Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 331

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# 332

The Absolute Ruler of Alcatraz 2

“Please follow me quietly.”

Mi Baek led Drezzer to a secluded corner of the cafeteria.

A prison guard saw Mi Baek but pretended not to notice. Normally, no one is allowed to leave the cafeteria during meal times.

But now, the guard seemed to be looking around cautiously.

Mi Baek led him through a winding, narrow passage.

Drezzer had many questions but didn’t stop Mi Baek. The man didn’t seem to know much anyway. He already looked like someone who’d be bullied. After arriving here and having his magic sealed, he must have been a frequent target.

Looking at his face, he seemed to have suffered quite a bit. Alcatraz Prison was somewhat more bearable for warriors or knights because their basic physical abilities weren’t sealed. But for wizards who mainly used magic, it was like poison.

Even Drezzer’s own magic as an 8-star warrior was on the verge of being sealed.

There was no way Mi Baek, who was only a 5th Circle mage, would have any magic left. Still, he was curious: Why on earth had Mi Baek been caught and brought here?

He reached the end of the hallway. As the door opened, the smell of the sea wafted in, a slightly chilly breeze.

As the darkness receded, his vision adjusted to the light.

It was a night with a full moon. The sky was filled with countless stars that seemed to spill down at any moment, stretching to the horizon. Although it was evening, the view was expansive.

On the terrace, there was a round table, and a heavy-set woman was sitting and drinking tea. Behind her, five men stood with their arms crossed, looking at Drezzer.

Drezzer recognized them instantly.

“Haimo, Steel, Buffalo, Hailer… and Mizsett.”

“Hey, bro, long time no see.”

“Hi, brother!”

“Hello, bro.”

“Who are you again?”

The way they spoke was a bit strange. ‘Bro’ to *him*? Something was off. They weren’t the same as he remembered. But why were they here? It was the most incomprehensible situation.

“It’s been a while, Drezzer.”

The heavy-set woman stood up gracefully.

“Who are you?”

“It’s me.”

A voice he had heard often. Could it be…

“Mizsett?”

“Yes.”

Mizsett smiled brightly.

Drezzer couldn’t close his mouth, which was hanging open. The Mizsett he knew was a healthy and beautiful woman. He never imagined she would have become so heavy in such a short time.

Somehow…

He had a bad feeling. He felt like he should never let her meet the Absolute Ruler.

“Why are you here? And…”

“Why did I get so fat?”

“Yes.”

“It’s the yo-yo effect.”

“Yo-yo?”

“Yes.”

In the past, Mizsett was kidnapped by the Grand Duke. She almost became his concubine. The now-deceased Baron Signal took care of her. But Mizsett deliberately sabotaged her situation there by eating and eating and eating again until she became ‘a pig’. Then, she was rescued by the Legion and lost weight through strenuous effort. The last time he saw her, she had returned to her former self. He couldn’t imagine that she would have gained even more weight than when she was kidnapped.

“Okay. Let’s say that’s the case, but why are you here?”

“That’s…”

Mizsett briefly explained what she had gone through. Her colleagues, who were infected with the poison, were frozen in a freezer with ice magic. Thanks to the Mandragora [a plant with magical properties] that Nubyeo Nubyeo brought, they were able to escape from the ice magic. If they were thoroughly boiled in magical water with Mandragora for 3 minutes, they would be revived.

But a problem arose: those damn two monsters. Sepia and Nubyeo Nubyeo had a big fight, and Haimo, Steel, Buffalo, and Hailer were hit by debris from the ceiling that fell at that time, causing their intelligence to plummet below average.

They kept whining for milk every day, so she almost killed them all. Isn’t that crazy? Asking a virgin for milk. Anyway, she couldn’t leave them like that. Fortunately, they listened to Mizsett very well.

Mizsett took them on a treatment trip. That’s why she hadn’t been seen until now.

“Did you try feeding them a Crystal? Some Crystals have the effect of increasing intelligence.”

“Of course. But it didn’t work. God’s Crystal, a Crystal that is close to omnipotent… but this is a disease. It couldn’t be cured with a Crystal.”

“A disease?”

“Yes, it seems to have blocked the blood vessels going to the brain. That’s what the priest said.”

“Then?”

“We need to find a medicine that is good for blood vessels, and it has to be within this year.”

“Within this year?”

“Yes, as time goes by, my brothers’ heads are getting worse and worse. If this continues, the blood vessels going to the brain will be completely blocked. Then… they will die from a stroke.”

“Why didn’t you tell the Absolute Ruler?”

“If it could be solved with a Crystal, I would have told him. But this is something that even the Boss can’t do anything about. It’s not like the Boss knows much about diseases. It was a problem we had to solve.”

“I see. You should have said something before leaving. I had no idea you guys were here.”

“I’m sorry, but I submitted a sick leave to Shuttle before leaving. Doesn’t he tell you?”

“…”

“It seems like no one knew.”

“Sorry.”

“I’m sorry. Well, that’s our recognition. But we did a good job in the beginning.”

“Don’t be so discouraged. You can increase your recognition from now on. There’s a friend named Sarah Connor.”

“Sarah Connor?”

“Yeah.”

“Who is that?”

“There is. Such a friend. A tragic character. She was ruthlessly kicked out. You don’t have to worry about that. So, just work hard to build your recognition from now on.”

