Chapter 479: Rescue Operation (1/2)

At the scene of the incident, Jin issued his instructions to Reiko and the others.

“Reiko and Noir, you two clear away the fallen scaffolding. Edgar and Ehr, you two take the injured out. Neon and Selene, you two go help Elsa. Elsa, you take care of the injured.”

“Ok, understood.”

“Reinhardt and Stearleana, us three are going to use the Engineering Magic spell ‘Joint’ to temporarily fix the scaffolding to prevent it from collapsing any further.”

“Roger!”

“Okay.”

“I’d also like to ask Saki to watch over the scaffolding, and Vivian to watch over the ship. Please let me know if you find any spots that seem to be about to collapse.”

“Leave it to me, Jin.”

“Sure, I can do that.”

Jin stood at the farthest point. Reinhardt stood at the closest point. And Stearleana stood between the two, where it was easier to make sure that nothing would go unnoticed. The three of them started to use “Joint” at the same time in order to fix the scaffolding in place.

As the name implied, “Joint” was a spell that was originally used to join two separate pieces of non-uniform materials such as wood, so it could be used in this way as well.

“But to think you would suggest using a spell like this for this purpose. I have to take my hat off to you, Jin.”

The impressed Reinhardt murmured those words while holding the scaffolding in place.

“That’s true. I wouldn’t have expected any less from the Magi Craft Meister!”

Reinhardt quickly reproached Stearleana for carelessly saying that out loud.

“Stearelana, that’s a secret…”

“Ah.”

Fortunately, Eckert didn’t seem to have heard her.

Meanwhile, Reiko and Noir were able to effortlessly clear away the fallen scaffolding without even having to exert their full strength.

“Lady Elsa! Please prepare for healing!”

“Okay. ‘Cleanup’ ‘Sterilization’ ‘Heilung’.”

Edgar and Ehr carried the injured from under the cleared scaffolding. Elsa cleaned and disinfected their wounds, and then cast her healing magic.

Then, the workers who have had their wounds tended for were taken to a safe place by Neon and Selene to lie down and rest.

With this, they were able to rescue and patch up 8 out of the 10 workers that had been buried under the fallen scaffolding.

“The other two must be buried further below.”

It was a place where the structural materials of the ship and the timber for scaffolding had piled up extremely high.

“Reiko, please.”

“Noir, do it.”

The timber used for the scaffolding weighed at most 20 kg apiece, but the structural material of the ship easily exceeded 100 kg. Some items even weighed nearly 200 kg.

Lifting items of such weight would be beyond the abilities of most golems.

However, the Schwarz Ritter Noir, reinforced with materials from Hourai Island, had more than enough power for the job.

Besides, Reiko, AKA “the walking absurdity” was there as well. She lifted the materials weighing 100kg each and put them out of the way as if they were toy bricks.

“W-What in the world are you guys…?”

Eckert couldn’t believe what his eyes were looking at.

The piled up structural materials of the ship and the scaffolding girders were cleared up in an instant.

“Miss Elsa! He isn’t breathing!”

The worker that Edgar was carrying was no longer breathing.

“…’Diagnose’… He’ll be alright. His heart is still beating. It was still too close for him. …‘Völlig Genesung’.”

Elsa used her strongest spell. After that, she leaned forward, completely exhausted. She had completely used up her mana reserves.

“Elsa!”

Having somewhat finished reinforcing the scaffolding, Jin rushed towards her.

“Reiko, contact Laojun for me. Have him transfer over some Pelshika juice and healing salves. He should send them outside this deck so that no one notices.”

“Understood.”

Reiko immediately went out of the dock and contacted Laojun using her built-in Mana Comm. After receiving the items requested by Jin, she quickly returned.

“Miss Elsa, please drink this.”

“Thank you… Reiko.”