novelraw Chapter 17: Extremely Difficult Shattering Magic
Chapter 17: Extremely Difficult Shattering Magic
"Don't worry, it'll be fine."
Judging from Moen's expression, Gildarts knew that the kid had definitely misunderstood.
"They won't die."
Gildarts smiled and explained, repeatedly assuring everyone that nothing would happen.
"Really...not dead?"
Moen looked suspicious, but although he still expressed his doubts, he had already trusted Gildarts and believed that the old man would definitely not hurt him.
"But how exactly do you experience it?"
Moen was very curious about this. Was it possible to shatter a body and then put it back together? That kind of magic was truly abnormal.
"You'll understand once you experience it."
Gildarts didn't say anything more. He channeled his magic, and his hands glowed with a deep blue light. Then he placed his hands directly on Moen's shoulder.
"Buzz!"
In an instant, Moen's body was enveloped in magic, and then quickly transformed into a ball of light, shimmering with dazzling light.
As the magical light gradually dissipated, hundreds of Moen, shrunk to an unknown size, appeared where he had just stood.
One on top of another, like a pile of figurines stacked on top of each other, somewhat like those big-headed, light-footed chibi-style dolls.
"no!!!"
"What's going on?!"
"What happened?"
As soon as Moen realized what was happening, a chattering sound immediately rang out, with hundreds of smaller versions of Moen exclaiming in surprise.
"Ugh~ So noisy!"
Gildarts picked at his ear with a helpless expression.
This is probably the biggest drawback of this ability: he can't shut up the enemies after they've been split apart. The chattering of hundreds of people in front of him is really noisy, especially since these little figurines of Morn are speaking almost simultaneously.
Of course, if the enemy were to be hit by this attack, they would already be dead, having no chance to speak.
At this moment, Moen was indeed shocked.
He didn't expect this outcome. He wasn't "shattered," but instead split into a bunch of figurines and doll-sized versions of himself!
Even after splitting, Moen could still control those split entities. This feeling was very mysterious. With just a thought, those "clones" could perform a certain action with him.
For example, they can attack together, shout together, and even make different actions.
An excited Moen kept experimenting, directing the split entities to lift their legs or swing their fists, having a great time.
A group of little figurines were chattering away, each saying their own thing. Moen himself didn't seem to notice, but it was definitely a headache for others to listen to.
This strange state made Moen start to have some thoughts.
If one cultivates in this state, will one be able to obtain many times the cultivation results after the body is re-formed?
"Uncle Gildarts..."
Just as Moen was about to ask Gildarts a question, Gildarts stopped him, raising his hand and waving it, causing magic to surge.
Under the influence of magic, hundreds of Moen figurines were all sucked up, then spun around and converged towards a single point, finally reforming into Moen's original form.
As Moen's body reunited, the world finally fell silent.
"What were you about to say? Moen, did you have some kind of realization?"
Seeing Moen's surprised expression, Gildarts calmly asked, without explaining why he had suddenly restored Moen.
"Well, I do have some ideas."
Moen nodded. Although he was a little surprised that Gildarts had restored him so quickly, he didn't care too much and simply said what he had just thought.
"You have quite a few ideas, but I'm sorry, that's impossible."
Gildarts' expression was initially one of surprise, clearly not expecting Moen to ask this, but he then gave a negative answer.
"Huh? Why?"
Moen was a little disappointed by the answer. He thought he had found a way to exploit a bug to train, which would be equivalent to getting 100 times the experience!
"Problems may occur when restoring the original body."
Gildarts' expression was serious. He wanted to dissuade Moen from this idea, as it was no joke. This was ultimately a magic for fighting enemies, not a magic to aid in cultivation.
A short-term split will not have any impact, but if the time is long, the impact will be immeasurable, and it is even possible that the reunification will be completely impossible.
"That's a real shame..."
Moen nodded in disappointment; it certainly wasn't worth the risk.
With such a short available time, even if hundreds of individuals cultivate together, the efficiency won't actually improve much, and the rewards won't be proportional to the risks taken.
This wonderful experience, besides reminding Moen of that idea, also brought him some other feelings.
When magic surged into his body and was manipulated, Moen could clearly sense the movement of that magic.
"Super Magic Smash, this is really difficult!"
Moen sighed. Although he had personally felt the magic flowing through his body, he had not gained much insight from it.
In other words, the ability to dissect the human body is a more difficult ability than to shatter or divide a target at the atomic level.
To crush the target, all you need to do is brutally sever the connections between atoms.
However, when it comes to figurines that divide a person into countless small parts, there are many more things to consider.
As for putting the dolls back together after separating them, that is even more difficult.
The "Crush" spell is so powerful that practically no one except Gildarts can master it, and there's a reason for that. This spell is extremely obscure and difficult to understand, making even beginners very hard to learn.
"That's right, the Shattering spell is indeed very difficult to learn."
Gildarts nodded in agreement with Moen's statement. After all, this was an obscure and difficult-to-understand "super magic," one of the most difficult spells to learn.
Moreover, Gildarts can say with great confidence that even if others learn "Crush," they will not be able to use it like he does.
Magic is something that depends on suitability. Everyone is good at different kinds of magic and has a certain tendency. Those with good magical talent may even master a certain kind of magic on their own, as if they were born with it.
For Gildarts, the obscure and difficult-to-understand super magic "Crush" is a magic he is naturally good at using, which he can use casually, even as a basic attack.
If others want to use "super magic", they will need to spend a certain amount of time just to prepare and accumulate magic power.
"The shattering magic is a bit too bloody and violent. I don't usually use it myself because it makes me covered in blood."
Gildarts spoke up, and he wasn't bragging; it was the truth. He usually fought with his fists and wouldn't rashly use "Crush" to blast his enemies into pieces. Only truly powerful enemies could force him to use the "Crush" magic.