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“I’m out, grandma.”
“Why did you come in early… What is that?”
Casa Garda said those words with uncharacteristic coldness.
It was a sight she was familiar with, as her granddaughter always came in drenched in sweat, but it wasn’t that common even by her standards for her to come in with all parts of her body like this.
It was clear that he had gotten into a muddy fight with someone and came back.
They say this happened quite often in the past, but it’s something you don’t see often these days.
“Did you end up like this while training with that guy?”
Casa said those words in a bewildered voice.
Dowd Campbell’s basic exercises to improve his physical strength are already done daily by Liru.
Even those involved in such training were questioning why they were doing physical training like this instead of learning proper ‘techniques’, but because Kasa was so stubborn, it was still being done every day.
After the hunter’s night is over, it begins in earnest.
anyway.
It makes no sense to get injured this much just by doing that kind of training. Right now, Liru was sticking out his lips and shaking his head.
“That can’t be possible.”
“Then how did it happen like that?”
Liru fell silent for a moment at Kasa’s words.
He seemed to be expressing deep anguish, wondering if it was right to discuss this now.
“…Hey, grandma.”
“What.”
“…”
Liru mumbled for a while, then finally opened his mouth.
“…Someone named Princess Tristan. Does her grandmother know?”
“I know, I know. Wasn’t he a swordsman genius who was well-known throughout the continent? “Why there?”
“If I want to fight and win against that side, what kind of training should I do?”
Kasa’s expression was filled with doubt.
“…Why are you with me?”
“It’s just that we happened to get into a fight once.”
Liru continued speaking while stroking her chin thoughtfully.
“…I think if I fight with it, I can get stronger right away.”
There is not much time left until the Hunter’s Night ends, and this is consistent with the saying that there is not much time left until the day when one can directly interact with the Warchief.
Then shouldn’t we use all the means we can to become stronger?
There.
That’s not the only reason.
“and.”
Liru, who was about to continue speaking, sighed for a moment and closed his mouth.
In my mind, what happened earlier was vividly flashing back to me.
A sentence engraved on her arm by Dowd Campbell using an unknown ability.
[Cooperation. If you don’t, you die. help me.]
-Did you say that?
But, that.
Depending on how you interpret it, this sentence sounds a little different.
Dowd Campbell means that if you don’t cooperate with them, you will die.
therefore.
If you combine this with the attitude of the man who was usually ‘afraid’ of Elnor, a slightly unusual conclusion is drawn.
“I’m not sure yet.”
Liru said awkwardly.
“I feel like I’m being threatened. “Some guy.”
“…what?”
When Kasa asked in an absurd tone, Liru replied with a pout.
“…just.”
It was obvious that he was embarrassed, but there was no doubt about it.
“I just thought it would be pitiful if there was someone who was forcibly captured and married.”
The tone of resolute ‘will’ was quite palpable.
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In fact, when you think of a blacksmith in charge of the Hall of Fire, it is normal to think of a rugged blacksmith man.
But surprisingly, the person in charge of equipment at the best educational institution in the tribal union is a person who is hundreds of millions of years away from such things.
First of all, it is because it is not a person.
[User recognition. ID verification. Elfante District 2 exchange student Dowd Campbell. Welcome to the Hall of Fire.]
“…”
Far from being sweltering, I look at the neatly designed room that almost feels like a living room, and the huge ‘machine’ placed in the exact center of it.
Excluding the over-tech magic engineering tools that occasionally pop up, it is a particularly bizarre sight in the Sera worldview, which maintains technological prowess at a pre-modern level.
It’s a believable sight even if you’re playing in science fiction rather than fantasy.
[I am Sephira, a production AI in charge of the Hall of Fire. What purpose did you visit?]
“Equipment manufacturing.”
[Has confirmed. Please put the ingredients into the input slot and select the drawing you want.]
With those words, I dump everything I brought into the side of the machine through the opening on the side.
