Episode 87: The Disappointing Elf is High-Performance
“One Magic Core, two Magic Cores, three Magic Cores… uheeheeheehee.”
“Gianna scary.”
“B-but Master… you’re amazing.”
At the edge of the base, drooling while operating the Armed Multi-Seeker SGS-118B is Gianna, the elf who joined us the other day.
Intelligent and endlessly curious about magic and Magic Items, she showed interest in the various weapons and Magic Items I possessed, and she continues to work hard every day to master them.
If anything, she’s even starting to read parts of the manuals written in the Unified Space Force language.
“Each of these Drones has a Magic Core sealed inside. Once you use them all up, you have to replace them all. So, when operating them, you need to have a decent number prepared in advance.”
“Magic Cores… I want to make them myself.”
“No can do.”
“Muu, the technology to directly process Magic Stones… it’s truly fascinating.”
“I can’t teach someone who I don’t know what they’ll create.”
Following the manual, you draw a magic circle on a Magic Stone with a magic pen to create a Magic Core. If you have the tools, anyone with a certain amount of dexterity can do it. You just trace the projected lines with the magic pen.
But if I leave it to Gianna, there’s no telling what she’ll draw. I can’t trust her with it.
“We have a sufficient number of Magic Cores, so there’s no need to increase production.”
“Master, you’re mean…”
“Don’t care. Concentrate on operating it.”
“Yessir.”
Gianna puts on the Head-Mounted Display and freely moves the Drones. She has a high aptitude for controlling them. Even among the soldiers of the Unified Space Force, there were quite a few who were bad at this weapon.
“Mortars and machine guns are fine, but what’s the intention behind the laser irradiation?”
“Actually, it was originally a laser irradiation weapon, and the mortars and machine guns were added later.”
“Huh?”
Before the Armed Multi-Seeker was the Laser Seeker SGS-115SB. I even have one on hand. It doesn’t have the mortar and machine gun functions, but instead, it has a longer laser irradiation time.
By the way, once you start laser irradiation, it continues to fire the laser until the Magic Core’s Magical Power runs out, so you need to be careful. Since the main body is a flying Drone, if you move it, it will cut through all obstacles in its path with the laser, so you have to be careful not to hit allies or Drones you’re controlling at the same time.
This is the same specification for the Armed Multi-Seeker SGS-118B. Honestly, I’ve never used laser irradiation except for focusing on a stationary target.
“Well, that’s how it is. Since it exists, it’s best to learn how to use it.”
“Mm, roger.”
Gianna, who already handles handguns, assault rifles, and Sniper Rifles with ease, has a surprisingly wide range of aptitudes. I didn’t think she could even operate through a Head-Mounted Display, though.
“The machine gun accuracy is high, too. She’s really high-performance.”
“Uhe, uhehe… uhehehehe.”
But her personality is too disappointing. She seems to know the difference between right and wrong, but she’s too scary to entrust with various things.
“Really too disappointing…”
Having lived as an elf for many years, her magic skills are high, and her swordsmanship and archery are also top-notch.
She’s just really too disappointing.
“She’s even become able to operate heavy machinery.”
“…Versatile, amazing.”
“Yeah.”
As Asahi says, she’s really a person who can reach various things.
She’ll probably be able to drive Aircars too, since the control system is the same, just the speed is different.
“Hah!”
Swinging her pure white Nata, she smashes the helmet of an Iron Cavalry. This guy has a Magic Stone in his chest, so you can defeat him quickly by destroying it, but Magic Stones are valuable resources, so I don’t want to destroy them.
So, the way to defeat them is to destroy their heads. For some unknown reason, like other living things, they stop moving when their heads are destroyed.
“Asahi, even if you’re trying to draw the enemy’s attention, attack with a little more intention to defeat them. It works on these Monsters, but it won’t work on more intelligent Monsters or people. My Lord is putting too much power into it. With that weapon, you can inflict fatal damage without putting so much power into it.”
“Also, Master could raise the overload rate a little more…”
“You want me to raise it more?”
“It’s okay to put more load on. Master’s body can still handle it.”
“No, but…”
“It’s not at a level that would hinder growth yet.”
“…Roger.”
With Asahi as my partner, today we’re subjugating Iron Cavalry and Iron Steeds in the Dungeon. I have work as a Lord, but I’ve become able to delegate tasks that Jake can handle.
