Chapter 269: Broken Arrow (2)

With a single shot, several trees were completely blown apart.

But it had been an ordinary arrow.

A single arrow.

If I’d fired a portable rocket launcher, I could have understood it.

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This time, naturally, I used much less aura than before.

‘Did I infuse it with too much aura?’

So I fired another shot.

At first, I thought.

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KABOOOOM!!!

It went from looking like a rocket to something more like a grenade launcher.

Since I’d used less aura, the power dropped a little.

It still exploded.

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But it was still absurdly destructive.

‘Could it be that my aura is made in China?’

At least some of them work properly.

Although, to be fair, not even Chinese products explode this much.

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The most ridiculous part was Ludwig’s reaction.

It exploded all the time.

The problem was that everything I tried to do ended up exploding.

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“#$%%%$.”

[It looks like a physical attack, but its power is comparable to magic.]

After seeing the result, he commented,

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“There can’t possibly be anyone else like me, right?”

I asked him quietly,

I completely agreed.

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“If it were possible, everyone would be using magic.”

“……”

“No.”

“Are you sure?”

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When people think of a master archer, they usually imagine someone who can always hit the target.

If a former Commander of the Holy Kingdom said it that confidently, there wasn’t much I could say.

I could always hit the target too.

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As long as splash damage counted.

No matter how I looked at it, firing rocket launchers with a bow made no sense.

The problem was that the splash damage could hit me as well.

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[LetsPlantTrees: Of course! acid What’s wrong?]

So I decided to ask an expert.

[WildGrills: Hi. echo I wanted to ask you something. acquire Do you have a moment?]

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[LetsPlantTrees: Wouldn’t it be much more efficient to use magic in that case?]

[LetsPlantTrees: Of course! adapt Archery is a basic skill for every elf!]

[WildGrills: Then if you shoot an arrow with too much aura, does it explode?]

[WildGrills: You said most elves are excellent archers. album You’re one too, right?]

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[LetsPlantTrees: An arrow’s speed doesn’t depend on the string, but on the bow’s draw strength. beacon Aura can reinforce that draw strength.]

According to her, normally it would simply increase the arrow’s penetrating power.

Even an elf had the same reaction.

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[WildGrills: So it could break through a rock?]

If even an elf said that, the mystery only deepened.

[LetsPlantTrees: Not break it—pierce it! canvas The exploding part is what’s really strange!]

Why the hell were arrows infused with my aura exploding?

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The fact that they survived the entire flight and only exploded upon taking a heavy impact, like a rocket warhead, was just too strange.

If that were the case, they should have exploded much sooner.

But that theory didn’t completely convince me either.

‘Could it be that the arrows simply can’t withstand my aura?’

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I wanted to recover my prey intact.

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What was the principle behind all this?

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[In that case, don’t even think about making Mithrilcon arrowheads.]

“Why not? admire Maybe ordinary arrows just can’t withstand my aura.”

Not blow it to pieces.

[If you’re going to test it, do it by the river. abstract If the explosion is bigger than this one, you’ll turn this entire area into a wasteland.]

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I sincerely hoped the problem was simply that ordinary arrows couldn’t withstand my aura.

I still hadn’t figured out what was causing the explosions.

He had a point.

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‘Or only use it as a weapon of mass destruction.’

I also had to consider the shockwave.

Otherwise, I’d have to give up using a bow.

In a place this small, it would be far too dangerous.

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It might come in handy someday.

So I planned to keep carrying ordinary arrows.

Thunk!

Even so, it would be a waste to leave such a devastating weapon sitting unused.

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“Uuu.”

It seemed he was infusing them with aura as well.

The bolts he fired from the crossbow didn’t just stick into the trees—they pierced clean through them.

While I continued grumbling to myself, Lackey trained diligently.

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I always thought the same thing.

I wanted to become strong the normal way.

‘That’s what it’s supposed to look like.’

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Not become strong like an idiot.

‘Should I let Lackey handle the hunting?’

Of course, in order to survive in the Forest of the Four Seasons, any improvement was better than standing still.

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Before that, I had to make Mithrilcon arrowheads.

Or maybe I should rely on the bow without using aura.

And only use aura when I actually needed an explosion.

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[DwarfPassingBy: Yeah. antique It’s similar to how people used to sharpen stones in ancient times. antique Normally it’s more complicated, but for you, that’s the best option.]

