Episode 102 Attack Magic and Life Magic

I didn't think it had the sturdiness of a SteelLizard, but Boss, a giant BlackGator, was also a fairly sturdy monster. He cut it in two with one blow.

'Sword Force' seemed to have cutting power comparable to 'Death Shot'. Compared to SeventhHighBLade, which one is better?

What would have happened if I had tried to kill it? 'Heat Shell' had penetrating power, but in order to finish off the giant Boss, it had to hit a vital point. I didn't know if I could aim for a vital point from the stairs. Then, was it SeventhHighBlade? It couldn't be used on the narrow stairs.

With SeventhThunderArrow, I might have been able to beat it. It might not have been possible to kill it in one blow like with 'Sword Force', but it seemed that it could be defeated with several shots.

When we went out of the stairs, a yellow magic stone was found where Boss died. Hougetsu picked it up and put it in his Magic Bag. A scroll was lying next to it.

Hougetsu picked up the scroll with an expectant look on his face and checked inside.

"...You're kidding, right."

"What's wrong?"

"I defeated it with 'Sword Force', but it dropped a 'Sword Force' magic circle."

When I was slightly surprised that such a thing could happen, Hougetsu threw the scroll at me and gave it to me.

"You can have it."

"... Thank you."

I didn't have the talent for Attack Magic, so I couldn't learn it. The magic level of my Attack Magic was still '0'. I would have to give up on it. This scroll should be given to Yukari as a gift.

We set off in the small boat. This small boat seemed to hold five people. Looking at the piloting Hougetsu, he seemed to be heading to the third island instead of the nearest one.

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On the way, I heard a scratching sound coming from the bottom of the ship. A merman seemed to be poking the bottom of the ship with a spear. A cheap boat would have sunk at this rate.

"The island with the stairs is home to the BlackGators. Start attacking as soon as we arrive.

"Understood."

As we approached the island, I could see them. There were BlackGators all over the small island.

If we land, will all of them attack me? Hougetsu told me to attack immediately, so I guess he will also attack.

I activated 'Sensing Zone' and 'Auto Shield' and waited for the ship to dock. I jumped to the island as soon as we landed.

The BlackGators began to move all at once. I held up my black rapier and attacked. I hit an approaching BlackGator with a QuadBlade. About half of the V-shaped plate bit into the protruding head with a large mouth and it rampaged.

It seemed that it wasn't powerful enough to defeat them with one blow. Then I hit it with a QuintBlade. The blow killed the BlackGator by severing its head.

I fired QuintBlades and QuintThunderArrows at the BlackGators approaching from all directions to finish them off.

Looking at me killing the BlackGators like a whack-a-mole game,

"What is that speed?"

Hougetsu asked in surprise.

Then Hougetsu also joined the battle and killed the BlackGators. After defeating the last one, I took a deep breath and let it out along with my tension.

"I thought I would be using a lot of magic power on this island, but thanks to Grimm, I was able to save it."

"Is there no Attack Magic that can annihilate a large number of monsters at once?"

"Are you talking about magic called area magic?"

"Yeah."

"You could say that 'Flare Burst' is area magic. However, that requires a huge amount of mana, so it won't save mana."

It seemed that Attack Magic also had area magic. If I wanted to defeat multiple monsters with Life Magic, the only way was to gather them together and hit them with a SeventhHighBlade. I couldn't really call it area magic.

Was it necessary to create area magic? Before that, I remembered that I was planning to create magic for Master Mitsuhashi and magic that would be useful in everyday life.

After picking up the yellow magic stones left by the BlackGators, we headed for the stairs. We went down the stairs in the center of the island. We arrived at a meadow area. However, there were small forests scattered about, and there seemed to be a formidable enemy called ArmorBear.

The ArmorBear was a giant bear with a length of 5 meters, and the fur on its back and stomach had turned into scale-like armor. SteelLizards had very tough scales, but ArmorBear scales had something to do with magic.

Just like the D-Particle Scale generated from my black scale armor had the property added to it, didn't it have some kind of property added to it?

In addition to ArmorBears, there were other powerful monsters. There were ferocious giant spiders called RageSpiders in the grasslands. They were spider monsters with a length of about 1 meter and had deadly poison.

As we started advancing through the grasslands, we came across a RageSpider. Hougetsu sniped from a distance with the magic bullet 'Bullet' and killed it. He was wary of the poison, so he decided to kill it from a distance.

"Haah, I can't beat the long range of Attack Magic."

When I muttered, Hougetsu asked while laughing.

"Does Life Magic have a short range?"

"Unfortunately, that's the case. Due to the use of D-Particles, it becomes difficult to control at long distances."

"In exchange, there seems to be a lot of useful magic."

Hougetsu seemed to like the magic of 'Wing'. When I checked, Hougetsu said he had no talent for Life Magic. I knew when he was looking for an adventurer who could use 'Pure', but he said that his 'D Particle Sensor', which was a supersense that sensed D-Particles, didn't work at all.

It seemed that he had given up on learning Life Magic because he needed a 'D-Particle Sensor' to use Life Magic.

As we spoke, we advanced through the grasslands and reached a forest with stairs. It was said that ArmorBears lived there. We cautiously stepped into the forest.

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