Pioneering the Apocalyptic World - Chapter 92

Chapter 27: A thing that got caught, but slipped through

Fricka seems to have gotten used to it since the last time, and doesn’t do it until she faints. Even so, her MP was empty after a single use, so I asked her to drink an MP potion each time that she used the magic, and while taking breaks between, she somehow managed to enchant all the magic stones.
…… If were only me, I would say ‘Let’s raise my skill level!’ And do it as many times as I want, but when it comes to letting other people do it, it feels weird.
As expected, she was exhausted by the time she finished, so I asked her to lie down on a temporary bench (I thought that was better to send her to her room, but she wanted to see my work after this), so I stood in front of the magic table and I started making items. In addition, Uru and Fin will continue to observe.

“Now then, I hope my skill level is enough…”

I took out a magic stone and a fulgurite, which is a lightning attribute catalyst.
Lightning attribute generally require a high magic skill level. Actually, my current skill level isn’t enough, but this world’s restrictions are not rigid as the game, and I might have a lightning aptitude, so I wonder if I’ll be able to do something with just this.

“Creation start. Oh thunder–”

When I touched the magic table and uttered the first chanting, the magic circle carved into the magic table emitted a faint light. So the situation where the startup itself didn’t worked don’t happened, huh.
Magic skills are a little special, and you can’t use them with a creation command like other items. However… It doesn’t look like the monsters are chanting, so there might be some kind of loophole. I have to investigate this too… No, now is not the time to think about such things.
When I focus my attention and activate magic sight, I can see the mana, albeit only faintly. Paying close attention to not put too few or not too many, I slowly pour MP(mana) into the magic table.

“The momentary ray of light that pierces from the heavens. However, what I wish for is a multi-layered curtain of light, a lasting sparkle.”

The light is getting stronger little by little. It changes from white to blue to purple, a reminiscent of a thunder.
As I thought, maybe it’s beyond my capacity right now, I’m starting to get tired from having my MP taken away. But I can’t whine when I let Fricka do all that work.
I hold down my trembling hands and chant the last phrase while sweat is still dripping from my hands.

“Reside in. Sparkfield.”

Crackle! A particularly strong light overflowed, and lightning ran through.
The intense light almost burned my eyes, I closed my eyes tightly in a hurry, but it was bright enough to pierce through my eyelids. Luckily, it stopped in an instant like a thunder, so my vision was only slightly dazzled for a while.
I blinked many times, and when my vision finally returned to normal, I let go of the magic stand and checked the results.
The magic stone was perfectly formed.

By the big sigh of relief that I let, they probably deduced that it was a success. Uru and Fin, who were observing, let out a loud “”Oh!”” and applauded.
Uru walks up to me and looks into the magic stone I’m holding.

“Fumu, is that a magic stone that was granted magic? It’s beautiful how it slights glows.”

“Ah, since most of them were immediately processed into magic tools, I didn’t show them properly to you before.”

At first glance, a magic stone is just a glass ball in its normal state.
However, this magic stone, infused with the magic of the SparkField, is white, and occasionally glows faintly in blue or purple.
However, it cannot be used in this state, and must be processed into some kind of tool. Well I didn’t really had a chance to check this part in details, but I don’t think it can be done right away, so it will be someday later.
Should I make arrows as usual? There is a possibility that it will be deflected by the wind barrier, but since it is an area magic, there is no need to hit it directly.
Yeah, let’s process it right away.

“…”

That’s what I thought.
But, for some reason, I suddenly questioned myself, ‘Is that really okay?’ with anxiety.

Currently, Fulgurite is out of stock.
If I inquire in Bartle Village, they may still have more, or if I search for the traces of the battle against Altair, I might find it. But neither is certain.
In other words, I should think that this magic tool can only be made once.
Is it okay to spend it on that simple idea? A voice came from the deeps of my mind.

‘Something is missing.’

That’s what my intuition is telling me.
…… In any case, I don’t have to make it right now. Other good uses may come to mind, and if I already have processed it to this point, I can create an item even during a battle.

“Mu? What’s wrong?”

As if questioning my subtle movements, Uru calls out to me.

“… I’m thinking about how to use it most effectively.”

“Fumu.”

In fact, there are concerns about whether or not the SparkField will work against Zephyrus. Well, if I list all of them, there will be no end and I will not be able to make anything.
If only I had more catalysts, no, if I could freely use lightning magic, I could create more??

??Crackle!

“Eh?”

“Nu?”

The lightning that suddenly appeared in my hand?although it was still at the level of static electricity?surprised me and Uru and we both leaned back.
I stare at my hand with my arm outstretched and away from my body, but nothing happens.

“Rion-sama, It’s only a small amount, but mana is overflowing.”

“Fricka?”

When I tilted my head and waved my hands, Fricka’s voice reached me. When I looked at her, she was up, and it seemed that she had recovered to that point before I noticed it. However, it seems that the tiredness has not completely disappeared and her complexion is still pale. Fin, who noticed her condition like me, hurriedly helped her.
As for me, I would like her to sleep, but I was so curious about what she was saying that I could not stop her.

“You said that is overflowing… I wonder if the effect of making the item just now still remains?”

“It could be.”

Hmmm, in other words, does that mean that my management of MP is not being properly done…? I never thought that my MP would decrease when I wasn’t using a skill… I’d suspect it’s a bug if it was in the game, but this is the reality. So that means that I must be doing something wrong. Gununu.

“In the first place.”

“Yup?”

“I’ve wondered about it before… But Rion-sama’s technology is different from the magic we use.”

“Yeah, it seems so.”

Last time, could Fricka be able to do the same thing as me? That’s what I was thinking.
But even if the residents can use magic, they can’t use the creation skill. A miko can use creation skills, but it can’t use magic.
At first glance, the creation skill and magic seems to be caused by a paranormal phenomena, but the principles must have been completely different from its base.

“Rion-sama was chanting earlier… But I felt like the flow of mana was different from the magic we use.”

“Hmm…? Well, it’s not magic, but a kind of creation skill, isn’t it?”

“But, as a result, a magic resides in the magic stone, right?”

I was about to say ‘that’s right.’, but something got caught in my mind.… What was it that got caught?
Fricka caught in something too, but I guess she can’t explain it well. It seems that her eyebrows are frowning for a reason other than her poor physical condition.
If we can grasp this, we may be able to open a way. However, Fricka began to feel exhausted again, and our thoughts about this were interrupted for now.

It was a little later that I was able to understand what was caught.