Chapter 163 – The Ancient Magic of Competing With Mass and Speed

The moment I rode the waves and made a full swing with my cane at the whirlpool surrounding the villa, I realized something startling. Unlike usual, the speed at which the target was frozen with [Quick Freeze] Was different and faster.

The time it takes for me to freeze one person with [Quick Freeze] Is 1 second.
On the other hand, the whirlpool surrounding the villa was naturally incomparably larger than the volume of a person. I had a hunch that it would take about a minute to completely freeze the vortex.

“What?”

However, the moment it collided with the staff, the giant whirlpool froze in about 10 seconds. It was much faster than expected, so at first I had no idea what was going on.

It’s not that the function of the staff has been enhanced. It seems that the power of [Quick Freeze] Increases when certain conditions are met. With a short head roll, I quickly realized what had become a variable.

‘Ah, shock!’

It was the amount of shock carried by the cane.
When he froze the fishmen on the plain, it was just a normal swing of his staff. But when I hit the whirlpool, I jumped on the wave that accelerated to full speed. The mass of the quarter staff was multiplied by the speed of the wave, so the amount of impact increased enormously.

‘The harder you hit it with the cane, the faster it freezes.’

Realizing what the variable was, I had a lot of thoughts about wanting to experiment, but now, rescuing the people in the villa was the priority. I smashed a part of the frozen whirlpool with my staff to break it.

Kwajik!

After hitting it a few times, a large hole was formed on the surface of the vortex.
I pushed myself into the hole and peered inside the frozen maelstrom.

‘Bella is here, and Rebecca and Hannah are here too.’

With Kate lying on the waves next to me, all the people I was looking for had gathered. All that was left was to eliminate the culprit that caused the whirlpool.

“Who are you!”

A shark monster with fins on its back asked me. Just like the villain in the movie, the shape is bizarre. It was the first time I saw a bipedal shark even on a continent with numerous heterogeneous species.
However, an indescribable smell emanated from him.
It is the fisherman’s fishy smell. Could that shark head be the evolution of a fish-man race? Since he was said to be the escort of the warchief, he is an enemy that cannot be caught off guard.
In terms of her ability to manipulate water purely, she was one step above me.
However, having awakened with the Rune Mage, I am no longer a sucker for whipping water like before. You can break everyone’s heads equally with an ice wand.

“He is the one who will break your head.”

I lightly answered the shark head’s question and landed inside the whirlpool. It was about 2m high to the ground, but it spread out and came down safely to the ground. Shaking off his clothes, he got up from his seat and made eye contact with the shark monster.

‘Can I see the front of this baby shark?’

The face is really like a shark, with the eyes hanging on each side. His pointy nose would block his vision, but I wondered if he was looking at me properly.

“Can you see my face?”
“Looks good! Kreureu!”

I see you look good
Make sure there are no problems with your eyesight.

The Shark Monster looked around the frozen maelstrom and gave it an intrigued look.

“It’s an unusual skill to freeze my whirlpool at once. Among the ice barrier wizards, the freezing speed belongs to the top ranks! At least, it’s about the level of a wizard who has awakened a class.”

He is a fisherman with psychic powers, but he was also gaining knowledge about wizards. However, if there was one thing he was mistaken about, it was the speed at which I was freezing the water.

‘The [Quick Freeze] That was released earlier had a large impact, so the freezing speed was fast. In this cramped place, it is difficult to exert the full power of [Quick Freeze].’

In order to increase the freezing speed, it was necessary to add an impulse like a wave that accelerated to the maximum. If you swing the staff purely with muscle strength, the freezing speed will slow down.
Still, it wasn’t bad that the opponent was putting my power high. It could be self-destructing if you roll your head at will. I was even more blunt in front of a shark monster whose name I didn’t know yet.

“I’m Luke. What’s your name?”
“Galrod.”
“Yes, Garlod. If you know my power, give up resisting. I will quickly freeze you and send you to the Nether without pain.”

The bluff worked.
Now, Gallaud only looked at me. It didn’t stop Kate from reaching the injured Rebecca and Hannah, who had also jumped down the hole.

“Sister Rebecca!”
“K-K-K…”

Quite a fierce battle must have taken place before my arrival. Of the two wounded women, Rebecca in particular had marks on her body that seemed to have been cut with something sharp.
It was probably caught in a vortex controlled by that shark monster.

“Lord Baldur. Heal the wounded lamb.”

Kate healed both Rebecca and Hanna at the same time with her healing spell. Even though a healer was treating him right nearby, Galod didn’t care at all. It was as if they didn’t care at all whether they recovered or not.

‘Am I saying people other than me aren’t a threat?’

I walked forward, praying that Galloud’s arrogance would continue. The distance between me and Galloud is about 15m. If I can close this distance and hit myself with a cane, it’s my victory.

“Krrrr! That’s ridiculous. Just because I learned some freezing magic does that mean you’re underestimating my water manipulation skills?”

Galloud said while bursting into ferocious cries.

“We fishmen have been controlling water since we were born. We are different from you, who barely imitate natural phenomena with magic. We, who spend half of our lives in water, can be said to be the masters of water.”

While the words continued, an unbelievable phenomenon occurred on the damp ground. Several blue octopus-like objects rose through the ground and blocked the gap between me and Galloud.

“Tentacle?!”

It was a large tentacle made of water. Tentacles each 4M in length rose one after another from the floor. I realized that the tentacles are the water whips that the fishmen handle, transformed into summons.

“Don’t crush me-.”

