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The Experimentation of a New Magic
The members of the research society who just got out of the hot springs had strange expressions on their faces.
It seems like they received a large impact from grandpa’s story.
Although the topic of the conversation is a little complicated, it seems like everyone was in an agreement that they were grateful to be friends with me…
And with the same timing, the women got out of the hot springs.
They looked towards us with strange yet refreshed expressions. And when they looked at my face, their expressions turned gentle.
Eh? What is it?
After we left the bath house and were preparing for our meals, grandma suddenly brought up the topic of the training camp.
“Ah, that’s right. This was decided earlier in the bath house. In the beginning, we were only intending on acting as your guardians, but we decided to train you as well.”
“Eh? Are you telling the truth?”
“Merlin-sama and Melinda-sama will be teaching us as well?”
The girls were calm because they knew of this information beforehand, but the boys were fired up after hearing it.
“Eh? Is this okay, grandpa?”
“Hohho… This is the first time I’ve heard of it…”
It seems like even grandpa is hearing it for the first time.
“Well, Shin will be teaching you how to imagine the magic spells. The grandpa will be in charge of teaching you magic control, and I’ll teach you Enchantment magic.”
“Whoa! It’s like a dream!”
When she heard that grandma will be teaching Enchantment magic, Yuri’s tension went up.
It’s quite unusual for that child’s tension to go up. She’s usually very quiet.
“In other words, when I have some free time… I’ll be able to experiment with new magic.”
When I spoke, everyone’s movements suddenly froze into place.
“…Wait a minute there, Shin.”
“What is it? Grandma?”
“It’s not ‘what is it?’ There’s no way I can let what you’ve just said slide…!”
“A new kind of magic, he says…”
“Experimenting, he says…”
“Umm! When that time comes, please let us know! Because we want to evacuate!”
Olivia unusually stepped forward and said. While looking somewhat frightened…
“Eh… What’s with this reaction…”
“You… When you said new kind of magic, what were you intending of doing?”
Gus continued to interrogate.
“About that… In order to defeat Schtrom, I thought that a new magic is necessary…”
“Eh? If I remember correctly, when you faced Schtrom, you said that you weren’t using your full power?”
Thor remembered what happened in the Security Force training ground.
“Well, although I did indeed say that, but when I think about that event, something suddenly came to my mind and I wanted to test it out…”
“…What is this, is it only me who feels that it will be a dangerous situation right after hearing it?”
“No, Your Highness, I feel the same way.”
“I feel the same way as well.”
“Me, as well! It has the strong smell of danger all around it!”
…Even though they haven’t heard the details, and to actually have this kind of reaction… Is it okay if I cry soon?
“I want to hear about it a little, will that be really dangerous?”
“It’s not at all dangerous… to me…”
“In other words… it will be dangerous to the people around?”
“No… Well… although it’s more or less an attack magic, so the other party will…”
“…Well, I guess that is somewhat expected. Then? How much power does it have?”
“Who knows? That’s the reason I want to test it out…”
It has become a petition on whether or not I can be allowed to perform experiments.
“Haaa~ …Listen well, when you want to perform experiments, go to that wasteland and make sure no one else is around.”
“That is only natural. Then, is it okay if I experiment?”
“Will it be really alright? When you use that magic of yours, the world won’t come to an end, right?”
“No… As one would expect, I won’t practice that kind of magic…”
What in the world does grandma thinks of me? I’m not the God of Destruction!
Although I was persistently grilled by grandma, I somehow managed to receive permission to experiment on a new magic.
While everyone is receiving guidance from grandpa and grandma, I will be experimenting with new magic.
While I was watching grandpa’s magic, I thought of something.
With my imagination, it might turn out to be something really interesting. I really want to hurry up and test it out.
“Shin-kun… Umm, as I thought, you should take care of yourself a little more…”
“Sicily? What’s wrong?”
“Umm… how should I say this… you have an extremely excited expression on your face…”
“As I thought, I am really worried.”
“Haaa…. Will this really be alright…”
Eh? Was I really making that kind of expression? It might be because I’m happy to have a chance to finally test it out…
For the time being, I decided on the schedule for tomorrow’s training.
