261 - - Art. 261 Practical training (weeding)

"""""Flame Inferno!!"""""

The magic released by the students burns the forest.

No, they were burning the forest of demons.

This is a forest of dangerous monsters.

All the plants in the forest are demons.

The students were burning the monsters that make up the forest.

The purpose was to put the magical knowledge they had transferred into their heads to use in actual battle.

After all, when I say I gave them knowledge, I only gave them a dictionary.

It is only by consciously using it that they will be able to utilize the knowledge given to them.

That's why I decided to familiarize them with the knowledge through real combat, just like I did in the previous two lifetimes.

However, they are still students of the Academy of Magic.

In my previous lives, I wondered if I could just barely survive if I made the best use of the knowledge I had learned.　Impossible?　This time, however, the training is at the level of an after-school study group, so we can't train too hard.

The knowledge I taught them was just the basics of the basics.

"Amazing!　We're using the secret arts of the Choroynt family, who are said to be the masters of magic!

I can't believe I can do such complicated magic!

They were so excited to be able to use offensive magic as they wished.

It was as if the world had changed.

But all I taught them was the basics of the basics.

But they are happy that they can now use magic at will.

That meant that they had not mastered the basics.

"That's amazing!　So this is how you really use magic efficiently!　It makes me realize how inefficiently I've been using my magic up until now!"

Ms. Moltena also voiced her excitement at her own brushed-up magic.

Improving efficiency is a form of application.

And application only works if the fundamentals are in place.

In other words, I thought that the reason why they were not good at attack magic was partly due to their lack of basic skills.

Their knowledge was incomplete due to their weakness, and it was no exaggeration to say that it was an incomplete puzzle.

Because of such a state, they did not even know what pieces they should fill in.

Lack of necessary information means that the magic they use is also incomplete.

Efficiency is nothing in this case.

So I gave them the missing pieces in the form of transcription knowledge.

And now, by having the demons use the knowledge they have learned to perform magic, they are learning by feel which piece fits where.

"That's right. If we're going to burn the forest from the perimeter, it's more efficient to shoot magic horizontally than vertically!　Flame Inferno!

And by mastering the basics, the wrong parts are corrected and the efficiency naturally increases, allowing the mind enough time to think about applications like this.

"Woo!"

However, if the application was not done properly, the magic power and concentration were lost more than expected, and some people like Ms. Moltena became unsteady due to the lack of magic power.

This is a sign that they have not yet fully mastered the knowledge they have learned.

"Those who have run out of magic power, please drink mana potion to recover your magic power!　If you feel sick, please tell us. We'll heal you with healing magic right away!"

"""""Yes!!!"""""

"Woah!　Punching through the forest!　My Flame Inferno!!!"

Gyro unleashes a Flame Inferno that burns deep into the forest.

I see... He concentrated his magical power to increase the penetration and range.

Gyro-kun is not good at long-range attacks, but it is typical of him to construct his magic as an extension of his long spear-like weapon.

Just check out ......

"Oh, oh ～～～～!"

The increased focus and range seem to have consumed his magical energy, and he also wanders off.

Also, the plant type demons have high vitality and do not have obvious weak points such as neck or heart.

Therefore, the use of magic equivalent to thrusting is a little inefficient.

"Gyro, if you are going to use that kind of magic on a Plant-type demon, you should cleave it like a sword instead of thrusting it like a spear. Like this, Flame Inferno!

I make the Flame Inferno converge like a thread and swing my arm diagonally to the side.

Then the plant monsters in range roll to the ground with a zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

"""""Naaaaaaaah!?"""""

"What the hell did you do?　I didn't release any magic and the demons ...... ran out?"

"You used Flame Inferno ......, right?"

The students tilted their heads, wondering what they had done, as if they had not seen the magic being unleashed.

"That was a Flame Inferno that converged like threads to extend its range."

"Thread?"

Mina's explanation makes the students' eyes go black and white.

Yes, I condensed the magic of the Flame Inferno to the size of a thread, releasing a huge pillar of flame that consumes the enemy. It's the same thing that Lex did when he pierced Moltena's magic with his Flame Arrow.

"Hahhh!!!"

Morteena-san screams after hearing Mina-san's explanation.

