Chapter 27

Magi Craft Meister Volume 8 Chapter 27

08-27 Combat-ready

“Next is master’s weaponry, right?”
Ann said, because the reinforced clothing was more or less complete .
“[Water Jet] and [Laser] are too powerful, and they range from long distance to medium distance usage . Please acquire some short distance weaponry . ”
“I see what you’re getting at . ”
Ann’s proposal was on point . But Jin didn’t know martial arts or anything like that .
“Which means that in the end I should be fine swinging around something like a staff…”
For now, Jin pictured himself wielding a staff . …There was something wrong with it . Jin couldn’t picture it .
“How about a katana? Although they do say that it won’t cut unless you align the blade correctly, and Adamantite is heavy too . ”
Double strength was barely not enough to wield a katana made out of Adamantite .
“Hmm… It has to be light, so that means that some materials are off the table, huh…”
After thinking it through that much what popped into his mind was a sword made out of light out of a certain famous movie franchise .
“That would probably work out, it seems . ”
Jin formed a plan in his head .
“Imprison plasma and…Nope . As an anti-personnel weapon that would be way too brutal . With lightning-type magic…It’s the same . ”
Jin kept puzzling over it .
“Hmm, and I thought it was such a good idea…”
“Master, before you continue that please first add a self-defense barrier to your equipment . ”
Ann gave her some timely help . However, it wasn’t where she had thought she’d help, as she helped Jin reach a good idea .
“That’s right! A barrier! I’ll make a barrier’s force field into a sword!”


Usually [Magic Barrier]s spread out into a sphere or into a disk, but Jin began to consider if it was possible to make it into the shape of a sword . Spheres, disks, and other geometrical shapes were simple but making it into the shape of a sword was next to impossible .
“Alright! I can do this! I can do this!”
However, with Jin’s knowledge of magic and experience on Earth it became feasible .
“Won’t it work out if I just expand the [Magic Barrier]’s poles to the shape of a sword?”

A [Magic Barrier] was a wall made out of Ether, so to speak . In theory its construction was easy . It was a combination of attracting and repelling Ether . Using the techniques in equilibrium, you could put up an invisible wall .
Here’s some more details about the attracted Ether and the repelled Ether . They collide against each other and in the location where they’re in equilibrium the Ether density in the air becomes tens of thousands of times higher . The Ether can then link together . This [Ether Mesh] is what a [Magic Barrier] is .
A [Magic Barrier]’s strength is half decided by the Ether concentration, and half by the strength of the links of the mesh . The size of the Mesh is made so that Ether can easily pass through it, so that one doesn’t have to worry about the magician inside running out of Ether .
The poles where Ether is repelled or attracted to are generated by a magical ring for example, or the imaginary points in space a magician can create . By inscribing down the complex details the designated imaginary points can be created by Magic Energy only, so by using a ring or something like that as a Magi Tool the performance is good .

And so Jin was thinking about trying to make those ‘poles’ into the shape of a sword .
“Usually the emissions come out of a point, so it becomes a sphere . ”
Basically an equidistant Ether Mesh forms around the emitting point .
“To change it into the shape of a sword, the intensity needs to be changed partially…Oh, that should do . ”
By changing the intensity, the distance at which the repelling and attracting forces are at equilibrium changes . For poles that are a point that control would be too difficult, but for a sword shape it was comparatively simple . (Only for a Magi Craft Meister, that is . )
It seemed like some minute adjustments were still necessary, but the sword-shaped [Magic Barrier] that Jin held did look like a 50-centimeter sword and emitted a faint light .
“Alright, let’s do this like that, and that like this . ”
Jin continued tweaking the Magi Formula for the sword-shaped [Magic Barrier] .
After about three rounds of adjustments,
“I’ve done it!”
Jin raised his voice in delight .


