Cooperative Technique
The fact that a Jewel Lizard had been present strongly reinforced the possibility that there was still mana ore buried in this abandoned mine.
As we proceeded down the tunnel, we eventually reached a dead end, but Amira told us there was mana ore beyond it.
"Beyond this wall... how do we move forward?"
"There’s no hidden door or anything, huh?"
Gary and I checked the surrounding area, but we couldn’t find any way to get to the other side of the wall. Honestly, if it were something that easy to find, someone would’ve noticed it before the mine was shut down.
Which left only one option—
"We’ll have to break through the wall."
That was Elina showing her usual muscle-brained logic, but to be honest, I couldn’t think of any other way either.
Breaking through obstacles to proceed is a standard tactic in dungeons, but to think we’d be using it in a mine tunnel like this…
At any rate, since we had no other means, we had no choice but to try.
Of everyone here, my holy sword could probably produce the most destructive force, so I readied it, but...
"… I’ve got a bit of a mental block."
Slashing at a rock wall with a sword… Sure, it probably wouldn’t chip the blade or anything, but still, it made me uneasy.
Then Amira made a suggestion.
"If it’s a holy sword, you don’t have to slash it directly. You can fuse it with my magic to destroy the wall."
"Huh? Fuse it?"
What’s that... I’ve never heard of that before.
"H-How does that work exactly?"
"It’s faster to show you than to explain.—Here we go."
Saying that, Amira transformed her mana into flames and launched it at me.
"Whoa!?"
I flinched in surprise at her unexpected move, but the fire magic didn’t hit me—it struck the holy sword.
In an instant, the blade ignited… but I didn’t feel any heat. On the contrary, it felt like a strange power was welling up from within.
"W-What’s going on here…?"
"You know that one of the holy sword’s powers is mana control, right?"
"Y-Yeah… but I thought that was just to reduce the impact of enemy magic attacks."
"That’s just the basic function. With a little creativity, it can produce effects equivalent to magic, like what you just saw."
"I… I didn’t know that."
"It also requires not just the knight’s strength, but a skilled magician as well. Father said even among the active magicians in the Magic Corps, very few can pull this off."
And Amira just casually does it like it’s nothing… She’s amazing.
—Anyway, now we had a safe way to break through the wall.
All that was left… was to swing my sword!
"All right, we are counting on you, Justin."
"Got it!"
With a powerful swing, the flames engulfing the blade extended straight toward the wall.
The moment they struck it, a massive explosion erupted.
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