Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 390

Magic is Learned in Vain – 391

# 391

Dawn Always Comes 2

“Ugh!”

Laugel groaned as he plummeted to the ground.

This was a disaster.

He wasn’t a superhuman like the other lords or Drezzer.

Nor did he have servants who could fly around in the sky.

Even the most ordinary-looking regular soldiers could effortlessly run on the grass.

Laugel couldn’t do that.

There was no need to learn martial arts.

Originally, when a new territory was built, the first to flock in were hyenas who smelled money.

In simpler terms, gangsters.

And what Laugel saw the most were gangsters being dragged to the mines.

If he had to guess, there were probably about 1,000 gangsters working in the mines.

Thanks to that, not only Alexander Territory but also the surrounding territories were rid of gangsters.

In Count Persimmon’s territory, only the gangsters who barely managed to survive remained.

Alexander Territory was the same.

Legion left a few gangsters behind. And he began to use them as living specimens.

Gangsters only had to act tough. They should never harm others. The moment they caused harm, they would receive education from Sepia and go to the coal mine.

None of the gangsters’ colleagues who went to the coal mine ever returned.

“Damn it, this shitty world! I’m going to kill them all!”

A burly gangster, standing at 190cm [approximately 6’3″], cursed incessantly in front of his house.

“Hold on, boss. Good days will come to us soon.”

The burly man’s subordinates poured him a drink.

The bald, burly head of the gang cursed incessantly, directing his anger at the people standing in front of him.

“Hey! What are you looking at? Get lost!”

The people were startled and stepped back.

“Oh my, you scared me.”

“Are they really not going to hit us?”

The guide answered.

“No. They can’t hit ordinary people. It’s okay. Now, look closely. These are gangsters, creatures rarely seen in the territory. They generally shrug their shoulders and spit on the ground. They also walk with a deliberately splayed gait. Their weapon is their tongue. They have very rough mouths. Now, Johnson.”

The guide called the burly gangster Johnson.

Johnson glared at the guide with fierce eyes.

“What? You bitch!”

“Wow! Did you see that? They are excellent at attacking people with their tongues. Of course! They don’t hesitate to use violence either. But don’t worry. They can’t use violence.”

“Really?”

“Really. Do you want to see?”

“Yes!”

The tourists answered loudly as if in unison.

Then, the guide smiled and took out a three-section baton. It was a thin three-section baton that looked like it would break easily if hit. She placed it on the side of the gangster named Johnson.

“Ugh! It hurts! You crazy bitch!”

The three-section baton was an electric shocker.

The burly Johnson kept cursing at the guide.

Cursing was allowed.

It was okay to say any curse.

But! Violence was not allowed.

If they used violence…

“This crazy bitch! How dare you to our boss!”

Ah! What a stupid bastard!

He was a new recruit. He didn’t know anything yet. He had been warned several times, but his nature didn’t seem to go anywhere.

The new recruit grabbed the guide by the collar and shook her. Then, the surprised tourists screamed and stepped back.

The new recruit looked at Johnson with a ‘Did I do well?’ expression.

Johnson’s expression was black as death. This crazy bastard…

At that moment-

Something flew from the sky with a ‘ping!’ sound. It fell next to the guide with a thud.

Dust swirled.

It slowly revealed its appearance.

It was a humanoid golem about 2 meters tall [approximately 6’7″]. In the past, it was hard to tell whether it was a human or a golem, but Bidet upgraded it to be almost human.

For some reason, it resembled Arnold, a famous theater actor.

The bulging muscles were the same.

The humanoid golem T-1000 was deployed in the field.

T-1000 looked at the new recruit and said.

-You have broken the rules. You are going to the coal mine. Reflect for 10 years. Parole is possible if you are deemed to have reflected enough.

“What, you crazy bastard!”

The new recruit swung his fist at T-1000.

Clang!

Clang?

The new recruit looked at his fist. He had punched a human, but his fist was fractured. The new recruit looked at Johnson as if he couldn’t believe the situation.

Johnson had no choice but to send the new recruit away with tears.

“You idiot. I told you never to touch anyone.”

“B, boss…”

The new recruit was dragged away by T-1000.

He probably wouldn’t see Johnson again.

“Ah, there was a good spectacle just in time. Did you see it well?”

The guide smiled brightly at the tourists. And then continued.

“Let’s go to the next neighborhood.”

“Where is that?”

“It’s a village where violent criminals live.”

“Violent criminals?”

“Yes, it’s a village where those who have committed terrible acts such as murder, attempted murder, rape, robbery, serial murder, etc. are housed.”

“Wow, scary. Doesn’t the lord execute those people?”

The tourists asked.

“The lord is generous. He believes that they also have their own work to do. He doesn’t kill recklessly.”

“Ah, it seems better for the territory to execute them instead.”

“Well, that’s true, but… Let’s go there first. You’ll realize what I mean.”

The tourists who went to the village of violent criminals finally realized what the guide meant.

They were living a life worse than animals, with their arms and legs tied.

Theirs tongues were also cut off, so they couldn’t speak.

Their eyes were filled with fear and despair. Please, let us die.

But the managers who managed the violent criminals didn’t seem to have any intention of doing so.

“Live painfully for exactly 10 times the crime you committed. Then the lord said he would generously kill you.”

The violent criminals just wanted to die. They wriggled like worms and approached the tourists. Please kill us.

“Now, throw tangerines or apples. They eat well. Ah, they are not allowed to die. Unfortunately, their families are held hostage.”

“What about those who don’t have families?”

“Their souls are held by contract. I heard that if they commit suicide and die, they will be sent to the underworld. They can never commit suicide.”

