Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

「Firstly, what do you think a core is?」

「Uhm, a lump of magical power inside a monster's body?」

After dinner, Mei-chan and I visited the entrance workshop which was already deserted.

Overtime was on holiday. I mean Takanashi bawled which resulted in Sakura storming angrily into the workshop and Class Rep coming forward to scold me.

Since it was getting annoying, I invited Mei-chan for a clandestine meeting. Though there was a love ban rule, no rules were saying that a pair of opposite genders couldn't meet with just the two of them.

「Then why is there a core in the monster's body?」

「Because it has magical power?」

Mei-chan's answer was correct, everyone including me understood this.

However, the moment I got the 『Curse Alchemy Formation』 I had gained more in-depth knowledge about the core.

「Core is the crystalization of magical power, but it's not just magical power.」

「Is that so?」

「Yes. In short, the magical power of the core is the purest form of magical power.」

In RPG games, MP could be defined with MP gauge, however, the same couldn't be said for the magical power of this world.

「Magical power changes in accordance to attribute. That's why there are various types of magical power.」

In the case of using fire attribute magic, one didn't simply consume magical power to invoke the spell. The user of fire attribute spell could use their spell since they had fire attribute magical power.

「When using a certain attribute of magic,  think that the step is to convert the pure magical power in the core into the said attribute of magical power.」

In short, different vocations, in this case, 『Cyromancer』 and 『Geomancer』, the owner of those vocations could automatically convert the pure magical power in their body into their respective attribute.

That's why even if I drew the magic circle for 『Ice Sagita』 and chanted its aria, I wouldn't be able to invoke the spell since I didn't have the necessary magical power.

On the other hand, I could invoke that spell as long as I had the necessary magical power. The reason I could use 『Air Sagita』 could be because the cane had inscribed a magic formula to convert pure magical power into wind magical power.

「So, what kind of attribute is that pure magical power?」

「Since it can be transformed into all kinds of attributes, it could be the most basic form of magical power.」

But that was where its values lay.

No matter how much magical power of wind attribute that I had, it was meaningless since I couldn't use sorcery. But if pure magical power turned into the most suited attribute for me, that part alone could be used as energy.

「Since the core is a literal lump of this pure magical power, let's call it 『Purma』 for convenience's sake, could have a similar function with teleportation magic.」

Perhaps this Purma was a state which made it easier to be used for magic. I think there was nothing strange about an ancient magic institution using this Purma as its energy source.

「Well, since I can't read the ancient language nor move the equipment in the ancient ruin, I can't have a more in-depth understanding of Purma but ―― Now I have another way of using the core.」

Rather, it was already possible to begin with.

「For what?」

「Literally everything.」

I mean Purma was a literal all-encompassing source of energy that could be converted to any kind of attribute whether it was my curse, elemental attribute, or martial arts.

In fact, even the weapon without Purma was starting to transform into another kind of attribute called life force.

「In short, we can literally enhance our skill by drawing the Purma inside the core, it also allows us to recover our magical power and stamina.」

「But, I don't think having a core will give a significant change to the weapon's firepower.」

「It's simply because there's no method to draw the energy from inside the core.」

I mean just having it to boost magical power by consuming the core without realizing it was already a bug in the system.

The only way to consume it was when using the teleportation circle.

In short, there must be a method to draw magical power from the core hidden somewhere in the teleportation circle.

「I can make a weapon with the core using my 『Curse Alchemy Formation』.」

I only did a little experiment with it today, but I noticed that it was possible.

For now, I made Poison Smoke Bullet by following the example of a great pioneer called Hinagiku-san. It might be small in size, but you would be surprised by what it can do when I add a core to its composition.

「And we're not lacking core either since everyone has gathered a lot of it during exploration. It’s now time to utilize all the core equipment.」

「That's a relief, meaning that we don't have to rely on Takanashi anymore.」

Even if that one could make something, if she were a lazy bone, it was the same as casting pearl before swine.

Now that I had a certain level of craft skill, the amount of work that should be entrusted to Takanashi had also decreased.

