Manowa 340

 Chapter 340 - Let's Update


Mighty Ultimas the First. That was the name given to Hippomaru-kun MK2.

With heart-shaped decorations as its basic theme, it was a Golem horse made of Muscle Clay; its entire body was covered with pink armor, and it used a Childstone to power its movements. The vehicle's maximum speed was over 120 kilometers per hour, which in Minshiana, was second only to the Wyvern Flight Service, and it was the property of the head of Magiria Magic Tool Workshop, Agato.


「Mighty, you're the best. Magnificent. I'm falling more and more in love.」


And the man clinging to Mighty and rubbing his cheek against it was Agato.『Magiria Magic Tool Workshop』was Minshiana's most prestigious workshop specializing in magic tools, and he was the head.

The Golem horse brought to life by Kazane in Resurrect City was safely delivered to Agato by Master, and almost everyday, Agato cherished it like this.

Naturally, he didn't only cherish it; he also rode it around to his heart's content. And after running around almost every day, Agato felt like Mighty was moving better than it had at the beginning. That was by no means a misunderstanding. Due to Agato's daily ride, it had accumulated experience points, leading to optimized movements.


Also, Agato was conducting research on the Muscle Clay brought about by Kazane. Although they had accomplished the creation of the Accumulator, Agato and the others couldn't manipulate the Muscle Clay itself yet.

And Agato was thinking that one of the goals of their daily Muscle Clay research was this Mighty.

If we analyze this... that was often said in their business, and Agato had actually tried investigating the magic formula. However, the technique formula was abnormally complicated, and on top of that, it was built too efficiently, so it was almost impossible to analyze. For that reason, he concluded that it would be faster to stop the analysis of the technique formula and build a technique formula themselves from scratch.

By the way, to avoid causing trouble for Kazane, he hid the fact that Mighty was moving due to Kazane's ability by telling the surrounding people that it was a legacy of the ancient Ishtaria civilization like the Dragon Boats.
 

In any case, that ultimate existence was his own. It could be said that Agato was always in an abnormally excited mood. Scary.


「Workshop head, excuse me.」


And then, a boorish voice interrupted Agato's elegant private time.

「What? Who dares disturb my supreme time! Do you want to have your soul sealed with a magic tool?!」

Therefore, with a furious facial expression, Agato glared at the workshop staff member at the entrance.

「Please refrain. There's a visitor.」

As always, calling out to Agato during his private time was a life-threatening task for his subordinates. At least at that moment and place, Agato unmistakably intended to carry out the abusive words he shouted.

「A visitor? Who is it?」

「The White Party's Kazane-sama...」

Upon hearing those words, Agato's facial expression changed from a demon to a bodhisattva in an instant.

「What? My god?!」

The word god made the Magiria workshop staff member's eyes widen, but Agato didn't give a damn.

「This idiot. Say that earlier. This dullard!」

And after his complete change, in the end, he disparaged the workshop staff member.

「I have to go quickly. Mighty, you come too.」

And with a sidelong glance at the dumbfounded workshop worker, Agato and Mighty left the room. The workshop staff member remained there dumbfounded for a while, but when he regained his wits, he muttered「What was I supposed to do?」



◎ Magiria Magic Tool Workshop, In Front of Entrance


「Ooh, my god!」

「Huh? God?」


Agato's words and momentum as he appeared with a dash from inside the workshop made Kazane tilt her head while drawing back. She was suddenly called a god. She didn't understand the meaning.

Since Kazane was so bewildered, as might be expected, Agato realized that he had lost his composure, and after clearing his throat, he bowed and said「Welcome, Kazane-sama.」And Kazane returned Agato's greeting with a subtle bitter smile.


One day had already passed since Kazane and the others arrived in Royal Capital Shubain.

Yuuko-nee's loving sermon was done in her room until early that morning, so it had just finished. Kazane's cheeks were swollen and bright red.


「Have you become a little round?」

「That's not a line that should be said to a girl, and you're wrong.」


Kazane responded to Agato's rude remark with a sullen expression.

In the first place, Kazane had a constitution that didn't put on weight. That is one of the privileges of youth. However, they say that many people lose that constitution in their mid-twenties. Some people gain 10 kilograms in one year. Many people mourn「Really, why did this happen?」But dieting is impossible. Even when the physical examination shows that they're obese, they can only think that there must be some mistake. In the first place, why, in the modern era with developed science, does something like barium exist? No, isn't that foaming agent actually made of pure evil? Either way, it's irritating... Kazane didn't particularly think about such things. Naturally.


Kazane's red cheeks were due to Yuuko-nee's tough love. The proper morals, education, etc. that a girl should have were crammed into her as much as was possible in one night. As a result, Kazane's cheeks were pinched a considerable number of times.

Actually, Yuuko-nee didn't plan on going that far at first. However, Yuuko-nee never even thought about it. She didn't think that Kazane would shut her eyes and fall asleep just two minutes after she started talking.

She never expected that the Shorty, who should have been reflecting about sending that large number of bowel movement emails, would sink after 2 minutes. As a matter of fact, that Shorty had tremendous ability to concentrate on things she was interested in, but she was useless when it was something she had no interest in. That tendency had become particularly strong lately. Since no one was cautioning her.

Since Kazane was falling asleep with cute「Kuhyuu」breaths, Yuuko-nee couldn't help but pinch her cheeks. She had no choice but to pull them a lot. Kazane had said「Unyure」while still half asleep, but Yuuko-nee had hardened her heart and given her education. And here was the sudden emergence of the indescribably moral Kazane. What had changed was unclear, but it seemed she remembered that she shouldn't send strange emails to Yuuko-nee. It was a big step forward.


