Chapter 1

Magi Craft Meister Volume 9 Chapter 01

09-01 Research Starts

A solitary island on the surface of the blue sea, the Hourai Island . This was the base of the Magi Craft Meister, Jin .

Once Jin had returned to the research laboratory he was shocked .
“It’s in bits and pieces…! How could this be!”
The Magi Crystal that was supposed to have contained information drawn out of Marcello was smashed to smithereens .
“Was it the blow from that golem…?”
When Jin had been hit by the Unifilers’ all-purpose golem, Jin who had been wearing the reinforced clothing turned out fine but apparently the Magi Crystal in his outer pocket had received a shock .
Him making just the pocket parts out of a different material as he wouldn’t put hard objects in there had backfired .
“Redoing it is, by now, impossible, huh…”
As he had left the rest of the decision-making to Reinhardt, now he could only give up .
“Well, if there’s a next time then I’ll do it then . ”
And so Jin changed his focus and began analyzing the enemy golems .
There was nothing worth seeing in the 15 combat golems that had turned up . He was familiar with their structure . In other words, they were (as far as Jin was concerned) old models that were the archetype for the golems Gon and Gen .
However, the combat-type golem that had appeared later was different . Because somehow it was able to compete with Land-50 in strength .
“Hmm, it’s different starting from the internal structure, huh . It’s even got nearly decent skeleton . ”
He confirmed that the skeleton had been made out of steel that had been processed to be harder . But the structure of the joints wasn’t a match for what Jin could make, and the material and such used in the Magical Muscles couldn’t be compared .
“And yet, maybe because of this . ”
Jin took out four jewels . They shined light blue in sunlight, and emerald green in artificial light . There was only one kind of jewel he knew that was like this .
“Elradrite, is it . ”
The jewels inserted in the important points of the four limbs had the ability to amplify Magical Energy . Normally up to 20 times .
“So using this it was able to produce the same strength as a Land golem?”


Nevertheless, producing that much strength with normal materials must’ve worked it too hard . And sure enough, the Magical Muscles had deteriorated rather much .
“I see, so every time after it uses its full power it needs to be maintained, huh . That sounds pretty bothersome . ”
The evaluation was probably unfair . That’s because they did want to use rare materials like Jin but they weren’t in a situation where they could .
“What a huge Mana Tank though . Isn’t it about ten times larger than a normal golem’s?”
The space in the chest and abdomen was mostly all taken up by the Mana Tank .
“Hmm, if Elradrite amplifies Magical Energy then there shouldn’t be a reason to use a Mana Tank as large as this…Could it be?”
Jin could only think of a single reason for that, so he took one of the Elradrite crystals in his hand and,
“[Light] . ”
He used a spell to create light . Normally it was supposed to be as bright as a 100-watt light bulb, but it turned out as bright as the flash in a camera .
“Ah!”
Jin was dazzled and dropped the Elradrite .
“Father, what’s wrong!?”
Reiko came rushing in from outside the room .
By that time the [Light] had already vanished, so Reiko could only ask Jin what had happened .
“No, it was just a little experiment . Ahaha, I see, so that’s how it was!”
Jin burst into laughter . Reiko simply stared at Jin with worry in her eyes .
“Father…?”
“Oh, sorry . You see, it’s said that Elradrite amplifies magic so I experimented to confirm that . And then, it did amplify the magic . It amplified it, but it also required a corresponding amount of Magical Energy . ”
Jin got the feeling from the experiment just now that when he used [Light] it took about 20 times the normal amount of Magical Energy .
“In other words, it certainly might amplify the power of magic by 20 times . However, as it also takes 20 times more Magical Energy, it’s not much of an advantage in a situation where you don’t have enough Magical Energy . ”
The fact of the matter was that unless you had a gigantic reserve of Magic Energy like Jin, or an inexhaustible supply of Magical Energy like Reiko and the like, battles would turn into contests decided by a single bout .
And that’s why the battle-type golem had a gigantic Mana Tank .


