Reincarnation with AI (Unemployment-Free)

Regarding the issue of running out of magic power.

Things are different now.

There is a setup process when magic is activated.

Taking water ball magic as an example, there would be a process of setting the size and firing speed of the water ball.

During the activation of magic, additional magic power can be added to alter its progress.

That's right, it's additional magic power.

Rudeus understood that magic in this world, if cast according to incantation, has a standard.

The chanter only needs to provide magic power, and then the water sphere will be launched as set.

The situation is different without chanting. Because there is no chanting to automatically set it, there will be situations where magic conjures a water ball, but it cannot be launched.

This is because no speed was set for the water balloon.

However, in terms of size, the one that consumes the least magic power is the ordinary water sphere.

Even without chanting, using the water ball spell based on the feeling of chanting it seems to automatically make you think you're using that spell.

Therefore, there would be a minimum magic power requirement. Of course, this is just Rudius's guess; he has too much magic power to test it.

However, when Rudeus uses the minimum amount of magic power to cast the water sphere spell, the water sphere is the specific size that appears during the incantation.

Next, whether you make the water ball bigger, to the size of a basketball, or smaller, to the size of a water droplet, these operations will increase the magic consumption.

After asking Luo Qixi, she simply replied, "That's how it is."

That's probably an axiom of this world.

Rudius still couldn't figure it out.

However, this is a good thing in terms of consuming magic power.

Simply shrinking the water sphere into a droplet consumes a large amount of magic power without leaving a trace, and there is no need to deal with a large amount of wastewater.

Because of the increase in total magic power, Rudeus can no longer completely deplete his magic power unless he uses a large-scale spell.

Furthermore, it would be incredibly foolish to simply waste magic.

Now that we've hired a tutor, there's no longer any need to hide our magical talent.

Based on Rudius's understanding of kung fu geniuses.

Isn't magic just a form of kung fu in this world?

The first training Rudius had to do was "quick draw"!

That's right, it's the ability to try casting instant magic.

During the activation of magic, there is a very obvious and perceptible process of the circulation of magical power within the body. This is actually similar to throwing a punch, both being physical actions similar to charging up power.

So why can't we automate this process through constant, repeated practice?

Theoretically, this is entirely feasible.

In fact, the answer obtained after asking Luo Qixi confirmed this possibility.

For Loki, casting certain spells, including chanting, has become an instinct.

Despite her appearance as a thirteen or fourteen-year-old junior high school student, Luo Qixi is actually thirty-seven years old.

Because Rudeus hadn't turned thirty in his previous life, Lokishi's age is five years older than Rudeus's combined age across both lives.

Such a long training period has enabled Loki to reach a point where she can complete the entire process from chanting to casting magic with a single thought.

To cast that spell, your mouth will move automatically; you don't need to think. Your brain only needs to think about casting the spell, and it doesn't participate in the actual casting process.

Of all the magic spells Rudeus is associated with, fire magic is the most difficult to master. This isn't because it's hard to cast, but because it's hard to manage. You can't just throw it away like trash; otherwise, if it catches fire, it'll be a huge problem.

Therefore, each time you practice, you have to prepare a large bucket of water in advance and aim the fire magic into the bucket.

However, this would generate a lot of water vapor, and practicing indoors would lead to excessively high humidity. Rudius's house is an all-wood structure, so this is obviously not advisable.

Although the house probably wouldn't last many more years, Rudius didn't want mold and unpleasant smells to appear in his home.

Fortunately, after learning ice magic, I was able to use a combination of ice and wind magic to control the water vapor and return it to the barrel.

The series of changes involved is no less than a magic show, and it's sure to leave people speechless.

After mastering the changes in temperature, Rudius was inspired by water vapor and came up with new ideas.

It seems that the male protagonist's development of wind magic, apart from using it to knock opponents or himself away at short distances and to create blasts for movement, was limited to that.

Wind magic appears very rarely in the entire original work.

As a modern man, Rudeus recognized the superiority of water vapor as an offensive magic almost immediately upon seeing it.

Industrial steam at 500-600 degrees Celsius is quite normal; even when heated to over 1000 degrees Celsius, the steam itself will not decompose.