“Okay. Thank you.”

“But why are you guys here? With your skills, it doesn’t seem difficult to escape.”

Drezzer turned his head to Haimo and his colleagues. Haimo still boasted an overwhelming physique, but his eyes were slightly off. It was as if he had regressed to being a 7 to 9-year-old boy.

“It must have been tough.”

“Yes, it’s not easy to move around with my brothers. If I don’t pay attention, they wander off somewhere else. Fortunately, their strength remains intact.”

“Then we need to escape from here first.”

“That’s…”

Mizsett hesitated. It seemed very difficult to say.

“Why?”

“I have something to do here.”

“What?”

“There’s a medicine to save my brothers here. It can only be obtained here.”

“Really? I can raise as much money as you need.”

“It’s not something you can get with money.”

Drezzer tilted his head. There’s something you can’t get with money? The Absolute Ruler would faint if he knew. He worships money like a god.

“Then?”

“You can only win it with skill.”

“I don’t understand.”

“How much do you know about Alcatraz, Drezzer?”

“Only as much as others know.”

“I knew it. This place is completely different from the world outside. Only the strong survive. The winner takes all.”

“And you guys?”

“Our skills are around 20th in the rankings. We are free to move around inside the prison. We can even invite Drezzer separately like this, but this is the limit. With our skills in a state where our magic is sealed, we can’t go any higher.”

“So, what am I supposed to do?”

“Please defeat that man. Then we can get the medicine to restore my brothers’ intelligence to normal. Only then can we leave this place.”

“That man?”

“The absolute ruler of Alcatraz, a man called the King of Bare-Handed Combat.”

Mizsett is a mage, but Haimo was a warrior, and Buffalo was a former wandering knight. Their strength is not bad. Their physical abilities are outstanding. They are definitely not people who would get beaten up anywhere. Such people are only ranked 20th? Then the person with the highest rank must be quite skilled…

Actually, he wasn’t too worried, but Drezzer decided to play along.

“Who is it?”

“One of the Seven Strongest in the Kingdom…”

One of the Seven Strongest in the Kingdom?

“His real name is Mamma Yujiro.”

* * *

Thud, thud.

Prettia visited the lair of Uncle Deoksu, the Guardian Dragon of the East Sea.

Seeing the entrance of the lair destroyed, she sensed Uncle Deoksu’s unfortunate fate. She hadn’t felt Uncle Deoksu’s magic since she arrived here. Uncle Deoksu’s magic reaches thousands of kilometers in radius. Under the protection of that overwhelming magic, countless races live together without fighting. But that protective magic of Uncle Deoksu had disappeared.

At the same time, the sea that Uncle Deoksu ruled was experiencing a disaster. The sea was stained with blood. She couldn’t even guess how many creatures had disappeared into the sea. Subspecies such as sirens and mermaids were also attacked and suffered near-total annihilation.

Prettia happened to learn about this tragedy by chance. She was chasing Don Deckman and was very tired. She couldn’t find this rat-like Don Deckman in the end. This was the first time she had failed to find him even though she had gone out of her way to look for him. She didn’t know if he had soared into the sky or disappeared into the ground.

In short, he was something. Even though she had taken care of his best friend, Jason of the 13th, that sly bastard didn’t show up. There were no more traces of him left.

Exhausted, she was drinking alone while looking at the sea and witnessed countless corpses being washed ashore. The number of corpses was not just one or two, but at least thousands… no, tens of thousands. Something had happened.

So, she immediately flew to Uncle Deoksu, who was in charge of the East Sea. As expected, her prediction was correct.

Creak-

She opened the broken door of the lair and entered. The smell of blood was thick, as if it were fixed in place. It seemed like a huge battle had taken place inside. Almost everything was smashed.

Uncle Deoksu is the Overlord of the East Sea. “This is…”

The strength of the guardians who protect him is by no means low. In human terms, they are at least 6-star or 6th Circle guardians. There are at least 50 of those guardians. It’s an enormous force. If more than 50 6th Circle or higher-level magic spells were fired simultaneously in one place, one location, an entire city would disappear without a trace. That magic exploded inside the lair.

“Even so, they couldn’t stop the opponent?” Who on earth is it? A monster that can defeat the Ancient-class Guardian Dragon Deoksu and his powerful guardians?

Prettia stood in one place and frowned. Uncle Deoksu’s corpse was stuck in the wall right in front of her. He had a look of pain on his face. Uncle Deoksu was dead in that position, with his Dragon Heart extracted. His body had melted and disappeared, leaving only the Dragon Bone. When she touched it lightly, even the Dragon Bone scattered like dust.

No matter who the opponent is, they are incredibly cruel. This was the same as declaring war on all dragons.

‘We’ll do the same to you.’

-Crunch.

Prettia bit her molars.

This is no ordinary matter. An Ancient-class Dragon was attacked. Furthermore, Uncle Deoksu was among the top 30 strongest dragons of all dragons. The fact that he was defeated so futilely also meant that the entire dragon race was in danger.

“I guess I have to go see those old men.”

For now, she decided to postpone finding Don Deckman. He’s tougher than a cockroach, so he won’t suddenly die. ‘Don’t ever die, otherwise, I’ll be too upset.’ Let’s solve this problem first.

Prettia opened a portal.