The Economics of Prophecy

"You've been pretty keen."

Shaking his head, Mathier comes up the hill holding one ear down. I have a purple laser magic wand in my hand that raises smoke. Looks like the magic catalyst I used for the circuit didn't hold it. What the hell did you do with it?

"You explained it beforehand, didn't you?

"You have no choice. The workshop was in danger."

Mathier points down with a cylinder in his hand. Looking ahead, there's a giant demon worm carcass near the workshop. The rest of the king said the Maitilles had taken over. He said he stopped the demon bug who tried to get off the ground and attack the workshop by targeting his eyes from left to right. Behind the insect's eyes is a large collection of nerves called the optic lobes in a form that pops out of the cerebrum.

They had not only Vinaldia and the others in the warehouse standing in the workshop. Looking ahead of Mathier's gaze, he's cleaning up behind him in front of the workshop with all the faces he sees.

"Unhelpful.... but I really appreciate it. Thank you, Mayteel."

I accidentally held Mathier's empty hand. You protected everyone I brought to the battlefield. I can't thank you enough.

"As it were, well, if they did that over there, this victory would be in vain. I also think their abilities are valuable."

Maitille said as she bungled a magic wand that had just turned into a stick. Deep red magic still remains in the mountains of blood. If the cartridge replenishment stays even for a few days, a small herd might just come and flip over.

"That's more than I'd imagined."

When I let go of my hand, I saw a cylinder that Mathier stuck out of the observatory.

"Magic shockwave? As usual, you never heard of it."

"Sort of. As I explained, in principle, it's simple."

The ultimate weapon, as usual, is the application of previous life knowledge.

Shock waves occur when the movement speed of an "object that emits sound” exceeds the movement speed of the "object that emits sound”. A typical example is a plane that exceeds the speed of sound. A wave of air accumulates without escaping the plane, which makes it a great destructive force.

A similar thing happens in a wave called light is the blue and white light, Cherenkov light, seen in reactors and so on. Light is faster than anything, so no shock wave of light is originally formed. However, the speed of light varies depending on the medium through which it passes. In the water and glass, the velocity drops to about 60% in vacuum and less than half in diamonds.

In fact, in water, the velocity of charged particles, electrons, that produce light exceeds the velocity of light in the water. The shock wave of light coming out at this time is Cherenkov light. Incidentally, the camiocande of the Japanese "Tsunese" detected by the celestial neutrino detects Cherenkov light produced by electrons bursting out into water molecules moving faster than light in the water.

And it is the refractive index that determines the speed of light in the medium. The higher the refractive index, the slower the speed of light.

Likewise, if the magic magic that emits magic moves faster than magic, it should be able to create a magic shock wave. In this case, the magic vegetable is sucked in at high speeds from the crystal towards the negative demonic crystal. While traveling through the Yellow Magic Catalyst placed in between.

The yellow magic catalyst boasts a magic refractive index greater than dragon crystals. In other words, the velocity of the magic produced by the magic vegetables coming out of the crystal is slower.

As a result, the velocity at which the magic vegetable moves reverses the velocity of the magic. A shockwave of magic is formed. Actually, the negative demonic crystals are making the surface a small bump, so that the demon emits magic in the catalyst. So we blew the magic shockwave through the barrel.

That's the secret weapon, the Magic Shockwave Gun. Like the Magic Laser, Magic itself will have been used to attack.

A shockwave of magic hits a demon worm wrapped around magic. Even if the exoskeleton, fortified by magic itself, is tolerated, the joints and contents, which are connections, are shaken by an instantaneous impact. Instead, the ruggedness of the exoskeleton would have been disastrous and could not have missed its power. So they beat him up with a magical hatchet.

Noel's ability to design magic guided gold. Maythir's Magic Guide Knowledge. And I could never have made it without Meer's mathematical ability to do the basic design of the shell from the refractive index of magic.

Of course, thanks to Vinaldia and the others who prepared the necessary high-purity magic catalysts.

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When Me and Mathilde get to the observatory, everyone inside comes out at the entrance. From below, the members of the Central Garden also came up. Claudia will be back here, too. Everyone seems unharmed.