“If I change the output then… Whoa!”
From the short 40 centimeters it lengthened to over two meters .
“Now then, the sharpness . ”
Jin tried slashing at a block of wood that was lying around nearby .
“Huh?”
However, contrary to his expectations it wasn’t cut .
“Hmm, maybe it’s because right now it’s a simple cylindrical barrier…”
He guessed at the reason and developed it further .
“Let’s change the nature of the linked Ether at this point to fire…No, to thermal energy . ”
After a small tweak he performed a second test .
“How’s it now? …Ow, that’s hot!”
Hot air leaked out towards Jin .
“If I change a bit more to thermal energy the Ether won’t be diminish . ”
And then the third try .
“Mh-hm, this is good!”
A bluish-white shining magic sword . Its temperature probably passed 10,000 degrees Celsius . When he cut the block of wood the cross-section was burned black and a part of it disappeared .
Next he decided to test it on a metal rod . For now he put on the helmet too and asked Reiko .
“Reiko, can you get that metal rod from there and gently swing it at me please . Listen, veeery gently . ”
“Yes . ”
After emphasizing it to Reiko, she took the two centimeters thick and about 80 centimeters long metal rod and swung it towards Jin . He blocked it with the magic sword .
As it was fundamentally a sword-shaped barrier, it was able to take it on like a real sword .


Then where he blocked the pole it melted down in less than a second and was completely severed in two . If he blocked a sword, the opponent’s blade would probably get damaged .
“Alright, then how about electric energy?”
Fumbling with the Magi Language, he tried to make it produce electric energy using lightning-type magic .
“Now, how is it?”
He activated it . It looked bluish-white, but also was bizarrely yellow . That’s the kind of sword it became .
“Let’s see, touching this would be too perilous, huh… Reiko, please thrust that metal pole into the ground . ”
“Yes, Father . ”
Reiko lightly stabbed the 60-centimeter pole into the ground .
“Alright, let’s go . ”
Aiming at the metal pole Jin swung downwards . The moment the sword was about to come into contact, an arc discharge occurred and there was a bang along with an instant of nothing but dazzling light .
Without the light-impeding feature of the helmet it seemed he would’ve damaged his eyes .
The next moment the sword and the pole made contact, and sparks as if from an electric welder came flying and the iron rod was bisected . Glowing white metal scattered around .
“To make it glow white with heat in an instant, the voltage must be hundreds of millions…”
Jin stared fixedly at the sword . He had a hunch he had accidentally made something ridiculous . If the electric energy hadn’t been produced by magic, Jin who was the closest to it would’ve been the first one to come to harm .
“Next is to make sure this voltage can controlled, I guess . ”
Jin muttered, and after adjusting and refining the sword’s size in addition to the heat and electric energy, he finally finished two Magi Tools that were magical swords .
“I guess I’ll call them ‘Masamune’ and ‘Muramasa’ . ”
Masamune was fire-style, and Murasama was the electric-style sword . And those names were once more made up on a whim .
“Master, good work . ”
“Father, would you like a bath?”
Both Ann and Jin called out to Jin who had finished working . Jin first stretched his limbs, then said,
“Yeah, I guess I’ll take a bath . ”
He then headed to the mansion . Reiko followed him and Ann stayed to tidy up .
“Ahh, the fatigue just melts away . ”
While submerged in the mansion’s hot spring, Jin spoke like an old man .

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“I have arrived at Dali . ”
“Alright, proceed as planned . ”
“Yes sir . ”

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That night, Jin was waiting for Reinhardt to make contact, but when there was no contact after the expected time had passed, Jin began to get worried .
Then he received an urgent report from Laozi .
“My Lord, a report from Sage . It appears that Reinhardt-dono has been kidnapped . ”
“What the!?”
He had just increased the SP’s numbers as he was afraid of that .
“She went via the base at the ruins of the stronghold to Dali where Reinhardt-dono was, but it seems she barely didn’t make it in time . ”
“Those Unifilers… So they didn’t heed my warning . ”
Jin’s anger silently flared up .
“Hourai Island, prepare to sortie . ”