Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 173

Magic is Learned in Vain – Episode 174

# 174

We’re Going There (1)

The Great Sage Baserabap.

He is estimated to be over ninety years old, but few people know his exact age.

Let’s list what is known about him…

First, he is old.

Second, he is incredibly strong.

Third, he knows a tremendous amount.

For now, Baserabap is the only officially recognized 8th circle Archmage in the kingdom. It is known that there are two more 8th circle Archmages, but they haven’t received official certification from the kingdom.

Therefore, Baserabap is the only official 8th circle Archmage, though it’s questionable how much that certification matters to someone who has reached the 8th circle.

Anyway, although the whereabouts and activities of those other two are unknown, Baserabap is actively working even at the age of ninety.

He supported Crown Prince Lauzel.

However, when that Crown Prince disappeared without a trace half a year ago, the Crown Prince faction, having lost its leader, gradually began to be pushed back by the Grand Duke faction, which was vying for royal authority.

The only reason the Crown Prince faction was still able to survive was because the Great Sage Baserabap was holding it together.

Legion had a clear picture of the current situation in his head.

‘Where the hell did that Crown Prince go?’ Because that stupid bastard disappeared, the kingdom was like a volcano about to erupt.

He never imagined that the foolish Crown Prince was a herbalist and teacher in his territory, teaching children language and military science.

-10 assassins approaching. Each with a combat power of 1,000 or more. They appear to be quite skilled assassins.

‘It looks like Mark is about to do some work.’

He missed Lawschool earlier, but he caught ten assassins at once.

‘What should I do?’

Legion pondered seriously.

He is neither in the Crown Prince faction nor the Grand Duke faction. He doesn’t really care whether they fight each other or stir things up.

However, it is clear that he is a nobleman belonging to the Count’s territory. Depending on which side Count Persimmon takes, his fate is likely to be decided.

‘Damn it, this is too much.’

‘I should give Count Persimmon a few more [Intelligence Boost] decisions and ask him to raise my title. I didn’t know before, but because my title is low, there are guys who keep picking fights.’

-Shouldn’t you be a Count to look good?

Mark chimed in.

‘Okay, I’ve decided.’

Legion’s fist, wearing a thick gauntlet, clenched tightly. He had a goal for the first time in a while. In 5 months and a few days, he will lose weight, so the next goal is to raise his title.

‘It would be even better if I could get a girlfriend too.’

-Ten assassins arriving in 5 seconds. Which side are you going to take?

Legion gripped his iron sword tightly.

‘My path has been decided.’

‘I trust money.’

-I hope that mind doesn’t change…

Poohahahaaa!

The masked assassins burst out of the forest all at once. Three hooks popped out from each of their wrists.

There was no bloodlust, they were secretive, and there was not an inch of hesitation.

No emotions were contained in their eyes. It was clear that they were highly trained as assassins.

But they met the wrong opponent.

Legion swung his iron sword. With tremendous wind pressure, the iron sword drew a brutal curve.

“What, what is that?”

Lawschool, who was standing in the back, was startled by the sudden appearance of the assassins.

He is also a knight, but his achievements are not high.

The reason why he is highly regarded by Marquis Forsethe of the Grand Duke faction is not because of his martial prowess, but because of his high level of vocabulary and excellent brain.

That’s why he always travels with two 4-star bodyguards. They are waiting below the mountain. The reason he left them behind was because the opponent was Donteckman, the butcher of death with 7-star martial power.

‘You must not displease him. He is second to none in the kingdom when it comes to bad temper.’

But that became a weakness.

The assassins aimed for Lawschool, the right-hand man of Marquis Forsethe, rather than Legion.

Lawschool drew his sword and stepped back-

He faced tremendous wind pressure right in front of him. It felt like someone was grabbing his collar and slapping him in the face repeatedly.

It was just that Donteckman, the butcher of death, was swinging his sword.

Pow pow pow pow pow!

An amazing thing happened.

It was so absurd that he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

In a single blow, three or four assassins were sent back to where they came from.

“Huh? Uh, uh, uh? What is this?”

The assassins also seemed dumbfounded.

Some of those hit by the sword had their arms and legs broken and were flying into the sky. Those who blocked the iron sword with hooks had their elbows shattered.

It was power beyond brute force.

‘I don’t know how to explain this ridiculous power.’

Legion twisted his waist.

He spun the iron sword a few more times like a windmill. When magic was accompanied, it felt like the surrounding air was being sucked into him in an instant.

The terrain was crushed and shattered as if it were pressed against a rock.

“Heu-ahp!”

The sound of a ferocious beast erupted-

Kwajijijijik!

The remaining assassins were all bounced and flew away.

It was not something that could be seen as a fight between humans.

They were not even opponents.

Even before wearing armor, Legion was a magic warrior.

A 5-star master. He possessed the power of a 5th circle master. If you unleash two powers at once, you won’t easily lose to anyone.

He gained unimaginable strength.

Simply in terms of strength, he is comparable to Dreizer.

What’s even scarier is-!

Until the iron armor is removed, it is unknown how much this power will increase.

-Tring! Strength increased by 5. Overall combat power increases by 30.

-Tring! Agility increased by 3. Overall combat power increases by 15.

“Ah… this is annoying. When is intelligence going to increase?”

‘It looks like I’ll have to eat a few more mithrils tonight.’

When Legion frowned, the surrounding atmosphere changed.

Tudderudderudder-.

Lawschool felt his limbs trembling.

He was accustomed to the overwhelming strength of Continent Grand Duke and the sharpness of Marquis Forsethe, one of the seven strongest in the same kingdom.

That’s why he was able to confidently express his opinion in front of Donteckman, the butcher of death, without being afraid.

But…

This feels different from the start.

