Imperial Reincarnation: I Came, I Saw, I Survived Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 3] by Masekinokatasa

Author:Masekinokatasa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel, partial, magic, isekai, reincarnation, politics, drama, royalty, male protagonist, hard mode
Publisher: J-Novel Club (generated)

At the Very Least, It’s One Crucial Step

Backdrafts are a phenomenon that occur during fires when combustible gas—primarily carbon monoxide—builds up in an enclosed space, unable to properly burn due to the lack of oxygen. The moment a door or window is opened, the carbon monoxide undergoes a rapid chemical reaction, binding with the oxygen to become carbon dioxide, resulting in an explosion.

That was the general definition of backdrafts that I’d learned during my time on Earth. The phenomenon required an enclosed space, an incomplete combustion, a spark, a sudden influx of oxygen, and enough time for a carbon monoxide buildup.

Of the chemical reactions I knew about, this was one of the easier ones to replicate with magic.

First, you enclose a magically generated flame with a Perfectus Obex—a complete barrier—and force the flame to keep burning, thereby draining the oxygen and creating an incomplete combustion. Once the barrier is full of carbon monoxide, you launch it at your target and release it. The sudden reaction with the ambient oxygen will explode, and there you have it: an artificially made backdraft.

The real draw of the spell is that the explosion itself is purely a chemical reaction.

Take my Flamma Lux as an example. Since it’s nothing more than a compressed beam of pure heat energy, you would expect it to be unaffected by Custor with solely anti-magic properties. But I generate the heat energy by converting mana, which is affected, meaning a solely anti-magic barrier wouldn’t actually be as useless as you’d think.

However, the explosion generated by an artificial backdraft is a pure chemical reaction, meaning anti-magic Custor would provide no defense at all. This made it an effective weapon against this world’s mages, whose prevailing combat doctrine prioritized defending against magical effects.

Mind you, my real reason for developing the spell lay elsewhere.

There’s a bit of a hitch in the spell’s design: a slight lag between dropping the barrier and the carbon monoxide reaction. After all, the “rapid” in “rapid chemical reaction” doesn’t mean “instant.” However, this was precisely why I’d singled out this phenomenon: I needed my opponent to be able to defend against it.

I’d even straight up told him that a backdraft was coming. Though he might’ve only had an instant, everything he’d shown me suggested he was capable of reacting fast enough to defend himself.

When the flames died down, the man in butler’s garb—which now looked rather worse for wear—was kneeling with his hands in the air.

“I surrender. You’ve got no openings, and I’ve got no strength left. No options, either.”

“Really? It looked like you guarded perfectly against that explosion with that dimensional pocket of yours.”

“Unfortunately, that requires advance preparations...and that was all I had left in me.”

I wasn’t buying that. He had to have at least one more shot tucked away.

“Today’s really not my day,” he continued. “To think the emperor’s body double would be from home.”

“Heh. Close, but not quite. Toss your premise away and try again.”

The man’s eyes widened. “You’re...the actual emperor?”

“Yeah, it’s a long story. I’ve been playing the idiot since I was born.

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