Episode 168 KillerPlant countermeasures

After returning to the surface, I changed clothes and returned to my apartment. I felt tired because it was the first time for me to fight so many monsters in a row like this.

I sat on the sofa in the living room and put Metis on the table.

[ You look tired? ]

"Yeah, I defeated countless KillerPlants today."

[ I also didn't expect so many KillerPlants to gather. ]

"If you could have predicted it, what kind of magic should I have prepared?"

[ Maybe a magic that defeats many monsters at once? ]

"Magic like 'Multiple Attack' doesn't seem to be very effective against KillerPlants."

[ I agree. ]

That reminded me of the KillerPlants I fought today. They were a monster that required cutting power rather than penetrating power. KillerPlants were not monsters with very high defense. A QuintBlade was enough to cut them down.

I didn't feel threatened by KillerPlants. Because, if I cut them, they would definitely be killed. But, the problem was numbers.

[ What about spitting out cold D-Particles like a fire extinguisher, freezing the KillerPlants and preventing them from releasing things like pheromones? ]

"I think that's an interesting idea, but it seems that there were the most KillerPlants near the treasure chest. In order to get the treasure chest, it is necessary to annihilate the KillerPlants around it."

A certain amount of magical power was required when using magic with special properties. If I activated it many times, I would run out of magical power. I pointed that out to Metis.

[ It's difficult. Is it possible to use a magic that burns 300 meters around like the Attack Magic 'Flare Burst'? ]

I listened to the idea and thought about it. I felt like it wasn't impossible depending on the ingenuity. However, I realized that it would take time complete it.

"It's going to take some time. Do you have a simpler idea."

[ What would you do if you were a Muscle Wizard or an Attack Wizard? ]

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"Let me see ... If I was a Muscle Wizard, I would be able to strengthen the muscles of my whole body and annihilate them with a weapon. It would be easy if you were a C-class or higher Muscle Wizard."

That's when I had an idea. The idea was to combine the characteristics of 'Remote Plate' and .

'Remote Plate' was a magic that allowed you to freely manipulate a D-Particle Plate coated with magical power through thought control.

I thought that if I changed the D-Particle Plate into a D-Particle Sword and gave it the ability, it would become a weapon that could move freely with thought control. Moreover, if I added the characteristic of , the sharpness would be amazing.

"I see. If it's a D-Particle Sword, you can freely change its length."

I explained the magic I came up with to Metis.

[ It's an interesting idea. In that case, separating the hilt and the blade ... if you do that, what do you think? ]

Metis added an interesting idea. I launched the Sage System and built a new magic based on 'Remote Plate'.

That magic also required a large amount of D-Particles, the D-Particles resembled the handle of a Japanese sword, and a 2-meter blade shaped like a bamboo leaf was formed.

The blade was double-edged, and the length could be freely changed from 2 to 5 meters. I gave the blade the characteristic.

This magic coated the D-Particle formation with magical power, so it could not be activated multiple times. However, the effect lasted for about twenty minutes, and during that time I could fight with a red sword.

This was similar to 'Slash Plus', which enhanced the sharpness of swords in Muscle Magic. However, 'Slash Plus' required a heavy weapon to be swung around, but the new magic was originally 'Remote Plate', so the sword itself flew in the air.(TN:MC made a Wuxia/Xianxia Flying Sword)

The user did not feel the weight of the sword. With this, even 100 KillerPlants could be cut down. After consulting with Metis and making adjustments, the new magic was completed.

Even if it was completed, if there were parts that weren't good enough to be used in actual combat, it would probably need to be improved. The new spell was named 'Flying Blade'. The magic level that it could be learned at was '13'.

Metis seemed to be surprised because it didn't seem like normal Life Magic.(TN:Honestly no idea what this sentence really should be. It's a bit of a mess.)

"Because I couldn't collect even one magic stone from the KillerPlants, I thought of creating a Life Magic that collects magic stones. It's a little different from normal Life Magic, but it seems useful."

[ I see. Speaking of Life Magic, why didn't you buy the three Life Magics you found at the Adventurer's Guild? ]

I made a sour face.

"When I was choosing them, I misunderstood that it would cost millions of Yen if they knew the contents because it was about to be put up for auction. But, the Branch Chief said they were 100,000 Yen, so it felt like a blunder."

If I knew it was 100,000 Yen, I would have gotten all three. However, those three Life Magics themselves were subtle. Since they were magic that could be replaced with industrial products, the number of people who would use them was limited.

Life Magic is wonderful, I think that. Magic that is useful in daily life will not spread among people unless it is more valuable than existing electrical appliances. It's difficult to create Life Magic with that much value.

I improved the magic that I created earlier to fly D-Particles and collect dust, and created a magic that collects things that contain a lot of D-Particles. As I thought, the magic stone seemed to contain a lot of D-Particles, so the experiment was a success. This made collecting magic stones easier.

The name of this magic was 'Magic Stone'. Since the magic level that it could be learned at was '3', someday I would register it with the Magic Agency.(TN:Magic Stone is katakana/Engrish here just like how all his spells are named.)

I looked at the clock and it was nine o'clock. I finished my preparations for tomorrow, so I decided to rest after eating and taking a bath. I was planning on leaving early tomorrow.

I dived into the Narukami Dungeon early the next morning. I entered the forest where lots of OrcSoldiers lived. I immediately encountered an OrcSoldier. I knocked away the OrcSoldier with a QuintPush.

I activated 'Flying Blade' while the OrcSoldier was down. A large amount of D-Particles gathered from the surroundings, forming a crimson sword about two meters long. I grasped the hilt of the Slash Strengthened Blade floating in the air and tried to move it.

"I don't feel the weight at all. And, I can move it freely."

The OrcSoldier stood up and attacked while screaming. It held a battle axe in its hand, and the moment it swung it up, I stretched the Slash Strengthened Blade to 5 meters and slashed sideways.

The red blade slipped through the body of the OrcSoldier. The next moment, the OrcSoldier's upper and lower bodies split and fell to the ground and disappeared.

[ It's sharper than I expected. ]

It seemed that Metis also felt that it was more than expected. It was the same with me. There was almost no response when I cut it.

"I want to see how powerful it is."

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