My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 28
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Episode 28
[Ingrid Yggdrasil]
*Race: Undead
*Classification: Revived One
*Grade: D+
Strength: 51 / Agility: 75 / Stamina: 43 / Endurance: 35 / Mana: 5780
*Skills
―Eclipse[SSS]
―Life Drain[C]
―Army of the Undead[D]
―Ice Bolt[E]
―Flame Beat[E]
An SSS-grade skill identical to Sir Isra’s swordsmanship.
Wow.
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
The story about being the strongest witch. I believed it all along!
【Thank you. Thanks to Master, I’ve obtained a new body.】
Unlike someone else, she’s quite polite too.
A certain dead person was harshly criticizing it as a useless body.
【I’m on the side of truth.】
“Sorry for giving you such a trashy body.”
【Oh my. Someone who claims to follow chivalry disparaged the body Master bestowed?】
【Gah!】
They’re already having a war of nerves.
It’s fortunate that Sir Isra is in Death Space.
If I had brought him out, the atmosphere would have been ready for a fight to the death.
【Oh right. My ability will also transfer to Master.】
With Sir Isra, I gained Heavenly Martial Body.
I wonder what ability the strongest witch will pass on to me.
[Ingrid Yggdrasil’s talent is now applied to the user.]
[Master of Magic skill has been registered.]
This time it will pass without any trouble…
“Aaaaaaahhh!!”
…like hell it would.
With one hand, I grabbed my head.
With the other hand, I clutched my chest.
It felt like thousands of needles were piercing my brain and heart.
“Ack. Urk. Gah.”
Tears welled up and I couldn’t breathe.
But still.
This time I won’t faint.
I’m going to endure it!!!
“Huff. Huff.”
Ugh.
I feel like throwing up.
I barely held back the nausea since I was in front of my minions.
【Master. Are you alright?】
【Tsk. A subordinate harming their lord.】
【It’s all for Master’s sake.】
Sir Isra.
Acting all innocent when it comes to Heavenly Martial Body.
I didn’t argue further.
Still, he’s my first subordinate, so I should let him save some face.
What’s important is the performance of the skill I gained by enduring tremendous pain.
[Master of Magic]
Classification: Magical Studies
Grade: SSS
Type: Passive
A constitution that dominates all elemental magic. You can learn all skills within the elemental magic category.
*Magic-type skill proficiency increased by 300%.
*Mana stat increases are applied at double rate.
Options that left my jaw dropping.
Isn’t this exactly what the magic version of Heavenly Martial Body would be like?
【Hoho. As expected of Master. My abilities have been magnificently inherited.】
Ingrid seemed satisfied as she clicked her jawbone.
Sir Isra let out a groan.
He looked quite flustered.
【Mage. Your claims of being the strongest weren’t entirely bluster after all.】
【Blockhead. So you do have some discernment?】
【Gaaaah!】
While the two undead bickered.
I read through the description of my newly acquired skill several times.
Master of Magic.
With this skill.
I can learn and use the four elemental magics without any penalties.
Thanks to Master of Magic, I’ve essentially become a dual class.
With Heavenly Martial Body added, would that make it triple?
However, I still need to learn magic itself using Skill Books.
Raising proficiency in multiple elemental magics simultaneously won’t be easy either.
Mages who can handle three or more elements receive precious treatment.
But at the same time, they’re also evaluated as being difficult to ‘achieve greatness.’
Three elements are already difficult, but quadruple elements.
I’ll probably need to focus and concentrate.
【Master has Ingrid.】
No.
I had an excellent magic teacher.
【Even if I can’t directly teach you magic, I have knowledge and experience.】
Learn magic through Skill Books.
But she would guide me in application methods.
Even with the same skill.
Power and utility vary drastically depending on proficiency differences.
With the Master of Magic buff’s 300% proficiency increase effect.
Plus having an excellent teacher.
Wouldn’t my magic skills improve quickly too?
