Book 19 Chapter 17
Episode 158
Lin's words were enough to twist the guts of Bogba, a member of the Kiranzuki clan.
Uruk is not rational.
They act according to emotion. If they want to kill, they kill; if they want to ravish, they ravish.
Insults must not be tolerated.
For the Uruk, in whom the rule of power as beasts remains clearer than as humans, if one remains silent when laughed at by someone, they will soon be branded as trash in the community.
"Kukukukukukuku."
"Gyahahahahahahaha."
The other riders laughed at Bogba, who had been insulted, with contempt. Bogba kicked Blashoorf's flank.
"Ketrak, these human brats! I'll kill them!"
Lin was grinning, but in his mind, a chillingly calm judgment was being made.
'He's bigger and nimbler than the other Uruks I've killed so far.'
This is the first Uruk riding a Blashoorf, so, how will Tureina deal with that guy?
In an instant!
The instant Blashoorf opened its ferocious maw wide, and the Uruk rider swung his scythe, an instant where there was no escape!
"!"
The ground where Tureina stood rises slightly!
Master!
A technique that blocks both Blashoorf's maw and Urf's scythe, while also ensuring the caster's safety!
"Kkyuung!"
Sval barked happily, exchanging glances with Lin.
Well, of course.
Because that magic was one Lin personally developed and favored in his youth! Usable across a wide range, from 1-star to 3-star, depending on one's understanding of geometry!
"Look, Pipi! His growth is super fast, isn't it?"
"Fast, fast, more useful than Sval."
"Kkyuuuuiiiiiiiiit!!!"
Both its versatility and utility were high, so naturally, it was also taught to Tureina.
"Hmph, I am [The Strongest]……"
"Hey, that's all good, but don't steal my lines!"
Tureina's growth rate was several times faster than even Lin's.
Tureina's talent by no means surpassed Lin's. The teaching methods were different.
Atlante, who taught Lin, had prioritized the completion of character over magical prowess, whereas Lin focused solely on the practical essence of combat magic.
Three years.
Three years after joining the Hero's Party, only the essence of combat magic, devised, reviewed, and perfected against the strongest enemies!
"Pipi, don't step forward. If it seems dangerous, I'll do it."
Having gained the high ground and the right to attack simultaneously, Tureina immediately began weaving her hands in various ways.
Osarius-style Hand Seal, 2-star.
Perhaps because he tried to imitate even the finger movements Lin used to cast spells, Tureina's Bargante-type learning speed was also extremely fast.
"Stab (刺擊)."
Stab is a 2-star psychokinetic magic that sharpens an intangible force to pierce an opponent.
However!
Lin had newly modified this psychokinetic magic, which is to say, a method of using magic of a different attribute as a catalyst.
"!"
In this case, the earth that had risen at Tureina's feet shoots out sharply!
The earth pierces Blashoorf's maw!
Genius! Crazy genius!
"Krr…… KugaAAAAAAAA!"
However, the opponent is one of Kiral's top six warriors who live for battle and die for battle! He must never be underestimated.
Even though Blashoorf's brain must have been pierced, it roared ferociously, intimidating Tureina.
In that instant, the Uruk rider, spurring the wolf's back and leaping, tried to sever Tureina's neck with his scythe… but at that moment, the eyes of the other riders widened.
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The entire body of that Uruk rider was miserably torn apart. By suddenly appearing snow crystals!
"Alright, I understand your level. So boring it makes me want to commit suicide."
He had registered Bloodthorn General Berom's line in his [Strongest Mage's Bucket List] and used it at the opportune moment! Master!
"So I've decided to finish all of you off at once."
What Lin focused on during the period of turmoil was the extreme use of catalysts. Because at that time, a one-second difference could determine victory or defeat, life or death.
And Lin defined water as the most significantly usable catalyst when dealing with living creatures.
The more intense a living creature's bloodstream activity, the more the body expels something called sweat to stabilize its heat. Sweat is, in essence, moisture.
"Kkyuung!"
The magic that just tore that Uruk rider apart in mid-air can be said to be a combination of Hurk's 'Water Binding' and Sval's 'Freezing Enhancement', using those sweat droplets as a catalyst.
The sweat droplets!
They bound together, simultaneously freezing a vivid blue and expanding, appearing as a force to mutilate that warrior! Master! Crazy Master!
"Tureina, come rushing over here."
Tureina immediately came running. Absolute trust in her master's words, no questions asked.
The Uruk riders also ran.
In that instant, they surged towards Lin with Blashoorf, just as their battle instincts whispered.
'An unpleasant sensation of my whole body tingling and trembling……'
'It's absurd……!'
'We, the warriors of Kiral, intimidated by a human brat……?'
Simultaneously calling Tureina, Lin's left hand was already moving. The Osarius rosary woven into his hand was elegantly tracing a melody of light.
And at the same time!
On the palm of his right hand, light surged and intertwined, rotating brilliantly, with no less than five magic circles.
'Double casting a 5-star spell…… Master Lin is amazing after all!'
The 10th Archmage Hurk, the essence of the water attribute magic he devised…… Water Vein Enlightenment Array (水脈啓明陳).
His final revelation left to the magic world, he who lived and died for the relief of the common people. This was the power to create water veins in waterless land.
Lin wished to adapt this magic for combat, and after long research and experiments, he succeeded.
'What is that……?'
First, the sandy ground seemed to sink soggily, then water pillars surged up in various places. They surged, swirling into Lin's grasp and converging.
Specifically!
In the form of an arrow placed on the bowstring of a great bow (大弓) that suddenly appeared vivid blue in Lin's hand!
"Ice Wheel River Pressure Bow (氷輪川壓弓)."
Lin tended to highly evaluate the strength of his Hero Party comrades and wished he could also use that strength.
Of course, he didn't mean using a real bow or dealing with sorcery.
To freely manipulate the tension of a bow requires immense physical strength training, and sorcery did not suit Lin's temperament at all.
He just needed to imitate it with magic.
That was Lin's judgment.
In short, this is Kiethes' archery! A bow (弓) that gathers water into multiple streams (川), applies pressure (壓), and rapidly freezes (氷輪) it at the moment of launch!
"Perfect, gathering in a line for me! Are you thinking of using each other as meat shields to kill me?"
The advantages of this magic were considerable.
Archery-style projection had the advantage of omitting coordinate calculations, which are both the most important and difficult part of magic equations.
'I'll use up all my magic power. It's perfect for calculating how far the range is.'
The water pillars that surged from the water veins had by now frozen from their particles on the concentrated bowstring, shaping into an extremely gigantic arrow.
"Launch (發)."
The next moment, an extreme chill, unyielding even to the heat of this desert, was unleashed, piercing through a single point (一點), no, a single surface (一面) with a vivid blue.
Everything…….
Tearing, freezing, and shattering everything in its trajectory with abnormal cold, leaving even the sandstorm engulfing the horizon with traces of its penetration.