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Chapter 71: Narbo Town: In Search of Gunpowder Ingredients, Saltpeter

We had returned to the Barbar village.

Without wasting any time, I began working on producing gunpowder.

The components for gunpowder are charcoal, sulfur, and saltpeter.

Charcoal was already used by the Elf tribe for cooking and in medicine preparation.
It was said to be high quality, and I asked the elf chieftain Elanief to share some with me.

Next up was sulfur.
Uncle Atos and Elanief both knew of its existence.

「Uncle Atos, where can I get sulfur?」

「There’s a town in the Vaffancrow Empire that deals in it. I’ve heard they use it in laundry, makes the fabric whiter, they say.」

Apparently, they used sulfur as a kind of bleach.
So we could acquire it from a nearby town in the Vaffancrow Empire.

Elanief had a small amount on hand as well.
He said it was used in medicine.

「Elanief, what kind of medicine uses sulfur?」

「Hmm… well…」

For some reason,