Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 118

Magic is Learned for Nothing – Episode 119 (119/502)

# 119

Stronger at Night 1

How on earth am I supposed to explain this?

The battle is over. I don’t even know how many casualties there were.

Okay, I admit it.

I rushed to take the mithril mine.

I couldn’t gather all my troops, and there were limits to hiring mercenaries. But even so, it was nearly 700 soldiers.

They shouldn’t have fallen apart in a place like this.

But-

To think they would collapse so futilely.

Baron Beach couldn’t bear it. To think his foundation would crumble in a place like this.

The mercenaries had already disappeared, and the few remaining troops were demoralized, with no one daring to step forward.

It can’t end like this.

It mustn’t end like this.

Let’s finish this. I have to step up and end this. Only then can I rally the remaining troops.

“Dieeee!”

Baron Beach swung a powerful blow at Legion with all his might.

A top-tier mana blade!

It doesn’t reach the level of aura [a powerful energy or life force], but it’s an attack with sharpness and destructive power that can cut through most castle walls in one strike.

But-

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The large man deflected his blade with his bare hands.

Am I supposed to believe this?

No one in the world can catch a blade with their bare hands.

Moreover, blocking a blade imbued with magic was impossible. If it were possible, it would mean he was far superior to me…

Even for the famous Drayger, this doesn’t make sense.

Drayger smirked and dusted off his palm.

It stings a little, but it’s not unbearable. I even became an Dark Overlord, so this is nothing.

“Why… why would someone of your caliber get involved in this?”

Baron Beach asked.

He felt that things had gone completely wrong.

Just two people joined the battle, and everything went awry. Or perhaps the problem started when we invaded this territory.

From the moment we suffered nearly three hundred casualties against only thirty regular soldiers and a hundred or so militiamen.

‘I misjudged this territory from the start…’

And to think Drayger, that madman, would get involved.

Why on earth did he appear here? His infamy is too great to participate in such a small fight.

“Are you also… after the mithril mine?”

Drayger shrugged.

Red aura streamed from the scythe of ‘Tyrant’s Fang’ he was holding.

Baron Beach gritted his teeth.

Even if he mobilized himself and the remaining troops, it might be difficult to face that one man.

Now, the only option left is…

“I, I have… a small favor… to ask of you.”

“What is it?”

“In exchange for you withdrawing… I, I will give you… money.”

He could give as much money as he wanted. If he wanted the mithril mine, he was even willing to give half. Crazy Drayger was worth that much.

“How much do you want?”

Baron Beach asked again.

Drayger twisted his lips. I thought he had some backbone, but he’s just a bastard twisted by greed.

He opened his palm and slapped him across the face.

There was no time to block.

“Gack!”

Baron Beach was thrown into a corner, his mind going blank. He didn’t know what was happening.

“Tsk, tsk, you’re so stupid.”

It’s all so futile.

Was this how it was going to end so meaninglessly?

As Baron Beach fell, the knights and soldiers threw their swords to the black floor. They no longer had the will to fight.

Before he knew it, there were no screams or sounds of swords clashing.

Legion walked, followed by Drayger. Baron Beach’s soldiers hesitated and stepped back.

The game was over.

Baron Beach slowly felt his mind shutting down.

“Everyone, kneel.”

Legion said.

The soldiers who were still holding weapons quickly dropped their swords and shields.

“We surrender.”

One of the knights said.

“Understood.”

Legion replied without turning around.

Then, he walked towards the territory residents. They were all looking at Legion with tearful expressions.

Legion made eye contact with each and every one of them.

“You guys…”

Legion smirked.

“No one died without my permission, right? If there is, you’ll really be dead!”

Waaahhhhh!

A tremendous cheer erupted.

* * *

Legion saw dozens of injured men in front of him.

The dedicated servants and Sepia, who had led the fight against the enemies, were surprisingly unharmed.

Most of the injured were young men from the militia. Their arms and legs were wrapped in bandages. Their foreheads were also broken, and they were forcibly stopping the bleeding.

Legion glared at the dedicated servants and Sepia, who were standing proudly. What were you guys doing while the militia was fighting so desperately?

