrialisation is what made iron affordable in our world. Before, it was almost a luxury, although a necessary luxury people could still afford by saving money. The demand for iron is endless, though, so even if fancier weapons and armor were made using fantasy metals or monster parts, the society could still use far more iron. Of course sword and sorcery fantasy is mostly much better with iron being cheaper than it was in reality back in the day, so it's fine.

 

[NoLifer21]

Xd left it for a bit to let chapters pile up and came back to one of the few and biggest cliffhangers in the manga. How unfortunate.

 

[Ultenth]

There is survelliance


Probably cause iron would be standard issue and more expensive stuff would be forged out of monster parts.

Didn't ask for a spoiler.

 

[W1770W]

thks for the chapter waiting mass release to caught up to raws

 

[justtoread123]

Aaaaand I caught up. I just finished binge-reading this. Except for the 2-3 chapters where <ISPOILER>Well became a traitor down there (Rei was weirdly talkative there instead of acting which led to the guy running away)</ISPOILER>, I loved pretty much the entirety of this manga.

And now the wait begins...

 

[Grikath]

Industrialisation is what made iron affordable in our world. Before, it was almost a luxury, although a necessary luxury people could still afford by saving money.

Do you also practice Bullshido? Because you'd have the Brown Belt of Excremence in that particular brand of Faux-Fu...

Iron wasn't even a "luxury" at the transition of the Bronze Age to the Iron Age.
In fact, it started getting used because it was cheaper than bronze, even though it wasn't as good as properly tempered bronze for weapons, armor and tools.

Iron is easy. You can find the basic ore literally everywhere, and all you need to make that into iron is charcoal, loam, and any form of bellows, and if you start from scratch, a couple of decent rocks.
Even purifying the bloom iron is a piece of cake... Just smash the bloom of your first run into fine gravel, then let it rust for a year. Collect and sieve the rust, and run it through the pile again using dung as a binder. And presto, decent quality iron.

The problem isn't in making iron, it's in making steel.
Which, until the high medieval period, could only be done in relatively small batches, using time- and fuel extensive methods, with varying results in quality.
Not even that rare, but expensive to make, and only used in tools and weapons as inserts or laminated. But by the 14th/15thC in Europe steel was already pretty common. So common, iron was really only used for daily-use items and stuff like nails. Everything else was low-quality steel or better. Up to carbon steel and spring steel at that time.

So yeah.... The barrel would be worth more than the scrap in it.

 

[Kaarme]

Do you also practice Bullshido? Because you'd have the Brown Belt of Excremence in that particular brand of Faux-Fu...

Iron wasn't even a "luxury" at the transition of the Bronze Age to the Iron Age.
In fact, it started getting used because it was cheaper than bronze, even though it wasn't as good as properly tempered bronze for weapons, armor and tools.

Iron is easy. You can find the basic ore literally everywhere, and all you need to make that into iron is charcoal, loam, and any form of bellows, and if you start from scratch, a couple of decent rocks.
Even purifying the bloom iron is a piece of cake... Just smash the bloom of your first run into fine gravel, then let it rust for a year. Collect and sieve the rust, and run it through the pile again using dung as a binder. And presto, decent quality iron.

The problem isn't in making iron, it's in making steel.
Which, until the high medieval period, could only be done in relatively small batches, using time- and fuel extensive methods, with varying results in quality.
Not even that rare, but expensive to make, and only used in tools and weapons as inserts or laminated. But by the 14th/15thC in Europe steel was already pretty common. So common, iron was really only used for daily-use items and stuff like nails. Everything else was low-quality steel or better. Up to carbon steel and spring steel at that time.

So yeah.... The barrel would be worth more than the scrap in it.

I don't mean luxury like a Porsche today, but it wasn't cheap. It still costs money when you go to a hardware store to buy some, even though millions of tons are being produced even by smaller countries. You probably buy Gucci branded barrels, which is why you think wooden barrels are so expensive. But then again, from behind your Ferrari wheel, my take on it might have seemed like bullshit. Good for you.

 

[Seraphus]

Still got the good pacing, still strong with the plot, and the tits are all still nicely drawn.

Good to see this is going strong!
(I just caught up after a year or two)

 

[SeniorTaro]

Thanks for the new chapter. I was wondering, if the empire is fusing humans and monsters and the Elena girl fused with a dragon stone, would the MC be able to fuse with Set, at least temporary? All of them use alchemy, and our MC's body is made by alchemy and magic, also Set was a summoned monster made almost the same way.

 

[tekkenshu7]

Rei is technically making his own IED, but instead of it as a device, it is a spell with random shrapnel/fragmentation components