Magicraft Meister Part 3

Rubina instructed <> to use her <>.

This caused the , which had until then been trailed by Jin's , to slow down as if it had stopped in mid-air for a moment.

"!!!?"

In reality, it was only a sudden drop in flight speed, but in the midst of a high-speed battle, it looked as if it had come to a halt.

"Oh, air brakes."

By opening some of the outer panels on the tops of the wings and sides of the fuselage, the brakes were applied not by maneuvering but by air resistance.

But at 700 kilometers per hour, this would put an enormous strain on the moving parts.

The air brakes held for a few seconds, but the wind pressure finally got the better of them and they folded up.

The final speed was still reduced to about 300 kilometers per hour.

This allowed the , which had been following behind, to quickly overtake the .

Reiko's reaction speed was not enough to prevent this, as the rules of the arena prevented her from using her force field generator.

"Here!"

The Nile V Kaii's ray gun is fired at the overtaking <. .......

.......

"Rubina, you're good! Then this is what we will do!"

Reiko dodged the attack in a way that Rubina had not expected.

That is, she applied maximum acceleration.

Her speed exceeded 800 kilometers per hour and approached 900 kilometers per hour.

The relative difference from the 300 kilometer per hour Nile V is 600 kilometers per hour, or 1 That is 1.67 meters per second.

That is a speed that would put them out of ray gun range in three seconds.

The time lag between the trigger being turned on and the ray gun firing is one second.

In other words, the target must be aligned and the trigger must be released within 2 seconds.

<'s golem to notice Reiko's strategy.

It takes 1.1 seconds to stabilize the aircraft, which is in a tailspin.

0.7 seconds to adjust the sights.

The ...... manages to fire the ray gun within 2 seconds.

"Oh no!　Acceleration beyond the calculated value!

The Luft 1 had already left the range of the Nile V.

The speed had dropped to 300 kilometers per hour. It takes a few seconds for it to accelerate to 700 km/h again.

In those few seconds, Reiko's made a big loop and swooped down on the accelerating .

The < avoids being hit by a bullet by frantically jinking (moving its fuselage up and down, left and right in small increments).

However, the main wing was hit again.

The aircraft is rated as "slightly damaged".

This is the second time. < results in , and three times results in .

"I'm also curious about the secret of Jin-sama's <'s rapid acceleration, but ...... now we need to increase the speed while avoiding being hit as much as possible. ......!"

The quickest way to do that is <>.

Physically speaking, this means converting into .

The , which descends rapidly from an altitude of 3,000 meters and lets gravity help it increase its speed.

< follows.

At first, is much faster than , but gradually the gap between the two becomes smaller and smaller.

This is due to the fact that the <> increased its speed by using the <> as well, and the <> side did not consider the increase in speed to be important, and also kept its acceleration low.

A slight difference in speed is fine, but too large a difference can make it difficult to attack.

At an altitude of around 1,000 meters, the began to fly horizontally.

Its speed is over 600 kilometers per hour, which is enough for a dogfight.

Jin's is now following closely behind Rubina's .

The < turns horizontally in an attempt to outrun the .

follows.

After one and a half turns, climbs up sharply.

It continues to descend in an arc.

This maneuver is called <.

"Bullshit ......"

If it is hit from above instead of behind, it will have a large area to be hit.

< is hit twice by .

"Why doesn't it slow down on that trajectory?

I thought <> might be using some kind of <> of its own, but it seems that's not the case.

But.

"...... what the hell is that?"

Rubina sees a white airplane cloud coming out of the <>'s jet.

"Why are there airplane clouds, ......?"

They are not coming from Rubina's <>.

There are two mechanisms for the generation of airplane clouds.

One is caused by exhaust gases. It is like white breath on a cold day.

The other is the condensation of moisture due to the rapid cooling of the area where the negative pressure...... pressure is lowered after the plane flies over.

And when the air is dry, the generated airplane clouds disappear quickly.

So far, Rubina knew from her education on <> and her experience with airplane experiments.

But the plane cloud that <> is pulling in now is ......?

"Could it be that they are spraying water?"

Rubina observed and concluded.

And it was almost right.

In rocket engines, heavier particles are injected to increase the propulsive force.

In science fiction novels, there are descriptions of using bismuth as a propellant.

In the same way, the <> of <> increased the propulsive force by injecting heavier particles, water molecules, as well as air.

Rubina realized this by looking at the airplane clouds.

"So instead of compressing air, they used water. ......"

I don't know if they have water tanks or if they collect water from the air by <>, but it's not against the rules.

"That's just as I expected, Jin-sama. ......"

The Jin's < did another <> and then took the back of the < and ripped off the <> decision.

Rubina's <> was then hit by three <>, and the combined result was a , confirming her defeat.

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< is judged to be heavily damaged!　Jin-sama's wins! >>

The crowd erupts in excitement at the announcement.

The and land amidst loud cheers.

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The announcement was followed by thunderous cheers and applause.