In the morning will be magic control practice under grandpa’s supervision, magic practice with me in the afternoon, and in the evening until dinner time will be Enchantment magic lesson with grandma and my magic experiment time.
However, during my magic experimentation time, either grandpa or grandma must be supervising me or else I’m not allowed to do it.
The reason is because they’ll be able to deal with it in a case of an emergency.
Well, although I understand their worries because it’s a practice for a new magic, but I feel like they’re being too overly anxious…
“Think about the things you’ve done up until now.”
…I can’t say anything in retort…
Maybe it was because of the long journey, or because I was able to relax in the hot springs, I immediately fell asleep that night.
* * *
The next morning, when everyone appeared for breakfast, they all looked refreshed. As I thought, the hot springs are effective. It is the best accommodation for a training camp.
When everyone said that, Sicily and the employees of her house looked really delighted. After all, I’ll feel delighted if my own territory was praised.
And as decided yesterday, everyone participated in magic control practice.
As expected, grandpa’s magic control guidance is precise.
“Pay attention, Thor-kun. Your magic control is a little disordered.”
“Yes!”
“Sicily-san, you can already control that much magic power, why don’t you increase it a little.”
“Yes!”
“Rin-san! You are gathering too much magic power! It’ll end up running wild!”
“Huh? I made a mistake.”
Rin, who is acting rashly as usual and was on the verge of having her magic power run wild, was stopped by grandpa. Even now, she’s constantly reaching that point… She needs to be put under observation because if there’s even a slight delay of putting up a barrier, something terrible will happen.
The amount of magic power everyone could control increased a little that morning.
And after lunch, it was my turn to supervise magic practice.
At this time, the reason why I wanted to test magic becomes more obvious.
Everyone said that they somehow understand the imagination process I use to cast magic.
That’s right, just ‘somehow.’
It was strictly the ‘substance’ and such, the ‘reaction’ and such, the ‘results’ and such, but it doesn’t mean that they were able to imagine it clearly.
Which means, even if the image is more ambiguous, even if it is physically unreasonable, as long as there is a feasible imagination, it would be possible? That’s what I thought.
For example, such as ‘Flammable Gas,’ the image of it is too vague. Even so, will magic still activate?
To begin with, when I was a student, I wasn’t good with sciences. However, magic still activated with the proper image.
In other words, we up until now, we have been under the impression ‘things will end up this way’ when we ‘imagine’ it before it’s actualized?
While watching everyone practice, that belief increases further.
Maria shot a blazing flame spell. However, she has yet to completely understand the principle of combustion.
Sicily shot a blade of ice after she froze the water. Sicily has yet to understand the molecular structure of water and the molecular structure of when water turns into ice.
Although Rin shoots out a number of Wind Blades, she doesn’t understand it either.
Up until now, everyone only has a vague understanding of how to use those magic.
As I thought, the hypothesis I have isn’t wrong.
While watching everyone practice magic, only grandma had a shocked expression.
“How could you, with everyone being able to cast these kinds of magic spells without any chants… Won’t the Magic Division’s position be in a predicament…”
“However, aside from dealing with the mass production of demons, I think it’ll still be hard to deal with devils.”
“Good grief… The world really is in a crisis.”
As for me, I don’t know what kind of level students from the Advanced Academy should have. However, I thought that with just this level, it’ll be hard to deal with devils, and if they do not increase their skills, the condition will be even more severe.
Even though devils are running amok in the territory of the Old Empire, I am in agreement that we cannot even lift a finger.
They might not even be an opponent for a single devil.
And although demons run rampant in the Old Empire, we are still unable to send an evacuation team to help out nearby towns and villages. Even if one was sent, they won’t reach those places.
When one thinks about what is happening, only the words ‘hopeless case’ can describe the situation. In order to increase the war potential of the people who will be fighting on the front lines, everyone needs to get stronger in this training camp.
* * *
When the magic practice ends, during the short break, I decided to do some new magic experimentation.
Everyone looked at me while appearing tense, but although I said it would be an experiment for a new magic, I won’t cast a big spell.
