The power and range of attack magic are normally inversely proportional.
Due to the limited amount of magical power available for spells, focusing on power reduces range, and focusing on range reduces power.
However, the magic unleashed here on the shore of Parayan Island deviated from this law.
The force needed to devastate several dozen ters in radius and pulverize pirates beyond leaving corpses required only enough magical power to recover after a few breaths and a handful of black powder.
As Turan dusted off his blackened palm, he could truly appreciate how powerful and dangerous fire spirits were.
'This really mustn't be shared with other houses.'
Though he had dramatically widened the explosion range by combining wind magic, the power was still absurd even considering that.
At this level, it was practically no different from a disposable magical device.
Of course, considering the manufacturing thod, the chance of soone accidentally creating it was nearly zero.
The condition of combining three substances in exact proportions and then having a wizard expend magical power to mix them was too demanding.
'Besides , who knows about this... just those House Kamain nobles who killed Obil together?'
Among them, the others weren't very interested, and only Bisen, who was the leader, had looked at the notebook out of curiosity and copied its contents.
They were focused on the ritual to gain pyromania ability, and considering how saltpeter and sulfur weren't easily obtainable resources, though they probably hadn't created fire spirits, it seed necessary to maintain so vigilance.
Turan landed on the ground while comforting Bize, who was whining about her ears hurting, and confird kills on the surviving pirates one by one.
There were about thirty more who had stayed inside buildings, either sleeping or too lazy to co out.
"P-please spare , please-"
"Die!"
"Please take as your subordinate, I'll be loyal!"
The reactions of those who had holed up were varied.
So imdiately begged after seeing the destroyed shoreline, so bravely resisted, and others imdiately switched sides and submitted.
Turan selected a few who seed relatively docile and instead of killing them, buried them in the ground using earth transformation magic.
The longest resistance ca from two knights stationed to protect the island, but Turan neutralized them by sending a bit of fire spirit with wind magic and detonating it.
He could have killed them without using it, but he wanted to see how much was needed to deal with knight-level wizards.
"Urgh..."
The experint resulted in one instant death, while the other was fatally wounded with all internal organs ruptured.
Thanks to this, he could roughly gauge what power was needed at what distance.
The surviving one, seeming to understand he would soon die, spewed curses while bleeding profusely.
"Be prepared, our captain... will... take revenge...!"
"I was planning to visit him soon anyway. To tell him to stop this nonsense."
Turan replied thus before kicking his head to end his life.
While there was no doubt this Cobinus fellow was a noble-level wizard, he surely wasn't stronger than Turan.
If he were that skilled, he wouldn't be doing piracy.
While focused on this work, Turan sensed over a dozen presences gathered in one building.
A foul stench wafted from inside, piercing through the acrid sll of fire spirits.
Breaking down the door of what seed to be a large warehouse, he found, as expected, won gathered like livestock in wretched conditions.
"P-please spare us. We'll do anything, please..."
"Were you all kidnapped by the pirates?"
"Yes!"
"Then get organized and co out. You're free."
After saying this, Turan went outside without looking at them.
Many were quite disheveled in various ways, and unless they had Rida's personality, they probably wouldn't welco his gaze.
The won who hesitantly ca out of the warehouse later either gasped or scread at the sight of pirates' corpses strewn about.
Several needed support just to walk, seemingly unable to properly control their bodies after long periods of abuse.
"There, there's a mine! The kidnapped n there-"
"I've already removed their shackles too. How many pirates were here?"
"I'm not sure exactly, but probably sixty or seventy."
Turan nodded after counting those he'd swept away with the wide-area explosion and those he'd killed personally or buried.
The numbers roughly matched, and even if there were so who had gone out on errands and hadn't returned, it would probably only be one or two.
Anyway, with only one sailing ship at the village port, they couldn't escape with those numbers.
"Then go wash up and rest for now. Don't kill those I buried, I have use for them."
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After directing the won to clean themselves up and find clothes to wear, Turan imdiately returned to the mine.
The miners were all gathered with anxious expressions beside the brutally torn corpse of the supervisor.
Their faces brightened upon seeing Turan.
"Ah, the wizard has returned!"
"You're safe! How, how did things go in the village?"
Their brightening expressions at his sight reminded him of the citizens of Kalamaf.
The appearance of weak sheep seeking stability while looking only to him.
Turan now admitted to himself that he secretly enjoyed being protected and worshipped by such people.
Though he wouldn't reveal this to anyone even if his mouth was torn apart.
"I've dealt with all the pirates."
"Yes! Ah, we've prepared sothing here!"
"Prepared?"
"Well, since you said you ca for saltpeter... if you need them, we can transport everything else to the village too."
What they ant was, while Turan was sweeping away the pirates, the miners had organized the minerals mined from the cave so they could be taken out.
"I'll handle this myself, so go wash up and rest first. I've rescued the won too, so take care of them."
"Won...? Ah!"
"Please just be alive, Teiya..."
So n who had relationships with the won in the village ran straight there without even taking ti to wash.
After confirming everyone had left, Turan first reached toward the rocks mixed with ore.
He lted rocks containing gold and silver with intense flas, separated them by levitating the liquid, and crushed the saltpeter entirely before dividing it with telekinetic magic.
Amusingly, this consud hundreds of tis more magical power than devastating a village and killing dozens of pirates.
After all, he had to carefully control the heat lting the gold and silver to prevent it from spreading elsewhere.
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