Episode 253 The Power of Trishula

I gave Alisa and the others the white shining steel with special properties along with black iron with special properties. The black iron with the characteristic was a bonus.

After Alisa and the others returned, Komugi came out from the shadows.

[ You got something amazing. ]

"Nn, the thing?"

[ That's right. I think you can create interesting magic depending on how you use it. ]

"Maybe so, but first let's see what we got from defeating the EarthDragon."

I headed to the paid practice range.

After renting a large paid practice area, I walked over to a plot of logs standing like a bamboo forest. I wanted to test the power of Trishula by targeting these logs.

Komugi followed me.

"How powerful would it have been if it was the real trident Trishula held by Lord Shiva?"

[ It was written in a book called 'Myths and Legends of the World' written by a British adventurer, and it said that the real Trishula killed the giant Hydra with a single blow. ]

The book 'Myths and Legends of the World' was written by an adventurer who used a 'Scroll of Knowledge' to connect to the Myths and Legends section of the Dungeon Archive.

It seemed that dungeon monsters and Magic Weapons were sometimes created based on the myths, legends, or folklore written in that book. This was probably because others like Metis drew information from the Myths and Legends section of the Dungeon Archive to create monsters and dungeon weapons.(TN:Reminder here, Metis was originally supposed to be a dungeon core, but wound up not becoming one. So he's talking about dungeon cores.)

As a result, there may be multiple copies of the same holy sword Excalibur.

What I wondered about was who gathered and edited the information in the Dungeon Archives. Did God exist in the universe where D-Particles spread?

[ However, I don't think Trishula has that much power. ]

I was thinking something strange, but Metis' voice brought me back to reality.

"I guess so. But, just to be on the safe side, let's change into full gear before we try it out."

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After putting on the black scale armor, etc., I held the Trishula in my hand. After taking a stance, I thrust the tip of the trident into a log.

The three-parted tip was sucked into the log. There was only as much resistance as sticking chopsticks into tofu. Then, the moment the spear's blade became embedded in the log, a tremendous shock wave was emitted from the tip of the spear.

The log about 30 centimeters in diameter was shattered by the shock wave, and fragments were scattered in front of it. The tips of the remaining logs fell to the ground, making a loud noise.

When the shock wave was released, I felt my magical power being absorbed. The energy source of the shock wave seemed to be my magical power.

"I see. Even if it's an imitation, it has enough power to be named the weapon of Lord Shiva."

[ Let's try it with concrete blocks. ]

I went to the place where there was a concrete block and stuck Trishula into the concrete block. At this time, I intentionally poured magical power into the handle of the trident.

The tip of the spear sank into the concrete. It felt like hitting a sandbag with a spear, and then a shock wave was generated. The shock wave was tremendous.

It shattered half of the meter-thick concrete block into pieces.

"Is this really an imitation?"

[ I suppose the real thing is more amazing than I imagined. Would you like to replace your usual weapon with this? ]

It was incredibly powerful, but the problem was that I wasn't used to using a spear. I thought about practicing with a spear like I did with the Light Sword Clau, but there were also Life Magics with similar power, so when I made the humanoid Shadow Puppet, I thought about using that as its weapon.

[ Next, let's try the Magic Gun. ]

"It came out of the EarthDragon's treasure chest. I'm looking forward to seeing how powerful it is."

I put away the Trishula and took out the Magic Gun. It felt heavy and felt like a real weapon. I pointed the gun at a concrete block from a distance of ten meters.

I aimed carefully and pulled the trigger. Nothing happened.

[ I heard that the energy source of the Magic Gun is yellow magic stones. Isn't it empty? ]

"I don't know. I thought it would absorb magical power and fire like the Trishula."

It seemed that the grip of the Magic Gun had a filling chamber similar to a magazine built into it, which could be pulled out and filled with yellow magic stones.

I packed the yellow magic stones that I had reserved for the Magic Stone Reactor into the filling chamber and returned it to the grip. I aimed at the concrete block again and pulled the trigger.

There was a buzzing sound from the Magic Gun, and something that seemed to be a mass of magical power was fired. The mass of magical power reached the concrete block in an instant and punched a hole in the concrete. It was about thirty centimeters deep.

"This, isn't it imitating the EarthDragon's stone breath?"

The EarthDragon's Stone Breath attacked like a rain of compressed magical power, but this Magic Gun seemed to be a reproduction of just one shot.

[ I agree. It feels like a magical compression bullet. Can you keep shooting? ]

When I tried it, I was able to shoot until I ran out of yellow magic stones. After refilling the yellow magic stones, I tried shooting at a log.

The magic compression bullet was powerful enough to pierce the trunk of a tree, and it reminded me of the Stone Breath I saw in the battle with the EarthDragon. It had a firing range of about 50 meters, so it was an easy-to-use weapon.

However, it would be impossible to defeat the EarthDragon with this Magic Gun.

I also learned the Life Magic given to me by Alisa and the others as payment for the white shining steel, and tried out the 'Magic for carrying luggage'. When the new magic was activated, something like a box with no lid was formed, measuring about two meters long, one and a half meters wide, and twenty centimeters high, and was coated with magical power.

The magic was like a floating box for transporting luggage and other items on it. This floating box could only rise to a height of about five meters. Since it was a magic that used the characteristic of , it seemed that the repulsion would not occur unless the ground was nearby.

Also, the speed was slow. The maximum speed was about 35km/h. However, it had a long cruising range of about 50 kilometers.

It seemed that this magic could be acquired at level 9. I thought there would be many people who wanted to learn this Life Magic.

As it was evening, I decided to stop by the Adventurer's Guild before heading home. When I went to the Adventurer's Guild, I was called to the Branch Chief's office.

When I entered the Branch Chief's office and greeted him, I asked him why he called me.

"Congratulations. It has been confirmed that you have defeated the EarthDragon. It will be announced by the Adventurer's Guild and an article will be published in the newspaper."

It felt like it was late, but it seemed it took some time to prepare a team of adventurers to check it out.

"Thank you very much. But, I can't become an A-class adventurer, right?"

"In the past, you could have become an A-class, but currently it's impossible. You'll have to have a track record of defeating another of the Five Great Dragons or discovering something valuable."

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