Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 439

Magic is Learned in Vain – 440

Distorted God’s World 1

Vassrava Bob and John Wick, the commander of the Knights, met on the first floor of the castle.

One hundred knights were assembled, fully armed.

All of them had grown into experienced knights through numerous battles and internal wars.

Even though they didn’t possess particularly high magical power, their survival skills were far superior to those of ordinary knights.

They rarely panicked.

They always maintained their composure.

Even in the situation where the gate to the Demon Realm was open and countless monsters were pouring out, the knights silently carried out their duties without any particular expression.

Even if they were to lose their lives here, they would not die miserably.

People called such knights veterans.

“What on earth is this…….”

John Wick frowned as he looked at the heavy rain and the monsters soaring through it as if ascending to heaven. Even he, who was usually unfazed, was seeing something like this for the first time.

“Monsters from the Demon Realm.”

Vassrava Bob said.

“Monsters from the Demon Realm?”

“That is correct.”

Among the people on the continent, there was no one who didn’t know about the Demon Realm.

There was a vague fear of the Demon Realm. But it was difficult to find someone who had directly experienced the Demon Realm.

Some people dismissed the Demon Realm as an unrealistic world created by human fear and imagination.

But Vassrava Bob knew that it was a world that existed in reality.

It was only thanks to the help of God that the Demon Realm and the Human Realm existed in different dimensions.

If the Demon Realm and the Human Realm existed in the same space…….

All life in the Human Realm would have become extinct.

The monsters of the Demon Realm had very little emotion.

Emotions such as compassion, sadness, and love were lacking. Therefore, there was no sense of guilt about killing someone.

If they killed, they killed.

If they were weak, they died.

Even if the opponent’s head was cut off, even if they were wriggling with their intestines flowing out, there was no change in emotion.

They were fundamentally different from the creatures of the Human Realm.

That’s why humans and demi-humans couldn’t stand up to them.

“I saw monsters from the Demon Realm just once, 30 years ago.”

“30 years ago?”

“That’s right. I received reports that missing person cases were constantly occurring in the outskirts. Some knights were dispatched to the village to investigate the cases. But the knights did not return. His Majesty told me to go and resolve the matter myself.”

“Are you perhaps talking about the Langsberg Massacre?”

“That’s right. It was an incident caused by a crazy black magician who couldn’t overcome his curiosity about the Demon Realm and offered humans as sacrifices. He sacrificed forty humans. About five Demon Realm monsters popped out. Five…….”

“I know that over 2,000 people died.”

“That’s right. Over 2,000 people were massacred by just five monsters. Of course, it was also because it was a small, remote area with no properly trained knights or magicians……, but they were inherently cruel. They devoured humans indiscriminately.”

“A massacre committed by just five…….”

“Yes. It was just five. But this place now…….”

Vassrava Bob looked at the Demon Realm monsters that were increasing in number.

At the very least, there were hundreds of them. The number was constantly increasing.

And those monsters began to attack the humans in the houses where the lights were off or on without a sound.

Swish, swish, swish, aaaaaaack!

The screams of people could be faintly heard through the rain.

“What should we do?”

“It’s a simple yet most difficult task.”

“Escape?”

“That’s right. First, we must escape from this place. And then we must deploy the army.”

“Who on earth would do such a thing?”

There were hundreds of thousands of territory residents here.

If Demon Realm monsters continued to pour out, the entire city could turn to ashes in just one night.

It was truly a terrifying thing.

Even looking back in history, there would be only a handful of people who would do such a crazy thing.

“I don’t know.”

Vassrava Bob shook his head.

He was benevolent. Even when he was young and full of energy, he had never harmed others.

He always calmly assessed the reality.

But now…….

He couldn’t forgive the bastard who committed this.

Vassrava Bob forcibly suppressed his boiling anger and looked up at the castle.

“First, we must join Duke Legion. He will have a way.”

* * *

-Three on the left! Five on the right! Ugh! They’re rushing in endlessly!-

Mark chattered noisily.

It was noisy, but I couldn’t say, ‘Shut up! Be quiet!’ If he wasn’t there, the scan ability wouldn’t work.

To be exact, my focus would be scattered.

Thanks to him fully utilizing his scanning ability, Legion was able to unconsciously avoid the enemies’ attacks.

“Hoo, hoo.”

Legion, who had blown away the frog monsters all at once, caught his breath.

It seemed like those guys weren’t completely mindless either. When a dozen of them were hit by magic and aura and turned to ashes in an instant, they flinched. What? They had an expression that said, ‘What is that bastard?’

“Are you okay?”

Legion asked Rosemary.

She was clinging tightly to Legion’s back. Frog monsters were rushing in from all directions, so he couldn’t leave her alone even for a moment.

His range of activity was also limited.

So, he couldn’t use the strongest staff either. It was a staff that increased magic power several times, but Rosemary could get caught up in the high output.

“I’m okay. I’m sorry.”

“For what?”

“I think this happened because of me.”

Legion was also guessing that.

There was no way some crazy bastard would open the gate to the Demon Realm for no reason.

There was a clear reason.

It was probably a guy or group that didn’t want Rauzel King and Rosemary, the princess of the Empire, to unite.

Looking at the situation, they wanted Rosemary’s death. If she died, who would benefit?

I thought about the groups that could benefit.

The Empire?

No.

They had nothing to gain.

Then the Neck House Kingdom?

They could gain some benefit. But right now, they didn’t have time to worry about other kingdoms. Burdened with enormous debts, they had to work.

