Episode 16 Magical Teaching

　After safely returning to the ground from the dungeon under the cliff, I take a shower at the dungeon house and change clothes. Then, I returned to the academy by bus.

　After parting from the students, I had dinner at the student cafeteria and then returned to the janitor's hut.

"Oh, I'm tired."

　I'm mentally tired today. I don't seem to be suitable for the profession of a teacher. When a formal life magic teacher arrives, I'll start my life as an adventurer.

　Tomorrow, I have to teach Amane and Alisa the magic of 'Cone Arrow'. I have to draw a magic circle today.

　I drew two magic circles and then went to bed.

　After school the next day, I met Amane and others at the training ground. I gave them a piece of paper depicting the magic circle. They tried to pay for the magic circle, but I told them I didn't need it.

"Grimm-Sensei, what kind of magic is this?"

"You know the attack magic 'Bullet'. It's a bit like that, but it's not based off magical power, it uses flying D-particles in the shape of a soft serve ice cream cone."

　I explained in detail about 'Cone Arrow'.

"Isn't the range of 5 meters short?"

"When it comes to magic that can be learned even at magic level 1, that's what happens."

　Amane looks disappointed.

"Don't make such a face. If you activate it multiple times, it will become more powerful."

　Alisa nodded.

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"How powerful is it?"

"Let's experiment. Bring a sandbag."

　I carried a log and put it on the ground. A sandbag was placed next to it.

"First, cast toward the sandbag."

　Aim at the sandbag and activate 'Cone Arrow'. D-particles are formed into an elongated cone and fly toward the sandbag.

　The D-particle cone pierced the sandbag and disappeared. To Amane's eyes, it would have suddenly seemed to have a hole in the sandbag. From the size of the hole, it can be inferred that the D-particle cone pierced about 15 cm.

"Grimm-Sensei, what kind of monster can you use this to defeat?"

　Alisa's question reminded me of the monsters I encountered in the dungeon.

"Hmm. I think you can beat a Ripper Cat with a single blow, and if you shoot a few times at a Horned Pig, you may be able to beat it."

"How about a Labyrinth Wolf?"

　I remembered the response when I slashed a Labyrinth Wolf with my hunting sword. There was stronger resistance than with the Horned Pig, so the D-particle cone may not do much damage.

"It's probably difficult, but you can beat it if you use multiple activations."

"I can't use multiple activations, I'm still magic level 1"

"Maybe there aren't many monsters I can defeat."

"I thought so, so I dived into the dungeon alone, but I almost died."

　Amane told Alisa about getting helped in the third layer of the giant tree dungeon.

"How strong is the third-layer's Blue Lizard?"

"The Blue Lizard is a strong enemy. Because it has a high level of defense, it can be used as a material for leather armor."

　Amane said this proudly for some reason. She may want to say that she fought against such a strong enemy.

"Grimm-Sensei, can you defeat that Blue Lizard with 'Cone Arrow'?"

　When I stabbed the Blue Lizard with my hunting sword, the tip only went in about 3 cm. From that point of view, the usual 'Cone Arrow' wouldn't work.

　But what if you use multiple activations?

"Let's try multiple activations. First, TripleArrow."

　I fired a TripleArrow at the sandbag. The D-particle cone pierced the sandbag and made a hole, from which the earth and sand spilled.

"Wow!" "Amazing"

　Amane and Alisa were surprised and screamed.

"Next, I'll try the five-layered 'Cone Arrow'."

　This time, I aimed at the log and activated the magic. There was a tearing sound as it flew through the air, and the log with holes in it and cracks in the vertical direction fell to the ground after flying in the air and spinning.

　The impact of the fall broke the log in two. The logs was dry, so it would have been fragile, but it was wonderful. However, there are many attack magics with such power. And there are various magics that have more power than that.

　I turned my gaze toward them, thinking that it was something like this. Amane and Alisa were frozen with their eyes wide open.

"What's wrong? Are you surprised?"

　Amane nodded.

"... I'm surprised. There was such a powerful magic in life magic."

"It's not a big deal compared to attack magic. Considering only that point, the founders of life magic who thought that life magic would be used in normal life rather than in a dungeon were right, I think."

　Alisa tilted her head.

"But in order to study life magic, you need to raise your magic level, right?"

　When studying new magic without using the sage system, it is common to explore the dungeon to find new magic circles.

　Magic tools are left in the ruined villages and towns on the third layer of the dungeon under the cliff, and if you examine the magic tools with analytical magic, you may discover a new magic circle.

　Therefore, fieldwork in the dungeon is essential for magic researchers. And magic researchers need to be strong enough to walk around the dungeon.

"I want to be a researcher, so please tell me how to fight."

　Alisa wants to be a magic researcher.

"It's not amazing. I'll support you. Good luck."

　Amane seems to be impressed by Alisa's efforts towards her goals.

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