Episode 109 Magical power distribution
As much as possible, I tried to leave the monsters to the other examinees, and only killed the monsters that attacked me. However, only when I discovered a HighGoblin, I killed it with haste. It was to prevent it from using magic.
"I dived into the advanced dungeon for the first time, but there are a lot of monsters."
Another examinee, Kyougoku, said with a disgusted look.
Kyougoku's weapon was a black iron sword. It seemed that he hesitated to use Muscle Magic regardless of whether the attacking monster was weak or strong. He probably thought that if he used Muscle Magic even on weak monsters, he might run out of mana before he could fight the ArmorBear on the 5th floor.
On the other hand, I thought I wouldn't run out of mana even if I went to the 5th floor with my usual fighting style. In addition to having the 'Double Efficiency Ring', it was because Life Magic was known to conserve magical power.
Even so, it was the right decision for an adventurer to conserve magical power. I wanted to learn from him.
I decided to defeat the FrenzyMice and HornedPigs with my Black Staff. Kyougoku, who was the sword thrust for the first time, was amazed.
"Hee ~ , you also have a Magic Weapon. A Boss drop?"
"Well, something like that. It's a Magic Equipment exclusively for Life Wizards."
"Exclusively for Life Wizards ... What do you mean?"
"If you don't have Life Magic talent, you can't use it."
On the 1st floor, there were many monsters that could be defeated without using magic. However, if you went down to the 2nd floor, there would be many tough monsters. The 2nd floor was a vast wilderness, the inhabitants were monsters such as KingSnakes and giant scorpions with a length of two meters called BlueScorpions.
However, for the examinees, they weren't monsters to the extent that they couldn't handle them, and we successfully captured it. We went down to the 3rd floor. The 3rd floor was the ruins of a large town. It seemed that there were undead such as SkeletonSoldiers, SkeletonKnights, Phantoms, and TrollZombies roaming there.
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All the examinees had weapons with holy attributes. The monsters I thought were tough, were only TrollZombies.
A TrollZombie was four meters tall and held a club in its hand. We attacked while avoiding the swinging clubs.
An Attack Wizard examinee activated 'Crash Bullet'. A fragmentation magic bullet was directed at the TrollZombie and hit its chest and exploded.
A hole opened in the giant's chest, but it was not fatal. The other Attack Wizard used 'Prominence Nova'. A band of flame that extended in a spiral swirl hit the TrollZombie, enveloping it and burning it with high heat.
After the flames extinguished, a burnt TrollZombie appeared. It was already a charred giant. However, burning already dead zombies didn't stop their activity.
However, it seemed to have slowed down. The two Muscle Wizards began fighting with their spear and long sword. The two jumped and started aiming for the TrollZombie's head.
However, the TrollZombie's neck was high and wouldn't let them cut it off easily. A TrollZombie wielded its club and approached me.
The giant raised its club and swung it down from directly above me. I activated QuintCatapult. My body was grabbed by the a giant hand made of D-Particle Leaves and was thrown diagonally to the left into the air.
I activated 'Airbag' in the air. Having been caught by the D-Particle Airbag, I once again activated QuintCatapult. This time, I moved at high speed in the air on a trajectory that grazed the back of the TrollZombie's head.
It was a heavy burden on my body. Still, the moment I passed behind the TrollZombie, I cut the giant's neck with a QuintBlade. Its huge head fell to the ground.
Kyougoku cut the fallen head in half with his odachi. There were some undead that couldn't be killed even if their head was cut off, so he seemed to have stabbed it just in case.
Tarumizu came to my side and talked to me.
"Was that magic just now also Life Magic?"
"That's right. I'm thinking of calling it 'Aerial Maneuvers'."
Tarumizu laughed.
"More importantly, is your magic okay with such a big move?"
I showed him the ring I wore on my left middle finger.(TN:Yes, give him the finger ... He deserves it.)
Tarumizu realized what it was and his eyes widened.
"Perhaps, is that a 'Ring of Double Efficiency'?"
When I nodded, Tarumizu gave a wry smile.
"Is that so. I was thinking about deducting points for using magic without thinking about the distribution of magical power, but it seems it wasn't necessary to save much. Good to hear."
Hearing that, I understood the true reason why Tarumizu was angry with me. In this test, it was also a test subject as to whether the magic distribution was taken into consideration. Even so, I killed all the monsters one by one, so he couldn't check if the other examinees were thinking about magic power distribution.
The reason why the other examinees didn't use powerful magic was because they were thinking about magical distribution. When I realized that, I thought that I should tell Alisa and the others about it as well.
After reaching the stairs, we went down to the 4th floor. The 4th floor was a mountainous area. There were three mountains, and there was a mountain road that threaded between them.
We went along that mountain road. It was said that many monsters lived there. It seemed that we might encounter Goblins and BlackHyenas. Encountering a pack of BlackHyenas would be the worst, as it would consume a large amount of magical power.
Perhaps, because of that thought, we encountered a pack of BlackHyenas.
"In a place like this ... We're out of luck."
Kyougoku let out a sigh.
There seemed to be about 40 BlackHyenas in the pack.
"About eight per person. With your abilities, there should be no problem."
That's what the examiner Tarumizu said. I thought about which Life Magic I should use in order to save my magical power.
Individually the BlackHyenas weren't that strong. But, there were many. What kind of fight should I do.
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