A Chronicle of Life in a Different World

Eliza stared at the battle between Natalia and Slaus. To be precise, all I could do was watch.

The soldiers that Slaus left behind were being manipulated properly during the battle with Natalia, and Eliza could not find a way to escape on her own. "Enhancement" seems to have been applied, and even if there was a thunder wand at hand, forced breakthrough would have been difficult.

One or two of them may be incapacitated in preparation for a suicide bombing, but Slaus left five signatures. The soldiers were not too dense to anticipate Eliza's resistance, and nonetheless they were positioned to shield anyone who fired a lightning strike.

If disabled at once, intermediate lightning magic needs to be used, but it takes time to "chant" when exercised without lightning wands. There's no way the soldiers around will wait long enough to finish the "chant."

Eliza managed to find a gap and use the Reinforcement to break through the window and escape, but she wasn't sure she could find a gap and escape.

"....."

The feeling of helplessness I have always remembered for the past few days. Feeling it swell up in her chest, Eliza chewed her lips.

We can't escape from captivity, and we can't do anything just by watching the Natalians fight. I was going to get a little stronger while I was working as an adventurer, but I didn't have the power to break into the battle before me.

Slaus, who are supposed to be the same bloodsucking species, acquires magic from many humans under its control and uses a wide variety of attribute magic. By doing so, they crossed over to Natalia's opponent and are being cut unilaterally for now, but indirectly, they are suppressing multiple handcraftsmanship by Zilba and others.

Of course, I don't want to pretend to fight with Eliza in a magical way, putting a lot of humans under control like Slaus without discrimination. Still, I regret why it is so different even though it is the same bloodsucking species.

Are there differences in talents, in the number of places experienced, in consciousness about battle, or in consciousness about humans? If you recognize humans as a tool for gaining magic, can you become as strong as a slaw?

In addition to Reurus, Sarah, and Neddy, I don't see them fighting, but “family” such as Meer. In addition to the bishops of Natalia, Gilba, and Gregory, Dwarves led by Calvin.

Even though Lemona's town is under control, compared to Slaus, who crosses alone, he seems to have tears in his fragility.

--Still, Eliza didn't give up enough to be honest and desperate.

In this scene, there is only the power to get close to helplessness and escape from the state of captivity, but as a family member of Reurus, such as sitting still, it is not recognized as a companion.

The difficulty of escaping is reduced when compared to the immediate vicinity of the slaw. If we can get out of here, we may be able to rendezvous with the Reurus and retreat once from the town of Lemona.

Then what means will you use to escape?

(I don't know how much recoil there is, but I use intermediate magic without "chanting"....?

The first thing that comes to mind - to be precise, there is no other way - is that if you use force magic in preparation for a suicide bombing, you will most likely be able to disable the soldier. It would have been impossible and meaningless to execute with Slaus beside it, but it would have been possible if the soldiers had sensed the magic and continued to stop it.

In the case of "chanting", you can block your mouth and squeeze your neck, forcibly interrupting it, but you can concentrate your magic while suffering from pain and shock. If you continue to concentrate your magic, even if you are beaten, you will be able to use lightning magic.

If there is a problem, how much recoil is there?

Having the Thunder Wand reduced the frequency dramatically, but Eliza was hurt if she tried to use magic other than 'Reinforcement' without anything. How much recoil do you have if you use magic without "chanting", which is comparable to intermediate magic?

(Ugh, about one arm... then...)

We've caused trouble to Reurus and the others. I can't apologize if I don't get out on my own.

If you are a bloodsucker, you may be able to recover even if one or two of your arms blow up with a magical recoil.

Experience so far, and Slaus' first battle, suggests Eliza should be able to recover if she is the same bloodsucking species, even though the blood is diminishing.

The remaining question is whether the soldiers can be neutralized without being caught by the inhabitants of the town of Lemona while enduring the pain of suicide bombing, and still escape to one of their companions.

Eliza thinks so and explores her magic. Immediately after they grabbed it, Reurus came to the point where the magical connection of the "contract" would be revived. I intend to do something with my own magic, but even if there is not enough magic, if you can get magic from "outside”, it will also increase the sense of stability.

If the Reurus approaches the distance to reach the "Idea Call", another means can be taken, but it will be difficult in the present situation, which is close to turmoil. Eliza thought that Reus was going to break through the enemy line straight away.

