Blast Ash (Japanese: 黒妖陣, Kanji translation: Black Bewitching Ranks, Romaji: burasuto asshu) is an offensive black magic spell[1][2].
The caster makes a black void appear in a certain area, and anything alive or possessing an astral body is turned into ash. Inanimate objects such as the ground, buildings, and equipment are not affected; the spell has an effect of a relatively large area (somewhat bigger than an adult's arm span in diameter[3]), making this one of the few black magic spells which can be used in cramped alleys and town squares.
Unlike some other spells, Blast Ash can be cast at a place which the sorcerer cannot see at that moment, such as behind his/her back. The only requirement seems to be that the caster must be able to visualize the target spot in sufficient detail for the incantation to work.[4]
Incantation[]
Japanese[]
闇よ
集いて我に従い深淵となり
我が前に在る敵を撃て
Romaji[]
yami yo
tsudoite waga ni shitagai shin'en to nari
waga mae ni aru teki wo ute
English[]
Oh Darkness,
Bring me the abyss
Destroy the enemy before me.
Trivia[]
- Blast Ash appears in the trading card game Slayers Fight during its third season, as card #393.
Examples of Usage[]
- Amelia Wil Tesla Saillune used it in EP19 (Slayers NEXT) on Seigram.
- Lina Inverse used it in EP23 (Slayers NEXT) on Gourry Gabriev.
In other languages[]
- Black Occult Field (in English fan-made subtitle versions)
- Cenizas Cegadoras (Spanish, lit. Blinding Ashes)
- Poder de las Cenizas (Spanish, lit. Ashes Power)
References[]
- ↑ Encyclopedia Slayers, page 229
- ↑ Slayers Reading, page 190
- ↑ Novel 12, chapter 4
- ↑ Novel 10, chapter 4
(Original article taken from Slayers Universe.)