This temperature is absolutely lethal to the human body.

Furthermore, because it is water, it has unparalleled advantages as a weapon.

Do not carry it with you. Anyone who knows magic can use it at will to kill without leaving a trace.

It's practically a super-enhanced version of the "folding stool" from The God of Cookery.

After inquiring with Loki, I learned that the "water vapor" phenomenon in this world has a basic function in magic equivalent to smoke.

It is a mixed magic that releases water and fire in sequence to achieve a smoke bomb effect, used for retreat and to obscure vision.

They probably don't even realize that fog is essentially water vapor condensed into tiny water droplets, or at least they don't have such a clear understanding of that.

So what would happen if we used a magic technique combining wind and fire to heat the water vapor in a high concentration of water vapor?

What kind of damage can high-temperature water vapor cause?

Suffocation, burns from every angle, obstructed vision, loss of smell.

In other words, once the opponent is hit, they will be unable to breathe, suffocate and lose their sense of smell. The intense pain over a large area will make it impossible for them to determine the source of the attack, and they will lose their vision. Once they open their eyes, they will most likely go blind.

Three of his five senses were directly disabled, leaving him to rely solely on hearing to fight.

The most fatal point is:

High-temperature superheated steam (>100℃ and non-condensing): completely transparent and invisible.

Indeed, after consulting with the AI, Rudius learned that the high-temperature superheated steam was completely transparent.

Indeed, in Rudius's mind, the mention of steam instinctively evokes a cloud of white water vapor.

Without relevant work experience, most ordinary people probably think of water vapor as a white mist, which is not actually water vapor in gaseous form.

After the information was corrected, Rudius learned the truth that the high-temperature steam was even more deadly.

The heat released during the process of high-temperature steam turning into water is more than five times greater than the heat released during the process of boiling water cooling down. Based on water's terrifying specific heat capacity, this means that the person being attacked will not even have a chance to breathe.

The other person's condition was probably not that they instinctively held their breath after taking one breath due to the intense pain, and then resumed breathing after leaving the area of ​​water vapor.

Instead, it was because they didn't realize what was happening and inhaled a mouthful of high-temperature steam, which directly led to a series of reactions such as respiratory tract burns, airway mucosal shedding, and pulmonary edema.

As for the consequences, it is very likely that this one breath could cause severe damage to the lungs, rendering them unusable.

Those familiar with organ systems know that when other vital organs are severely damaged in a battle, adrenaline can still give you a burst of energy.

If you've played "The Hunter: Call of the Wild," you'll know that if you shoot your prey in the lungs, it usually won't get very far.

However, if the wound is fatal to another part of the body, as long as it is not directly fatal, you would better have a bloodhound, otherwise there is a high probability that you will lose your prey and end up not knowing where it died.

When the lungs are severely damaged, a person is unable to breathe, and the oxygen supply, the fundamental fuel for energy release, is directly cut off.

At this point, the surge of adrenaline will only hasten death.

In the original story, when the male protagonist encountered the Dragon God, his lungs were destroyed by the Dragon God immediately.

In the absence of oxygen, there is virtually no chance of turning the tide or mutual destruction except for waiting to die.

This doesn't even include the fact that high-pressure steam can penetrate clothing, that steam will follow the negative pressure zone, or the physical property of water increasing in volume a thousandfold during the phase change to steam, which can cause physical harm to the body.

Rudeus felt that the original male protagonist was completely unaware of the superiority of his swamp magic; this was definitely another application of mixed magic.

Steam from water and fire, heating and control from fire and wind.

The native inhabitants of this world do not actually use mixed magic.

Therefore, there was no protection against mixed magic.

If you can use mud to create unexpected control effects, then you can definitely use steam to create unexpected damage effects.

If the opening combo is Mud Swamp and Fog, then according to the common sense that mages can't beat warriors in this world...

From the perspective of the native warriors in this world, it's almost certain that the opposing mage is about to run away.

Since they're trying to run, we have to chase them.

If an imperceptible cloud of high-temperature steam were to mix into the path at this moment, the scene would surely be quite beautiful.