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Then Eliza felt uncomfortable. I was able to feel the magic of Reurus through the "contract", but I felt that the connection was rare compared to normal.

Is Natalia and Slause's magical shootout impacting and disrupting the "contract" connection? Or is there another reason? Eliza doesn't know that either.

"Hmm!?

And unexpectedly, there was no time to question the roar. It is a roar that shakes the whole town of Lemona, not just the house where Eliza is being held captive.

Eliza, who was forced to interrupt her thinking, turned her gaze. There, the magical shooting by Natalia and Slaus increased even more intensely.

…………

Eliza silenced as if she had forgotten the sight. There was a shock to my head as if I could escape this scene.

--There was an unexpected battle there.

There are not many wizards in this world. Although it varies from region to region, it is a rarity that only exists in roughly one in several hundred people.

Such a rare sorcerer, but when you become an Attribute Magic user, the percentage decreases even further. In addition, if magic can be used in a word of talent, there was a big difference not only in the presence or absence of talent, but also in the "abundance of talent”.

Some wizards can only use Auxiliary Magic, which is not uncommon for those who can only use "Enhancement". Even if you can use "Enhancement", you can show more power than ordinary soldiers, but if you deal with more magic, you need talent as a prerequisite.

It is possible to improve the amount of magic and manipulation with acquired training, but whether or not attribute magic can be used is directly related to the presence or absence of talent.

No matter how much magic you have, you can't deal with attribute magic without your “basic” talent. If there is an exception, it could be to "contract" with the Spirit like Reus, or to use magic equipment that can activate attribute magic through magic.

Such a rare use of attribute magic, but when it comes to strength proportional to rarity, the story is different. There was no point in training if you had talent, and there was a limit to training if you lacked talent.

If you are a tied wizard, you are skilled at using lower-level attribute magic. Whether or not you can reach intermediate magic by training to your limits. Naturally, it is more advantageous to use it in various ways than not to use it, but it is rare to use attribute magic so that you can take a group alone.

In those respects, Natalia was undoubtedly blessed with talent. Magic amount, magic manipulation skills, wind magic talent. Regarding the talent other than wind magic, it is due to Natalia's efforts, but it is enough to say that all of them are outstanding.

A magical battle between Natalia and Slaus, who ruled one town. Natalia was unilaterally dominant in the Lower Magic Shooting, but Slaus' chosen “force push” fluctuates the battle.

Intermediate in flame magic - huge fireballs were already in use, but not this time. The flame, which was thrown to swallow the surrounding area, approached Natalia like a turbid stream, and Natalia immediately waved her favorite wand.

A fireball can deflect, but it is not easy to deflect the waves of flames emitted as “surfaces” rather than dots. The flames that taste the surroundings jump up in a flash, and if you don't, the tip of the town of Lemona could burn out.

Therefore, offsetting is chosen instantaneously rather than diverting. Avoiding residents of the town of Lemona flying at a higher altitude, Slaus tries to control the power of the flame, creating a wind of comparable power and knocking it down.

The turbidity of the flame stopped moving as if it had collided with a wall that could not be seen in the air, and the explosion sounded as the flame was scattered.

If there are ordinary people at close range, the heat waves that may even evaporate moisture from the eye will spread to the surroundings, but no fine dust will reach Natalia, who has prevented the flame. Since the altitude was raised immediately, there will be no major damage to residents who are listening to the gap under the eyes. However, despite offsetting the power, scattered powder of fire adhered to the wooden house and began to smoke up little by little.

Classification of ranks in attribute magic is equivalent to its power.

Subordinate magic is basically one-on-one, that is, magic that is used towards individuals as individuals. A skilled wizard or monster may not be able to kill the opponent, but a direct hit will give them the power to kill even some trained soldiers.

When it comes to intermediate magic, groups - that's the magic of the power to shoot at groups of troops and monsters.

There are surprisingly few opportunities to release it to an individual. Because if a magician has only the same magic, it will deplete the magic enough to be able to use it once in perfect condition. If you were prepared to use it from the beginning, you can't use it in a state where magic is already exhausted during the battle.

If the “unfamiliar” runs out of magic at once, they may faint instantly. The fact that you used up your magic without fainting doesn't mean you can't even use "Enhance", and you can't even escape if you don't get rid of the opponent.

Therefore, intermediate or higher magic should be called trump cards, and using it only to sharpen Natalian magic like a slaw was only possible because of its abundant magic.

We decided it would be a good idea to spend time with Natalia's defenses, so we set up a short wear and tear battle.

