Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 290

Things That Drive Me Crazy 2

Legion was beyond exhausted.

He’d imagined relaxing in a hot spring upon arriving in the territory, but no such luck!

Silcut and Rohas descended on him the moment he arrived, armed with stacks of documents as if they’d been lying in wait.

They were all approval documents related to the territory’s administration.

It took him three solid days just to read and stamp them all.

His back ached from being stuck in a chair for so long. Just as he was about to take a break to relieve some stress, Hazelre appeared with a club—and a smile.

Ugh…!

That damn maid!

Legion felt a wave of dizziness as he gazed at the piles of documents on the luxurious desk.

Maybe…

Should I just run away?

Things have been going fine without me so far. Why are you doing this to me now?

“These are the items that were put off in your absence, my lord. Once you’re done with those, you’ll have some free time. Then, you can take a look around the territory. It’s quite different from when you left,” Hazelre said, her smile revealing a hint of dimples.

Hazelre, the master of maids.

She was in her late 20s and still single. Well, with her… unique charm and somewhat grumpy personality, what man could handle her?

A few days ago, he’d overheard the maids whispering.

“Isn’t our Hazelre unnie [older sister/respected female friend] so popular these days?”

“I know, right? Kim Satgat [a common Korean surname, often associated with wandering poets] came yesterday to woo her.”

“I heard the son of the neighboring territory is coming next week. A messenger came to inform us.”

“Really? Is she going to become a noble’s daughter-in-law?”

Legion snorted.

Popular? With *that* face? Are men blind?

Please, I beg you.

I just hope she meets a diligent man with poor eyesight and gets married. I’ll give her a generous wedding gift. Of course, that doesn’t seem very likely.

Who on earth would take her?

Contrary to Legion’s inner thoughts, Hazelre was actually quite popular.

She had a good personality, was easygoing yet charismatic, received regular pay as a full-time employee, and her appearance was decent enough to place her in the top ten beauties of Legion’s territory.

She was the perfect eldest daughter-in-law that all mothers-in-law dreamed of.

The reason she hadn’t gotten married yet was because of a certain sense of loyalty, thinking, ‘How can I get married before our lord does!’

Legion was tormented by work until 9 p.m. and finally collapsed into sleep.

Hazelre didn’t leave work until then.

She brought in drinks with strange tastes and colors every hour, claiming she had obtained a good elixir for fatigue.

They were drinks called Hot16 and Red Moon [likely fictional energy drinks].

When you actually drank them, your mind became clear, and they were quite effective. But for some reason, he felt even more tired the next day. It was incomprehensible.

Anyway, Legion, who had abandoned the piles of documents, roughly washed up, and fallen asleep—

—Kukukukukukung!

He woke up with a start at the huge explosion.

—Aeeeeeeeeeeeng!

The emergency alarm blared throughout the territory.

Legion was startled and jumped out of bed. He pushed the curtain aside and opened the window. The exclusive servants emerged from their quarters, weapons in hand.

Lotto, always quick on his feet, was seen running toward the spire.

The regular soldiers also rushed out in droves, armed with only their swords.

Everyone looked like they’d been struck by lightning while sleeping. Still, they were quite quick.

It’s worth the salary I’ve been paying them. They’re quite well-trained.

“What the hell is going on?”

Legion tilted his head and looked around.

Kukukukukukung!

A huge explosion occurred in the distance.

Judging from the distance, it must be near the entrance of the territory. The explosion was so great that it soared hundreds of meters into the sky.

At first, it was a flame—

—then it instantly turned into a giant ice pillar.

—Scan complete.

As expected, Mark [likely an AI assistant or similar] takes care of things in times like these.

“What is that ice pillar?”

—Determined to be a breath attack from a Bone Dragon.

“Breath of a Bone Dragon? Seriously! Does that guy breathe in his sleep or something?”

—I don’t know. It’s best to go and check it out yourself.”

Legion nodded.

If I just say, ‘I’m tired, so I’m going back to sleep. Take care of the report,’ I’m sure to be met with a lot of curses.

The exclusive servants were looking at the room where Legion was, with expressions that clearly said, ‘What should we do, Master!’

Shining with loyal eyes.

It’s so burdensome.

“Everyone, I’ll give you 5 minutes. Hurry up and prepare to move out!”

Legion shouted, waving his hand dismissively.

“Did you hear that! It’s 5 minutes! Hurry up and prepare to move out within 5 minutes! The master is moving out himself. Everyone, risk your lives to protect the master! I will donate all my property to those who die for the master. You must die for the master!”

Bacon shouted to his subordinates.

