Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 60

Meeting a Good Friend (1)

Count Persimmon’s gaze turned icy cold.

On the battlefield, he was known as a tyrant. His sword knew no mercy—a single strike that cleaved enemies and their horses in two! That was the extent of his strength.

But in ordinary times, he was quiet and reserved.

His retainers knew this was the calm before the storm. When Count Persimmon was like this, none dared to raise their heads.

“So…”

Count Persimmon tapped the table with his finger for a long while before speaking.

“Soul and the others have all disappeared again, is that what you’re saying?”

Heinz replied in a barely audible voice.

“Yes, that is correct.”

Again, Count Persimmon closed his eyes for a long time, and just when everyone was becoming restless, he opened his mouth to ask.

“How on earth did this happen?”

“I am sorry. We have not yet been able to confirm. We will immediately… dispatch a search party to find their whereabouts.”

Count Persimmon turned his head towards Paring.

“Is there something you haven’t told me?”

“No, sir. How would I dare? I have told Your Excellency everything.”

Paring trembled, his forehead pressed tightly against the floor.

“Then what are these phenomena that are occurring now?”

Count Persimmon’s aura pressed down on Paring.

Paring was also a 3-circle master [a mage with mastery over three circles of magic], but he released all the energy in his body. There was no point in raising his energy to confront Count Persimmon.

As a result, he was completely exposed to Count Persimmon’s crushing aura.

It was difficult even to breathe.

“Right… you said there was something unique about him.”

Count Persimmon released his aura.

“Haa, haa.”

Paring took shallow breaths. It became easier to breathe.

“You said he keeps an ogre as a pet.”

“Y-yes, that is correct.”

“What an audacious idea. How could one possibly keep that ferocious monster as a pet? Do you know the method?”

“N-not exactly.”

“If… ogres or trolls could be tamed, that would be truly amazing.”

At Count Persimmon’s words, Heinz wore a surprised expression.

“Count, but that is very dangerous… Of course, if it were possible… Your Excellency would have the best army in the kingdom.”

“Wouldn’t I?”

“Indeed, Your Excellency.”

At Heinz’s words, Count Persimmon wore a satisfied expression. His anger had subsided considerably.

Lower nobles cannot raise monsters.

Of course. The higher nobles would never allow it. It was a problem that someone must have considered at least once, but no one had succeeded.

But he could do it.

There were not even forty people in the kingdom who were above him.

He was acquainted with most of the higher nobles. He could create a sufficient excuse to persuade them.

Therefore, it was Count Persimmon’s belief that he was free to tame monsters.

“This time, select elites.”

“Shall we deploy the Knights?”

“Yes, find out exactly what happened there.”

“Shall we find out the location of the mithril mine and how to tame the ogre?”

“Yes, make sure to complete the mission this time.”

“Understood. We will prepare thoroughly to ensure there are no mistakes.”

Heinz bowed deeply towards Count Persimmon.

* * *

Legion was sitting cross-legged in his room.

Before him, the jewels he had collected were lined up, showing off their beautiful forms. He excluded mithril and steel. Disassembling them would only make him fatter and dumber.

Now, he only took the jewels that would increase his resistance.

Rubies that could increase fire resistance.

If he disassembled these often, he wouldn’t have to worry about burning to death.

Diamonds that strengthen bones. He was contemplating whether to disassemble these or not. It was no different from eating calcium. Mark said that eating a lot of fish could produce a similar effect to diamonds.

Then pass on these.

This small diamond, smaller than a baby fingernail, costs over 500 gold. With 500 gold, I could eat fish until I die. I can’t disassemble this precious diamond just to make my bones a little stronger.

Legion looked at a green-tinged jewel.

This is an emerald. A jewel with detoxification properties. These also cost over 300 gold each. There are potions from the temple that have the same effect for 10 gold.

No matter how I think about it, it doesn’t add up.

Why should I disassemble an emerald worth 30 potions? That would be crazy.

If experience accumulated little by little like other skills and reached MAX, and if I became immune to all poisons, I would be willing to disassemble rubies or emeralds.

But it didn’t seem to be the case.

There were definitely jewels that were just eaten and digested.

To think that hundreds of gold are being digested in my stomach… it’s really disheartening.

“Haa, what should I do? Should I call Mammon?”

His thoughts reached Lich Mammon.

But the thought of that bastard made Legion lose his appetite. Lich Mammon seemed to be in a very good mood after growing his hair. He sings after being summoned.

“That lich who once gave me a bouquet of flowers. Why do I miss that lich so much today.”

Summoned beast or whatever.

I almost killed him.

Since then, he didn’t want to summon that guy if he could help it.

“Ah, but I’m curious. I’m curious about the functions of the jewels.”

In particular, he was curious about the effects of abrinium.

It’s called a lower version of orichalcum [a mythical metal], but it’s still amazing. In fact, there are many blacksmiths who have never seen orichalcum in their lives. There’s a reason why it’s called the metal of the gods.

First of all, it’s terribly hard to find.

Its price is beyond imagination because of its rarity.

At least abrinium has a higher production volume than that….

“Ah, should I eat it? Or not.”

Legion pondered for a long time before deciding to give up. Let’s leave the expensive jewels alone for now and deal with only what I can handle.

He began to disassemble the jewels one by one.

