Chapter 19: Torturing the Explosion Maniac

"Ahem~, it seems that someone just said, "My shield can't be broken through by anyone, unless it's a demon king or an evil god~"

"Shut up!"

Sato Hikaru was teased until he was angry, he still could not explain anything.

He, himself, understood that attack just although did not come from demon king or evil god, but it was released by Aqua, the Goddess of Water, who was of similar level to them.

Don't look at how she usually seemed to be lacking some… a lot of brain cells.

But Aqua was quite experienced in breaking through barriers (demolishing homes).

Even a mobile fortress destroyer's barrier could be easily eliminated.

Only special barriers like the one used in the demon king's castle, where the barrier was connected to the life of the demon king's army general who was an upper-ranked monster, would not be directly broken.

Additionally, Aqua, as a water goddess, her divine power had the properties of [purification] and [exorcism].

If his own [super magic shield] could withstand the attack, there would be a problem.

But this kind of thing could not be explained to Megumin and Yunyun.

It was not that Sato Hikaru had a reason to hide Aqua's identity.

It was purely because that person was Aqua, so this problem could not be explained.

After all, if it was changed to himself who still did not know of Aqua's true identity.

And someone told him that Aqua, who had no brain and even her eyes were so clear that there was almost no trace of wisdom in it, was actually a goddess.

The first thing he thought of would definitely be this person's brain was caught at the door, right? Instead of choosing to believe.

So, faced with this kind of sudden slap in the face, Sato Hikaru could only shut his mouth and suffer.

"Kukuku, it won't be broken unless it was demon king~"

"Tsk!"

Although it was true that he could not explain it,

But this Megumin, who continued to taunt him beside him, was truly annoying!

Although he could directly use magic to silence her so that she could not say anything, Sato Hikaru felt that it was insufficient to relieve his anger.

Ever since…

"Megumin, do you want to use another explosion magic today?"

Showing Megumin his ring which had just absorbed the attack, Sato Hikaru smiled kindly: "This ring had just absorbed a lot of magic, if it was transferred to you…"

"I beg you, lord Sato!"

Immediately!

Megumin who had been continuously taunting him.

After Sato Hikaru's words were said, she immediately changed her tone and said flatteringly while rubbing her hands: "Please share a bit of this magic power with me."

"Ahem~ sure."

"Eh?"

Megumin, who originally thought that Sato Hikaru would use this to make things difficult for her, was surprised when she saw that he agreed so easily.

Instead, Sato Hikaru smiled kindly while looking at Megumin: "What's wrong, do you not want it anymore? Then forget it."

"I want, I want, I want!"

Seeing Sato Hikaru who seemed to have regretted it, Megumin hurriedly reached out and grabbed his arm: "Please, lord Sato!"

"Okay!"

Looking at Megumin with a smile, Sato Hikaru raised his hand and showed the ring, under the control of his spiritual power, a huge mass of power emerged from the ring.

The moment Megumin saw the magic power, her eyes immediately widened!

If this chunk of magic power was fully absorbed by her, she could definitely release one…No! two explosion magic!

"Don't rush, it's not good if you absorbed too much magic at once, I'll first cut out your share."

Seeing Megumin's expectation, Sato Hikaru separated the chunk of magic power into two.

He then squeezed out 'a drop' of magic power from the two chunks, and threw them with a smile at Megumin: "Come, this is your share."

"Eh? Waaaa!"

While Megumin was still stunned by this strange distribution method, Sato Hikaru suddenly stopped the telekinesis on her body.

The sudden feeling of weightlessness surprised Megumin, fortunately, after absorbing that magic power, she had regained her basic mobility.

She forcefully used her hands and feet to barely avoid the tragic ending of falling flat on the ground.

But, at this moment, Megumin did not have time to care for this.

"Wait a minute!"

After getting up, she immediately looked at the two remaining huge masses of magic power floating in the air.

"Why do you give me so little? Obviously, there is still so much magic power left!"

"Didn't you say it yourself, to ask me to give "a bit" of magic power?"

{Translator Note: the word 'a bit' and 'a drop' is interchangeable in Chinese.}

Smiling at Megumin who was stunned on the spot, Sato Hikaru held one of the chunks of magic in his hand: "As for the leftover magic…"

While speaking, Sato Hikaru used [Silent Chant] skill and started chanting in his heart.

The change reflected in the outside world was that the pure magic power in his hand quickly turned red and violent.

"This, this kind of feeling is!"

Seeing the rapidly transforming magic power in Sato Hikaru's hand, Megumin's eyes shook wildly: "Wait, wait…"

"I'm not waiting."

Hearing Megumin's out of tune voice due to excessive excitement, Sato Hikaru chuckled and recited out loud the last chant: "Explosion!"

"No, noooo!"

Under Sato Hikaru's simulation, that chunk of magic power flew into the sky amidst Megumin's raised hand and yelling.

Since Sato Hikaru did not used the excessive enhancement like the first time, and even released it from his hand, after the magic power rose to the sky, it did not show many fancy changes.

But after going through one magic circle, it smashed directly into the distance.

Booommm!!

The familiar sound of explosion, dazzling fiery light and the heat wave that comes with the airflow.

Everything that were things that Megumin enjoyed the most after releasing the explosion magic in the past, became an invisible attack that pierced Megumin's heart at this very moment.

"Ahem…, as expected, the feeling of casting spells without staff is different, I can only give the score of 40 for this round of magic."

Sato Hikaru seemed to not notice Megumin's gradually numbing expression, and still continued to comment on his own.

He then grabbed another ball of magic and smiled: "Since it is not proficient enough, then let's try it once again."

The moment the numbed Megumin heard the words, she immediately burst into tears and madly rushed towards Sato Hikaru: "Ya, yamero…"