Strea-san's Extracurricular Lesson
I thought it was over.
But there was still cleanup to be done. It's about the captured prisoners. There were 13 prisoners, all of whom were women. The hero party joins them, making a total of 17 people.
Frankly speaking, I have no prison that can hold this number of prisoners.
Although it was a pain, I hurriedly built a prison in the ore quarry on the fourth floor while sending Rain, Lida, and the succubus to the dungeon.
I imprisoned the prisoners there. I left the guard and care of the prisoners to the succubus. At that time, I asked them to keep it a secret from the elves as possible.
It was not that I did not trust the elves, but I did not want them to get emotional and cause problems. I'm going to tell them about the prisoners and their future after I get back, and we'll all discuss it and decide.
When the base area was cleared out, the only people left were me, Ginko, Shamu, old man Mondo, and Strea-san.
Why were these members left?
That's because the retaliation isn't over yet. Strea-san lets the glasses staff officer live and escape in order to take revenge.
I only kept him alive to convey the testimony of the Demon King and the fact that the troops that went out to explore were wiped out. If there was eyewitness testimony, it would be easier for old man Mondo to report the failure of the request to the Adventurer's Guild.
Now, let's look at the roles of these members, starting with Ginko. Ginko, in her Fenrir form, was asked to search for the glasses staff officer.
Shamu's role is to witness the retaliation as both a bodyguard and the succubus chief. Strea-san is the person who will carry out the retaliation.
And old man Mondo...
I simply didn't want to take him to the dungeon, so I asked him to stay. After all, there is Ayako, the old man's daughter, in the dungeon. To be honest, this father-daughter meeting is awkward for me...
The relationship between father and daughter isn't that good, and I'm screwing Ayako... I don't know what he's going to say... and it it bothersome.
So, I'm sorry old man, but I'm going to put off your meeting with Ayako for a while.
The old man is going to report the failure of the request to the guild in the town where Diggins Fortress is located, so I decided to accompany him on the way.
Four days after the attack, Ginko's telepathy informed me that the glasses staff officer had entered the fortress.
After receiving the report, old man Mondo headed toward the city. With this, I will say goodbye to the old man for a while.
Me, Shamu, and Strea-san wait in the forest a little far from the fortress. I waited for old man Mondo to leave the city.
Old man Mondo left the city two days after he entered. Strea-san, who learned from Ginko's telepathy that the old man left, smiled at me.
"Now then, Light-kun. Now it's time for extracurricular lessons. From now on, the teacher will demonstrate the pinnacle of advanced magic himself."
Saying that, Strea-san slowly began to ascend into the sky using [Flight Magic]. I also follow.
"You do understand that magic becomes more powerful when its attributes overlap, right?"
I nodded in response to Strea-san's question.
"So, what do you think of?"
"Is it a combination of fire and wind?"
"Correct. That's the basics of beginner magic. So, what would happen if you used intermediate magic under the same conditions?"
"Flame Lance... is it a flaming spear?"
To be honest, the exchange up to this point is what first-year students learn at the beginning of their school's magic class. There is no mistake.
"Correct. So how about advanced magic?"
"It's a blazing fire."
"That's right. So, if the number of attributes increases, for example, 3 attributes, what kind of effect do you think it will have?"
Hmm? Eh... compound magic with 3 attributes? I've never learned anything like that...
"It was difficult, wasn't it? The correct analogy would be the golem magic. It's a combined magic of earth, water, and darkness."
I thought golem magic was a rare skill, but maybe it was a composite magic with three attributes... I didn't know that.
"In reality, there are few composite magics that combine three or more. That's because such composite magic is seen as a rare skill. However, you can create as many composite magics as you can imagine."
After taking a breather, Strea-san raised his hand towards the fortress.
"Then... what if there was a complex magic with four attributes, and used with advanced magic..."
I broke into a cold sweat at that moment... I heard that even a single advanced magic has the power to destroy an entire army, but when combined, it becomes even more powerful. Especially if it has 4 attributes...
"Watch carefully... Meteor Break!"
As Strea-san screams, the fortress emits so much light and flames that it looks like a nuclear weapon has been dropped, and a mushroom cloud of steam and smoke forms from there.
"This is my ultimate magic, which I call [Meteor Break]. It is a complex advanced magic that combines the four attributes of fire, wind, water, and earth. However, I suppressed the magic in order to only destroy the fortress...…"
This one is suppressed...?
After watching in a daze for a while, the smoke cleared...
There was no fortress there, it had disappeared without a trace, it was just a flat place with no rubble.
"Fix the area with water, destroy it from the ground up with earth magic, and burn everything with fire and wind. This is how it sounds when I explain it in words, but in reality it requires a very detailed image. Also, allocating and controlling the magic is a lot of work."
I couldn't understand Strea-san's explanation, and was simply dumbfounded by the scene in front of me.
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