First of all, I try to sufficiently imagine a combustible gas. And when it is combined with the source of fire, the magic will…
KABOOM!
It was similar to a magician lighting up a fire and dispelling it.
I can do it with this!
“Is that the new magic you were talking about?”
“No, that was something I cast to confirm something.”
Now then, this is the start of the real thing. Though I said that, I took a little distance to test something.
The magic I want to try is an explosion spell.
First, with the air, I tried imagining trapping the same gas I used earlier.
In order for gas to explode, gas needs to be enclosed in an air-tight space. And because it’s been sealed, when the gas expands, it’ll have nowhere to go, but when the seal collapses…
BOOM!
I used the explosion magic principle I’ve been practicing thus far. However, even though the ball of gas was smaller than before, the explosion that occurred was greater.
When I looked around, everyone had a dubious expression. This is still preparations for the experiment.
Now then, next one. Next one is finally the image of a magic that defies the laws of physics.
The image of ‘Directivity.’
I imagine the shockwave of the explosion forwardly spreading in a concentric circle.
I imagine the same ball of gas I used earlier, in addition to the directivity, a shockwave is produced.
And then…
BOOM!
I did it! It’s a success!
The energy and shockwave of the explosion didn’t affect me and only moved forward.
Alright! With this, the preparations are over.
“Everyone, although I think it will be all right, but just in case, please cast Magic Barrier. Since an emergency situation might occur.”
After hearing those words, everyone gave their best and developed a Magic Barrier.
Even though I said it will probably be all right…
Because everyone seems to have low confidence in me, I finished the preparation for the new magic feel a little lonely and pushed forward.
First of all… I gathered the same gas used earlier and compressed it. More compression, compression, compression.
With surroundings covered with thick air, the preparations to generate a large explosive energy was complete.
And finally, I added the image of the directivity of shockwaves before shooting it.
With the impact along with the ignition source, the gas quickly caught ablaze.
And then…
KAAABOOOOoOOOoOOOOOoooOOOOMMM!!!!!!
The magic spell caused an unbelievably large explosion.
By adding directivity, the shockwave coming from the center of the explosion didn’t come near me at all.
And then, as for the center of the explosion…
“Shin… You… What kind of magic did you produce…”
“About this… the topography…”
“Ah… aha ha ha… Am I looking at this inside my dream?”
“You’re not dreaming, it’s reality.”
“It’s unbelievable! The scenery earlier compared to this is completely different!”
“I can’t believe this…”
The earlier scenery of the wasteland has changed completely, it has turned into a beautiful scenery of endless leveled earth.
Un.
I went too far!
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Translator’s Message
The author himself said that he’s not good with Sciences. That said, some of his explanations might not be accurate, and since I’m not the best at Sciences myself, please do correct me if you find any mistakes.
Thank you!
Agreed *Thank you*
Shin
a certain loli pettanko with a explosion fetish want to speak with you
fetish…? What a belittling word. It’s her passion; her living purpose; her entire entity can be described with one word; explosion.
All that passion, all that efforts
It’s all… To grow boobs
You mean “boom!!s”
Naaa, it was in side story konosuba about megumin, she decided to learn kewl flashy explosion magic to get big boobs, just like the boobs her teacher has
I thought those side stories were not canon? i.e fanfic?
nope its canon… she wanted to get “explosively huge” boobs apparently…
and having bad fuel comsumption that could only one shot
Hahaha. The loli practices explosion magic at the demon’s cave. She will surely love this new spell.
Castle =)
… it was a castle. 🙂
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Explooooosion Mahou!
We are now travelling down the path of explosions.
EXPLOSION!
Explosion magic,but this one is directable
Thanks for the chapter 😀
Thanks for the chapter
Im really sick of those worrywarts. All of them! Who the hell has more magic control and understanding of magic? Him! They want to watch and the grandparents want to contain an emergency? If Shin isnt able to contain it, how are they going to do it? They arent even sure if they need to block shockwaves, heat, cold, radiation or some other form of energy.
Cant Shin just tell them bluntly they are all useless and they wont even hold a candle against those devils? Also, if he isnt making new magic, how are they going to combat the devils? There is so much i want to retort about and why dont they have any confidence in him? His control and reflexes are far above all of them!
