Witch Special

What kind of damage will be caused if a solid projectile weighing several tons hits the ground at a speed of several Machs and releases all the energy it carries at the target point?

In less than half a second, or the time it takes to breathe, a black object that was difficult to capture with the naked eye tilted down from the sky and hit the bottom of the unfinished building that was still standing stubbornly outside the edge of the square.

The next moment, the ground cracked open, as if dozens of tons of trinitrotoluene had exploded underground. Amidst the tremendous blast, over a million cubic meters of earth soared into the air. The compressed air began to burn violently, forming a mushroom-shaped golden-red fireball within the blasted earth.

The air flow rose, and the rapid increase in temperature and pressure caused by the explosion gave rise to a strong shock wave, which carried a large amount of rocks and sand and scattered all around.

At the same time, the dark clouds above were torn open by the gas explosion cloud caused by the falling shells, creating a huge hole. The terrifying sonic boom and the explosion sound of the shells landing merged into one, and the loud noise produced could probably be heard clearly even in the main urban area of ​​the neighboring city Z.

Saitama and Tornado, who were only a hundred meters away from the bombardment point, were the first to bear the brunt of the damage. Although due to the angle of incidence, the scattered soil rarely flew towards them, but instead flew in a jet-like manner away from the signal amplification tower, the damage caused by the shock wave and explosion was all-round and at all angles.

The shock wave was not so bad. At most, Tornado used her superpowers to offset her own gravity without considering the side impact and was pushed into Saitama's arms. But the two people who were completely unprepared suffered serious sonic damage at the same time, which was the most fatal thing.

This was when the difference in physical fitness was apparent. Saitama, a freak whose eardrums had been so toughened through training, simply shook his head and regained his balance, with only a slight tinnitus. However, the frail Tatsumaki was knocked unconscious by the loud noise, leaning against Saitama, unconscious.

"Hey, hey, what's wrong with you, little girl? Wake up!" Saitama found that something was wrong with Tornado's condition, so he quickly hugged Tornado, who had fainted, and shook her body.

In essence, shock waves and sounds are all physical processes of energy conduction. However, because they target the vulnerable parts of the human body, they can cause great harm to the human body with much smaller energy than impact or fall.

Lin Zhenxi's magical defenses were all activated, automatically appearing when they detected any environmental hazards, absorbing the attacking energy. Therefore, during this physical magical bombardment, Lin Zhenxi's true body was not affected at all. However, the state of the consciousness projection was closely related to the true body. Since the true body was fine, the consciousness projection was also safe.

So, the projection of Hayashi Maki's consciousness was still standing next to Saitama very clearly. Seeing that Saitama was about to strangle Tornado, Hayashi Maki's projection of his consciousness stopped him helplessly.

"Uncle, she just fainted from the shock. It's not a good idea to wake her up violently at this time. Let her sleep for a while."

As he spoke, Lin Zhenxi moved his fingers, and an exquisitely woven Arabian square carpet flew down from the sky, landed next to Saitama, and floated quietly in the air.

"Put her on this."

"Xiao Lin, were you responsible for that explosion just now... Oh! A magic carpet! Xiao Lin, you still have something like this? Why didn't you take it out earlier?" Saitama exclaimed in surprise at the mysterious item that often appeared in fairy tales. As for the explosion, he simply threw it to the back of his mind.

"Because it's useless." Lin Zhenxi spread his hands and said, "The magic carpet flies at less than 10 meters per second, about the same speed as an electric car, so it's not fast enough for anything. It's just more comfortable to sit on than a broom, and you can sleep on it, so I kept a roll of it with me."

"Is that so..." Saitama's initially high spirits fell. Ten meters per second, less than forty kilometers per hour. Even if it could fly, if it were truly used as a means of transportation, it would probably be cold by the time they arrived.

But immediately afterwards, a light bulb suddenly lit up on Saitama's head, but it seemed not as bright as his bald head.

He continued to stare at the magic carpet with shining eyes and repeated Lin Zhenxi's words: "Can I sleep on it?"

Saitama was used to living in poverty. In the past, due to lack of money, his family didn't even have a proper bed. They had to sleep on a mattress on the tatami mat, which was hard under their bodies. Now that he had some spare money, Saitama was too lazy to change his living space, so he hadn't bought any new furniture.

But a soft bed has always been what he longed for. And when it comes to softness, latex mattresses, cotton mattresses, which one can compare to a magic carpet floating in the air with nothing underneath?

What is this called, an air mattress?

After a moment of silent reflection, Lin Zhenxi realized that Saitama's idea seemed perfectly sound. In that wizarding world, magic carpets were a staple of wandering wizards. They were used as blankets when cold, as beds when sleepy, and to carry inconvenient but not very heavy luggage. Magic carpets were perfectly capable of these tasks.

