34 Episode 33 Magic Sword and Pre-Vision

I put the sword on the ground for now, and Mr. Smith explains.

It's a strong sword, but you shouldn't use it if you don't want to die. It's suicide to use magic with it.

"Excuse me, what exactly is this sword?

I'm sorry, what is this sword?　If it's enhanced with magic power, it's called an "overkill magic sword," and no one in their right mind would be able to handle it.

It's got a name. Then there's the burn mark. That's the word I heard from Mr. Ga-inta.

Why is it dangerous?　And what's a burn mark?

A burn mark is a place where an artifact can be found, it's called a burn mark because it's usually burnt somewhere. The sword is dangerous because it sucks up all your magic.

"Sucks up all your magic?　But even if the magic power runs out, your health won't get worse, right?

I'm sure you're not the only one.

I'm sure you'll be able to figure out what's going on. If you're lucky enough to get the sword out of your hand, you'll be able to move your body. If you're lucky, the sword will leave your hand, but if not, it will eat up all of your magic until you die.

Scary!　But how does she know that?

That's dangerous, but how do you know about that?　It doesn't have much to do with blacksmithing, does it?

I'm not sure if you'll be able to find a way to get the best out of it. By the way, I did some human experiments on condemned prisoners to see what would happen if they held the sword when their magic ran out.

I was wondering if there was a mad scientist in this world, but there is one right in front of me. He's a mad scientist.

But I don't think it matters much to me if he just sucks up all my magic.

I have a lot of magic, so I think I'll be fine. I don't think I'll run out of magic.

I'm sure you won't run out of magic.

I'm not sure what to make of it. If an ordinary adventurer were to carry it, he would run out of magic in less than a minute, and in 30 seconds he would be a corpse with no external injuries.

What, an ordinary adventurer with only 20 MP can hold it for a minute? That's easy.

Now I can heal an adventurer in a second. In the first place, an ordinary adventurer's magic power would be exhausted in about two seconds just by shooting a rock spear full.

It's no problem at all if that's the case, it takes less than 30 seconds for my magic power to heal one adventurer even while casting magic at full power.

It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.　I'm not sure what to make of that. In any case, if you're going to use it, keep it in its sheath except when you're fighting, and if you feel any discomfort, even during battle, take your hand away immediately.

Yes, sir.

I don't know about the wand, but I made the sword part, and I guarantee its performance.

Oh, you finished that? Oh, you finished that?

All right, where is it?

Smitha's got it, so go ahead and ask her to explain it to you, because it's not like a normal sword.

It's not the same as a normal sword." I decided to go see Smitha and ask her about the sword.

It's a good idea to hold it when you're using magic. That's it.

The explanation was not as long as I expected. I received the sword.

The sword is silver in color, but the border between the magic collection part and the sword is slightly different in color. This is probably where the magic is blocked.

Oh, thank you.

You can buy the extra metal, right?　We don't have the money here, so you'll have to pick it up at the Commercial Guild. Just show them your guild card.

No problem. How much is it, by the way?

I've got about 100 kilos left over after materials and processing costs, so about 300 million, which is too much to buy in bulk unless you're in my workshop.

Artifacts and inflation are terrible. Is this country okay?

I'm not sure what to make of this.

By the way, I forgot to make the armor.

I also want to make armor, will that be okay?

That's your father's domain, he's already drained his magic and there's no urgent work to do today, so he can start making it today if he needs to.

Mr. Sumizu again. It's twice the work.

At any rate, I thanked her and spoke to her again.

Excuse me, I'd like some armor as well.

Metal Lizard's?　I'll make you some, but what kind do you want?" "Metal Lizard?" "Metal Lizard armor is powerful, but wizards don't usually use it. ...... It's too late to tell you what's normal now.

I don't know. If it's too heavy, it will reduce mobility, but if it's too light, it's useless as armor.

Magical armor is enough if you want to use something like that. I wear armor because I don't always trust it.

