Konbini Ossan Volume 8 Chapter 24 — The Fruit of Tenacity
The explosion magic unleashed from magic circles by Shuri-kun, who possesses immense magical power…
Magic precisely specified through magic circles, not mediated by elemental attributes.
Magic that is normally cumbersome to use and hardly practical in real combat.
And yet, Shuri-kun completed the magic circles in an instant and blew Leonis away with the resulting blast.
It happened so suddenly that Leonis could not react at all. He took the attack head-on and was sent flying.
“Gah!”
He finally stops after crashing into a wall, staring at Shuri-kun in undisguised shock.
“W-What just happened?”
“Huh? Isn’t it obvious? I wrote a magic circle and activated a spell. Then you got blown away.”
“Impossible! To draw a magic circle in an instant is sheer absurdity!”
Leonis’s reaction is only natural.
Unlike attribute-based magic, magic circles require the precise specification of all necessary information before activation.
Even for something as simple as an explosion, one must accurately inscribe details such as the exact coordinates and the desired output power before it will activate.
To inscribe such complex information instantaneously and then activate it…
Even if one had the ability to draw quickly, it would be impossible without the ability to instantly determine and accurately comprehend what must be written.
Well, Shuri-kun happens to be capable of exactly that.
And one of the secrets that makes it possible lies in his skill.
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【Name】Shuriva
【Level】48
【Strength】B
【Magic】SSS+
【Stamina】B
【Speed】A
【Attribute】None
【Skill】«Shorthand»
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Overwhelming magical power, with all other stats far lower in comparison.
No attribute.
And a single skill: «Shorthand».
From the beginning, Shuri-kun used «Shorthand» to complete magic circles at speeds impossible for ordinary people.
And the magic tool developed by Otogi Trading to fully utilize this ability in combat is the glowing quill, called the 3D Pen.
As the name suggests, the 3D Pen allows writing in three dimensions. By using magical power, it draws lines of light in midair.
By combining this with «Shorthand», Shuri-kun can instantly inscribe magic circles in the air and activate spells.
Witnessing such inhuman technique, it is not only Leonis who is stunned.
“To think such a thing could exist…”
The one who speaks is the Demon King, Vladgaria.
“It exists because you’re seeing it happen. If it didn’t, I wouldn’t be here.”
“I see. So you possess the ability to instantly inscribe the appropriate magic circle on the spot.”
“That’s right.”
When Shuri-kun confirms it, Vladgaria nods in understanding.
“Hm. In that case, I know of only one individual capable of such a feat.”
Oh? Vladgaria has begun saying something rather curious.
“One who was called incompetent for lacking affinity with elemental magic, yet who could instantly inscribe magic circles and unleash appropriate grand spells according to the situation, slaughtering countless enemies on the battlefield.
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The ancient sage who is said to have existed a thousand years ago; the Elemental Master, the Father of Magic, and the Great Sage of Incompetence.
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Raymond Shuurivarius Maxwell. You are that very person, are you not?”
A name unfamiliar to me suddenly leaves Vladgaria’s lips.
Shuri-kun smiles with unmistakable amusement.
“Oh? To figure that out from just this much information, and from a fossilized old tale like that? That’s right. I’m the very one they called the Great Sage of Incompetence.”
And he confirms it without hesitation.
A new truth, one even I did not know, has just come to light.
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E/N:
I had a hunch from Volume 1. Otherwise how in the otherworld would he look like a little girl while being an old man inside? 😂
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