Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 384

Nightmare Begins 2

The Duke of Kong’s eyes blazed with fury.

He wanted to draw his sword and behead those bastards right away.

He already knew they were using Duke Trump to get to him.

Why wouldn’t he?

They just talked and talked, but their true intentions were obvious.

If he became king, they wouldn’t need to rule the kingdom themselves.

If they turned the kingdom into their direct territory, it wouldn’t be a pretty sight.

There would be endless riots, as plain as day.

So they changed their strategy.

They would rather install a king with pro-Neck House Kingdom leanings directly.

That was him.

The Duke of Kong accepted it knowingly. He felt like he could do anything as long as he could become king.

But a king needs his people.

What good is a king without his people?

Look at that hell.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers who could have been his people were dying en masse.

Knights could somehow endure with their thick armor, but ordinary soldiers couldn’t. The armor they wore was cloth armor made of cloth and leather.

It was strong against swords but very weak against blunt weapons.

Moreover, the Undead used their powerful strength to tear apart the soldiers’ cloth armor with their bare hands.

The soldiers struggled desperately, but their strength was not enough to defeat the Undead.

So the soldiers died…

And the dead soldiers were resurrected as Undead again.

The number one target for eradication is the Undead.

That takes precedence over any monster.

There was no choice.

The curse and poison possessed by a single Undead were usually quite severe.

Suppose an Undead appeared in some unknown village.

There were no knights or priests in the village. All they had were rusty swords.

If one of them was bitten by an Undead, the game was over.

By dawn, there would be no one alive in that village.

The Undead would multiply to dozens or even hundreds. They would soon head to the next village.

In that way, the Undead would gradually increase.

There were records of Undead legions that had grown to tens of thousands hundreds of years ago.

Just one.

A tragedy that started from just one.

That is why every kingdom ranks the Undead as the top priority for eradication among all monsters.

But…

Look!

More than 100,000 Undead have been created.

It wasn’t just skeleton soldiers.

Ghost Horses resurrected from dead horses.

Poison Skeletons resurrected after swallowing the most poison.

Frankes [Frankensteins], mid-level Undead created by combining zombies.

Necro Unicorns, a combination of horses and zombies.

Death Knights resurrected from malicious obsessions.

Dullahans [headless horsemen] carrying their own heads.

Ghost Knights riding Ghost Horses.

It was no exaggeration to say that all kinds of mid-to-high-level Undead had gathered.

In the case of Ghost Knights, three 5-star knights would have to fight together.

No, even that would be disadvantageous.

The sword wielded by the Ghost Knight contained poison. It wasn’t just coated with poison; it naturally dripped from the sword. Just a graze would turn you into one of their comrades.

Such terrifying beings were all over the battlefield.

As expected.

Except for a few units, they were panicking and becoming their prey.

Absolutely!

Absolutely not!

This was not the scene the Duke of Kong wanted.

“Why do you look so upset, Your Highness?”

Connelly tilted his head, smiling as if he didn’t understand.

“Are you asking because you don’t know! So, you weren’t trying to use me. You’re trying to destroy the kingdom.”

“How could you think that?”

“The kingdom is being destroyed by the Undead! Then! Didn’t you think that those Undead would head to your kingdom?”

“You don’t have to worry about that.”

“Don’t worry?”

“We know what Your Highness is worried about. But that will never happen.”

“What nonsense! The Undead are devouring my soldiers. The Undead are increasing exponentially.”

“Those are Undead forcibly awakened by magic.”

“What does that mean!”

“It means there is a time limit. By dawn tomorrow, they will all return to where they came from. As long as we don’t open the gates, the people are safe.”

“What about my men?”

“Your men? What are you talking about…”

“Are you telling me to just leave all my men to die?”

“Ha, really. It’s like saving someone who fell into the water and then being asked for their belongings.”

“What did you say!”

“Make a cold judgment. Do you think I’m crazy enough to awaken the Undead? No. I don’t want to cut off Your Highness’s limbs at all. It would only make things harder for us. But look at the situation. The overwhelmingly superior force is almost gone. Do you think Your Highness can turn the tide of the war?”

“…”

The Duke of Kong was speechless.

If time passed like this, defeat was a foregone conclusion.

“Do you have any other way?”

“…”

“We had no choice. It’s a pity that all of Your Highness’s men will die… But instead, Your Highness will be able to seize power.”

“Power…”

“The throne.”

“The throne…”

The Duke of Kong looked at the battlefield, which was descending into extreme chaos.

The tens of thousands of surviving soldiers were being pushed around by the Undead.

In the end, they ran towards the castle to survive. The fastest ones had already arrived at the gate.

“Save us! Please open the gate.”

“I have five children. If I die, who will feed them? Please save us. Please open this gate.”

The soldiers cried and pleaded.

The faces of the soldiers guarding the walls hardened. They wanted to open the gate right away and let the soldiers inside.

They looked at the knights.

The knights were also in a difficult situation.

The commanders looked up at the spire.

The Duke of Kong and the commanders’ eyes met.

What should we do?

The Duke of Kong shook his head.

No. If we open the gate, the Undead will also enter the castle. We can’t put hundreds of thousands of citizens in danger.

The commanders nodded.

“Do not open the gate no matter what.”

“B, but.”

“We don’t know what will happen if even one Undead enters the castle. The entire city could be in danger.”

The soldiers were speechless.

Even so…

Our allies are out there, and the Undead are still far away. Are we just going to leave them like this?

“Please! Save us.”

“Please!”

The soldiers cried and knocked on the gate for a long time-

-Crunch, crunch.