By Jin’s estimate, it appeared that if the golem had kept grappling with Land for over ten minutes it probably would’ve ceased moving . As its Mana Tank would’ve completely emptied .
“Well, more detailed experiments are probably necessary, but that’s the theory . I’ll leave the rest of the experiments and their verification to Laozi . ”

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Finishing what he was doing with Elradrite, Jin began discussing the topic he had started with Reiko yesterday, namely, the topic of ‘malfunctioning Warp Gates’ .
“Basically, I want to build a Warp Gate that doesn’t require one on the receiving side . ”
Jin explained to Reiko .
“It would be excellent if that was possible, wouldn’t it . It would be possible to directly enter the inside of the enemy base . ”
“Yeah, traveling would become staggeringly easier . It would be great if we could warp to an arbitrary location and establish a regular Warp Gate there . ”
“Indeed . ”
And so, the people who had personal experience with malfunctioning Warp Gates, Jin and Reiko, began considering the details .
While being supported by Laozi, they put together the theory . With Laozi’s processing power it was trivial to do something like construct the theory while experimenting with Elradrite .
Then Ann came along . Until now, she had been working together with Laozi’s Automata . Specifically, she was checking the ideas and plans Laozi suggested .
Ann whose train of thought was different was useful in a time like this . However, as her processing power was remarkably lower than Laozi’s, she was inevitably a bottleneck on how much time it took .
“Master, Elder Sister, what would you like me to do?”
Lately Ann had not hesitated to call Reiko her ‘Elder Sister’ . Although from outward appearances the exact opposite was true .
Then Jin explained things to Ann too . She then said,
“It’s necessary decide on a system of coordinates to point at a specific point in space, isn’t it?”
Ann was capable of logical thinking like this . Incidentally Jin did things by intuition, and so Reiko and Laozi had inherited that from him .
“I see, that’s definitely true . ”
Jin then reminisced about the lessons he had taken in high school . When you speak of three-dimensional coordinate systems, the first one that comes to mind is the XYZ coordinate system . Width, height, and length .
“There was something else too, if I recall correctly it was the polar coordinate system or something like that . Azimuth, altitude, and length, was it . ”


The terminology was dubious, but the way of thinking was correct .
“In this situation it’s probably better to use the polar coordinate system and use the sending side as the origin . ”
Using the sending Warp Gate as the origin, just determining the distance, direction, and altitude (angle) would be enough .
“In that case, it’s necessary to convert the coordinates of already-known locations to polar coordinates, isn’t it . ”
Ann also gave advice on the necessary matters .
“Yeah, an exclusive arithmetic unit…A Control Core will be necessary . ”
In this way a control system was fully planned out .
However, what was essential was whether or not one could materialize in the destination or not .
According to Jin’s understanding, the theory behind Warp Gates was that they linked together two points in space . By no means did he plan to disassemble the atoms and reconstruct them at the destination .
“Right, the receiving Warp Gate’s primary purpose is as a marker, hmm . So let’s build something that can recognize a location from a distance . In other words, that would make the receiving side not need any components . ”
The receiving side and the sending side had identical devices, it was simply that on a return trip the receiving side became the sending side .
“With one-way travel a receiving component isn’t needed . So then if the magic formation or Magi Formula that worked as the landmark could be remotely controlled…”
Jin pondered the problem frantically .
“Father, isn’t determining the distance the hardest problem?”
Reiko spoke .
Certainly, he understood that the direction could be determined intuitively like when shooting with the railgun . But, the distance .
“You’re right . Right now there’s three ways to consider . One is the intersection of straight lines coming from two points . ”
Jin said .
“That, and the amount of Magic Energy the sending side uses . ”
Reiko said . Then,
“And the point where attracting and repelling forces meet, right?”
Ann remarked with a clear voice . It was the same principle as that of the [Barrier] .
“In any case, long distances will be difficult, huh . I guess it’s necessary to start experimenting with distances that are within sight . ”
It seemed to be impossible to, for example, suddenly warp from Hourai Island to Celuroa Kingdom .
Jin then began building a prototype .
He used a normal Warp Gate with some remodeling as the sending side .
Usually, it would be linked to the receiving Warp Gate with a faint Magic Energy connection . Instead of this weak connection, a magic formation would be configured to use large amounts of Magic Energy to create the marker point .
“We’re to determine just how far we can simplify that magic formation, right?”
While receiving Ann’s advice, the first prototype was finished just past noon .
Jin warped to Kunlun Island where Elsa was waiting to have lunch . Reiko came with him, and Ann stayed to do the pre-trial checks .

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“Jin-nii, come in . Thanks for saving Rai-nii last night . Because of that? You’re a little late today, no?”
“Oh, I was kind of in the middle of something . ”
After Jin’s excuse Elsa gave him a glare .
“Jin-nii, you really are obsessed with craftsmanship . ”
She said . Reiko then informed Elsa .
“Even though Father made Elsa-san wait for him, please have him eat properly . Otherwise he’ll quietly skip two meals without thinking . Because it looks like today is going to be an all-nighter . ”
“Jin-nii, that’s no good . It’s bad for your health . ”
After being criticized by both Reiko and Elsa, Jin scratched his head and,
“A-alright, I’ll be careful . ”
He apologized .
He then briefly told Elsa about last night . Jin of course stayed silent about getting struck .