Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 478

Hell, Here I Come 2

Legion Duke’s office.

All the vassals representing the duchy were gathered in one place. They were all present, but their faces showed they didn’t know why they had been summoned.

Until now, Legion had used the word ‘assembly’.

The word ‘assembly’ was a symbol of coercion, oppression, beatings, and insults.

When Legion used the word ‘assembly,’ they had to drop everything they were doing and rush to the Dusselph Mountains training camp.

Legion usually wore a red hat.

It looked like ketchup on an anchovy head, but no one dared to say it out loud.

They remembered.

The crazy lich Mamon once said, “Hehehe, my master is so funny. Look at him. He looks like ‘fish and chips’ with ketchup on his head,” and had to endure 16 hours of PT exercises.

Shuttle jumped up and shouted, ‘This is a violation of human rights. We must report this to the Ministry of Labor and the Human Rights Commission. Let’s fight against President Le’s oppression!’ and was not seen for three days.

No one knew where he was or what he was doing.

No one wanted to ask.

Shuttle came out completely remodeled.

Since then, whenever the lord & President Le used the word ‘assembly,’ they just came and rolled around like crazy.

But today, it was the office.

Some vassals came with thick newspapers padding their buttocks, enough to withstand a few blows.

“Ah, I’m sorry. I’m late.”

The exclusive servants and regular soldier commanders arrived a little late.

Their faces were wet with sweat.

Naturally, they had rushed to the Dusselph Mountains training camp, only to realize they were in the wrong place and used their ultra-powerful martial arts to arrive here in a short time.

No one except the people in the duchy knew that their high-level martial arts were being used for such things.

The exclusive servants and regular soldier commanders huddled in a corner.

Fortunately, Legion only nodded and said, “Sit down,” and didn’t take out the ultimate staff genie to hit them.

They breathed a sigh of relief.

Dozens of vassals held their breath and looked at Legion.

What on earth was he going to say, taking so long to get to the point?

“Let’s try having a meeting.”

“Meeting?”

Dreyzer tilted his head. He looked like he was wondering if it was something to eat.

“Yes, a meeting.”

“What kind of meeting?”

“Obviously, a meeting about the Stone Head Church.”

“How do we do it?”

“I don’t really know. But I think we should try it.”

“I’ll speak.”

Sharonz stepped forward, unable to watch any longer. She had joined with hundreds of thousands of citizens from the Vampire Kingdom.

All the citizens of the Vampire Kingdom were warriors and blood mages.

They used to be called red mages, but they didn’t like it, so they changed the name to blood magic.

Yes, blood magic was much better than red magic.

What was with red magic, white magic, and green magic?

In any case, the duchy was at its breaking point. In just a few days, the number of refugees, nobles, soldiers, Vampire Kingdom citizens, and Lycanthrope survivors had exceeded one million.

Chaos was at its peak.

If Sepia’s ogre legions and Amadeus’s orc legions hadn’t forcefully maintained order, the duchy would still be in chaos.

It seemed that Marquis Persimmon’s territory was the same. The population there had also exploded, exceeding 500,000.

All the races in the kingdom were gathering in these two territories to escape the Stone Head Church’s attacks.

In a way, it was natural.

It was pure survival instinct.

These were the only two places that could stop the Stone Head Church’s fanatics, dragon legions, and undead legions.

“You can do a meeting?”

Legion asked Sharonz.

Sharonz slightly frowned her beautiful brow. Half of her life as a king and queen was spent in meetings. National administration was also a branch of meetings.

Some days, she spent all day discussing with her ministers.

So she wanted to ask Legion.

“How on earth did you run this territory? There must be a reason why this huge land is running so well, right?”

Perhaps Legion would have answered like this.

“Everyone just does well on their own. There’s nothing for me to do.”

That was a slap-worthy thing to say.

It wasn’t that everyone did well on their own, but that when he said something, the people below suffered to complete it.

For example, like this.

Legion was speeding down the road in a sports carriage provided by Stove Jobs [a parody of Steve Jobs] as a sponsorship. Then, the carriage wheel broke in a pothole.

Legion said.

“Damn it, who are the road construction workers? They can’t do their job properly. I’m going to cut off all their heads.”

The road construction workers stayed up for several nights redoing the road construction.

To survive.

It was like that.

Only Legion didn’t know.

That’s why Legion wasn’t used to meetings. Sometimes, Silcut would say this.

“Lord, you’ll be impeached if you keep doing that. You have to communicate. One-way communication will eventually lead to disaster.”

“Okay, okay. I’ll keep that in mind.”

Legion also tried to communicate. That’s when the war broke out.

“Okay, then I will lead the meeting in place of Duke Legion. Anyone object?”

“…….”

No vassals answered. This scene was rather unfamiliar.

Of course, King Lauzel, Duke Xijinpi, and Baserabab were used to meetings, but this was Duke Legion’s territory.

He had to be the leader.

If they stepped forward here, it could be seen as acting like the homeowner.

So they quietly observed and didn’t step forward.

“No one? Good. Then let’s start. The first thing we need to know is the Stone Head Church’s advance route.”

Sharonz looked at Gibbs.

Gibbs handed Sharonz the report collected by the information guild. He had already copied the report for everyone.

“The Stone Head Church is currently at war with the entire Eastern Continent. Surprisingly, the empire was the first to fall due to the Stone Head Church’s cunning schemes. Although most kingdoms hate the empire, it is true that the power to protect the entire Eastern Continent has disappeared with their defeat. For example, five kingdoms close to the empire have fallen in succession. The number of refugees from the destroyed empire and five kingdoms is rapidly increasing.”

