Magicraft Meister Part 1

"Lightning magic, I guess."

Reiko, seeing the blue sparks, made a judgment. Since purple is also the color of lightning, both Anne and Alectus agreed that her guess was probably correct.

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"Lightning magic ...... or a trap of high voltage high current?"

In Horai Island, Jin was following with great interest the scene projected on the magic screen by Reiko through Lao-kun.

"If it can't be detected in advance, then maybe it's not magic. ...... For example, it could be a way to use a powerful capacitor or rechargeable battery charged with lightning magic."

Jin imagines it himself, and chuckles to himself, "I could use that. But he reminds himself that he should concentrate on the task at hand.

"Oh, my God. ...... electric traps, I guess we think alike."

If there is high voltage on the floor, the barrier is of little use. Basically, the barrier is only extended up to the point where it touches the ground.

"I think that shoes made of hexenbiest leather will probably insulate them, and I don't think that Anne and Reiko will be hurt by ordinary lightning magic, but there's no need to risk it, and there's always Alektas: ......."

Jin stood in front of the magic screen.

From what he could see, there would be a high pressure between the ceiling and the floor.

Since there is not a vacuum, but a gas, and if it is a magical discharge, the free magic element (ether) would have an effect, I do not know the exact voltage, but it would be in the range of tens to hundreds of millions of volts. It would be the same as lightning in the natural world.

"Short-circuit it?"

Jin muttered with a mischievous laugh.

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"Your father is going to make something and send it to us.

"I wonder what it will be."

Reiko said when she received the message from the old man.

Ann also received a message from the old man.

Unfortunately, Reiko and Anne cannot communicate with each other directly at this moment. However, if the "Mere Old Man" relays the message, they can talk with a time lag of less than a second.

But, if the old man relays the message, it is possible to have a conversation with a time lag of less than one second. >>He is still in a state of

A minute later, the transporter sends him a message.

"Is it a mithril silver rod?

A rod made of mithril silver, which is a good conductor of electricity. The idea was to short-circuit the floor and the ceiling with it and see what would happen.

It was long enough to touch the floor and the ceiling, and had a grip made of an insulator in the center.

With the grip, Reiko swung the stick at an angle to the purple floor and slowly erected it. When it was almost vertical, it touched the ceiling.

Instantly, there was a blue-white spark.

The current was several hundred thousand amperes, but it lasted less than a second, and the mithril silver rod withstood the load, even though it was red-hot.

"It seems that lightning magic doesn't occur anymore."

Reiko ejected the ball from her mouth once more. This time, they rolled on the floor without any problems, so it seems that the magi device that generates lightning magic has been burned out by the overload.

Still, as a precaution, Reiko went in ahead of the others. Nothing happened.

"It's okay, come on in."

Thus, in the smell of ozone, the high-voltage trap was neutralized.

After about three meters, the purple area turned back to the same gray color as the others.

Then the passage turned to the left.

"Please stop!"

Reiko's voice. Anne and Alexas stopped, just then. Just then the floor in front of Reiko disappeared.

"It's a pit. We knew from the echoes that there was space on the floor. <

The hole is about 5 meters wide, wide enough for Reiko and the others to jump over.

"Lady, there may be more traps beyond the hole," Anne warns.

Anne warns.

It is a popular technique to take advantage of the carelessness that comes from the reassurance that one trap has been avoided.

"Yes, let's be careful.

Reiko pulled out Momoka, slashed through the metal wall, and cut out a metal plate about one meter square. She then rolled it up into a cylindrical shape and threw it across the hole.

The cylinder rolled down the hole with a clattering metallic sound. But when he saw that nothing happened, he knew there was no trap.

Let's go. Are you sure you can make the jump, Mr. Alectus?

"Yes, with a little strengthening."

Then let's go.

Reiko and Anne jumped over. And finally, Alexus jumped over and was able to avoid the pitfall trap.

Beyond that, there was again a staircase. But it was going up.

"......Up, you mean. Not down?　Is this route a decoy?"

Anne mutters.

"But for now we have no choice but to continue on this way. If push comes to shove, we can just smash through the floor and the walls. For now, let's keep going.

Despite her radical words, Reiko chose to go on.

The length of the staircase suggests that she went back to the floor she had descended from, but when she came out of the staircase, she found herself in a completely different place.

First of all, the ceiling is low. Reiko, who is 130 centimeters tall, could barely fit through the ceiling, so it must not be more than 140 centimeters high. Anne and Alexas would have to bend down to walk. Naturally, their movements would be restricted to a great extent.

The passageway is narrow, about 1.5 meters wide.

"It's called a dungeon, isn't it?"

I guess so, if I try to apply the appropriate word from the knowledge given to me by Jin.

So, there must be some kind of trap on this floor.

Just as Anne was about to say something, the walls of the corridor opened up.

The walls of the corridor opened, and metallic golems about one meter in height came out of the corridor. There were about 100 of them.

"Golems this time!"

The golem swarm attacked the group silently.

They were not so bad in strength and speed, but there were too many of them. But there were too many of them. Moreover, the low ceilings made them extremely difficult to fight.

In this respect, the one-meter-tall golems were well adapted to this place.

Reiko was the only one who could fight properly, but even so, it was a small space. Even if she tried to swing Momoka around, she would get caught by the ceiling or walls.

Anne, who is forced to bend down, does her best to cover up for Alectus.

"It's quite a nuisance!"

Reiko was a little irritated by this situation. And the same goes for Jin on Horai Island.

"Yes, sir."

At 50 percent output, Reiko is the equivalent of a tactical-grade weapon.

A single fist blow blasts the golem off the ground with two or three bodies as collateral damage.

The force of her kick can knock five or six Golems out of action at once.

When there is a small void in the surrounding area.

"<>"

Jin's original magic. It is a magic that generates high heat in metals by the principle of electromagnetic induction.

"Anne, create a barrier to protect Mr. Alectus."

"Yes, lady."

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In no time at all, the golems were reduced to a mass of molten metal.

"It's a land with a lot of free magic element (ether), so the magic works better.

"But how do we go on?

Alectus looked at the passage, which had turned into a pool of molten metal, and said in a puzzled voice, "We will have to cool it down.

"We'll have to cool it down. "

The molten metal pool was instantly deprived of heat by the heat energy deprivation magic, and turned solid.

"What is this magic?

Alexus exclaimed in disbelief at what he was seeing.

"It's our original magic!"

It's not a lie. Alectus did not ask any more questions at this point.

Bending down, he continued for 10 meters. A right turn led to a staircase. This time it was a down staircase.

"Let's go."

After a quick check for traps, Reiko stepped into the staircase.

The staircase this time seemed to go down about 10 meters.　

"Well, what kind of disturbance will there be on the next floor?

Reiko still seemed relaxed, and so did Ann.

"...... are we there yet ......?"

However, Alexus seemed to be getting very tired.