Chapter 473: A Pleasant Trip (1/2)

“Hmm, demons, huh…”

After Jin finished explaining all that he knew about demons, Reinhardt seemed somewhat troubled.

“When I saw the various weapons and armor you were making, I honestly thought that it was a bit excessive, but I’m not so sure about that any more…”

“Yeah. There’s simply too much we don’t know about these demons’ powers and abilities yet.”

Elsa quickly expressed her agreement with Reinhardt’s opinion.

“…So, about Gravity Magic…”

Jin resumed his explanation.

As far as he could understand it, Gravity Magic seemed to work by distorting space in a specific area.

The reason for that conclusion was that it also affected inertia in its assumed area of effect, rather than simply making objects in that area lighter or heavier.

“Well, we have our Warp Gates, plus there’s magic capable of summoning people from another world, so it wouldn’t be strange if there was a type of magic that worked by distorting space.”

After his rough explanation, Jin concluded with that remark.

“So how far is the analysis going?”

“For the time being, we’ve only managed to counter it by making ourselves lighter.”

Jin showed them the Lightweight Magic Tool he used to cancel Androgias’ Gravity Magic during their encounter in the Celuroa Kingdom.

“There are many Magi Sequences that are different from the ones us humans use, so we cannot use them as magic ourselves for the time being.”

“I see… It’s a little disappointing, but I guess it’s understandable.”

“Still, the magic demons use is quite scary, so for now I believe it’s best not to get involved with them if we come across any of them in the near future.”

Jin made special emphasis on the case of the Gravity Magic of Lardus, who had been able to reach a force of thousands of g by using his “El Radlite”.

“T-Thousands of g…”

Such a gravitational force would make a human look like a thin sheet of paper stamped onto the ground.

“I think no one other than Reiko would be able to withstand that…”

“For this reason, the analysis of Gravity Magic is our highest priority right now. We should be able to deal with consuming a considerable amount of magical power, enough to use a spell like Lardus’ ‘El Radlite’. Ordinary Magi Crystals may not be enough. However, that may be solved by using our newly discovered Ethenol.”

“Those are some high expectations, huh?”

“That demon girl, Alciel, seemed to be able to use monsters as pets. I’ve asked Laojun to look into this as well.”

“Would that be another one of the demons’ special abilities or something like that?”

Jin nodded, saying that it was possible. At the same time, he couldn’t stop thinking about how much of a threat it could be if a demon could control something like those Giant Centipedes they had to deal with the other day.

“The main question here is the demons’ motives.”

“That’s right. Are they trying to start a war, or are they simply messing around?”

“Ah, they’re the worst! Why can’t we all just live in peace?”

Saki’s outcry spoke for everybody’s feelings.

“…At least we’ve got some peace here.”

Elsa murmured her thoughts earnestly.

“Yeah, that’s right. This is truly heaven on Earth…”

Again, everyone nodded.

“That’s something that would need to be reported to the state.”

Reinhardt spoke out. There was no way the existence of demons could be hidden within the Celuroa Kingdom because their existence had been confirmed by a prince and a princess who both have rights to the throne.

An official proclamation about this would inevitably happen sooner or later.

“I’ll contact the empress under the name of Makina. We’ll let each nation know about this.”

“Yeah, I wonder if now’s the right time to do that.”

After Jin and Reinhardt’s brief consultation, they decided to reach out to the empress under the name of Makina.

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“By the way, Jin… Did you ever get around to making that “Animal Golem” that Hanna was talking about when we went to the Lenard Kingdom?”

After their conversation about the demons was over, Saki asked such a question.

“Huh? Ah, yeah. I did try making one, but…”

Jin was making unclear statements, which was an unusual thing for him.

“…But it didn’t go very well.”

“Huhh? That’s rare for you, Jin.”

“You give me too much credit. Oh well, it’s better if you see for yourselves. Shall we go to the workshop?”

So they all moved from the control room on the first basement floor to the workshop on the first floor above ground.

“Here it is.”

Jin put a prototype golem that resembled a cat on the table. It was about 30 centimeters long excluding its tail. Since it was just a prototype, it had no coat of fur, and looked like a mechanical bronze cat.

“Hmm, it looks good enough.”

“That’s right. This definitely looks like a cat, no matter how you look at it!”

Saki and Stearleana praised the prototype, but Jin still had a bitter expression on his face.

“Yeah, but look… ‘Activate’.”