Get off work and become a magical girl

Chapter 211 Together

"Transformed, you can continue."

As if seeing Xia Liang's hesitation at that moment, Mimosa did not take any further action after the transformation. She just held her wand behind her back and announced to Xia Liang very calmly.

Xia Liang didn't say anything else, but waved the wand in his hand and tentatively shot a few beams of magic power forward.

As the most basic means of attack for magical girls, the magic beam is powerful but does not take up too much of the mind, making it the best means of testing.

She did not use any spells or magic equipment right away - this would certainly allow her to test the opponent's strength more quickly, but it would not be conducive to either side showing off their own methods.

The nature of this battle is ultimately a competition, and there is no need to use extreme means. Winning or losing is certainly meaningful, but leaving room for both sides to perform is more in line with the essence of a "competition."

So, for the simplest magic beam, what means will the other party use to deal with it? After activating the magic beam, Xia Liang cast his sights on Mimosa with this in mind.

According to her assumption, in response to such a simple attack, most people would just rely on their reaction speed to dodge, or open a barrier to block it. The more skilled and courageous might be able to use their own magic beams to counteract it... And no matter how they responded, Xia Liang had already prepared a way to counterattack. As long as the opponent made a move, she could always use the plan she had thought of beforehand...

Unfortunately, when Mimosa showed its methods, Xia Liang realized that these plans probably wouldn't be useful.

She saw a scene that was quite unforgettable for her.

How to describe to others what I saw at that moment in the future? It seems that even this has become a problem.

Because from her perspective, she could see very clearly that her own magic beam seemed to be "crushed" by some completely invisible force.

First of all, it should be made clear that magic beam, as one of the most basic means of attack of magical girls, is one of the four basic abilities that magical girls possess since the species level, and is an extended technique of "magic release".

Flying, strengthening, releasing magic power and sensing magic power. These four abilities are the basic skills of every magical girl.

No matter what stage of development one is in, the abilities that one possesses from the beginning are the most frequently used, and a series of usage techniques will be derived on this basis.

This technique is not a procedure.

Still using the human body as an analogy, if the art is a systematic fighting technique - such as how to attack, how to exert force, how to strike vital points. Then the technique of using this basic ability is "how to walk".

Yes, walking.

For humans, walking is an ability that most people must master in their acquired learning, and it is even a high priority. And this ability will eventually become an instinct, so that there is no need to think about how to walk.

The same is true for the four basic abilities of magical girls. After initial learning and mastering, they will become as simple as breathing, and no extra thinking is required before using them.

When ordinary people walk, they don't think about how to stretch their legs, how to tighten their muscles, how to make the entire sole of the foot touch the ground, and how to switch between the support phase and the swing phase. Most of the time, walking stops at the point of "just enough", and as long as they can walk normally, most people don't worry about how to complete this task.

So, is there a relatively better solution for the human body when it comes to walking?
The answer is yes.

The wooden horse step, duck step, inward and outward feet, joint valgus... a large number of incorrect gaits just show that many people actually do not know how to walk correctly.

However, whether the gait is correct or incorrect, the impact on the human body is not too serious. After all, the shape of the human body is relatively fixed.

The body shape is fixed, so the movements when using this body shape naturally cannot deviate too much. For ordinary people, gait errors may only make the walking posture less beautiful, but in the long run, it may affect the shape of muscles and joints.

But mistakes in magic techniques are much more serious for magical girls.

Compared to the human body, the true nature of a magical girl is actually more malleable, which means that many times, when a magical girl uses magic, there is actually no overly conventional process.

When humans walk, the muscle groups and joints that work together are fixed after all. No matter what, walking is destined to be the result of the joint action of these body organs. No matter how outrageous the posture is, most people still walk on the ground with two legs.

But this isn't actually the case when magical girls use magic.

There are actually not many fixed links in the entire process of how the magic power generated from the magic source passes through the true form, how it reaches the outside world, and how it acts on reality.

This also results in the way magical girls use their magic being far more different than the gait of humans.

Let a person stand upside down and walk on two fingers, walk on his buttocks while sitting, walk on his elbows while half lying on the ground, or even cut open his belly and let his internal organs walk... Such incredible things are impossible to happen on the human body.

