Black Iron Magician

I guess I will do it as usual. I have to anyway.

Chapter 324 The Merciless Scrap Yard

When we arrived at the scrap yard, I felt slight dizziness. There are huge piles of iron scraps that I don’t know what was their use. This is not an amount that can be processed by two people, right? I want to ask Zex that question. The scale is so big that you need bulldozers or dump trucks instead of combat golems. It’s clear that the number of people assigned here is wrong.

In addition, there are a lot of monsters roaming around here. Why the hell did you neglect it until this happened? Don’t say that you did it on purpose for today’s sake. Look, that slime-like monster entered the frame of a broken robot and assembled the scrap irons. There are also golems that look like they are running amok, and it’s hard to tell if they are garbage or monsters. It’s really unexpected to encounter such pandemonium.

「Darkness Magic Level 1! Dark Enchant!」

「What are its characteristics?」

「By giving the dark attribute to a weapon or a part of your body, you can effectively strike enemies that are resistant to blows and slashes! Also, if you give it to the armor, it will reduce the damage from the enemy’s dark magic attack! Maybe!」

「I’m sure you’re the only magician who would normally use it on your own body. Correct.」

「Then, I’ll use it on the Doggan Staff.」

That’s not the problem, though…. Haru applied Dark Enchant on the edge of the blade of the Doggan Staff, and she split the robot-like enemy in half from the side. I don’t have a weapon, so I have no choice but to imitate Haru and apply it to my right foot. The upper body of the robot that Haru cut off flew at me, and I intercepted it by knocking it down. Oh, it was crushed rather easily. It’s pretty good.

「Shishō, you’re using it too~」

「Why do you look happy…. Look, there are a lot of targets. There’s no time to rest. Next!」

「Darkness Magic Level 10! Kellow Cry! The part it touches somehow rotted!」

「Haru, isn’t the explanation sloppier than before?」

Haru used Kellow Cry to oxidize the iron and forcibly reduced its durability. Then, she sent a merciless blow. Next, Haru created a poisonous swamp with her level 20 Advaal and kicked the monster headfirst into the ground.

The level 30 Vitoll, which turns corpses into zombies, can be used on slimes for ranged attacks against groups. Haru picked up the scraps collected by the zombie slime and threw them along with the slime. Then, they exploded like a bomb. Hmm, completely no mercy.

「Darkness Magic Level 40! Death Diese! It’s a blend of the wide-range black smoke Diesefilt with a deadly poison! This time, I will use my original blend!」

「You’re saying it as if you’re going to blend a coffee, huh. However, poison doesn’t seem to be effective against the monsters here. How are you going to blend it?」

「I’ll imagine a strong acid that will affect them physically!」

…… It’s going to affect me too, right? It won’t be a problem for Haru because she’s the user, but it will be a big problem for me, right?

「Haru, are you considering that I’m next to you?」

「I believe that Shishō will be fine!」

The next moment, the whole area of my vision was dyed black. I immediately created a thin barrier around my body to protect myself from the strong acid. Radiant Magic level 70, Excious. If I use this, most abnormal conditions will disappear the moment it touched. At the same time, I put up Hard Reflect that Chinatsu often uses, so it’s also perfect physically. Perhaps the monsters are suffering on my behalf, I can hear them falling inside the darkness. Yeah, there’s really no mercy.

「Ah, you always use Graviton, so let’s skip that one.」

「No way~」

Don’t complain. I mean, you’ve been using it on your fists and Doggan Staff on a daily basis. You’re already good at it.

「Muu, it’ can’t be helped. Then, I’ll use the next one. Darkness Magic level 60! Tiny Hole! It generates a small-sized black hole!」

「I’d appreciate it if you could get rid of this black smoke for starters. We can’t see anything thanks to this.」

「I think we can manage somehow if we feel it with all senses other than sight!」

「Even if it’s okay for you, it’s not okay for me, who’s constantly exposed to this strong acid.」

「Ah, that’s right. I’ll retrieve it.」

The black hole that was created just above Haru’s palm sucked in a huge amount of black smoke. When I could finally see the surroundings, there were many heaps of corpses all around, and it has turned into a gruesome hell.

「Shishō, if I hit the enemy with this black hole….」

「It’s going to be brutal. If possible, I’d rather not do that on humans.」

「Then, I’ll try it on a corpse!」

Haru found a suitable golem that has fallen nearby and hit it with the black hole without hesitation. With a creaking sound, the golem’s body was folded and it was sucked into the small black sphere. If it were a living creature, it would have died while scattering fresh blood. It was truly terrifying.

「…… Shishō, isn’t this suitable for cleaning!?」

「How much magic power are you going to use to deal with one body? It’s more efficient to use the slime to gather the scraps and throw them into the incinerator.」

「I see, that’s right.」

As soon as she was done, Haru crushed the black hole in her palm.

「Still, the area around here has been cleaned considerably. Let’s go a little further――」

When I tried to move forward, the ceiling of the scrap yard suddenly opened, and a large amount of scrap iron was dropped from there. Moreover, it’s right above us.

「Tou, hou, hah!」

Haru, who stabbed her Doggan Staff into the ground, drew a circle with her arms and she’s repelling the dropped objects. Next to her, I reflexively created a Tiny Hole that’s slightly large in size to suck the dropped objects so that they don’t fall on me.

「Shishō, didn’t you tell me that that’s inefficient!?」

「It can’t be helped if they are the ones coming this way. Besides, if you use it in a fixed position and don’t move the generating point, it will consume less magic power. If you get used to it, even generating a black hole of this size will consume less magic power than the one you created a while ago.」

「I see!」

If I had to say, I can’t do the special defense method that Haru is doing now as if she has mastered martial arts. The dropped objects, regardless of size, are blown away with tremendous force the moment they touch Haru’s arm. In the end, Haru was able to deal with the dropped objects without any scratches on her arms.

「You know, you really did something ridiculous there….」

「Is that so? It’s the foundation of karate, so even Touko-chan can do it, you know? Rather than that, the example of Tiny Hole that Shishō showed earlier is more amazing!」

Haru pulled out her Doggan Staff and said so with an honest smile. I can declare that there’s no lie in her smile. Setting my magic aside, was that technique a basic technique of a karate girl? If that’s true, then the Japanese karate world is scary.

「I could use the Doggan Staff to repel them, but I think that I couldn’t control the place where they would fly.」

「You properly threw them right near the line to the incinerator, huh. Alright, good job.」

「Ehehe.」

After stroking Haru’s head for a while, it’s finally the higher level of Darkness Magic. Now Haru is going to clean up using the magic that she rarely uses.

「Darkness Magic level 70―― err… *glance*」

「It’s Dark Cross, okay? Dark Cross.」

It seems that she is still not good with the magic that has bad utility, and has not fully remembered it.