'It hurts so much!'
Although Naoki wanted to think that way, strangely, even though he dug a deep trench in the ground with his body, he didn't feel the slightest bit of pain throughout his body, only a slight itch.
Yes, just an itch.
"Eh..."
After crawling out of the trench and dusting himself off, Naoki tugged at his torn clothes: "I really liked this outfit, now it's ruined... Well, compared to clothes, staying alive is the best."
"But it's also strange, after being hit like that, why am I still alive?"
First, he was flung five meters into the air, then pelted with small stones until his entire body was injured, then struck with a blow as strong as a truck, and finally made direct contact with the ground, digging a tunnel.
Under normal circumstances, he should be dead, right?
Moving his arms and legs, then twisting his neck, and feeling his back. There wasn't a single wound on his entire body.
Naoki couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart.
What kind of situation is this?
"ROARRR—!"
The Black Dog's roar came again, its body following the sound and immediately appearing before Naoki, its large mouth full of sharp teeth aimed directly at his head!
From an outsider's perspective, the Black Dog's speed was incredibly fast, almost like teleportation, covering ten meters in the blink of an eye.
"Brother!"
Gray also unconsciously shouted.
Seeing the Black Dog charging straight at him, Naoki immediately wanted to use elemental Magecraft to counter, but in terms of distance, if he used elemental Magecraft, it would already be too late.
'Only able to try using Gandr at full power!'
As that thought emerged, Naoki immediately channeled all his Mana to the tip of his finger.
"Gandr!"
Gandr, no, what came out from the tip of his finger had already surpassed the limits of Gandr. The Mana flow, like a cannon shot, burst forth like a dam breaking, sweeping across the entire road in front of Naoki!
The Black Dog, almost upon him, was immediately swallowed by the Mana cannon blast, flung back along its original path!
Seeing this scene, Naoki's entire body froze in place.
"Huh, what?"
Raising his finger, which still had a bit of Mana left, and looking at the ground in front of him, which looked like a dried-up river, Naoki couldn't help but tilt his head.
Did he do that?
'No! I just wanted to use Gandr! Even though I channeled all my Mana at once, is Gandr really that powerful?! Isn't it a curse-type Magecraft?!'
The effect of Gandr, no matter how strong, at most would only curse the opponent, making their body uncomfortable, like causing sickness, bad luck, and such, with very little physical interference.
But look at this scene in front of me, is this called little physical interference?!
*BANG!*
The ground shook slightly, not far from Naoki's view, the Black Dog that had just been flung back stood up again, but he didn't know if it was because of being hit by Gandr, its body clearly became blurry, even somewhat translucent.
'Was its spiritual core affected by the attack just now, making it hard to maintain its current state?'
This is truly a pleasant surprise.
"Then, let's try a few more Gandrs, this time it should really kill it, right?"
Naoki once again raised his fingers and aimed them at the Black Dog.
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Merlin and Morgan were already like "parents", because this development was unexpected by both of them, so they were so shocked that they didn't notice the popcorn in their hands had fallen.
After finally recovering, Merlin immediately blew hard on the cola bottle.
Patting her chest hard after burping, Merlin said: "That just now... should be Gandr, right? It should be Gandr?"
"From the spell and Mana flow, it was indeed Gandr. But..." Morgan frowned, "That power is truly unheard of, does Gandr have such power?"
"You're asking me, how would I know? I was also shocked when I saw it."
Merlin raised both hands, declaring it wasn't her business.
"But, I think I understand the principle."
"What principle?"
"Naoki's magical attribute is transformation and release, meaning, for Magecraft that doesn't require a complicated process, just needs to change the form of Mana, or Magecraft that just needs to flow, he will find it easier to use and even enhance its effect. Then he also integrated Arthur's spiritual core, he has high-level Mana Burst skill, by combining the two, then..."
The rest of the explanation, Morgan understood.
'So that just now was because of the kid's own talent plus unconsciously using Mana Burst, causing a large amount of Mana to be released directionally?'
"Can the wild hunt win?"
"Anyone knows that's impossible, right? You also saw, the power of Arthur that has been dormant in Naoki's body is slowly awakening, his physical strength has even reached a point where he won't be injured even if hit, the wild hunt can't defeat him at all, plus with... Eh, that abnormal magic cannon."
"Indeed..."
Rubbing her temples, Morgan sighed weakly: "Just that, if rounded off, the testing objective has been achieved. But this way, we can't see how far the kid has grown."
"There are plenty of opportunities, this time failed, there's next time. Besides, he's under my watch, it's very easy to arrange some near-death accidents without him noticing." Merlin smiled contentedly.
Throwing a white glance at her, Morgan stood up from the rooftop edge: "I'm leaving."
"Eh? Not staying a bit longer?"
"The result is already known, what else is there to watch? Oh right, give this to him, it's a gift from the bat named Zepia, a duplicate Logos React, just like the fool in that girl's cage."
Catching the gift box thrown by Morgan, Merlin asked: "Why don't you give it to him yourself?"
"It's not yet time for me to meet that kid again, the meeting between 'Arthur' and 'Morgan' can't be done casually, we need to prepare thoroughly."
"Oh, I see. You mean you're not comfortable meeting him with a plain face, so you need to dress up first, right? Hmm, indeed, your plain face really makes people unable to see—"
"Go die."
Morgan immediately kicked Merlin off the rooftop edge.