Reincarnated as a Fox to Bring Revolution

After about an hour of being liquid Kitsune, Mom finally let up and let me recover before I could continue on with the day.

 

When I finished recovering I told her about my plan and need of materials to build an automated mining and refining system for the ores.

 

I would also need her help in building a few more formation-powered turbine generators to power all of this.

 

At this, she asked for us to go over to the workshop while asking about how the generators worked to power all these machines and why the generators were needed in the first place.

 

This led to a debate about whether the generators were actually needed and, if they were, how to build them.

 

Eventually, we agreed that it would be easier to build and use the generators now and do more research on this topic later.

 

While having this conversation, we arrived at the main area of the workshop, and Raina finally revealed why she wanted us to come here. Opening her storage device, she placed many metals, like iron, copper, tin, and lead, as well as a large amount of sand that the system revealed as silica sand, on the open ground.

 

All of this was needed for all the machines I wanted to build, and I quickly went to smelt down the silica sand into proper silicon. From here, I set the mortar and pestle to turn some wood into resin so I could make some electronics.

 

Though the electronics were not needed to build any of the machines, they would be needed in the future.

 

With this, I found that all of the things I set to be made would take more than half the day, so I turned to Raina and asked if we could do our training early.

 

She got confused by my question, so I explained what I had just done and that I now needed to wait for everything to be prepared so I could actually make the machines.

 

With that, we walked back to the house's courtyard for training, but unlike what Raina expected, I grabbed the Bow and Quiver before walking out of the courtyard again.

 

Raina then followed me and watched as I pulled back the bow, an arrow already knocked, before firing rapidly back to back at the same target. As I fired, my aim was getting better and better as I started firing faster and faster.

 

This was starting to confuse Raina, so after I paused in firing, she asked, "Have you used a bow before?"

 

Not caring about keeping this a secret or making myself look like a prodigy, I responded, "I have not used a bow much, but I did place a few skill points in Marksmanship. So I have some amount of knowledge about how to use one, but I do not have that much skill."

 

Raina then gave a confused look before asking, "Did you do the same thing for Swordsmanship?"

 

Hearing her question, I nod in response before firing the bow at a random target once more.

 

She then took my silence as permission to continue and asked, "So does that mean you have all of the knowledge of every swordsmanship style of your old world?"

 

Releasing the string and letting the arrow fly, I replied, "Most, not all." When I finish talking, the arrow deadeyes the target over 800 yards away.

 

I then knocked another arrow as Raina said, "So that is why your fighting is all over the place."

 

After she finished her sentence, I then released the string again and got another deadeye.

 

It was when I pulled another arrow from the quiver that Raina raised her hand, and all the forest debris a little over 500 yards away floated in the air before shooting towards me.

 

Pulling back the bow, I started rapid firing and knocking some of the projectiles out of the air.

 

After they got close enough, I put the bow away and started throwing some of the javelins I had in my inventory before running out and needing to switch to my rifle.

 

I finally knocked all but one of the objects out of the air, and the last one was about to hit me when I jumped over it and kicked it into the ground as I pulled out the bow from when I started my new life and fired one last arrow into it before landing on the ground.

 

I then got a notification from the system.

 

[Your skill in marksmanship has exceeded 75, and you have acquired the title of {Expert Marksman}]

 

After that, I went around collecting all the arrows and spent brass so I could reload the bullets and reuse the arrows for training.

 

With some of the things I was shooting at, I was unable to recover some of the arrows and would need to get some new ones out of my inventory as I had enough to supply an entire company of archers.

 

I also noticed that due to the poor quality of metal used, more arrows broke than what would have happened if they had used proper steel. Yet another reason as to why the blacksmith's stubbornness was stupid and getting in the way of having decent equipment.

 

Raina then pulled my attention back by saying, "Since you are already this proficient in wielding a bow, how about we move on to practicing your blade?"

 

Feeling my tail stop flicking around rapidly and wanting to experiment with a different style of sword in the next practice session, I responded to her by saying, "I wanted to wait until I was able to make steel and make a different sword that would suit my fighting style better."

 

Confused at what I said, she then asked, "Isn't spiritual iron stronger and better at channeling Spiritual energy? Why would you want a steel sword? Also, the way a cultivator's sword is made is the best at channeling spiritual energy, so why do you want to make one that is different?"

 

When Raina asked that question, I felt all the rage come back as I raised one of the broken arrows that should not have broken and asked, "Is this arrowhead also made out of spiritual iron?"

 

She then looked at it for a few moments before answering, "Yes, it is, but you were supposed to infuse the arrow with spiritual energy to make the arrowhead stronger."

 

Feeling slightly more anger at her answer, I said, "So I need to use spiritual energy to make up for a deficiency in the metal because people just don't want to use a better metal. And who said that you can't make steel using spiritual iron and thus make spiritual steel?"

 

Not giving into my anger, Raina calmly thinks about what I said for a moment before saying, "It would be possible for the smiths to do that, but that still does not answer my other question."

 

Conceding to her, I calm down and then ask, "How is it that those swords are able to channel spiritual energy better?"

 

Raina did not need to think about this answer and said, "It is because of the way that they are made."

 

This made me slightly irritated again and I asked, "So you can not make a sword of a different shape through the same method?"

 

Raina again paused for a moment before saying, "That I don't know."

 

Somewhat happy with her response, I said, "The answer to that is yes. Unlike swordsmanship and marksmanship, blacksmithing is a trade that is mostly based on knowledge and skill in making something. So when I put skill points into it and maxed the skill out, I had all of the knowledge about how blacksmithing works from my world."

 

Raina's eyes went wide for a second when I mentioned this but very quickly went back to normal as she asked, "So, does this knowledge about steel and iron come from your blacksmithing knowledge or somewhere else?"

 

I only had one word to answer her question, "Both."

 

She then paused for a moment again, thinking about my answer before asking, "So, in terms of weapons, what advantages does steel have over iron?"

 

Hearing this question, my expression went blank due to how many things she was asking me to list, so I said, "How long do you want to stand here?"

 

Her expression showed some shock at this response before saying, "Okay. Then what are the advantages of using iron over steel?"

 

This question was easier, so I answered quickly, "Iron is quicker to craft with."

 

After saying that, there was silence for a few moments as Raina stared at me, expecting more, but when none came forth, she asked, "Is that it?"

 

To answer her question, I nodded and said, "Yes."

 

Raina then stood there for a moment, looking at me for a few moments before saying, "So when can you make me a sword?"

 

When she asked this question, I was about to respond to what I thought she would say before my brain registered her question, making my head tilt to the side and my tail from a question mark as I asked, "What?!"