But the only problem is...

"Uncle, you are a Muggle and you don't have any magic power. The magic carpet in your hands is just an ordinary hand-woven blanket."

Saitama and Lin Zhenxi have been together for a long time, so naturally he knows that Muggle is her name for people without magical powers. However, Lin Zhenxi also said that everyone in this world is a Muggle, and she is the only exception.

Saitama was still a little unwilling. After all, this was a magic carpet. The fairy tale of his childhood was so close to him. It would be a pity to give up like this.

"Is there no other way?"

There seems to be a way... It's just a matter of constantly charging the magic carpet so it doesn't lose its magic and degenerate into an ordinary Arabic handmade carpet. It's not a very difficult technique.

"There is a way, but uncle, you have to replenish its magic power regularly, just like charging it, otherwise it will not be usable." As he spoke, Lin Zhenxi also gestured with a miniaturized device that converts electricity into magic power.

It wasn't actually small, occupying about the same floor space as a microwave. Lin Zhenxi couldn't draw the magic circle any smaller with her current conditions, so the miniaturization of this type of equipment had always been a headache for her.

Saitama nodded, indicating no problem. After all, if he didn't have room at home, he could always borrow from a neighbor. He was the only one living in the building, and the other rooms didn't even have doors. He could just run the wires through there.

Placing Tornado on the magic carpet, the carpet sank slightly, half-wrapping the fake Lolita's body. Lin Zhenxi waved her finger, giving the magic carpet an order to find a safe place to drop Tornado.

Even in a coma, there was still a very strong spiritual energy stirring in Tornado's body, and it was unknown under what circumstances it would be activated. Lin Zhenxi didn't want to put such a green pepper that might explode so close to herself.

After the magic carpet carried Tornado away, Hayashi Maki prepared to deal with the water monster underground. The physical cannon's direct hit had a far greater impact underground than above ground, as shockwaves travel much faster through soil than through air. After the explosion, the soul waves emanating from the water monster's core suddenly decreased. Even during Saitama's conversation with Hayashi Maki, there was no movement. It seemed like, like Tornado, it had been knocked unconscious by the shock.

Since the opponent had lost the ability to resist, Lin Zhenxi didn't mind reaping the fruits of victory directly. After all, she was the one who launched the bombardment, so rounding it off, wasn't it equivalent to her personally defeating the water monster?

However, since the water monster is now unconscious instead of dead, Lin Zhenxi naturally can't make too much noise. If he wakes the water monster up, it will probably take a lot of effort.

So Lin Zhenxi did not send the summoned beast Saitama to blow up the ground. Instead, he used the fossils to turn into mud to soften the ground as hard as granite, and then used the digging spell to dig a vertical passage in the ground leading directly to the core position of the water monster.

The next step was easy. Lin Zhenxi locked onto the core of the water monster and shouted "Core flying here". The core was pulled out along the vertical hole by the flying spell, drew an arc in the air, and fell accurately into Lin Zhenxi's hands.

Directly attacking the core did indeed wake up the water monster, but at that time its core had been pulled out of an environment with a large amount of water. Even if it tried its best to mobilize the water vapor in the air, it was only a short time before the core fell into Lin Zhenxin's hands, and there was only a thin layer of water film on the surface of the core.

Even after becoming like this, the water monster still did not stop and planned to condense the water film into sharp spikes to pierce Lin Maki's palm.

Lin Zhenxi admired this guy's desire to survive very much, so he froze it into an ice ball and threw it into the space cube where time stood still.

Since the slime's core isn't considered alive, I guess the water monster's core isn't either...

Saitama also saw a translucent ball flying out of the hole. Even though he had never encountered this kind of monster before, whose shell could regenerate infinitely as long as its core was not damaged, Saitama knew that this difficult water monster might have been dealt with by Hayashi Maki.

The monster that Tornado had been fighting for so long was defeated by Lin Zhenxi in just a few seconds. Does this mean that Lin Zhenxi is stronger than Tornado?

If Lin Maki knew that Saitama had compared her with Tornado in his mind, I wonder what expression she would have.

In terms of individual strength, Lin Zhenxi was definitely inferior to Tornado, and the gap was very large. If a fight really came, Lin Zhenxi could only ensure that she could escape, and had no extravagant hope of defeating Tornado. But now that Lin Zhenxi had the Signal Amplification Tower and was enjoying the magic power boost from it, it was still unknown who was stronger between her and Tornado.

However, the signal amplification tower cannot be moved, which indirectly ties Lin Zhenxi to this position. What is the point of making such a comparison?