【Wait your turn, Mage.】
【What order?】
【I am Lord’s first teacher.】
【Wow. Are you really a knight? Are you encouraging Master to personally wield a sword and fight monsters?】
【I, I didn’t mean it that way.】
【That’s really too much. Master, don’t trust this blockhead, just trust Ingrid.】
【Grrrrrr!!】
Why can’t he just say he’s doing sword training to strengthen his minion combat power?
He’s no match in verbal sparring.
Sir Isra, caught up in Ingrid’s pace, could only fume.
To change the subject, and because I was actually curious, I asked a question.
“What kind of skill is Eclipse?”
【Hoho. It’s a unique ability that only the Eclipse Witch can use.】
[Eclipse]
Grade: SSS
Classification: Active
Restriction: Eclipse Witch
You can suppress the repulsive force that occurs between different attribute magics and combine them to modify them in the desired way.
The manifested form varies depending on the nature of the spell.
Transformation Techniques
―Release: A technique that expands the range of magic.
―Compress: A technique that limits the magic range to maximize power.
―Shatter: A technique that reconstructs into penetrating form.
―Defend: A technique that twists properties into barrier form.
―Extreme: A technique that maximizes attribute repulsion to increase destructive power.
Eclipse is magic that’s premised on fusing multiple spells, not for solo use.
【The applications are endless.】
You can mix wind with flames to expand the striking range.
You can also make opposing attributes clash to create explosions.
【But Mage.】
【Hey. Blockhead.】
【You’ve only learned three spells so far, haven’t you?】
【Uh.】
【Then it’s completely useless.】
Sir Isra.
Where did that Chivalry you usually talk about so proudly go?
His triumphant mood came through clearly in his telepathy.
【Two is enough.】
【What?】
【You’ll see when we’re in actual combat.】
A fierce war of words between the Continental Greatest Sword and the strongest witch.
Why is the embarrassment my share to bear?
【Sir. Since it’s come to this, how about we tackle a Gate?】
His intentions seem quite impure.
“Well, let’s do that.”
I didn’t refuse.
I was curious too.
The second Otherworldly Soul I acquired.
To gauge Ingrid’s abilities, nothing beats actual combat.
【Blockhead. You’d better watch carefully.】
Ingrid answered confidently.
* * *
Using public transportation.
After about 40 minutes, the Gate I had set as our destination came into view.
[Slime Cave]
Grade: D
Entry Restriction: D-rank and below (20)
A Fixed-Type Gate like the Domain of Challenge.
It’s a stable Gate where breaks don’t occur.
【It seems quite a lot of Hunters come and go here.】
“It’s popular with Mages.”
Their magic resistance is pathetic.
They move slowly, making solo hunting easy.
According to Hunter Net, there are no clear rewards, but it’s popular because it provides stable income.
【Easy enemies indeed.】
“But they say it’s a nightmare for warrior-type Hunters.”
Bodies made of mucus.
Physical resistance is standard.
They’re acidic, so weapon durability gets rapidly worn down.
It’s the perfect stage to check Ingrid’s skills.
【Hoho. You won’t be disappointed.】
When we entered the Gate.
Mage Hunters were hunting Slimes.
“Wind Cutter!”
Swoosh—.
The wind blade cut through the mucus by just under half.
The Slime’s body remained split open without immediately recovering.
Using Wind Cutter consecutively, the core split in half with a crack—.
The other Mages were the same.
Someone used Flame Beat.
Another Mage seared the mucus with lightning.
Among them, the one with the strongest firepower was.
“Fireball!”
It was the same skill the Orc Mage had used.
The Slime swallowed by the flame explosion burst into pieces with a bang.
Come to think of it, I still haven’t disposed of the Fireball.
There’s also Master of Magic.
Should I use them?
【Wouldn’t it be better to train in Swordsmanship first?】
“I can still learn them though.”
【Isn’t securing funds important too?】
Your thinking is too obvious.
“Tsk.”
We were chatting when one slime noticed us.
Liquid rippling like pudding.
From a distance, it looks quite cute.
If you dip your body in that liquid, only bones would remain within 5 minutes though.
【Don’t interfere, blockhead.】
Ingrid extended her skeletal arm.
An ominous light flashed from the Black Orb in her hand.
