Magicraft Meister Part 1

"A report is coming in from Deneb 21."

The next morning, through Lao Tzu, the first results from the fifth column (quinta) came in.

Deneb 21 was sent to the shores of Lake Asur.

Lake Asur is a huge lake located in the northern part of the Kingdom of Cerroa. Located on the border with the Kingdom of Franz, it is an important center for tourism and fishery resources.

Esia, the capital of the Kingdom of Cerroa, and the tourist city of Lerasus are located just north of Esia. In the suburbs of the city, there were said to be ruins from the time of the Great Magic War.

"The interior was half destroyed, and there were no materials or magical tools of particular interest left behind.

Although the first results were not very good in terms of content, as stated in the report, "Regulus 15 reported that there were no remains of any magic tools or materials inside.

Regulus 15 reports.

"Capella 4 reporting, sir."

On that day, there were three reports in total, and the third one, i.e., the one found by Capella 4, was a sealed box containing the nucleus of Gigarth. The location was a mountain in the northern part of the Kingdom of Egelea.

"There it is after all. Anne was right.

So one of the six remaining Gigases was found. There are five left.

The sealed boxes are a bit of a hassle, but Capella 4 has decided to take precautions and bring them to Horai Island through the warp gate of Blueland.

"Hmmm, I guess we still don't have enough network to be a forward base or a bridgehead..."

Jin grumbled. However, it had only been five days since the completion of the fifth row (quinta). No wonder.

"Well, then, what about me?"

After receiving the report and giving instructions, Jin decided to make a substitute doll based on what Reinhardt had told him the day before, <>.

"The structure is the same as the fifth row (quinta)," he says.

The doll is to be made to resemble a human being. The most important thing is to build in <> to send sounds and images to Jin on Horai Island.

It is semi-autonomous and basically moves according to Jin's instructions.

The appearance is to be made to look just like Jin. I would like to say ......, but it is still difficult to make a doll that looks exactly like myself, so I asked Reiko to do the final work.

The finished doll is Jin's substitute doll.

"...... is creepy."

That's what a doll that looks like you is supposed to look like, after all.

"Don't you like it?"

Reiko says anxiously.

"No, it's not that it's not good. On the contrary, they look so much like each other.

Jin reassured Reiko.

"Let's give it a try."

A test run was immediately started. The control is done in a room of the research institute on Horai Island.

There are five large monitor screens, all of which are the images seen by the eyes of the substitute doll, with the front view adjusted to the same level as human vision, and the left, right, up, down, and outside of that level.

The frontal view is adjusted to the same level as human vision, and the top, bottom, left, and right are adjusted outside of the frontal view. Normally, the front monitor alone should be sufficient.

From there, Jin gives simple instructions to the dummy. Since remote control is likely to take time to realize and brain wave control is also likely to take time to develop, this method was adopted as a bridge until then.

For the most part, Reiko and the covert maneuver team (SP) will be nearby to provide support.

Forward, stop, walk, run. The basic movements are fine, but the detailed movements are still very strange.

They do not look human-like at all.

"Well, it's a substitute for me when I go to dangerous places, so I guess it's all right.

Jin had many complaints, but there were still things he wanted to develop, so he decided to let the substitute doll work as it was.

"Well, Lao Tzu, how is the progress of the aircraft carrier?

Jin asked Lao Tzu,

"Yes, so far we have made 50 percent progress in processing the materials.

Yes, so far we are 50 percent of the way through processing the materials.

The same answer came back from two directions.

One from Lao Tzu's humanoid terminal and the other from his brain.

"Ah, it might be complicated if both of them are Lao Tzu," Jin thought.

Jin thinks to himself. He wonders how it was in the book he read long time ago. Then he remembers.

"...... Okay, let's keep Lao Tzu for the human type and call < for the brain type. Both mean the same thing, right?"

"Yes, my lord."

"Yes, my lord." "Okay, you mean I am Laojun.

The name was taken from Lao Tzu's alias in the Immortal Realm, <>.

Then, Jin again received the report about the aircraft carrier.

"Well, I guess it will take some time..."

"Yes. Yes. We started by building a dock for construction on the seashore.

"Ah, as I thought."

Jin is a magecraft master. He is a leading expert in magical engineering (magecraft), but he does not specialize in building huge things.

"Hmm, let's make a worker golem.

Anne agrees.

"I think that would be a good idea. Aside from the parts that only you can do, having a golem do the other parts will lighten your workload and increase production efficiency.

"Right?"

So, Jin decides to start mass-producing the worker golem.

The material is steel. There is no need to use precious light silver or adamantite.

However, nickel and chromium are added to make it a rust-resistant alloy steel. In other words, it is stainless steel. It is also 18-12.

18 percent chromium and 12 percent nickel. The reason is that the more nickel, the darker the steel becomes and the heavier it looks.

"The power is good enough, but I need to be able to use my engineering magic well."

So, I transferred a lot of Jin's knowledge and made it so that it can do anything except precise writing. He is about the same size as Jin. The reason for this is that they can do detailed work as well.

Five hundred of them.

The first five bodies were made, and then 50 were made by moving and supporting them. Then we made another 500 by supporting those 50.

The whole thing was done in the morning.

I knew that the efficiency was different.

"My Lord, please give me a name.

I was so impressed by the ease of the work that Lao-tzu and Lao-kun urged me to do it.

"Hmmm...a craftsman then...".

Here, Craftsman Golem and Craftsman (Smith) 1-500 were born.

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Lunch is at the Kunlun Island with Erza and the others, as usual.

"Welcome, Brother Jin.

"Hello, brother Jin."

The weather is nice and warm again today, so we have lunch outside.

Today's lunch consisted of sliced meat on grilled bread, vegetable salad, and Citran juice.

Jin felt that the menu was smaller than usual, but he took the bread without saying anything.

"......"

"?"

Elsa was staring at Jin. He was a little suspicious of her unusual behavior, but his hand did not stop and he put the bread in his mouth.

"?"?

This is the second question mark of the day. The taste was a little different from usual. The meat was cut thicker, but the seasoning was a little lighter.

Jin is not a picky eater, but he is not a tasteless person either. In fact, he cooks simple dishes himself and is as picky as anyone else. He just doesn't say it out loud.

"......"

And when he was about to eat the vegetable salad, he felt Elsa's eyes on him, and Jin came to a conclusion.

"Could it be that Erza made today's lunch?"

When he mentioned this, Erza visibly tensed up.

"...... didn't it taste good?"

Then she said slowly, "No, no, I don't think so.

"No, the seasoning is a little different from mine, but it's good enough. I see, Elsa made it for you."

"Hmm... I'm ashamed to be Jin's sister if I can't do so many things.

Erza's cheeks were slightly tinted when she said that.

"Yes, I'm glad."

Jin then eats all the remaining bread and salad.

"That's good, Erza."

Erza and Meine finished eating as well, and Meine peeled Persica for dessert.

Erza was not yet capable of peeling Persica, at least not in front of Jin's eyes.

Jin remembered that Erza's knowledge transfer (trans-info) aptitude was higher than Reinhardt's, and muttered to himself that he would try to teach her some engineering magic when he had some free time.