Artifacts

In Eashsen, Elze remarked, "All that effort to build the wall was a waste."

Touya sighed as he lay on the beach, wearing nothing but swimming trunks. "Sigh... so there's nothing inside the ruin," he said.

Leen shared Touya's disappointment. "Yup, it sure is disappointing that the teleportation circle is damaged," she said with a disappointed expression.

After leaving Yae's house in Eashen, Touya and the others teleported to an island near the ruins of Nirya.

While the girls and the royal family enjoyed their little vacation on the beach, Touya busied himself with admiring Sue and Renne's bodies and taking their pictures.

Unlike in the novel, where Touya summoned the White Monarch, who then called the Black Monarch to help him, this time Touya didn't have that support. He had to go along with Elze's idea to build a wall around the ruins to drain the water and allow them to enter.

Upon entering, they found nothing but a damaged teleportation circle, leading to their disappointment.

When Alex gained control of the Workshop, he asked Rosetta if anyone could still access Babylon facilities through a teleportation circle even if the facility already had an administrator. He knew that Touya would soon find the ruins leading to Babylon.

To his surprise, Rosetta clarified that if any Babylon facility acknowledged someone as the master, its teleportation circles would deactivate and wouldn't reactivate until the administrator died.

Touya then destroyed the wall he had built and cleaned up the beach before returning to his mansion in Belfast. During the journey, Leen playfully mentioned the swimsuits and his preferences, causing the girls to inquire further. Linze, feeling pressured, finally confessed to Touya, leaving him flabbergasted, just like in the anime.

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"In Babylon, Regina exclaimed in an excited tone as she and Alex conversed, followed by Rosetta and Monica, 'Those Enchanters and Replicators are really amazing! I also thought about making something like that, but I couldn't find a way.'"

"Well, thank you, I guess. By the way, can you renovate the workshop and add the facilities of an enchanter and replicator? It would make our work a lot easier," Alex asked.

"Yup, I can. I will make sure to do that," Regina replied enthusiastically.

"That's great! Do you want me to show you the items I've made to sell?" Alex inquired.

"Yeah! I want to see them," Regina exclaimed eagerly. Alex chuckled and took her to the workshop where he had kept some copies of the artifacts he had created.

In the workshop, Alex held small crystal cubes of different colors in his hands and showed them to Regina.

"These are the spell crystals. When infused with magic, they become brittle and can be easily crushed, invoking the spell they are enchanted with. For example, this," Alex explained as he held up a yellow crystal cube, about five centimeters in length with curved edges. He infused it with mana, causing the crystal to glow slightly.

"This is a Refresh Crystal. When crushed, it releases the 'refresh' spell, helping the user recover stamina," Alex said, demonstrating by crushing the crystal and using it on himself.

"Well, that's a really nice item. If released to the world, it could cause a revolution," Regina remarked as she examined the spell crystal using her analyze spell.

"Yeah, for now, I have only produced spell crystals for healing, recovery, and similar types of spells, along with a few for buff, null, and elemental spells, which can create some useful traps," Alex explained.

"I understand why you have limited them to a few spells. These spell crystals are one-time-use items with a low range of effect, so they work well for buffs like healing," Regina commented.

Alex had created these spell crystals precisely for the reasons Regina mentioned. They were highly useful creations that would be in great demand, not only among adventurers but also among the commonfolk, due to their healing and similar effects.

In this world, the concept of medicine was developed, but it relied mainly on magic. Healers and doctors were rare, so if these spell crystals were mass-produced, they would be highly sought after by the public.

Alex had planned to establish his own company in this world to generate employment and relieve the burden on the national treasury. These spell crystals were one of the products he intended to sell.

Afterward, Alex introduced Regina to his other inventions, including a manufacturing unit for mass-producing enchanted weapons for one-time use, such as spell-swords. He also showcased a small battery for storing magical energy, which could be used in his other artifacts like air conditioners, fans, heaters, and cooking appliances, along with some common accessories he had replicated from his previous world.

As Alex presented his inventions, a question popped into Regina's head. "Well, Alex, I didn't ask you before, but why are you planning on mass-producing them with these production lines on land? Can't you just mass-produce them here in the workshop or use replication to do the task?"

"Well, I can, but I want these to be mass-produced in Arcadia under the name of my company, like normal magical artifacts. I don't want Arcadia to depend on Babylon or replicator, as it would hinder the country's long-term development," Alex explained.

Using replicators to mass-produce these items could be an option, but it may have harmful consequences for the country's development and related industries, causing significant disruption.

After introducing the magical appliances, Alex led Regina to show her his final creation.

"What's this? It looks like Touya's weapon in shape, but I don't think it's capable of shooting projectiles with this short opening," Regina muttered as she observed the gun-shaped artifact, which appeared slimmer than a typical gun and had a small vertical opening.

"This... is what you can call a magic gun," Alex introduced the artifact as he held it in his hands.

"You see, this weapon is similar to Touya's gun, but instead of firing physical bullets, this little guy shoots magic bullets. They are small bullets made of highly concentrated magical energy. Watch this." Alex aimed the gun at one of the test dummies he had created, channeled his magic into the gun, and pulled the trigger, sending a bullet made of concentrated magical energy piercing through the dummy.

"If you channel your magical energy, it will automatically create a magic bullet. However, if you run out of magical energy or can't use magic at all, it also has a feature to run on specially made magical energy batteries."

"If you don't intend to kill, you can also switch it to paralysis mode, which won't penetrate the target but will paralyze them."

"These magic guns can also be used as a replacement for wands and catalysts for magic, if desired."

Alex created these guns for his own use and also wanted them to be mass-produced for his army. He made sure they couldn't be reverse-engineered and included a command to prevent them from being used against him or his family in case of assassination attempts in the future. With these weapons, even if his soldiers aren't equipped with framegears, they can still have an advantage in combat.

He intends to introduce them to the army but not to the world or adventurers, as it would not be wise for everyone to possess them.

"Impressive," Regina said, looking at the magic gun in Alex's hands with a sparkle in her eyes.

Regina analyzed the weapon and asked Alex numerous questions about it, to which he patiently provided answers before transitioning to the topic he had been eager to discuss.

"Hey, Regina... do you want to know more about phrases?"