Knight's & Magic: Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 7] by Hisago Amazake-no

Author:Hisago Amazake-no
Language: eng
Format: epub

By the time word arrived that the alchemy department had completed the order, the Tellestarle’s tests had just about finished. The crystal tissue had been delivered to the workshop still as a cast lump. From there, it would be processed into the new crystal plates.

Up until now, all research efforts had gone toward improving the output of crystal tissue by improving its ability to expand and contract, while its contribution to the mana pool had been looked on more as a secondary benefit. However, with the development of crystal plates, the alchemists had developed a new type that had been specialized to add to the mana pool. The alchemists had shown a lot of motivation, given that this was a new avenue for research that called for a completely different point of view. It probably wouldn’t be long before another form of crystal tissue was developed that would be able to add even more mana.

As for the results of the massive number of trials that the test units had gone through, no other defects had been found aside from their limited operational time. So, the crystal plates would serve as the final piece to solve that problem. With completion finally in front of them, the knightsmiths started work on the silhouette knights in an attempt to improve their mana pools.

“So, well...we were enthusiastic about it, but this isn’t looking good.”

At first, the idea was to add the crystal plates to the inside of the armor, where there was open space. However, after some examination, it was revealed that there was less room than expected. The extra room was to give the crystal tissue room to generate motive force, so it couldn’t be thoughtlessly filled.

So, the team removed a test unit’s outer skin temporarily so that they could form an outer layer with the crystal plate before covering that to create a multilayered outer armor. This was so that it wouldn’t interfere with the crystal tissue’s movements. The entire frame had been boosted in volume, which increased the unit’s mana pool, but everyone still groaned while standing in front of the modified Tellestarle.

“It’s so thick, it just looks uncool!”

Even when they set their aesthetic sense aside for a moment, there were many problems with the multilayered method. The weight had increased so much that the improved output from the strand crystal tissue wasn’t enough to make up for the decrease in mobility. The increased thickness of the armor also got in the way of movement, giving it a huge disadvantage in close combat. The unit had gained a little more defense thanks to the crystal plate also acting as armor, but the problems outweighed that one benefit, so the method was rejected.

“First of all, it’s way too heavy! We need to put this thing on a diet somehow.”

The next idea was to simply limit the spots with multiple layers so as to limit the weight as well. Considering the effects of close combat, places that wouldn’t interfere with the joints were chosen to have multiple layers.

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