Now after that, it's my last problem......

"Ricardo."

Alfina came out of the observatory. He attracted a large swarm of demonic worms as he was exposed to purple magic, releasing his final decision-maker. Exactly the goddess of victory. But that look has a slight hindsight.

And she had a cracked crystal in her hand.

"... I have to beat the king individually. It was all over. You don't have a choice."

I said. Kolong Eye vs. Kolong Eye. It was a brilliant match.

It is not personal that I used crystals. It's an overwhelming amount of magic and the strength of the pressure to push long distances to negative demonic crystals. Long and few millimeters in red or deep red demonic crystals. Even if thin glass could be broken via a painted magic catalyst, it was not enough for shockwave formation to attack distant enemies.

"What's wrong with that relieved face while you say you have no choice?"

"Wow, because I just followed Ricardo's orders. Because crystals need to be securely secured and there's no other way to avoid impact."

Fulsey and Noel said. They are allowed to use it, including to destroy it once. It's not arbitrary. I'm not saying there's no personal feelings in it.

"Some kind of empire, some kingdom, and even disaster. It feels like Ricardo used it all."

Mathier said sarcastically. When I told you about the shockwave, you cooperated with me at Norrinoli.

"I don't mind the kingdom. ……… but what will happen in the future? The disaster isn't over."

Mathier asks the natural question. It will now be asked whether the decision was correct at the expense of the crystal of prophecy. In the future, there is a danger of a different kind of magic catastrophe than ever before, than there will be an unprecedented magic period in the Ice Age for decades. Even the demon worms that have been destroyed this time will follow again next year at the latest. There is also the possibility that more magical creatures than demonic worms will be revived.

And the crystal that prophesies it in advance was lost.

"We're going to figure out a way we can deal with this unpredictably."

I said.

"Even if I run out of crystals, I will face disaster. With Ricardo."

Alfina comes next door and says so. Releasing from the crystal will not free you from disaster preparedness. I'm a nasty fiancé, but that's why it would be a hundred manpower if Alfina could help me. It's just...

"Can you do it alone?

Meer said in a sober voice. Me and Alfina trembled together.

"Yes, no, that's the..."

What we are about to do against disaster is the same as before. Gather information, make hypotheses, validate and devise measures. I'm going to be based here in Central Garden City. However, I don't care what you think for that...

"I don't think I can stand without everyone's cooperation in the future..."

Silence overshadowed the place. The people in front of me went out with me and just kept putting my life in danger. Especially the members of the Central Garden who are civilians. It's a very unsolicited favor. But we can't do it alone.

"Cohon, it's not your job as a wise man to study magic. … it would be an excuse to leave the capital."

"I knew it would continue to be used. I'm having a hard time staying in Wangdu too..."

Fulsey and Noel said. Sounds like there's a specific gravity in the second half for some reason.

"The point is, we're talking about making this place bigger. Leave it to me."

"I can't help it, because it's hard to stop getting the Cocowus."

"I need you to show me closest to what the wheat futures market is going to be. Otherwise, Kenwell could crumble in my place."

Dalgan, Prla and Jean continued. Can we only talk about gold? Totally, you're too commercial soul......

"I won't let Vinder take the trouble of swinging just for Meer and Alfina."

"... I knew this would happen. I'm not optimistic that this will set me free, not from the start. Yeah."

"My place is already a magic catalyst, like the main business."

"Let those who come to the new city know the anchor, to the kingdom and to the empire... The dream spreads."

Lilka, Shelley, Vinaldia and Natalie agree. Girls need to take care of themselves more.

"Well, you can't just leave it to the people of the kingdom. Disaster, and Ricardo."

"When you go across the Great River, you don't leave me. It was a promise, wasn't it, Senior?"

Mattiel and Meer said as they looked at Alfina for some reason.

They're all going to cooperate. The risk of what happens next is immeasurable.

Damn, isn't that all right and less protective?

"Whatever the next disaster is, you're not the enemy."

I said when I saw the mountains of blood in the distance. I feel like I could do it even if they told me to conquer that one.

............... Well, I'll take care of my protection.