Next spell on the list: Gamma Ray Burst! Suck on that, next Needlewood!
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No good either, huh? And here I was, expecting so cool-looking beam attack to obliterate that Needlewood to smithereens. Oh, well, on to the next one.
Extre Drop Dead!
Oh, co the fuck on! The na suggests that it should be one of those instant-death spells, the ones that kill you on the spot no matter how much HP you have, so this Needlewood should be dead! And yet it is not! Hes just standing there as if it was the most obvious thing in the world! You know, Im slowly starting to feel like even though I have access to Bonus Spells I cant actually use them. Heres to being wrong about that.
*Sighhh* NEXT!
.. Yup, steering clear of that.
The next spell on the list was called Suicide Bomb Attack. Well, technically I guess it could be classified as an Attack Magic that would surely obliterate my enemies if I were to use it, but you see, the problem here is that I would end up blown up as well, and as you can probably guess thats sothing that I would rather not do to myself (TL Note: Hmm, I swear to God, there is a terrorist joke sowhere in here but I cant seem to find it ah well). But wait, since this is technically a ga, then wouldnt that an that even if I were to blow myself up in a suicide attack, I would still live through it, but with like, 1 HP point left or sothing? Anyway, the only ti when using a spell like that would be sowhat justified would be the encounter with the Last Boss, where defeating the BBEG (TL Note: Big Bad Evil Guy, courtesy of D&D) would end everything and restored piece to the world, and even then I would have used it as an absolutely last resort asure if my sword was broken beyond repair and all other asures have failed. Until that day cos, itd be best to forget that such a spell even exists.
Now then, lets just keep scrolling down and see what else we have here oh, this one looks promising: Equivalent Exchange. The na itself doesnt suggest it, but this must be an Attack Magic as well. If my understanding of this spell is correct, it is a spell that reduces the casters HP, but at the sa ti does the sa to the enemy. I guess it can be classified as a suicide magic as well, albeit not as dangerous as the Suicide Bomb Attack. On top of that, I think that it is best to use it in one particular case: when your maximum HP value is higher than your opponents maximum HP. Basically, the user and the receiver have their HP drained until one of them drops dead. It might sound needlessly dangerous, but in reality it is a very simple and straightforward chanic: as long as you have more HP than the person or monster you are using it on, you will survive.
Yeah, I can definitely picture myself using this.
Of course, this spell also has a few downsides. First things first, I dont know if it works only on a single target, or if it can be used against multiple enemies at once, unlike with the Suicide Bomb Attack, where it is painfully obvious that a bomb-like explosion is going to be effective in a pretty broad radius.
Second, what about using it in a battle where I would be pinned against multiple opponents? That would definitely require more strategizing, because mindlessly draining one enemy out of its HP while the others could still attack is just like asking to get myself killed. And while were already on the subject of monsters, another matter is that I have no way of discerning how much health the monsters Im fighting with have (at least not yet). It wont be anything groundbreaking when I will say that humans and monsters are not equal to one another, so the total HP of a Lv.1 Human wont be the sa as the total HP of a Lv.1 monster. Between those Needlewoods and myself, which one of us has more HP? That is a question that might be the proverbial line between life and death for . But even if I was absolutely sure that I have more HP than my enemy, it still doesnt make Equivalent Exchange less of a double-edged sword in my opinion.
For now, I have reached the following conclusion: Suicide Bomb Attack and Equivalent Exchange are too dangerous to be used against normal mobs. If I am ever going to make use od them, I should limit myself to doing so only if I am going to be fighting against an overwhelmingly strong enemy that cannot be brought down by the standard ans available in my current arsenal. Ugh, the more I think about it, the more my head starts to hurt. Looks like leveling up enough so that I could use teor Crash might be the only sensible option left for after all. This sounds a bit tedious as well, but as long as I have Roxanne by my side even that process should be finished that much faster.
With all of that in mind I have defeated about ten more Needlewoods, which was a cakewalk, considering that Roxanne was guiding towards them every ti with her superior sense of sll. Without her I truly wouldnt be able to be as efficient as I am now with monster hunting, for which I am grateful to her beyond asure.
Thank you for being so vigilant all the ti, Roxanne. I think now would be a good ti to check on our you-know-what.
Yes, Magic Crystals, right?
Right indeed. I took the backpack off my back and took the Magic Crystal out, taking a good, long, inquisitive look at it. While it was initially black, mine has now turned red, so I guess instead of Black Magic Crystal I should call it Red Magic Crystal.
Its red already. What about yours, Roxanne?
My Magic Crystal is still Black, but that was to be expected. Magic power is stored only in the Crystal of the person who dealt the finishing blow to the monster.
I showed Roxanne my Red Magic Crystal, and she answered with another explanation. So only the person who actually kills the monster gets to cash in on its magic energy for his Magic Crystal? I thought that it worked for all the Party mbers simoultaneously, but apparently I was mistaken. On that note, I rember that one of the Bonus Skills available to through the Character Reset was sothing called Crystal Acceleration. I dismissed it earlier because I had no idea what was it doing, but right now I think I understand it. It is probably sothing that speeds up the process of gathering energy for your Magic Crystal.
I perford another Character Reset, this ti focusing on Crystal Acceleration. With the amount of Bonus Points at my disposal, I was able to secure myself of x4, x8, x16 and x32. Since I need to have Durandal with I cant put anymore points into it, but if I were to increase it to Lv.6, the multiplier would have hit x64, but for now, a multiplier of x32 should be more than enough.
Just as a quick reminder: ten monsters = Red Crystal, hundred monsters = Purple Crystal, right?
Yes, that is correct.
I confird the selection of Crystal Acceleration x32 and defeated three more Needlewoods with it, after which I checked my Magic Crystal again. I couldnt stop myself from smiling.
Roxanne, wanna see sothing cool? Well, Im going to show it to you either way, so just co here and have a look.
Without waiting for her to reply, I took out the Red Magic Crystal from the backpack and showed it to her. Except for the fact that it was no longer red. Right now, it was a Purple Magic Crystal. Thats right, baby! Ramp the respect points that I have lost earlier back with interest!
Defeating three monsters with a x32 multiplier gave , the end result was ninety six, and since my Crystal was already red from those ten kills from earlier, that gives a total of one hundred and six, triggering the change of the Red Magic Crystal into Purple Magic Crystal.
Eh? Its already purple?! How did you do it, master?!
Im afraid thats a secret~~
Oh yeah, being looked at with such admiration hits all the right spots for .
Ah, okay! Master, you truly are amazing!
I am, right? But please, dont stop, praise so more!
I know that I shouldnt keep using that sa old excuse of secrecy every ti I do sothing outstanding, but as long as Roxanne understands and doesnt ask any questions I guess that is fine.
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