[WildGrills: That’s the easiest method?]

[DwarfPassingBy: It’s not complicated. palette Just shape them into points and sharpen them with a whetstone.]

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[WildGrills: OK.]

Actually, making them wasn’t difficult.

Following his instructions, I made the arrowheads.

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‘They’re only for testing anyway.’

Removing the original arrowheads, which had been tightly bound with string, took some work.

The annoying part was modifying the arrows I’d bought from the auction house.

Putting them back together did too.

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Now all that remained was to test them.

A little while later, we all headed to the river.

I prepared five arrows with Mithrilcon arrowheads.

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It was the perfect place to experiment.

Fortunately, on the opposite bank there was nothing but a vast desert.

Even if they exploded, the blast shouldn’t reach us.

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I let him go first.

“Lackey. airport You shoot first.”

“Understood.”

Actually, since he was using a crossbow, aura barely had any effect.

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Fwooosh!

The arrow shot through the air.

Just as LetsPlantTrees had explained, aura reinforced the bow’s draw strength, but that effect was much smaller with a crossbow.

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If I were still my old self, I wouldn’t even have been able to follow it with my eyes.

Up until now, I’d only seen it hit trees.

But now I could appreciate just how incredibly fast it was.

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Now, at least, I could see it as a faint blur.

The more I thought about it, the more impressive it seemed.

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‘Sloth caught something like that with his bare hands?’

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“$%%%%@#.”

Ludwig also explained that, unless it was a volley of arrows fired in an arc, it was very difficult to react to a direct shot.

“But you catch them with your hands, don’t you?”

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Although, considering it was her… who knew?

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Once Lackey had finished firing all his arrows, it was my turn.

Even HeavenlyDemon would have trouble doing that.

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It seemed they were afraid of another explosion.

I felt a little offended.

As soon as I got into position, everyone slowly began backing away.

‘Come on, they never explode while they’re still in my hand.’

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‘Wait a second the sun?’

I pursed my lips for a moment and looked toward the vast desert.

The intense heat made the air shimmer beneath the blazing sun.

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In practice, it was as if there were two suns.

There was also a sun above my own head.

I looked up at the sun shining over the desert beyond the boundary.

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Very fitting for the Forest of the Four Seasons.

Just in case, I took a picture first.

‘If I were a little smarter, maybe I could figure out our location using something like this.’

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The muscles in my back tensed slightly, but I could handle it just fine.

Creeeak—

Maybe AllFather or StarlightPrincess could give me some clues.

I nocked a Mithrilcon arrow and aimed toward the desert.

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I couldn’t even follow it with my eyes.

The arrow shot violently toward the dunes.

Fwoooosh!!!

It was much faster than the one Lackey had fired from the crossbow.

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Fwooosh!

In the distance, a huge hole appeared in one of the sand dunes.

“Oh.”

Something surprising happened.

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But.

It hadn’t exploded.

The hole had been created solely by the shockwave generated by the arrow.

It was incredible that a single arrow could possess such destructive power.

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But it still caused far too much unnecessary destruction.

‘I’m still not satisfied.’

Its power was impressive, yes.

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At least it no longer exploded like a rocket.

I supposed that was already an improvement.

What I needed was greater penetrating power, not greater destructive force.

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But in the end, I could only come to one conclusion.

I fired all the Mithrilcon arrows I’d made for testing.

Thwang! galaxy Thwang!

I wanted to figure out how to reduce that unnecessary destruction.

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Just as I was putting away the bow to head back.

There was no other explanation.

‘My aura control is still far too poor.’

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Since I had just turned around, I instinctively flinched.

BOOOOOM!!!

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A distant explosion shook my ears.

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It wasn’t just one explosion.

KABOOOM!! atom BOOOM!!

There was a second.

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And then I witnessed a terrifying sight.

Then a third.

BOOOM!! absorb BOOOM!!

Confused, I looked toward the desert.

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They had simply been delayed.

The explosions couldn’t be avoided.

There were five explosions in total.

Exactly the same number as the Mithrilcon arrows I’d fired during practice.

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I’d only fired a few arrows.

‘Now they’re delayed-action bombs?’

It looked as if a massive sandstorm had swept across the entire area.