The dedicated servants and Sepia didn’t understand what Legion was saying.

Legion personally wiped the blood from Hita’s face.

“You’ve worked hard.”

“It’s alright. Lord, you’re the one who’s worked hard.”

“How many casualties are there?”

“I haven’t checked yet… but there will be almost none.”

“Really? Still, check thoroughly. Gather all the injured, bring them to the mansion, and treat them properly.”

“Yes, thank you.”

Hita teared up and thanked him.

Kid, I’m the one who should be thanked… Legion didn’t bother to say that.

“You’ve really worked hard, but let’s work a little harder. The work isn’t completely done yet.”

“Understood.”

As Legion said, there were over 200 prisoners.

The priests and mercenaries had all run away, but the knights and heavy infantry who followed Baron Beach had surrendered.

In other words, the number of surrendered soldiers was greater than the entire combat force of the Legion territory.

It was a significant battle, and it was a rare historical victory for the Alexander territory. They had defended against a surprise attack from an enemy several times their size with a much smaller number.

Legion felt confident.

He knew he had become stronger.

But it seemed that the people around him were developing even faster. It had been a long time since he felt like he could trust someone.

Legion approached the dedicated servants and Sepia.

They were smiling with very satisfied faces.

“Are you laughing?”

“Yes?”

“What’s so good that you’re laughing about?”

“You guys, getting hurt by those kinds of guys. Sepia!”

-Grrr (Brother, I fought really hard).

“You poured out the potion I told you to save, all at once?”

-Grrr, grrr (T, that’s because my body hurt…). [Sepia communicates through growls]

“Everyone else too!”

Legion shouted in front of everyone.

Everyone started to worry about how much their stingy lord would nag about the potions they used today and how much training he would make them do.

“You all know what’s going to come out of my mouth, right? From today, consider yourselves dead and repeat after me-!”

Legion shouted to the sky.

“Drink yourselves to death for three days straight!”

Waaaaaahhhhh!

Once again, shouts echoed throughout the territory.

* * *

“This is more annoying than I thought.”

Legion pressed his temples to endure the throbbing headache. I captured them as prisoners, but it’s not easy.

Baron Beach, along with his subordinate nobles, knights, and anyone with even a little noble blood, started acting up openly.

“Listen here, Baron Legion. Of course, I deeply apologize for invading your territory. But am I not a baron? I cannot be in such a humiliating state. You might as well cut off my head.”

“We are nobles. Treat us like nobles!”

“Baron Legion! Are you not a noble? How can you treat us so disrespectfully when we are fellow nobles?”

Tsk! Should I send them all to Sepia?

There is no place that can be called a prison in the Legion territory.

The only incidents that happen are fights after drinking, and if the fight gets a little too serious, they are left in the dedicated servants’ quarters for a day.

Then, they get scared and go home the next day.

If they cause trouble again… they spend two days with Sepia. Then, they never cause trouble again.

Foreigners often cause trouble, and when they do, they are beaten to a pulp and then exiled from the territory.

No one thought that a situation like this would happen.

So, there was no place to hold so many people, and as a last resort, Legion’s mansion was chosen.

Over 200 prisoners were swarming inside his mansion.

I’m hungry, give me food, it’s cold at night, please give me another blanket, where is the bathroom? etc.

It was really noisy.

They were noisy, and the nobles’ words were very irritating.

Prisoners, huh?

Trying to usurp someone else’s territory, huh?

Why are they so shameless! First, I called them one by one, hung them upside down, and waterboarded them before getting a written oath that they were wrong and would never do it again…

The next step is a bit awkward.

There were too many eyes to hand them over to the Orc warrior tribe. Thirty people would be just right. Too bad. Tsk.

“What on earth should I do with these guys?”

Drayger said.

“How about sending them away for ransom?”

“Ransom?”

“You give them back in exchange for money or land.”

“Really? How much do you think their ransom would be?”

“The value of their lives. Isn’t that the right of the victor? It’s worth whatever you ask for.”

“Oho!”

Legion’s lips twisted strangely at Drayger’s words.

It seemed like it was time to show those cheeky bastards who were eyeing his land a lesson.