Chapter 241: Don't Be Impulsive, Ask for Luke's Opinion First... Where Is He?!
"Speaking of which, I've been wanting to ask since earlier, why can both Luke and Alice use their abilities without manifesting their Devices?"
Stella's words drew the attention of Ikki and Shizuku.
"Speaking of which, it seems true..."
Because Ikki's ability was pure physical enhancement and the enhancement margin was not large, he rarely paid attention to issues regarding abilities.
But Stella and Shizuku were different.
Using abilities after manifesting a Device and being able to use abilities without needing to summon a Device could be said to be worlds apart in efficiency.
Moreover, after Stella mentioned this, Ikki also thought of another thing.
"Speaking of which, when Luke manifests his Device, it seems he has never chanted the summoning incantation?"
"In other words, that step can actually be omitted?"
"Can Alice also do it?"
Hearing Stella and Ikki's questions, and looking at the curious gaze cast by Shizuku, Arisuin first glanced at Luke.
After Luke made a 'please' gesture to him, he opened his mouth and explained:
"Well, I can indeed do it."
"This is actually related to the degree of mastery a user has over their Device, in other words, the so-called 'proficiency'."
"This kind of advanced technique is generally not taught to you by the school."
"One reason is that most battles during the student period are stage battles, so this kind of practical combat technique is not used."
"The other reason is that student knights are still relatively young, and summoning a Device in non-special circumstances, whether inside or outside the school, is a violation of school rules."
"And these techniques can effectively bypass the regulations to use abilities."
In this world, the special existence known as Blazers has a set of rules and regulations independent of ordinary people.
Among them, apart from various rights and obligations, the biggest difference from ordinary people is the regulation regarding coming of age.
The coming-of-age age for Blazers is 15 years old.
This means that current newly enrolled freshmen like Stella and Shizuku are actually already considered adults.
Because of the existence of magic power, the physical development of Blazers is far more rapid and robust than that of ordinary humans.
Under the effect of magic power, the bodies of teenagers have long surpassed those of ordinary adults.
Therefore, in this world, their drinking and even getting married at this stage are in accordance with the regulations.
(PS: This is the original work's setting; minors in the real world, please absolutely do not drink alcohol.)
Of course, out of various considerations, there are still relative restrictions.
The most typical one among them is: without permission, the use of Devices under non-special circumstances is absolutely prohibited.
Once discovered, depending on the severity of the situation, punishments can range from a verbal warning to the deprivation of the Mage-Knight qualification.
Moreover, even just as student knights, when encountering special situations, they also have the obligation to risk their lives to protect the general public.
These regulations make Blazers shoulder obligations in advance while enjoying rights in advance.
And the practical combat technique that Arisuin mentioned can to some extent circumvent these restrictions, so the school will not teach it.
"An ability is like a part of a Blazer's body. Stella and Shizuku have also experienced this, right? Because of your abilities, the surrounding temperature changes along with fluctuations in your emotions."
"But if you two want to truly use your abilities, you still need to summon your Devices to do so, right?"
Listening to Arisuin's words, both Stella and Shizuku nodded silently.
Their abilities are fire and water, respectively, and both are geniuses far surpassing ordinary students, so the phenomenon of emotions affecting the environment is very common.
Even Ikki, after thinking about it, found that he himself also seemed to have times when he used his Noble Art 'Ittou Shura' without summoning his Device.
"Your situation operates on the same principle as me and Luke directly using our abilities~"
Not only were Stella and the other two listening carefully, but Luke was also listening very earnestly.
After all, he actually didn't know this practical combat technique either.
If he didn't summon the Starfall Sword, there was no way for him to use the 'Severing' ability.
As for the technique of directly summoning a Device without an incantation, that was thanks to his talent in the aspect of the 'sword', which didn't require learning at all and came to him naturally.
For a swordsman, drawing a sword was completely a matter of course.
"The techniques you are confused about are actually two."
"One is summoning a Device without an incantation, and the other is using ability without summoning a Device."
"Normally speaking, these two techniques should only be taught to you when you obtain the official Mage-Knight qualification."
Originally, Arisuin did not intend to explain these things to them.
Once he did so, to a large extent, it would be equivalent to exposing a part of his strength.
No matter how you looked at it, this kind of technique was not something an ordinary student knight could master.
That was a technique that even a genius knight like Stella and a descendant of a prestigious family like Shizuku did not know.
According to the persona set up at the beginning of the 'plan', Arisuin should have disguised himself as an ordinary student.
But due to Luke's interference, his current persona had already undergone a transformation, and he also had to consider the task of probing Luke's true strength.
Therefore, Arisuin basically gave up on the intention to hide his strength.
Although it wasn't exposing his full strength, at the very least, he would no longer disguise himself at the level of an ordinary student.
...
After this, Arisuin smoothly went with the flow and briefly explained the principles and training methods of these two techniques.
This kind of technique was actually not considered difficult. As long as the right method was found and practiced for a period of time, basically most people would be able to learn it.
After chatting idly for a while longer, the group finally ended their break time.
"Ah, sorry, I need to go to the restroom for a bit."
When everyone was preparing to get up and head to the next store, Ikki spoke up.
"Ara, then I'll accompany you~ It just so happens that I also want to have a private chat with you~"
Arisuin was Shizuku's dorm roommate.
Given Shizuku's brother complex, she had told him plenty of stories about Ikki on a daily basis.
After so many days, Arisuin indeed had developed no small amount of interest in Ikki.
Just like that, Ikki and Arisuin left the group, while Stella and Shizuku sat there for a little while waiting for them to return.
What was originally a very ordinary shopping time was abruptly interrupted by the ensuing sudden change.
Rat-tat-tat-tat—!
The sudden gunfire shocked everyone in the shopping center.
Nearly thirty masked men armed with guns suddenly rushed into this food court on the first floor, which had the most foot traffic.
Under the threat of firearms, the crowds were frightened into not daring to move a muscle before they even had time to panic.
"A robbery gang?!"
Stella immediately prepared to rush forward, but was stopped by Shizuku beside her.
"Don't be impulsive, they have a large number of people and hostages."
"The crowd will affect the exertion of your ability. Once you fail to defeat all the enemies in an instant, you will fall into a passive position."
"Moreover, look at that leader who isn't holding a firearm; in all likelihood, he is a Blazer."
"Acting rashly will very likely result in casualties among ordinary people."
Shizuku's dissuasion made Stella calm down, and the two girls intended to first ask for the opinion of the strongest person among them.
However, in the instant that Stella and Shizuku turned their heads together...
Swoosh—!
The girls only had time to catch that fleeting flash of blue starlight, followed immediately by hearing a violent booming sound!
Boom—!
That leader, who Shizuku suspected to be a Blazer, was instantly sent flying!
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