Episode 127 Pile Shot

It seemed that there was a high probability that the same Magic Tool as the D-Particle Collector existed somewhere in the world. It was mostly likely lying in a collector's warehouse without knowing what to do with it.

Since such items were sometimes put up for auction, it seemed that it was possible to ask an auction broker to look for them.

Kamijou said he would ask a broker acquaintance to look for one. After hearing various things about the auction, I decided to part with Kamijou, who was waiting for his friends to return.

I took the train to Shibugami City and returned after 9:00. That day, I simply lay down and fell asleep on the bed.

I went to the Adventurer's Guild around noon the next day. This was to make a report on the 'Meteor Gate'.

"Grimm-sensei, the Branch Chief is waiting."

When Maria, Karina's younger sister, saw me, she called out to me.

I went to the Branch Chief's office and reported about yesterday to him.

"I see, it's a Centaur. Interesting."

"It was my first time facing that monster, so I had a hard time defeating it."

"Maa, that's natural. However, the thunder attack system is effective, and we know what kind of attack the Centaur will do. It will be easier for the Life Wizards who challenge it from now on."

I also told Branch Chief Kondou about the D-Particle Collector.

"A Magic Tool that collects D-Particles. For a Life Wizard it's probably a Magic Tool you want, but ..."

It seemed that he was thinking about the price if it were to be converted into cash. If you're a Life Wizard, I don't think you'd consider selling it.

After I finished talking about the 'Meteor Gate', I asked the Branch Chief.

"If the Mid-boss of the 20th floor of the Suigetsu Dungeon revives, what will the Adventurer's Guild do?"

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"Ask a C-class adventurer or a veteran D-class adventurer team to subjugate it."

"When do you expect it will be revived?"

"That's right ... The Mid-boss over there won't respawn until more than ten months have passed, so it won't respawn for another three months. Do you want to fight the OrcKing or the UltimateLizard?"

"I want to fight the OrcKing."

"Are you aiming for a MagicWeapon? The OrcKing drops powerful Magic Weapons like Bosses."

The Branch Chief seemed to have misunderstood that I wanted to fight the OrcKing in search of a Magic Weapon.

"Does the OrcKing have any weaknesses?"

"It's not a weakness, but it seems that the magic bullets fired from the spear used by the OrcKing can't be fired for three seconds after seven shots."

"How powerful are those magic bullets?"

"They're not as powerful as the Attack Magic 'Death Shot', but they're said to be about 70% as powerful."

The Branch Chief explained, but I didn't really understand. When I asked him what kind of monster it could defeat, he said that it would be impossible to defeat a SteelLizard, but it could defeat an ArmorBear.

Could 'Ogre Push' block the magic bullets? It looked difficult. Rather than thinking about intercepting or repelling, it might be better to think about avoiding them.

If the ability of the 'D-Particle Secondary Mutation' could be used, it might be possible to create a strong shield magic, but it was currently impossible.

In that case, I should prepare a powerful Life Magic that could kill it with a single blow. If it was 'Heat Shell', it seemed like it could be killed in one blow. However, 'Heat Shell' took time to activate. In the meantime, it looked like I would be hit by the spear's magic bullets.

A magic that could be released as quickly as 'Cone Arrow' and had the power of 'Heat Shell' would be ideal.

"You're pondering something, what happened?"

The Branch Chief thought something might be wrong because I was lost in thought.

"I was thinking about how to defeat the OrcKing."

"Normally, the whole team accumulates damage little by little, and finally deal the finishing blow."

"Is that so. It was helpful. I'll think about it."

I left the Branch Chief's office and headed to the reference room. It's because I decided to come up with a magic that would kill the OrcKing in one blow. No one was in the reference room. I sat down on a chair and started thinking.

First, I had to try the of the 'D-Particle Secondary Mutation'. I launched the Sage System and tried to add the characteristic to 'Javelin'.

The magic called 'Javelin' was completed except that it had the property added. I decided to go to the paid practice field to try it out.

I traveled by bus, entered the practice field and rented the smallest practice field. Next to the rows of concrete targets, there was a log target. A log about 30 centimeters in diameter was standing on the ground.

I shot the new spell at the log. It was a magic without multiple activations. If it was the same as 'Javelin', the D-Particle cone should break the moment it hit the log.

The moment the special D-Particle cone hit the log, it cut into the log about 5 centimeters before breaking. It was only 5 centimeters, but it made a huge difference.

When I fired it with triple activation, it penetrated the log. If it was a TripleJavelin, it wouldn't go through and would just open a hole about 10 centimeters deep, the power was quite different.

However, I felt that the power was not enough to defeat the OrcKing with this seven-fold activation. So, I made major changes.

The cone shape of the D-Particle was changed to a hexagonal pyramid, and the amount of D-Particles used was increased to increase the thickness and strength. As a result, the amount of magical power consumed increased. And finally, the initial speed was increased.

I decided to call this magic 'Pile Shot'. The hexagonal pyramid shape made it look like a pile. Therefore, I decided to call the formation of D-Particles formed by the magic, 'D-Particle Pile'. Due to the major remodeling, the magic level that it could be learned at had become '11'.(TN:A pile is like a stake. It's that thing that gets used in a pile bunker.)

'Pile Shot' had a range of about 20 meters. The increased strength of the D-Particle Pile and increased initial velocity had greatly increased its power.

Even with 'Pile Shot' without multiple activations, it was able to cut into the log about 15 centimeters. I could predict that a TriplePileShot would pierce the log, so I fired it at the concrete target.

The TriplePileShot hit the concrete with a bang sound and made a hole about 20 centimeters deep. However, it wasn't as flashy as 'Heat Shell'. 'Heat Shell' could also explode, so it looked flashy.

A QuintPileShot penetrated a concrete block with a thickness of 1 meters. Merely adding penetration power was the moment when a tremendous Life Magic was born.

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