Half a day passed.

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　Unfortunately, no useful information could be extracted from the giant golem. Its structure was an extension of the known one.



　Jin, together with Reiko and the craftsmen (Smith), installed Magi Certifiers on all of the golems and 90% of the main facilities on Horai Island without any rest.

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　The only things that remain are the passive facilities ...... and the control cores for warehouse management.

"Is it OK with you, Mr. Little Old Man?"

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　The old man is the magical brain to manage the satellite.

"Okay, as of now, the magic barrier is lifted. Solid physical barrier only."

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　With this, communication with the outside world is once again restored.

"Contact <> on the moon and take over control of <>. Then there should be <> in the sky. Check it out and keep me posted."

<......<> has been taken over. ......<,confirm. I will now contact you.

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　Pegasus 2 was also built here in Horai Island, and the old man knew it.

"The one who is piloting it is my assistant golem, <>, that I made here.

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Keep her in the air.

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"Okay, now the enemy fleet. Sir, what's the status?"

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　< and the investigation by the <>.

"I see. ...... Let's neutralize those depressing people first."

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　Jin thought about the order and method of attack and came to a conclusion.

"First, let's sweep in the direction of Tatsumi Bay as a preliminary check!

　There were 12 enemy ships in Tatsumi Bay.

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"Use the transporter to send mana bombs to them. The smallest one will do.

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　As instructed, the old man sends the smallest mana bomb to one of the 12 enemy ships.

　The ship, which was mostly made of wood, could not withstand the mana bomb, and was wrecked and sunk by one shot.

　Jin, who was watching this through the magic screen in the control room, said to the captain, "All right, I'm going to make a series of mana bombs,

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"All right, fire in succession. Have the Mermaid and Marine units retrieve the sunken ships and golems.

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　Mana bombs are fired by the old man. The enemy fleet was wrecked and sunk one after another.

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　The Marine and Mermaid squadrons are recovering them.

　Soon there were no more enemy ships in Tatsumi Bay.

"All right, let's check the recovered enemy ships.

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　The warp gate in Tatsumi Bay is working fine, and soon we receive the parts of the wrecked ship.

"Let's see. ...... Reiko, help me."

"Yes, Father!"

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　Reiko was very excited at Jin's request, and with Reiko as his assistant, Jin began to analyze the enemy ship.

"The hull is ...... probably coniferous wood.

　The structure of softwood and hardwood is different, so it is possible to distinguish between them even in the state of wood.

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"Is the structural timber a <> treated bronze?"

　Since the strength is increased by only about 20%, we can conclude that the technique is technically poor.

"Father, the control core is missing."

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　Jin imagined that the ship had probably sunk to the bottom of the sea when it was wrecked.

　But it seemed that the Mermaid team had recovered it, and the second set of warp gates contained four control cores.

"I hope this gives us some information. "

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"Well, I'll look into it. >"

　However, this control core had only enough information to attack a specific target on instruction. Reiko's control core seemed to be the same.

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　The instruction was to <
"...... You've got to be kidding me. What the hell did Horai Island do? ......All right, if you're attacking with the intention of destroying it, you must be prepared to be destroyed."

　Knowing this, Jin made up his mind that there was no need to hold back anymore.

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"I will show them who they are fighting against."

　Jin concluded that the <> had declared war on Horai Island.

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"Then there must be someone somewhere who is giving them orders, right?"

"That's right."

　Jin then gave instructions to Lao-kun.

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"Old man, do you see any ship surrounding the island that is different from the others?　Size, model, movement, ...... I don't know about that."

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　The old man's eyes, the <>, are back, which makes the investigation easier.

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"I see. ...... Okay, let's capture that one. At the same time, the rest of the fleet will be neutralized.


　The old man sent out not only , but ten of Sky's ships by transporter.

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　We must sink them with a laser strike from the skies above.

　At the same time, the old man sent the <> out to capture a large ship.

　His response is somewhat joyful.

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　Perhaps because he had met the Creator once again, not only Reiko but also the old man was in high spirits.



"Oh, good!

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　The magic screen in the control room shows the decreasing number of the enemy fleet.

　Sky Squadron's Raptor rained down a hail of laser attacks, piercing holes in the enemy ships.

　Enemy ships were being sunk at the rate of ten per minute.

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　After about 10 minutes, the island was surrounded by no enemy ships.



　For a starship 300 meters in diameter, capturing a 50-meter ship is a piece of cake.

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　The ship can be captured with a <> and lifted away, leaving it helpless.

　< and will keep the ship from attacking in a last ditch effort.

"You caught him easily. ......"

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　In the control room, Jin is disappointed.



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　The captured enemy ship is lifted into satellite orbit by . This is a feat he can pull off since he is sure there are no living creatures on board.

"I don't think we can do anything with it in this condition."

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　Jin himself can look inside using a <>.

"...... hmm, the structure is basically the same as other ships."

　It was constructed of bronze structural material with a softwood exterior panel.

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　Propulsion was provided by six aqua thrusters.

　Its armament was a magical device that could emit <> and >. It could be called a thunder cannon.

　Jin is not sure if they can be called the crew or not, but there are 10 golems on board, the same as the ones that opposed him when he was searching for Reiko, and he judges that they may be the suppression personnel.

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　And...

"Control core (control core) or ......"

　Since I wanted to examine this directly without analyzing it remotely, I instructed , who is the magic brain in charge of <>, to have the crew member <> retrieve the control core and send it via a warp gate.

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"Oh, I see."

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　Jin received it from the old man's mobile terminal <.

"...... is huge."

　It is three to four times bigger than the control core that Jin is using.

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"The quality of the magi crystals is bad, and the writing technique of the magi formula is poor.

　Jin was delighted, and immediately set to work on the analysis.