Someone, plz do explain this to me
1. He’s practicing, so he’s not going all-out. As such, it’s feasible that if the two exert themselves, they could prevent accidents. They do have their pride, after all. Except, of course, what he did is much more than they expected.
2. Shin’s being polite.
3. It’s to keep the story light-hearted, probably.
And the severity of the situation probably hasn’t truly sunk in.
4. The reason they don’t ‘trust’ him is because he does crazy things sometimes very casually. As such, it gives the impression that he doesn’t know how to do things in moderation. Remember when his gramps tested his magic, and he created explosions and whatnot? That’s why they feel he might go overboard.
And in fact, he did go overboard this time with his magic being stronger than he expected.
Also for comedic purposes.
Is that good enough?
1. If he is praticing, then it wont end up in that situation anyway. He could just contain it himself, not giving his grandparents to react fast enough. Like who could possibly react and control magic better than Shin? Yes, grandpa has more experience, but i feel like science-not knowing when to stop Shin is a bit more proficient.
2. Understandable, tho thats kinda what makes him lightly frustrated at times.
3. Again understandable, but its kinda cheap. They will most likely hit another situation were his friends wont be able to handle the situation and Shin has to go OP mode again. Making them realize once again how powerless they are, but this time. I wonder if the author will make Shin as softheared as before?
4. Thats because they cant comprehend a “genius” + the insane progress in technique and such.
Just an afterthought. Why didnt he do that attack with less magic power? o.0 Like srly, dont we all starts things small, THEN step it up. I guess thats the part they are worrying about.
Plus, let’s not forget that even when holding back, he unleashed a Solar Deathray in the middle of a city, and confirmed that he chose it since it had the least chance of collateral damage.
Guess that is what most of us would have done if we had the knowledge and resources to test out magic. Test out flashy spells. Like who told him that he needed restriction spells useable in populated areas?
Its not that they don’t have confidence in his success. Its that they know whatever he will do has a tendency to be too large scale.
Shin is basically seen as an expert in using dynamite and explosives. No matter how good he is with it. Any non expert would still be worried the fuck out
I wonder if he has any restriction spells? Making a field off air, creating vaccum, reducing the temperature to sub zero, making several barriers around the opponent or maybe using said barrier to smash or pierce the enemy?
well, sorry for my super late comment. but Shin DID start off at a small scale.
he created a small explosion first, then with that small explosion he embedded the directivity to see whether his hypothesis worked.
and when he confirmed it, then there was no reason to brake.
no witnesses except those people close to him, no worries about collateral damage as it originally was a wasteland (and further “modified” personally by Shin for years and years), he got the perfect control over his magic, and, well, if you’re doing a research on topics you deeply interested you don’t want to hold back. it’s natural.
your argument about his friends’ annoying behavior is acceptable, however as Shin’s personality does not let him upset over his friends he can only tsukkomi. he’s too gentle and caring, if that’s what you’re being irritated for. and we can’t do anything about that.
He doesnt need to get upset, he just need to justify his actions. Him refuting back with those kind of words and unsure “aura”, doesnt make him sound reliable at all…
I do understand that being kind and such does help a lot, but you cant deny the fact that sometimes you have to let them know the cold and painful reality – known as truth.
he does not need to sound reliable, he has always been acting reliable when he needed to be. and, since in 15 years he lived without social measures it’s only natural if he got cultural shock, in which he could not refute properly about his slight dissatisfactions. if you study social science you will get what i mean.
and reflecting to the joint practice, every words need to be spouted in the right time. even if he rants like what you want, without the thing called ‘timing’ the effect would be as you feared.
well, the clash vs devils will begin shortly, perhaps we can see a change?
Its like he doesnt learn from his mistakes or maybe he doesnt bother? Would have thought that he had recollected his thoughts and relfected over what he did wrong. Why what he said didnt get through an such.
