Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 192

Can I even go home? (1)

Earl Audi barely escaped the city gates.

If he had been any later, he would have been caught and killed by the rebels. Where did all those people even come from?

By the time the citizen revolutionary army arrived at the castle, it had swelled to over 30,000. Many dissatisfied citizens joined the revolutionary army because of this incident.

Nearly half of the city’s adults participated in this revolution. That’s how high people’s dissatisfaction was. In particular, the families of the victims who lost their lives in this incident were furious.

They took the lead, weapons in hand, and stormed the castle.

A significant number of nobles who had sided with Earl Audi were caught by the citizen revolutionary army and beaten to death.

Terrified, Earl Audi had no choice but to flee with only a few of his men.

If he had been any later, he would have been beheaded like his vassals. It was a very narrow escape.

Pudduduk-

Earl Audi gritted his teeth.

He looked back. Flames were rising from all over the city. It was the location of the government offices. It seemed like those crazy rebels were planning to completely turn the city upside down.

“Let’s go back to the unit.”

Earl Audi was one of the few subordinates who could mobilize Marquis Porse’s army. In Marquis Porse’s absence, he could deploy the army at his own discretion.

Marquis Porse’s private army numbered 30,000.

The law stipulated that nobles could not raise more than 1,000 private soldiers, but few adhered to it. In particular, as the outbreak of civil war approached, nobles competed to recruit soldiers.

Those directly related to the royalist or archduke factions possessed even more private soldiers.

Marquis Porse was no exception.

The 30,000 troops he raised. If they were deployed, the port city of CM, with almost no combat troops except for the security forces and guards, would be finished.

If I can’t have it, no one can.

Earl Audi resolved to burn down the port city of CM.

30,000 citizens?

Who cares?

They had already rebelled against me. He didn’t care if they all died.

Jeog-beok, jeog-beok-

Earl Audi and his escort knights stopped walking for a moment.

An incredibly beautiful woman appeared before them. Unusually, she had red hair.

She was so beautiful that he couldn’t take his eyes off her.

Earl Audi had never seen such a beautiful woman. He even forgot his own situation. His anger towards the citizens disappeared for a moment. The thought of mobilizing the army was postponed to ‘later’.

He wanted to say even one word to the woman.

“Stop right there.”

Earl Audi said.

The subordinate knights put their hands on their swords and glared at her fiercely. Their expressions said they would punish her if she didn’t listen.

The red-haired woman.

It was Fritia, who had come a long way to find Legion.

The reason she, who could use teleportation, came on foot was because she had been following Legion’s every step. It was the first time she had ever worked so hard at something since being born as a dragon.

‘You’re dead if I catch you.’

Her mind was filled with nothing but that thought.

On the way, countless men had hit on her, seeing her beautiful appearance.

She was annoyed, but she didn’t change her appearance.

Dragons pursue beauty. She would never turn into an ugly woman just because it was a hassle, even if a knife was held to her throat.

So, Fritia dug graves for the men who hit on her.

They were all in the grave with only their heads sticking out. If they were lucky, someone would take them out, and if they were unlucky, they would become food for wild animals.

Anyway, Fritia had hated the human race since that bastard back then.

This incident made her hate humans even more.

And again!

That old, gigolo-looking bastard was flirting with her.

“I am Earl Audi. If you’re talking about me… Keuheok!”

Earl Audi collapsed, clutching his face.

His nose was broken, and blood was flowing down. He had never been hit by anyone before. It was the first time he had ever been hit in the face.

He was furious.

“You bitch!”

He was hit again.

“Keoheog!”

The knights drew their swords and rushed at Fritia.

She spread her palms wide and emitted tremendous magical power. The knights, caught in her magical power, froze as if caught in a spider web.

The knights’ faces turned pale.

It was the first time they had ever experienced anything like this.

Fritia summoned the Double Staff. She was annoyed to death, and all sorts of pathetic things were bothering her. She shouted.

“Dig! You bastards!”

* * *

Legion and Dreize were walking along a mountain path.

The group that had gathered this time had scattered. Baserabap and the three guardian mages went to the capital where the king was. They said they would report the truth of this incident there and return to the Magic Tower.

They agreed to meet at the entrance of the Magic Tower in about fifteen days.

The distance between the port city of CM and the Magic Tower was only about a week.

For Legion, it meant he had time to spare.

So, there was no need to rush. They moved slowly, as if traveling. Now that the three guardian mages who could cast ultra-light magic had disappeared, they had to carry their heavy armor as it was.

Since their bodies were heavy, they couldn’t rush even if they wanted to.

Bide and Lulu went to the territory.

They wanted to use the considerable amount of materials they had obtained this time as soon as possible.

Legion had obtained 500,000 gold for free.

With that, he obtained the strongest staff ever. He couldn’t even use it, but it was definitely an amazing staff. It was not something that could be solved with money.

Legion had a conscience, so…

He gave them all the money he had so that they could buy the mysterious materials they wanted this time. The dwarves used all the money Legion gave them to gather materials.

They wanted to use the materials to create groundbreaking items as soon as possible.

So, he sent the dwarves to the territory first.

