What do you say, Elvis? The mercenaries with the stones embedded in them.
"It's going to be interesting, Master Alphonse." Exactly. I didn't expect the magic power to increase that way. This will make the Barca Mercenaries even stronger. The more you fight, the stronger your soldiers will be. "
It's winter, but the icy stone statues are soothing the cold in the new town of Barca.
Talk to Elvis who was there.
I was talking while observing the Alphonse Reinforcement I had done together.
A red and black magic stone that can be obtained in the magic labyrinth of the magic kingdom of Brillia.
This is the nucleus of a monster that emerges in the labyrinth as a freestanding armor made of various metals, the Magic Soldier, but you can also give it my blood to create the Fresh Blood Soldier Norn.
With my blood in such a stone, I decided to implant it in the body of a mercenary of the Barca Mercenaries.
I was wondering if I could increase the magic power of the mercenaries a bit.
Apparently, it worked.
Moreover, it had a slightly different effect than I expected.
That's because you can now expect to be able to raise your magic power enough to fight.
I will also compile the information for reporting to Ai.
First of all, I was worried that the magic stone in my body would disappear.
It turned out that the red and black magic stones would disappear if they were just put into the human body.
In other words, even if you put a lot of magic power into the magic stone and embed it in the body, it doesn't lead to an increase in total magic power.
However, that was not the case with the Magic Stone that contained my blood in the Norn.
Maybe it was good that the Norns were inside their bodies.
In the rituals of the Church of Barca, those who break their vows by sending my blood into the body of the subject undergoing the ritual will be punished.
This means that the presence of Norn has been in the mercenaries' bodies for a long time.
Perhaps it's because of the Norn's magic stone that it fits well and fits in with the body.
In fact, after putting in the magic stone once, I tried to take it out after a while, and it was confirmed that there was a fine blood vessel spreading from the magic stone to the surrounding area.
I think my blood is definitely acting on a phenomenon that can't be seen with just magic stones.
So, the magic stone settled on my body, but the question was whether that would lead to an increase in magic power.
It didn't make sense just to have magic stones in my body.
The most important thing is that the total magic power rises, that is, whether or not the ascension of the tier occurs.
Not all magic acquired through naming can use the same amount of magic.
Because if you don't surpass a certain amount of magic power, you won't be able to use the magic with the highest amount of magic power consumed.
Once I reached a certain area, I could instantly understand its magic spells and effects, but if I didn't reach that area, I couldn't use it no matter how much explanation I received.
In other words, as a strengthening technique, it was important to apply magic power to the magic stone that was injected into the body, and whether or not you could expect the effect of raising the rank.
The Vulcan Reinforcement technique that Brother Arth did was ready to bring in the higher ranks.
And it looks like my Alphonse Reinforcement technique was ready for this.
Because some of the mercenaries who had implanted magic stones in the center of their chest and blood vessels spreading from their chest to their limbs were able to use magic they had never been able to use before.
There is no one or two of them, so I think it definitely has the effect of raising the rankings.
However, that was not the only unexpected effect.
The fact that some of those who performed the strengthening technique were able to increase the amount of magic power by sucking blood just as I was, was an interesting experiment.
At first, it was just a coincidence.
When I was doing this experiment, I was splitting it up to see where I could implant magic stones in my body.
Basically, the magic stone was buried in the torso, but there were also people who buried the magic stone in the limbs of their hands and feet.
Among them, it turned out that those who buried magic stones in their palms could suck blood from their hands.
Among the mercenaries, he often served as a medic, providing training for other injured mercenaries.
There was a bleeding on the palm of my hand at the time of the allowance.
Normally, you just have to get your hands dirty.
But that didn't happen.
At some point, the blood that had adhered from the palm of my hand that had been stained with blood had disappeared.
After listening to the story and immediately verifying it, it turned out that anyone with a magic stone containing my blood on the surface of their body could take the blood from it.
This was close to a kind of demon sword.
I would suck the opponent's blood by cutting them with a magic sword made of my own blood, but instead of that magic sword, the magic stone sucks the blood out.
Of course, the act of sucking the blood also led to the intake of magic power.
In other words, those who buried magic stones in their palms meant that they could gain magic power with the blood of others.
And since it is deeply connected to your body through the blood vessels spreading from the magic stone, you can also grow your own total magic power.
Which means you can do the same thing with my blood.
However, Norn said that he would not release a blood-stained demon sword or extend its lifespan.
"That's enough. Life doesn't matter, Master Alphonse." With this toughening technique, you can increase your magic power the more you bleed out on the battlefield. We will build the strongest army. "
"I see. In the meantime, I'll ask the Vandenburgs for more magic stones." Let's strengthen as many soldiers as possible. "
At first, I was investigating the magic power of the child, but at some point I was converted to a soldier.
Well, look.
The relationship between the magic power of the mother and the fetus is also important, so I decided to thoroughly investigate it with my hand in the future.
Now, let's use this strengthening technique to strengthen the mercenaries as much as we can.
Elvis and I used as many magic stones as we could to create several reinforcements.