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"Okay, now that we're here, let's do some more work on Vulcania."

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"Hey, hey, what more do you want, kid? It's enough to have such a big city in the first place, but suddenly it's more than doubled in size. What else are you going to do?"

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"I'm not going to do anything that crazy. At least not to expand. I've been thinking of building a new theater in the playground area. I thought I'd build something else that would draw a crowd. An arena would be very popular, don't you think?"

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"The theater will have a diva who's been given an opera surname so she can use [singing], right?　If people can hear songs as good as Creon's, I think it will be popular, but how can you build an arena and attract customers?"

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"Well, I'm not sure that it will work, but I think that the arena will be popular. If you're worried about it, why don't we use the venue for the beast race at first, and try it in the intervals when you have time?"

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"That would be a good way to see if it would be effective in attracting visitors right away. But I'd like to ask you why you suddenly came up with the idea of an arena?"

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"That's because I've heard stories about the warriors of Atmos. In the village of Atmos, there was an atomosphere which they called the great stone where the spirit of the earth dwelled and worshipped. And they used to hold a ritual called a duel in front of it to obtain the magic to turn into a giant."

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"...... So you're thinking, boy. If you let them fight in the arena, someone might get the magic to turn into a giant from the Atmosphere in Vulcania."

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"Well, yeah. And it doesn't matter if it doesn't. It's more important that we have a place for Atmos' warriors to duel each other in advance. Come to think of it, we don't want them dueling in the garden behind Barca Castle.

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"I see. Well, you have a point.

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"Of course, if non-Atmos warriors get the magic to turn into giants, that's fine, too."

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　As soon as I had expanded Vulcania, I started to tell the old man about all the ideas I had inside me.

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　After surprising the old man with the story of the automatic repair of the walls of Vulcania, I told him about my idea to build an arena.

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　By the way, the old man looked at first uncomfortable when he heard it.

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　Well, I guess for the old man, it means that he should not do any more strange things.

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　After all, the newly built new town area is still just a plain vacant lot with a hole for a sewerage system.

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　Now we have to arrange who is going to build where, what roads and utilities are going to be used.

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　There is a lot of work to be done, and they are not willing to do any more.

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　However, the arena is something that makes sense for Vulcania with its atomosphere.

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　And for the time being, it is enough to make good use of the racetrack without adding new buildings, but it is necessary to envision a place where giants can fight each other.

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　Since the labyrinth nucleus called Atmosphere was moved to Vulcania, it is obvious that the magical power of the area has increased.

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　And by taking advantage of this, the descendants of Vulcania will surely increase the total amount of magical power.

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　But there is also a possibility that the people living here will learn new magic.

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　Once the arena is built, I will of course allow non-Atmos warriors to fight there as well.

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　Some may take advantage of this arena facility and show their prowess and valor by winning there.

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　It will obviously be different from the battlefield, where one-on-one battles will sift out the best of the best.

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　And among such people, there will be those who are not only strong in power or have a lot of magical power, but also those who have a high level of martial arts ability.

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　The magic for combat is the counterpart of the cultural magic like singing.

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　Among them, masters who specialized in some kind of martial arts like the Lubitsch family's [swordsmanship], and sword saints who once existed, must have probably spent their whole lives training their swordsmanship.

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　However, it would be different if it was in the battlefield.

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　The legendary sword saints of the Lubitsch family were originally eccentrics who had been practicing swordsmanship in the mountains, but suddenly came back to the lower world, and at that time they had already mastered the magic of "swordsmanship".

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　And the sword saint who appeared with his swordsmanship was recognized by the first king and became a nobleman.

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　In other words, the nobles who were active on the battlefield and were called "sword saints" did not create the magic of "swordsmanship", but they could become nobles because they possessed "swordsmanship".

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　This may be a little different from the story of the sword saint, but I am hoping that in Vulcania, there will be people who master martial arts and convert them into magic without going to the battlefield every single time.

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　It doesn't have to be as broad as swordsmanship.

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　If you want, you can even make a demonstration magic like breaking a roof tile with your bare hands.

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　You can even do something that a child would do, like slashing a sword with a side cleave.

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　However, as long as it is made into a spell, it must be invoked with the same motion every time, so you would have to be a master to be able to do it.

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　I think that the arena can be a motivator for this.

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　No one can become a master of martial arts and create magic without any purpose or goal.

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　However, some may train hard and reach the level of mastery if they have a goal to gain honor and money by making a name for themselves in the arena.

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　And those who have honed their skills in the arena will turn their skills into magic.

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　It should not be absolutely impossible.

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　This is because the Byte brothers have succeeded in creating combat-related magic such as [Strengthening Armor] and [Riding].

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　This theater is also intended to promote the creation of cultural magic.

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　And an arena for the creation of magic for combat.

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　Even if it is difficult to create new magic out of the blue, it is essential to create an environment that encourages people to think that it might be possible and to try it.

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　If necessary, subsidies could be given to those who are willing to open classes to teach their skills to young people, even if they cannot create spells themselves.

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　Thus, New Vulcania has decided to create a new facility and environment for the training of those who will master the arts.

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