Btw calling it cultural shock is wrong. Him besting his grandfather in maigc, which is renowned as a Hero, should have given him a slight understanding how irregular he is. Regarding his refuting abilities. Him being a modern man, should have given him some experience. But i cant remember how social he was in his previous life, so im not going to push any further.
first strong impressions will not fade away. that made people have such low confidence in Shin’s “prudence”. even if Shin “tried” to act prudence, his threshold is too high. after all he spent his 15 years only to practice and practice and excercise and excercise. the actual threshold could be controlled, but he himself does not have the gist of how far should he hold back. again, because of his lack of socialization.
no, it is not entirely wrong to call it cultural shock. yes he knows that he may have surpassed Merlin. but that, for Shin himself, is not something to think. Shin places all of his respects, gratitudes, adorations, and all of positive feelings to Merlin. even if he knows he’s better than Merlin in all aspects he will not even think about it. because of this, the only one to show him his absurdity is blacklisted.
even if he has prior memories, with 15 long years of living in solitude, even you will be shocked when you get back to community. added the fact that his gramps actually (albeit unconscious about it) persuaded Shin not to hold back, and having no one to compare, that’s it. the result is our rounds of (un)scientific arguments about Tarzan-like existence
Its more like his character itself makes him less believeable.
Im not talking about him not respecting Merlin. Im talking the fact that Merlin is known as a Hero and have the faith of the population. That should tell him how great Merlin’s prowess in magic is and how good Merlin is compared to the general population.
Would have thought all those experiences should have jump started his previous life common senses, with some tweeks here and there.
that’s why it was a cultural shock, because he could not comprehend how big exactly his grandparents’ real deals. in fact, i’m sure if my own gramps was a hero and being treated highly, i couldn’t comprehend it myself because i don’t know how bad the war was. i could only listen to “i succeeded in the operation to repel those invaders. i lead my men brilliantly and there was only a handful of victims on my side but we managed to drove away those bastards”. hey, tell me, can you understand how much of a big deal it was? because all i could do was to nod. even now.
Thats not a legal excuse anymore after seeing his grandparents being hailed by all of the people in the Capital.
It is for the sake of comedy you know, some people find it funny about expression of worry they have toward Shin. and of course I think it is funny. but if you think it is annoying, than just put up with it
It an on and off feeling.
if you mean about clueless is he know that people around him think that he is eccentric but he still unintentionally do eccentric think, than I think Yes.
I don’t completely like it too… But is because the mages, top mages are children near Magi and Guru, but this two that are in a completely different level said that Shin’s magics are dangerous and on another level till for them, so it’s normal for the normal ones be afraid of Shin’s skills, and they saw he use incomparable magics and say that he was at easy… It isn’t nice but is comprehensible… They trust him, but they don’t trust in themselves near him. He is too OP kkk
“Now, prismatic charges are perfectly safe, their explosion is directed primarily downward through the metal”
And yet somehow we all ducked when he hit the detonator. Get the point?
Well… They shouldnt be so close then. Like i wouldnt want to be remotely close to a nuclear warhead testing site -.-
Or they can tell him to tone it down, which was what they have all been doing all this while.
And I haven’t said this yet but, “you again?”. Seriously? What is with all the carping criticisms on every series you read? While it is not wrong to be a pessimist, can you go easy on inflicting, and yes, it is *inflicting* is the word, your opinion on us? It’s grating on the nerves and makes me want to use a lot less polite language in my replies. And a lot of uncomplimentary names for you.
You might also want to be a lot less negative, might make your life a bit happier. This part is an observation.
They did tell him to tone it down, but not the right way. They werent specific with their requests. They just said he should stop doing those scatchy experiements of his and not take it over the top. Instead, they should have said that he should have started small then step it up.
Tho i do agree some of it is negative, others have done the same as well. The difference is that im stating it plainly as it is, while others twist it a bit to make it seem lighter, like make it a joke or something along the line.
My only fault with those comments are that i may have used some words, which isnt acceptable. Tho my use of them isnt remotely disturbing at all, compared to others and different forums.
Btw, do note that my comments are stritcly aimed towards the story, note those who are translating it, which by opinion are doing a great job. What im doing isnt that different from for example those who hate blonde king from G.o.T. His character was made to be like that, yet people still hate him and say this and that? So why am i not allowed to do the same? If some dislike my comments, then you just need to block me or something. Im not really begging anyone to read them, tho i do ask for opinions at times, but thats just asking not demanding.
