Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 317

Magic Learned in Vain – 318

# 318

The Villain Rides the Express Train to Hell 2

“Did I hear wrong?”

Bidet cleaned his ears, wondering what he was suddenly supposed to do. “Blow them away? Who?”

“Those guys. They’re causing a huge ruckus right now. They’ve destroyed dozens of mansions.”

“Oh! Courageous heroes I haven’t seen in a while! So, they’re the heroes who came to defeat Legion, the Demon King?”

“I think so.”

“Did they bring about 50,000 troops with them?”

“Doesn’t seem like it. At most, a few hundred?”

“A few hundred? Not tens of thousands?”

“Yes, a few hundred. You can get a sense of it just by looking at their numbers. There aren’t even twenty of them.”

“Wow! Are they just bold, or are they really skilled?”

“More like… to be honest, I think they’re a bit foolish. If they knew about Legion-nim [Legion’s honorific], they wouldn’t have come in such a small group.”

“I guess so……”

“Anyway, what should we do with this poor group of heroes? You told me to blow them away.”

“Do exactly as I said. Blow them away.”

“Understood.”

The assistant pressed the detonation button for the mines installed around the Great Forge.

Why were such dangerous mines installed around the Great Forge?

It’s because of the Great Forge’s location.

Since this place is far from Legion’s territory, wild animals like boars often appear. Occasionally, a lost troll shows up too.

Trolls are very dangerous monsters to dwarves.

The same goes for boars. Young dwarves sometimes get hurt while wrestling with boars.

So, after getting permission from Legion, they had heavily fortified the area around the Great Forge, perhaps a bit excessively.

And they were putting it to very good use.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

With a massive explosion, the black mages and black knights who were shouting that they would surrender if spared were blown away.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The humanoid golems were the same.

The humanoid golems, who had completed their attack preparations, were caught in the explosion and shattered into pieces.

“Heavens, that’s some power.”

Bidet brushed off the dirt clods that had fallen on his head and shoulders as he descended from the Great Forge. Then, he approached the broken golem.

He became interested in the humanoid golem as soon as he saw it.

It was a golem, but it was very small.

Only the size of a human. Its agility was good, and its movements were natural.

A curiosity arose in him as a master craftsman.

Who on earth made such an excellent golem?

Although he wasn’t a golem expert, he wanted to disassemble it once to see how it worked.

“Oh my, oh my. Look at these things.”

Bidet pointed to the completely shattered humanoid golem.

The broken parts were reassembling themselves, regenerating. Soon, it regained its original appearance, almost unchanged.

The only difference was that it was covered in dirt.

The assistants tensed up and raised their weapons.

If the humanoid golems suddenly rose up and posed a threat, they, with their weak combat abilities, would have no way to stop them.

“It’s dangerous, Master Craftsman.”

“It’s alright. Stand back.”

“But……”

“I said it’s alright.”

The regenerated humanoid golems remained still, as if they had stopped working. But they hadn’t stopped. The small blue gem embedded in their chests was glowing.

This must be the core component of the humanoid golem.

“Hey, guys.”

“Yes, Master Craftsman.”

“I think we’ve hit the jackpot.”

“Hit the jackpot?”

“Yeah. If we do it right……”

“……”

The assistants held their breath, waiting for Bidet to finish his sentence.

“We might not have to work like dogs anymore.”

Only then did the assistants realize what the master craftsman was talking about.

Originally, golems were artificial creatures created to do tasks that humans found difficult. Ancient texts mentioned using golems to build high-rise mansions.

It was obvious that the ones lying in front of them were high-performance golems.

If used well, they would be very useful.

“Alright, move them all.”

“Understood.”

The assistants were excited and began to move the golems.

But they were incredibly heavy for their size. The assistants called other dwarves to help move the golems.

Watching them, Bidet wore a proud expression.

-Biiiiiidet!

It was then.

He heard a voice he had heard many times before. It wasn’t a very welcome voice. What was he trying to make him do this time, coming all the way here?

“Bideeeeeeet!”

Legion’s voice was getting much closer.

Bidet pretended not to hear and continued walking. Strangely, his day always went wrong whenever he got involved with that guy.

“Bideeeeeeet!”

Legion suddenly slipped his hands under Bidet’s armpits.

“Ugh! What’s wrong with this guy?”

Only then did Bidet twist his body and glare at Legion.

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

Legion asked.

“Can’t you see?”

“That’s a relief. They were quite troublesome guys.”

“What the heck are those guys? What kind of guys turn the territory upside down?”

“They were guys hiding inside.”

“Inside?”

“Yeah, it’s a long story. The territory suddenly got too big, so I couldn’t catch them all. I really regret it. I might have to do a background check on all the territory residents this time.”

“That’s going to be a lot of work.”

“I have no choice. It only blew up a little now. If those guys had secretly opened the gates and let enemies in from the outside, the territory would have been finished.”

“Ah, that could have happened. But what’s up? You didn’t come to report to me.”

“Oh, right! You have that thing, right?”

“What?”

“That strange gem you showed me last time. The one with something like a torso inside.”

“Ah, that.”

“Where is it?”

“I don’t have it.”

“Huh? Where did it go?”

“It was stolen.”

“What? Stolen? How is that possible?”

“Really. You said you didn’t need it. I think it was that day. I went to work in the morning and saw the vault was open. Everything else was there, but that was gone.”

“Aaaaaargh! Damn it!”

Legion tore at his hair. Nothing was going right.

He lost another 100,000 gold with this.

They would never have guessed.

That the two gems that would control the continent…….

One was stolen by a stray dog.

And one was stolen by a thief.

Legion kicked at the anger that came in a bundle with a side kick.

