At first glance, this looked like a decision Fang Zheng had made on a whim—though that was indeed the case. Still, after giving it some thought, he decided to add it.
The reason was Mid-style magical attacks.
This kind of magical attack could destroy objects without seriously harming living beings—psychological trauma aside, of course. Something like this really only existed in a world like this. After all, if you asked for "a spell that can instantly vaporize an entire building without killing any humans," people in any other world would probably look at you as if you were an idiot.
And now that he had something this useful, Fang Zheng naturally had no reason not to use it.
He chose Spell Cards partly as a tribute, but also because it was the conclusion he had reached after studying Mid magic.
When he had helped Nanoha create the spell "Starlight Breaker," Fang Zheng had discovered that Magic Device spells in this world functioned much like programs. They only carried out their predesigned instructions. If one wanted features like automatic targeting or tracking, the caster had to concentrate and control them personally.
Yet this was actually quite wasteful. Take the duel between Fate and Nanoha in the original story. Nanoha had come up with the idea of controlling her magic bullets, planning to catch Fate off guard. But Fate noticed, grazed past the shots, and dodged them before sending Nanoha flying with a single Thunder Spear.
But Nanoha had not managed to dodge Fate's Thunder Spear.
That alone explained the problem. Control-type spells consumed a great deal of the caster's focus, and Fate's Thunder Spear clearly had no tracking function. Yet it had struck Nanoha with ease because it was simply too fast for Nanoha to react.
The saying that no martial