Bacon… it’s been a while since I saw him, but he’s really making me feel burdened.

Was he always like that?

* * *

Marquis Porse was abandoning everything and fleeing. His left arm was gone.

One of the kingdom’s seven strongest warriors—

He looked too pathetic to be called a 7-star warrior.

He rolled down the mountain path several times. His face was scratched by trees and was a mess. The magical defense that had protected his entire body was completely gone.

His exclusive weapon was nowhere to be seen, and his shield was missing.

The brown armor was also completely broken and didn’t seem to offer any protection.

“Haa, haa, haa.”

Marquis Porse leaned against a rock, breathing heavily.

He quenched his thirst in the trickling stream and finally began to regain his senses.

“What the hell is this…?”

He recalled what had happened a little while ago.

The giant Bone Dragon statue that had appeared in the fog.

The moment they saw the Bone Dragon statue, everyone was truly shocked. In particular, the nobles who had actually witnessed a Bone Dragon froze on the spot.

The Bone Dragon has absolute defense against magic.

The magicians here could never break through the Bone Dragon’s defense.

The same goes for Mana Blade [a weapon or technique using magical energy].

Mana Blade couldn’t even approach the Bone Dragon and disappeared like a gentle spring breeze.

The only things that could inflict damage were overwhelming magical power that surpassed absolute defense and Aura [a type of life energy], a pure form of magical power.

How many people here possess that level of skill?

Even if you scraped them all together, there aren’t even ten people. It’s very difficult to defeat a Bone Dragon with that number of people.

But fortunately, the Bone Dragon was just a statue.

“Damn it, I was really surprised. I thought there was a Bone Dragon here too.”

“By the way, what happened to the advance team? Why haven’t we heard from them yet?”

“We’ll hear from them soon. We’ll cross the castle walls first. As soon as we hear from Baron Somac, we’ll start the operation,” Marquis Porse said to his subordinates. They nodded.

The operation soon began.

First, the rangers who had climbed the castle walls lowered a long rope. It seemed like it would take quite a long time for all 2,500 soldiers to cross the castle walls.

The commanders encouraged the soldiers.

That’s when it happened.

—Krrrrrrrrrr.

A bizarre beast’s sound was clearly etched in their ears. It sounded like the beast’s sound was ringing right next to their ears.

—Krrrrrrrrrr (How dare you……).

The beast’s sound rang out again.

Some of the soldiers who couldn’t withstand the powerful reverberation bled from their noses and collapsed to the ground.

“What, what is this?”

The soldiers panicked.

They looked around. The bizarre murderous intent was pressing down on the entire area below the castle walls. The surprised soldiers drew their swords.

Marquis Porse also drew his sword.

He had great senses, but he couldn’t find the source of this strange murderous intent.

What is this strange murderous intent?

The only strange thing here is….

“Is that it…?”

Marquis Porse turned his head towards the Bone Dragon statue.

Although it’s full of fog, only the Bone Dragon can be seen clearly. Not only that, the hollow eyes of the Bone Dragon, which he thought was a statue, were glowing.

It was an unimaginably hideous sight.

At the same time, Marquis Porse and everyone else there lost consciousness for a moment.

A huge magical power that far surpassed their abilities burst from the Bone Dragon’s mouth.

Absolute Freeze!

First, an explosion occurred, and then, in just one second, the greatest and most devastating cold that froze everything swept through all the soldiers.

Marquis Porse saw countless soldiers freezing in front of him.

If this was a surprise attack, it was perfect.

He was hit by the dragon’s breath at a close range of less than tens of meters.

Who could withstand it?

Hundreds of soldiers who were closest to the Bone Dragon were completely frozen into ice crystals and evaporated.

Even the soldiers who were farthest away could not avoid the absolute freeze. In an instant, they became ice pillars, frozen with expressions of astonishment.

Only the magicians and knights who could use magic barely survived.

The only way out is to run away, but….

The second bombardment covered them.

Blizzard—

A high-level ice magic that was fatal to creatures with body temperature swept away even the remaining troops.

Marquis Porse was hit by the breath and blizzard right in front of the Bone Dragon’s nose. He had only defended, but his magical power had already been torn to shreds.

The cold air penetrated his body through the broken barrier.

It took only 3 seconds for his left arm to freeze to his shoulder. There was no need to think twice.

Marquis Porse cut off his left arm.

The thought that he was one of the kingdom’s seven strongest disappeared from his head.

The fact that he was a 7-star knight was also erased. The thought of leading his subordinates to strike Count Legion also disappeared.

His head was empty.

All that remained for him was—

I want to live!

That was the only emotion.

Marquis Porse began to abandon everything and flee.