Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 147

Magic is Learned for Nothing – Episode 148

# 148

The Pseudo-Man of the Magic Tower 2

“Master?”

“Ugh.”

The Pseudo-Man also swallowed a groan.

One of his most cherished disciples was Mizsett. She wasn’t a genius, but she was definitely talented. Among the disciples he had raised, she was in the top five.

Moreover, she was pretty and had a charming demeanor.

She was fun to nurture.

He was confident that she would reach at least his level over time.

But impatience ruined her.

Human experimentation, no less.

Upon hearing the news, the Pseudo-Man rushed to Mizsett’s laboratory.

Mizsett’s laboratory resembled hell. Castrated rapists were crying out, begging for their manhood to be restored.

Even for the Pseudo-Man, it was beyond his ability to stop.

Perhaps knowing that their *danjeon* [energy center in the body, according to some Eastern martial arts and spiritual traditions] would be sealed.

She removed the badge symbolizing the Magic Tower and disappeared.

And now, years later, they had encountered each other in a place where they should never have met.

The Pseudo-Man was more ashamed of his involvement in this than of her human experimentation.

It was a disgrace.

He lowered his head and had no choice but to flee.

“I, I am not that kind of person.”

The Pseudo-Man turned his back and left the scene. Count Signal called out to him several times, but he didn’t look back.

“Master! Pseudo-Man Master!”

The Pseudo-Man didn’t respond and quickly left the village.

Mizsett chased after him.

Hymo and his colleagues followed her.

“Don’t follow me. This is my personal matter.”

Mizsett flatly rejected her colleagues’ kindness. Her expression was so firm that her colleagues had no choice but to stop.

“Leave her alone.”

Legion stopped them.

“Pardon?”

“I said, leave her alone.”

“But…”

“It’s okay. So, leave her alone.”

Everyone stopped at his words, and Mizsett disappeared into the forest, calling out for her master.

“Now, go after her.”

Legion said to Hymo.

“Pardon?”

Hymo didn’t understand Legion’s words. He tilted his head.

“A woman alone has entered the Demon Forest. How dangerous is that?”

“But the boss told us to leave her alone…”

“Just in words.”

“Just in words?”

“Yes, just in words. Mizsett is quite agitated right now. She’s chasing after that strange man because she can’t see what’s ahead. But it’s too dangerous to wander alone in the Demon Forest. Go quickly and take care of her.”

“Understood.”

Only then did Hymo and his subordinates understand Legion’s words, and they smiled brightly. *As expected, our Legion cares even for his subordinates’ feelings.*

*We serve the best boss.*

*Let’s pledge our loyalty with our lives.*

They bowed to Legion and ran towards the forest where Mizsett had disappeared.

Watching his subordinates’ backs, Legion clicked his tongue.

“He seemed like a groom with quite an age gap…”

“Who?”

Natalia asked.

“I’m talking about the man Mizsett chased after. Doesn’t he look haggard and like he’s been away from home for quite a while?”

“So, you’re saying that middle-aged man from earlier and Mizsett are a couple?”

“Yeah.”

*What on earth was he talking about?* She wanted to check what kind of mental world this man had. Didn’t he hear Mizsett call him ‘Master’ earlier?

* * *

The knights indiscriminately attacked Legion to stop his sudden appearance. An extermination order had been issued to kill everyone except the dark elves.

They would have done so even without the order.

Not a single one of them should witness what they had done.

Whoosh!

A mana blade pierced through space.

But-

Legion didn’t even try to dodge the mana blade. He had already confirmed how great the Tarantula’s armor’s defense was in the battle with Medusa.

The Tarantula’s set items consisted of five pieces.

Each time an item was equipped, an option was added. When all five items were collected, four options were added.

Legion clasped his hands and prayed.

The first active skill turned out to be trash.

If he continued to use the active skill, his hair would gradually grow longer. If he sang ‘That Girl Who Once Gave Me a Bouquet’ with Lich Mamon, he would bite his tongue and die.

He really didn’t want to do that.

So!

Please, Tarantula’s set items! At least give me good options!

He prayed like this.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The mana blade exploded.

Legion stuck out his stomach and blocked the mana blade with his body.

Count Signal’s knights and slave hunters were shocked.

“He, he blocked the mana blade with his stomach!”

“I, it can’t be!”

“That doesn’t make sense. No one can block a blade!”

“Co, could it be?”

“Could it be what?”

“The legendary Pig God.”

“…”

*You crazy bastards!*

It’s not a stomach, it’s the Tarantula’s armor. Can’t you see?

That’s that.

Legion took a step forward and asked.

“Who’s the boss here?”

“What?”

One of the knights retorted, with a look that said, ‘A pig is talking.’

Those bastards want to die.

“Are you deaf? There must be a boss among you. Who is it?”

The knights and slave hunters looked at Count Signal. He smirked and gave a thumbs up.

“Pig…”

“The listening pig is not happy.”

“Die.”

Count Signal turned his thumb down.