「I can't help but feel anxious since I still have to ask Takanashi.」

「Yeah, I mean can we even trust her?」

「The one that can't be trusted after Sakura.」

In short, she was the second one we had to watch out the most for.

「Is it going to be all right?」

「It's okay, it's not like we're going to leave our backs to them during the battle.」

Currently, my biggest worry was Sakura who had enlisted as one of the suicide squad members who would go into the rocky mountain to destroy the core. She might use the chaos during the battle to shoot me in the back with a light arrow.

「The success rate of this plan has risen tremendously thanks to this 『Curse Alchemy Formation』.」

But now, it was time to focus on the creation of sealing equipment.

We should be able to raise the penetration ability of the magic by using the core. In short, we have to increase the size of the ice and earth spear to be able to pierce Orochi’s head.

And using the magical power in the core should lessen the burden on the caster.

After looking at both Randou-san and Class Rep's battle during the field test, I knew that there was a huge gap between the two's magical powers. Namely, Randou-san's magical power simply dwarfed Class Rep's.

She didn't seem to be tired at all even when she kept using 『Terra Kris Sagita』 back when I just met her. Nor did she look exhausted even after a tiring day of digging a trench. On the other hand, she tended to lose her stamina and focus before she ran out of magical power.

Nevertheless, I don't think that Class Rep's magical power was low either. It seemed she grew properly as she fought as the 『Cyromancer』, not to mention that her amount of magical power wasn't that low either. In short, Randou-san was simply the abnormal one.

Once the subjugation plan started for real, Class Rep had to maintain the seal by herself. It would become a war of attrition, that's why I had to prepare something in case she ran out of magical power along the way.

The best magic item I could hope for in that situation was the kind that could raise her firepower while reducing the consumption of her magical power.

「Not to mention that I have to prepare a cane for Shimokawa-kun too.」

Even though we had gathered quite a lot of Lightstone of water attribute, that bi*ch Takanashi hadn't done anything to prepare water attribute cane for Shimokawa. It seems she still had a grudge against him for trying to kidnap her. It was obvious that she wanted to kill him by not preparing proper equipment for him.

But since I still thought of him as my important comrade-in-arm, I will prepare the best set of equipment for him. We would be on the same team during the operation after all.

「Come to think of it, Himeno-san doesn't have a cane either… I guess I have to work on it right away.」

「Please do so, Himeno-chan has been doing her best after all.」

Sorry for postponing your equipment because you're the weakest whether it comes to fighting power or support, Himeno-san.

Still, Mei-chan was right, she had been improving lately after she did her best.

I mean, I had never expected that forcing the use of healing magic on govu would allow her to learn new magic…

「Next is developing a potion that can restore magical power.」

Regarding the development of the lite potion, it had already been confirmed that it could restore stamina.

However, we were lacking the type that restored magical power. Without that, the one who ran out of magical power during the battle had to rest to recover.

I had no doubt that Yamata no Orochi's subjugation battle would turn into a battle of attrition. With Class Rep leading the sealing team, and me leading the breaking of the shell, there was undoubtedly a huge consumption of magical power during the process of breaking the shell with『Rotten Bog』.

I knew that I had an above-average amount of magical power, but I knew it wasn't as much as Randou-san's. I mean I've collapsed before due to the depletion of my magical power after forcefully creating Rem. That's why I shouldn't get overconfident with the amount of my magical power.

「I also have to create grenades as a counter-measure against gargoyles and prepare my equipment… Ah, feel free to tell me if you need additional equipment, Mei-chan.」

I would make one for you even if I have to embezzle the core. I had already sorted the fine-quality core for my use.

「Thanks, you are amazing, Kotaro-kun.」

Man, it sure feels great hearing Mei-chan's unreserved praise for me. It felt as if my heart was purified. Rather, the reason I called her alone was so that I could boast to her about my 『Curse Alchemy Formation』.

「I can't say that this is a flawless plan. I want to do everything I can and prepare for emergencies.」

No one wanted to die after all. But there was a possibility that someone might die during the operation. Yamata no Orochi was a giant raid boss after all.

「Mei-chan is special after all. You're more important than anyone else.」

「You're also more important to me than anyone else, Kotaro-kun. That's why I'll protect you without fail.」

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