There is not even a speck of beauty in using magic, flying mana blades, splitting rocks with aura, or burning fields with magic…

Isn’t it just crushing with power?

Lawschool was seeing this kind of fight for the first time. It really looked… ignorant and ruthless.

“Why… butcher of death… butcher of death… I wondered… there was a reason. You are really strong.”

Lawschool swallowed hard.

In fact, at the same time.

The real Donteckman, the butcher of death, whom he was supposed to meet, was struggling in a nearby mountain, being chased by angry believers of the Stone Head Church.

* * *

Legion arrived in the port city of CM.

This is a city that Silcut and Rohas often come to in order to sell mithril. I heard that they also obtained the heavy iron staff here.

Legion was once again angry when he thought about the staff.

‘Bidet, that bastard, also took the heavy iron staff.’

‘I will never forgive him if he threw it away. I’ll sell them at the slave market with Lulu. They deserve it.’

‘How dare you steal my Lactorerium [a valuable artifact or item] and run away?’

Lawschool shuddered at Legion’s unusual atmosphere. ‘I can’t walk next to him.’

‘Ah, I’m going crazy with fear.’

The man named Donteckman, whom Lawschool has observed so far, was a little out of his mind.

First of all, he talks to himself too often.

Suddenly, while walking down the street, he would say, ‘Mark, you devilish bastard,’ or ‘My Lactorerium, just try disappearing.’

Even if an ordinary guy mumbled like that, it would be scary enough, but since Donteckman, the butcher of death, is doing that, it’s so scary that I’m going crazy.

‘What if he suddenly swings his sword and cuts my neck, and then says, ‘Oh? Why are you there? I’m sorry?”

Even if he dies, it doesn’t seem like his lord, Marquis Forsethe, will step in.

It doesn’t seem like Marquis Forsethe will lose, but this butcher of death is by no means an easy opponent. No matter how much Marquis Forsethe is, he will have to be prepared to lose an arm.

Lawschool entered a huge mansion.

“Here it is.”

Originally, this place was like a villa of Count Office, the lord of the port city of CM. In fact, he is close to being a moderate, but he is being pressured by Marquis Forsethe and is now attached to the Grand Duke faction.

Whether he likes it or not, Count Office had no choice but to cooperate since he became a member of the Grand Duke faction.

Count Office’s villa was huge.

From the entrance to the place where the mansion was visible, it seemed to be at least hundreds of meters away.

Hundreds of species of flowers bloomed in the neat square garden, and in the middle, a statue with its penis sticking out was urinating.

There was also a fountain with a unique shape.

Even Legion, who was not very interested in these things, thought it was beautiful.

As Legion and Lawschool passed the statues of gods holding lightning, servants ran up pulling a carriage.

It was an open-type carriage.

“Get on.”

‘I was tired, so this is good.’

‘Walking itself is suffering. Every time I walk, my thighs swell up.’

Legion lifted his leg and got into the carriage.

Wajigeun-.

The bottom of the carriage broke and Legion fell forward. He made a thud and the top-class carriage was destroyed.

“Oh my, what should I do?”

A carriage worth at least 1,000 gold.

The owner made it especially to welcome guests. Legion ended up destroying such a carriage. The coachman will bear the blame.

So the coachman’s face was distorted, and Legion’s face, who was lying on the floor, was distorted with embarrassment.

‘Nothing is working out.’

‘His butt, which he couldn’t wipe properly, was already stinging, and he never thought he would suffer such a thing.’

He was too embarrassed to get up.

“Quickly, get Donteckman up.”

Lawschool ordered the servants.

The servants quickly grabbed Legion’s arm and tried to lift him up. No, they were trying to lift him up. The faces of the sturdy servants turned red.

They straightened their backs with all their might.

Ttuduk-.

It seems like they used too much strength. The servants grabbed their backs and fell to the floor.

“T, this can’t be.”

Lawschool was surprised in another sense.

He understood a little about Donteckman’s overwhelming strength. There was no way a human could be so heavy. Perhaps the armor he is wearing is incredibly heavy.

“Get Donteckman up.”

Lawschool said to the bodyguards.

The bodyguards used magic from the beginning to lift Legion up.

Even so-

‘W, what is it? Why is it so heavy?’

‘This monster-like human. Can you walk around wearing this?’

The bodyguards were shocked by the weight of the iron armor that Legion was wearing.

Lawschool, watching the two bodyguards barely lift Legion up, was convinced.

‘This operation will definitely succeed. Donteckman, the butcher of death. He’s not an ordinary guy.’

But there was a problem.

The problem was that Donteckman was too strong.

The Great Sage Baserabap seems certain to die… then we must kill Donteckman, who killed Baserabap. Only then will all questions fall asleep deep in the water.

But-

If he is this strong, the problem could go wrong.

He was not someone who would die easily.

‘Maybe…’

‘I should use poison.’

‘There is still time until we attack Baserabap. I should be careful and slowly poison Donteckman, gradually increasing from weak poison to strong poison.’

Wait-!

‘I feel like I forgot something.’

Lawschool scratched his cheek. He felt like he had forgotten something very important.

‘I remembered.’

He clapped his hands.

‘Donteckman, the butcher of death, and Jack Nitzer, the serial killer.’

‘I heard that the two are like thread and needle? They always say that the two are together? That they never fall apart.’

But Jack Nitzer is not visible now.

“Um… Mr. Donteckman.”

Lawschool called Legion.

Legion, who barely raised his body, looked at Lawschool. His eyes were bloodshot because he was so embarrassed.

Heog!?

‘Did he read my mind?’

Lawschool felt severe fear when he saw Legion’s bloodshot eyes.

“What is it?”

Legion said as quietly as possible because he was embarrassed.

‘Damn it, he’s angry. That monster seems angry.’

Lawschool and the bodyguards felt a suffocating fear.