"Have you stopped... next time?"

Slaus sees his own flames stopped by Natalia and prepares for the “next magic” with a small whisper. Though for a few seconds, Natalia was able to use the reversal period to develop her magic all at once.

As a result of the turbidity of the flame colliding with the wind wall, it finally loses its power and spreads away. Fire powder flashes like flowers scatter, instantly cooling the surrounding temperature.

Flame magic is followed by ice magic. A sharp, sharp ice pile like a sword tip is created around the slaw, pointing the tip toward Natalia.

The ice pile is so large that it is not comparable to the ice arrow that was fired at Natalia at the beginning of the war. Excessive, one meter long, thirty centimeters thick, rough ice for killing people.

Dozens of such ice piles float around the slaughter, which is more realistic than the turbidity of the flames used earlier. However, Natalia was not upset by the dust and immediately prepared to intercept.

Slause waves his arms to match the movement, and a pile of ice is fired. At the same time, Natalia waved her wand as she flew backwards, exercising her wind magic.

The ice pile flew with each shot causing a wind chip, killing Natalia, who was trying to distance herself. Natalia chose to intercept it, not to divert or offset it.

The ice pile released by the slaughter weighs commensurate with its size and is also on speed. About a dozen shots can be diverted to "avoid damage to the surroundings”, but when it reaches a dozen, it is very difficult.

If Natalia were to defend herself, it would be easy to slightly divert the ice pile, but the power and number of ice piles released by Slaus would be comparable to the top of Intermediate Magic. The strange pile of ice is not confined to the houses of the town of Lemona, but can even shatter the earthen walls and castle gates surrounding the town. If we hit the inhabitants manipulated by Slaus directly, dozens, rather than dozens, could be killed altogether.

Therefore, Natalia crushes all the piles of ice.

A swarm of upcoming ice piles, each of which is intercepted by a vortex of wind appearing in the sky. The whirlwind of each “blade of wind” captured the ice pile from a straight line and shattered the ice pile to pieces with a dull rubbing sound.

Shattered ice fragments dance through the universe, reflecting the sun's light and sparkling. The sight seemed to be perceived as fantastic if not in battle, but even if it was shattered, it would be very dangerous for ice fragments to fall.

Though it is not enough to drill holes in the house, it will rip easily if it is about human skin. While Slaus is the enemy as it stands, Natalia tries to blow the debris by manipulating the wind so that the inhabitants of the town of Lemona are not harmed.

"Next."

Within a short time, not to mention the gap, Slause was ready for the next magic. A whirlwind appears at the top of the raised right hand, pointing or provoking Natalia's consciousness towards herself.

Natalia raised her eyebrows unexpectedly at the behavior of Slaus.

If you can handle attribute magic so freely, you can shoot magic that is comparable to intermediate magic, whether it's wind magic or not. However, I wondered what kind of thoughts I had about challenging myself with wind magic.

It's not overconfident or careless, it's a simple fact of grasping the difference in power of one's self. Though Slaus was inferior to himself in terms of wind magic, it was a question because he had calmly waited for it.

While questioning, Natalia's movements will not stagnate. No matter how good the wind magic is, it is not easy to deviate from the fact that it has intermediate power. As a result, while blowing away the ice fragments, I took up the intercept position again.

Natalia intercepts Slaughter's Wind Magic head-on in just a few seconds, half the time it takes for Slaughter to develop his magic.

The two fired a tornado on a scale that was likely to swallow up a two-storey house. The more direct the attack, the more the house is shattered, and the more powerful it is when struck by a human body.

Tornadoes of that magnitude collide head-on and are reversed in the air. A part of the roof of the house where the rattles came from just the aftermath of the waves peeled off and flew, but neither Natalia nor Slaus looked at you.

There has been no significant change in Natalia's expression to offset the impending tornado. Even though Slause's goal is to deplete magic, if it's another class magic, it's because Natalia's burden is small when it comes to wind magic shooting.

The magic released by Natalia is only intermediate in power, but Natalia's own skill and wand uses the "jewels" of the wind. The magic drained by these two is minimized to the minimum necessary. Even though ordinary wizards have the power to use up magic at once, the magic they consume is “reduced” by about 50% to 60%.

Natalia's doubts are deepened by the overwhelming advantage of wind magic shootouts.

