Chapter 176 – For the Unknown (7)

“『Confidence, thunderbolt, flash, strike in the moment.』”

A language with power is like a sentence.

Mana surged around Yandel, the sky turned black, and inaudible thunder rang out from all directions.

Obvious anomalies.

The appearance of putting a whole amount of mana under his control was clearly beyond the limits of a low-ranking wizard.

Embarrassed, Melonia hurriedly stretched out her finger and released her mana.

A magic cannon whose power is amplified by mixing the power of evil spirits with pure spirit.

It was a ray of light that flew away, emitting a conspicuous pink light… Yandel’s last declaration was a little faster.

“”… Thunder Calling!』”

It wasn’t a very loud voice, but it was a starter word that resonated clearly even amidst the constant rumbling of thunder.

As if waiting for this, a thunderbolt descended from the black sky.

Kwareung-!

The world was dyed the pale blue of lightning.

The pink that Melonia shot is nowhere to be seen.

“Nonsense…”

Melonia opened her mouth as she watched the massive lightning strike.

Yes. This was something that her common sense could not comprehend.

Awakening to a higher level during battle?

It’s rare, but it happens occasionally.

Rather than suddenly becoming a lieutenant wizard, Yandel’s spirit, which was not shaken by Melonia’s temptation, was in a sense even greater.

That is why, for Melonia, who has lived for a long time and participated in many battlefields, Yandel’s awakening is nothing more than a good sight.

In the first place, what could a person who had just become a lieutenant mage do?

The horse is a middle-level wizard, but he doesn’t know anything about intermediate magic. A half-ass who doesn’t even know exactly how much stronger she has become.

There is no need to be afraid of wizards who cannot use intermediate magic and cannot bring out their full potential.

Above all, Melonia is the Archbishop of Ugly Prosperity.

Even if her hand-to-hand fighting skills are inferior compared to her other Archbishops, that is not a reason for Melonia to be disparaged.

Even if she didn’t use seduction, she couldn’t do anything about Melonia alone with a half-middle class mage or Aura user.

Not to mention she has countless monsters under her command now.

… Still, there was something about the sight unfolding right in front of Melonia that sent chills down her spine.

A massive lightning bolt that fell over Yandel’s head, whether it was because of a misguided aim or on purpose.

So powerful that the magic cannon that Melonia had sent earlier evaporated as it was caught in the aftermath while flying.

And the place where the lightning struck. It was even more wonderful here.

A hollow crater, except for the place where the caster is standing.

Inside the pit, the remaining lightning crackled non-stop, and hundreds of monsters turned into ashes and floated in the air.

It’s a blow.

In just one blow, hundreds of monsters turned to dust.

In order to dominate as many monsters as possible, it was said that they deliberately gathered low-ranking ones, but it was not enough to annihilate them at once.

This is by no means a magic that can be used by a half-hearted person who has just stepped into the ranks of a junior wizard.

No, even a mature middle-ranking wizard would need to be fully prepared to use magic like this.

At most, the Lindelheit family, which boasted of claiming to be a famous magic family, could demonstrate such power with only their own strength…

“Uh… ?”

Melonia belatedly recalled the information about Yandel she received from the Seething Church of Silence earlier.

Did they say that they kept the surviving daughters of the Lindelheit family as slaves?

“No way? No, but that would be impossible…”

Lindelheit’s talent is thoroughly passed on through blood.

Even if it were to inherit Lindelheit’s vision, it would be of no use if blood was not connected.

But. Then.

How can I explain that man who is constantly pouring blue thunderbolts in that crater?

Melonia did not know.

***

I can’t control the overflowing mana.

He must have cast Thunder Calling with less than half his mana…

For some reason, along with the pumping of the heart, mana from the outside was rapidly being absorbed into the body.

Blue sparks ricocheted from the whole body. It’s probably that mana light is pouring from his eyes.

I don’t know if this is a good thing or not, but the results were satisfactory.

Because I was able to clean up all the annoying fishermen with just one lightning strike.

Black ashes that float in the air without sinking to the ground, probably because of the remaining electricity.

Beyond that, you can see Melonia’s face with a shocked look on her face.

You must be surprised. Because I was surprised too.

I glanced in the direction where Iona was. It doesn’t look like it’s going to be dangerous right away, but it seems to be on the defensive.

I need to hurry up and get over there.

I reached out my hand, conscious of the omnipotence that still remained in my hand.

It was similar to how Melonia had been shooting magic cannons at me until now.

With a posture that feels a bit arrogant, the one remaining enemy… He pointed to Melonia.

“You!”

