Reincarnation with AI (Unemployment-Free)

Chapter 94 Heavy Hammer

Dark clouds churned in the sky, but the thunder gradually subsided.

Even water-based holy magic, once the supply of magic power is cut off, can only dissolve in the face of the mighty forces of nature.

Rudius looked up and saw that the clouds were at least a thousand meters above the ground.

Hilfi's magic was very solid, but without the support of the gale, walking under the clouds only gave people the feeling of a cloudy day, not darkness.

A true cumulonimbus cloud is a mixture of dark clouds, strong winds, and rain. In that state, its ability to obscure vision is comparable only to Rudeus's steam magic.

In a real storm, humans are no different from ants; this is magic that can truly destroy a town.

Rudius stopped it too quickly, causing the clouds to stop before they could accumulate to the required thickness.

By the way, did you stop it yourself?

It seems I praised Sylphie too hastily, and in her excitement, she cut off my magic supply.

Looking into the distance, you can still see the edge of the dark clouds on the horizon, where the grasslands are still bathed in sunlight.

However, it won't dissipate so easily. It seems that the thunderclouds released by Sylphie will continue to thunder without rain for quite some time.

The two walked towards the landing site of the downburst to check the damage caused by the magic.

The weeds on the ground began to look messy, and rainwater dripped from the grass blades from time to time.

It's obvious at a glance that a strong wind has just swept through this area.

Further on, the disorder became even more pronounced, but the direction began to unify; all the grasses, facing away from the downburst, lay down in a radial pattern.

It looked as if it had been ravaged by hail, yet it was all aligned in the same direction.

A few weeds that had been uprooted lay haphazardly among them, disregarding any semblance of order.

"Rudy, they're so neat!" Hilfi exclaimed, looking around.

"Hmm," Rudeus quickly bent down to pick up a weed that had been uprooted, without slowing down his pace, "because this wind is a straight wind."

Rudeus waved the weed in front of him, observed its condition, and then casually tossed it aside.

Hilfi's gaze followed the parabolic trajectory of the flying weeds, watching the poor little blades of grass fall to the ground. As if speaking for them, she said in a soft voice, just loud enough for Rudeus to hear, "Grass (in Chinese with a fourth tone)."

Upon hearing this, Rudeus immediately stopped, turned his head, and looked at Sylphie with an extremely disgusted expression.

This is a word that is banned, just like "damn it".

Even Rudyus himself cannot use it lightly.

"Hahaha~" Seeing Rudeus's expression, Sylphie stood still and let out a clear, bell-like laugh.

Suppressing his disgust, Rudeus called out helplessly, drawing out the sound, "Sylphie?"

"Rudy, isn't this just grass?" Hilfi said, pointing to the weeds on the ground.

"You know what I mean." Rudeus crossed his arms, walked up to Sylphie, and leaned closer to her, saying...

"I don't know," Silphie replied seriously, looking directly into Rudeus's eyes without any guilt or hesitation, and without any awareness that she had lied.

The two stared at each other, engaging in a silent contest, until Rudius felt uncomfortable leaning forward and blinked, straightening up.

"You're being naughty, Silphie," Rudeus said, shaking his head.

"Hehe, Rudy said that sometimes you have to be a bad kid." Hilfi put her hands behind her back and retorted with Rudy's teachings.

"Oh~, the naughty child has been caught and will have to be punished." Rudeus narrowed his eyes and looked at Sylphie's smooth forehead.

"Ha~~~" Rudeus flicked Hilfi's forehead lightly after blowing on his middle finger.

With a soft "snap," Hilfi didn't resist; in fact, she leaned forward slightly to meet his advances, letting him do as he pleased.

"Hehe, it doesn't hurt at all," Hilfi said with a grin.

"Really," Rudeus reached out and ruffled Sylphie's hair, "Sylphie, don't tell anyone."

The two continued walking forward.

More and more weeds were uprooted, leaving behind exposed pits on the ground.

They walked until they reached the core of the downburst's impact point, where the two stared silently at the vast expanse of mud before them.

This area, which is about twenty meters in diameter, looks as if it was stomped on by a giant beast, turned into mud, and the weeds have basically disappeared, with only some fragments mixed in with the mud.

The whole area looked just like—that pile of cow dung I'd just seen while hiding behind the earthen mound—

To be honest, if you really put a fence around it, people would believe it's a cattle pen. The air is so fresh, there's only the smell of grass, no foul odor, which makes it seem unreal.

Rudeus crouched down, made a stick about the length of a forearm using earth magic, and poked it in the mud.

Hilfi followed suit, squatting down and using magic to poke at the mud.

"Rudy, how did you do that?" Sylphie asked. "You just said it was wind magic, right?"

"Yes," Rudius explained, "It's actually the opposite of the operation of the Howellium cumulonimbus."

Haurontium cumulonimbus clouds control and guide updrafts, while downbursts control the cold rain in the sky, causing it to fall all at once.

"But this is just ordinary water magic, isn't it?"

"That's right, if that's all there is to it, then it is indeed water magic." Rudeus stuck the stick into the mud, assuming a position with his left palm facing down and his right palm facing up.

Keeping both hands about three thousand centimeters apart, small water droplets condense in the palm of the left hand and drip down, landing on the palm of the right hand.

Rudeus continued, "That's water magic, that's true, but—" As he spoke, Rudeus's right palm began to heat up, and hot air appeared and floated upwards towards his palm.

Slightly adjust the size of the water droplets so that they evaporate completely when they fall from the air.

What would happen if the water evaporated halfway through?

"Hmm," said Silphie, watching the tiny water droplets evaporate. "Does it absorb heat?"

"That's right, water absorbs heat from the air." Rudius put his hands away and picked up the stick again.

"In this way, the air will become colder and colder. This air, which is already cold due to the rain, will become colder and colder as the rain evaporates. And since it is in an environment where there is warm air everywhere, it will continue to descend at a faster speed."

"This is very similar to how we control air pressure differences with our flight magic," Hilfi realized.

"Yes, that's because of the pressure difference caused by the temperature difference," Rudius added.

"So that's how it is," Hilfi said happily.

"But there are still many prerequisites."

"Well, as long as it promotes evaporation, that's fine, right?"

"That's right." Rudius nodded.

It seems there's no need to say anything more. Since the direction is correct, let Silphie explore the rest on her own.

Rudeus stood up, looked up at the dark clouds, and said, "Sylphie, do you remember what I meant by lightning?"

Sylphie frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Was it like the wind, something flowing past?"