At the same time, the knights fired mana blades in succession. Perhaps one was avoided by chance, or maybe it had exhausted its power and disappeared near the pig. But it was impossible to block dozens of mana blades.

“If you don’t answer, I’ll pass judgment for you. You are villains. Therefore, death penalty.”

Legion took out Lulu’s Hammer.

As far as defense goes, it’s the best in its class.

The mage can play the role of a tank.

Legion endured the hail of mana blades with his body and charged into the knights.

He deflects them all. Even if they collide head-on, he doesn’t budge.

“Wh, what on earth is that?”

The knights were horrified.

“What is it? You bastards. It’s the hero of justice who came to save the dark elves!”

Crack!

Lulu’s Hammer began to strike their foreheads.

* * *

Legion’s territory.

Bacon, having finished all of his afternoon training, stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the moon in the sky.

“I wonder if the master is doing well.”

Among the servants, his loyalty to Legion was second to none.

He had recently broken up with his girlfriend.

The reason for the breakup was simple. Every time they met, he would talk endlessly about Legion.

“Our master eats with his pinky finger raised.”

“Our master can move while sleeping.”

“Our master is a mystery himself.”

What woman wouldn’t get annoyed?

His ex-girlfriend stood up abruptly during a meal and shouted at Bacon.

“Live with your master. Why are you dating me!”

“This isn’t love. It’s reverence.”

“Whether it’s reverence or love, it looks like a perversion.”

“Let’s break up. You don’t understand my heart.”

“Yeah, let’s break up. What crazy woman would understand you? Live happily with that respected master of yours for ten thousand years. You crazy pervert.”

His ex-girlfriend spat on the floor and left the restaurant.

Bacon cleanly cut her out of his heart. He didn’t need a woman who didn’t understand his heart.

Today, he looks at the moon and prays for his master’s well-being.

“Bacon! Bacon!”

Lotto urgently called for Bacon.

“What is it?”

Since the master, the new employees, and Drezzer left the territory, there hadn’t been any major commotion. So, it was unexpected for Lotto to call him so urgently.

“Behind the master’s mansion…”

“Behind the mansion?”

“There’s something strange.”

“Something strange? What is it?”

“It’s… it’s really hard to say. I think you should see it for yourself.”

Bacon tilted his head. He wasn’t the kind of friend to make such a fuss.

“Let’s go.”

Bacon followed Lotto behind the master’s mansion.

“Hmm.”

There were already about a dozen exclusive servants gathered there. They were all murmuring and looking at it.

Bacon also saw it.

“What on earth is this?”

“That’s why I called you, isn’t it?”

What Bacon was looking at was a tree that had grown as tall as him. It was definitely not a tree that could be seen anywhere. First of all, the thickness was enormous. It was so thick that two adults would have to spread their arms to hug it.

It was the first time he had seen a tree less than 2 meters tall that was so thick.

And the leaves.

They shone with a golden color.

It goes without saying that he had never seen leaves shining with a golden color.

The most important thing remained.

Several fruits bloomed from the golden branches.

No, they weren’t fruits.

It was definitely the ‘crystal’ that the master had given them.

The golden leaves and the master’s crystal. No matter how bold the exclusive servants were, they couldn’t touch it carelessly.

“What on earth is this tree?”

“No one knows. No one has ever seen it.”

“Did you ask Grandpa Silcut all about it?”

“Silcut has gone to get Grandpa Silcut right now.”

After a while, Silcut arrived.

But he also seemed to have never seen such a tree.

“Oh, oh, oh, it’s a sign that the ancestors of the Alexander family are trying to protect our lord.”

“You don’t know what kind of tree it is?”

“I’ve never seen it. But don’t you feel it too?”

“Feel what?”

“The master’s energy.”

“Now that you mention it…”

It was strange.

He could feel the master’s presence from this tree. It was to the point where he could feel the master’s presence if he turned his back.

“What on earth is going on?”

Bacon tilted his head.

No one knew what the tree was or where it came from.

It seemed that no one would know the identity of that tree until the master returned.

“That crystal…”

Silcut pointed to the crystal.

“Surely that’s the one the master gave us, right?”

The three crystals were shining brightly.

Seeing that, the eyes of the exclusive servants lit up. Their high loyalty to Legion was separate from their desire to consume the crystal.

The exclusive servants who had consumed it knew how great the crystal’s abilities were.

Even disassembling just one would greatly increase their abilities.

“I think so.”

“If it’s a tree without an owner… wouldn’t it be okay for us to pick the crystals?”

Bacon hesitated for a moment. But soon, he shook his head.

“It’s a tree where the master’s energy is felt. It’s not a tree without an owner.”

“Then why is this tree in such an out-of-the-way place?”

“That’s also the master’s arrangement. It must be to test our greed.”

“Ah~ that could be it.”

“Everyone here must have had the thought of disassembling those crystals the moment they saw them. But hold back. If we eat those crystals, we won’t be able to pass the master’s test. We need to show our will in times like these.”

The exclusive servants nodded at Bacon’s firm words.

The exclusive servants didn’t know that Legion didn’t know about the tree itself.