Blast Ash

Slayers Next - Blast Ash

Blast Ash (Japanese: 黒妖陣ブラスト・アッシュ, Kanji translation: Black Bewitching Ranks, Romaji: burasuto asshu) is an offensive black magic spell.

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), 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.

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

(Original article taken from Slayers Universe.)