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Originally Posted by CatRules
why kill the man? just bomb the ship! Rapture is machine's worst fear too, remember?
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Modern magic needs a definite target to cast magic upon it, which is also restricted by visual confirmation for most magicians. The fire range of a battle ship is 20km as stated in Vol.8, there is no way Ichijou can 'bomb' the ship from 20km.
Tatsuya is able to Material Burst from so far because he has the Third Eye for visual confirmation as well as Elemental Sight to search in the information dimension, Masaki can't do anything with just visual confirmation.
A battleship is also massive, he probably can't cast Rupture on the whole ship and he'd have to get into range to cast magic on it in the first place. Why would you steer a battleship into medium to close range for a single magician to damage the enemy fleet when you can just as well bombard the enemy from afar?
And if the enemy fleet lands on Japanese grounds, would you rather have the talented magician fight on ground where he can fully utilize his abilities or have him on a ship in the ocean where his effectiveness is questionable at best?