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"Scattershot."

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　Bite brother and Vargas are having an argument.

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　I invoke my magic beside them.

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　Riding the Valkyrie, I cast the spell with my right palm toward Vargas.

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　At that moment, a hard stone, pointed like an arrowhead, flies from my hand toward Vargas.

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　Dada-dan.

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　The shot pierces the ground with such a sound.

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　It's not because I didn't aim well that the magic I fired at Vargas hits the ground.

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　It was just a warning shot, slightly off target.

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　The shot went to the ground at Vargas's feet.

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"...... was that magic?"

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"Yes. Put your weapons down. I wanna talk to you. If you move, I'll hit you this time.

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"Yeah, go ahead, try it."

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　I had approached him for the purpose of discussion, but he seemed to have taken it as a provocation.

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　They were only a little surprised at the sight of the shot, but not afraid of it.

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　Vargas began to run toward us like a bird of prey.

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　Either he is a fearsome fighter, or his experience on the battlefield has taught him that he needs to approach quickly against an opponent who is capable of long-range attacks.

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"Hey, stop! Scatter shot!"

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　He hurriedly invokes his magic to intercept.

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　But the next moment, Vargas flies sideways.

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　A scattering of flying stones is meant to increase the accuracy of the shot.

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　This is because the magic was created with the intention of damaging the opponent by hitting any one of them.

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　But Vargas successfully blocked it.

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　Vargas, who should have been running toward me, read the trajectory of my shot and leapt to the side.

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　But that was not enough to avoid all the stones.

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　But, anticipating this, he swung his great sword as if it were a shield, and flicked away the stones that were about to hit him.

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　There was no hesitation in his movement.

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　If he had been startled by the flying stones and swung his great sword, he probably would not have made it in time.

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　Maybe this guy saw through the characteristics of the shotgun when I first fired a warning shot at him.

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　The magic of shotgun shells is useful, but it has its own characteristics.

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　First, it means that I point my palm toward the target.

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　This means that the opponent can read where I am going to release the magic.

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　Moreover, the feature of multiple stones flying in a scattered manner, if we understand how they spread, we can escape out of the range of the magic.

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　Even if you cannot escape out of the range, there is no problem if you protect yourself with a shield or something.

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　Even though it is a sharp stone, it is not powerful enough to penetrate through metal.

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　However, I wonder if it is possible to understand and deal with it just by seeing it once.

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　I may not be able to.

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　Or, even if I could, I wouldn't think of putting it into practice.

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　If I fail to evade it, I will be damaged by it.

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　I could understand why this man Vargas is feared even by the people of other villages.

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　He is a skilled fighter, has the ability to make quick decisions, and even has the courage to jump into the fray without fear of an attack.

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　I see why they call him a hero.

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"Scatterbull, scatterbull, scatterbull, scatterbull!"

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　Vargas is gradually closing the distance.

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　I keep intercepting them.

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　No matter how good my judgment is, there must be a limit to my evasive maneuvering.

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　With this in mind, I continued chanting shotgun shells.

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　One after another, sharp stones were fired at the onrushing Vargas.

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　Vargas manages to avoid them.

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　But finally, his evasive maneuvers reached their limits.

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　I am not one to panic and fire magic after magic without thinking.

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　I predicted the direction in which Vargas was going to evade and fired my projectiles at the position where I had anticipated his movement.

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　The shot went directly toward Vargas who jumped to the side.

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　Even if he had a big sword, he would not be able to block the shot.

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　I was again surprised by Vargas's action.

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　Right now, he is about to take a direct hit.

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　Just when I thought that.

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"Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

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　Vargas howled.

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　Vargas shouted so loud that if you heard him up close, your eardrums would surely be ruptured.

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　And at the same time as he roared, Vargas himself ran toward a shotgun pellet that I had fired in a direct hit course.

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　Vargas wears a leather breastplate, but otherwise he is raw.

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　A direct hit from a shotgun pellet would normally have caused damage.

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　However, I could not see any major wounds on Vargas's body as he approached me at close range.

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　Could it be [hardening]?

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　The image of the big boar, which was unaffected by the shot, flashed through my mind.

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　It is said that the boar is impervious to arrows, but its hard body and fur are not the only reasons for this, but the fact that it can use a magic called [hardening].

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　In fact, I can do something similar to this [hardening].

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　I often use [physical strengthening] to fill my entire body with magic in order to increase my muscle strength.

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　But if I concentrate the magic power on the surface of the body, the skin, instead of the whole body, the power of protection against external shocks will increase.

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　Perhaps Vargas is the same.

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　It is not an incantation, but he may have taught himself on the battlefield how to raise his body's defensive power by using his loud howling voice as a kind of self-suggestion.

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"Too bad, WATCH OUT!"

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　I didn't think that there were people in this village who could use magic to raise their defenses.

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　I also found out that the magic of [Scattershot] might not be enough against someone who is used to fighting.

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　In a sense, it was probably a good thing that I had realized this before fighting the Fontanas.

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　However, it was a bad move to rush into the fight with the intention of being hit by bullets just because their defenses were improved.

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　It doesn't mean that my attacks are impenetrable.

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　A thud sounded.

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　A cloud of dust was rising around us, obscuring our view of the surroundings.

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　The people around me probably did not know what had happened.

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　It was quiet.

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　After a while, the wind blew and the smoke disappeared.

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　There was Vargas lying on the ground.

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　His great sword, his pride and joy, lies broken at the root.

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　Seeing this, the others must have finally understood.

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　I had defeated Vargas.

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　The villagers, who had been watching with bated breath, gazed at me riding the Valkyrie as if they had seen something terrible.

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