The Traveling Hero Won’t Let the Innkeeper’s Son Escape

Ruth and the others brought Thomas to his lab, which he had visited before. There were as many dolls moving as before.

When Thomas returned, the dolls hurriedly began to prepare some sort of device.

"What begins?

"Experimental. I'm remodeling my body."

"Is that a modification!?

Surprised by Cyrus's words, he scratched his head sitting on a nearby desk.

"I'm going in the ark with you, aren't I?

"Yes"

Cyrus was the one who first told me to enter the ark with Ruth after learning of Wonok's operation. Ruth then consulted with him, decided on the other members, and called out to each.

"But my magic is a little too big to get into the ark. You told me you didn't mind, but Geo-san stopped you."

"Eh?"

I've never heard of such a thing.

Ruth chose the intruder as the criterion for selecting someone he could trust. But at the same time, I had to choose someone who knew that there was no amount of magic and that even if I broke in, it would not affect the ark or the sky gate.

This is because there are tricks around the ark to take away magic as if it had been a problem many times. It is highly likely that the magic has been carried on the inside. If you put someone with a great deal of magic in there, it could open the sky gates and cause the operation to fail.

(Cyrus, it's so magical.....)

Ruth thought Cyrus was allowed to join the intrusion force because he knew Cyrus wasn't that magical, but he wasn't very nice to hear.

When I fought with Ruth in the past, I just woke up and was not able to demonstrate my strength without stability, but now that Tomash is performing maintenance, I can demonstrate the same strength as before. It doesn't seem to affect Geo or Wonolevel, but it seems to have the magic of bringing together a few of their men, and Geo seems to care about it.

"Well, I have a hand in joining a squad... honestly, I don't feel like I can concentrate on what you're worried about. I want to go inside, but the magic is too big. The way you get in after reducing your magic is quick to heal yourself, so it won't make sense."

Magic phantom crystals create magic according to the amount of magic carved into the soul. That's why Ruth could only walk on the ground, even if Cyrus floated in space with a doll.

In addition, it seems that Silas' magic recovery speed is unusually fast.

That's where Orha comes in.

"Orha's?

"Mr. Ruth, Alpha, can I borrow that Orihalcon?

Ruth and I were talking about a doll that was getting ready. When Cyrus prompted them to give Olha, they lay him down on one side of the arrangement.

Silas approached, followed by Ruth on their side.

"Orihalcon's energy supply mechanism is a little special. We still haven't fully figured it out."

"Oh, is that so?

I knew how Orihalcon works and thought it was being used as a weapon. However, only about ten percent of the material called Orihalcon has been elucidated, and many are still wrapped in mysteries. You don't seem to know where you're from, how you're going to increase it, or whether you're going to degrade it on your own. The impact of the heroic awakening made it an important piece of data for Tomash and the others.

(Was that what people used to use as a weapon... well, humans aren't 100 percent figured out.)

Moreover, because Orha is prototype, unlike other Orihalcon weapons, it uses quite a lot of genuine Orihalcon. It seems that Tomash and the others call it the Alpha type.

For that reason, it is unlikely - and I miss Ruth - that we will be able to act.

"They're using something like magic as an energy source, but my father says it's something close to a human mana. I mean..."

"... Orha doesn't use magic, so can you use enough power in a ark?

"That's what I'm saying. With this, it doesn't matter if I have a lot of magic, because it's incorporated into Orihalcon's energy supply."

"Uh-use? It's embedded in it....."

When Ruth tried to ask, Cyrus put his big body in a small barrel-like device and finally closed the door.

"Eh... Mr. Cyrus?

"Stand back a little."

While confused, Ruth is lowered by the doll and distanced from the barrel. After a while, the barrel lit up and there was a sound of cotton and something falling down.

"Separated, we're joining."

Tomash picked up two spheres that he had seen somewhere. A purple magical phantom crystal in which Silas had previously entered a dormant state and appeared with a liquid with clear elasticity.

"Eh, Cyrus!? Did you fall asleep again!?

Ruth panicked when he realized that Cyrus, who had spoken normally until now, had returned to the sphere in the same way as at that time.

Stay where you are.

But Tomash took control of Ruth, who tried to move. Pass the magic phantom crystal to the doll, and the doll will put the magic phantom crystal next to Orha to resume the work.

"Rest assured. He's not dormant. I just put it back into the elemental body for the experiment. Get back to the mold and you'll wake up soon."

"I see...."

Ruth felt a little relieved when he spoke calmly about Tomash. When Cyrus was previously dormant, he heard that he had lost his purpose of life, so he was worried that he might have done something without knowing.

