Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 350

Magic is Learned for Nothing – 351

# 351

The Mad King’s Frenzy 1

Kuku kukukukung!

Dreyza, Mamma Yujiro, Jason, and Mizset barely escaped the underground vault.

They would have died without the magic defense.

If they had been a minute later, they would have been trapped in that pile of dirt and never seen the sunlight again.

Especially because of these bastards.

They threw away the Mad King’s Royal Guard they had been carrying on their shoulders. Especially that leech.

Doing useless things brought misfortune to everyone.

Dreyza looked at the collapsed underground vault with pitiful eyes.

Tens of millions of gold disappeared in an instant.

What on earth was the Mad King thinking?

He should have just used Explosion magic; at least then they could have dug up the gold bars later.

If they mobilized heavy equipment and manpower, they could have secured a significant amount of gold within a few months.

But instead, lava was dripping from the ceiling. It seemed like he was trying to erase any trace of the underground vault along with the explosion order.

Thanks to that, all the gold bars inside were lost.

Even Dreyza found it difficult to breathe because of the intense heat.

What Dreyza obtained was…

A gold coin with the Mad King’s face on it.

Was he planning to circulate this gold coin when he took over the kingdom?

“Oh dear, what should we do?”

Mizset looked at the collapsed underground vault with a pale face. It had completely collapsed, making entry impossible. The stadium almost collapsed entirely.

It seems they didn’t build it that shoddily.

Still, it had quite an impact, as parts of the stadium were broken and collapsed.

Quite a few spectators were surprised and were leaving the stadium.

“We didn’t get a single penny. President Lay is going to say something.”

“Forget it. You didn’t even participate in the operation. Even if that person had joined, we wouldn’t have gotten any gold bars.”

“President Lay’s disappointment must be immense. I wonder if even Dreyza can handle the aftermath?”

Dreyza’s face turned pale at the word ‘aftermath’.

The owner’s wicked face came to mind.

The word ‘relentless’ came chasing after him.

He was sure to be tormented for at least a month.

Seeing Dreyza’s face turning white, Mamma Yujiro James couldn’t contain his curiosity.

Who on earth is Legion, the Count?

Who is it that makes the Grand Master Dreyza, the owner of absolute power, tremble?

They don’t know.

You don’t avoid poop because you’re afraid of it.

You avoid it because it’s dirty.

Dreyza was feeling that way.

Dreyza stared blankly at Mizset.

“Why, why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?”

Mizset’s cheeks turned slightly red.

“It seems like I’m not the only one who will suffer from the owner’s relentless nature.”

“Ah…”

“Who was the person who planned this operation again…?”

“Surely, Grand Master Dreyza, you’re not thinking of shifting the blame for the operation’s failure, are you?”

He emphasized the word ‘Grand Master’. It also meant, ‘A Grand Master wouldn’t do such petty things.’

“…”

However, Dreyza did not answer.

That meant, ‘That’s right.’

“But you’re a Grand Master…”

“Does being a Grand Master feed you? It’s not like it can handle the owner’s relentless nature.”

Mizset’s face turned white.

To be clear, President Lay is quite a good person to his subordinates. But he is merciless when it comes to failure.

Unlike other lords, he doesn’t do things like, ‘Ah, I am sad. For the morale of the other subordinates, I will cry and cut off your head.’

But he torments you.

The stress is immense. Some subordinates even suffer from alopecia areata [hair loss due to stress] due to the stress.

Rather…

Let’s run away.

Mizset and Dreyza’s eyes met.

They realized that they were thinking the same thing.

“What about Haimo’s intelligence?”

“There’s a Plan B. I heard there’s a medicine to increase intelligence there. We should go there.”

“How long is your leave of absence?”

“Until this year. I have to finish it within that time and bring my brothers back to their senses. If I can’t find it, I’ll have to retire. Well.”

“There’s no way the owner would let go of talents like you. I hope things work out well.”

“Thank you. Then I’ll see you later.”

“Yes, see you later.”