Quadd!
Blue tentacles slammed the spot where I was standing. Backing away quickly, he swung his staff and froze one of the tentacles. However, even if one was frozen and smashed, the blue tentacles would rise endlessly from the floor.

“Stone Wall!”

I caused a stone wall to erupt in front of the tentacles. In an instant, he touched a stone wall with his cane and froze it with [Quick Freeze]. However, even the stone wall, whose durability was reinforced with ice, was not enough to withstand the attacks of the tentacles.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The force of the tentacles was so strong that the ice stone walls eventually shattered. While the stone wall held up, I hit the summoned magic sphere with my staff and sent it flying. Twelve magic spheres were covered with ice and flew toward Galod.

“Haaaaap-!”

Galrod summoned a whirlpool to block the ice spheres pouring down in a parabolic arc. However, my ice spheres were slightly faster than the speed at which the vortex was created. One of the ice spheres that had flown in front of them became lodged in Galord’s chest.

Hit!
It is a magic missile coated in sharp ice with the same power as a pistol bullet! However, the moment I looked at Gallod’s appearance, instead of feeling happy, I felt a chill.

‘I’m fine even after being hit by a magic sphere reinforced with [Quick Freeze]… ?’

The ice sphere couldn’t pierce the scales like Galrod’s iron armor. The dense scales on the skin absorbed the blow. The moment Galrod tightened his chest muscles, an ice sphere bounced out.

“You’re definitely a talented magician, horned dreamer. If you let him live, he’ll threaten our fishmen. I’ll deal with it now that he hasn’t grown up yet.”

Galloud released the shape of his hands that were joining his palms and raised his index finger as if pointing at him. The tip of Galod’s finger ominously pointed at me.

‘What? Are you trying to shoot a death beam?’

If no one else knows, I, who was once an Earthling, knew the terrifying nature of that hand gesture. Reasonable reason, inference, nothing.
I have a feeling that a beam is about to be fired from that fingertip!

I didn’t even think about stopping it.
The moment water started to gather at Gallode’s fingertips, I quickly rolled on the ground. As a result, I realized that it was the right decision.

Chii-i-i-!!!

Jets of highly compressed water cut through the ground. I was there, narrowly dodging my body around the land where ultra-high pressure water swept through. However, I couldn’t completely avoid it, so my physical condition wasn’t fine.

“Keuuuuugh…!”

A spray speed that cannot be caught up with the naked eye.
The ultra-high pressure water left a deep scar on my back. It was only now that I realized that I felt the heat and at the same time the blood was flowing.

A water pressure cutter that could be used for industrial purposes was recreated by Galrod with supernatural powers.
It can be said that it is an area that is impossible for general-purpose magic with many restrictions in many ways. It was a skill that could only be used by fishermen who had trained only in water manipulation for decades.

“I dodged it.”

Chii-i-i-!!

Galloud fired ultra-high-pressure water at me without delay. It’s a compressed attack with one point, so if I tried to block it clumsily, a hole would pierce my body.

“Stone Wall!”

I built stone walls to block my view and ran between them to my death.

“Liquid ring!”

Calling out a wave of magic, it attacked Galoud, but all it did was slightly distort the aiming point. Galloud summoned a wave in the same way and collided head-on with the magic wave.

“Haha, haha…”

My stamina slowly went down.
The sprayed water passed over me several times, and my whole body was stained with blood. It was truly fortunate that he didn’t go all out in the first place when fighting Rebecca.

Water tentacles that are endlessly summoned unless the person with the ability dies.
An ultra-high-pressure jet of water that lightly penetrates the human body.

It is not an enemy that a third-rate unmanned person can face.
Even I, who had awakened with the Rune Mage, couldn’t even approach him yet.
But the chance is still there.

‘There are still unused features of Nistrond.’

Nistrond’s functions are divided into [Quick Freeze] And [Blizzard]. There are additional features unlocked when I grow up, but that’s all I can still use. Among them, [Blizzard] Has not yet been shown to Galrod.

‘Could the [Blizzard] Become stronger depending on the amount of impact? If I hit something hard, I can cause a bigger storm?’

The power of [Quick Freeze] Increases according to the amount of impact transmitted to the staff.
If so, it’s worth experimenting with [Blizzard] To see if the same formula applies.

“Relentless dreamer!”

The water sprayed by Galloud’s fingers ripped a hole in the stone wall where I was hiding. The moment the water was fired, I grabbed the staff with both hands. There were only stone walls and the ground to hit.

I chose to hit the floor rather than cover.

“Hagalaz! Blizzard!”

With all his might, he hit the ground with his staff.

Wheeeee

The moment the condensed blizzard burst from the tip of the wand, I knew the experiment was a success.
The ancient magics I learned seem to be about physical strength.
Could this be true physical magic?

It was more powerful than when it just spewed out a blizzard.
However, the force was too strong.

“Ugh.”

My body was pushed up into the sky by the strong wind pressure. Galod looked at me with bewildered eyes as I suddenly soared from the ground to the sky. It wasn’t particularly intentional, but now was an opportunity.

“Nistrond! Send me flying at full speed!”

I held up the blizzard-breathing staff in the opposite direction and used it as a projectile. In the blink of an eye several times, I narrowed the distance of 15m and reached Galod. Countless tentacles tried to bind me, but they were one step too late.

Galloud lifted his finger and aimed at me.
I twisted my staff and hit the hand raised high in the sky with all my might.

Quick-!!

With that blow, the match was decided.