Ectoplasm. Byeolcheol. Adaptive leather. And even the ‘Dragon Scale’ that I got while defeating a water dragon not long ago.
There is nothing that is not made of high-quality materials. These are top-of-the-line items that you can just go to a blacksmith and entrust to a blacksmith.
‘…Actually, using these things all at once is not necessarily a good thing.’
Just as adding all kinds of ingredients to a dish doesn’t make it taste good, good ingredients don’t always guarantee good results.
On the contrary, if you make it incorrectly, the result may be worse than not adding it because it doesn’t match well, so if you take it to the craftsmen who claim to be incompetent, they will probably wave their hands and reject it.
I would say that I don’t have the confidence to handle materials like this, that’s for sure.
‘This guy is different.’
With that thought in mind, I look at the machine in front of me.
There is a reason why I brought these things here instead of leaving them at Elfante’s workshop.
At least when it comes to ‘making’ something, there is no one on the entire continent who can follow a being with the brand of Magic Tower.
In fact, even if I threw out all the ingredients and said those words, the only thing that came back was a mechanical holographic window.
The word ‘impossible’ means never say anything. In fact, even in the original work, it was an all-purpose production machine that could put out anything you put into it.
[I checked all the ingredients. Considering the quality and quantity, I recommend making it into armor. It is most efficient to make it with a material that covers the entire body-]
“no.”
Definitely, I agree with that.
With this amount, it is actually inefficient to make one weapon.
But still.
“No armor. “It’s not even a weapon.”
This is an essential condition when considering the structure of the boss battle between Tatiana and Alan.
If you asked for something like this, most blacksmiths would immediately issue a ban, but this time, Sephira responded calmly.
[If so, please select the desired equipment category.]
A series of categories, starting with major categories of equipment such as weapons and armor, followed by smaller categories such as swords, spears, helmets, and shields.
It has a very modern design, as if you were ordering food at a kiosk.
‘…playing alone in another world.’
With that thought in mind, I operate the hologram window.
Even if you think about how it was in the original work, Magic Tower is a group of guys who single-handedly pull out things that seem to be from a different genre.
Even by the standards of the tribal alliance, which has the most technological prowess among the hegemonic countries, it falls far short of this.
You can tell just by looking at the fact that the part of making ‘equipment’, which is considered the most important part of the tribal alliance, was replaced with items brought in from the Magic Tower.
That’s the answer that comes right away.
[Estimated equipment production time is 30 minutes. ]
“…”
It’s a task that would probably take a week even if left to Professor Vulkan of the Elfante Production Department, but he completed it in just 30 minutes.
Even if all equipment produced in the Magic Tower did not commonly use ‘Magic Tower batteries’, which are sold at extremely high prices, the level of worldview technology would have changed a long time ago.
Because they are such a closed group, they risk their lives to prevent others from using their technology.
Because they are scientists who are only interested in research, whether in a good or bad way.
‘…I’ll have to visit sometime later, though.’
It’s not that far away, and there’s a high probability that we’ll start dating the Magic Tower from Chapter 4, the next main scenario branch.
With that in mind, I look at the ‘creator’ engraving on the front of Sephira’s interface.
[ Creator: This record has been expunged. ]
[Assistant: Feinol Lifek]
“…”
There is a familiar name.
The name of the wizard belonging to the Heretic Inquisition engraved on the magic tower equipment is quite strange, but considering his background, it is not that strange.
And considering that Feynol is taking over the final boss position in Chapter 4, this is one of the ‘clues’ that should never be missed.
[Production has been completed.]
As I continued to think like that, the front part of Sephira opened and the equipment I requested was slid onto the conveyor belt.
Two pairs of ‘gauntlets’ with colorful materials woven throughout.
It is the equipment that most vaguely straddles the border between weapons and armor.
‘yes.’
I pick it up with a smile, feeling like it came out better than I expected.
