Jin wondered, "Hey Jin, how does this ravenous grasshopper keep the free magical element (ether) in its body?
Saki, on the other hand, asks a question that just popped into her head.
"What?"
What?"
Jin and Erza both raised their voices and looked at Saki's face.
"What's the matter, both of you?
"I was careless. Saki pointed it out to me. Thank you!
"Huh? Huh?"
Saki is not a mage, so she may not have understood, but normal creatures cannot use free magic element (ether) as it is even if they take it in, so they convert it into magic element (mana) in their bodies.
A binge-eating grasshopper that does not do so and accumulates it is clearly abnormal.
Saki nodded her head in understanding, and Goose thought about it more.
Not being familiar with the creatures that inhabit this ars, it was unlikely that Jin would be able to offer any useful advice, so he silently watched Goose.
Goose, who had been pondering for about 10 minutes, slowly looked up and began to speak in halting tones.
"......This is just a theory. The ...... binge-eating grasshopper itself is an abnormal creature to begin with."
Jin, Erza, and Saki listened.
"How does the free magical element (ether) affect the creature? I have had the opportunity to examine the leather of an ancient dragon for a short time.
Goose paused there to consider his next words.
"......The ancient dragon's leather also contained free magical element (ether)."
"Yeah, to enhance ...... the ......."
Jin also thought of it, while he was listening to the conversation.
"So you noticed it too. Yes, my hypothesis is that the free magical element (ether) is the secret of the strength of the ravenous grasshopper.
"That sounds plausible."
Saki agreed with this theory.
"Hmmm...they slowly accumulate free magical element (ether), and their bodies are strengthened by it, is that it?
"Maybe a certain amount of it is accumulated to become a binge-eating grasshopper."
Guth reasoned.
"If ...... so, we can take away the free magic element (ether) that he has accumulated ......."
Erza said.
"So a ravenous grasshopper becomes just a grasshopper?"
Goose nodded.
"Probably. But there are so many of them that they could devour the crops. However, the difficulty of eliminating them will be greatly reduced.
"Well, let's check first."
Can we take away the free magic element (ether) contained in the captured ravenous grasshoppers or not?
Reiko holds the ravenous grasshopper in her hand and uses a magic which consumes a large amount of free magic element (ether).
As a result, if the free magic element (ether) of the ravenous grasshopper is greatly reduced, then .......
"Let's do it outside the institute."
Gravity magic is the first magic that comes to mind when we think of high-consumption magic. However, using it indoors is not a good idea.
Jin and the others went outside the institute.
"Okay, let's use it."
Reiko took the container containing the binge-eating grasshoppers and used gravity magic to levitate. She rose about 50 meters, then came back and landed on the ground.
"Okay, let's check it out. ......Oh, the free magical element (ether) is decreasing.
"Does that mean that the free magical element (ether) stored by the ravenous grasshopper can be used by others?
"Yes, it does. It just means that the concentration of free magic element (ether) is high.
"Jin, so the ravenous grasshopper is a natural ether tank.
Goose's expression was quite appropriate.
"That's right. Now we can take other countermeasures.