Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 387

Magic Learned in Vain – 388

# 388

End of the Civil War (1)

“Hey, Headmaster, I don’t think this is right.”

The shuttle assigned to protect Lauzel kept complaining. In truth, he didn’t want to participate in this battle.

He strongly appealed to Legion.

“I’m a pacifist! I can never participate in a war that kills people.”

Legion scoffed.

“Oh, really? A pacifist?”

“Yes, a pacifist. My favorite bird is the dove. Flap, flap.”

“Stop talking nonsense. You think I don’t know?”

“What are you talking about?”

“You, you little… Don’t you remember when we first met?”

The shuttle’s face turned pale.

“I don’t.”

“This bastard is playing dumb. Are you a drunk driver? A politician? How can you not remember! You remember everything.”

“N-no, really, I don’t.”

“Look me in the eye and say that.”

“I really don’t…”

The shuttle met Legion’s eyes, but their gazes strangely diverged.

“Why did you become a necromancer?”

“It just suited my aptitude.”

“Stop talking nonsense. The real reason is you wanted to annihilate all the villagers who bullied you.”

“W-when did I ever do that?”

“In that gloomy dungeon you lived in, you hung up portraits of the villagers and planned how to kill each one, stabbing their faces with a knife. I saw it all.”

“Ah, you saw everything.”

The shuttle despaired.

He had quickly drawn the curtains when President Re entered, but it seemed he had seen everything.

It was all over.

“And you love peace? Since when?”

“Since yesterday.”

“You just don’t want to participate in the battle, do you?”

“I can’t fight.”

“Who said you have to fight? You have your summons. Skeleton soldiers, skeleton archers, skeleton mages. They’re quite useful.”

“They don’t listen to me these days. I even saw them talking behind my back when they were drunk.”

“…”

At this point, even Legion was speechless.

A summoner being bullied by his own summons. It was a bit pitiful.

“It’s because you’re weak.”

“Me?”

“Yes. I guarantee that if you experience war like a man, you’ll gain the courage to not be fazed by anything. Then your summons won’t be able to ignore you.”

“R-really?”

“I guarantee it. And it’s not like you’ll be fighting alone with Bacon or Drayzer. You have Headmaster Lauzel, right?”

“Yes, Headmaster Lauzel.”

“He’s going to accompany us as a strategist this time.”

“Oh, really?”

“Have you ever seen a strategist go out and swing a sword?”

“I don’t know. I’ve never experienced war before.”

“Then take a look at this.”

Legion handed the book ‘Kingdom’ he was reading to the shuttle.

“What is this?”

“It’s a book that easily explains the basics of military strategy.”

“I read Romance of the Three Kingdoms.”

“Romance of the Three Kingdoms is too dense. The departure date is approaching, when will you finish reading it? Just read this. It’s easy to read.”

The shuttle opened the book. It was illustrated. Very engaging.

“Oh, a picture book!”

“Much easier to read, right?”

“Yes.”

“If you read that, you can become a decent strategist.”

“Really?”

The shuttle looked at Legion with suspicious eyes. If you could become a strategist by reading such a picture book, wouldn’t there be strategists overflowing in the continent?

“I’m telling you. This is a secret, but I’m incredibly strong.”

It wasn’t a secret.

Wasn’t that a fact that everyone who knew Legion knew?

That he was becoming dehumanized.

“I became like this after reading that book.”

“R-really?”

“That’s right. Anyway, you’re the strategist’s escort. You won’t have to participate in direct combat.”

“That’s a relief.”

That’s why the 6th circle necromancer Shuttle hadn’t appeared even in the midst of the battle.

He was hiding and faithfully carrying out his mission.

Hoping that this civil war would end.

But then, Headmaster Lauzel, whom he was escorting, suddenly infiltrated Poman, the capital city.

The reason was simple.

The battlefield was in chaos due to the sudden attack of the undead legion.

It was impossible to distinguish who was the enemy and who was the ally.

They even reached the point of fighting against the undead alongside the Gongwang army, who had been their enemies just moments before.

Lauzel thought.

There is a caster who summoned the undead legion.

I have to catch him.

But no one is thinking of catching him.

Then I have to catch him.

I have to catch him and become a hero.

Lauzel, the hero who ended this civil war.

I might even receive a title.

Maybe even the title of Count?

Wow!

I’ll be on the same level as Count Legion? Oh ho! Then Count Legion won’t be able to speak informally to me.

Chuckling to himself, Lauzel infiltrated the castle with the escort mage, Shuttle.

The sun had already set.

A fierce battle was taking place outside the castle. The humans, who had been overwhelmingly pushed back, completely reversed the situation by 180 degrees with the deployment of Count Legion’s secret weapon.

The reason why the battle had not yet ended was because the number of undead was too large.

The situation would likely be resolved by the next morning.

Although there were quite a few undead that continued to resurrect, some wyverns dropped holy water bombs from the territory, causing their bodies to melt like slimy slime.

The situation was certainly favorable, but there was no way to avoid casualties.

In particular, soldiers could not avoid mass deaths due to the desperate attacks of high-level undead.

The caster’s death was essential to stop them.

“But do you know who the caster who summoned the undead legion is?”

“I don’t.”

“How are you going to find him if you don’t know?”

“The enemy is watching the entire situation at a glance. So where would he be watching from?”

