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With the latest volume translated it is time for updates once again. All quotes are from NT 22 R, so just ctrl+f that if you want to know where exactly they are from.
Useless Mind Resistance for all magicians
All magicians seem to have a resistance to mind manipulation, however this resistance knocks them out in order to prevent them from being controlled. So it is resistance, but almost completely useless.
Elizard
Elizdard gets the ability to fire a generic magic beam
Accelerator
Aside from aving once again become better at controlling magic, Accelerator gets some tech due to Aleister's phone.
Electron beam
Mimosa
Flower Resistance
Aleister should get the same tech, as it's his phone.
A.A.A. vs Index
In this volume Index in John's Pen Mode and the Anti-Art Attachment had a drawn out battle:
Index Should scale in speed to the A.A.A.
But should the A.A.A. scale to Index's AP?
It was suggested that aside from Dragon's Breath Index spells might be considerably weaker and to create a separate AP for those that then scale to the A.A.A. instead of Index's current AP.
Question is if that is truly reconcilable with the calculating optimal approach that John's Pen Mode usually uses.
In any case the A.A.A.'s AP should scale to Index's dura and Index's AP (whichever option we take) should scale to the A.A.A.'s dura.
Touma's Dragon Key
In this volume Touma temporarily lost Imagine Breaker and gained the power to cover himself with a dragon shell instead.
In this dragon form he has considerably superhuman strength and speed. The most notable thing is that it can do small bursts at Kanzaki's speed.
Aside from that the shell also protected the Touma within from a shot of Misaka's railgun.
That means Building level durability and Massively Hypersonic burst like movement.
I'm a bit at a loss for the stats besides that, though. I think it is at least physically superhuman in all stats.
I will add any other changes to the op when they come up. Please try to keep it to this volume, though.
Useless Mind Resistance for all magicians
The pointy-haired boy looked around to inspect the frozen people while making sure not to touch them and he spoke in a purely impartial way. "I'd been curious whether the science side or magic side was superior, but this makes sense. They refine their lifeforce into magic power. I don't know how exactly it works, but it looks like magicians as a whole know how to handle problems affecting the mind. They must have some kind of auto-fuse that shuts down their mind as soon as something tries to take control." |
Elizard
Elizdard gets the ability to fire a generic magic beam
She had fired a beam of magic without Curtana, but it had not reached the pointy-haired boy. However, she could see something like cracks running through the fingers of his outstretched right hand. Bizarre colors showed through the gaps. Those lines were colored a shocking pink and emerald not found in nature. The cracks seemed to writhe before silently vanishing before her eyes. "You really wanna keep doing this?" "…" "I mean, do you really think you can make your whole body glow and trigger a big explosion faster than my fingers can reach Curtana Second?" Elizard stopped moving there, as if she had gasped. |
Aside from aving once again become better at controlling magic, Accelerator gets some tech due to Aleister's phone.
Electron beam
He pulled a phone from his pants pocket and casually operated it with a thumb. A moment later, an electron beam resembling lightning shot down toward Queen Regnant Elizard's head. Of course. This was not enough to kill Elizard. "Ohhh!?" She roared and swung Curtana Second overhead. She released the omnidimensional slicing in the shape of a crescent moon to slice apart the electron attack that could easily bisect an underground nuclear shelter. The beam of bluish-white light scattered like spray. "Don't let this surprise you," said Accelerator. "If I'm doing this, I'm using everything I've got. If you're gonna harness the power of the UK as a whole to win this, then I'll harness the power of Academy City… no, of the science side as a whole. All for this one victory!!" "Damn…you!!" But it did not end there. The massive electron beam was only a smokescreen. In truth, there had been a cylindrical hole down the middle like it was a giant piece of macaroni. And that meant there was room to send something down that empty space. The item had already been launched from the space station to the surface. |
"Don't assume that was just a bunch of light. I said I'll use everything and I mean it. By destroying the tunnel, you scattered it everywhere… I believe in Academy City it was called Mimosa." They were surrounded by a sound much like the rustling of leaves. But they were on the stone roof of Windsor Castle. Unlike in the artificial woods, there were no leaves to rustle here. These were microscopic specks of metal. Those micro-weapons would respond to EM waves by opening and closing their tiny arms and tearing away a human's cells one at a time. |
