Chapter 149: 150

Translated by: CadmarLegend

Sponsored by: Alvin

Chapter 150 - Mana Combining

"I've been gathering up some Demon-type eggs for a while now, kid. Can you really make a Familiar that can use [Spawn]?"

"That, I don't know if I can do it, but if it works, we won't have to worry about getting more eggs in the future. So, it's a no-brainer that we should try to, even if it will fail."

"..... That's true, and I like your enthusiasm, but it's still impossible. It's not that easy to get a Familiar with [Spawn]. You're lucky if you can just hatch a useful Familiar in the first place."

"It's a bet then, old man. Well, everything in life is a bet, so let's try to hatch an egg first. We have to hatch eggs for everyone who has the Barca surname."

"All of the Barcas? Are you serious?!"

"I'm serious, I'm serious. Since the form of the beast depends on the mana that was absorbed when the eggs were hatched, we have to get everyone to cooperate!"

"Okay... I'll talk to them and get them to cooperate. If they know that they can hatch a good beast, even if it can't [Spawn], the people who hatched it will make good money. But even so, there are only about 300 Barcas, right? You don't think that out of those 300, there might be a few who are lucky enough to hatch a [Spawn], right? You're thinking too naively, kid."

"Hey, hey, ojii-san. I'm not that optimistic either. 300 hatchlings are just the beginning! Then, the real work begins."

"... Let's see what you're going to do about, kid."

　The ojii-san came in with a large number of Familiar Eggs.

　He seemed to be more nervous than usual, having made such a large purchase in a good that had recently become much more expensive due to the rising market.

　Apparently, the old man thinks that my plan is not going to work.

　I've heard that it's true that there is a very low possibility to hatch a Familiar that can lay more Familiar Eggs.

　After all, if that were not the case, there would be many other similar beasts that would've been confirmed to exist.

　It's natural to wonder if it's possible to hatch such a thing.

　To put it bluntly, I'm not so sure about it either.

　But I had no choice but to try, due to the ever-increasing market price of the Familiar Eggs.

　So I thought of using people with the Barca surname to hatch the eggs.

　The first step was to have 300 Barcas hatch the eggs.

　All Barcas can use [Mana Injection], so I'll have them inject the eggs with mana.

　That way, at least the hatching itself will be successful.

　However, even if 300 people hatch the eggs, there's a high possibility that they won't be able to produce a Familiar with the abilities we're aiming for.

　So what should we do?

　What I thought of was to combine the mana.

　Familiar Eggs have an unusual characteristic.

　When in their egg state, they absorb the mana of their surroundings and hatch into different forms depending on the magic power.

　Furthermore, they can take in mana from multiple people.

　In other words, a Valkyrie will hatch from my mana, but if my mana and the old man's mana are mixed together, a different beast will be born.

　In other words, if more than one person does the [Mana Injection], even 300 people can hatch more than 300 different kinds of Familiars.

　Furthermore, my spell [Mana Injection] is also useful for this magic blending.

　For example, an egg that absorbs half of my magic and half of the old man's magic will hatch differently than an egg that absorbs more of my magic and less of the old man's magic.

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　But it is usually difficult to tell how much of either side's mana has been absorbed.

　The only way to know, even though only generally, is to control the time you have the eggs with you.

　However using [Mana Infusion], I can pour a certain amount of mana into other things every time.

　In other words, by counting how many times each of me and the old man have used the spell, we can also know the Mana Combination ratio quite accurately.

"Wait a minute, kid! Are you serious about that? You're telling me that 300 people can hatch multiple types of Familiars with different ratios of magic power? How many different patterns are there?"

"I don't know the exact amount. It would be a huge number, HOWEVER on the other hand, if we go that far, I think there's a possibility that we could produce an egg-laying Familiar."

"...... Hmmm, well, maybe so. But who's going to arrange all of that work? You're the one who suggested it, so you're responsible for it, right, kid?"

"...... Ojii-san, you're the one who's been the most frustrated because of the Familiar Eggs. So, why don't you take the responsibility to gather a workforce which can help get rid of those problems?"

"Screw that! I don't have the time to do such a daunting task. You do it, kid."

"Huh, I'm a feudal lord. I'm busy. I can't just hatch eggs."

"Hey, calm down, both of you. Calm down, Ars-nii and ojii-san. Take a deep breath, okay?"

"Oh, Kyle. I understand. ....... But I don't think there's anything wrong with the method itself. It is possible to get a good servant beast if you mix the mana well. Of course, they also need to have [Spawn] if we want to have them be useful."

"I'm sure Billy would be happy to do that work."

"Billy? Billy is that guy, the school-going kid you gave a name to. who doesn't know his letters or numbers, no? Do you think he'll be able to do this?"

"Probably. Billy is still learning his letters with the magic he's been given, but he's better with the numbers, so he can use [Automatic Calculation]. He can quickly calculate the mixing ratios we were talking about earlier, and above all, he likes puzzles such as those. I'm sure he won't mind even if the work is hard."

"I see. If Kyle is so sure, I'll ask that Billy to do it. But it's going to be a big project with a lot of money involved. You'll have to be responsible for it."

"Yeah. I'll help you as much as I can. Thank you, Ars-nii. Billy will be happy."

　Thus began a plan that would once again put a strain on the finances of the Barca Knights' Domain.

　Moreover, the plan was entrusted to a kid named Billy, who hadn't had any education until just the other day.

　Well, I didn't feel comfortable imposing everything on him out of the blue.

　I'll help out at least in the beginning.

　And so, from that day on, the Barca Knights began to hatch a large number of beast eggs.

 

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