Episode 197 Two magics

Katherine became conscious immediately. They had sobered up by then as the excitement had dropped and apologized to Ami and Kyouko.

"I'm sorry. I got so excited that I couldn't control myself."

Kyouko's injury wasn't a big deal, so Ami decided to forgive them.

By the way, it was prohibited by law to use offensive magic in the city when it wasn't necessary. However, Life Magic 'Push' and 'Swing' were not in the category of offensive magic.

Thus was the general evaluation of Life Magic.

"I'm sorry, Ami. I got you involved in something strange."

"I'm not injured, so it's fine, but that idol named Hiroki is disappointing."

"Well, that's right. I think that's a normal person's reaction. The excited Katherine-san looked crazed."

Ami tilted her head. There was never a moment when she felt threatened by Katherine.

"I see. I could tell that they were excited, but I don't think it was that scary."

"Ami, what kind of monsters are you fighting in the dungeon?"

"If it's the Giant Tree Dungeon, it's LabyrinthWolf, if it's the Suigetsu Dungeon, it's RedKong or LizardSoldier."

Kyouko let out a sigh.

"Since you normally fight such monsters, Katherine-san wouldn't seem scary."

That seemed likely, Ami admitted.

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A few days before Ami went to see the underground idol show with her sister.

I made a cat-shaped Shadow Puppet for Karina using 10 kilograms of Shadow Clay I got from defeating the ShadowBears.

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Regarding Shadow Clay, it seemed that you could use the one obtained from the ShadowBear or the one from the DarkCat. However, if you wanted to make a cat type, you needed a magic core made from a DarkCat's black magic stone, and if you wanted to make a bear type, you needed a magic core made from a ShadowBear's black magic stone.

The finished cat-shaped Shadow Puppet was the best result I had made. It was no match for the cat-shaped Shadow Puppet made by Ryuujima, but it was a splendid black cat.

When I gave it to Karina, she was very pleased.

After that, I went to the Adventurer's Guild reference room and checked the newly added Narukami Dungeon materials. It seemed that the exploration of the 3rd floor sea area had finished.

Seven treasure chests were found during the search. That did not include the treasure chests of the Undersea Temple.

It seemed that the adventurers had moved their search locations to the desert area on the 4th floor. The place that seemed likely in that desert area was the pyramid-shaped structure.

However, that was a large Wyvern nest. It wasn't easy to get to. However, among the veteran adventurers, there were those who broke through the Wyvern attack and entered the pyramid.

What they encountered there was a metal octopus-like monster called MetalOctopus. It was said that the total length was about 3 meters and it was as sturdy as if it was made of steel.

I see, in order to capture the 4th floor, magic that can repel Wyverns and magic that can defeat MetalOctopus is necessary.

For MetalOctopus, I needed to see if 'Cold Shot' worked. As for around the pyramid, multiple Wyverns may attack at once.

Even if it was impossible to repel them all at once, I'd like to repel one with a single blow. I couldn't come up with a good idea for multiple Wyvern attacks.

As for the MetalOctopus, I thought that 'Pile Shot' and 'Cold Shot' would penetrate through their sturdy body, but I didn't know where the weak point was.

The documents said that high heat and electric attacks were effective.

As a derivative of 'Cold Shot', I would like to create Life Magic that emitted heat and electricity as additional effects.

For that reason, I headed to the paid practice field. Those two seemed to be able to be completed in a short time, so I thought I'd give it a try.

I rented a small practice field at a paid practice field and went inside. Then I activated the Sage System. Based on 'Cold Shot', I created a version with the characteristic changed to and a version where it was changed to .

Their names were 'Burning Shot' and 'Lightning Shot'. First, I tried 'Burning Shot'.

I took a distance of about 15 meters from the concrete block and activated 'Burning Shot' with triple activation. The D-Particle Heat Dissipation Pile flew and pierced the concrete block.

At that moment, the stopper activated, and when the end part opened like a cosmos flower, the additional effect of heat dissipation was exhibited without further entering inside the concrete block.

The pierced part was burnt by the high heat and turned bright red. The area around it was charred black. If this was a monster, the wound would have been burned and it would have done a lot of damage.

[ Even a TripleBurningShot seems to have a lot of power. ]

Metis' voice echoed in my head.

Next was QuintBurningShot. When the D-Particle Heat Dissipation Pile that flew at high speed penetrated the concrete and activated the stopper, the stopper sank into the concrete and cracks appeared on the surface of the concrete.

And, the added effect of high heat melted the concrete. Molten concrete dripping like lava scorched the floor.

Finally, I tried the SeventhBurningShot, but something unexpected happened. The D-Particle Heat Dissipation Pile made cracks run all over the concrete and exploded.

It seemed that the air and moisture contained in the concrete expanded all at once due to the tremendous thermal energy that was dissipated all at once.

[ This doesn't seem like it will work in close combat. ]

"That's right. It's dangerous if you're not at least 15 meters away."

Next, I tried 'Lightning Shot'. It was almost the same as 'Cold Shot' until the quintuple activation. The only difference was whether it cooled or conducted electricity.

However, the SeventhLightningShot was different. A series of flashes of lightning flew off like fireworks from the concrete block pierced by the D-Particle Electrical Discharge Pile.

"Geh, it's become a flashy magic."

The lightning flash was amazing, but the thunder-like roar was also amazing. I retreated involuntarily. It seemed better to use SeventhLightningShot from about 20 meters away.

[ This might be useful for Wyverns. ]

"What do you mean?"

[ First of all, if this were to hit, I think they would be cautious and won't attack easily. ]

If their comrades died while shooting lightning like fireworks, they'll be on their guard. Then, I could run into the pyramid at that time.

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