parentshiftbook Chapter 10 Magic
Chapter 10 Magic
Outside the tavern in Shafan Town.
Reverend Edgar, dressed in a white robe with a cross emblem, looked at the black ash on the ground with a sorrowful expression.
The ash contained rotten flesh and charred bones.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Edgar gripped the Sun Emblem tightly and loudly recited a prayer.
The witch hunter leader, Okoon, walked over, looked down at the marks on the ground, and then used the tip of his sword to pick at something in the ashes.
Only after picking up a deformed metal piece did Oakon speak: "It was that idiot Cole who was burned to death. I clearly ordered him to wait in Sandsail Town and not to act alone."
Edgar had finished reciting his prayer and said in a low voice, "It seems that Cole was attacked by a third-circle spell, either Fireball or Blazing Fire, before he died."
"The Third Ring?" Oakon frowned. "Is there another official wizard in Sandsail Town?"
Okoon knew perfectly well who he was chasing.
Ryan Gray.
He is a formal wizard, but his spells are more inclined towards the wind element. The information does not mention that he has mastered the [Fireball] spell.
Oakon continued to express his confusion, "Didn't the clerk say that the person who fled nearby was Leon Aldrin? A wizarding apprentice who only knows magic tricks and [Light Dance]. How did a proper wizard suddenly appear here?"
Edgar sighed. "This wizard is declaring war on us. Either he possesses powerful alchemical equipment that can temporarily boost his mental and magical abilities, or he is a legitimate wizard disguised as an apprentice who murdered members of the witch hunt team."
"Whichever it is, he's mocking us in this way. Captain, you need to warn your men about this wizard named Leon Aldrin."
"clear."
Okoon took the parchment and charcoal pencil from the teammate next to him and quickly wrote everything down.
Reverend Edgar took out holy water and poured it over Cole's ashes, murmuring, "Peace be with you."
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At this time, Li Ang did not go directly to Maple Leaf Town, fearing that he would be pursued by the witch hunters or the Vatican, so he deliberately took a long detour.
With two days left until the Sunday he had agreed upon with Ryan, Li Ang didn't rest during that time.
He meditated to restore his magic while exploring the terrain around Maple Leaf Town.
After passing through the market area, Li Ang spent more than two hours before finally purchasing spellcasting materials—spending one Frank Kingdom silver coin and twelve copper coins to buy two portions of [Earth Flame Stone] powder.
【Diyan Stone】The powder has a function similar to modern mosquito coils, and has an insect-repelling effect.
It's normal for April Sky to use this, and it's not easy for Li Ang to arouse suspicion if he buys it.
However, Li Ang still felt that using magic was too extravagant.
The materials for just one [Ignite] spell cost him almost half of his fortune.
If you want to make money, you must find a way to make money quickly.
Alternatively, we could try to develop a magic spell that doesn't require as many materials.
Having acquired a certain level of self-defense capability, Li Ang quietly approached Maple Leaf Town.
He finally understood why his teacher, Ryan, had chosen this location as the rendezvous point.
Unlike Sandsail Town, which is almost entirely populated by Franks, Maple Leaf Town has a significant number of outsiders, such as those from the Kingdom of Albion, the Kingdom of Castile, or the Kingdom of North.
With all sorts of people gathered together, Maple Leaf Town is a mixed bag of people.
Even if the Vatican and the witch hunt team noticed this place, it would be difficult to spot any wizards or apprentices among the crowd.
In the abandoned house, Li Ang pondered how to find traces of his teacher Ryan and the others, while searching his memory for information about the only other 0-ring attack trick he vaguely remembered, [Thunder Slash].
Unlike the [Burning Fire] spell, which requires external assistance, the description of [Thunder Slash] in Leon Aldrin's memory is more direct.
Use your mental power and your own magic to guide the magical elements in the air to strike and injure your enemies.
Li Ang had only been a wizard apprentice for a short time and had not formally studied the [Thunder Slash] technique, making it extremely difficult for him to cast it out of thin air.
But this does not prevent Li Ang from conducting research on it using modern scientific methods.
His first task is to verify the essential difference between "explosion" and "impact".
Li Ang closed his eyes and began to meditate, and magical elements, as bright as stars, appeared before him.
He deliberately avoided distinguishing the various gas molecules that he had labeled as similar to "nitrogen," "oxygen," and "carbon dioxide," and instead focused all his mental energy on the molecules related to the sensations of "vibration" and "waves."
Li Ang soon discovered a special kind of existence: molecules that were constantly in high-speed reciprocating motion.
When Li Ang tried to pry open a small cluster of them with his own magic, he vaguely heard an extremely faint, almost non-existent buzzing sound, and at the same time, the arrangement of the surrounding magical elements was momentarily disturbed.
That's right!
The essence of sound is the propagation of vibrations in a medium.
To create a physical impact, it cannot be an ordinary sound.
Li Ang recalled the scene in his memory where the wizard released the [Thunder Slash], which required the pre-guided magic to burst out in a specific structure the instant the weapon hit the target, instantly pushing the medium in front of it.
Without hesitation, Li Ang extended his finger, mimicking the thrusting motion of a weapon, while simultaneously attempting to unleash his magic.
Li Ang did not aim at any physical object; he simply released the object into the air.
"Crack!"
A sharp, explosive sound, as if the air had been torn apart, erupted a few centimeters in front of his fingers.
Li Ang clearly felt the recoil force coming from his fingers.
A smell similar to ozone after a thunderstorm wafted through the air.
"As expected... [Thunder Slash] is essentially a sound wave, specifically a high-pressure pulse wave."
The magical burst structure acted as a vibration source, instantly and violently disturbing the surrounding magical elements and causing air compression and expansion within a very small area, forming a high-pressure zone.
"This high-voltage zone then propagates outward in pulses, which is what I just heard the explosion and felt the impact."
"If this energy could be directed more concentrated towards a single point, its destructive power would be greatly enhanced!"
Li Ang muttered to himself for a while, then continued to optimize the magic structure model.
From the original relatively uniform spherical burst structure, a new conical structure extending forward from the fingertip is generated.
This field was also divided into many layers by Li Ang. For example, the innermost layer is a high-intensity, high-frequency vibration element excitation layer, which is used to generate core pulses. The outer layer is subjected to magical control to prevent sound wave energy from spreading to the side. The foremost contact point is instantaneously strengthened to withstand higher energy loads.
The new magical structure is many times more complex than the original version that Li Ang devised himself, and it also greatly increases the requirements for mental strength and magical control.
If Li Ang hadn't spent a few days studying in America, raising his IQ to 1.3, he would never have been able to complete this task with his original mediocre apprentice level.
Even so, during the construction of the cone-shaped guide layer, Li Ang's own magic became disordered, and the structure collapsed halfway through.
The second time... the third time... the fourth time... Li Ang tried again and again.
When his magic was exhausted, he meditated to recover and continued trying.
Finally, on the nth attempt, Li Ang brought his two fingers together and thrust them forward like a weapon.
At the moment the thrusting action reaches its climax, the magic structure is simultaneously activated and released.
"laugh!"
A completely different voice rang out.
The wooden table half a meter in front of them cracked open, and the energy slash continued forward, even cutting a dent in the wooden wall two meters away.
"It's a success."
The visual effect of the "Thunder Slash" is somewhat similar to certain spirit slashes or spirit blasts in anime from my previous life.
"If used at full power, its power can be increased by three to five times..."
Even so, in terms of sheer power, [Thunder Slash] still cannot compare to [Burning Flame Technique].
"The advantages are that it's less noisy, starts up quickly, consumes relatively less mana, and doesn't require casting materials..."