-Superior Aqua has been disassembled. Resistance to cold has increased by +1. Overall combat power is now 865.

Oh! This is good. Okay, I can disassemble Aqua anytime.

-Intermediate Rose has been disassembled. Good for cystitis. The master urinates three times a day. The condition of the bladder is healthy. Disassemble Rose once every two years to check the bladder.

What is this again? Okay. Keep it for now!

-Lower Blue Sapphire has been disassembled. Resistance to darkness has increased by +1. Overall combat power is now 866.

Ooooh!

Good. Good!

Legion was excited. His overall combat power was increasing rapidly.

In one hour, he disassembled over 5,000 gold worth of jewels. Now, only a few unidentified jewels and abrinium remained before him.

However, his overall combat power had not increased significantly.

Current combat power is 917.

The amount disassembled was 5,300 gold.

He could have raised that much combat power by diligently gaining weight for 3 weeks.

Legion was incredibly regretful when he thought about the money.

* * *

In the village tavern.

Bacon and Lotto were holding their breaths.

They were waiting for the bridegrooms who would be newly married (?) under Legion’s special orders.

It had been 20 days since Soul, the knight, and the mercenaries had left for the village of the Amazon orc female warriors. By now, other bridegrooms should have arrived and be surveying the atmosphere here….

As expected, the master’s calculations were accurate.

“They will come around today. They will be the most skilled among those who have come to the territory so far. So, don’t be rash and treat them with the utmost respect. The plan is the same as last time.”

It wasn’t a grand plan.

They would provide the best service as servants to the customers.

First, a meal.

They would serve hydra meat, which is hard to come by even in the royal palace. This is truly the elixir of elixirs. It will transform the body into its best condition before getting married.

Honestly, it was a precious food that we hadn’t even eaten.

It is a customized food only for those who are going to be bridegrooms.

Secondly, a comfortable place to sleep. It was the room where the first night would take place with the orc female warriors who would maintain the marital relationship in the future.

It is a strict order not to treat even one person carelessly.

The preparations were perfect.

The maids had cleaned the mansion thoroughly.

“Haa, it feels like our house has become an inn.”

The maids sighed.

But they were all determined to do this much for the lord who was trying to live hard.

However, the number of people who would become bridegrooms today was smaller than the number who had come so far.

There are only twenty people.

“The master will be disappointed?”

Lotto said.

“It’s better than not coming at all.”

Bacon was positive. The problem was that they seemed to be quite strong, unlike before.

Bacon and Lotto, who rarely get nervous, stopped breathing and lowered their heads. The momentum emanating from them was about the same level as the individual dedicated servants.

They were going to observe the atmosphere, greet the one who seemed to be the leader, and then guide them to the master.

But-

After a while, the whole atmosphere became strange because of a man who came in.

This man is amazing.

First of all, he was a giant who was almost 2 meters tall.

A pervert who wears short sleeves in the still chilly weather, the muscles in his arms are comparable to Sepia-nim [likely a reference to a character known for their muscles]. The veins in his arm muscles swelled as if they were about to burst.

People who saw his huge muscles swallowed dry saliva without realizing it.

The knights also have good bodies.

All of them are muscular and solid.

But compared to that man, they couldn’t even mention their names.

It was as if a famous sculptor had deliberately sculpted unrealistic god-like muscles like that.

And the huge battle ax he was carrying on his back.

The halberd, a type of spear, was similar in length, but the blade was much larger. Just looking at the weight, it seemed enormous.

A warrior who is over 2 meters tall, carrying a battle ax with a weight that ordinary people would have difficulty even lifting.

The knights had the name of a man with a similar appearance in their heads.

-Crazy Drezzer.

One of the kingdom’s 7 great ax masters.

A berserker with unimaginable power, who does not belong to anyone and roams the world alone like a lone wolf!

Although they used the phrase ‘like a lone wolf’, everyone in the world knows that it is not true.

Why would they put the word ‘Crazy’ in front of his name?

In a word, he is a crazy son of a bitch.

Some people call him a son of a bitch who doesn’t even recognize his own parents.

He causes trouble when he drinks.

He causes trouble because he made eye contact.

He causes trouble because he’s in a bad mood.

He causes trouble because he said he paid for the alcohol when he didn’t.

He is sweeping away all the notoriety in the kingdom.

If he wasn’t one of the kingdom’s 7 great ax masters, he would never have been alive until now.

No one knew why Crazy Drezzer, who was such a mess, was so strong.

Usually, if you have a bad personality, aren’t you stupid?

Children who are stupid don’t even try. But this bastard is smart, at least when it comes to martial arts, and he’s damn diligent when it comes to martial arts.

So he became a symbolic figure who gives strength and courage to countless unemployed bums in the world.

He certainly didn’t want it.

Of course, the knights hate such Drezzer very much.

Because they think he’s tarnishing their noble image, but the thugs go crazy because he beats them up if they act noble and pretentious, which is also like Drezzer.

Anyway, so far, many knights have applied for duels because they didn’t like such Drezzer.

Seeing that Drezzer is still alive, it seems that no knights have won the duel.

One of the knights stood up.

He was a knight with eyes like a hyena. He walked towards Drezzer without looking back.

“What is your name?”

The knight asked Drezzer bluntly in a rude manner.