Magicraft Meister Part 3

Jin's demonstration of consisting of 1, 2, and 3 was a great success.

The stadium was filled with thunderous applause and loud cheers.

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The applause and cheers erupt once again.

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"Denko, Raiko, and Shiden. I wonder if he likes thunderbolts."

There was a local fighter of the same name in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Pacific War, but this is a retro-wing aircraft that bears no resemblance to it.

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"Oh, a new model."

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"Gou Agart...... newcomer?"

The name had never been heard of before, but the aircraft was quite sophisticated even to Jin's eyes.

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"Edith was in the last round, wasn't she? I thought they were cousins."

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"The name of a flower. Looks pretty fast."

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"Mercury is Mercury ....... You knew it well."

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"Well, you are much more sophisticated than last time."

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"Florence's plane is also very sophisticated.

Everyone could see that the design of the aircraft had been refined and that the feedback from the wind tunnel tests had been taken into account.

(If they keep this up, they will be overtaken in a few more ...... aerodynamic airframes.)

The essence of Jin's work is the fusion of < and .

However, Jin had high hopes that he would be able to pursue <> and sublimate it to a level beyond his own.

(It is absolutely necessary to have a faction that pursues pure science.)

Jin hoped that the descendants of Onogoro Island would take on this task. However, I do not want to make it an obligation.

If not pursued with a free spirit, the study and its results will be distorted.

(Not war, but pure competition. (Not war, but pure competition...) In today's world, only may be able to do that.

In the outside world, the unit of < is a fetter, and we have not been able to completely free ourselves from that framework. <.

（And I, for my part, will pursue the path of magical engineering.)

Jin once again realizes that this is his role as a .

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In the arena, eight people had just finished introducing their eight machines.

"By the way, Sidney Marek, Natalia, and Eugene Fowl, who have been in the competition many times, unfortunately did not qualify this time ......."

On the other hand, a newcomer named Goh Agarto has emerged.

Goh Agarto was introduced over the announcements and is 14 years old this year. He has dark hair and brown eyes.

Reiko tells me secretly that he is a descendant of Jin, Reinhard, Bina and others ...... that is, of the Nido, Randall and Kuzma families.

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The makers are seated in the special "director's seat".

Here, there is a communication device to give instructions to the Golem, and also a magic screen that shows the image seen from the Golem's point of view.

The first match was between Shu (number 1) and Rubina (number 2).

This was a showdown between the two finalists from the last finals.

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If the aircraft is hit by a bullet, that part of the aircraft turns red, and the damage is judged according to the degree of reddening.

If the pilot is hit by a bullet or the damage to the aircraft exceeds a certain level, the aircraft is judged as or .

Jin, who did not see the preliminary round, did not hear about it, so he will check it later.

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At the signal to begin the competition, the two planes glide down the runways facing in opposite directions.

Needless to say, the one that takes off as soon as possible has the advantage.

Shu's and Rubina's take off almost simultaneously.

They headed in opposite directions and climbed at an angle of about 60 degrees.

Then they did a somersault (loop)...... or Immelmann turn at about the same time, and after they were in horizontal flight above the sky, they exchanged fire head-on.

The difference from a gunfight with bullets is the << bullet velocity> (but not the bullet) because of the ray gun.

When you see the light, it is impossible to avoid. Or rather, the bullet has already landed.

Therefore, you must take evasive action before you are shot.

Since this was the second time for them to battle in this way, both Shu and Rubina knew what they were doing.

Due to the nature of the competition, the ray guns have a , and this time the effective range was 500 meters.

This is much shorter than that of actual machine guns, but it seems to have been set to make the competition more exciting.

Jin agreed that it would be a pity if the competition was decided by sniping from a long distance.

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It looked as if they were going to exchange shots from a horizontal flight, but Shu's made a quick ascent and dodged the shots from Rubina's .

< also rose up after the .

Just as she thought she had successfully gotten behind the <>, the <> does a somersault (loop) and takes the <>'s back.

However, <> did not stay in the same position.

It entered into a loop as well.

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>> the announcer shouts.

Tomoe-sen means that two or more fighters repeatedly turn somersaults in an attempt to get behind their opponents (there is a "Tomoe-sen" in sumo wrestling, but it is completely different).

If you are faster than your opponent, you can get behind him, but this is quite difficult.

Another method other than speed is to make smaller turns.

However, since smaller turns reduce the speed, you have to decide which way to take at each moment.

And now, <> and <>, the two rivals, are almost evenly matched in performance. .......