Also, Duke Trebia, who should be leading the charge, was vacant. No one knew where he had gone.

Then the Stopby Kingdom?

Well.

I don’t know what benefit they could gain by committing such an act when they frequently interacted with the kingdom.

No matter how many times I thought about it, there was no kingdom that could benefit from this incident.

Then is it a private interest group?

If it’s not a kingdom, I can suspect terrorist groups, the Saihan Guild, and religious organizations.

A pagan religious group suddenly came to mind.

The most powerful religious group Legion knew was the Stone Head Church.

Legion gave a considerable amount of money to Emon, the head of the information guild, and asked him to track down the Stone Head Church.

“First of all, congratulations on being promoted to Duke.”

“Thank you, Emon. Your information guild is the largest in the kingdom. So, I’m asking you for a difficult favor.”

“Isn’t it all thanks to Your Excellency the Duke?”

Emon smiled brightly. At first, he thought that getting involved with Legion was the biggest mistake of his life, but as time passed, it wasn’t.

Having a relationship with him was the greatest luck in his life.

He currently had thirty S-class information guild members, 300 A-class regular full-time guild members, and 500 B-class information guild members.

It was undoubtedly the best information guild in the kingdom.

Next was Gibbs’ information guild, which belonged to the Legion Duke territory.

There was only a slight difference, but both were the largest guilds in the kingdom.

But the reason Legion entrusted the Stone Head Church’s work to Emon was to prepare for any unforeseen circumstances.

If a Stone Head Church spy was hiding within the territory, Gibbs would be exposed.

If something went wrong, Gibbs and the informants who were tracking them could be in great danger.

That’s why he asked Emon, who seemed to have no connection, to do this work.

Of course, it wasn’t that they weren’t exposed to danger. But it was true that they were much safer than Gibbs’ information guild.

“It’s quite dangerous.”

Legion recalled the Archbishop he had met in the Vampire Kingdom. He was, in a word, a monster.

Perhaps he was an existence that could destroy an army, or even a country, with his individual power.

To be honest, I didn’t want to run into him.

But I knew instinctively that I couldn’t stretch my legs and sleep well unless I eliminated him.

“Don’t worry. We have thirty S-class informants.”

It wasn’t easy for ordinary guilds to have even one S-class informant.

But Emon’s guild had as many as thirty. Emon alone knew the identities of those thirty. No one knew. Even if the king asked him to tell him the identities of the informants, he would never open his mouth.

A dangerous yet fascinating existence.

They were the S-class informants.

Perhaps one of them had already infiltrated the Stone Head Church.

And-

Just when Legion was about to forget that he had entrusted the work to Emon, he received a call.

“The Stone Head Church is absorbing its factions.”

“Factions?”

“Originally, the Stone Head Church starts from one sect. The Stone Church.”

“Ah~, really?”

“Yes, they were divided into the Stone Head Church, the Stone Heart Church, the Stone Finger Church, the Stone Eyes Church, and the Stone Spear Church 250 years ago. Perhaps it was after the death of the black dragon they worshiped.”

“And?”

“Since when, other sects have started to disappear one by one.”

“Disappear?”

“To be exact, the leader disappeared. And they take down the sign and are reborn as a new church. That’s the Stone Head Church.”

“Did they absorb them all?”

“I haven’t been able to confirm that. But if the Stone Head Church absorbs all the other factions, they will have tremendous power. They have been walking different paths for a long time and have developed different strengths. At least in terms of military power, they will be more than three times stronger than they are now.”

“Hmm.”

Legion groaned.

It seemed like they were more troublesome than the Neck House Kingdom.

The Neck House Kingdom’s ambition was revealed on the outside, so it could be desperately blocked.

But the Stone Head Church operates in the shadows. Even though they are actively active, most people don’t know about the Stone Head Church.

It was a very dangerous group.

Legion couldn’t even sense how great the danger was.

That’s why the first group that came to mind when the gate to the Demon Realm opened was the Stone Head Church.

Then what benefit could the Stone Head Church gain by killing the princess?

No matter how much I thought about it, it was difficult to know.

Then is it not the Stone Head Church?

It might not be.

Nevertheless, Legion’s instinct was pointing to the Stone Head Church as the mastermind behind this incident.

-Kuaaaaaang!

A giant frog monster, unlike anything he had ever seen before, broke through the castle walls and stuck its head in. The size of its head alone seemed to be twice as big as a human’s.

The monster’s eyeballs were spinning strangely. When it opened its mouth, countless sharp triangular teeth were packed in three layers.

Saliva dripped down, filling the hallway with a foul odor.

-Chiririk!

The giant frog monster flicked its tongue.

It was incredibly fast.

Even Legion, a Grand Master, momentarily missed the monster’s tongue.

Fortunately, he sensed something coming from the front and instinctively swung his aura, or he would have been caught by the monster’s long tongue and sucked into its mouth.

-Chirik, chirik, chirik.

The giant frog monster flicked its tongue with a confident expression.

It looked as if the human in front of it was not even a mouthful.

“Ah, annoying.”

Legion frowned.

He was trying to conserve his strength in preparation for any unforeseen circumstances, but…….

Forget it.

Let’s finish off all these bastards.

“Come out. Mammon!”

A subspace opened, and ominous and evil magic power stretched out.

The depth and height of the ominous magic power were beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

As the giant two arms stretched out from the subspace, they grabbed the giant frog’s tongue.