EFB Chapter 30 The Blade of Wind
Chapter 30 The Blade of Wind
Luo Mu briefly explained the situation of the mine in the back mountain of Blackstone Town.
"OK!"
After hearing this, Jack was not afraid at all; on the contrary, his eyes lit up with excitement.
"I've been looking forward to hunting monsters and earning magic crystals for ages! And here's a job that's just fallen into my lap!"
Perfect, this also gives me more practical experience. If I ever become a garrison mage in a city, I'll have to experience these kinds of situations sooner or later!
Seeing his excited and eager expression, Luo Mu poured cold water on his enthusiasm without any mercy:
"Don't be too happy yet. Your magical skills are really too low."
Last time we encountered the Ice Wolf, your so-called killing move, [Wind Blade], didn't even cause a splatter of blood.
If you were to encounter a second-tier magical beast alone in the mine this time, you wouldn't even have a chance to escape; you'd probably lose your life.
Jack, somewhat embarrassed by being exposed, scratched his head.
"I only recently obtained my second-tier mage qualification and then went out to gain experience, so I haven't really studied the destructive power of my spells enough..."
But isn't it you who's here? I believe that a mere second-tier cave spider has absolutely no chance against your fireball spell!
I'll also learn something from you and help you out.
As he spoke, Jack rubbed his hands together ingratiatingly, his eyes filled with longing:
"I've been waiting for the day you have some free time so you can personally guide me in casting spells..."
Rom glanced at him and naturally understood why Jack had been behaving so respectfully like a servant to him these past few days, serving him tea and water.
However, Jack's words also reminded Rom.
Next, we will enter a narrow mine shaft. If we rashly use the powerful "Fireball" spell in that terrain, it could easily cause the mine shaft to collapse.
He really needs a spell that has concentrated power and won't cause a large-scale explosion.
Wind magic is the perfect choice.
By the way, Rom felt that he really needed to give Jack a boost.
Otherwise, if a real battle breaks out, this guy's lackluster magical skills will only make him a burden and a drag on the team.
Thinking of this, Rom nodded:
"It can be done now."
Recite the complete incantation for [Wind Blade] once, aligning your granularity with mine.
"Huh? Alignment... what particles?"
Jack was completely bewildered, not understanding the vocabulary at all.
"It's nothing, it just means you need to demonstrate the spellcasting process. Just read it from the scroll."
Jack was overjoyed, his excitement evident in his expression.
He followed Luo Mu around for several days, hoping that one day his sincerity would move this master and he would receive his guidance.
I thought this would be a long test, but to my surprise, Rom actually offered to guide me today.
All that effort definitely paid off!
Jack quickly cleared his throat, stood up straight, and began chanting the [Wind Blade] spell with utmost devotion.
At the same time, Rom took out the silk wind scroll that belonged to Jack from his pocket, opened it to the page that recorded the wind blades, and began to record it according to Jack's pronunciation.
As Jack finished his lengthy chant, the system successfully captured the complete code:
【Wind Blade Technique】:
F+(Wind_Blade)
Call_Server(Alorais, the King of the Invisible Wind);
Print_Effect(a cyan glow from gathered wind elements);
For (i=0; i<800; i++){
Pray (Alorase, grant me the courage to sever my bonds); //
Pray (Let the airflow become your sharp teeth, tearing apart the enemy's body); //
Check_Mana (Drains spellcaster's mana);
}
If (magic extraction complete){
Execute_Cut(Release airflow cut);
}
[Running this consumes 24 points of mental computing power.]
After looking at the code panel, Luo Mu secretly curled his lip.
As expected, he still has the same bad habit. In order to release a wind blade, he wrote hundreds of sentences of nonsense praising the wind elemental goddess "Aloras", wasting a lot of computing power on "obedience test".
However, after stripping away the junk code, Rom found that the spell's underlying architecture was actually quite good.
As an offensive spell of the wind element, its initial velocity and point-to-point accuracy on the physics engine are indeed far superior to Fireball.
Luo Mu began to drastically edit and revise in his mind.
Stripping away light and shadow, compressing magic paths, what remains is an extremely clean and concise piece of code:
(Wind_Blade_2.0)
Target = coordinates of the line in front;
Action = Extremely compressed air element (thickness < 0.1mm);
Execute = Ultra-high frequency rotation + instantaneous cutting and firing;
[Optimization complete: Wind Blade version 2.0.]
[Running this consumes 6 points of mental computing power.]
[Compile and run?]
Rom closed the panel and looked around.
There is a large, dense pine and fir forest ahead, which is perfect for a shooting range.
"Jack, watch closely, pay attention to my spellcasting animation."
Luo Mu gave a brief explanation.
Jack's eyes widened instantly, and he stared intently at Rom's hands, afraid of missing any profound spellcasting gestures.
"run."
Luo Mu didn't even raise his hand, simply uttering two words.
Compilation successful; underlying interface calls work perfectly.
"call out--"
As the code ran smoothly in an instant, a sudden gust of air gathered in the air in front of Rom.
Unlike the howling wind that Jack created when casting his spell, the wind in front of Rom made no loud noise.
The wind element was extremely compressed, its edges as thin as a cicada's wing.
When it spins at high speed, it cuts through the air, making only a very faint "rustling" sound.
Although the outline of the transparent wind blade was almost invisible to the naked eye, Jack, as a wind mage, keenly sensed its sharpness.
"Amazing... I can feel the power of the wind!"
Jack had already accepted that Rom was a genius, and he had completely accepted the fact that Rom could skillfully cast wind spells without chanting incantations.
"go."
Luo Mu casually flicked two fingers of his right hand forward.
"laugh--!"
The invisible wind blade was thrown out instantly, at a speed beyond imagination.
As the wind blade flew at supersonic speed, it stirred up the remaining snow on the ground, allowing Romukjek to finally see its shape.
It was an extremely thin, high-speed rotating disc-shaped cyan whirlwind, no more than the size of a washbasin.
"Click!"
With a crisp sound of wood breaking, the wind blade sliced through the first redwood tree, which was as thick as a thigh, without any resistance.
The massive cedar tree instantly lost its support, and the upper half of the trunk slowly slid to the side along an extremely smooth cut.
"So sharp! Amazing!"
Jack exclaimed excitedly, "When I was in the academy, my mentor once said that the true power of wind element attacks lies not in the range, but in the sharpness of compressing the airflow to the extreme!"
The highest level of wind blades is achieved by compressing airflow into a physical weapon sharper than swords!
The wind blade you casually unleashed is the perfect embodiment of what our mentor said…
Before Jack could even finish his flattery...
"Click! Click! Click! Click! Click!"
From deep within the woods, a series of rapid cracking sounds suddenly rang out.
Jack's words came to an abrupt halt.
He and Romuz both looked in the direction of the sound.
Behind the first cedar tree, a whole row of trees, more than a dozen thick redwoods, were falling to the ground one after another, like dominoes that had been pushed over.
Large amounts of snow were shaken off the treetops, startling a large area of hibernating birds in the snow-covered forest.
The wind blade's kinetic energy was finally exhausted only when the "crack" sound of breaking wood disappeared into the depths of the forest.
A secluded path was carved out of the dense forest.