[ Though speechless, Kazuma quickly offered a solution: "Let's do another Explosion!"
Wiz's voice sounded like she was on the verge of tears: "I'm out of Mana!"
"Mana... Mana!"
Kazuma pondered for a moment. If anyone had an Abundance of Mana, it would naturally be that useless goddess.
Aqua was still muttering to herself: "Now that I think about it, all the debts are recorded at the adventure guild here... If it gets blown up, won't I have to pay them back?"
Kazuma grabbed Aqua, figuring that since this idiotic goddess had so much Mana, he might as well absorb a ton and share it with Wiz.
"AAAHHH—!" The sudden Drain Touch caught Aqua off guard, leaving her no time to resist, and she shrieked.
However, Wiz was an Undead. If divine mana were injected into her, she would likely be purified on the spot. ]
[ .....]
〜Projection of All Worlds〜
"At this pace, we might as well have destroyed it from the beginning... The Coronatite transfer ended up being pointless."
"Hey, hey!! What a terrible idea from this useless goddess, though it makes perfect sense to her."
If the creditor is gone, there's no debt. This certainly fit the peculiar thought process of this goddess of wisdom, but... was now the time to be thinking about this?
Everyone from other worlds looked at Aqua with subtle expressions, showing that they hadn't misjudged her, though they still couldn't keep up with her thought process.
As a goddess, at such a critical juncture, to be thinking not about how to save the populace, but about how to evade debt, was truly something else.
.....
[ Just at this critical moment, a burly man arrived carrying Megumin, and now all the village's hopes rested on this crazy girl.
The burly man crossed his arms over his chest, then gave a profound thumbs-up:
"There's only one chance. Bet it all on your radiance."
Just as it was about to begin, Wiz told Kazuma that the Drain Touch worked best when applied to the skin closest to the heart!
So, while Megumin was still excited, Kazuma reached his hand behind her back: "To use Explosion twice in one day... Ahaha—!!!"
Megumin's face flushed crimson, and she shrieked: "What are you doing? Is this sexual harassment?! Even in an emergency, is this sexual harassment?"
Seeing this, Aqua's resistance became even more fierce, completely unwilling to let Kazuma reach behind her. In the end, they could only compromise, with Kazuma grabbing both their collars.
Extracting Mana from Aqua and transferring it to Megumin, the latter's face lit up with excitement: "It's coming, it's coming... This will unleash the strongest Explosion yet!"
"More, just a little more... This is bad, this is bad!"
"Oh, blackness shrouded in light... Frenzied blaze clad in night... "
Megumin felt the immense Mana surging through her body and abruptly removed her eye patch: "Forget the incantation! No one's beating me when it comes to quality explosion magic! Here I go! My Ultimate destructive spell..."
Subsequently, a Magic Circle even larger and more numerous than before appeared above the remnants of the Mobile Fortress, with colorful specks of starlight encircling Megumin.
"EXPLOSION—! "
The sky was dyed red. As the perspective continuously zoomed out, accompanied by a tremendous roar, a massive mushroom cloud rose into the air. ]
[ .....]
〜Projection of All Worlds〜
"Yare yare, don't think that just because you're burly and speak grandiosely, I don't know you're just a tailor!"
"While the useless goddess is terrible at everything, her Mana reserves are simply exaggerated. No matter how much is absorbed, her Mana remains bottomless."
"How many incantations are there? I was eager to learn them, but now the incantation has been changed again?"
The previously chattering crowd gasped at the sight of the giant mushroom cloud, their bodies instantly stiffening. The power was simply outrageous.
.....
〜Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious World〜
"This power..."
Even Seiya Ryuuguuin's usually poker face showed some emotion. This level of attack could be used to defeat a Demon King.
It must be said that the Drain Touch was truly useful. With Aqua, the bottomless Mana source, the drawback of Megumin, the Arch-Wizard, only being able to use Magic once a day, was directly eliminated.
He also had to admit that Kazuma was indeed very clever. He knew what his team lacked and didn't insist on learning powerful Magic, but instead balanced the existing problems of the team.
Ristarte made a comical face, quite proud:
"Hehe, Seiya! This is the effect of having a goddess help! You should rely more on me, your Goddess!"
