68-Episode 14: The assassin tries




 Yesterday, we succeeded in empowering Dia and Tart yesterday.
 This is enough to count them as strength.
With [Super Recovery] and [Growth Limit Breakthrough], their magic power will increase, Tarto has obtained [Beastification] and Dia has obtained the ability suitable for their respective styles, [Multiple Chanting].

Besides, basic abilities such as physical ability and magic power have also improved.
 However, no matter how much power she obtained, it would be meaningless if she couldn't master it.
 That's why I decided to use the whole day today to train to master my powers.

''Hahaha, look, Roug. [Multiple chanting] is the best!

Dia is laughing and using magic.
 At first glance, it appears to be just a [gunshot].
 However, it is incomparable to the previous 【Firefighting】.
 The iron is created, deformed, loaded with bullets, and exploded inside the tube.
 Originally, that series of processes were done in order and took a good amount of time.
 However, by performing all four processes simultaneously, Deere was able to shoot at an incomparably faster rate than ever before.

'That's just like Dear. I didn't know she could do four more simultaneous chants. It took a week for me to be able to do four simultaneous chants.

Dia's is not a complete simultaneous chant. It's more advanced.
 The start time and chanting completion time are exquisitely adjusted so that the chanting is completed at the desired time.
 Otherwise, there is no way to imitate the gun being loaded and firing instantly the second it is formed.
 You are using it brilliantly.

I'm sure it's going to be a great match for me.
I'm guessing you're faster than I am at processing magic tricks.

In magic, Dia is a genius.
 .........No, that doesn't explain it.
 Since my childhood, I have been training my brain with a load that would destroy it if I were an ordinary person, and I have continued to heal and grow it with 【Super Recovery】.

No matter how much of a genius Dia is, this one is beyond the bounds of humanity. Even if it's a sense of conception and control, it's impossible for her to surpass me in arithmetic power.
 You should think of it as having some kind of skill and that it works.

'Dear, have you ever used appraisal paper?
No. I don't get any of that in my country.
'Well, then let's get it somehow and try it. And the tart, too.
 There's no such thing as an appraisal paper available, so I've ruled it out as an option as something that can't be used.
 The personnel who could make those things were protected by the state and would not be issued unless they were authorized by the state.

They couldn't get it where the Balor Chamber of Commerce's information network and money were available. ........If you were serious about getting it, you'd have to bribe the nobility, and that's a pretty powerful one at that, but it's very dangerous.

But I can get it if I use my current position and my privileges as a Holy Knight.
 Tart and Dear, I have to see what skills each of them have.

'I'm looking forward to it. Maybe I'll have some skills like the rogues do.
I don't think I have any talent.
No, it's not. It's going to happen.

S and A ranks are too low in probability, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if you have the rest of the ranks.
 If you know your skills and can use them, you'll become even stronger.
 As soon as the training is over, let's arrange for the appraisal paper.

'By the way, Dear, how many multiple chants can you do at the same time?
Hmm, up to six, but six at a time is just a simple technique.
That's more than I can do.

I have a maximum of five. Those five will also be unstable to control, so I'm only sure of four.

''I've found out after doing a lot of things with this one, it's not just chanting at the same time, it's also able to convert to various attributes of magic power at the same time.
'Of course. Otherwise, you couldn't use earth magic to create iron and fire magic to cause an explosion at the same time like you did earlier.
I'm more interested in this one. Until now, the magic that can be chanted was limited to using magic power of a single attribute, but with this, I thought it would be possible to create magic that uses magic power from multiple attributes.

........I hadn't even thought about it. It's because I had the assumption that magic is something that uses a single attribute of magic.
 This is a very interesting idea.

'I'll think about it too. There are so many things you can do, it's a problem in reverse.
''There are so many ideas out there, it's exciting, but I'm lost. Just a quick idea, steam explosion with water and fire, or a storm of fire with wind and fire, or better yet, if you can use earth and fire at the same time, there's a more efficient way than [shooting], you don't have to take the form of a gun once, you can just scatter the pieces of iron in an explosion, it sounds really fun!

This is already an evolution.
 We'll be able to create magic of a different dimension.
 All the things that Dia just came up with, they're all very useful.

Hmmm, that last one I could make right now. It's a minor change to the one we've been working on, so hang on.

With that, he takes a piece of paper and a quill from his pochette, sits down on the spot, and begins to write in rapid succession.
 Magic development has become Dia's life's work, she knows more regularities than I do, and she's better at writing code than I am.
 If it's Dia, it might be possible to create magic on the fly.

'Yes, done. Roug, make it magical.

And in order to make it magical, you need a skill called [the one that weaves the formula], and my cooperation is essential.

'You can chant it, but I suppose it's safe to do so.
"Trust your lover.

The magic is rather buzzy.

