Episode 93 SeventhHeatShell

"I've never seen a concrete target before. Some parts are burnt, melted, and vitrified."

It looked like it was exposed to a fairly high temperature.

I started the continuation of the verification from the quintuple-activated 'Heat Shell'. First, the QuintHeatShell was fired at the concrete target and the depth of the drilled hole was measured.

"It's about 25 centimeters deep. The penetrating power is amazing."

Even though it was a magic created with my half-baked knowledge, I felt like it was too powerful. Was the D-Particle doing something to increase its power?

I repeated the QuintHeatShell many times while changing the shape of the cannonball and the position to fix the metal. The reason for fixing the metal was that if the metal was behind the shell, the liquid metal would not fly forward when it exploded.

As a result of the investigation, the optimal shape and fixed metal position were determined.

I repeated QuintHeatShell many times while changing the amount of metal that was added next. That was to find out the optimum amount of metal to be added.

The optimal input amount was determined. Finally, I decided to try the SeventhHeatShell with seven layers of activation and finish up. When activated, it drew in air and swirled inside the bowl while making a 'Gyun' sound.

After inserting metal, it transformed into a cannonball shape. I aimed at the concrete target and fired. At that moment, the D-Particle Shell disappeared. As expected, the flight speed of the seven-fold activation was overwhelmingly fast.

The moment the D-Particle Shell hit the concrete, an extremely high heat was generated inside, melting the copper at the front of the shell and turning it into a liquid. At the same time, the compressed air started to expand due to the extremely high heat, and the air turned into plasma due to the thermal energy that could not be absorbed.

The rapidly expanding thermal plasma air became a detonation wave and spread around, ejecting the liquefied metal towards the tip of the cannonball and ejecting it forward as a Metal Jet.

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It was said that the Metal Jet generated from the shaped explosive could reach Mach 20, but I didn't know how fast the Metal Jet generated from this D-Particle Shell was. The difference between a shaped explosive projectile and a D-Particle Shell was that the metal in the D-Particle Shell melted at a very high temperature.

A powerful blast rushed in with a booming explosion that shook the ground. I didn't think it would be that amazing, so I stumbled backwards.

A fairly large flame spread around, demonstrating tremendous power. After the blast subsided, I approached the targeted concrete.

A cobweb-like crack had appeared in the concrete, and the Metal Jet had penetrated the concrete target with a thickness of about one meter.

"What happened? The power has increased by an order of magnitude."

It seemed that the power increased because the air turned into plasma. That was what I later found out after having someone who was familiar with chemistry investigate.

'Heat Shell' had a range of 15 meters, so it seemed that I had to be careful about the blast.

"Customer, it's about time, do you want to extend?"

An employee from the practice field came in.

"No, I'm done."

The employee nodded and then looked at the concrete target. Then made a surprised face.

"Wow, this is the first time I've ever seen magic that penetrates concrete."

I paid and left the practice field. As expected, I was tired because I fired 'Heat Shell' in rapid succession.

I returned to my apartment by bus and went to sleep.

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The next day was karate training at the dojo. After being treated by Master Mitsuhashi, I decided to go to the Suigetsu Dungeon in the afternoon. He wanted to use 'Javelin' that Master had just learned.

We headed to the Suigetsu Dungeon and descended to the 6th floor wilderness area. That was the area where MegaScarab and KingSnake were.

"Master, please don't overdo it. We can take turns."

Master Mitsuhashi said he wanted to fight KingSnake alone. He just reached magic level 5 and learned 'Blade' and 'Javelin', so I didn't want him to overdo it.

"Don't worry. If I have 'Push' and 'Blade', I can't be beaten by a KingSnake."

Master Mitsuhashi seemed confident. We encountered a MegaScarab. Given the distance, it was a chance to test 'Javelin'.

I gave Master a look and he nodded and stuck out his right hand to fire a QuadJavelin. The QuadJavelin hit the MegaScarab in the flank. But, it wasn't fatal.

The MegaScarab seemed to have realized that it was Master who attacked it. I could tell as well because Master was emitting something like bloodlust or fighting spirit.

He seemed to be attracting it on purpose. The MegaScarab went running up and tried to attack Master. He released a QuadBlade along with a front kick.

The QuadBlade sliced up from below and severed from its chest to its head. Attacking from below seemed to be effective against insect-type monsters.

"Fuun, I had a hard time defeating this guy in the past."

It seemed that Master, who was an adventurer even before he learned Life Magic, had fought a MegaScarab before.

"Don't let your guard down."

"Don't worry. I won't let my guard down."

He then encountered five MegaScarabs and killed three with QuadJavelin. It looked like he figured out how to use 'Javelin'.

Immediately after defeating a MegaScarab, we encountered a KingSnake. Master Mitsuhashi went forward. Since he had a basic detoxification magic potion, he could detoxify even if he was bitten once.

The battle between the KingSnake and Master Mitsuhashi had begun. The KingSnake swayed its sickle body and tried to drive its poisonous fangs into Master's body.

Master repelled it with a palm push. Master's palm push was a QuadPush. Master could do up to quintuple activation, but it seemed that quadruple activation was the limit that could be activated without charging.

The KingSnake staggered as if it had suffered a concussion after several punches were made. Master was not one to overlook tat gap. He swung his sword across the KingSnake's neck and activated QuadBlade.

The QuadBlade decapitated the KingSnake. It was splendid swordsmanship. Perhaps, Master Mitsuhashi had practiced swordsmanship.

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