Genius Wizard Hides His Sword Skills [EN]: Chapter 124

124. Lord of Blood (4)

Operation Sigma.

A standard measure for any Magic Tower convoy. A last resort only permitted in the most dire scenarios.

A brutal method that would obliterate not only the criminals being escorted but everyone in the vicinity.

‘I have to use this…….’

It involved detonating a large anti-magic bomb attached beneath the transport cage.

Operation Sigma had been used only a handful of times in the thousand years since the Magic Tower was established.

In reality, it was an operation that was virtually never used. Few would dare to carry out a terror attack against the Magic Tower’s escorts.

It was a last resort, considering the worst possible situation that could occur during the escort.

‘It’s a bitter pill to swallow.’

It felt dishonorable to use it in an operation where he was in charge of the escort.

‘But I have to kill these guys here.’

He had no choice but to activate the magic bomb. If they killed them and escaped, tracking them would be difficult. Even if only corpses remained, it would be easier for the Magic Tower to trace their organization in the future.

Whooo…….

A fierce surge of mana poured into the cage, activating the anti-magic bomb designed to kill all life within a one-kilometer radius.

“……Guar. Take this.”

He took out a pendant from his pocket.

“B, but!”

“Are you going to disobey orders? Have you forgotten your duty as an escort?”

Guar gritted his teeth and accepted the pendant. It was a teleportation pendant that could move one person to a designated location.

“Return to the Magic Tower and report the current situation. That is my last order as the escort captain.”

Since the Magic Tower was the designated coordinate, one person could save their life by using it.

“But, this is supposed to be used by Sir Hustaaf!”

Originally, it was a pendant that he always carried, but Hustaaf shook his head firmly.

“No. It will take some time for the bomb to activate. Can you buy time against that monster while I activate the magic bomb?”

The unidentified man was still approaching, wielding his trident. Whenever his golden spear moved, a fountain of blood followed relentlessly.

“Th, that’s…….”

“I’m the only one who can hold out until then. Take it and leave quickly.”

Of course, Hustaaf wasn’t confident in how long he could hold out against the monster. The fact that fire magic didn’t work on the man was perplexing.

However, he would fare better than Guar. Even he, who was on the verge of becoming a Great Mage, was struggling, so it was out of the question for Guar.

“H, but…….”

“Guar, you must leave. I can’t abandon you all to die and escape alone. You know me well, don’t you?”

Moreover, Hustaaf was a man who valued honor more than his life. If he escaped alone like this, he would live in shame for the rest of his life.

‘What’s the point of saving my own life while leaving my subordinates behind?’

He didn’t want to bear the disgrace of being an escort captain who activated Operation Sigma and escaped alone.

“Go. There’s no more time.”

With that, he reached out and pushed Guar’s back.

“……I will definitely report what happened today to the Magic Tower, Sir Hustaaf. It was an honor to serve with you.”

Soon, Guar’s figure was enveloped in a cloud of light and vanished. He couldn’t watch until the end.

“You’re quite a good leader.”

The silver-masked knight had already arrived. He could only face him.

* * *

The magic bombardment from the Central Council began.

The Magic Tower’s escorts were caught in the midst of a chaotic battlefield, flustered.

‘Hoo!’

Admun was in the middle of that gap.

Admun, who had been deployed to the rear with the members of the Central Council, focused his gaze on only one place.

‘Wait for me, Aileen!’

Among the criminals with their arms and legs tied up in the cage, there was one particularly slender girl. The only blood relative of the Dolph family was there.

The criminals were blindfolded, so they were just turning their heads this way and that.

“Admun, let’s get going quickly. You are the key to this operation.”

Jurant approached and fired magic forward, keeping the Magic Tower’s escorts in check and clearing the way.

“Understood.”

He immediately channeled the aura in his body towards his legs. Kata’s shoes emitted a brilliant light.

‘Let’s stay calm. Everyone’s fate is in my hands, you said.’

The role that Ian had directly instructed. He had been given a more important mission than anyone else.

Taat!

He immediately dashed through the gap that Jurant had created. Because Kata’s shoes allowed him to float in the air, he could move several times faster on the ground if used well.

Admun’s destination was the cage where Aileen was trapped.

“Wh, what’s going on!”

“You dog-like Magic Tower bastards! Untie this!”

“I’ll kill you all if I get out!”

The voices of the imprisoned criminals began to be heard.

And then, a sight that Admun couldn’t tear his eyes away from.

“Hngh…… Hngh!”

It was Aileen, trembling. She was trembling with fear, unable to see ahead.

‘Ah ah!’

He had steeled himself so many times, but Admun couldn’t help the tears welling up in his eyes now.

Aileen Dolph, whom he had met after so many years. His sister, whose safety he only wanted to confirm, was right in front of him.

But now he had to suppress the overwhelming emotions. In order to retrieve his precious sister, he had to perfectly carry out the mission he was assigned.

‘You bad guys!’

