Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?-Chapter 602: Trying Various Skill Improvements

My work at the workshop has now shifted from the design phase to the manufacturing phase.

Laeva and I had discussed what kinds of weapons we would make prototypes of, but instead of thinking of making just what we could use, we decided to make all sorts of things that we want to make.

First, a battle axe.

The axe blade had some heft as it uses adamantite alloy. It had a 15 inch pick on the side opposite of the blade edge, a handle that lines up perfectly with the blade, and a magic crystal to supplement with Marnie’s magic attacks.

In terms of axes, this was the quintessential type, minus the long handle.

Next was the bizarre weapon that Laeva had created.

It was an axe with a 60cm blade connected to a smaller axe at the handles by chains.

Both the large and small axe could be thrown in a fight. It’s a weapon that requires a skilled user.

The third one was a huge crescent-shape blade that I made.

Originally, I was thinking of attaching two 60cm axe heads, but what I eventually ended up with was a gigantic handleless crescent axe I don’t think it’s even okay to call it an axe anymore.

I must admit that I got a bit carried away. Ahh, I really overdid it.

This adamantite alloy-made weapon was 1.2m in overall length and 25cm at its widest point. Of course, it’s an axe so even the thickness of the blade was appropriate for it, and the weight of it was obviously immense.

Four magic crystals were embedded into the axe blade, and an engraved geometric pattern connected them together.

If you think about it normally, there might be concerns over whether the voluptuous onee-san type Marnie even be able to handle this extremely unwieldly weapon, but in actuality, it’s not only Marnie but even Lulu-chan would be able to wield this normally.

As to be expected, Marnie looked stumped upon seeing it.

It was far different from her current fighting style. She seemed to be doing some image training in her head.

The fourth one was the dual harpe-like weapon that Laeva had created.

The claw-like inner blade had a magic crystal embedded into it like mine had been.

Unlike its original design, this felt more like two swords, I guess?

For the time being, these were the four weapons.

Next, I remodeled the bracer.

Since we often encounter large monsters, wielding a shield was not in Marnie’s fight style. In our party, the shield users were Sophia, Titan, and myself.

As a prototype, I tried combining the bracer and a small shield.

The original bracer was already capable of deflecting or taking the blows of swords and spears, but I tried to make it thicker and sturdier so it could be swung around like a blunt weapon.

Well, this was more of an experiment though, so if Marnie prefers her previous gear, then I intend to scrap it.

「Well then, could you try it out in order?」

「Yes. Understood.」

I created an makeshift Mud Golem in the training hall so Marnie could test out the weapons that Laeva and I had created.

Marnie broke into a run with the dual battle axes.

As it was a makeshift Mud Golem created with limited time restrictions, it wasn’t high-functioning. However, according to other people who use Earth Magic, the golems that I created moved quickly and fluidly.

Swinging her arms downwards, Marnie’s axe head made contact.

It took no time at all for the Mud Golem that I had created to return to being clumps of earth because of the hits from the two battle axes.

「Takumi-sama, the next one please!」

「Roger.」

In response to Marnie’s request, I created more Mud Golems.

After that, I dispatched two of them simultaneously to test out the battle axes’ usability.

「How was it?」

「Yes. After I learned the Axe Technique Skill partway through, it really was incomparable to the Dagger Technique Skill, but I believe I have a grasp on how to handle it.」

「Can you use it?」

「Based on what I have seen from the battle axe users among adventurers, I can easily imagine so. As such, if I were to practice with this in some actual combat, I believe I can refine my skills to a usable level.」

「Okay, then you should try the weapon that Laeva made next.」

「Very well.」

The dual chained axes that Laeva created also seemed to fall under the axe category, as Marnie was able to use it fairly well from the start.

「……it’s quite challenging.」

「……so it seems.」

「Guess so. Shall we try the next one?」

What was surprising was that the giant crescent edge was defined as an axe by this world’s system. With the Axe Technique skill, the swing of a large clump of adamantite alloy pulverized the Mud golem.

Marnie demolished one Mud Golem after the other. She seemed to be enjoying it.

「What do you think?」

「It’s far different from my fighting style thus far, but this is possible. It’s fun.」

「I see, then do you want to try the last one, a harpe?」

「Yes.」

The dual harpe was a Dagger Technique skill according to Marnie, and she adapted to it in a short time.

As a result, Marnie was of the opinion that she would continue to test the weapons, minus the Harpe.

If she can handle any weapon with the Axe Technique Skill, then she could even use all of them.

Now then, maybe I’ll give the bracers a try.

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