Magicraft Meister Part 1

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The destination of the transfer was the surface of the earth. There, the was waiting for them, and together with Shinobiichi, who had escaped earlier, the two returned to Horai Island.

"Hmm, so that's what happened last night."

First thing in the morning of the 10th, the old man reported to Jin.

The most interesting thing was the homunculus, which was supposed to be modeled after .

"It is possible that Alshell himself is in that underground facility.

"And the automata that resembles No. 700672 or ...... "

"Anyway, you are saying that there was an facility underground in the El Llad mine as well."

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This is a great discovery. At the same time, there are many things that cannot be determined by Jin alone.

So Jin decides to go and talk to the 700672.

"What about Elsa?"

asked Erza, who was listening to the report silently with Jin,

"Go with my brother Jin alone this time. I'll stay with Hannah.

She replied, "I will stay with Hannah this time. Jin gratefully accepted the offer.

"Well then, I'll be counting on you."

"Well, take care of yourself.

So Jin took Reiko with him and they moved to the bottom of No. 700672.

"Oh, Jin-dono, you have come well.

No. 700672 greeted Jin in the same manner as usual.

Jin also handed over the customary souvenir, a bottle of Persica juice specially made in Horai Island.

I'm always sorry," he said. So, what do you want to ask me today?

"Yes, actually, ......."

Without any unnecessary conversation, Jin gave us all the information about the facility that had been discovered this time.

Reiko filled in the missing information.

"Hmm, there are facilities left behind by their masters in such places, huh?"

After listening to the story, No. 700672 closed his eyes with deep emotion and thought for a while, then opened his mouth.

"Let me tell you in order. First of all, there seems to be no doubt that the facility was built by the same people who built my master's house.

After listening to the internal description, he immediately understood.

"Second, the automata that look like me, I think one of your guesses is correct.

For some reason, he says, he was unable to maintain his original body and transferred his consciousness to the automaton.

"I have thought about it from his point of view. I, too, was on the verge of collapse and could no longer sustain my body until I met Jin-dono. It is not surprising, then, that I would consider abandoning this pseudo-living body and transferring my consciousness to an automata, which is a complete work of art. If it is an automata's body, it can continue to exist semi-permanently as long as there is someone to maintain it.

He said that because he is a homunculus, No. 700672, he can understand the thoughts of this unknown homunculus. I can understand the thoughts of this unknown homunculus.

"However, I am not ready to throw away this body given to me by my master. I guess that is a matter of individual differences.

"I see, I see."

Jin nodded. One of the old man's hypotheses was confirmed.

"And you say that a homunculus was made in the shape of Archel, right?

"Yes."

"One possibility is that the follower was considering transferring his consciousness to that body rather than to an automata."

"...... e......?"

Archelle is a young girl. She looks about 8 years old, younger than Hannah. Jin could not imagine transferring his consciousness to such a body.

When he said this to No. 700672, he laughed.

"Ha, you feel that way, Jin-dono. But I and my friends do not have gender in the true sense of the word. Therefore, I have no resistance to transferring my consciousness into the body of Alchel ...... Rouge."

"I see. ......"

This was something that Jin could never understand.

"The purpose of our existence is to be useful to our masters. When that master is gone, our second raison d'etre is to protect the proof of our master's existence.

There are those who will do whatever it takes to achieve this," concluded the 700672.

"I think a little differently on this point. They may be older followers than I am.

"Well, is there any advantage to being in Archelle's form?"

As far as the story of No. 700672 is concerned, if you are going to create a homunculus to transfer consciousness, you might as well make it look like you, right? Jin thought to himself.

"Hmmm, I see. That's a question because you don't know how to make a follower.

No. 700672 nodded his head and began to explain again.

"When creating a homunculus, there are two things that are always necessary.

One is a spirit catalyst," he said, holding up one finger.

"And the other is a ...... well, let's call it a <>. In short, it is the genetic information of the model.

A homunculus is a living being, albeit a pseudo-artificial one. That is why recovery and healing magic is effective.

"I'm sure there are still some things you don't fully understand, Jin-dono, and since you don't seem to be interested in artificial life above all, I won't explain it to you, but the body will have the same composition as a human being."

"Haa......"

Listening to the story, Jin was reminded of the cloning technology.

In short, a body is created by cloning, and a soul is put into the body using a psychic catalyst.

"In that case, the higher the performance of the original body, the higher the physical ability of the resulting homunculus.

It was an understandable enough story.

"So, perhaps there was no more genetic information left at the facility where the follower was located to create a follower. In fact, there are none left here either."

"Which means that ......"

"Hmmm. The descendants of the ......<> are generally physically strong. They have strong bodies. I think that's why they chose Archel as their model.

This explains most of the questions.

"And you said, by your guess, that there were a lot of demons in the basement there?"

"Uh, yes."

"...... I think the demons may have been farmed to collect psychic catalysts."

"Ah."

Jin noticed.

The spiritual catalyst that was once found in the underground of the Inado Mine. And the large number of gigantopods that came out of the Inado Mine.

Gigantopods are too many to handle, but the Gigantor Avrum were in that underground.

If it was a giganto-avulum, Arshel should have been able to tame ...... it.

"So Archelle and her followers are ......

"Yes, it's likely that they are working together."

"......"

Jin was troubled. Archel had seemed to be insane when he had encountered Gloria, and he had wanted Gigantor Avrum to attack humans.

What about now?

"......Maybe we should tell Belialus about this."

After much thought, he came to the conclusion that it would be better to tell his brother, Belialus, who was looking for Archelle with concern, and to consider visiting the facility with him.

"Hmmm, that might be a good idea.

When I mentioned this to No. 700672, he agreed with me.

"But if that is the facility that my master used, I don't think we can go there easily. I don't mean to be hostile, but I don't think his followers will open their hearts easily either.

So, what should we do? ......

Don't panic. I can think of several ways.

Suppressing the urge to press him, Jin waited for 700672's next words.

"You can take this with you."

The 700672 searched the shelves and handed Jin a crystal cube. The cube glowed green in the light of the room.

"...... this is ......."

"Yeah?　Have you ever seen <>?"

"<>, is it?　Not elradorite?

Is that what you call it? Hmm, it's named because it comes from the area near the El Lado mine you mentioned. Do you know the properties of this stone at ......?"

He looks at Jin with a testing look.

Jin had something to say about the naming of elradorite, but he prioritizes answering the question.

"Yes. The amplification effect of magic, right?"

Elradorite-mithianite can be likened to a capacitor in terms of electricity.

By storing a large amount of magic power (mana) and releasing it all at once, it is possible to generate magic that exceeds the ability of the magician.

No. 700672 nodded and laughed.

"You are only half right."