In the end, he turned the object of his emotions to the Magic Tower. The anger towards them would help him find his resolve.

“……Aileen.”

However, it would be okay to comfort his trembling sister.

“O, oppa……?”

At the sound of her calling his name, her head was frantically shaking.

Whether it was because she hadn’t forgotten his voice even after several years, Aileen was immediately looking for him.

“Rest assured and wait a little longer. I’ll save you soon.”

He wanted to have a little conversation, but he couldn’t delay any longer.

“Oppa!”

Before he could even finish listening to his sister’s desperate voice, he had to activate Kata’s shoes again.

He had to move under the cage placed on the huge carriage and complete his mission.

It was when he was about to move his feet.

“You! Who are you!”

“Drop your weapon and get away from the cage!”

Murderous voices rang in Admun’s ears. The escorts, who had already rearranged their formation, surrounded him.

‘This is bad!’

The moment he raised both hands and assessed the situation, bursts of light began to flash before his eyes.

“We’re your opponents!”

The silver-masked men began to bombard the escorts with magic.

“Keuaak!”

“Fire back with counter magic!”

In the end, the escorts’ attention had no choice but to turn to that side.

In the first place, the members of the Central Council who had been deployed to the rear were aimed to protect him. Their mission was to protect him so that he could get under the cage.

‘Thank you.’

When he nodded, Jurant sent a hand signal by interlocking his index finger and thumb. Following his signal, he threw his body into the gap under the cage.

Whooo…….

Then, what immediately came into view.

‘This is it.’

A blue stone the size of his upper body was shining.

‘The magic bomb that Angel mentioned…….’

It was a magic bomb of a size he had never seen before.

Seeing its size, he couldn’t help but feel impatient. As soon as he hurriedly took off his robe, the rope that was wrapped around his whole body revealed itself. It was a magic rope.

“Hoo!”

He released a strand of rope and approached the magic bomb.

* * *

[I wonder if Admun is doing well?]

‘It seems like he succeeded.’

Hustaaf’s face, visible from afar, was severely distorted.

Hustaaf was sending mana to the cage with one hand and fighting Karles with the other.

His expression was filled with embarrassment, but it wasn’t just because of Karles. The mana sent to the cage was not eliciting any response.

‘Good job, Admun.’

At that moment, a figure popped out from under the cage. Admun, wearing a silver mask, was raising his hand in a circle above his head.

[Hoo. He’s fast, as expected.]

It was a sign that he had completed his mission.

The mission assigned to him was to wrap the magic rope around the magic bomb under the cage. It was a mission optimized for him, who was quick in his movements.

The magic rope, a tool that fundamentally blocks the flow of mana, would also be able to prevent Hustaaf’s mana from reaching the magic bomb.

“Admun did a great job.”

Angel nodded, looking at him.

“It’s thanks to your information.”

“It’s information I heard from a member of the Central Council who used to work as an escort.”

It was Angel who told him that there was a magic bomb under the cage of the escort. Thanks to that, they were able to avoid a great disaster.

‘It’s over, Hustaaf.’

Everything was a set plan. Hustaaf had already noticed something was wrong.

“You guys! What on earth are you doing……!”

Because there was no response from the magic bomb that should have reacted by now.

‘But he’s still a great person.’

Immediately after realizing that fire magic didn’t work on Karles.

Paazik!

Hustaaf was immediately implementing other magics. Although he was well-versed in fire magic, it didn’t mean he couldn’t handle other attributes.

Each of his spells, from someone on the verge of becoming a Great Mage, contained an essence that was burdensome even for Karles.

[But it’s too late.]

He managed to stop Karles by unleashing various magics, but he was already within the range of the trident.

‘He probably hasn’t fought a knight before.’

As someone living in this era, he probably had no experience in close combat. At best, it would have been a melee between wizards.

‘Of course, even if he had fought a knight, it would have been the end.’

A wizard at close range could never be a match for a knight. Moreover, the opponent was Karles, the Suwang tribe chief, who was not just anyone.

[Situation is over.]

The escorts were all dead. The ones who were caught off guard by the Central Council’s attack from the front and back couldn’t do anything about it.

“You bastards, I’ll curse you even in hell!”

Hustaaf, the only one who had survived.

Pooook!

His neck was pierced by Karles’ trident.

He was the one who made his name known to the continent as the Lord of Blood.

‘It’s going to be noisy for a while.’

A big shot who would make the continent noisy even after his death was cooling down in front of our eyes.

[But he fought well against the Magic Tower.]

The Magic Tower’s escort was annihilated. On the other hand, the damage we suffered was almost non-existent.

‘That’s right. It worked better than I thought.’

The only injuries were minor injuries sustained by those who fought on the front lines.

“Everyone worked hard.”

“It’s all thanks to everyone’s well-planned strategy.”

After a brief moment of encouragement for those who had worked hard.

“First, let’s check over there.”

His steps naturally moved towards the cage that the escort was moving.

‘I’m finally meeting you, Aileen.’