You seem to be shaking, are you okay?　Oh, you've been sick, but you've been using your magic.

I knew immediately because I've seen such a thing in my previous and previous lives.

We need to cast a recovery spell on her before she continues to strain herself even more and gets worse.

"Whoa!　That's my brother!　That's awesome!　I can't even see how far I've cut!

As I cast a restoration and calming spell on Ms. Moltena, Gyro sees the traces of the magic I've cast and shouts in excitement.

"I see. If you converge them well, you can extend the range of your spells. This can't be used for my melt sword!

Gyro-kun is not only excited, but he is also trying to further improve his own technique.

"d*mn, we can't lose!

"Yeah, we're class A!　I'm not going to let some new guy from Potto beat me to it!"

Perhaps inspired by Gyro-kun's appearance, the students get back into the swing of things.

Yes, it's good to see young people growing up on their own initiative like this.

In my previous life, I was very happy to see students' trial-and-error moments to overcome the barriers.

As time goes by, the efficiency of the magic of the students increases and increases.

There was another person who was delighted by this scene.

"Oh, it's wonderful! The forest of magical beasts is being burned away.

Yes, that's Mirisha, the deputy guild leader of the Adventurers' Guild in the town of Hekiji.

I went to the Adventurers' Guild in the town of Hekiji to ask for advice on how to train my students.

Then I went to ......

"We are very grateful for your request. The Ancient Plant, the master of the Forest of Monsters, has been defeated, but the forest itself has been spread by other plant-based demons that are his dependents.

I was able to get permission with a simple "yes" like this.

"Fortunately, the expansion rate of the forest has slowed down since the master of the forest was defeated, but even so, requests for logging remain unpopular, partly because they are not very profitable. Therefore, it would be a great opportunity for us if you could cut down the forest in the name of training at the magic academy.

So, as a result of a meeting of mutual interests, we were training to cut down a forest of magical beasts under the guise of an extracurricular class at the school.

Incidentally, we had permission from the headmaster to take the students out of the school.

At first he was reluctant, but when he found out that Liliela and I were A rank adventurers or higher, he was surprised and gave us permission.

The only problem was that it was far from the royal capital to the town of Hekiji, but that was solved by the construction of the road through the forest of magical beasts that we had built before.

Originally, it was necessary to make a big detour to get to the royal capital from the town of Hekiji, but after this road was built, it seems that the situation has changed considerably.

Merchants with a keen sense of profit began to use this highway that would allow them to reach the royal capital faster than ever before, and the routes of the main roads have changed drastically.

The first to benefit from this change were the villages and towns that had been depopulated because they were far from the highways.

These towns and villages became prosperous as merchants began to use the roads through the forests.

With the increase in the number of travelers, the number of inns increased, and merchants who found business opportunities set up store and began to do business.

Stores selling weapons and potions to equip the adventurers escorting them also flourished.

As a result, this village became the closest base for adventurers to the forest of magical beasts from the royal capital.

And since this village can be reached within a day's ride to the capital, we just barely managed to get permission from the academy.

If we had to spend the night in a carriage, we would not have received permission.

They are all children of noble families, so it can't be helped.

And thanks to the special supervisory role of Mirisha-san, who had come through the streets, we were given permission to cut down trees from outside the forest, which normally only B-rank adventurers are allowed to do.　

"Ah, it's a nice sight to see the number of demons decreasing with zero budget. And since everyone is gathering materials around the perimeter of the forest, we don't have to worry about burning the wrong materials."

Mirisha seems pleased to be able to cultivate the forest on a low budget.

"Since Mr. Lex moved his base, the rate of logging has slowed down and we've been struggling to maintain the current scale of logging, but if the Magic Academy continues to come here for training, we'll be able to maintain the forest on a safer scale.

Haha, you exaggerate a lot, Mirisha.

Well, the forest is big even for weeds, so I guess she is happy to have the budget to get rid of them.

It's hard to ask adventurers to spend a day on a low salary for weeding. Some places are far away.

Besides, there will be plenty of plant monsters, so we don't have to worry about them all being killed if we all use them as a training ground for our magic.

"It's also helpful that Lex-san provided us with valuable fireproof magic items. Thanks to that, we don't have to worry about our adventurers getting burned by any chance.

