Chapter 140
Experiment
Translator : PolterGlast
And so, the next day. I started moving early in the morning
to finish my preparations, and brought Lirica, Priola, and Mitsukawa-kun—whom
I had immediately return to the Royal Capital—with me to the Royal Capital's
training grounds.
「Why am I being called out here too?」
Mitsukawa-kun
tried to take out a cigarette from his breast pocket, but put it away again
because he was in front of women. I had forcefully brought him to the Royal
Capital using a continuous chain of Jaunt, just like I did for the rest
of my classmates.
「That's to grasp everyone's
abilities, of course. Also, to have you and Priola meet, Mitsukawa-kun...
and I guess it's also better if you guys know my strength to some extent.」
「Heh...」
Before heading to the battlefield, I need to know Lirica
and the others' true strength. In reality, since they are demons, I think they
are somewhat strong. But if they are only strong enough to be immediately taken
out on the battlefield, we'd have to raise their base strength in a dungeon
first. Actually, I also had the underlying goal of having Mitsukawa-kun,
who has abundant actual combat experience, make that judgment.
「Well then, let's start by checking
the power of your magic. Could you each fire one speed-focused spell and one
power-focused spell?」
I prepared scarecrows to check their power. Since they were
randomly shaped using the Treant wood I obtained before, they look ugly, but
they should serve as a decent indicator.
「I'll go first then. I don't wanna be
told mine is shoddy after seeing the demons' magic.」
「Hey you, just what do you think we
demons are?」
「Hmm... A warrior race. You're good
at fighting, and your mindset towards battle differs greatly depending on the
individual... well, that might be true for humans too, though.」
Mitsukawa-kun
lightly took a step forward, touched the hilt of the greatsword on his back,
and took a mid-level stance.
「First, if it's speed-focused, it's
this... Flame Tongue!」
As he swung his sword, an overwhelming amount of heat burst
forth from the blade as it fluidly slid from its sheath. An advanced technique
that becomes usable when an attribute magic reaches LV 7... Magic
Sword. Unlike other magic, Magic Sword skills can be named by the
user, so this naming was probably done by Mitsukawa-kun himself.
When he swung the sword, flames accompanied by a shockwave
pierced the ground, scorching the earth. An attack that easily created a small
crater; if a normal monster took that, they wouldn't stand a chance.
Lirica was quite
surprised. It's probably because she didn't expect Mitsukawa-kun to be
able to do this much. But to me, Priola's reaction was even more
surprising. Normally always calm, she was showing intense emotion. She closed
in on him with such an intimidating attitude that it seemed like she was about
to grab him, glaring sharply at Mitsukawa-kun.
「Hey, you!」
「Hm, what is it?」
「Where did you get that sword?」
「From an old demon I defeated... He
was a strong demon, that guy.」
「I see... No, I lost my composure. I
apologize. Please continue.」
「Yeah.」
It's just a guess, but Priola-san probably had some
connection to the original owner of that sword. Even I, an outsider, could
understand that much, but Mitsukawa-kun just started preparing to cast
his next magic without seemingly caring at all.
Eh, that's it!?
Normally, wouldn't there be more... of a reaction? But it's true that
digging deeper probably wouldn't result in anything good... Hmm, is this what
they call the adult world?
「My most powerful magic is this
one... Tear Soleil!」
Above our heads, a flame so intense that we couldn't even
keep our eyes open appeared. It seems Mitsukawa-kun specializes in Fire
Magic. Tear Soleil is the highest-tier magic that becomes usable at Fire
Magic LV 10, which I can also use. Its speed isn't much faster than a
normal Fireball, but once it lands... BOOOOOOM!!
Flames erupted along with a deafening roar, and heat intense
enough to melt everything in the surroundings propagated outward.
Hey, just because we kept our distance doesn't mean it's not
dangerous! Mitsukawa-kun, your senses are completely paralyzed from
being on the battlefield!
「Amazing. With this, a Wyvern would
be blown to smithereens.」
「Indeed, it is powerful.」
「To think he has mastered Fire
Magic at such a young age... No wonder the old man lost (mutter).」
I managed to defend myself using Water Magic to
create a water barrier for the time being, but Lirica and Priola
suddenly vanished and then smoothly popped out of the shadows. It's probably...
or rather, definitely the Dark Magic spell Shadow Dive. I've only
ever used it for sneaking around, but... Shadow Dive can be used to
dodge attacks too? Even so, having seen the maid demon's magic, I kind of
imagined it, but as expected, the magic used by demons is...
「...Well, that's about it.」
「Then I'll go next.」
The next one to raise her hand was Lirica. The shadow
where she stood distorted, then stretched out and burst from the ground. The
stomach of the Treant scarecrow was pierced, leaving a large hole.
「Shadow Lance, followed by... Dark Bullet!」
This time, countless black spheres floated up in front of Lirica.
When she swung her arm, they flew forward. This time, tiny holes were pierced
all over the scarecrow's body.
A strike from the shadow and a scattershot; the power isn't
exceptionally high, but it should be enough to deal damage. Visually, it's
quite plain, but because of its good fuel efficiency, she should be able to
handle consecutive battles to some extent. And as expected, it seems she is a
user of Dark Magic.
「I want to ask one thing, can demons
only use Dark Magic?」
「No, that's not the case. It's just
that fundamentally, all demons can use Dark Magic at a fairly high
level.」
「And fundamentally, demons can use
all attributes except for Light Magic. However, due to our racial
characteristics, no matter what attribute of magic we use, Dark Magic
ends up mixing into it.」
I see, so the black flames I saw from the maid demon before
was Fire Magic mixed with Dark Magic. Or rather, they can use
everything except Light Magic... Lirica supposedly can hardly use
Space-Time Magic, so they must have their strong and weak areas, though.
Just the fact that everyone can master Dark Magic is amazing enough, but
all attributes besides Light? Isn't that racial cheat way too absurd?
「If it's high power... Shadow Arts!」
She manipulated her shadow, and from within it, she pulled
out several weapons one after another.
...Eh, you can put luggage inside shadows!?
「Did you not know...? The
beginner-level Dark Magic spell Shadow, which creates shadows—by
infusing it with magic power and expanding it, you can use it as a pseudo Item
Box.」
「I didn't know...」
「Heh, you can do something like that
too...? I wish I could use Dark Magic too.」
「Eh, you can't use Dark Magic,
Mitsukawa-kun?」
Isn't the Overlord Gift a learning-type Gift
that lets you use the skills of enemies you defeated? Could it be that the
acquisition conditions are ridiculously strict?
「Yeah, for some reason I can't. When
I asked Misha before, she said it might be because I'm a Hero, so I'm
restricted from using Dark Magic.」
I see... Eh, then why can I use Dark Magic? ...Well,
no use thinking about it. Let's just assume it's because I'm a shut-in and not
a Hero.
「Then what about Space-Time Magic?」
「I can use Space-Time Magic
normally. I got it from a demon I killed.」
「You're cheating, Mitsukawa-kun.」
「Look who's talking... Hey, she's starting.」
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