Chapter 18 (1/2)
Chapter 18: The Black Knight Appears 1
When Luke came up with the only manner to solve the situation, he looked over at Philip once again.
“Can you surely win if the performance of the Gigant improves?”
“Of course. It is a bit awkward for me to say it with my own mouth, but I was one of the best performers in the whole history of the Royal Military Academy when it came to maneuvering Gigants.”
‘Such a guy, why was he in a not so important estate?’
Was there some other reason for things to have turned out this way for Philip?
He decided to find those out later.
The more important thing was something else.
“Okay, then wait a moment.”
Luke confirmed it with Philip and asked Reina for permission.
“Is it alright if I change a few functions in the Gigant?”
“Yes, please go ahead.”
Reina agreed to it with a pleased expression.
The wizards didn’t oppose, neither did the owner of the Gigant, but they all frowned to themselves.
It was because they were worried that the young boy would ruin the Gigant with the very little knowledge that he had.
‘Kid, not everyone can repair a Gigant, you know?’
‘Don’t you know that the ones who specialize with Gigants are called Iron Mages?’
‘This guy is a problem too, but the princess has accepted it…’
While the Iron Mages alternated between worry and lament, Luke climbed the ladder and carefully examined the inside of the armored, Mir, specifically the core engine.
The structure of the core engine was exactly as it was in the past.
However, there was another part.
It was the assemble.
‘Neither are there any rivets or slips, but furrows… I used a guy called NASA. Do I need a wrench to solve this?’
Luke picked up the tools and tried to recall the work of an Iron Mage and the others.
He put the wrench into the hexagonal groove and turned it clockwise; it was very tight and hard but, thankfully, it could be done with his own strength.
After removing a few screws and removing the cover, the core ore inside the core engine was exposed.
Luke carefully pulled out the core ore and looked at it.
“This ore is definitely at the end of its life.”
He was able to grasp it because the inside of the Gigant was starting to turn black.
The change in color was due to the fact that some of the mana that flowed from the outside had accumulated inside the stone without circulating.
Reina took a glance at the expression of Luke.
“Isn’t it good if the mana is build up?”
“No. even if it accumulates, it must be circulated to make use of it. Consider a reservoir as an example. If the water freely flows in and out, it is always going to be clean, but if the water stays stagnant it will start to get poisoned.”
“Ah, I see.”
“And in order to facilitate the circulation and to ensure a good water supply, we will have to remove the sediments that got accumulated in the water and the ground. In other words, it is an ill-maintained reservoir.”