"Well, I just sort of..." I admitted, and did the preparations, "Then the first one I just squeezed. The second one I tried just smashing, I don't think that went as well."

"Master... you were able, with your raw will, to crush a refractive matrix of magic?" Narusil asked in awe.

"Is that... not how that's supposed to be done?" I asked.

"Well, such matrices are generally considered unbreakable. Or nearly so." Sevrina informed me.

My mind raced, "Does this mean that since I can break them, I can free Amura?"

"No." Mavrin declared simply. "You will remove a few tools that were to be passed from Marked to Marked,...