But the difference in the way magical girls use magic can be so huge.

On this basis, there is no optimal solution for "how to use magic power" according to the different fighting styles and true natures of magical girls. Often, there may be a strange phenomenon that "this person is walking with two fingers but is faster than others, but when he stands up and walks normally, he is just ordinary."

Under the above premises, the magic beam is actually a great invention.

In terms of pure power, it is certainly not that strong. Whether it is speed, destructive power or hit rate, it is not the best.

But even so, the modern structure of the magic beam has been gradually optimized and iterated by generations of magical girls, and has been refined in countless details, and finally passed down to this day. Therefore, the biggest advantage of the magic beam is "moderation".

No matter what method you use to stimulate it, no matter what state you are in to stimulate it, no matter what process you use to stimulate it, the power of the magic beam is always "almost the same".

Some magical girls use wands to cast magic beams, some use their hands to throw magic beams, and some even simply open their mouths to spray... But no matter how you use it, as long as you invest about the same amount of magic power, the power of the magic beam will always be about the same.

At least, if you asked Xia Liang a few minutes ago to think about this topic, she would definitely give the same answer.

Until she saw how Mimosa responded to her attack.

She was certain that the opponent had also used the basic ability of "releasing magic power" at the moment of counterattack. Based on this basic ability, the opponent's magic flow structure was extremely close to a magic beam.

No, it should be a magic beam.

As a leaf-level magical girl, Xia Liang has a very clear sense of the magic power around her when in combat. The moment the opponent raises his hand, she can almost conclude that the opponent's response will be to fight back with a beam of magic power.

This is very consistent with the attitude shown by the opponent before. It is not arrogant, but it is undoubtedly quite confident. Using the same attack to fight the opponent head-on is precisely the most confident response. Because this method tests the three abilities of the responder: being able to see the path of the attack, being able to judge the power of the opponent's attack, and having a high level of proficiency.

If it had only come to this, Xia Liang would not be that surprised. After all, this only proved that the other party's basic skills as a magical girl were quite solid, and it could not prove anything more.

However, the moment his magic beam was "crushed", Xia Liang's eyes suddenly widened.

It's not just that the image of "smashing" seems too abnormal, but also because the result is beyond her understanding.

They were all the same magic beams, and everyone used exactly the same means, even the magic power was almost the same, but the result was a one-sided defeat?
She couldn't understand the result, so she couldn't use the several coping methods she had thought of before.

"It's my turn."

However, right in the middle of a battle, Mimosa wouldn't give her a chance to digest this information.

Almost at the same moment when she countered Xia Liang's attack, she swung her wand and threw out several light red magic beams and hit back.

This action not only made Xia Liang's heart tighten, but also made Lin Xiaolu frown.

Unlike Xia Liang who was completely confused at the moment, she had already experienced this inexplicable phenomenon from Bai Ji a week ago.

However, the contest at that time was not on such a large scale. The two people simply used small balls condensed by magic power to collide with each other, but the result was a complete defeat.

At this moment, the scene is almost exactly the same, but the people in the scene have changed to Xia Liang and Mimosa.

How will Xia Liang deal with it? Or, does Xia Liang really have a way to deal with it?
She subconsciously tightened her cuffs, with complicated thoughts in her mind.

What Lin Xiaolu didn’t know was that Xia Liang himself didn’t actually have the answer to this question.

At least when the opponent swung out the magic beam, Xia Liang's reaction was actually a beat slower. Because at this moment, she had a completely different understanding of the opponent's magic.

It should be considered as something similar to the magic power of residual beasts.

The magic power of the remnant beast has a certain corrosive effect on the magic power of the magical girl, so when dealing with the remnant beast, the magical girl will often try her best to avoid the opponent's attack. Even when she needs to use a barrier to block it, she will not be too superstitious about the ability of the barrier.

This is the idea adopted by Xia Liang at this time.

On one hand, she opened her hands and condensed the runes she used as a barrier in a very short time, quickly releasing the magic barrier she had learned at the last minute. On the other hand, she kicked in the air and rushed to the side.

