The Kondo branch manager looks at me.

Do you have anything to redeem at the guild?"

I would like to redeem the magic stone. Also, I would like you to take care of the procedures for putting this up for auction."

　I took out the "fruit of the tree of life. The moment he saw it, Branch Manager Kondo's eyes rolled back in his head.

"Well, isn't that the 'fruit of the tree of life'?"

Does the branch manager know?"

I've only seen it once before. It was a big deal at the time."

　The fruit of the tree of life is an ingredient in the elixir of life. It is said that the elixir is produced as soon as the "fruit of the tree of life" is discovered, since it is the only one of the elixir's ingredients that cannot be stored for a long time.

　Other materials, such as the "Philosopher's Stone," can be preserved, so it seems that nations and the world's richest people pay large sums of money to secure them. And every time the "fruit of the tree of life" is auctioned, an elixir is made and used.

　The adventurer who obtains the "fruit of the tree of life" will receive worldwide recognition. It will also be a point in the ranking system, so they are sure to escape from the bottom of the list.

By the way, can you find out what the higher species of minotaur I defeated was?"

I'll see what I can find out by appraising the magic stone."

　The branch manager called Kato and asked him to appraise the magic stone.

This Black Magic Stone belongs to the Minotaur Titan, and the Black Magic Stone belongs to the Minotaur Marshall."

Marshall ...... marshal?"

　When I tilt my head back, the branch manager chuckles.

No, you're not. You're a marshal, not a general. That means he's higher than the general."

　It seems that the minotaur marshal was the one with the snake pike and the minotaur giant was the minotaurstitan. The Minotaur Lord, thought to be the boss of the fortress, was probably defeated by Nagase.

　After going through the formalities of putting the "Fruit of the Tree of Life" up for auction, I returned to the mansion. I let all the shadow puppets except Elmore out of the shadows and went to the living room to take it easy.

　Komugi comes to my side and Metis's voice echoes in my head.

Are you tired?"

You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.

I guess so. Because of the ducking armor, I wasn't allowed to fight like a living wizard."

　After fighting inside the building called "Fortress", I thought that "Crash Ball" was easier to use than "Descrescent".

'If you're tired, why don't you get some rest?'

It's too early for bed. Besides, I'm too hungry to sleep."

　I took a frozen pizza out of the fridge and started heating it up in the microwave oven.

　While waiting for the pizza to cook, I took it out of the storage armoire to see what scroll I could get my hands on.

　When the scroll was opened, the sage system automatically started up and began reading information from the magic circle on the scroll. And it turns out what magic circle it was.

This is the property of a D-particle secondary mutation called a "timer."

　This was a trait I wanted when I was fighting the Minotaur Marshal. Did someone watching that fight read my thoughts?

　The pizza was baked and we ate it with orange juice. As my stomach growled, I felt sleepy, but an idea came to me, so I decided to continue creating magic.

　Start up the sage system again.

Do you create magic?"

'Hey, did you see that I set up the wise guy system?'

He had that look on his face."

　What kind of face is that? Well, never mind, let's give shape to the idea that came to mind.

I was thinking of creating an improved version of 'Crashball,' what do you think?"

I don't know if there are any other demons equipped with armor that can avoid dodging, but I agree that we should have it ready.

　Metis agreed, and we began to develop new magic based on "Crashball. First, let's increase the flying speed. We will increase the speed of flight from 170 kilometers per hour to 400 kilometers per hour.

　Crashball" has "Vector Control" and "Dispersion Suppression," two characteristics of D-particle secondary mutations, but there is a limit of two, so to add a new "Timer" characteristic, one of them must be cut off.

"I guess I'll have to cut out and or ...... range because I absolutely need it."

　＜A mechanism is built around a "timer" so that the "spatial vibration" will take effect at a specified time when it is activated. The specified time is in thousandths of a second.

　However, since was discarded, there is now a possibility of self-destruction. Therefore, we put a restriction so that will not function unless the high-speed vibration ball formed by the new magic flies more than 5 meters.

　Incidentally, if spatial vibration waves are radiated in all directions without using the same amount of D particles as the "crash ball," a spherical destructive space of about one and a half meters in diameter will be formed.

　The armor could not bend its trajectory significantly, and it seemed to pass about 70 centimeters next to the armor, so we had to expand the destructive space a little more. Therefore, we decided to change it to form a spherical destructive space with a diameter of about three meters, and to lower the vibration frequency of the spatial vibration wave in order to reduce the magical power consumption.

　Lowering the vibration frequency will reduce the power. The power that used to shatter concrete until it was like grains of sand will be reduced to only the size of a pebble. Well, I think that's enough, but I guess I'll have to actually test it to be sure.

　I can't finish any more without trying it out at a paid driving range. I'll carry this over to tomorrow.

　The next day, I went to a pay practice and rented a large practice space.

　Trying a new magic by targeting a concrete block. When I tried it without specifying the time, it hit the concrete block and made a shattering sound before shattering.

During "Crash Ball," there was only a booming sound, not such a loud grinding noise."

Maybe it's because we changed the frequency."

　The concrete blocks are like a pile of pebbles. It certainly seems to have lost some of its power. Looking at the remaining pebbles, I wonder if this power is enough.

　The power range remains as it is now, and the frequency of the spatial vibration wave is restored to its original level. However, since the magic power consumption becomes too large, the time to form a spherical destructive space is halved to suppress the magic power.

　As a result, the power returned to normal. It seems that the power of spatial vibration waves is determined not by the time they are radiated but by the frequency.

　The experiment continued. ＜The timer worked well, and when the specified time arrived, the "spatial oscillation" property functioned. However, if the time specified was too early, it would strike out.

　I found it difficult to tell how close this swing was to being activated. Therefore, as a D-particle primary mutation, we also added . This is a light that is emitted as soon as the property is activated to signal its position. Since the light is a signal, the power of the new magic remains the same.

　However, the magic level that can be learned is now "14".