Chapter 26: Contemplating Magic Manipulation Suddenly Turned Into Murderous Intent...!
The Reincarnated Extra
Contemplating Magic Manipulation Suddenly Turned Into Murderous Intentâ¦!
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Itâs been about 2 months since I started training, and itâs now the dead of winter.
The white snow fluttering and dancing is blown by the strong wind, mercilessly striking my cheeks.
I stand on the edge of a cliff and peer down below.
There, waiting for me, is Master, looking smaller than a sesame seed.
Of course!
Come on Extra-sama, what are you getting scared for!
Itâs fine, you know I wonât get hurt no matter how high I fall from at this point!
Theoretically.
Anyway, this is the challenge Master has given me.
Whether itâs scary or not, I have no choice but to do it!
So, Iâm gonna jump now, Extra-sama.
Okay, 3⦠2⦠1⦠boing~~!
With Extra-samaâs scream echoing in my head, I threw myself off the cliff.
That said, I have no intention of dying whatsoever.
Despite being exposed to the fierce wind pressure, I somehow control my posture and stare at the rapidly approaching ground.
Watch me, Master!
This is⦠the result of my training!!!
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On the day Master gave me a passing grade for my ãSilverfishã,
Extra-sama and I were scratching our heads, trying to figure out how to replicate Masterâs âsoundless landingâ.
That was Extra-samaâs observation.
And I, who had been observing Master with ãMagic Perceptionã, agreed with that.
In other words, Master is spreading out magical energy like that to suppress the impact?
Magic is truly all-powerful.
It was an answer we could easily arrive at if we observed closely, butâ¦
Hmm, yeah, thatâs true.
How do you even do that?
Grrr!
Just like when I learned ãBody Strengtheningã in the forest, itâs hard to even imagine a new magic manipulation since magic didnât exist in my previous life!
Extra-sama seemed to have noticed something here.
Huh?
âReleasing magical energyâ?
You mean Torchâs magic?
No way, if I were hit by that, Iâd evaporate in an instantâ¦
Other than that, something Iâve experienced?
Hmmâ¦
Ah, could it be Masterâs ãIntimidationã?
So, practicing ãIntimidationã might bring me one step closer to replicating Masterâs technique?
Alright!
Then letâs start training right away!
Fortunately, since Master is constantly emitting ãIntimidationã on a daily basis (saying it out loud, what kind of master is he?), itâs easy to imagine.
Letting magical energy out.
Releasing it.
I think this is the opposite of magic manipulation like ãBody Strengtheningã and ãPresence Concealmentã that keep magical energy inside the body.
Thinking that way, it might be surprisingly easy to learn.
I temporarily release the ãBody Strengtheningã Iâve been unconsciously maintaining and focus on the reverse flow of magical energy.
Intentionally increasing the magical energy leaking out of my body.
Whew, this is tiring.
Um, when Master uses ãIntimidationã, thereâs something like killing intent riding on the magical energy, so I try to imitate that too.
Killing intent⦠Hatredâ¦
I try expressing those feelings Iâve pushed deep into the depths of my heart without reservation.
I picture the faces of the monsters that chase me, the people who persecute me, the gods who abandoned me, the thieves, the people of Fenoben Village, my father and mother, my classmates from my previous life, my âfamilyâ from my previous life, one by one.
Die. Die. Die. â¦Die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die⦠Kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill killâ¦
Bonk!
Suddenly, a fist dropped on my head.
Turning around, I saw Master, who had finished chopping firewood and returned to the room, standing with his arms crossed like a guardian deity.
Master let out a sigh, grabbed me by the scruff of my neck, and threw me out the front door.
The door slammed shut with a bang.
â¦I got scolded.
It seems my poorly executed ãIntimidationã was unpleasant to him.
Iâm sorry, Masterâ¦
No, no, this is normal, Extra-sama.
Everyone carries darkness within them, and yet they walk towards the light!
It is.
Anyway, letâs practice ãIntimidationã outside since Iâll get scolded.
And so, I spent the whole day until dinner time practicingãIntimidationãunder the eaves.
In the meantime, Master came to check on me a few times.
I mean, I suddenly started releasing ãIntimidationã filled with killing intent, so Iâm sure Master was more worried about me than annoyed. And the meat served for dinner was a little bigger than usual.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
As I thought, Master is kind.
I like him.