It wasn't easy, you know how hard it is to wait for Goddess Aqua to be useful? Although it currently seemed Aqua was just a healing item, at least she was working.
〜A Certain Magical Index World, Academy City〜
Touma Kamijou was somewhat dumbfounded:
"As expected of Ultimate Magic. Just the shockwave alone could probably wipe out half a town. It's probably going to cost a lot of money again."
Aqua was essentially a power bank, so Kazuma was the charging cable. Perhaps... only in such situations could that idiotic goddess be useful.
But what was the difference between this and the Mobile Fortress just exploding on its own? It might as well have just blown itself up; maybe the power wouldn't have been so great.
〜Frieren: Beyond Journey's End World〜
"If Aqua kept giving Megumin Mana, could she instantly kill the so-called Demon King?"
Seeing such powerful Magic, Frieren also became interested. The only regret was that Megumin's anti-piracy awareness was a bit too strong; her incantations were different every time, which bothered her.
Fern gripped her staff, somewhat uncertain:
"It should be possible... After all, Goddess Aqua's Mana seems bottomless."
The explosion's power seemed to be determined by the amount of Mana output, so Megumin's Explosion combined with Aqua's Mana could definitely catch the Demon King by surprise.
From another perspective, Goddess Aqua was truly a top-tier support, with the highest levels of purification, healing, resurrection, and almost infinite Mana.
Goddess Aqua was so powerful that a small flaw, like not being very smart, was easy to overlook.
.....
[ The final operation was successful. The group successfully protected the beginner village, and Kazuma experienced the feeling of being an adventurer for the first time.
The scene shifted. Aqua found Kazuma in his room, saying that a knight had come from the capital, specifically asking to see Kazuma.
Kazuma thought he had come personally to deliver a reward for his contributions and hurried to the Adventurers' Guild to collect it.
The black-haired woman with glasses: "Adventurer Satou Kazuma, you are now suspected of treason! The Coronatite transferred under your command... blew up the mansion of Prime Minister Alderp!"
Aqua tilted her head in confusion: "What, no reward money?"
Megumin, sensing trouble, pulled down her hat and turned to leave: "The next adventure calls to me."
Aqua, realizing belatedly, cried and tugged at Kazuma's collar: "You've become a criminal, Kazuma! Forget about defeating the Demon King!"
Kazuma was utterly despairing of this treacherous world. If there was a chance to go to another parallel world, please send him to a wonderful world where he could truly shine! ]
[ .....]
〜Projection of All Worlds〜
"Good heavens, before it was just debt, now it's straight-up criminal. The harder they try, the worse they get."
"There were only a few people at the time. No matter how they found out, couldn't Kazuma just deny it?"
"Hahaha, is Aqua's reaction trying to kill me with laughter? They said he was convicted of treason, and she's still wondering why there's no reward?"
But everyone couldn't understand. Kazuma saved a town, accidentally blew up a high-ranking official's house, and not only was there no reward, but he was directly branded with treason without even a trial.
How brain-dead were the higher-ups in this world? Wasn't this clearly trying to force people to rebel?
He had at least dealt with a Mobile Fortress that could destroy an entire country. That achievement, no matter how you look at it, was greater than your one house.
.....
〜Frieren: Beyond Journey's End World〜
Fern was somewhat puzzled:
"Huh, there's a problem with this country's handling method... This counts as treason?"
Instead of resisting the Demon King, they're causing internal strife here. And Kazuma and Aqua are a hero and a goddess, with no ties here. What if they quit? Who will fight the Demon King?
Don't let Kazuma's team's quirks fool you; this is a man who killed a Demon King Army executive without even leaving the beginner village, plus a Mobile Fortress that an entire country couldn't handle.
Frieren also felt incredibly confused. Based on her experience traveling with the hero Himmel, this was quite unreasonable.
Thinking of this, Frieren murmured:
"Debt... treason. Be careful not to push Kazuma too far."
Kazuma wasn't an ordinary hero. Given his flexible moral bottom line and unprincipled character, running away was highly probable.
Aqua, needless to say, though foolish, was a professional when it came to escaping.
And Megumin, that troubled girl, could do anything. She might even follow Kazuma, launching a nuclear bomb every day. Is the kingdom sure it can withstand that?
.....