“Ah, I can’t live committing crimes here. It’s scary.”

“That’s right. This village was created to educate them. It’s a mandatory tour course for school children.”

The guide smiled brightly at the tourists.

This was the reality of the territory.

So, from Laugel’s point of view, there was no need to bother learning martial arts.

He just needed to use his head well.

But now he regretted it a lot.

If he were like them, he would have been able to land safely even in the collapsing castle walls.

No!

I can’t give up.

I’ve seen them practice martial arts a lot.

I have an excellent brain. Now is the moment of desperation. It’s time to unleash unbelievable power.

Okay. I can do it.

Laugel thought of Legion, then quickly shook his head. He was reminded of the sight of a crow trying to follow a stork and tearing its legs [an idiom referring to someone trying to imitate someone beyond their capabilities and failing miserably].

Drezzer?

Same thing.

Then Bacon, who was a little easier to handle?

Yes, let’s follow him.

Laugel attempted Bacon’s grass-stepping, flying-like run.

It goes without saying that if he performed it, all the martial artists on the continent would have to drown themselves in a dish of water [an idiom expressing extreme impossibility].

There was no way he could perform it.

Laugel’s body, which had slipped, staggered. Unfortunately, a broken stone fell on his head.

Crack!

It hurt terribly.

He twisted his body.

Unfortunately, a stone fell in that direction too.

Crack!

It felt like his head was broken.

Laugel continued to twist his body.

How could he be so unlucky!

Every time he twisted his body, a stone flew in and hit him on the head.

It felt like someone was deliberately hitting his head. Each time he was hit, Laugel’s consciousness fell into a deep swamp.

His consciousness slowly disappeared.

Bang!

His powerless body collided with the castle wall and bounced off. And then he fell headfirst to the ground. Thanks to being bounced off the castle wall, he didn’t fall into the moat.

At that moment!

Laugel’s blocked cerebral blood vessels awakened. The past flashed by like a panorama.

Why he had no choice but to leave the royal castle!

Why he had no choice but to flee to the Dusselph Mountains!

Why he was doing the ridiculous job of a headmaster.

You bastard!

“Legion!”

Laugel’s eyes flashed open.

* * *

“Hey, where did the strategist go?”

Legion, who had climbed up the castle wall, looked around. He was definitely here a moment ago, but he couldn’t see where he had gone.

“Hey!”

Legion called the skeleton soldier who was hanging on the castle wall next to him.

“Yes?”

“Where did Headmaster Laugel, no, the strategist go?”

“I don’t know. He was just above there.”

“Ugh, this is unsettling. You go down and find the strategist.”

“M, me?”

“You know who I am, right?”

“Yes, you are the lord.”

“Then you know my personality, right?”

“Yes.”

The skeleton soldier answered dejectedly.

“Then go down quickly.”

“I understand.”

The skeleton soldier carefully climbed down, holding onto the collapsed castle wall.

Legion turned his head to Shuttle.

Shuttle flinched as if he had committed a crime.

“What’s wrong?”

“N, nothing.”

“You keep getting surprised.”

“Do I?”

“You’re doing it now.”

“I didn’t.”

Legion shook his head. His nature doesn’t seem to change. When we return to the territory, I should suggest that he change his name again. For example, NoShuttle. That’s much better. NoShuttle.

“From now on, film well with video magic.”

“What do you mean?”

“We have to dramatically capture the scene of catching the Duke of Gong, right? You idiot. Is your head not working?”

“Ah!”

Only then did Shuttle realize that the situation that was about to unfold was spreading like a panorama in his head. And what President Lei meant by doing such a thing.

He was horrified.

If the video was taken properly, President Lei could seize power in an instant.

The title of ‘End of the Civil War’ doesn’t just come along for nothing.

No one would have expected it.

That President Lei had drawn such a big picture.

Of course, Legion didn’t think that far. The reason he was trying to film the current situation with video magic was simply for insurance.

Laugel, who had regained his memory, might hate him.

He was going to hold out the video he had taken and say, ‘I saved your kingdom. Please spare me just once.’

But Shuttle didn’t think so.

He thought that everything that had happened so far was being played in the palm of Legion’s hand [an idiom meaning to be completely under someone’s control].

“Who are you?”

The Duke of Gong glared at Legion from the half-collapsed castle wall. All the escort knights who had been guarding him had already disappeared. Half of them were knocked down under the castle wall by Legion’s Iron Head, and half of them were killed by the skeleton soldiers and snipers.

Now there was no one to protect him.

“I am Legion, Count Legion.”

“Count Legion. Are you the rookie count who appeared like a comet on the king’s side?”

“Well, I’m a rookie.”

“So. You’re going to catch me?”

“For now…”

“You must want something, right? Marquis? Duke? Prime Minister?”

“I don’t know.”

“Follow me. If you follow me, I will give you everything you can have. No, I’ll give you something beyond your imagination.”

“Something beyond my imagination?”

“Yes, something beyond your imagination.”

Legion briefly thought of the words ‘the most wonderful girlfriend in the world’.

-Just spout nonsense! I’ll block your brain circuits and make you hemiplegic [paralyzed on one side of the body]!

He closed his mouth and thoughts at Mark’s threat.

“I’ll give you anything. Count Legion! Be my right-hand man!”

“No!”

Legion kicked the Duke of Gong.

Oops!

I kicked him too hard.

“Aaaaaagh!”

The Duke of Gong screamed and fell under the castle wall.

Shuttle also thought, ‘Oops.’

The Duke of Gong fell under the castle wall before he could even prepare.