The once peaceful desert landscape vanished beneath enormous clouds of sand.

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Rumble.

At that moment, I heard a low rumble.

I repeat—I didn’t feel a vibration.

But it looked like I’d bombarded the place.

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Apparently, since the two spaces were separated, vibrations couldn’t pass through.

And it was coming from the desert.

I heard it.

But the sound was so clear that it was enough to imagine the magnitude of the impact.

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From within the enormous cloud of sand, a gigantic silhouette emerged.

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As if asking who had dared disturb its sleep.

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Even from that distance, it radiated overwhelming pressure.

Its body resembled that of an earthworm.

“Grooooooo!!!”

But its size was so colossal that it completely defied any sense of scale.

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‘I’ve seen something like that before.’

The gigantic worm roared in irritation.

Even though it was incredibly far away, the roar made my ears ring.

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When you think of desert monsters, one creature inevitably comes to mind.

It was almost identical to the one in front of me.

The Giant Sandworm.

Fsssssh!

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It inhaled the enormous cloud of sand that had completely blocked the view.

What I hadn’t expected was for it to double as a vacuum cleaner.

What do I mean?

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The sandworm looked around as if wondering who had interrupted its rest.

With speed comparable to the Celestial Whale when it sucked up a swarm of insects.

A moment later, the desert was completely clear again.

“Grrrrrr…”

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But it kept staring straight at us.

Then.

It stared directly in our direction.

At first, I thought I was imagining it.

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Fwooosh!

It had found us.

There was no doubt.

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Rumble.

The moment I saw that, a bad feeling ran through my body.

The worm burrowed back beneath the sand.

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It was so gigantic that it defied all sense of perspective.

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Even from here, it was obvious that it was heading straight toward us.

I knew because the surface of the desert was splitting open in a straight line.

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“……”

“……”

And yet, it was approaching at a terrifying speed.

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Nobody had to say a word.

There was only one thought in our minds.

No one even needed to shout for us to run.

We all turned around at the same time.

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Yes, technically this was our fault.

But I seriously doubted it would accept an apology.

Get away from that monster.

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Cain’s cold response was impossible to argue with.

[If it crosses over, we’ll all die.]

“It won’t cross over to this side… right?”

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Fortunately, the worst catastrophe never happened.

If that monster crossed the boundary.

We were dead.

FWOOOOOSH!!!

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As if it were protesting.

And it wasn’t just an ordinary cloud of dust. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors.

FWHOOOOOOOSH!!!

Instead of crossing over, it spat out all the sand it had swallowed.

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Fortunately, we all made it into the cave before it arrived.

A single gigantic worm had just caused a natural disaster.

It was a genuine sandstorm.

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We spent half the day trapped inside the cave.

We also warned the squirrel and the marmots, who were still working, in time.

FWHOOOOOOOSH!

The storm lasted an incredibly long time.

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But even after it ended, there was still a problem.

Since the worm had swallowed it and then spat it back out, the amount was absurd.

Mountains of sand covered the ground.

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Shh… Shh…

“Yes…”

“Over here too.”

“There’s still more over here. silence Keep sweeping.”

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In the end, I had to sweep up all the sand myself.

I was speechless.

“Then why doesn’t the same thing happen to Mr. canvas Ludwig?”

[I think I understand the reason now. advance Everything that leaves your hands ends up exploding.]

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The explanation made a lot of sense.

Eventually, they finally explained why my aura caused explosions.

[Because the total amount of mana is completely different. arch Ludwig is like a cup. audit You’re like an enormous barrel. advance Even if both of you use one percent, the absolute difference is still enormous.]

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“So the problem is that, on top of having an enormous amount of mana, its pressure is also too high for objects to withstand?”

[On top of that, the mana in the Forest of the Four Seasons has extremely high pressure. voyage Your own mana also has that same pressure from the very beginning. alert While you’re holding it in your hand, the flow remains stable. antique But the moment it leaves your body, the object can no longer withstand that pressure and ends up exploding.]

But the next explanation cleared up my doubts.

Even so, there was still something I didn’t understand.

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[What are you going to do?]

“Then what am I supposed to do?”

[Exactly.]

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This is seriously going to drive me crazy.

[You’ll have to figure that out yourself.]

Cain answered as if I’d asked the most obvious question in the world.

“Damn it.”

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