Chapter 11 (1/2)
Offense, Incantations, Support
The day after Liic class was held in the field This place, it’s used quite a lot huh As for the training grounds, it’s because not everyone can fit in there
“Alright then, we’ll start the lesson Froic All, have ye learned how tah control yer mana?”
nobody denied it, so Gauche-sensei continues
“Well then, I’ll try tah explain about ic is, tellin’ the spirits want ye want them tah do, and havin’ ’em incite various phenomenons”
Spirits? He’s saying s I have no clue about…
“Spirits, what kinds of things are those?”
A serious looking boy asks a question
“Spirits eh, they’re the essence of the world Mountains, rivers, forests, and the ilk, they dwell in everythin’ Since elves can converse with spirits, they can just tell the spirits what they want ’em tah do”
Guess that’s the so-called ‘spirit ic’, huh
“That true?”
“Nn, I can hear it I can even talk to them”
Guess you could say it’s as expected of Lucas the elf
“How ye can use it too, it coes and words Spirits knohat a body is thinkin’, so because of that ye tell them what’ye want ’em tah do”
‘Ie is important’ eh Well then, what about the words?
“However, ’tis hard to tell thees Therefore, ye use words to coes”
Conversely, you could say that if your i then you don’t need words If it’s delusions then it’s my specialty, could it be my time has come!?
“Now then, I’ll show ye an example O’ Spirits, Strike my enemy ind, Wind Bullet”
A sic…Exactly as I iined
“This be the basic windthis small”
This tie Wind Bullet appears When Gauche-sensei shoots it at a tree, it flies at high speed, and !’explosive sound upon impact
“Tah soe, can be ic skill, so the power doesn’t increase that much”
Even without the skill, to be able to fire ree…Well,it
“Now, first yer all goin’ tah practice this ic Line yerselves up over here”
Everyone is lined up in a row Yeah, it’d be dangerous if you hit someone, so of course you’d be made to shoot in a fixed direction
“I’m sure there are those who don’t have the skill, but fer the time bein’ try usin’ it The incantation is, if ye start with ‘O’ Spirits’ and end with’Wind Bullet’, the words in theye want Elves, ye can probably just use ‘Wind Bullet’”
Think for ourselves, huh…That’s a little, no quite e the teacher
“Mkay, try it”
When Gauche-sensei says that, all students begin to chant in unison Alright then, shall I try it too
First, decide on the size Generally speaking, a tennis ball-size should do And, I i that shape, and expand it
“O’ Spirits, Strike my enemy ind, Wind Bullet”
In h, it’s sht The mana used was…about 2? Seriously, it sucks to have little mana…
“Wind Bullet!…Yup, well that’s about right”
“O’ Spirits, Strike my enemy ind, Wind Bullet! … Uuuu, it doesn’t come outtt-dearimasu…”
Lucas summons a wind bullet the size of a handball, while Triss’ doesn’t seeood just to have cast it
“Yours is huge Lucas…as expected of an elf huh”
“Tsuchio-kun too, you cast it properly even without a skill, that’s pretty a!”
Oh really? Well, I guess I had a strong ie in mind”
“Ie is it-dearimasuka…It’s hard-dearimasu~”
As though it ran out of mana, the wind bullet disperses Phe, it’s pretty difficult to sustain it
“Regardless of whether or not ye were able tah do it, y’all seeicThose unable teh do et, raise yer hands”
More than half of the students raise their hands Since skill holders would be able to do it, these are the non-skill holders huh
“Hic of this level even without a skill ye should be able to cast et, so et e and chant You there, what’d ye chant?”
Gauche-sensei pointed at an energetic-looking boy who had his hand raised
“Eh!? U as sensei”
“Ye ken do that Ye got tah properly think ah ye own, best fitting chant, or ye kennae use ic well Fer now, those who didn’t cast et work on yer chant tah be able to cast et Those able tah cast et, work on makin yer cast shorter, and that’s et fer today”
I wanted hi, let’s do our best to reduce the mana consumed
“Tsuchio-dono, how do you do it-dearimasuka?”
“Err, didn’t he tell you to think about it yourself”
“But it’s hard to think from scratch-dearimasuyo How about Lucas-dono?”
“Mmmm, I never did it so I don’t know~ Y’know, I’ht”
“Is that so-dearimasuka… Mmmm, what should I do-dearimasu…”
Anyway, I also want to be able to cast with one phrase As long as I have a clear ih…Let’s try it
Io clearly in your mind And just like that,
“Wind Bullet”
I utter a phrase Then, a bullet slightly larger then before appeared So the fact that it becaer, means mana is planted in your words huh?
“Tsuchio-dono you just cast with only one phrase-dearimasuyo!?”
“Tsuchio-kun, are you really sure you don’t have the skill?”
“I don’t have it already…Also, I can’t do this without concentrating really hard Lucas can do this without trying right?”
“That’s right but…Still, it’s really cool to do it in one phrase without a skill You e”
Well, for an otaku, delusions are e do to kill tiinations are naturally trained
“Uuu, I don’t get it-dearimasuyo”
It’d be sad if we don’t have Triss fire one off soon I guess I’ll try thinking aloud a bit
“Lessee-…O’ Spirits, conjure a bullet of wind to strike ?”