Episode 11.4-5 (2/2)

”<Flame Arrow>”

<Flame Arrow> was produced out of thin air and pierced the campfire.

The burning wood broke in two.

”That did it.”

Slow casting speed.

Weak power.

And yet this might have very well been the birth of a completely new form of magic in this world.

<TLN: If you're reading this novel at any other site than Sousetsuka.com you might be reading an unedited, uncorrected version of the novel.>

Lecan got up in the morning and began his magic practice.

He's really enjoying practicing magic right now. He feels thankful once again to have been blessed with an abundance of mana.

He didn't practice shooting a huge number of <Flame Arrows> all at once this day. As he couldn't image it well even if he wanted to.

Even though it's easy to simply utter, 100 <Flame Arrows>, he just can't imagine it in his head. How many is 100 anyway. How would it be like to have 100 of those arrows all at once. He didn't make a progress no matter how he practiced.

Instead, he practiced to swiftly shoot out <Flame Spear> from his left hand.

The really powerful <Flame Spear> capable of demolishing a <Wrinkle Man> in one shot can be reserved to his right hand just fine.

The left arm-shot <Flame Spear> will be the attack to use when he encounters deadlocks during sword combats. It will be a short-range or at most medium-range attack. It doesn't need to be that powerful nor accurate. What's important is swift casting speed and certainty. Whether a magic that should be cast gets cast or not means life or death during combats in dungeon depths.

First of all, he verifies how his left hand will move when he swings the sword in his right hand.

Next, he casts <Lamplight> on his left hand in the middle of it.

Then, he thrusts his left arm forward, supports it with his right hand and casts <Lamplight> while imagining <Flame Spear>. Over and over again. Swifter, steadfast-er.

Lecan repeated these three actions over and over again.

Then lastly, he tried casting <Flame Spear> while swinging his sword around.

The net result was quite satisfying.

Just as he was about to prepare for lunch, <Life Detection> displayed Nike's presence.