Chapter 9-9: Volume 9 - Chapter 9 – Jammer
09-09 Jammer
Coinciding with Jin’s activities on Hourai Island, the small countries were in an uproar .
Amidst that Reinhardt was making his way back to Shouro Empire as planned .
He had a company of guards with him . Its commander was Captain Matheus Geist von Realgar . He was the company commander of the third Imperial Guard force .
He was Reinhardt’s friend, and also Reinhardt’s fiancee’s elder brother .
“So Matheus came here for me, huh . ”
Right now, Reinhardt was returning home while being protected by the men led by Matheus .
“Yeah, even His Majesty wished me to escort you, so . ”
“His Majesty did?”
“That’s right . The rumors about your Schwarz Ritter have reached all the way our home country . Overall victory in the mock battle of combat golems held in Celuroa Kingdom’s capital! Didn’t it also wreck the Adamas Warrior?”
It was a story from about a year ago, but for the current Reinhardt it felt like a tale from the distant past .
“Moreover, I hear you got second place in the golem boat competition held in Elias Kingdom?”
Matheus kept talking while keeping precise pace with the carriage on his horse . He was rather skillful .
“Well, yes . Although it was a shame I couldn’t win . ”
“What! It was a match outside your field of expertise, isn’t suddenly getting second place a big deal?”
Now that Mathias mentioned it, Reinhardt remembered that the competition was when he had first met Jin . Since then his every day has been very busy .
“…Come to think of it, where’s your cousin?”
Mathias’s voice interrupted Reinhardt’s thoughts . He was asking about his cousin, namely Elsa .
“Elsa, huh . …It’s not something for me to say . Ask Fritz . ”
“Major Fritz, huh . I do not like that man . ”
Reinhardt knew that as a child his friend had cared about Elsa . However, now she was but a nobleman’s wife to him .
“Fritz…”
Now that he had learned much from Jin, he couldn’t help but think that perhaps Fritz too was under the influence of [Seduce] .
But there was no way of confirming that .
They spent the night in the provincial city Tunsten .
Jin received reports from Laojin .
“Regulus-4 has discovered ruins in Mt . Galatt at the outskirts of Blue Land . He found a sealed box containing a Gigantes and is traveling here . ”
“Deneb-7 has discovered ruins near the lake Cedrolia on the border of Cline and Celuroa Kingdoms, it appears to be empty . ”
“Spic10 has discovered a sealed box containing a Gigantes in the ruins on the shore of lake Manoce in Cline Kingdom, and she is traveling here . ”
Today two sealed Gigantes boxes were discovered . Now three remained .
“Regarding the war between Celuroa Kingdom and Egelia Kingdom, currently Celuroa Kingdom is slightly superior . They’ve apparently crossed the border and invaded with three battalions . ”
“Mh-hm…”
“Finally regarding the war between Frantz kingdom and Cline Kingdom, they seem to be presently struggling for supremacy . Both countries are at a standoff . ”
“…Understood . ”
Jin stood up and headed for the workshop . Reiko followed him silently .
“War isn’t a good thing . I know that . However, I think I’ve heard someone say that what is right is decided by the many . But wouldn’t that mean that countries decide what’s right for them…”
Jin walked while thinking .
“I’m not a hero or a brave man . I’m not even a soldier . I’m the Magi Craft Meister . ”
And then, he remembered what the new noble girl of Cline Kingdom had said .
“‘I… am I fine the way I am right now…?'”
That’s what she had said .
And that was Jin’s current mental state .
“Father, where are you going?”
Reiko called out to Jin who had walked past the workshop while deep in thought .
“Ah, oops . Sorry . ”
Jin walked back while scratching his head . Reiko watched Jin with concern but said nothing .
“Now then, I was thinking we should develop a new weapon today . ”
The very first thing Jin said after entering the workshop was that .
“When I analysed the ‘chant-obstructing choker’ that had been attached to Reinhardt and Stearina earlier, I thought of some interesting ideas . ”
“Please do tell . ”
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“Of course . First of all, that choker had the effect of interfering with the gathering of Magic Energy . ”
His earlier worries disappeared somewhere as Jin gradually heated up .
“When one uses magic, the chant works as something like a ‘power word’ . It works as a ‘trigger’ and completes the spell with miniscule amount of Magic Energy . ”
If one could compose that trigger without chanting then casting of chantless magic would be possible, but he didn’t touch on that for now .
“The function of that choker is to completely diffuse the infinitesimal Magic Energy required for the casting . ”
You could think of it as the flame of the match that lights the gasoline known as Magic Energy . It was a function similar to blowing out that match .