You do know that shin himself is the WMD right?
WMD?
Weapon of Mass Destruction…
they act as “brakes” (Physiologically)
Like some others have pointed it out. He never starts of small. Instead of using a small amount of magic, he takes up to the next lvl. Not knowing what the definition of “doing things with moderation” means >.>
if we talk about annoying part, as for me, what annoyed me the most is the part about joint training with 3 people from knight academy trying to be knight for Sicily, I annoyed how Sicily doesnt say from the start that she will beside Shin. I mean why she wait until Shin defeat tiger demon to say that she will be better beside Shin? for dramatic purpose? I just think that annoying. and also about the part that depressed knight apprentice say that “the girl got stolen and he got saved”, I mean something cant be stolen if you dont have it in the first place. the way he said is like she belong to knight apprentice and Shin stole her, and it really, really annoying
i’ts more like
she is neutral. and then goes to shin~
I enjoyed the part when Shin and Sicily crushed their hopes and ambitions. Also, wouldnt it be better to say her opinion after letting them see Shin’s prowers?
that’s may be right, but stolen parts is still annoying..
I think it’s safe to assume grandfather has better control of magic than the MC. He’s old, and he’s been practicing all his life. The MC’s improved effectiveness is all due to his imagination.
Also, a group of magic-users are, in general, more useful than a single magic-user. Especially when they need to encircle and contain something.
thanks for the chapter /o/o/o/
arigatou~!
Hes gonna make nuke magic
pretty sure this one had the power of the original bombs…..
Pretty sure he just made a “Fuel Air Bomb” and some how added the idea of a shaped charge…
Technically, it’s not really a shaped charge, more like a directed energy blast. (directed as in channeled, not laser). Basically he just capped the upward and downward channels of the blast and let it all go out through the front.
basically an kamehameha kkk
i though it’s shockwave?
Shockwaves are a part of nukes, this is the same but without the radiation from the nuke
As a guy who does like/do sciences, you should probably change “molecular sequence” into “molecular structure” since the molecular sequence doesn’t make sense in the context. https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQyRmkT6X62L1j4Ge-LB8MQDnMf2aCfjw8bwcSYmxnZbnW0CH5icw , Image to clarify
Thanks fot the chap !! <3
Bwahahahahahahaha!!! I like this new magic!
Thanks for the chapter (^ • ^)
Ohh wow, Shin just took Explosion Magic to the next level :’>
Thanks for the chapter!
Thanks for the new chapter!
Well done Shin!!!
Deidara and Megumin want to have some friendly chat with you XD
I await the day when he’s able to create a magic fusion reaction.
waiting for volcano, meteor swarm, absolute zero , indignation or altering transcendence magic to create own dimension that resulting “Unlimited Blade Works”
Time to learn nuclear fusion shin!!
Pfft, amateur. at this rate, he may well make antimatter.
Or go full on Jesus Shiba and go straight for mass-energy conversion. 😛
flying spaghetti~
Thank you very much!
Thermobaric weapons? gods have mercy.
“Thermobaric weapons” is one of the cons the media runs on the public. They’re just weapons that use an external source of oxygen, the scare stories that the media slams out are characteristics of ALL explosives. Same as the “teflon copkiller bullets” of the 90s. All flash, no facts and the news lifespan of a goldfish’s attention span.
The same characteristics are present, sure, but to different extents. High Explosives will generally have a smaller, but more intense blast radius, but since it’s good at fragmentation, it’ll also send out lots of shrapnel flying out at high speeds. Fuel-air weapons send out less shrapnel, but the blast radius is large, if less intense. It also burns longer. Also, there is a fundamental difference, if only one; because “an external source of oxygen” happens to be the atmosphere… the vicinity is depleted of oxygen, at least temporarily
TL;DR HE rips more people to shreds, FA burns more people to a crisp.
The “deprived of oxygen” is less than a millisecond. Don’t tell me you can’t hold your breath for 0.1 seconds? That is the con I was telling you. They make it sound like you are deprived of oxygen for minutes when it is way less than a second.