[Flame Beat]
A small spark flew in a parabolic arc.
Huh?
A parabolic arc?
The fireball that flew at a 45-degree angle penetrated the viscous liquid.
It burst the Slime Core nestled inside.
“One hit? With Flame Beat?”
“It flew in a curve though.”
“Is that really Flame Beat?”
The gazes of the mages hunting slimes focused on Ingrid.
Hmm.
I don’t know about this either.
Flame Beat is a skill that flies in a straight line, but it’s strange that it drew a parabolic arc at a 45-degree angle.
She even accurately hit the moving slime.
【It’s nothing special.】
So.
Won’t you explain it to me?
【I just tweaked the Form Transformation and trajectory a little.】
She modified the skill on the spot?
It’s not impossible.
When skill proficiency reaches 100%.
I heard that while maintaining the basic framework, adjustments according to the user’s will become possible.
Still though.
Changing a straight-flying projectile to a Curved Shot.
And even maintaining enough precision to hit a moving enemy.
I understood why those mages were surprised.
“But why did you use a Curved Shot?”
【The viscous liquid was shallow around the crown area.】
She identified the weak point after just one look.
Amazing.
If Sir Isra’s combat is a work of art.
Ingrid’s magic was like a neatly organized mathematical formula.
【I can do that much anytime as well.】
“Rest a bit since you’re damaging your blade.”
Repairs are my responsibility, you know?
Who are you trying to make suffer by going on about using slimes or not?
It was Sir who wanted to see Ingrid’s skills.
Just watch quietly from Death Space.
[Ice Bolt]
The ice fragment wrapped in cold air also drew a curve.
Pop— It burst the slime in one shot.
“The Skeleton Mage’s magic proficiency shouldn’t be that high.”
At the time of creation, it was in the 10% range.
It’s not like she uses Stellar Seasonal Technique like Sir Isra either.
But why does each magic spell produce power at the level of 100% proficiency?
【I told you, didn’t I? I was the Eclipse Witch.】
A being who inherits the knowledge and mana of the Previous Witches.
When Ingrid met her death.
That immense mana was no longer hers.
【The knowledge and experience remain though.】
[Flame Beat]
―Proficiency: 100%
[Ice Bolt]
―Proficiency: 100%
Proficiency that had changed to maximum.
Then.
If it’s the four elements, does any magic receive the highest bonus?
【Only for spells I remember.】
Ingrid, who added the remark that it would be difficult to find skills she doesn’t know, used Flame Beat once more.
Even with the same spell.
These are slimes that Mage Hunters would barely kill after shooting two or three times.
But Ingrid easily burst the slime.
Already ten magic stones have come out.
While enjoying the mages’ bewildered gazes.
“Oops. I need to pick up the magic stones.”
I hurriedly bent my waist.
【You blockhead. Master is bending his waist and you’re just watching?】
【It was Lord who told me not to interfere.】
【That’s why you get called an iron-head for having no flexibility.】
Listening to their bickering with one ear and letting it pass through the other.
Just as I was finishing collecting all the magic stones.
“Ah, it’s a waaave!!!”
Someone in the distance screamed while running toward the Gate entrance.
A massive wave following behind the Hunter.
It was Slimes.
At least dozens of them by the looks of it.
They came rushing forward, tangled together as if they were one body.
“What bad luck. A Slime wave of all things.”
“If we wait a bit, it’ll disperse.”
“Still, we’ll have to give up on today’s hunt.”
Their slow speed.
Avoiding them wasn’t a problem.
The Hunters left the Gate with expressions that said the day was over.
It’s disappointing, but there’s nothing we can do.
I should be satisfied with confirming Ingrid’s abilities.
“Should we go too?”
【Please wait a moment, Master.】
But it seems Ingrid wasn’t satisfied.
Does she still have something left to show me?
[Unique Technique ― Eclipse]
Wooooong!
A magic circle formed in front of the Black Orb.
Above the formation filled with ominous darkness, red orbs and blue fragments began forming one by one.
When their number exceeded ten.
【I’ll show you something interesting.】
Ingrid released the mana she had been restraining.
Kwaaaaang!
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