If you think about it, I can recover from a fatal wound with magic as long as it doesn't kill me instantly. Let's just prevent instant death.

I can recover with magic if I only prevent instant death.

That's why he's got that crazy amount of magic. You wouldn't die even if I killed you. If that's the case, I'll have it made for you today, touch this.

What he gave me was a box similar to the ones you see in guilds. It's like the ones used for status displays. An automatic measuring machine?　I touched it for now.

I was told that I could leave now, so I left with the sword in my hand. I hold it with my left hand, but I don't feel any problem. The length of the blade is about 60cm. It's much shorter than the Demon Sword, but it's a normal length for a sword.

Since it's still noon, let's try out the two new weapons right away.

I take out the magic sword and hold it in my hand. I check my MP, but it's still at the upper limit. It seems that MP is not being used enough to recover.

If the enemy is too weak, it won't be a good target for a test, so I go deeper. I go deeper, but I don't encounter any demons.

After about five minutes of advancing at full speed, I felt that the atmosphere of the forest had changed. There was something noisy.

I wondered why, and after another minute or so, I felt a reaction on the tentacles. It looks like a sheep.

I've heard that there is a kind of sheep called Rush Sheep. They are basically mild and not particularly harmful, so I heard that there are no requests to kill them.

It's safe because it doesn't fight back too much when you attack it, but its meat isn't particularly good and it's not worth hunting. It's neither useful nor harmless, just a simple demon. It seems to be a demon.

Sorry, but you'll have to be the target of my test. But first, magic speed.

I held my staff proudly. I fire seven spears of rock at Lash sheep at once.

The rock spears landed with barely enough speed for the eye to follow, and the poor, stupid Rushpee was minced. But the tentacled response did not diminish, in fact it increased.

A swarm. A swarm, and a very dense one at that, about as dense as the swarm of green wolves I'd seen in Ein. It's coming at me, and it's clearly attacking me. Is this the kind of monster Rush Sheep is?　Where's the mild-mannered one?

To see the size of it, I approach it and slash it with my magic sword. It slices through the Rush Sheep without any resistance.

You use a rock spear to moderately reduce their numbers, and slash at them with your left bladed staff. The bones are easily sliced, though not without resistance.

You turn your attention to the tentacles. The herd seems to be quite large. The area of the tentacles is already covered with rush sheep, and yet more rush sheep are being added from behind the herd.

I don't know, but I'm getting deja vu. Hasn't this happened before?

Isn't this going to be another one of those rare demons or something?　And these guys are being chased by it.

So let's just go scout it out. It's best to deal with it quickly.

There's not a demon out there I wouldn't leave alive if I tried to escape.

Then there's no need to needlessly slaughter these poor, stupid rush sheep. Let's run for it.

I'll try to imagine some kind of wind magic that Mr. Magus used. It worked, though I didn't know what to do with it.

MP is still capped as usual. I don't know if it's the wind, but it feels like something is pushing me back. My speed is increasing rapidly, and it's becoming like a mini-game of dodging trees. It's quite hard to dodge.

I wonder if I can fly. Turn your body slightly upward and increase the force.

You fly, but it's more of a leap than a flight, and the ground moves away quickly. Keep moving away.

In a panic, you tilt your body slightly downward to direct the force downward. A little while later, the ascent stops, and now you are falling toward the ground at a great acceleration. Oh no, slow down, slow down.

Maybe it's just a matter of image, but this spell doesn't move in a way that ignores the relationship between the magnitude of the force and the acceleration, it's simply a spell that pushes you from behind.

What I'm trying to say is that when you accelerate downward, not only is the force to go upward against gravity directed downward, but gravitational acceleration is also added. You can't decelerate in time.

Seeing the ground approaching at a considerable speed, I give up on a soft landing and deploy my magic armor.

As a last ditch effort, I used the remaining magic power to slow down slightly, and I hit the ground.