Apparently realizing right away that I was impersonating her, Melonia frowned.

Then, as if he was wary of the magic I showed him just now, he shoots magic cannons continuously.

It seems that you don’t know what kind of magic Thunder Calling is.

He glared at the flying beams and focused his attention on the heated mana and the blackened sky.

And he shouted while pouring out the overflowing mana from earlier.

“Smash down Thunder Calling!”

Kwareung!

The flying beam is intercepted by lightning from the sky and erased as it is.

“What… ?”

Seeing Melonia’s confused expression reminds me of the giggling up until now, and I feel refreshed.

Thunder Calling.

It is a rescue magic that creates dark clouds in the sky and then strikes down lightning bolts from there.

It is a half-mixed type of installation type and activation type, and it consumes a lot of mana and time when first cast.

After using it once, you can pay a relatively small amount of magic power to strike a series of lightning.

Magic optimized for the so-called stake deal. Of course, Thunder Calling also has some problems.

First of all, there is the fact that you cannot move while holding the magic, and secondly, the recoil is quite intense.

Paper weave.

A blue current surges above the fingers where mana is concentrated and trembles.

“Under! Well yes! There’s no way you can use that kind of magic without paying anything!”

“That’s right.”

The staff used to cast Thunder Calling at first could not withstand the overload and became ashes along with the Fishermen.

In the game, the durability of the weapon is rapidly consumed, but it was a magic that was canceled when the durability ran out…

If you continue to use it, will your body break down?

But it doesn’t matter.

“I still have nine more fingers left.”

Shouldn’t it be possible to knock it down within 9 feet?

As she lifted her middle finger with a smirk, Melonia glared at her fiercely.

“… Church, we got you wrong. I couldn’t pay attention to the individual named Yandel because I was only focusing on which organization interfered with the grand scheme. This one is also extremely dangerous.”

“Aha? That’s why I was so desperate to capture him alive.”

One day, an unidentified young man suddenly pops out and destroys their secret plans one after another.

Of course, I didn’t think it was possible because I was lucky. As I had predicted earlier, I would have thought that there would be some organization behind me.

Perhaps Melonia, who was no one else, came to fight my opponent, and even though she completely put me on the defensive, I persistently aimed only at her limbs.

They must have been trying to get information back through me.

Of course, there is no such organization! Even though it’s a fledgling organization I created a few months ago!

She smiled and pointed her middle finger at Melonia.

“Unfortunately, I don’t have time to play. Let’s finish quickly.”

“Hey, hold on! I will surrender! Don’t you have any questions about me? Or not… What I want to do…”

She ran between her own legs, exhaling her sweet scent out of nowhere, and was struck by lightning.

“Get down. Thunder Calling!”

“… Why! Why doesn’t it work!”

A guy who bursts into anger and quickly dodges. Unfortunately, because of that, her shield was broken, but she couldn’t hit Melonia herself.

Okay. Because she still has a lot of fingers left.

“Thunder Calling! Thunder Calling! Thunder Calling!”

Bang! Kkwareung-! Quaang!

A series of lightning bolts hit Melonia’s shield.

Did you just focus on defense? Melonia spread her dark pink shield so that she couldn’t even see inside.

However, she wasn’t able to stop the lightning bolts that hit her in succession.

Cracked in one hit, shield shattered in a separate strike, and a direct hit in a third strike.

Melonia, who seems to have lost her mind, falls helplessly.

I looked at her scattered purple hair on the floor and, just in case, I used my last thumb to support it one more time.

“Smash down Thunder Calling!”

“… Aaaaagh!”

Were you really pretending to be dead? But. Since spirit is life force, the lifeline must be as tough as a vampire’s.

There is a good weapon to use in this case.

Break the link with the dark cloud above her head. Instead, she put all her mana into the dagger she held in her left hand.

“Force Hand.”

An enhanced form of the Force Grab that was used before. Unlike before, where the movement was linear, you can move freely as if wielding it with your real hand.

Above all, it can carry much more power.

Whee ae ae ae-!

The shining lion’s dagger flew through her air and pierced Melonia’s heart.

Flash!

A bunch of bursting lights. That was it. With a hole the size of a fist punched through her heart, how could she be alive.

I poked it one more time, just in case, but there was no response, so it was definitely dead.

After looking at Melania’s corpse for a moment, he retrieved her dagger.

Everything that gets in the way is now removed. All that remains is to head to a bigger mess.

He measured his strength by alternately squeezing and stretching his completely disabled right hand and his intact left hand.

That should be enough.

Somehow, it was different from the plan, but it would be enough to reach Iona.