Slause has used four types of attribute magic: flame magic, ice magic, wind magic, and lightning magic. I don't use water magic or earth magic, but I don't know whether it is used intentionally or not.

Now, I haven't used lightning magic with intermediate power, but if I can use it, I can use intermediate magic in four types of attribute magic. If you can use attribute magic so diverse and powerful, you should be able to do as much as you want.

In addition to a wide variety of attribute magic, "protection" that seals or manipulates the physical ability as a bloodsucking species and the movement of the opponent. Combining them makes it difficult to resist Natalia, if not impossible.

Even if the aim is to deplete the magic, you don't have to shoot the magic straight from the front, fool. It was Natalia who realized that the magic amount was obviously inferior, but it didn't have the same magic as Slaus.

Sharpening Natalia's magic with magic shootouts means sharpening Slaus' own magic. Even if you have the magic from the residents of the town of Lemona, very few of you will have the magic.

I can't read Natalia's tangles any more than I am a bloodsucker, but there must be a way to get “something to convert into magic” from the residents of Lemona's town. Natalia decided it was in her favor to rescue the inhabitants because she decided there were limits, and Slaus went to support it.

The tornado collision caused some damage to the surrounding houses, but settled in the result that they disappeared in the air. Neither Natalia nor Slaus were injured, and there was no human damage.

As the tornado vanished, Slaus used his next magic spell. It is the last of Natalia's attribute magic, lightning magic, and Slaus makes a beeping sound and a violet electricity appears in his right hand.

Looking at it, Natalia tried to gather the wind scattered around her, creating a tornado again. Then Slaus fires a thunderbolt while simultaneously releasing a tornado, causing a head-on collision.

The power of tornadoes and lightning strikes increases the armor of lightning strikes. Even so, Natalia was not pushed out, and even though she was pushed in a little, she brought it to offset.

Creating a scene where giant tornadoes and lightning strikes collide, Natalia and Slaus collide at a distance.

"It's a big deal. If it were the same wizard... no, the magic would be exhausted long ago, even if it were a first-class wizard."

"I don't think you're being praised for such a monotonous attack."

Natalia stretches her shoulders to show room for praise against Slaus who spins words. But that's not really enough room for Natalia. He's pretending to be calm, but he's definitely depleting his magic more than using it.

Slaus continued to praise whether he was unaware of the state of Natalia or whether he was willing to do so after realizing it. Even though you know that the passage of time will be disadvantageous to you, you just don't deserve to be commended.

"I praise you, wind user. You are the strongest of my fighters... and none of the Gregorian bishops I fought with has ever been of use."

Those who can use intermediate magic are rare, but regardless of their skill, they are even rarer when they become able to use intermediate magic continuously due to the amount of magic. There may have been aspects where the attack was monotonous and easy to deal with, but as a slaw, there were feelings of surprise as well as praise.

Natalia has no particular reaction to the words that Slaus has thrown at her. There is no emotion to be praised for actually doing “what can be done”, and there is no point in rejoicing even more if it is brought about by the enemy.

Natalia opens her mouth without being alarmed by the shards and being careful that the mouse can respond to any behavior.

"So what are you going to do next? Are you even going to shoot at advanced magic?

While feeling something that doesn't bother Slaus' actions, Natalia also asks questions about the significance of confirming his strength.

Advanced Magic Shooting - Even though you claim that you have the power to respond to it, this is not a bluff.

Asked if she could use advanced magic, Natalia said she could. But the answer is no if you are asked if you want to use it in a situation where the whole town is overflowing and the residents are rampant.

Even if we offset the same amount of intermediate magic as before, the aftermath alone could destroy the city of Lemona. Though Slaus is manipulating it, there will be a lot of damage not only to the buildings, but also to the residents of the town. Natalia knew it wasn't a joke or an exaggeration, it was powerful enough to make it happen.

I have an appointment with Hector, the lord of the town of Lemona, and I would like to avoid such a situation as much as Natalia can. In addition, even though Natalia is depleting, I am worried about magic if I use even advanced magic.

Of course, there was no dust on the expression.

While observing Natalia's expression, Slaus raised his eyebrows slightly to think. But it was also a short time, and I immediately lifted the edge of my mouth as if I had come up with something.

"Advanced magic... no, let me show you something interesting."

With that said, Slaus pointed his right hand towards the sky, creating a vortex of wind. It is the preparation of the wind magic that I showed you earlier, and Natalia holds her favorite wand while moving her eyebrows.