Fortunately, Legion and Mizset did not encounter each other and parted ways.

Then Dreyza said to his subordinates.

“Let’s run away too.”

“R-Run away?”

“Yes. You’re supposed to avoid showers [a metaphor for trouble]. Just go separately from the owner. After a little time, he’ll forget about this trivial matter.”

“We couldn’t get tens of millions of gold… and you’re saying this is a trivial matter?”

“Yes. To the owner, this is… a trivial matter. He’ll be furious for about a week, but he’ll quickly forget it when something else fun happens. Yes, that’s my owner.”

“Good grief.”

“Let’s go.”

Dreyza gathered his subordinates and left Las Vegas. He intended to feel a sense of camaraderie with his subordinates while arriving at the territory.

They had no idea that Legion had won.

20,231 times 10,000 gold.

202.31 million gold in dividends.

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Las Vegas went bankrupt.

* * *

A stunningly beautiful woman dropped her betting ticket from her hand.

Her aura was by no means inferior to Preetia’s.

She was a very beautiful woman, but no one dared to speak to her.

That’s how unrealistic her beauty was.

“I lost everything.”

She clenched her teeth.

The first place she arrived at after coming to the human world was Las Vegas.

She sold hellstone helenium [a valuable mineral] to raise 100,000 gold.

She lost it all in just fifteen days.

People call her this.

Hell Queen Monsenger.

She glared hatefully at Legion, who was going crazy.

Good for you.

You son of a bitch.

I lost everything…

* * *

The Mad King, who had barely escaped from Qi Deviation [a dangerous imbalance of energy], was staring blankly at the red tag attached to his mansion.

He couldn’t understand it at all.

What is that?

It was something he had never experienced before.

He knew what it was.

He knew that such procedures were followed when property was transferred to someone else.

But what did that have to do with him?

Even if the kingdom went bankrupt, that would never happen to him.

How much money did he have?

He had enough funds in his possession to feed the entire population of the kingdom for at least 10 years.

“Your Highness, I don’t know if I should say this, but this mansion has also been put up for auction.”

The first financial branch manager of Poman, the capital city, came out himself and watched the Mad King’s every move.

Sweat was dripping down his spine.

At first, he doubted his ears when he heard the order he had received.

“What? Seize the Mad King’s mansion?”

“Yes, the Mad King has gone bankrupt.”

“Who goes bankrupt? The Mad King, who has the most money in the kingdom?”

“Well, that’s how it is. I felt it this time… nothing is eternal. The Mad King, who was said to bring down even flying birds [an idiom for immense power]… to think he would fall like this…”

The branch manager couldn’t understand.

Until recently, there wasn’t even a hint of it. The Mad King had more funds than the royal family. There were rumors that he had tens of millions of gold in slush funds alone.

It was enough money to feed tens of thousands of soldiers for years.

That Mad King went bankrupt?

Does that make sense?

But the branch manager’s face turned white after hearing what the bank manager had to say.

It was a situation where no one knew when a civil war would break out.

If Poman, the capital city, hadn’t suffered such great damage from the Bone Dragon, a civil war might have broken out a long time ago.

Ironically, the restoration of Poman, the capital city, was urgent due to the damage caused by the Bone Dragon.

While Poman, the capital city, was being restored, the royalist and Mad King factions tacitly suspended their attacks on each other.

In this situation, if a civil war were to break out, it was obvious where the already agitated public sentiment would explode.

But no one expected the Mad King’s downfall.

“What on earth happened?”

The Mad King’s eyes regained their sharpness. Extreme anger seemed to drive away the energy of Qi Deviation.

Seeing the Mad King’s eyes turning as cold as ice, the branch manager knelt down on both knees.

He quickly ordered his subordinates to stop putting up the red tags.

It was the property that was being seized, not the power.

As long as he was still alive, he could gather as much property as he wanted.

He must never underestimate the Mad King. Also, weren’t there so many star-studded heroes around him?

Even if the heads of himself and all the employees here were to fly off, they wouldn’t even be able to appeal.

