Magicraft Meister Part 1

10 hours at 20 km/h.

He ate meals and slept on the way.

The time difference from Penglai Island is about 3.5 hours, and Jin himself also slept. During that time, the old man is in charge of the operation of the .

However, since pretended to be asleep during that time, there was not much for the old man to do.

Early in the morning of the 12th, Capricorn 1 had reached the vicinity of its destination.

"Well, it should be somewhere around here..." he said.

I look around from the cabin.

All around us were blue-gray rocks slightly covered with lichen. In front of us is a 20-meter-high rock wall.

"Well, the Magi Detector..."

There was a response about 50 meters to the right, underground.

4......, no, there are five.

"There should be four missing. ...... If it's Alshell?"

Belialus says hopefully. Jin, who was operating the at the time, thought it was unlikely, but did not say so.

"Then the entrance would be..."

At that moment, the ground shook slightly. As Jin and the others prepared themselves for what was about to happen, the rock wall in front of them collapsed, revealing a two-meter tall golem.

"Golem!"

"...... guardian, I guess."

Compared to the , it seems like it would be no problem in terms of the total amount of mana it possesses.

However, Jin, wanting to take a closer look at the new type of enemy golem, activates his Magic Canceller. Next, he activated the ether jammer.

This means that the mana possessed by the enemy golem can be forced to be converted back into free magic element (ether), and furthermore, by taking control of the free magic element (ether), the enemy golem's movement can be completely blocked.

Seeing the golem stopped, Jin had another idea.

"It would be good to combine a magic canceller and an ether jammer," he thought.

And.

Jin has Reiko and Anne keep an eye on the area to see if there are any more attacks. At the same time, he has them search for an entrance.

Jin () and Anne () start to investigate the immobilized golem.

Jin quickly disassembles the golem's chest.

"Hmmm... the Magi Reactor uses long crystals at both ends, doesn't it? I don't care how efficient it is, it's a waste of Magi Crystals ......."

If you use twin crystals like Jin does, you can increase efficiency and save Magi Crystals.

"I see, so no muscle tissue. Letting the surplus of mana to do the < ......, or is that not quite right?"

Jin realized that although it was a < system, it was a different type of magic formula. That was the only difference from the enemy gargoyles he had examined last time.

"Hmmm, and ...... I see. <."

It would be better to say that it is a < for the purpose of forming. Jin thought that Stearina would be pleased if he taught it to her.

After having investigated the technology that the <> seemed to be using, Jin asked her, "What do you think?

"How's it going?　Did you find the entrance?

asked Reiko and the others.

"Yes, there's a passageway behind the golem that seems to be for maintenance. It is small, but I think I can manage to get through. I'll go check it out first.

Reiko reported briefly and stepped into the maintenance passage. The passage is so narrow that Reiko can barely pass through. < could barely pass through.

Without any particular trap, Reiko was able to reach the inside. It also seemed to be a warehouse of materials.

Some Magi Crystals and Light Silver were stored there.

There was a small room further in the back.

When I opened the door while activating the magic canceller to prevent the trap from being triggered, I found what I was aiming for: ...... four missing demons were lying there.

Next to them was a golem about two meters tall. It seems to have carried the four.

When the golem found Reiko, it leapt at her. Reiko intercepted the golem and lightly pushed it away, and it broke apart.

"...... too fragile. ......"

Reiko shrugged her shoulders as she looked at the pieces of the enemy golem, which were so beautifully disintegrated that she couldn't even get Jin to examine them.

She had no choice but to keep some of the remaining pieces of the control core and its parts, hoping that Jin would be able to figure out what was going on with them.

With no other rooms and nothing of interest to be found, Reiko calls Anne and decides to remove the four men from the room.

However, there was no other passageway, and it was unlikely that Anne could get through. This meant that the demons would not be able to get through either.

"......What should we do?

Reiko pondered for a while what would be the best way.

"Shall we widen the passage?