When the doll was ready, he started working on Tomash's orders.

When I traced the surface of Orha connected to the device, the part of the handle of Orha broke as if it were a cover.

(What are you doing...?

The sight seen from the gap was strange. The surface of Orha, which was thought to be solid, shined and began to change with the movement of the doll's fingers. It was as if he was moving a mollusk.

"From now on, I will connect Alpha Orihalcon to Silas' Magic Phantom Crystal."

"Connection... is that possible?

"It's similar to what you would have actually done. But make it stronger."

That reminds me that Ruth was first brought back to Tomash. Ruth was in a magical phantom crystal attached to Orha.

"I knew that I could connect with Orihalcon and the ordinary core, but I didn't expect that magical phantom crystals containing human souls could connect with Orihalcon and keep conscious of each.... thank you."

"Ah, no."

Orihalcon is a material of will. Even if people don't put their hands on it, the way they react is completely different from normal materials. For this reason, it is said that forcibly combining with creatures such as people and people with the same will causes self-destruction and breaks down. So until now, it has only been used for weapons such as weapons. It is also not used in dolls or artificial bodies.

However, it seems that Ruth found out that using magical phantom crystals allows us to share Orihalcon's materials while maintaining both consciousness.

He is now connecting Cyrus to Orha's body. It seems that this may solve Cyrus's magical problems.

"Once upon a time, he denied me having made myself that body. And I fell asleep....."

After watching the experiment for a while, Tomash quietly started talking.

Thomas usually doesn't talk about extra things, so Ruth listened to his conversation while remaining calm on the surface.

"But now he's saying - Cyrus is free to change that body" not bad. "It was Cyrus who suggested using Orihalcon. I even thanked you for giving me that body... something unusual."

Thomas's voice was not emotional, but he was somehow pleased with Cyrus's change.

"Really... good."

Ruth is desperate to hear the sound of a bouncing voice. I would have been glad if the complicated parent-child relationship between Cyrus and Tomash, which had broken down for over a thousand years, had turned out to be a little better.

"... thank you."

"Eh...."

……

Thomas did not respond to Ruth's surprise at all, and kept watching the dolls' work.

Ruth didn't answer any more questions and watched.

After a while, the work seemed to be finished, and the dolls stopped their hands and moved away from the table. Tomash immediately removes Olha from the device and begins observation.

(Does Orha look a little different?

Olha was formerly in the shape of a simple knife, but what Tomash now has is a red line in his sword and two cores in the turtle part. That core must be Silas' magical phantom crystal.

"... take it."

"Yes, yes."

When Ruth took it in his hand, he felt a little warm. Unlike Orha, I feel uncomfortable when it comes to mere weapons.

─ The more I merge with this guy, the more I feel like this.

Wow.

I suddenly hear a voice from the Orha I had. It wasn't the mechanical voice that came out of Olha until now, it was Cyrus's voice that I was talking about earlier.

"What's that voice, Mr. Cyrus?

Oh, it's me. I see. Can you hear me when I talk like this? Ruth, how does Orha look? Do you think you can use it? "

"Yes, there's no big change, so I can use it...."

Although it has changed slightly, there is no significant difference in the shape of the knife. It's a large knife that fits Ruth's hand.

But it was a little creepy to hear Cyrus's voice from the knife. It seems that Silas has really integrated with Orha.

I see, the basic shape remains in line with the preference of the user (Loose).

"Cyrus, try to move Oliharkon's body."

I know, don't make me hurry. Damn it.... "

When Thomas called out, Olha, who was in Ruth's hands, shook slightly. And it floats in the air.

"Whoa, whoa!

Cheers rose from the surrounding doll body. The fluffy appearance was similar to that of Orha when the magical phantom crystal was in the past. However, the light emitted around it is slightly red.

"Cyrus, how much control do we have? Is there any interference from Orihalcon?

There's no sign of him so far. I'll try my abilities, stay with the people around me. "

As Ruth and the others slightly separated, the knife swayed slightly and then changed its shape. The sword stretches, the other blade comes out of it, bends, and becomes a shield. The figure is similar to that of Silas when he had Olha.

So far, there seems to be no interference with the main unit (Orihalcon). I can be free. "

"But I doubt if your body's consciousness is completely suppressed... Ruth, call Orihalcon."

Tomash tells things like the book at hand as he writes the results of the experiment.

"Yes, Olha, come here!

Ruth summoned Orha to himself as before. When the magical phantom crystal was attached, when I called out like this, I flew back to Ruth like a dog.

─ Nuoo!

Wow!

Olha looked the same, heading straight to Ruth. And if it sticks to your hand, it won't move.