“First… Your Highness has lost all of his property.”

“Yes, I heard that. I’m asking what on earth happened.”

“First, the disaster started in Las Vegas, Your Highness’s territory.”

The branch manager explained slowly, clearly, and logically, only what he knew.

His head would fly off if he said even one word wrong.

His tongue seemed to be stiffening due to the tension, but he barely endured it for the sake of his family.

He wanted to grab the bank manager’s neck, who had been sent into the tiger’s den [a dangerous situation], and drag him over, shouting, ‘You speak in front of His Highness!’

After listening to all the explanations, the Mad King massaged his temples.

“So, my personal vault collapsed?”

“Yes.”

“Not robbed, but collapsed?”

“That’s what I heard.”

He was already upset that the item vault had exploded.

But what happened to the underground vault where all his assets were stored? It all collapsed and he couldn’t find it? That place that was remodeled from an underground dungeon?

He was speechless.

He felt like his thoughts were paralyzed for a moment because it was so absurd.

“Since then, funds have been blocked. Still, I was able to somehow stop it… but the final blow was the unbelievable betting amount of a guy named Legion, the Count.”

“How much did you say it was?”

“It’s over 200 million gold.”

200 million gold.

It was an unimaginable amount of money that he couldn’t believe even after hearing it.

He didn’t even know if such money actually existed.

Wouldn’t the empire’s total GNP be about that much?

The amount was so large that even the Mad King couldn’t get a good sense of it.

“The vice president should be there. How did he handle it?”

“It’s a 10-year installment plan.”

“A 10-year installment plan?”

“Yes, all the funds there will flow to Legion, the Count. Legion, the Count, suspected double books [fraudulent accounting] and placed his subordinates in the department in charge of all finances. He even mobilized the nobles of the kingdom’s finance department to legally complete the work.”

“That brat… 200 million gold. Does that make sense? There’s no way such dividends could come out.”

“That’s…”

The branch manager handed the video device to the Mad King.

It was the Grand Prix final.

It was an amazing event where a shabby carriage that came up through the loser’s round won the championship as a result of unbelievable coincidences.

It was so absurd that he couldn’t help but wonder, ‘Can such a thing really happen? Isn’t it rigged?’

“This is rigged, isn’t it?”

“No. It is said that all the coachmen have been investigated. It’s unbelievable, but it’s luck.”

“Is this expressed as luck?”

“I’ve watched the video several times… it’s unbelievable, but tens of thousands of people watched the scene. There’s no way there could be any rigging.”

“So I have to pay him 200 million gold?”

“Yes.”

“Is 200 million gold the name of some dog [an expression of disbelief and anger]?”

“…”

“Well, it’s not your fault. Finish your work and go back.”

“I’m sorry.”

“There’s nothing to be sorry about.”

The branch manager quickly put up the red tags and hurriedly left the Mad King’s mansion without looking back.

The Mad King sat in his seat without saying a word and looked at the house with the red tags on it.

He was so dumbfounded that he couldn’t even speak.

Only then did dozens of retainers rush into the Mad King’s mansion. Everyone’s face was blue, as if they had heard the urgent news.

The Mad King’s bankruptcy!

This was not a problem that could be expressed in words.

“Why do you all have such expressions?”

“Y-Your Highness. What on earth is this?”

“The rumors have come true. Really… me…”

The Mad King chuckled.

He was just furious at the sudden bad news that the item warehouse had been robbed.

He wondered if he was getting old, as the fire had invaded his head. It is also called Qi Deviation.

If it is severe, he will suffer from a stroke even if he survives.

But the Mad King was in the early stages. He just needed to take medicine and rest comfortably.

In the meantime, an uncontrollable event had occurred.

In that short amount of time.

That’s why no one could cope with it.

Is God telling me to step down?

No, that can’t be.

The Mad King clenched his fist tightly. He looked at the retainers who were making uneasy expressions and smiled brightly.

“I think I’ll have to move things forward.”