If Slaus uses Wind Magic, he won't lose, even if he uses Advanced Magic. There will be commensurate damage to the town of Lemona, but if we shoot each other, we will be able to hold them off.

Although Natalia would have judged it that way, she should have fully understood that it did not extend to Natalia with regard to the treatment of wind magic. That's why Natalia keeps her guard up against Slaus who dared to prepare for the magic of the wind.

"Someone as good at certain attribute magic as you... it's troublesome to have a talent that has gone through enough to handle advanced magic. The fact that I am not a Gregorian is extremely troublesome for me now."

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Natalia's expression changed slightly when she heard Slaus' words. My eyebrows are as close to me as I was to doubt what I wouldn't say.

Slaus pours magic into the wind that produced Natalia's reaction, increasing its power. Its power will be comparable to that of the Intermediate, but shooting it as it is will offset Natalia without suffering.

Therefore, the slaw adds one more hand.

"Hmm!?

Natalia was moving instantly the moment she realized it. Gain a little time to intercept by keeping your magic at once from Slause.

Beyond Natalia's gaze, a lot of light was reflected in the whirlpool of wind created by Slaus. It is an innumerable blade of ice that rotates in the wind, each reflecting the light of the sun and sparkling.

The wind-wound blade of ice reflected the sun's light, which might have looked fantastic from the side. But at the same time as I saw those sights, Natalia felt the great magic - the magic that would be comparable to the intermediate magic "two shots”.

"Well... I heard you led an army in this country, but have you ever seen the magic of this hand?

Throwing words while thinking that it would never reach distanced Natalia, Slaus accelerated the momentum of the tornado that he created with the ice blade mix. In addition to the sound of the wind thumping backwards, the sound of the ice blade cutting the wind overlaps several times and plays a discordant sound.

Express ice magic and wind magic with intermediate power and multiply them. Natalia's vigilance jumped before a phenomenon that should also be regarded as combined magic.

Even though it is rare to be able to handle multiple attribute magic, I have never seen or heard of Natalia using intermediate power and using different attribute magic simultaneously.

If we succeed, the magic will rebound and self-destruct, but with the resilience of the bloodsucking species, it won't be a bit of a self-destruct problem. There was no actual slaughter, and it seemed to be steadily getting ready.

Natalia prepared to intercept with the magic of the wind. However, I was slightly confused as to how powerful it would be to offset Slaus' combined magic.

Is it simply intermediate magic twice as powerful or better? Only the magnitude of the magic that can be felt and the flashy appearance are noticeable, but there is a possibility that the magic is rebelling against each other and the power is attenuated.

If we deal with it with certainty, we should assume that it exceeds the power of the Intermediate Magic Double. Natalia decided that she couldn't afford to shelter the residents who were listening right now, but she couldn't prioritize the residents and get herself dropped.

Develop magic as long as time permits and express wind magic through your favorite wand. Then, it gradually increases its power so that it can offset the combined magic of the slaughter that confronts it at a distance.

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There were no signals or declarations, and the two were moving simultaneously as if they had been aiming for it. With the roar, the magic of the two was released and collided head-on.

The combination of Natalian wind magic and Slaus magic collides in the air, and the impact alone blows away the residents of the nearby town of Lemona. Not only did the roof fly into the house, but the walls and pillars began to collapse unbearably.

If the magic didn't collide with each other, how much damage would it have been if it had been a direct hit? The magic of so much power collides, and the situation becomes reversible.

(Eh... it's heavy.)

“Response” is different from the previous magical shootout. It was Natalia who tried to avoid damage as much as possible, but this time I accidentally monologued to myself.

Though I exercised wind magic in anticipation of the power to push through the magic of Slaus, the result was reversal. In addition, there is a feeling of twitching and being pushed in, even though it is being reversed now.

The storm was blowing so hard that the inhabitants controlled by Slaus could not get close, and the ice blades scattered. Although they will not reach Natalia, they are a force that must be admitted to have exceeded expectations.

If you're out of your mind, you'll be pushed out of an antagonistic state at once. Of course, that is something that can be said to Slaus, but in the current situation, it will be suicide volunteers who will be distracted.

--Instead of being distracted, it also meant that the situation would tilt at once if it could be “diverted”.

"Nut!?

And “it” comes from an unexpected direction that Slaus was expecting.

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The tip of the reflectively raised mouse's gaze. There was no roar, but there was a giant dragon like a meteorite coming straight in.