I used to get badly injured when I was inexperienced.
 I look at the formula that Dia wrote. ........I see, this looks safe.
 I start chanting.
Like when you chant multiple magic in [Multiple Chanting], converting magic power into different magic power, fire and earth, those two.
 ........It was easily done.
 The chanting ends and the magic is completed.
''[Scattershot]
 More than a hundred sharp iron gravels, which are scattered forward by the explosion.
 As expected of Dia, it was designed to spread only forward.
 It's a blow comparable to that of a large caliber shotgun.
 Its range is about ten meters in front of you, and at the ten-meter point, the effect range is about five meters to the side.
 It's quite a bit of suppressed magic, but the more magic you put into it, the more the number of iron gravels and the more powerful the explosion will be, the more vicious it will become.
 The number of chords is small, and the chanting time is about six seconds.

It's a good spell. It's really aggressive. Its range is inferior to [gunshot], but this one is better for close range.
'Mage types like me don't want people to get too close. With this, I can intercept them.

That's right, an attack that is scattered over a wide area at a reasonable range is almost impossible to avoid. Although it is a scattershot, each shot is powerful enough.
 Putting it in close quarters combat, 【Scattering】, which is a surface attack, is much stronger than 【Firefighting】, which is a point attack.
 Dia also chanted what I had made into magic and made a satisfied face.

''At this rate, it would be helpful if you could develop it.
I'll be looking forward to it. I'll make one that uses all four magical attributes. I had this great idea. I can't wait to use it.

Earth, fire, wind, and water. I can't imagine using all of them.
 But if you're saying that Dia is great, that's saying something.
 No, that's not right.

''........Wait a minute, you can now use all four attributes? Dia is the dual attribute of fire and earth, right?
The rogue gave me a power that I can use, and I'm glad he did. I'm very happy because I've always been interested in water and wind and all that.

Deer began chanting to prove her words, then raised the wind and floated in the air.

'See! Well!

It's a magic that was developed for flight but is too difficult to control, so it's in storage.
 It seems that when Dia uses it, she can at least levitate.

It's amazing. It's amazing.

Deere, whose magic control is decisive, can use all four attributes.
 That might possibly be a power up more than [multiple chanting].
 Then we talked about multiple attribute magic for a while.
 With that settled, I left Dia's side and headed for Tart's side.

''Don't be sentient.''
'Yes, I feel light and nice!

Tart was using his spear and tracing the mold.
 The sudden increase in his physical abilities didn't allow him to handle his body well.
 He is fast and strong, but he has a loss.
 Nevertheless, the foundation of the foundation has already been thoroughly trained. It won't take me much time to get used to it.
 ........Only, here's the problem.

''Tart, why don't you try [Beastification] soon? We'll have to test many things, including the duration of the effect, right?

[Beastification] isn't an always-activated skill.
 It's an optional activation and has a time limit.
 To operate it, the time it takes to activate, the duration of the effect, and the conditions for reusing it.

You have to know all of that.
 I handed this skill to Tart, I can use it too, and I can roughly imagine it, but the animals themselves that were used as motifs in the beastification in the first place are different, and I want accurate data.

''Yes, that, well, there are a lot of problems, but I'll leave that for another time.
It's a force to be reckoned with, despite its problems. If you use it, it can be a weapon.
Ugh, okay. I'll do it.

Somehow, the attitude is wrong.
 It even looks as if he has made some kind of resolve.
 Tart puts his strength into it and activates 【Beastification】.

A cute fox ear and a fluffy tail appear.
 Yesterday, the fluffy tail caused my underwear to slip off and my skirt to flip up, but that's not the case today.

I made a new set of clothes for the tart yesterday.
 First of all, I changed his underwear to a low-rise one, and made his jacket longer so that it would fit over his skirt.
 And I prepared a tail hole where the jacket and skirt overlap, so the fluffy fox's tail can be pulled out without difficulty.
 As I had hoped, the tail would quickly stick out and the skirt would not be rolled up.
 It was worth the effort of checking the position of the tail and taking the exact measurements yesterday when I was making the clothes.

'Tart, I need the data on the battle. Let's have a quick fight.......no, a match. And if we don't give it our all, we won't know how strong we've become.

I said and handed him a wooden spear with the tip wrapped in cloth, while I held up my wooden sword.

''Yes, Lug-sama! I'm going to eat Master Lug!

Maybe it's the effect of [Beastification], but Tart's eyes are different than usual.
 Normally he seems feeble and quiet, but now he looks belligerent, no, he's glaring past that.
 During the match, I could get a sense of confusion from the tart that there was no way he could beat me, but today I could feel his intention to eat me.
 It's just a strange feeling, though. Yes, it's aggressive, and it's going to eat me, but it's a little different.

At any rate, it's interesting that he's seriously planning to defeat me.
Let's measure how much of a tart you are using [Beastification] with my full strength.