Reiko could use engineering magic too, even if she was no match for Jin. And being with Jin, she was following his example in its use.

"<>"

Originally, it is an earth magic to dig a hole, but Jin uses it for civil engineering works such as digging a hot spring or an underground mineral vein.

Reiko imitated this and used it to expand the current passage.

"It's only for the time it takes to carry them out, so there's no need for <>.

Reiko then called Anne over.

"You wanted to see me, miss?"

"Yes, I need your help to carry out the demon.

Reiko and Anne took two of the demons who seemed to be unconscious in their arms, and went out to the front door at a quick pace.

I lay him down on a sheet and let him lie there. Since the cause of his fainting was unknown, I decided to apply only a light to him.

"And then, there were some magi crystals and light silver inside..."

"Oh, I see. ....... Can you bring them out?"

I'll take it as a trophy.

As Reiko was about to turn around and go back inside, Berrius called out to her.

"...... Reiko, was there no one else in the house?"

"Yes, no one."

Reiko paused for a moment, and then returned to the back of the aisle. Anne followed her.

When she came out, she brought out dozens of Magi crystals and two ingots of light silver weighing about 50 kilograms.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Jin (<>) simply labored and had them taken to the warehouse of Capricorn 1. There was plenty of space since only about a quarter of the food they had brought with them was left.

"Also, I found a transfer marker, so I retrieved it.

Now we can say that we are done with this base.

"uu......"

The demons who had been unconscious woke up.

What is this ...... place?

I think they were chasing after Donaisia. ......

Are you Belialus?

The three who had followed Donatia woke up first. Belialus briefly explained the situation to them.

"What?　You mean you've already taken care of everything?"

"Jin-dono?　Hmmm... ......"

"Speaking of which, what happened to Doneitia?

The Donatia still hasn't woken up.

"I remember now. It was Doneitia who knocked us out. It was as if someone was controlling her.

It was like Donatia was a changed person.

"Perhaps she was being manipulated by someone."

Jin checked up on Donatia, but did not find an agucha. He then asked Belialus about it.

"Zion told me that when a person is subjected to a brainwashing spell, his emotions disappear, didn't he?

"Yes, that is correct. So it seems that Donaisia was not manipulated by magic.

But Jin knows. He knows that normal knowledge transfer (trans-info) does not work on demons, and he knows why. (Maybe the frequency has been raised...) Jin knows that the normal knowledge transfer (trans-info) does not work on demons and why.

(Perhaps, the <> slavery magic with higher frequency might work. That would explain why the feelings have not disappeared.)

Just when Jin had that idea, Donaisia's eyes opened.

"U...... this is ...... you guys!"

Her eyes are full of hostility as she gazes anxiously at her friends, the <> clansmen.

It seems they are still being manipulated, Jin thought.

"Don't underestimate me!"

Donecia jumped back about five meters.

"<>!

She then unleashes a gravity spell. But it has no effect.

"Why?"

Reiko released a magijammer. It has the effect of making the chanting ineffective and preventing the magic from being activated. Then Reiko attacked further.

"<>"

"Kyaaa!

If it is the same as in the case of a human, she should now be free from <> slavery magic.

"Let's tie him up just in case: ......"

I tie him up with a rope made from the threads of a ground spider and cast <> on him.

"uu......"

Donaisia recovered from the paralysis and opened her eyes.

"Huh?　Why am I tied up?

"Donecia, are you healed?"

Donasia, do you understand us?

"Jin-dono, what do you call ......?"

The three demons seemed to have some respect for Jin, who had so easily cured Donasia from her state of servitude.

Then, Donasia told them that the person who had been controlling her, or rather brainwashing her with servitude magic, was .

It was probably the golem destroyed by Reiko that used the transfer magic to knock her and the three demons unconscious and carry them into the underground warehouse.

The reason for this judgment is that it would have been impossible without the use of transfer magic.

In this sense, Jin thought it was a pity that they were so dismembered that it was impossible to analyze them.

And this time, the group was getting ready to leave.