Chapter 174: It’s not over yet? (2)

After a moment of silence…

「The power of advanced Earth Magic, which embodied an earth snake, merged with Fire Magic! How could you create that magic bullet!? 」

Caron was an engineer. He seemed to be more concerned about Seiya’s magic bullet than anyone else around him, seeing as he was screaming out loud. Seiya exhaled and sighed as if he was bothered.

「It’s not that difficult to make. The answer is my world’s fruit juice. 」

「Ah, huh? Fruit juice? 」

Caron showed a stunned expression. I was also curious and asked Seiya.

「Juice…hmm, do you mean drinking juice? 」

「Correct. Most of the juices on sale at the market that are labeled as 100% fruit juice are concentrated fruit juices…in other words, the water in the fruit juice is reduced to decrease the volume, improving the imports’ efficiency. 」

「I see. So it reduces the water in the fruit juice. 」

I imagined something like turning a liquid into something solid.

It was a somewhat surreal scene as we listened to Seiya’s explanation while Bunos was battling the flames. Seiya continued speaking with a serious-looking face.

「I thought about the method of making juice. So I released magical energy, compressed that magical energy, and then I put it into the bullet. Then, after the bullet entered the target’s body, it returned to its original state by decompressing the magical energy. Summing up, it released its magical power. 」

We all shouted in unison after a moment of silence.

「「「Wait, did you compress magical power!? 」」」

I couldn’t help but shout along with everyone else. However, before Seiya could say anything else, Celseus noticed a change in Bunos’ body and screamed.

「Hey, look!! He’s starting to freeze now!! 」

I also looked at Bunos. Bunos, who was screaming in the previous hellfire, was now frozen like an ice statue. He didn’t even say a word. Colt spoke with a shocked tone.

「Next is Ice Magic…! In…In other words, Mister Seiya kept compressing a huge amount of magical power in order to inject it in that small bullet. 」

「Yes. It’s called “Concentrated Magical Power Reduction”. 」

…Concentrated Magical Power Reduction…!! Such a full packed name!!

Still, it was clear that it was causing immeasurable damage to Bunos’ body, so I suppressed my emotions.

Four layers of powerful magic packed into a small bullet. All of us were at a loss for words due to Seiya’s cautiousness, but we were convinced of victory.

But…an even more surprising event happened. A sound that resembled shattered glass echoed! My eyes widened when I saw Bunos’ condition! The ice that covered his body was shattered into pieces, and Bunos stood there unharmed while taking a deep breath!

「Do…Don’t underestimate my strengthhhhh!! I’m Lord Bunos after all!! I’ve conquered all four layers of magical powerrrrrrrrrr!! 」

Eich’s face distorted as she saw Bunos screaming with joy while holding his belly.

「It can’t be! You monster! 」

「Oh, dear God…! 」

Father Luke touched the cross. Of course, I was also horrified. What a tough guy! I couldn’t believe Bunos withstood Seiya’s special magic bullet! All of us underestimated Bunos’ power!

「Seiya! Be careful! Bunos’ counterattack is coming! 」

I was worried and warned Seiya, however…

「…It’s not over yet. 」

Seiya muttered those words again. The moment I said 「Huh? 」, a dazzling light radiated from Bunos’ abdomen.

「Gyahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!? 」

Bunos’ face became pale, and his body twisted as if he had received an electric shock! Was this Lightning Magic!? No…no, wait, wait, wait!!

I shouted to Seiya.

「Didn’t you say it had four layers!? Are there more!? 」

Then, Seiya’s eyes sharpened greatly.

「I said that it had four layers because I wanted Bunos to hear it and try to “endure the magic’s aftermath will all his strength until the fourth layer was gone”. Then, the magic of the fifth layer got released immediately after he believed that he had conquered all layers, which previously drained his strength. I wanted his heart to be shattered. 」

「Ugh…! 」

I swallowed hard upon hearing Seiya’s strategy. Bunos’ scream echoed loudly.

「Yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! 」

「Gyahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! 」

「Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! 」

In fact, having a fifth or sixth layer didn’t matter anymore. Even after the Lightning Magic had stopped, Bunos froze after being engulfed in fire, then the earth snakes crawled out of his body when the ice melted. Before I knew it, Bunos had collapsed and stopped screaming.

「I…Isn’t he already dead? I wonder how long this will last…! 」

「It’s uncomfortable to keep seeing this…! 」

Celseus seemed to agree with Eich’s words, as his stiff body trembled awkwardly.

I was forced to watch the magic repeat over and over again, and I found myself muttering in amazement.

「It looks like a festival of sorts…」

Those were the words that came out of my mouth as I looked at the frenzied Bunos, who was burning, freezing, and then shining. Seiya glared at me immediately.

「Hey, Lista. Don’t joke with this. I’m serious about killing the enemy. It took a lot of time to incorporate various magical powers into each bullet to create this powerful and unparalleled magic bullet. It was a soft-pacing process, but it required extreme mental concentration. 」

「I…I’m sorry! You’re right! 」

I rapidly apologized to Seiya. When I thought about it, I remembered that Seiya couldn’t use Ice Magic. Perhaps he used the Type Opposite he had received in the Underworld and injected it after becoming an Ice Magic warrior, the opposite of a Fire Magic warrior. Even with other magical powers, it must had taken a lot of time and effort to create, compress, and inject. It was such a powerful magic bullet which Seiya, who usually prepared an unbelievable amount, was only able to prepare two bullets.

Seiya spoke so seriously that I sincerely regretted my silly comment just because Bunos looked colorful when he glowed, burned, and froze. Then, Seiya added the following.

「This is a special magic bullet that will kill the enemy in one hit…It’s called “Rainbow Festival Bullet”. 」

「…!? So you used the word “Festival” after all!! 」

By the time I screamed, Bunos was already dead and torn to shreds like a rag.

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