Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 323

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – Episode 323

Elf (3)

The research progressed better than expected.

— To think that beast-like, intuitive ideas would be more helpful than high-dimensional concepts. It’s a bit of a blow to my pride.

“Let’s think positively.”

Sorcery. Especially the sorcery created and used by beast-people was very simple and clear in its effects and operation.

If they were hungry, it would fill their hunger.

If they couldn’t hunt because their noses were blocked, it would enhance their sense of smell.

The beast-people’s sorcery was a way to immediately resolve what they wanted in that way.

“Isn’t it a new perspective on sorcery from our point of view?”

— I suppose so.

“Then let’s think positively. When else would we encounter something like this?”

If there’s one thing I’ve learned while studying sorcery under her.

It’s that even if it’s a study from hundreds or thousands of years ago, the creators of this study were all brilliant geniuses.

The people who created the sorcery I knew were all geniuses, so they included their pursuit of beauty or beliefs in the sorcery system.

Thanks to that, their sorcery was amazing.

So amazing that no one could ever master it.

So amazing that it wasn’t passed down to later generations and was abandoned as soon as it was created.

Most of the creators of sorcery were like that.

“A field that geniuses didn’t bother to delve into.”

I think every time I look at a book.

Intuitive and aggressive.

It’s a roundabout way of saying it’s simple after all.

But the results aren’t simple. I, who have been accumulating all kinds of knowledge by translating numerous documents, smiled faintly.

If I combine the knowledge I’ve built up with these, I can realize what I’ve only imagined.

I was so sure.

“If no one interferes, I can create a new formula in a day.”

“S, save me……!!”

“Help me!!!”

“……I knew it.”

— Isn’t that because you said something like that out loud? Why, there’s a sorcery like that too.

I can’t catch a break.

A clear path to research is unfolding right before my eyes.

Clear screams are heard.

I have no choice.

I closed the book I was reading and went outside the barracks.

Then the screams I heard became clearer.

One peculiar thing was that most of the screams I heard were not short screams, but screams like a final testament, exhaling all the air in their lungs.

Moooommeeeeeeeeee!!!

Uwaaaaaaaaah!!!

Kyaaaaaaaaak!!!

Screams of all ranges are heard.

A harmony of various races.

Countless races were now screaming their own screams.

No, why is it so noisy?

Let me know the reason too.

“R, run away……!”

“Hey, you there.”

“W, who! Ah, Knight!”

“Knight?”

What’s with that title?

It was a title I had never heard before.

I adjusted the mask that didn’t suit the title of knight at all and said.

“What’s going on that’s making it so noisy?”

“Ah! Th, th, that’s!”

“…….”

Looking at the soldier trembling, I sensed it.

This guy is in a panic right now.

Trembling words and hands, pale face, an expression that looks like he’s about to faint.

He’s not in a state to get information at all.

“Never mind. You can go on your way.”

“Y, yes!”

Thump, thump!

Leaving the soldier running at full speed behind, I grabbed another soldier who was moving busily. Fortunately, this one was relatively okay.

“Greetings, Knight. As a result of our sins reaching the end, a knight with a pale horse and a beast of the land have arrived here. Haha.”

“…….”

Being relatively okay was the problem though.

Anyway, a conversation was established.

“So, what’s all this commotion about?”

“White Knight. He’s here. We’ll all be torn apart by bugs! So hurry up and take refuge, Knight!”

“Take refuge? Where to?”

“Anywhere! To a place where his bugs can’t reach!”

With these words, the soldier immediately sprinted.

He’s heading to a huge lake.

Splash!

The sound of the soldier throwing himself into the lake was heard.

He must hate bugs so much that he threw himself into the lake.

‘Well, I think I heard that if you want to avoid bees, you should throw yourself into a nearby puddle.’

Certainly, bugs don’t come into the water.

Most bugs have nothing to do with water.

Except for the fact that their larvae usually grow in stagnant water or near the water.

He seemed to hate bugs, but it’s a pity.

“That guy’s not in his right mind either.”

Five minutes have passed since the splash I just heard.

In the meantime, no one has heard anyone coming out of the lake.

Just in case, I closed my enhanced hearing.

I was deep in thought as I moved to the largest barracks, the place where strategic meetings are held during wartime.

The words that the guy who threw himself into the lake just said.

“White Knight.”

That bothered me.

Knight, did he mispronounce the number of riders?

Hmm, no. He clearly pronounced it as knight, not the number of riders.

I was lost in thought for a moment and increased my walking speed.

“So what are you going to do now!”

“We have to run away! What else can we do?”

“Run away? Ruuun awaaay? Are you saying that with a sane mind? This base has everything. Our history, records, weapons, and people. But you’re going to run away right now? What do you want to give up and run away?”

“Salute! Watch your words.”

“If I don’t watch my words, what can you do?”

“You!”

“Both of you shut up! It’s too noisy to talk!”

The largest barracks.

The people who looked like high-ranking officials at a glance caught my eye.

Unlike typical elves who are famous for living young, an elf in a suit with a stylish beard like a middle-aged man.

A lion beast-man with a huge ax and bulging muscles.

A woman with devil horns whose beautiful appearance was filled with the stench of blood.

And so on. Really diverse groups of races were taking a seat.

“Indeed, is that the higher-ups that Luna was talking about?”

