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Just as the Sorting Hat said, Asakura indeed encountered a bit of a small problem.
The moment the campsite owner... or rather, that cultist, declared that he had unleashed all the Yamanokemono and intended to let these unconstrained monsters wreak havoc in the human world, Asakura immediately activated the Magic [Scale], forming an invisible barrier around the convenience store. Even the Yamanokemono that had run out of the building were confined within it and couldn't escape.
The problem was, Asakura couldn't be sure that all the Yamanokemono were here—if that were truly the case, then when Nadeshiko Kagamihara tried to dig him out after he was buried alive, no Yamanokemono should have appeared.
This indicated that there must be other Yamanokemono roaming in the mountains, possibly searching for other survivors, or perhaps simply as a precaution by the cultist to watch out for police or similar people.
But Asakura dared not gamble.
In the real world, a biochemical crisis would absolutely not erupt just because a few zombies suddenly appeared—unless the zombie virus could be airborne and was specifically lethal to humans, otherwise, slow-moving zombies could not possibly inflict devastating damage on human civilization.
But Yamanokemono were different.
They had high resistance to physical damage, humans couldn't see them, and even observing them was very difficult.
In reality, there wouldn't be a genius scientist like in movies who could suddenly develop a radar capable of detecting Yamanokemono without any prior technical reserves.
Difficult to discover, difficult to defend against, specifically lethal to females, capable of assimilating victims, and each individual was quite powerful; even if they could be seen, ordinary people armed with hot weapons might not necessarily defeat Yamanokemono.
To say that humanity would go extinct because of them might be an exaggeration, but the trauma inflicted on all humanity might even surpass the Black Death in medieval Europe.
So, not even one of them could be allowed to escape Mount Kumotori.
Having clarified this point, what Asakura needed to do was very clear: burn all Yamanokemono, not a single one left, to death on Mount Kumotori!
But problems arose with it.
Asakura's Magic had a range.
For example, in its normal state, the maximum range of [Scale] was only about forty meters, [Snake] was even shorter, and [Candle] was much farther, but still wouldn't exceed one hundred meters.
However, this was not fixed; as mentioned above, this was merely the 'normal state.'
If the expenditure of Magic power was disregarded, this range could be further increased by about 2 to 3 times. If precise targeting of the objective was abandoned, meaning giving up 'one hundred percent accuracy,' the range could be further increased beyond that.
But even so, compared to the entire Mount Kumotori, the Magic's coverage area was still too small.
So, was there any way to expand the Magic's influence to an incredible degree?
The answer was yes.
That was the 'rampage' of Magic.
Gokou Ruri's control over Magic was far lower than Asakura's. Normally, the girl's Magic power was about five hundred units, which was much less than the Magic power Asakura had accumulated.
In normal state, her [Cat]'s range was only about ten meters, far inferior to any of Asakura's Magic.
However, when the girl's Magic rampaged, its influence directly covered most of Chiba, and even caused some disturbance to stray cats, dogs, and wild animals in surrounding areas.
With the assistance of the Nameless Magic Book and the system, all of his Magic, upon learning them, could be used quite skillfully, if not as easily as moving his own arm. He had never experienced what was called a Magic rampage.
But from Gokou Ruri and Asagumo Chihaya, he had still experienced the feeling of a Magic rampage.
So he tried to use his rationality to block the assistance from the Magic book and the system, attempting to control the Magic with his own power.
The result was no different from usual; even controlling three Magic simultaneously didn't feel strenuous at all, let alone causing a Magic rampage.
Asakura: So I don't rely entirely on Deep Blue; I'm actually a genius!
It was just that being a genius was clearly at the wrong time.
Now, there was only Plan B to execute!
He directly melted down the part of his brain controlling Magic power, blindly injecting Magic power into the Magic to create an artificial Magic power rampage.
"...Violent but stable, out of control yet controllable."
Asakura diligently explored, unlike the rampages in various anime that usually served as a last resort, often appearing deus ex machina when the protagonist was about to be defeated. He even tried to develop Magic rampage as his regular attack skill.
In terms of Magic selection, [Scale] was based in his left arm, making it inherently less intuitive to control than the other two Magic, let alone in a rampage state.
After only a moment of hesitation, Asakura chose the latter between [Snake] and [Candle].
Although he was more proficient with [Snake], firstly, the regular range of [Snake] was not as good as [Candle]'s. After a Magic rampage, the coverage of the two would definitely further widen the gap. Even for safety's sake, choosing the longer-range [Candle] was a better option.
Moreover, he hadn't forgotten that even after those Yamanokemono were cursed into Snakes, the Snakes shed from their bodies still harbored a considerable degree of hostility towards humans. Although for humans, hundreds or thousands of Snakes attacking humans like rabid animals might not be that much trouble, Asakura still didn't intend to leave any hidden dangers.
Furthermore, regarding [Candle], he had just confirmed some conjectures through experiments, gaining a deeper understanding of the Magic itself.
"Flame is merely a derivative; the essence of the Magic was mistaken from the beginning... That's right, it's not [Fire], but [Candle]. What's important isn't what the flame is like, but what is chosen as the 'candle' to be burned!"
Abandoning all precise operations, only one condition needed to be set: 'Use oddities as candles.' The rest was just to blindly increase the range, letting the effect of [Candle] cover the entire Mount Kumotori.
"Burning those monsters to ash takes only an instant... Tsk, as expected, once a rampage begins, it's not so easy to stop."
Asakura, whose face was pale as he felt his Magic power rapidly draining, tried to sever his connection with the rampaging Magic, but it was as difficult as a person standing in an 18-level typhoon trying to stabilize themselves without grasping onto anything fixed.
In just a moment, his Magic power was almost exhausted, and he was like a flickering candle in the wind!
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