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To put it basically, there are three categories of magic in combat; Offensive Magic, which is used to attack, Defensive Magic, which is used to protect oneself or allies and Supplementary Magic, into which all spell which do not fall under the first two categories fall. Whether it be protection against status effects, actual protection of the body or against specific type of attack, the magic of this skill can protect against it.
- Grants access to Tier 0 and Tier 1 spells.
Spell unlocked! The Tier 1 spell [Lesser Barrier Shield] has been unlocked!
Spell unlocked! The Tier 0 spell [Bronze Skin] has been unlocked!
Spell unlocked! The Tier 1 spell [Force Absorption Field] has been unlocked!
[Lesser Barrier Shield] [Tier 1] (Active) [LV1, 00.00]
A basic unidirectional shield that can block mundane and magical attacks. It has limited durability, so it can be overwhelmed given enough time. Initially, you are only able to protect yourself with this shield, but experienced users can use it to protect others.
- Durability: 50
- Colours: Red and green.
- Target: Self.
- 20 MP to activate, 5 MP per minute to maintain.
[Bronze Skin] [Tier 0] (Active) [LV1, 00.00]
A technique developed long in the past by combat mages in Greece to increase their soldier's defence by hardening their skin to the consistency of bronze, it is a neglected spell nowadays due to the numerous techniques that have supplanted it. Nevertheless, it is a useful spell within its own limited sphere.
- Range: Self.
- Hardens skin to that of bronze while reducing movement speed.
- While active, all skin has and armour rating of 5.
- While active, movement is reduced by 5%.
- While active, increases the damage dealt be [Hand-to-Hand Combat] by 5.
- 15 MP to activate, 8 MP per minute to remain active.
- Vulnerable to extended exposure to extreme heat.
[Force Absorption Field] [Tier 1] (Active) [LV1, 00.00]
A spell that affects all allied units within a certain radius of the user, it reduces the force of any physical attacks or weapons by a certain amount. Highly useful when you are opposing modern firearms.
- Affects all allied units within 1 Metre.
- Reduces the physical force of any attacks against affected units by 10%, which in turn reduces the amount of damage dealt by the attacks.
- 10 MP to activate, then 6 MP per minute per person to maintain.
"Not exactly what I had in mind, but it'll do." Issei muttered as he placed the helmet on his head and drew the hood over it. Picking his swords up again, he moved around the chest and started up the stairs carefully. He would have to find a way to raise his MP by quite a bit to use the spells he knew effectively; at the moment, using his defensive spells alone would drain him dry of MP in just over a minute if you included the initial MP used to activate said skills.
At the top of the stairs, there was a square entry room with nothing in it that had one door leading out of it. Nailed onto the top of it was a sign written in very crude English.
"'Hooman-thinks. Entr + die-die! Yoo hve bin wrned!'" Issei read with a grimace. Even he had better English writing skills than that and he was at the dead middle of the class.
"[Lesser Barrier Shield]" he muttered as he opened the door and stepped through cautiously. No sooner had the red and green circular barrier flickered into place than a loud [BANG!] echoed and a green missile slammed into the energy shield, cracking it.
"Crap!" Issei cursed, cancelling the shield and dodging behind a stone pillar just in time to avoid another bullet. Peering around the corner, he spotted a pair of ratmen furiously reloading a pair of crudely-built long-muzzled guns while another pair stood in front of them holding a pair of triangular shields.
'What the heck kind of weird guns are they?' Issei thought before he ducked behind the pillar again as the muzzles of the weapons were pointed at him again.
Ratman Jezailier LV 10
[Not-so-Sharpshooter]
Ratman Shielder LV10
[Fair Weather Protector]
A Jezail? What the heck was one of those things when they were at home? Obviously some kind of one-shot gun, but when had the ratmen gotten their hands on guns?!
The Shielder was acting as both protection and as a platform for the Jezail wielder, as the rifle was too long and unwieldy for the ratman to aim properly without something to lean the body of the weapon on, so the thing to do was to eliminate them first.
The problem was, his list of long range attacks were very limited. He could use [Knife Throwing], but the damage would be minimal and he only had about five knives left in his inventory. Other than that, the only skill he had that was usable here was the [Earth Shot] spell.
Issei winced as two more bullets slammed into the pillar he was hiding behind and started counting in his head. He stopped when another pair of bullets slammed into his hiding place.
'About forty seconds. That should be long enough for me to go out, blast one of the Shielders and then get under cover again.' The Sekiryūtei thought, 'I'll move when they both fire again.'
When the two Jezails barked their payloads again, Issei moved fast. He, pulled his hood down, leapt out and pointed a sword at the shield-user on the right.
"[Earth Shot]!"
In front of him, a large lump of earth appeared and formed into a bullet-shape before hurtling at the target, smashing through the shield and removing the head of the ratman that held it. The nerveless corpse thudded to the floor along with the broken shield it had supported.
You have slain a [Ratman Shielder]! You gain 130 EXP!
You have inflicted the [Cumbersome] status on a [Ratman Jezailier]!
Dodging to the pillar on the other side just in time to dodge the panicked shot from the other Jezail, Issei grinned. That took care of one of them. He reached out to the window and tapped the [Cumbersome] status to see what it did.
[Cumbersome] (Passive)
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