This behavior seems puzzling at first glance, but a little thought will reveal her intention - she is testing the strength of the opponent's attack.

On the one hand, he used the magic barrier to deal with it, but on the other hand, he didn't expect the magic barrier to be successful at all, so he didn't hide behind it at all.

It turned out that her idea was correct.

Because just after Xia Liang dodged narrowly, the magic barrier that was thrown out made a sound of being unable to bear the weight almost at the same moment, and then, with a "crash", it broke into several pieces.

As for Mimosa's magic beam, after shattering Xia Liang's magic barrier, it seemed to still retain some power, and hit the wall of the training ground straight away, leaving several charred pits.

"Easy to deal with, very calm, but this magic beam... after breaking the magic barrier, it still retains a power close to that of a magic bullet?"

This made Cuiqiao on the side couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, and looked up at Aso Yuanxiang beside her: "Is this the secret weapon of your team?" Aso Yuanxiang smiled without saying anything.

Not only was she smiling without saying anything, but the mimosa in the field also slightly raised the corners of its mouth, as if it was smiling.

"Can you rest assured now?"

She looked at Xia Liang: "Use all your strength."

Xia Liang was breathing slightly at this time.

Although she didn't consume much magic power in the game just now, her tense spirit could not be faked. Even if the magic form had no heart and respiratory organs, it did not prevent her from subconsciously taking deep breaths to try to relieve the tense feeling.

The opponent is very strong.

In just one round, she realized this fact.

It's not just because she has been a magical girl longer than herself and therefore has more magic power, but also because her methods are obviously more diverse than hers.

Xia Liang had no experience fighting with magical girls before, but logically speaking, in the competition between magical girls, the "richness of means" is actually very important.

Even for a flower-level magical girl, her main combat power can only be divided into several parts, such as magic power, endurance, skills, techniques, wonderland, magic suit, etc. As the two trump cards of a magical girl, magic suit and wonderland must be delayed as much as possible to play a role of striking back.

And now, in the duel with Mimosa, after only one round, Xia Liang was forced to use magic techniques while the opponent only used basic skills, and he was unable to gain the upper hand.

This means that in the next competition, she will have to use more spells, or even take out her own magic armor.

So, do I need to use magic suit?

Xia Liang began to evaluate in his heart.

If I use my magic weapon - Yinli - at this time, I should be able to catch the opponent off guard. I can even use the opponent's magic power to counter the opponent's magic power, which will undoubtedly solve my previous disadvantage in the magic confrontation.

However, can you really win by simply using magic equipment to fill the gap between your magic power and that of your opponent?

Mimosa is also leaf-level, so there is no doubt that she should also have mastered the ability of magic equipment and techniques. Moreover, considering the time when she became a magical girl, her techniques will only be more proficient than mine at the moment.

In other words, if you try to use magic equipment to make up for the gap in magic power between you and the opponent, then you will not have any trump cards left. When the opponent takes out the magic equipment, it is basically the time for you to be defeated.

At this moment, Xia Liang suddenly understood why the other party told him to "use all his strength".

Mimosa was right. Although only one round had passed, I was now in a situation where I had no way out.

The basic ability level is temporarily suppressed, and the overall richness of means is difficult to equalize. If you continue to fight in a tentative way, you will only face a situation where you still cannot win after playing all your cards.

If two people are playing a card game, one's hand is worse than the other's. If the one with the worse hand wants to defeat the opponent, he is doomed to play cards in an unnatural way.

It seems that there is only one way to win.

——Play all the cards in your hand and rely on the information gap to win the round.

And the information gap is exactly what I have now.

This was told to her by Cuiqiao a few nights ago when Xia Liang went to Cuiqiao to express her intention to learn the technique.

"That's all I'll tell you about barrier techniques. Just understand the principles first."

Putting away the Favor rune representing the magic barrier in her hand, Delphinium smoothed her drooping hair and said, "If you want to win the next competition, then you may have to change the order of learning the spells. You have to learn something else first."

"Other? What?" Xia Liang tilted his head.

"I promised you this when you first awakened your magic suit."