* * *

The arms and legs of Deoksu Uncle, the 150-meter-tall Ancient-class East Sea Guardian Dragon, were bound to magic stones.

He still couldn’t understand why he was in this situation.

Deoksu Uncle had been strong since birth.

He was the ruler of all life. Whenever he raised his head, the guardians, representatives of numerous races, knelt and trembled.

With just one word, the entire East Sea echoed.

“You are the symbol of fear.

You are the ruler of them.

You are the closest being to God,” he had been taught, and that’s how he knew it, and that’s how he had lived.

For over 2,000 years, he had never been threatened by anyone.

It wasn’t that he hadn’t fought. It was because there was no need to elevate it to the value of a fight.

The progenitor of magic.

The incarnation of magic.

The ultimate boss of magic.

The amateurs who rushed in, claiming to be Dragon Slayers, were finished with just a light press of his thumb.

Such was Deoksu Uncle, his limbs spread out to the left and right.

He never knew that such a powerful force existed. There was absolutely nothing he could do with his own power.

-You bastards! Do you know who I am!

Deoksu Uncle’s powerful roar echoed loudly.

The ceiling of the underwater lair cracked and split. Seawater poured down from the lair’s ceiling, which couldn’t withstand the impact.

“Hey, watch it, you’re splashing water.”

A handsome man with black hair waved his hand.

Surprisingly, the pouring seawater returned to the ceiling. It was as if time had reversed.

Even Deoksu Uncle, whose limbs were bound, was momentarily speechless at the man’s mysterious technique.

-Who are you……? Are you a demon?

“A demon? No, sir. I’m human.”

-No. You’re not human. A human can’t have this kind of power.

“Well, I admit that. But I am human. It’s possible for a human to have this kind of power. Unfortunately, it’s not my power, but it will be soon.”

Deoksu Uncle quickly understood what the man was saying.

That guy was after him to complete ‘that unknown power.’

An Ancient-class dragon like himself…….

-What exactly is that power?

“Looks like you didn’t participate in the Great War of Hell 500 years ago, to not know this power.”

The man—

The Archbishop twisted his lips and smiled.

His shadow moved. It stretched out and reached Deoksu Uncle’s feet. A huge black slime popped out and wrapped around Deoksu Uncle’s ankles.

It climbed higher and higher.

-What on earth is this?

Deoksu Uncle twisted his massive body. He cast a spell, but his magic didn’t budge.

-You goddamn things!

Deoksu Uncle glared at the seven apostles chanting spells behind the Archbishop. They were wearing hoods so deep that it was impossible to tell whether they were human or another race. But he knew that his magic was being blocked because of those guys.

And those guys!

Seven black knights had bound his limbs. Essentially, it didn’t make sense that just seven knights were restraining his limbs.

Even if he couldn’t use magic, there was a huge difference in basic strength. Even if a thousand humans came, they wouldn’t be a match for him with just brute force.

Yet his arms and legs were completely sealed.

Why?

-You goddamn bastards! You’ve merged with the demonic beasts of the Demon World!

“Ah, as expected of Deoksu Uncle. But you’re too late to notice. That complacency, that arrogance, that conceit that you’re above all races, has ended your life early.”

-Nonsense!

Deoksu Uncle shouted, but the situation was as the Archbishop said.

Deoksu Uncle was helpless.

In fact, magic was draining from his entire body.

The guys who had merged with the demonic beasts of the Demon World were also troublesome, but the biggest problem was not that.

This massive dark slime was devouring his magic like a predator.

This is…….

An enemy.

What on earth is this power?

“Are you surprised? If you had participated in the Great War of Hell, I wouldn’t have come to you first. You might have been prepared. But since you didn’t participate back then, I thought it wouldn’t be too difficult.”

-What…… are you?

“You’re really not very bright.”

The Archbishop took a deep breath.

Deoksu Uncle’s tremendous magic was being sucked into the Archbishop’s entire body. He had accumulated so much magic over the years that it was hard for even someone like the Archbishop to endure.

The dark slime completely engulfed Deoksu Uncle’s entire body.

Deoksu Uncle’s last struggle began. He cast a Dragon Word [a powerful draconic spell] at the risk of his life. An intangible force spread out in all directions like a barrage.

The fourteen black mages and black knights who had successfully merged with the demonic beasts of the Demon World couldn’t withstand that powerful force and were constantly pushed back.

Sweat dripped incessantly from their foreheads.

“It’s no use struggling. Just go.”

-Kuaaaaak! No way! Do you know who I am!

“You’re really persistent. I know everything about you, Deoksu Uncle.”

The dark slime sucked in Deoksu Uncle’s head. Deoksu Uncle tried to spew breath, but the dark slime had invaded his throat, preventing him from using his last weapon.

The Archbishop smiled bitterly and floated up.

He looked as if he had escaped the grip of gravity.

The Archbishop’s hand passed through the dark slime. In the place where it passed, Deoksu Uncle’s dragon heart was beating.

The Archbishop tore out the dragon heart and brought it to his mouth.

And he swallowed it in one gulp.

-Kuaaaaaaaak! You goddamn! You goddamn! Okay, now I get it. You are…… you are…… a descendant of the Black Dragon!

“Are you an idiot? How could you only realize that now?”

An unbelievable thing was happening in the Archbishop’s entire body, who had swallowed Deoksu Uncle’s dragon heart whole.

It was as if the flesh was being reassembled.

It was impossible to see it as a weak human body. A powerful light spread out in all directions, filling Deoksu Uncle’s lair.

The Archbishop’s subordinates knelt on one knee.

They watched the Archbishop, who was transforming, with awe in their eyes.