As for examples of this new equipment...
The arrowheads used in the five volleys Artoria had just ordered were covered in a layer of magic-breaking coating that Sovell had produced using his magecraft alchemy technique.
Even if Liens had a court mage like Sovell accompanying his army, their magic power barriers would be as good as nonexistent against these five volleys of magic-breaking arrows.
And because it was only a thin coating, it was cheaper, more efficient to produce, and more consistent in quality than the inscriptions Liens's side engraved by hand.
Meanwhile, in a wooden cottage somewhere in Avalon, an incubus was using his exceptional Clairvoyance to observe everything happening on the battlefield.
The [Construction] Origin.
Though it made his apprentice prone to inexplicably analyzing his own inner feelings, even inventing fantasies, leaving him sentimental and emotionally extreme at times.
At the same time, this Origin also gave him a talent for learning and research that far surpassed others.
If an ordinary mage possessed this Origin, then as long as he had a proper teacher and took magecraft research seriously enough, he would undoubtedly become one of the greatest mages in the world.
Unfortunately.
It had appeared in Sovell, a magus who defied convention.
Sovell had poured all his talents into combat.
If other mages learned of this... they would probably curse him behind his back for wasting his gifts.
Hahaha.
At that thought, Merlin's lips curled upward of their own accord, and the violet light in his eyes gradually faded.
A moment later, violet light shone in Merlin's eyes again as his view shifted to the other side of the battlefield.
The losses inflicted by the magic-breaking volleys gradually diminished. Realizing that magic power shields could not stop these arrows, the soldiers in Liens's army raised