"No, no, it's no big deal.

The fireproof magic item that Mr. Mirisha refers to was provided to solve the guild's concern that adventurers operating in the forest might be in trouble if they were caught in the middle of the fire.

We are human beings, and even if we are careful, there is a possibility that we make a careless mistake.

The guild was right in their opinion that we should have a contingency plan.

Fortunately, fireproof magic items were easy to make, so I decided to provide enough of them for the B-rank adventurers in Hekiji Town to have enough to spare.

But this is where the unexpected income came in.

I offered them as a thank-you for letting me practice magic, but the guild said they couldn't take the valuable items for free and wanted to buy them from me.

"Well, I was going to offer it to you for free..."

"Ta-da!　～～～～～ YEAH!!!!　That's not how it works!　 It's a valuable item!　It would be a disaster if a malicious adventurer were to abscond with the items you entrusted to us!

I see... If our donated goods were to be stolen, it would make us look bad as a guild.

It would be better to buy them back then.

I understand.

"Now, as for these items, ...... well, according to Lex, if one member of the party has it, it will work on all the members nearby, and each one is worth about 300 gold coins."

"Three hundred?

What?　That's way too expensive!

It's just an item to prevent the fire of the weeding magic, and it's only one silver coin at most!

That's too much!　I don't care if it's cheaper!"

What a surprise! 300 gold coins are too much.

"No, we can't say that, since we are transferring a magic item. Otherwise, the Adventurers' Guild will be infamous for unfairly buying from S-rank adventurers.

"Hmmm, 300 gold coins for that ......."

"That's not all. As I mentioned earlier, Lex's moving to a new location has slowed down the logging in the Monster Forest. Since you have solved that problem as well, we have to pay you the right amount of money as a just evaluation.

What do you mean by a fair assessment: ......?　Huh?　Perhaps ...... I see!　That's what I'm talking about!

So, Mirisha, you weren't referring to the refractory magic item as consideration!

What she really wanted to say was about Moltena and the other students of the school of magic!

The request to cut down the forest of magical beasts is not something that many people want to do because it is not profitable for the lower plant-type demons and is a lot of hard work.

This is why this project was such a headache for the guild.

In addition, the forest of magical beasts has valuable medicinal herbs inside, so it is not possible to completely cut down the forest.

Therefore, it is a cheap job, but the size of the forest makes the budget expensive.

However, if the Academy of Magic could take on the logging of the forest of magical beasts as part of their extracurricular activities, the Adventurers' Guild would not have to assign their valuable B-rank adventurers to cheap and time-consuming logging jobs, and they would not have to worry about their budgets.

In other words, this reward had the underlying meaning of asking the Academy of Magic to negotiate for the continued logging of magical beasts in the future.

"I see, so this is one way of making a request. ......"

The Adventurers' Guild can't ask a school full of noblemen's children to deal with a dangerous area that the government has entrusted them to manage for free.

But if it's in the name of providing the school with a place to train, the guild would be in debt to the school.

Well, I'm surprised that you had this picture in mind when you heard my proposal, Mirisha-san.

You're the vice guild leader after all.

I understand. If that's the case, I'll take it without hesitation.

Yes, that would be very kind of you to say so.

Thus, I succeeded in selling the fireproof magic items for an unbelievable price of 300 gold coins each.

"Um~, Lex-sama?"

My consciousness, which had been recalling the exchange with Mr. Mirisha, surfaced at the sound of Ms. Moltena's voice.

"What is it, Ms. Moltena?"

"Well, I think it's time for us to take a break, don't you?　We're all getting tired from all the magic we've been doing since this morning."

"Oh, yes, of course."

"So, please visit ......."

Yes, a potion to restore your strength.

I take out a crate containing a bottle of restorative potion and place it on the ground.

"""""...... what?

"Drink this and you will regain your strength, so let's continue practicing.

"What?　Well, how about a break?"

"Both magic and strength can be restored with magic and potions. Oh, if you've lost your concentration, I'll use magic to restore it.

"""""...... is hyu"""""

After all, time is finite. It's a day's drive each way to the magical beast forest, so I want everyone to focus on their training until the very last minute.

The return trip is only an instant by the transfer gate, so you'll have to work until just before the curfew today!