Chapter 65: “The Philosopher’s Stone”
The branch she had gotten from the World Tree was the size of one of those roadside trees in town. To the gigantic treant, a branch of this size was probably akin to a nail clipping, but this much wood would be enough to supply all kinds of projects Rare wanted to do. She could process some into charcoal and ash for use in experiments. Any extra could then be turned into staves to see if they could make weapons that assisted in casting magic.
“Can staves be created via woodcrafting? Oh, that’s right, it’s used to make bows too. I wonder if there are any deer-type monsters or anything in Liebe whose tendons can be used for bowstrings… And what about glue?”
“I can make glue when gettin’ the tendons. The recipe uses the waste materials I get from tanning leather.”
“Ah, Remy, long time no see. Now that I’ve brought World Tree into the fold, can you try crafting whatever you can that we have materials for?”
“Yeah. I came over because I already heard.”
After returning to the queen’s chamber, Rare had started mumbling to herself again, so Remy had overheard and proactively came over to help. Remy was currently running a kind of odds-’n’-ends shop in Erfahren, but since Rare was planning to make the Philosopher’s Stone today, she had been called back to assist.
“I don’t think we have a lot of woodcrafted weapons here. Even without World Tree, I believe we still have a lot of suitable wood for woodcrafting, so I wonder why we haven’t been making anything.”
“We haven’t really needed any, I guess? Weapons that need to be made of wood are the ones you mentioned, staves and bows, and also long weapons like spears. None of those are useful for ants.”
“Ah, now that you mention it, you’re absolutely right…”