And it was not over yet. With control of the Mimosa gone, the prison of fluff was destroyed. And the true threat appeared from within. It took the form of lovely flowers. However, these were predatory plants with sharp scythes and sturdy mandibles made of flowers and other plants. They looked a lot like orchid mantises. But instead of being camouflaged, these insects really were made from plant material. "!?" "Flower Resistance. Cloning and genetic manipulation isn't exclusive to animals. In fact, with selective breeding, it's a lot more common with plants… It honestly sickens me to see it, but this kind of shit is free to roam the city if I don't get back there. And then there's no changing the world." The swarm of mantises would devour human flesh and yet were as beautiful as jewels. They rushed toward Elizard with the force of a sandstorm. These plants moved faster than animals, moved more powerfully than animals, and would feast upon animals. That was the extent of the abnormality made a reality here. "Don't worry. They won't ruin your country's ecosystem. They'll apparently somewhat do what you tell them with a remote because they're susceptible to EM waves." |
A.A.A. vs Index
In this volume Index in John's Pen Mode and the Anti-Art Attachment had a drawn out battle:
Something immediately leaped into his field of vision. White and blue dresses flapped in the air. Two girls surrounded by crystallizations of magic and science were flying every which way in the wide space and repeatedly clashing. It was like walking into a nightmare. |
That battlefield was hell on earth. As large as the dance hall was, it was still just one indoor room. Index and Misaka Mikoto were targeting each other and firing all throughout that space while controlled by John's Pen and the A.A.A. respectively. They did not show any ordinary reactions such as worrying about their storybook skirt spreading out or their flat chest's contours showing through their lingerie-like dress. It was like being caught between two warships engaged in combat. Even if they had no intention of doing so, a single hit would kill you instantly. In fact, Windsor Castle itself might not last if a wall or the ceiling was blown through. The building could crumble and bury them alive at any moment. |
"John's Pen." That trap had supposedly already been lost, but if the residual memories remained, Shokuhou Misaki's Mental Out could restore it within the silver girl's mind. She could not directly control the girl, but that could change if she restored the backdoor previously installed there. It was like restoring your malfunctioning computer to an older state and bringing back a virus you thought you had already eliminated. "Stop Misaka-san! Hurry!!" "Warning: Chapter 0, Verse 0." Creepy magic circles appeared deep in her lovely eyes. The silver-haired girl in a storybook princess's dress moved in an inhuman way that may have been even more lifeless than Misaka Mikoto with her blue veil fluttering like a curtain. (It… worked???) And. And. And. "Illegitimate contact detected. Response level: top priority. Destroying all possible suspects to restore security stability." That may have been a taboo she never should have touched. Shokuhou Misaki knew she was no longer worthy, but she still reached for her chest. She reached for the cheap emergency whistle she had been unable to throw away. (Ah.) But was it really any help at all? The uncontrollable conclusion had finally begun. |
But should the A.A.A. scale to Index's AP?
It was suggested that aside from Dragon's Breath Index spells might be considerably weaker and to create a separate AP for those that then scale to the A.A.A. instead of Index's current AP.
Question is if that is truly reconcilable with the calculating optimal approach that John's Pen Mode usually uses.
In any case the A.A.A.'s AP should scale to Index's dura and Index's AP (whichever option we take) should scale to the A.A.A.'s dura.
Touma's Dragon Key
In this volume Touma temporarily lost Imagine Breaker and gained the power to cover himself with a dragon shell instead.
In this dragon form he has considerably superhuman strength and speed. The most notable thing is that it can do small bursts at Kanzaki's speed.
(I pulled the string, launched the mandrake, and escaped outside.) It sounded simple enough, but that meant performing three actions in front of a Saint who could move at the speed of sound. It was only for a moment, but he had kept up with Kanzaki Kaori's speed. This was no time to be thoughtlessly chalking it up to luck. He might never return to being human now. After all, no doctor could explain what was happening to him here. This went beyond simple athletic abilities. He felt like there was something subtly wrong with the world he was seeing and hearing and even the flow of time. Incredible fear crawled along his spine. |
A shockwave erupted in the party hall with a sound like someone beating a drum taller than she was and all the surviving windows shattered. She showed no mercy. She started off with her railgun. The arcade coin was accelerated to three times the speed of sound and it left an orange trail behind it as it mercilessly pierced the monster's side. Its side broke. There was a squishing sound. But it was not enough to stop it!? With a deep boom, the monster swung down its right arm again. A meteor fell with a sky-blue light. Kamijou moved his right arm instead of his head. Had the railgun attack thrown off the monster's aim? It just barely missed and tore through the carpet and the hard floor beneath. |
I'm a bit at a loss for the stats besides that, though. I think it is at least physically superhuman in all stats.
I will add any other changes to the op when they come up. Please try to keep it to this volume, though.
