Book 21: Chapter 2 (4)
“I was certainly fascinated by your unknown technique. But I was also moved by the sight of you hammering the iron. It was like I was catching a glimpse of the pinnacle of blacksmithing that I had only heard about.”
Jayf spoke in a slightly dreamy tone, perhaps remembering the scene of the work.
He wasn’t completely wrong, but it would be inconvenient if he followed up on it, so Shin revealed the information to him.
“I can’t tell you everything, but my method is to imbue the material with magic. I wrap the entire hammer in magic, and when I strike, the material itself is soaked with it. It’s like water soaking into cloth. It’s a difficult technique because you have to manipulate magic at the moment the hammer strikes. If your method adds additional magic to the free space in the magic capacity, then my method adds magic and increases the maximum capacity”
With Jayf’s method, one could only add 3 parts of magic to a material with a maximum value of 10. No matter how hard they tried, the maximum value was only 10.
However, with Shin’s method, you could increase the maximum value itself. They could increase the maximum capacity from 10 to 20, 30, and so on. In a sense, it could be said to be a process of exceeding the limits of the material. However, there was a limit to that. Since this was about infusing magical power, Shin did not mention that the material could automatically take the form of a weapon.
“I see. In the past, there have been cases where the quality of the materials used did not match the description, but is it possible to achieve this using this method? No, I already missed the point.”
Seeing Jayf unable to hide his excitement, Kluck was stunned.
However, if Shin had been in Jayf ‘s position, he would have had a similar reaction.