What really kills people is the blast wave. FAE’s have a very, very intense blast “front”. Think of it as a huge “fist” of air hitting you hard, that is what an explosion is. It sometimes vapourizes the bodies. But then 155mm also does that if you are close enough. I know of 2 cases where they simply tossed a shovelful of sand into the casket. FAEs are not unique in that.
Besides, there are also “thermobaric” RPGs usually used by Russia and to the West, anything “Russian” must be evil or has some form of torturing people before killing them because Russians like to see people suffer before they die. Seriously, sometimes the news is so facepalmingly stupid.
“Kaboooooom”
EXPLOSION!!!
Megumin: Welcome to the club!!
I really like this novel but I wish the author would chill with the cringeworthy shin praise. Every chapter the characters act like its scary that hes good at magic or they’re impressed by everything Shin has done is his life. Just wish there was more “showing” than telling. /rant and thanks for the chapter
Oh! Scrotum-sensei was mentioned.
Also he opened his path to explotion.
Thank you
I’m having a hard time telling but does this mean he finally invented nuke launching magic?
Thanks for the chapter AnmesicCat!
Seems plausible enough.
Directed explosions are used in anti-tank RPGs, and are used to make a hole in the armor. Since the formation of the gas was in a cone-like shape, with the directivity made by magic for the the explosion not to go towards the back (where Shin is), you could call this a highly efficient anti-building (not even a wall, kek) RPG.
in he fae series it would be anti-castle
Or it can be used as a barrier-piercing magic if used correctly, by focusing the explosive energy into one point. Same principle.
rather than “or’, it is
Actually… no. It’s not the directed explosion that “kills” tanks. RPGs kill by using what is known as an EFP or “explosive formed penetrator”. The cone that you note is “folded” into a thin metal spear by the explosion and slammed forward at mach speed into the armour. It’s not the explosion that kills, the explosion just “forms” the penetrator rod and slams it into the target.
I didn’t say anything about killing tanks though. I just said “make a hole in the armor”. I know that the cone-shaped explosives are meant to concentrate the explosive power into one spot and make a hole in armor.
*took a quick look at what EFP is*
I see. But there are different type of charges as well
The explosive power doesn’t do anything to the armour at all. The metal slug/spear does. Without the metal, the armour won’t even be scratched. (Ok, that was a bit of an exaggeration, it might be scratched but it won’t even be gorged, you need a physical object for that.
in any case are you strictly speaking about AP ammunition and not HE rounds? AP is meant to ave an inner slug after all.
Yes, HEAT charges ARE EFP rounds. AP rounds are just a solid piece of high density material. Go look up the difference between APDS and HEAT rounds.
I looked around to try finding a simpler source for you, guess wiki was still the simplest. Go to “Shaped Charges” and the section called “Shaped Charge Variants”, you’ll see EFP being mentioned there.
Most people think that HEAT is a thermal or energy effect, it is not, what really “bores” a hole are the high speed metal particles and the “spear” that is formed. Remember, 2 km/s is Mach 6.
No idea why my replies keep being deleted but APDS and HEAT are 2 different things. HEAT *is* EFP, the explosive force doesn’t do much unless you have either vapourised metal or a forged “carrot” projectile formed. This is why the material of the “liner” or cone of a shaped charge is so important, the density of the metal affects the penetration of the round.
Thanks for the chapter!
Thank you for the chapter!
Can you update MG more? Every Saturday is to little. Maybe you could alternate between MG and DD when translating chapters? It’s not fair that DD is getting updated faster than MG. 🙁
DD is a lot easier for me to translate because it’s something I’m familiar with and because it’s my line of work.
In addition, one chapter of MG is equal to about 3 to 5 chapters of DD.
thanks for the chapter
“black god of calamity” incoming
thanks for the chapter~
shin could go for spatial isolation magic then combo it with explosion magic….
isolate the enemy inside of a sphere of condensed gas (using the gas inside) then explode it inside while using directivity to prevent the chaos from going outside.
