Hmm, were they repulsed?

Yes, two of the planes are half destroyed and one has lost contact with us, so we think it was destroyed.

Just as I expected. And what about the other side?

Yes, sir. They appear to be live ammunition. They shoot lead shells at speeds of about Mach 2.

Interesting. How do they fire them?

That's unknown at this time. But the original shells were spherical.

Spherical?　I see. An old-fashioned shell.

One more thing. Airships are quite maneuverable despite their appearance. They were almost as good as saucers.

Mmm.

Finally, the air sacs are made of excellent material. It repelled the arrows fired by our saucers.

Right.

Considering the above, I think we can calculate their maximum strength.

But isn't it possible that they haven't reached their full potential?

Of course I've taken that into consideration. I'll multiply your calculations by 50 percent.

Double.

What's the figure?

Double the amount of the calculation.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

"Hmm, I guess this guy doesn't have a clue about energy transfer. ......"

Jin muttered regretfully.

"It's not surprising if the receiving side doesn't have any hints. ...... but it's good to know that it's a one-way system like the that's being used."

If it is a warp gate, the receiving side must have its own equipment, but if it is a transporter, the sending side is all that matters. That's what I mean.

"The assembly accuracy is high. I knew it, this one seems to have been made to look low grade on purpose."

Jin further examines materials other than 64 light silver.

"As I thought. The mithril silver used in this part is unbelievably pure. In this case, the cover-up is not so good. ...... me too."

<> is a helium gas levitation system, but other than that, it is packed with Jin's latest technology.

If it were to be captured and analyzed, it would reveal Jin's technological prowess.

"We have to be careful. ......"

The biggest advantage Jin has now is that the full extent of his technological capabilities is not yet known.

"Well, that's about it."

Although he had gained something, he still did not have a full picture of his opponent.

"<> and Edgar?"

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"Good then."

Jin left the rest of the analysis to the craftsman (Smith) and returned to Horai Island.

When he went to the workshop, Erza was conducting some kind of experiment with Edgar as her assistant.

"Elsa, what have you done?　"Edgar, you've been working hard for a long time.

"Well, I found something interesting."

What?"

At Erza's words, Jin stared at .

It looked like something attached to a magic screen.

"<>......, is it?"

<> is a magic machine that investigates the distribution of free magical elements (ether) in the target space.

It can capture the distribution of free magical elements (ether) in three dimensions.

"So?"

"It's a magical machine (magi-machine) that captures the of free magical elements (ether) in order to examine the ."

"I see. ......"

The <> can determine the distribution of free magical elements (ether), but this device made by Erza can even capture the movement of free magical elements (ether).

"This is a prototype, so it's small, but..."

Jin looked at this device, which could be called an "ether analyzer.

"Well, it's amazing, Erza. You did a good job."

"...... not so much."

Erza's cheeks turned a little red at Jin's praise.

"I thought that if I could find out how the free magical element (ether) works during energy transfer, I might be able to find out something.

"Hmm, I see. I hadn't thought of that. Elsa, you've grown up."

Jin was honestly happy to see Erza's growth as a student of magical engineering.

I decided to give it a try.

"Hmmm, the distribution of concentration is directly represented by the density of the display.

The distribution of free magic elements (ether) in the room is shown on the screen.

The slightly lower concentrations of Jin, Erza, and Reiko are probably due to the consumption of free magic element (ether) for the generation of mana.

"Reiko,...... well, try to use <>."

"Yes, father."

Reiko's palm lit up.

"Oh, there is a change.

At the same time, the screen of the Aether Analyzer changes.

"Is the free magic element (ether) slowly moving toward Reiko?"

It is hard to see because the concentration does not change much, but it appears so.

"......As I thought, there is still room for improvement."

Elsa mutters a little regretfully.

"No, that can't be helped. After all, we have developed something new. We can use this as a basis to make something better in the future.

Jin encouraged Erza.

"......"

"Hmmm, should we make it possible to change the <>?"

"<>?　Cooking utensils?"

"Oh, <> doesn't mean that, it means ......<>, right?"

"......Oh, okay."

Erza must have known this, but she was probably more familiar with the range as a cooking utensil, and therefore asked the question.

In this case, <> means a range of measurement, or something like that.

In order to display the change from <10 to 15>, we need to distinguish between the < and the <. range>> and <>> from 0 to 20, the readability is totally different.

"Improvement point No. 1."

Elsa nodded.

"And then we can make the ...... measurement range variable, right?"

Elsa nodded. Improvement number two."

If the detection range could be changed in steps of 10 meters, 100 meters, 1 kilometer, 10 kilometers, etc. It would be useful for measurement.

"Also, it would be good if the direction could be determined."

"Yes, that's right."

The ability to measure free magical elements (ether) in any direction, not just 360 degrees around the entire circumference.

"Improvement point 3"

And as for Jin,

"It would be nice to have something that can measure distances as far as the ...... universe, as far as this Ars, and as far as a country."

"I understand. Each one has a different size for accuracy."

"Yes, yes. That's right.

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"I'll get right on it. Jin, will you help me?"

"Of course. But it's Erza who's taking the lead.

What?

Because Elsa's the one who developed this. I'll act as her assistant.

Erza looked at Jin who laughed at that,

"...... something's wrong. You're so shy."

She smiled.