With this and that, as Yuuko-nee recommended the day before, Kazane visited Agato at the Magiria Magic Tool Workshop. She was told that it would be possible to process the evolved monster material armor here.


「Ooh, Hippomaru-kun has become even more gallant.」

Then Agato greeted Kazane.

Agato had no particular interest in Kazane's cheeks, so his gaze moved to Hippomaru-kun. Hippomaru-kun was officially equipped with the Black Rock Dragon horns in the form of a ram thanks to Suza's processing.

Agato said that it was gallant, but in general, it would be more correct to call the design sinister. But Kazane nodded happily after Agato's words.

「A lot of experience has accumulated, and it has been customized in various ways.」

It now even had a special killer technique called『Crawling Lightning』.

「And this Hippomaru-kun MK2 also looks fine. Did you decide on a name?」

「Yes. Its name is Mighty Ultimas the First. Mighty, say hello to your Creator.」

In response to Agato's words, Mighty stepped out in front of Agato and bowed its head. It seemed to be well disciplined.

「There's no awkwardness in its movements. It seems to be growing nicely.」

「As expected. You understand?」

Agato nodded enthusiastically. By the way, Kazane opened a Window to check, so she could see its information in considerable detail.

「Well, it should have no problems moving on level ground, but it might have some difficulty with uneven roads.」

「It's certainly true that Kazane-sama's Golem horses are not only fast, but can also move on rough roads like in forests.」

Agato said「I see」and nodded once again.

「It looks like you're conscientiously riding it, so I think there will be no problems with continuing to use it like you have.」

「Thank you. Mighty is also happy.」

Agato said, then like it was a matter of course, he asked Kazane a question.

「So then, what do you need today? Naturally, if you've come to see Mighty, I would love for you to examine it to your heart's content.」

「Ah, yeah. That isn't my errand, but I might want to do a little of that later.」

By acquiring Mighty's data, Kazane's Golem horses would become more powerful, and she could also upgrade Mighty.

「I have a version upgrade for Mighty, and recently, I've become able to give Golems a Spell, so I want to give it one.」

「You can give it a Spell!?」

Agato leaned forward and asked after Kazane's words.

「Yeah. Well, I was thinking that I could have you assist me with verification experiments.」

Although she had no concrete plans yet, Kazane was seriously thinking about the limits of what could be done through Golem production. As a forerunner for that purpose, Mighty was a very attractive guinea pig. Naturally, in a good way.

「Of course. So then, can you teach it any Spell?」

「No, it's limited to Spells that I've learned.」

She didn't have any buffing Spells, so there weren't very many options, but Kazane knew powerful Spells like Fire Vortex and Mirror Shield. However, it seemed Agato couldn't consent to such ready-made magic.

「In that case, I have some Grimoires over here. Come, let's choose some to learn.」

So saying, Agato ran into the workshop.

Kazane tilted her head and said「What did I come here for?...」but thinking that it was probably fine since she could learn new spells, she followed after Agato.



Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Summoning Fighter

Title: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer, High Beast Summoner, Rea King, Liberator

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Two Handed Sword『Black Fang』, Draghorn Tonfa x2, Dragon Eating Ogre Army Armor, Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, Heroic Spirit Summoning Ring, Circlet of Wisdom, Aim Bracelet, Magic Accumulator, White Magic Accumulator, Rainbow Necklace, Rainbow Dragon Ring, Angel Bracelet

Level : 38

Health: 152+20

Magic Power: 340+440

Strength: 72+40

Agility: 78+34

Endurance: 43+20

Wisdom : 75-5

Dexterity : 51

Spell : 『Fly』『Torch』『Fire』『Heal』『Firestorm』『Healer Ray』『High Heal』『Golden Dusk「Dragon Exclusive」』『Mirror Shield』

Skill : 『Kick Devil』『Warrior's Memory: Lv2』『Night Vision』『Crushing Blow』『Dog's Sense of Smell: Lv2』『Golem Maker: Lv4』『Aegis Shield』『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』『Healing Principle: Fourth Chapter』『Air Jump: Lv2』『Killing Leg: Lv3』『Fear Voice』『Invisible』『Tiger Eye』『Wall Walking』『Intuition: Lv2』『Cheat Death』『Nimble』『Charge』『Material Shield: Lv2』『Information Link: Lv2』『Optical Camouflage』『High Dash』『Bloodsucking Blade』『Dragonization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Regenerate』『Soul Breaking Blade』『Stealthy Hand Placement』『Thunder Chariot: Lv2』『Sturdier Teeth: Lv2「Dragon」』『Crystallization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Devil King's Intimidation』『Stone Minotaur: Lv2』『Mega Beam: Lv2』『Space Expansion』『Pseudo-Silver Creation』『Poison Claw』『Fireball「Dragon」』『Cuticle「Dragon」』『Arms Creation: Black Flame』『Ingredient Connoisseur: Lv2』『Dragon Pheromone「Dragon」』『Boost』『Monkey's Strong Arm』『Two-sword Style』『Boobies Plus』『Living Armor』『Alarm』『Six-sword Style』『Mental Attack Complete Protection』『Spider Web』『Wire Cutter』



Yumika:「Was not bringing Tatsuo with you okay?」

Kazane:「Well, Agato-san is that kind of person. Honestly, I think the Black Flame equipment would have quite likely been exposed.」

Yumika:「I see. Well, I'm relaxing with Tatsuo and Yuuko-nee over here, so fix your armor quickly.」

Kazane:「Now that you mention it, that's why I came to the workshop, isn't it.」