So, the only people left were Legion and Dreize.

They often encountered hunters or herbalists while walking along the mountain path… When they saw Legion, who exuded tremendous murderous intent, and Dreize, with his fierce face and pigtails, they would faint.

The synergy between the two was great.

Each of them was scary when they were alone, but when they were together, people experienced extreme fear.

Of course, the two still didn’t know anything.

They stopped by a slash-and-burn village because they didn’t want to sleep outside.

“Please let us sleep.”

The village chief of the slash-and-burn villagers heard it like this.

“If you want to live, give me all the money you have.”

He voluntarily handed over all his money. At night, he even put women in their room.

Legion refused everything.

“Why are you being so kind?”

The village chief of the slash-and-burn villagers heard it like this.

“Do you think we’ll be satisfied with just this?”

Everyone in the slash-and-burn village begged them to save them. It was overwhelming. So, when he earnestly told them not to, the village chief was even more embarrassed.

“I was just doing what I had to do. I don’t know what to do because you refused.”

The village chief bowed his head to the floor as if he had committed a sin worthy of death.

“Please save our village people.”

Soon, the village chief wept and pleaded.

Ah, there was a reason why they were being so kind.

Legion jumped up from his seat.

“Lead the way.”

The village chief did not understand what Legion was saying.

What are you asking me to guide you to? I have no idea what these serial killers are thinking. Now that I’m over seventy, I have the wisdom to see the world.

Our village may be wiped out today.

I can’t read the minds of these two murderers. But where are you asking me to guide you? Where are you going to drag me to kill me?

Legion spoke again.

“Aren’t there bandits nearby?”

“There are, but.”

The bandits came to the slash-and-burn village every month and plundered a considerable amount of grain as tribute. They were guys they wanted to kill, but they had no power.

“Lead the way. We’ll take care of them.”

No, why?

That day-

The bandit group was devastated by the attack of two monsters.

The village chief, who saw their tremendous force, trembled and knelt down and begged. These tremendous humans are also robbing bandits.

I’ve never seen such demons.

The village chief emptied all the property of the village and placed it at the entrance.

The most beautiful girls in the village were also kneeling. It was like a ritual to offer sacrifices to the two serial killers.

But Legion and Dreize did not stop by the slash-and-burn village.

They had already robbed the bandit group enough.

They were able to obtain a considerable amount of food and 2,000 gold there.

Until then, Legion was almost penniless.

Now he had money. He didn’t want to sleep in a place that offered such burdensome kindness. He was going to pay for a warm place to sleep.

They disappeared from the slash-and-burn village like that.

* * *

Legion and Dreize were warming themselves in front of a bonfire.

They couldn’t find a village with an inn. They kept wandering through the mountains in the dark.

In the end, they had no choice but to camp out with their tired bodies.

Fortunately, they had robbed a considerable amount of food from the bandit group, so they weren’t hungry. They chewed on jerky and stared blankly at the bonfire.

“I knew this would happen.”

Dreize’s mouth popped out.

“What?”

“I still, clearly remember. You told me to just follow you. I think you said you knew the way well…”

Dreize knew that Legion was bad at directions.

But when an unfamiliar road appears, he always takes the lead, saying ‘Hey, come on!’

And then he gets lost every time.

I don’t know how many times this has happened.

Pretending to know is also a disease. Even though his appearance has changed, nothing has changed.

It’s the same this time too.

They wandered through the mountain all night and ended up camping out.

“Eueum.”

Legion groaned. He also had something to say. In fact, Legion knew very well that he was a little confused about the road, so he didn’t try to step forward.

It was then that Mark stepped in.

-Trust me. Artificial intelligence never gets confused about the road.

Even on night roads, a glowing pathfinding arrow appears on the retina.

He believed it.

But what.

He confidently led them to a strange place.

I don’t know how many times this has happened. Didn’t you say that artificial intelligence doesn’t lie? No, is this not a lie but a bluff?

You Mark, you bastard.

-I’m sorry. It seems that the scan of terrain features was erroneous because it was night. It would be nice to have a drone at times like this.

What’s a drone?

-There is such a thing.

I don’t like Mark’s tone either.

He acts like he’s so great because he came from the future. What is that? When I ask, he answers with a nuance that you wouldn’t know even if I told you.

Is it everything if you come from the future? You’re living off my body.

So, what do I do now?

-What do you do? Just take a good rest. As a result of scanning the surroundings, this place is safe.

Legion sighed, shook his head, and laid his heavy iron armor on the floor. The back of the iron armor is bent, so it hurts a lot. It hurts like hell.

He lay on his side. It’s a little better that way.

I still have to live like this for several months. Tears well up in my eyes.

Don’t lords usually live comfortably in warm rooms?

Why am I the only one who always suffers like this?

When I traced the reason…

Sseubeol [Damn it].

It was all after I learned magic.

“It’s because I learned magic.”

It was then.

Someone suddenly jumped into their campsite. It suddenly kicked the bonfire, scattering embers everywhere. The deflected embers entered Legion’s helmet, who had his eyes closed.

…

“Aaaaargh! It’s hot!”