Episode 31: Bio-Lightning Magic
“Phantom Beast, a Phantom Beast? Sharka was riding a black horse! Where did a Phantom Beast even come from!”
“But no matter how you look at it, that wasn’t a horse.”
“Damn, at this rate, we’ll be caught…!”
“What do we do, Aquila?”
Aquila had been watching Barbat’s and Sharka’s battle from afar, and Sharka’s combat prowess had chilled him to the bone.
He probably couldn’t win in a head-on fight.
(I have to survive, even if it’s just me…!)
That’s why he thought he had to take this information back and defeat Sharka with the full force of the alliance.
Aquila came up with an idea to get through this situation.
“Lynx, if we stay like this, we’ll both be killed by Sharka. So let’s split up. I’ll go to Azalash, and Lynx, you turn back and head to Ortenatris.”
“Eh, but then I’ll be…”
“There’s no choice! Now that it’s come to this, one of us has to survive and deliver the information! Please understand!”
“…Understood.”
Aquila’s plan was to use Lynx as bait.
Seeing Lynx nod, Aquila curled the corners of his mouth into a crescent shape.
(Kukuku… Sorry, Lynx, but die for me.)
Aquila’s brain was overflowing with excitement at the biggest gamble of his life, his face twisted into a grotesque smile as he drooled.
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The key to learning magic is a ‘vague image’ and ‘trying it over and over again.’
That’s what my older brother disciple, Eukraine, taught me.
Eukraine himself apparently learned magic directly from our grandfather.
It was rare for our grandfather to find talent and take someone as a disciple, and it caused quite a stir in my family, the Nevilim.
As I learned magic from Eukraine, I became interested in developing magic.
From the beginning, I had doubts about the existence of “Magical Power,” and as I learned various general-purpose spells, I began to think, “Isn’t Magical Power a type of quantum?”
“Intimidation” has the nature of a wave, and “Meteor Ray” is a collection of energy, so Magical Power is truly a quantum with both particle and wave properties.
By the way, it was this discovery that led to the creation of the “Intimidation Orb.”
I might be a genius for designing it so that the properties of particles and waves appear alternately before and after impact.
The next thing I discovered was the property of “Magical Power Conduction and Charging,” which allows Magical Power to be imbued into precious metals like Gold Coins.
When I thought about what it meant to be able to store Magical Power in metal, I had a flash of inspiration: “Wait, isn’t Magical Power similar to electricity?” and I realized that there are two types of Magical Power: “yin” and “yang.”
I highly doubt whether it’s the same as “electricity” in my previous life, but I applied it repeatedly and finally, my first original magic, “Lightning Magic,” was born.
By the way, as an experiment in learning magic, I once tried to give my younger brother spartan training to get him to learn “Lightning Magic.”
But this turned out to be unexpectedly difficult.
This was because the ‘vague image’ of electricity did not exist in my brother’s mind.
Therefore, I had to ‘directly imprint’ “Lightning Magic” on my brother’s body and ‘make him try it over and over again’ until he could imagine electricity, and he finally learned it.
What I learned from this experiment was that because I have knowledge from my previous life, I can learn magic that I can imagine from that knowledge quickly.
Needless to say, this result spurred on my original magic development.
“Alright, let’s go, Dolly-chan! We’ll be encountering them soon.”
“Goooooon!”
Dolly-chan seemed happy that I called out to her, and neighed once.
Then, with a violent explosion, she dropped lightning bolts around us, scattering destruction.
“…”
I am currently riding Dolly-chan, who has two horns growing from her head and emits bluish-white electricity, whom I’ve named “Lightning Dolly-chan,” heading towards the Stella-Class A.
Well, there’s a good reason why Dolly-chan ended up in this wretched state.
The “Lightning Magic” I initially developed was originally the common “Lightning Magic” that everyone imagines. That is—
First, Lightning Magic as an offensive magic that simply releases electric shocks.
Second, Lightning Magic as an enchantment magic that enhances one’s own or another’s nervous system.
However, six years ago, an incident occurred in which my Magical Power increased, and for some reason, my “Lightning Magic” underwent an astonishing transformation.
Especially the second one, which normally only enhanced the nervous system, now seemed to be able to raise the potential of that creature.
(In a way, this is the evolution of living things, huh?)
I think as I look at Lightning Dolly-chan.
My “Lightning Magic” has come to affect not only the nerves but even the genes.
This is no longer “Lightning Magic.”
I renamed it “Bio-Lightning Magic” because it is lightning that acts on living organisms.
I still don’t know why Dolly-chan ended up in this form.
Perhaps it’s because I thought, “Dolly-chan, become faster~,” and used magic, so Lightning Dolly-chan was created reflecting my will, but that’s not impossible.
This magic itself is still full of unknowns.
By the way, I’m still too scared to try it on humans.
They might suddenly start saying, “Me, human, kill everyone.”
For now, I plan to verify it with insects, beasts, and plants that are close to me.
Of course, within a range that does not affect the ecosystem.