Suddenly it’s a twenty questions game. Why do I have to guess that?

The shuttle frowned.

“I don’t know.”

“Think about it.”

“A high place?”

“Correct.”

“Ah. Then the highest place here is?”

“Originally it would be above the castle gate, but it’s too dangerous because of the undead. So, the highest place that is safe from the undead is?”

“The spire?”

“Correct!”

“Wow! Am I a genius? So are we going to the spire now?”

“Correct!”

The shuttle, who had clenched his fist, suddenly turned pale. Just thinking about it, he could imagine how many escort troops would be in front of them.

And we’re going there with just the two of us? Is he crazy?

“It’s possible because it’s you, Shuttle. You can summon skeleton archers, right?”

“I can.”

“They’re good at shooting arrows, right?”

“They’re good. If they were humans, they’d be 3-star level. Among them, there’s even a sniper skeleton archer. He’s a bit of a jerk, but he’s always accurate.”

“Oh ho!”

A sniper skeleton archer.

There really are many people with special abilities in Legion’s territory.

“There seem to be quite a few escort knights, so please summon them all.”

“All of them?”

“How many can you summon?”

“About 200?”

“Wow, that many.”

“Well, I’ve been in the territory, so my skills have improved without me even realizing it. Especially when I’m with Mamon.”

“That’s a good thing. Then summon only the high-level summons.”

“Understood.”

The shuttle summoned only skeleton archers, skeleton mages, and skeleton swordsmen with 3-star level or higher skills.

“Damn it, I told you not to wake me up when I’m sleeping.”

“Hey, I was having a good dream about meeting a beautiful skeleton woman.”

The summoned skeletons all said something to the shuttle. Some skeletons put their hands on the shuttle’s shoulder and threatened, ‘I’m going to hit you.’

“I-I didn’t call you. The strategist called you.”

The shuttle answered in a barely audible voice.

“The strategist?”

“Yes. Something bad will happen to you if you treat the strategist carelessly.”

The skeletons relaxed their posture at the word strategist. The being they feared the most was none other than Mamon.

They could feel the presence of Lich Mamon anytime, anywhere.

And the one Lich Mamon feared the most was the lord, Legion.

If Legion ordered Lich Mamon to get rid of those skeletons, their lives would end that day.

The one Legion cherished was the strategist, or Headmaster Lauzel.

The skeletons smiled and rubbed their palms, saying to Lauzel.

“What can we do for you…”

Lauzel was dumbfounded looking at those skeletons and the shuttle.

Really…….

Looking at the shuttle, tears welled up in his eyes. He should suggest that he change his name.

He cautiously thought that perhaps living such a life was because of the name ‘Shuttle’.

“Do you see that spire over there?”

“We see it.”

“How many enemies are there?”

“Hey, hey. Recon skeleton, come forward and check.”

There seems to be a hierarchy among the skeletons. When one of them gave an order, a skeleton with a telescope in its eye came forward and looked around the spire.

“Gongwang [likely a title or name of a high-ranking official] from the video… Thirty escort knights. And a couple I’ve never seen before.”

The skeleton captain looked at Lauzel.

“That’s what they say?”

“Gongwang is there?”

“Yes.”

Lauzel’s face lit up.

In chess, Gongwang is the king.

If he caught him, it would be checkmate.

The war would end.

The image of ‘Lauzel, the hero who led the war to victory’ was clearly drawn in his mind.

He couldn’t miss this golden opportunity.

“Let’s attack.”

“With our forces?”

“We don’t need to deal with the other guys. Let’s just catch Gongwang. Then it’s over. You guys might be able to get promoted.”

“We can get promoted?”

“Skeleton swordsmen become Death Knights, skeleton mages become Death Mages, and skeleton archers become Death Archers, right?”

“That’s right, but we need to gather dark energy for about 100 years. And humans hate dark energy.”

“It’s possible if we catch Gongwang.”

“Really?”

“Of course. If we catch Gongwang, wouldn’t we be able to get that permission?”

The expressionless skeleton seemed to brighten up. Their long-cherished desire is promotion.

If they become Death Knights, Death Mages, and Death Archers, they become independent entities.

They become bodies close to immortal and don’t die easily.

If the strongest in the undead world is Lich, then Death Knights, Death Mages, and Death Archers are the next level down.

It was natural for the skeleton soldiers’ eyes to light up.

“Good. You heard that. We can get promoted if we catch him.”

“Woo-hoo! Yeah! Promotion!”

“Damn, I’ve been working hard, and this kind of opportunity has come. Let’s do it! Let’s go!”

The skeleton soldiers’ motivation was burning brightly.

“Good! The strongest-looking guys will be shot down by the sniper, and the archers will launch a secondary attack. The remaining guys will be left to our swordsmen!”

“Yeah! Let’s go!”

The skeletons were excited.

The skeleton sniper lay on the ground and aimed at Gongwang and the escort knights.

The quarrel [a type of heavy, short arrow] fired by the skeleton sniper flew at tremendous speed and pierced the skull of the escort knight next to Gongwang. A tremendous amount of blood covered Gongwang’s face.

The skeleton sniper clearly saw Gongwang’s expression stiffen.

“Good. Everyone attack!”

The skeleton soldiers’ motivated voices spread far and wide from the top of the castle walls.