“If this was done on a large scale, it would be possible to make a field where magic cannot be cast . ”
Jin wrapped up the explanation .
“That’s amazing, Father . ”
Reiko honestly praised Jin .
“And the other thing, the function that whittles off the stamina of the chokee . If this too was applied on a large scale, a whole army could be made to faint . ”
This was also an effective weapon . By finishing them both it seemed he would be able to stop the war, albeit temporarily .
“Magnificent, Father . Let us develop it at once . ”
Just when Reiko said so, Ann came along .
“Master, I heard your talk through Laojin . Something like that has once existed . ”
“What?”
According to Ann, during the early days of the Great Magic War, there was something like a magic-jamming magic .
“However, as allies also became unable to use magic it was not very effective . ”
Apparently, on the contrary, there were lots of cases where being unable to use magic against the physically superior demon race was a disadvantage .
“Hmm, in this situation when Magic Energy used for casting is jammed, I think that Reiko and the other golems could act normally, is that right?”
Jin asked Ann while thinking .
“Yes, as it imply ‘jams casting’, golems that use internal Magic Energy to move are not affected . They just cannot use external magic . ”
Lately Reiko had mostly fought using raw power but she was also capable of magical attacks . But there probably wouldn’t be any problems with Reiko’s strength .
“It would be effective against spellcaster forces, huh . So, do you know the method?”
“Yes, I remember it . ”
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Then using Ann’s memories as the basis at first, Jin created the prototype ‘Magi Jammer’ . With Ann it was easy to complete .
Jin used his own methods to improve all the important parts .
“With master’s method the effectiveness was more than doubled . ”
Ann who witnessed the test said .
Then Jin continued with starting on the ‘stamindamaging’ weapon’s development .
“I wonder if it worked if I just used the function of the choker as is but made it larger?”
“But then the required Magic Energy will be too great . ”
“Hmm, I suppose . Ah, in that case if we did this…”
“Father, at this point it would be faster to redo the whole Magi Sequence . ”
“That may be so . ”
Jin, Reiko, and Ann . These three kept discussing it . Jin’s insights, Reiko’s verification, and Ann’s different viewpoint .
Once there was a tentative model for it, since the goal was clear they had roughly solidified the configuration just before noon .
“Father, keeping at it for any longer than this will harm your health . It’s precisely lunchtime, so let’s visit Elssan and company . ”
Reiko said and half-forcibly dragged Jin out of the sea of experiments .
“Master, please go have lunch . I will keep on putting together the prototype in the meanwhile . ”
After even Ann told Jin so, he turned and went to warp to Kunlun Island .
“Welcome, Jin-nii . ”
Today the weather was clear on Kunlun Island . For that reason lunch was outside .
Probably because Elsa was clever from the start, her simple cooking had greatly improved .
Jin who had been separated from his Magi Craft was still pondering a little as he ate the bread . Elsa found fault with that .
“Jin-nii, you’re eating while worrying over something?”
Jin was startled . As he was completely seen through by Elsa, he quickly explained the current situation on the continent .
“War…”
To relieve Elsa who had become a little pale Jin explained,
“Yeah, but perhaps luckily Shouro Empire isn’t undergoing war . Reinhardt too was, according to what he said last night, returning home while being guarded by forces led by some captain called Matheus . ”
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“Matheus?”
After hearing that name Elsa looked nostalgic for a moment .
“Yeah . Do you know him?”
“Matheus is Rai-nii’s friend, and his fiancee’s elder brother . ”
“Huh . So once Reinhardt gets married this Matheus will become his brother-in-law . ”
“Yes . If he’s with Matheus then Rai-nii is safe . ”
Elsa said and so Jin too was a little relieved . Then, unrelated to what they just spoke of,
“Hey, Elsa, what are your thoughts about the war that has started?”
Jin tried asking Elsa .
Elsa had an immediate answer .
“I hate war . ”
She then continued .
“…Fritz-niisama once was a prisoner of war . At that time I could do nothing but worry . ”
It was when Fritz was still a kind brother .
After what Elsa said, Jin thought that maybe Fritz too was under the influence of [Seduce], which oddly was the same thing Reinhardt had guessed .
“Father is a military person . I heard he was promoted during war . But I hate war . It would be better if there was none . ”
Maybe because she remembered about the time when Elsa was conceived, Mine who was listening from the side had a slightly painful expression .
“Got it . Sorry for asking you something strange . ”
Jin said and lightly bowed his head .
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