[ Infinity Gauntlet ]
[Equipment: Unique]
[This is a gauntlet with various effects made from all kinds of high-quality materials. ]
[ ▶ Dragon’s scales: Durable and never broken or worn out under any circumstances. ]
[ ▶ Ectoplasm: It shows a very high compatibility with various abilities. The effect is doubled when applying strengthening and buff skills cast on equipment.]
[ ▶ Byeolcheol: It has extremely high resistance to various curses and is most sensitive to divinity. ]
[ ▶ Adaptive Leather: Automatically copies the target’s properties when hitting. On the second hit, the target’s properties are automatically weakened. ]
‘It’s perfect.’
This is why, even though I have collected all the ingredients so far, I did not use them right away and waited for Sephira.
This is because the properties of all the ingredients used were perfect.
At this level, it’s no joke, and it’s safe to say that Elijah’s performance is up to par with the ‘holy sword’ he will obtain in the next chapter.
Of course, it cannot match the ceiling of the Holy Sword in that it is a weapon exclusive to the main character, but it is definitely too good a piece of equipment to be given to just one person.
It does not break at all, is strengthened more easily than normal equipment, resists curses, and responds sensitively to divinity.
And, above all.
The last feature is ‘weakens the properties of the target.’
It’s a good ability to almost be able to snipe Tatiana.
It’s a bit funny that the name sounds like it requires putting a stone on top of a glove.
‘…I’ll be happy if you bring me Liru.’
The reason I chose two pairs is because I had to bring one to Liru.
I’m sure that person will also like it if he receives this top quality equipment –
< System Message >
The special interaction between [Lirugarda ‘and’ ¾̶̷̷̛͙̦͎͖͈̘̬̩̲̲͓̹͈̗̬̩̲̲͓̹͈̗̔͑͛͋̃̂̐̊͋̎̕̕̕̚͘̚͘̚͘̚͘̚͘͝͝͝͝͝͠ ‘, the vessels of’ Blue Devil ‘, are open. ]
[ The frequency of contact between the two vessels increases! ]
“…”
First of all, I understand that Riru is not a nobleman.
The good news is that looking at the nuances of the system window, the situation is not that threatening.
If this was an event that threatened my life, I would have warned him to quickly go and stop it due to its nature.
‘…Well, there must have been a point of contact.’
Even if I don’t have to bridge the gap, it’s just that they go first and attack each other, but the two have already interacted with each other a few times without having to go through me.
However, if he had lost so overwhelmingly just recently, Liru’s personality would have made him dislike meeting her for a while, so I don’t understand why the frequency of contact is increasing.
For what reason?
“Oh, you were here.”
As I was thinking that, a very unpleasant voice struck my ear.
I turned my head and saw that it was Tatiana.
As always, he has that mechanical smile on his face.
“…”
I don’t know why, but the guy who had been quiet until now suddenly appeared in front of me.
It’s not like he’s trying to kill me by starting a fight right here. If you do that, you’ll be thinking that your head will be blown off by Elnor right away.
Probably, until there is a means to somehow ‘suppress’ that side, the possibility of a military demonstration against this side is very low.
While frowning slightly, Tatiana opened her mouth in a light voice.
“It is said that the Warchief will soon arrive at the Furnace of Strife. “Everyone is preparing for the welcome party.”
“…Is that so.”
Not at times like that.
For a few days now, articles have been spreading about that person visiting here.
“and.”
Tatyana said with a bright smile.
“He wants to see you first, Dowd Campbell.”
My expression turned into a frown.
‘…You’re already putting me in contact with Alan?’
No matter how much I think about it, I don’t know why.
That’s a hidden card that this guy has to keep hidden. You’ve already shown it to me so there’s no need to divulge information.
“ah.”
However, Tatiana continued speaking without paying any attention to my expression.
“On your way, would you please bring Liru Garda and Casa Garda with you?”
“…”
“The Warchief wants to see those two too.”
Admittedly, it was not a sentence with a very pleasant resonance.
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fantasy,
