Episode 25.2 (1/2)
”I was going to teach you <Dehydrate> at one point. But I've changed my mind.”
”But why.”
”Because I found out you're much more emotional than I initially thought.”
”Me, emotional?”
”You probably can cast <Dehydrate>. However, you won't be able to bear the bitter after taste from killing human with <Dehydrate>.”
”I've killed people before. And will continue to from now on.”
”Then why are you diving in dungeons instead of going to war above ground?”
”Because I enjoy fighting in dungeons.”
”You like going up against powerful adversaries, but you don't enjoy fighting those weaker than you, do you?”
”What? Ah, that's true. What's the fun in fighting the weak.”
”See there. You do not derive enjoyment from killing. What you like is the act of fighting itself. Or in another word. You don't hesitate killing the weak when it comes to magic beasts. But you don't kill weak people. That said, you do give an exception to those who do you wrong and those who are clearly hostile.”
”Now that you mention it, you might be right.”
”Killing someone with <Dehydrate> can't be called a fight. It's nothing more than a murder. There is no way to defend against that magic after all. Believe me on this. Abandon the thought of learning <Dehydrate>. Just remember the existence of this magic when someone is about to use it.”
”I see. Then what about Holy type <Blessing>?”
”<Blessing> is a magic that reinforces human armor and weapons by making use of stuff made in temple rituals like holy water and the likes. There's so many more than one kind of <Blessing> out there.”
”What does this reinforcing do?”
”It adds buffs like anti-magic defense, anti-physical defense, temporary attack acceleration, a huge boost to spear and sword damage against magic beasts, or a huge damage boost against spectre-type monsters. There's even one that rouses up ally courage.”
Lecan knows about those well.
Priest warriors and monks wielded similar techniques in dungeons at his former world.
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”Then I guess you can't use it.”
”I sure could if I had some holy water around.”
”How are you able to touch holy water?”
”Listen now. Humans may have arbitrarily given it the name holy water, but its real nature is that of water with a portion of god's power in it. Gods themselves do not put the label of right and wrong on anyone or anything in this world. That's something humans adopt on their own.”
”Fumu. At any rate, doesn't look like something I could use. Hold it. Didn't you tell me you believe
and <Recovery> are the same type of magic?”
”I might have. And yes that's what I believe.”