“Where are they fleeing to?”

Abdul Jabbar asked.

“There are three kingdoms still at war with the Stone Head Church. Us, Neck House, and Stopby Kingdom. But the refugees are not coming here. Fortunately or unfortunately, they are crossing over to the Western Continent.”

The Western and Eastern continents are separated by a huge mountain range. The Western and Eastern continents are divided based on that.

It was by no means an easy mountain range for ordinary people to cross.

Thanks to this, the Western Continent is still peaceful, unrelated to the war. I don’t know how long it will be peaceful, but on the surface, it didn’t seem to have much to do with the war.

Of course, I don’t know how it will change when they see hundreds of thousands or millions of refugees.

“Stopby Kingdom is one thing. Can the Neck House Kingdom stop the Stone Head Church?”

Lotto asked.

His question was valid.

The Neck House Kingdom went bankrupt. (99 percent thanks to Legion.)

It was by no means easy to stop the crazed Stone Head Church fanatics rushing in like crazy with the national finances in ruins.

“The new king seems to be quite outstanding. There are reports that they are united around the new king.”

“Hmm.”

Some vassals nodded.

The saying that troubled times create heroes is by no means in vain. The royal family of the Neck House Kingdom all died, and Duke Trebia and his faction suddenly disappeared, so it was judged that the country would soon collapse.

But they were resurrected like a phoenix.

The new king seemed to be quite outstanding.

“There is something you all need to know.”

“What is it?”

“These three kingdoms are only stopping the Stone Head Church, not counterattacking. The Neck House Kingdom has had 1/10 of its territory ravaged. They are barely holding on. The Stopby Kingdom is in a similar situation. About 1/4 has fallen into the hands of the Stone Head Church fanatics. The same goes for us. Almost all of our territory except for Marquis Persimmon and Duke Legion has been trampled by those guys.”

“What is the number of victims?”

King Lauzel asked.

“We can estimate to some extent.”

“How much is it?”

“At least ten million.”

“How much?”

“It is estimated that ten million people have been sacrificed at their hands. This is also the minimum number. You can think of more than that number disappearing in this war.”

“Ugh.”

Groans flowed from the mouths of everyone in the office. Far more people than the entire kingdom’s population had lost their lives.

Most of them would be citizens of the empire or the five destroyed kingdoms.

And the remaining citizens of the three surviving kingdoms didn’t have much time left to receive a ticket for the carriage of death.

“The more people who are sacrificed, the stronger their power becomes. As malice, nightmares, and thoughts intensify, the power of the undead legion is increasing day by day. Look at this.”

Sharonz showed everyone a video recorded by the survivors of the Lycanthrope Kingdom.

In it, monsters showing abilities beyond imagination were massacring Lycanthropes in large numbers.

“Do you see these conspicuous monsters here?”

“What are those?”

“They are legendary undead that can only be born by absorbing at least 100,000 souls, blood, and death. These guys are being born at a tremendous rate.”

“If they are legendary undead… what are their stats?”

“It is estimated to be at least 8-star level or higher. There are at least 10 of those guys.”

“Ugh.”

Another groan flowed out.

There are many strong people here too.

There were also several 7-star level, Sword Master level, which can be said to be the maximum limit set by humans.

But 8-star level is a different story.

From that level on, it is a realm that can only be reached with God’s permission. Even if only one of those monsters fell here, a massacre could occur.

“The biggest problem is…”

“The problem?”

“There are signs that those guys are evolving into S-class undead.”

“S-class undead?”

“You can call them god-level undead. The most famous S-class undead is the Dark Phoenix, also known as the Reaper of Death.”

When they heard the sound of Dark Phoenix, this time not a groan but a sigh flowed out.

No one here had actually seen a Dark Phoenix. But because it was so famous, no one didn’t know about the Dark Phoenix.

It is said that the Dark Phoenix last appeared about 2,000 years ago.

It bestows death just by flying around, just by looking at it.

That absolute authority cannot be denied by any life.

Humans cannot catch the Dark Phoenix.

It is said in ancient books that the Dragon Lord and 7 Ancient-class dragons caught the Dark Phoenix.

In other words, one Dark Phoenix has similar power to the Dragon Lord and 7 Ancient-class dragons combined.

In short, it means the extinction of mankind.

“Those guys are advancing non-stop. As you know, those guys are advancing in two directions. The first advance route is southward through the Arctic Ocean, and the second is eastward from the west after destroying the empire. If we don’t stop these two places, this place will be finished too.”

“How long do we have until those guys arrive here?”

“About 3 days.”

In 3 days, it will be the final battle.

And it was also a day when the Baroque Kingdom was likely to disappear into history.

“What is the probability that we will fight and win against those guys?”

“Less than 1 percent.”

“We have Duke Legion, Dreyzer, and Lich Mamon, who can be said to be the ultimate weapons. The Wyvern Squadron and the Orc Legion are also not to be underestimated.”

King Lauzel asked again.

“Duke Legion might be advantageous in a one-on-one situation… but it is said that the number of those guys has now swelled to over a million. Do you think you can stop that many undead? Your Majesty.”

Lauzel imagined over a million undead in his head.

They were not ordinary undead.

Even Dark Knight-class undead were terrifying enough to make you shudder. But now those guys were just the lowest level undead.

Legendary undead were swarming.

Even if all of humanity rushed in, he couldn’t guarantee that they could drive those guys away.

“Then should we just pray for 3 days?”

“Ah, that’s why I have an idea.”

Legion stepped forward.

“Idea?”

“There’s a desert room.”