Soon their screams faded.

* * *

Legion paused in blocking Monsenger’s hell magic. He looked around because the atmosphere was strange and saw that all hell was breaking loose.

“What? What are all those Undead?”

-Resurrection magic.

Resurrection magic?

-Someone temporarily resurrected the dead.

There’s magic like that?

-I only know that such magic exists. I’m not interested. If I were interested, I would have Shuttle gather information.

Yeah, you should. Wow! This is a scam. Ordinary people wouldn’t be able to handle it.

-Very brutal. Even the highest-level Undead are being born in large numbers.

Can you stop it?

-Stop? Who? That Undead army?

Yeah.

-How many do you think there are?

About ten thousand?

-Ten thousand, my ass. At least 100,000. The Undead are constantly increasing. It’s not just skeleton soldiers rising. They are absorbing poison and evil energy, and mid-level, mid-high-level, high-level, and highest-level Undead are being born in large numbers.

Can’t we do something with Mammon, Bone Dragon, and Steel Golem?

-No way. I guarantee that even if you, Mammon, and Drezzer all combined, you wouldn’t be able to withstand the current situation.

So the conclusion is?

-We have to run away. If we don’t hurry, we’ll be surrounded. I’m telling you again, the number of Undead is at least 100,000. They are constantly increasing even at this moment. We’ll end up in a situation where we can’t go forward or backward.

Hmm.

-It’s not hmm.

It was then.

Monsenger’s fist, which had slipped past Legion, exploded.

Pow! Pow! Pow!

“Ugh!”

Legion grabbed his side and twisted his body to the side. He thought his ribs were breaking.

Damn it, magic defense was useless against that bitch’s punches.

Monsenger grabbed his collar and raised her fist.

“Stop hitting me! Seriously!”

Legion shouted.

Monsenger was dumbfounded.

“What do you think you’re doing!”

“Hey! Let’s stop dwelling on the past. You and I were reborn. Let’s just live our current lives. Aren’t you tired?”

“What?”

“Aren’t you tired?”

“…”

Monsenger didn’t say anything for a moment.

What is it?

This dirty feeling…

She felt like something had fallen off in a corner of her heart.

It was definitely not a good feeling.

She stopped her fist.

She also stopped her hell magic.

She gathered her belongings and walked somewhere.

“Hey! Hey! Where are you going?”

Legion called out to Monsenger.

She didn’t answer.

“Hey! Where are you going!”

“…”

She didn’t answer until the end.

She disappeared from Legion’s sight.

What is it?

This *jjipjjipham* [unpleasant, lingering feeling]?

It was as if he had done something terribly wrong.

He was the one who was beaten relentlessly.

He was the one who was cursed.

Why do I have to feel like I ate a persimmon [a Korean expression for feeling uneasy or uncomfortable after an event]?

Legion thought for a moment. But he didn’t understand Monsenger’s heart at all.

“Oh well, I don’t know.”

Legion, who quickly shook off his mood, turned his horse towards Drezzer.

* * *

“Master!”

Drezzer was also struggling. The high-level Undead Ghost Knights and Skeleton Knights, made by combining the bones of the dead, who instinctively realized that he was the strongest, were rushing in again.

Objectively speaking, their power was at the top of the 6-star level.

To be clear, they were strong.

But to Drezzer, they were no different from children.

The problem was something else.

He couldn’t kill them without a sword smeared with holy water. Lower-level Undead could be cut down with Aura.

However, the high-level Undead Ghost Knights and Skeleton Knights kept coming back to life no matter how many times he killed them.

Moreover, their swords were covered in poison. Just touching them would cause your flesh to rot and kill you.

Hundreds of contract mercenaries were killed by them without even putting up a proper fight.

He couldn’t keep putting them forward to fight.

So Drezzer only allowed those who could withstand the Undead’s poison to come forward.

There were only 500 of them.

In short, he had to protect the entire army with only 500 warriors.

Drezzer ran here and there, blocking the Undead legion that was crashing in like a wave.

Just in time, Legion arrived.

How could he not be happy?

“Yo! You look terrible.”

Legion grinned as he looked at Drezzer, who was covered in sweat.

Drezzer also snorted.

Even he felt that the situation was bleak. He respected the fact that he could laugh like that in this situation.

Applause!

I can’t keep up with your courage.

“Now is not the time to laugh. If we’re not careful, both master and I will die here.”

“Hmm.”

Legion looked straight ahead. The Duke of Kong’s army and the King’s army were all mixed up and fighting against the Undead.

Now was not the time to stab each other in the back.

Even so-

The number of Undead was rapidly increasing.

At this rate, the number of Undead would exceed 200,000 before sunset.

An Undead legion of 200,000.

Who on earth could stop them?

“Don’t you have any way?”

Drezzer raised his voice as he looked at Legion, who was standing still.

“Hey, my ears. Why are you yelling?”

“Am I in a situation where I can’t yell? You’re not thinking of killing all the kids and running away, are you?”

“Hey, that’s too much. I’m a nicer person than I look.”

“Than you look?”

Bacon and the exclusive servants who were listening shook their heads. Even in this situation, that shamelessness was truly the best on the continent.

“Don’t worry too much.”

“So you have a plan.”

Drezzer’s face brightened.

The others who heard Legion’s words were the same. They thought it was really over if Legion didn’t have a way either.

“Tell me what it is.”

“Wait and see.”

“We’re racing against the clock. How long do you want me to wait?”

“There’s not really a plan.”

“Then?”

“If the timing is right, we’ll live.”

If the timing is right?

I don’t know what he’s up to.