I HAVE ONE SIMPLE QUESTION FOR YOU ALL. EXPLOSION?!
Now if he were to meet megumin, he would be treated more than a deity…
thank for the update.
What next, Shin? A warp cannon ? (since Nuke is for pussy)
Love u cat
yay! thanks for the new chapter 🙂
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https://web-ace.jp/youngaceup/contents/1000015/
(Don’t know if I’m allowed to post links… if not I’m sorry… m(_ _)m it’s just the hype)
I expected him to go nuclear.
He should make a magic that freeze all liquid in the body,or control the atomic structure of the target so that he can control his enemy
and thus, magic-based nuclear is produced……
I wish he rather do this without anyone watching though Lol. Gotta have thrums cards hidden
arigatou~
i just want to pointed out mistakes made by the author. in order flameable gas to explode it also need oxygen mixture in it and compression also produce heat. thats why explosive on real world mostly in liquid or solid that have oxygen bound in it. i think the author want to replicate hydrogen bomb explosion but got the process wrong
Creating directional explosion from compressing gas without shockwave or any counter force at all if any.
I wonder is it possible at all.
hmmm this is interesting idea. There are both directional explosive and compressing gas explosion but something that big should blow his earsdrum or knock him miles away.
because he’s bad at scince so he did not know proper cause and effect. but if he know later will he be able to cast it again.
Damn Magic is cool.
ALLUHA ACKBAR
i think deidara from naruto reborn
I was expecting Gravity Magic :c
If he can make combustible gas, why not pure uranium?
The science mistake is easy to point out.
Your explosion wouldn’t be bigger just because you compress the gas. It’s still the same amount of energy, it’s just confined into a smaller space. It’s like pushing the flat of your hand against something versus putting the same amount of pressure behind a pin. It’s the same amount of energy, just a more focused application of it. (The sun has more energy than a candle, but guess which one is more likely to set fire to your home.)
The much smaller mistake is that if you can already propel wind or water at high velocities, you don’t need an explosive fuel to propel the air because the other students can already throw wind blades and water blades. It’s the same principle, they’re just throwing highly compressed matter very quickly. If you can already do that, you don’t need to make your own fuel because you basically have telekinetic powers that directly funnels your magic power into kinetic energy.
Likewise, air resistance will basically dissipate your shock wave over long enough distances. A bullet keeps its shape over a distance whereas a wind blade won’t. Both are still affected by air resistance. But the dense metal pellet won’t deform.
Or hell, you have a gate. Just throw your shockwave through a really small and short range gate. Wouldn’t have to be big. Just the size of a pinhole really. Just the fact that you can violate time/space at will is a game changer. So while you’re at it go futz with Einsteinien relativity. See if all that stuff applies in your new universe. Just the fact that you created a stable human-sized wormhole would give our physicists jizz their pants. Because such a thing has not been experimentally proven to exist. So the implications of that alone has enormous scientific value. (Gravity magic? Time magic?)
The third mistake is not scientific at all but philosophical. It’s a mistake to treat magic as something separate from the natural sciences. Because you basically have telekinesis and alchemy powers and those are natural and observable parts of your universe. So the real limitations of magic come in learning the rules of just how far you can bend matter and energy. Why can’t I just compress a person from across the room with my willpower if I can compress air in my hands? If I can just find the energy from somewhere and store it in fuel, then why don’t I just stare at people and set them on fire instead? Why go to the trouble of making fuel?
Obviously that spooky action at distance stuff doesn’t apply, otherwise wizards wouldn’t be limited to projectiles or worry about accuracy to begin with. But it’s still the sort of thing that you should test the boundaries of.
Thanks for the chapter
I doubt you guys still look at the comments and I don’t think this’ll be much help, but I’ll put this out there anyways. Theoretically, we could replicate Shin’s spell in real-life. Containing the reaction with what I’m assuming is hydrogen and oxygen and focusing it in one direction in the form of a beam(like in the anime) would be difficult with the sheer amount of energy. Shin might be able to get it to focus into a single beam by creating some sort of barrier like a barrel. Another way would be similar to the HEAT rounds in real-life, they use a cone and explosives to create a stream of plasma.