[SILVER] Mushoku Tensei (S2E8) "The Fiance of Despair"

What makes Badi interesting to me is the fact that he obviously knows the Man-God, even though he said he didn't. That pause after Rudy mentions the name gives that away 100%. Another thing, Badi only challenged him to the one-hit match *after* Rudy mentions battling (and obviously surviving) the Dragon God. Badi wanted Rudy to use his absolute strongest magic. Why? To gauge how strong he is vs Orsted? That implies he not only knows who the Dragon God is, but also how powerful he is. Oh, also, if you check out the frame at 19:25 in the episode (right after Badi is hit by the shot) you actually see a few frames of Badi's lower torso flying through the air. Dude got his upper body blown clean off. I wanted to know what Rudy actually casted, so I checked out the LN passage for this scene. I'll paste it below incase you guys are interested in reading it. There's no spoilers for anything past this one scene of Rudy casting the spell at Badi, but feel free to skip reading it if you don't want any non-anime info. --- One attack from this monster would probably be enough to pulverize my heart. I should probably stop talking right now before I managed to dig myself even deeper. “I understand. Let’s go with those terms, then.” “Very well!” At long last, I held Aqua Heartia forward and began to concentrate. “Whooo…” I drew in a long, deep breath, and began to gather as much magic power as I possibly could into my staff. I was casting Stone Cannon, one of the spells I was most familiar with. But I made sure this projectile was far harder than the one I’d fired off at Orsted. I’d cast that spell quickly, out of sheer desperation. I hadn’t been holding my staff, and I’d only used one hand. This time, there was no rush at all. Once I gathered enough mana, I should be able to make my spell several times more powerful. Projectile: Solid and incredibly hard. Creating the ‘bullet’ wasn’t fundamentally any different from how I made a figurine. But I focused entirely on its hardness, ignoring properties like toughness and resilience. I shaped it like a spindle, tapering to a fine point, and added a pattern of grooves. Modifications: Rapid rotation. The faster it spun, the better. I focused until my bullet was just a blur. I had no idea how many rotations per second I was even looking at. Velocity: Maximum. This was the most critical part, so I devoted as much mana as I possibly could to it. I’d never used so much mana on a single Stone Cannon before. Given the amount of time it took to prepare, this version of the spell wouldn’t be much use in real combat…and for most monsters, it would probably be overkill. But this man was a Demon King. He might very well just shrug it off. At the very least, I hoped I could put a scratch on him. I really didn’t want those massive arms smacking me in the face. “Okay then. Here goes.” “Excellent! Have at me!” I fired off the spell. My bullet tore through the air with a high-pitched whine. There wasn’t any recoil; for whatever reason, there never was with magic. But that didn’t make its power any less real. The stone slammed into Badigadi with an enormous bang. His entire upper body was blown apart; his six arms disintegrated instantly. His lower half, still intact, soared dozens of meters backward and plopped limply to the ground. …Huh?” What was left of Badigadi didn’t even twitch. I’d been expecting my attack to just…bounce off him with a “twang” or something. What was this?

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