The badges on their chests were proving it.

“That’s good.”

There were a lot of information I wanted to ask and things I wanted to say.

I approached them.

The 40 or so races representing them were having a heated debate.

“Send all the troops you can mobilize!”

“I’ve told you several times that our army’s skills can’t do anything!”

“We’re all going to die here!”

Everyone was just saying things that sensed defeat.

It’s practically the appearance of remnants who have admitted defeat.

That White Knight? Is he that strong?

“I heard that the higher-ups are high-ranking people. Just cowards.”

Coward.

A man who was heated up by those words 벌떡 [suddenly] stood up from his seat.

A middle-aged elf with a 멋들어진 [stylish] mustache.

It was an elf again. Why am I so deeply connected to elves?

“What did you just say…!”

It was an elf who was approaching while pointing his finger, but he seemed to have lost his spirit after being glared at once.

He stopped in place without coming.

Then he raised his eyes and looked at my mask.

As soon as he made eye contact with the eyes drawn on the mask, his expression hardened.

It seems that the abilities built into the mask, including cognitive dissonance and mental abilities, are exerting their effects properly.

‘That’s strange.’

It didn’t work on Luna.

Why does it work so well on the higher-ups?

Is this person weak? Or is Luna unusually strong?

‘I definitely thought it was an elven racial trait.’

What is certain is that a strong mental barrier is not an elven trait.

It’s a newly discovered fact, but it’s not very important, so I passed by the middle-aged elf who was terrified and grabbed the bundle of documents placed in his place. The three letters written on the document.

White Knight (白騎士) [White Knight in Chinese/Japanese].

When I turned the document over, information about him was written all over it.

I was curious, but it’s a good thing.

“I’ll take this.”

“Wa, wait a moment.”

“Hmm.”

Someone called me.

When I turned my head, I saw an old man who resembled a human endlessly.

He’s not human. Unlike his age, his hands are firm without wrinkles.

He was a race in the form of a slime-like liquid.

He just seems to be disguising himself as a human now.

“What business do you have with me.”

Hiding my face behind a mask, I spoke in as stiff a tone as possible.

Then the old man trembled.

As if he felt a chill from my words.

His mouth was frozen stiff.

Even so, he 꾸역꾸역 [with difficulty] moved his heavy lips.

“Th, that… document.”

His firm fingers pointed to my hand.

To be exact, he’s talking about the document I just grabbed.

“What are you going to use it for?”

He said with an uneasy look.

I answered nonchalantly.

“How can I hunt without knowing the opponent’s information?”

“……Hunting?”

As if he was saying that he was the hunter and the enemy was the prey.

At this, a woman with devil horns asked back in a tone that she couldn’t understand.

“Hunting? Did you just say hunting?”

“Why.”

“……Yes?”

“If I’m hunting, I’m hunting. What, do you have anything to say?”

Huh! If you underestimate your opponent like that, you might become the prey instead.

That was the woman who was about to say that boldly, but the bloody, eerie eyes seen beyond the mask were facing her.

Like the king of spirits.

There was an aura in front of her that was on par with the pressure shown at the moment they fell.

“Ah, ah…….”

With her at the end, who had lost her words, the noisy debate came to an end.

It’s not that they left their seats, but their mouths were closed.

They didn’t have the courage to get up because of the huge energy that had been pressing down on the audience until just now.

This was the same even after I left the barracks.

Even after arriving at a place where I could see the White Knight from a distance.

Eucha. I stepped on a wide branch of a large tree.

“Let’s see, that’s him. He’s so 异质적인 [heterogeneous] colored that he’s easy to see.”

Purity that has not been stained at all,

White that’s perfect for getting mud on.

He is the king of riders. Knight.

In other words.

“Was that the spirit king?”

Spirit King.

The guy looked exactly like a high-ranking rider.

Armor covering his whole body.

If there are other elements.

The symbol that proves his kingship, the crown.

“Strong.”

There’s nothing else to say but this.

The spirit and 풍압 [wind pressure] felt from the White Knight were beyond imagination.

Everything that touches him is torn and flies away.

There were huge holes 뻥뻥뚫렸 [pierced] in the places where his feet touched, and just by reaching out his hand to the approaching warriors of the alliance, they were 분쇄 [pulverized] into dozens of pieces.

It was as if each of the fingers that made up the guy was made up of a huge storm.

If one finger is that strong, how about the rest of the body?

It was truly a living mass of storms.

That was the conclusion I came to while watching the White Knight.

“Let’s start by 날리고 [launching] one shot from here.”

It would be better to start with a preemptive strike.

I was preparing to 날릴 [launch] by concentrating magic power in my hand.

The magic power was ready to become a flame and fly to the bottom.

— Be careful.

“I’m being careful enough─!”

— Whoosh!

Right then, the wind brushed past my ear.

Blind attacks didn’t hit me.

Thanks to the fact that I always formed a shield with magic power, the wind brushed past me and there wasn’t a single scratch on my face, but the attack that passed me.

Kwagagagagang───!!!

It collided with a small barracks far away and exploded magnificently.

Tremendous power.

What kind of weapon did he use to attack!

I quickly turned my head.

At that moment, I saw the weapon in the White Knight’s hand.

A weapon bigger than an adult male.

That was.

“Bow?”

It was a huge bow.