Delphinium leaned back slightly and leaned back on the chair: "Your magic suit can hardly show any killing ability at the bud level. If you want it to be lethal, after the leaf level, there will be many spells that can cooperate with your magic suit."

"It seems that I have said so..."

Xia Liang recalled briefly and nodded: "In other words, can I learn those techniques now?"

“Yes, but no.”

Cuiqiao sighed slightly: "The reason why I asked you what you think of the spells just now is actually because of this consideration. Your magic suit is too compatible with certain spells, so if you use those spells, it will greatly increase your combat power in a short period of time. However, the knowledge content of those spells is often quite difficult. If you are impatient for success, I am worried that you will spend too much time on it."

"Isn't it a good thing to be able to increase combat power?"

"No matter how exaggerated your combat power at the Leaf level is, it is not as good as a little finger after you master the Wonderland."

Delphinium drooped her eyelids. "As the saying goes, don't lose the watermelon while picking up sesame seeds. That's pretty much the same idea."

"I get it. Don't lose your magic training, right?"

Xia Liang laughed dryly: "I'm not a child anymore, I'll remember it if you tell me once."

"Well, you'd better remember it."

Cuiqiao stared at Xia Liang for a long time, until Xia Liang's smile was about to fade away, then he slowly retracted his gaze: "Then let's start with the simplest technique. In the entire technique system, according to the functions of different techniques, some techniques with similar functional mechanisms will be classified into the same category..."

Classification of techniques.

This is also a very profound subject. In the entrance examination of the Magic Kingdom Academy, there is such a classic judgment question.

[Fireball and Fire Wall are both fire-related techniques, so they are the same type of techniques ()].

This question was set by Emerald himself in the early days of the institute. Hundreds of years later, it was removed from the question bank by Emerald himself because it was too simple. However, it undoubtedly represents many counterintuitive aspects of the surgical classification system.

The answer to the question is "wrong".

There are two reasons. The first is that there is no such category as "fire system" in the technique. Rather, words such as "water", "fire", and "thunder" in the technique have always only modified the appearance, not the essence.

The second reason is that Fireball and Fire Wall are not the same type of spells.

Although the external expression images of the two techniques are both "flame" and people see the image of fire, the principles of the underlying structure are completely different, so there is no such thing as the same origin.

Therefore, the classification of spells in the magic kingdom often has to be memorized by researchers, and they may even have to personally look up the rune composition of each spell in order to understand why it belongs to a certain category.

However, among so many surgical procedures, there is an outlier.

Unlike the counter-intuitive nature of other classifications, almost half of the techniques in this classification can be identified at a glance, and the essence can be directly identified from the appearance alone.

Because the common feature of this type of spell is the use of a large number of rune structures to assist in the compression and arrangement of magic power, thereby achieving high density and high energy level of magic power.

The official name of this category is "high energy and high density". Of course, no one would call this technique by this name in combat. Magical girls would just give it an intuitive and easy-to-remember name.

——"This is really, quite intuitive..."

Looking at the brilliance formed by the runes in his hand, Xia Liang sighed subconsciously.

Magical equipment, magic power, and techniques, she has already used everything she has, just to defeat her opponent in the next fight.

There is no such thing as controlling the strength, because she knows that she does not have the luxury to control the strength now. If she tries to control it more, she will only lose.

She didn't really want to lose.

So I could only use this move which I had just conceived a few days ago and I wasn't even sure how to use it well.

Yinli has fully displayed the posture of the magic suit, but now they are all lined up in a row, and all the mirrors are stacked together, forming circles to form a long cylinder, pointing from the air to the ground of the training ground.

The rune in Xia Liang's hand was aimed at a mirror.

The technique that Cuiqiao taught her a few days ago was a rather unpopular technique. As a basic technique in a certain category, its practicality was quite poor. Not only could its range only reach within ten meters in front of it, but it could also easily affect the user of the technique within these ten meters.

However, this will not happen if you use the method of guidance.

The property of Yinli can transfer magic power, which can extend the range of this technique infinitely. It can not only retain the power of the technique at close range, but also ensure that it will not affect Xia Liang himself.

This technique, and the entire category of techniques it belongs to, has a resounding name:
——“Explosion Series”.

(End of this chapter)