There’s a shortage of personnel, but there are also jobs that can’t be done because there aren’t enough people, so I’m managing by putting those off until later.
In this way, I manage my time well and secure time to move my body. And incidentally, secure iron.
“The kitten should increase her weapon variations. Her response to tough opponents is weak with just disruption.”
“Okay, I will. But what should I use?”
“A weapon that suits Asahi, who isn’t strong…”
The SB Lance is probably the best, but what would be good?
“Slug TCC-07 is the best.”
“That one, huh?”
Asahi’s accuracy isn’t that high.
“You just have to get used to it. Gianna will guide you for a while.”
She seems to see through everything. Asahi has been targeted by a troublesome person.
“The Slug TCC-07 is light enough for women and children to handle, and it also has excellent recoil reduction. It’s surprising that even untrained people can handle it because it puts little strain on the wrist. Considering it’s a long-range and anti-personnel Magic Item, it’s safe to say that nothing surpasses it in its current state. To surpass it, you would simply need a weapon with a longer range or higher power. But if that’s the case, it would fall outside the anti-personnel category, so it would become a weapon for anti-Monster use rather than anti-personnel. That would be… fuhi, I find it quite appealing, but in that case, assault rifles would be the main weapon. But if that’s the case, it’s already…”
“Too long, too long!”
Also, her tone is gradually becoming scary!
“Asahi doesn’t move conspicuously very often, and I don’t let her act alone. There shouldn’t be a problem with her having a slightly unusual weapon.”
“Ah, that’s certainly true.”
Currently, Asahi’s main job is training to improve her skills. Among the Onmitsu, Asahi, who is young and lacks experience, is only an Onmitsu trainee within the base. She sometimes acts alone in the Forest near the base, but I don’t let her act alone in the capital or towns where people are.
Barbatos or Beatrice are with her in places where there are people, so she won’t be targeted even if she has the TCC-07.
“Well, it seems that strength is mostly allowed in this world.”
The strongest people in this capital are Barbatos or Ryuga. Leonhardt, who came the other day, is also strong enough, but the two of them are better in a solo battle. If anything, Gianna is better.
Asahi is recognized by the other Adventurers as Barbatos’s disciple, like me. And Barbatos is becoming known as the person who controls the Knights Order along with Beatrice. No one would lay a hand on someone under the protection of such a person.
“Assuming we build a battle using the Slug TCC-07, how should we fight?”
“Mm, difficult to coordinate.”
“Asahi’s job was to keep enemies away while my Lord was fighting…”
“If we’re going to use that, we need to rethink the way we fight from the start. Should I use it too?”
“…I didn’t think of that.”
“It depends on the opponent, so I can’t say for sure.”
Since it’s a long-range weapon, coordination is important. Supporting fire while one person is engaged in close combat is impossible unless you’re highly skilled and have a strong relationship of trust.
In that case, it’s better for both of them to fight with guns from the beginning.
“Then let’s try it out.”
Just then, Iron Steeds began to appear. I used the Slug TCC-06, which I took out of my Spatial Storage, to shoot at them.
Two shots to the head of the Knight on the Steed, and two shots to the head of the horse.
“…Excellent.”
“Master, why are you using a type that requires reloading?”
The Slug TCC-06 is the model before the 07. It requires reloading, and the weight and recoil are slightly higher.
“This one has clearer recoil and more weight, so it feels like I’m shooting.”
“Hmph?”
Gianna takes the 06 from me and takes aim. She looks good doing it, even though she’s an elf. Oh, she can’t shoot because it has user authorization, right?
“A matter of preference?”
“You could say that.”
“…Are there any more 06s?”
“There are, but…”
There’s a special serving of them.
“Give me one.”
I hand one over as she says.
“Asahi, from now on, use the 06.”
“Huh? Yes.”
“Matching with Master.”
“Yes!”
Wow, she has a really big smile.
“The user’s skill also changes with their feelings about these things.”
“Hmm. Does Lady Gianna also know how to move people?”
“Fufun.”
Well, if it motivates Asahi, I guess it’s okay? Huh? You want one too? Fine, but don’t take it apart, okay? That goes for the spare magazines too, got it? Look at me and answer properly.