Genius Wizard Hides His Sword Skills [EN]: Chapter 137

137. Revoluca

“Uncle Liu?”

“We need to get out of here first.”

I pretended not to know him, but Liu urgently grabbed my wrist.

“Who is that behind you…?”

His gaze briefly met Angel’s.

“Ah, he’s someone who runs a restaurant with me. He’s also a mage.”

“Oh, is that so? Let’s get out of here quickly. I’d like to talk, but there’s no time to say hello right now.”

Then Liu grabbed both of my shoulders.

“You and that person aren’t involved in this, so get out of here quickly. If the Magic Tower asks you anything, just tell them the truth: that you came here to visit the auction house.”

He gave me urgent advice.

“Does that mean this is related to you, Uncle?”

I couldn’t help but ask. It was an opportunity to probe about Revoluca. Of course, I couldn’t ask directly about Revoluca, so I asked indirectly.

“…That’s!”

That was the moment he was about to speak.

Thud!

A pile of dirt erupted from under Liu’s feet. A large earth hand grabbed his calf.

“Liu Delema! It’s no use running away!”

Six mages jumped up from below the stairs. They were the ones who had broken through Liu’s Aqua Bomb.

“There are other people next to him! Capture them all first!”

And gestures pointing at me and Angel. Without any time to explain, they had targeted us as well.

Whoosh!

Liu immediately cast Aqua Bomb and severed the earth hand.

“…I guess we have to run away together for now.”

A look full of apology reached us.

“Run away?”

“Yes. Don’t ask, just go. I’ll tell you the details later.”

An unfamiliar voice was heard at that moment.

– What are you going to do? If you say you’re just a regular person, you might still be able to get out.

It was Angel sending a telepathic message.

As he said, if we surrendered here and said we weren’t related to Liu, we might be able to get out.

– Let’s follow Liu for now.

However, my decision was to run away with him.

– If I’m by his side, it will be much easier to learn about Revoluca.

Given the circumstances, it was certain that he was a member of Revoluca. I might find out about their identity, which I had been so curious about, so it was too good to pass up.

– Understood.

Angel answered concisely without asking why. He had no choice.

Boom!

Magecrafts were exploding in the front.

“Run!”

Liu also started running while casting defensive magic.

– Let’s help a little.

– Yes.

Since we had decided to escape this place with Liu anyway, there was no need to look good to the Magic Tower guys since we were already being chased.

Swoosh!

Boom!

Magecrafts flew towards the guys. Thus, the nighttime chase began.

* * *

‘Hoo, this isn’t easy.’

The Magic Tower’s attack was as strong as expected—no, even stronger.

‘They called it a flagship fleet, right?’

It reminded me of the time when I fought against the agents of the Oseongseon [Five Stars Lineage, likely a powerful organization].

[There are over 100 people gathered with at least 6 stars.]

Not only 6-stars, but also mages corresponding to 7-stars and 8-stars were mixed in.

Woo-oong!

The roar was still coming from outside. Every time this sound was heard, one part of the building would explode entirely.

It was the Magic Tower flagship fleet’s signature Flare Beam.

The Magic Tower’s secret technique that could only be used by more than a dozen mages working together. It was a magic that Hustaff had developed for the escort and then evolved.

Boom!

As expected, one room right behind where we were standing exploded entirely.

“This won’t work. You two should escape first.”

Liu stopped running and stood in place.

“What are you going to do?”

“The Flare Beam isn’t the only thing threatening us. I can feel guys who have entered inside as well. If we run into those guys and get caught, it’s over, so I’ll buy some time and then catch up.”

As he said, more than a dozen mages were being detected by the detection magic installed throughout the building.

[What are you going to do?]

If we stayed like this, it was clear that we would be caught before we could even get out of the building, as Liu said.

‘He said he needs to buy time, so I’ll just buy him some time.’

I wiggled my hand without Liu knowing.

It was at the same time.

Boom!

Explosions were heard in an instant. It didn’t stop at once, but a chain of explosions was occurring.

[I’m glad I prepared in advance.]

‘Because you never know what might happen.’

It was a magic bomb installed throughout the building. They were fragments of what I had obtained from Hustaff’s escort unit before.

“Huh? Magic bomb?”

Liu had no idea what the cause was. He narrowed his eyes at the sudden explosion.

“Let’s run quickly for now. It seems like we’ve bought some time. If we go this way, there’s a staircase that can take us to the first floor without running into those guys.”

“…Let’s do that.”

The group was now moving under my command.

Since I already knew the building inside and out, I was able to reach the first floor through the emergency passage.

“Hoo. We’ve come all the way down, but what do we do now?”

Liu sighed as he looked out the window. Those who had surrounded the entire building were waiting for us to come out, their hands full of mana.

“Uncle, let’s go this way.”

If we went out right away, we would be roasted alive. I grabbed his hand and led him to a shabby warehouse in one corner of the first floor.

“There’s another way out here.”

“What? How do you know that?”

“I’ll tell you the details later, so don’t ask and just follow me for now. We need to get out first.”

“…Hmm. Okay.”

This was a place I had designed in advance, just in case, immediately after acquiring the building.

“It’s a relief that you prepared in advance.”

“One must always be fully prepared.”

It was prepared as a way to secretly escape in case of an emergency.

‘Of course, I didn’t expect things to escalate this far.’

I didn’t know things would get this big, but it would ultimately save us.

“This way.”

The place we hurried to had various security magics rippling inside.

“What is all this?”

It was only natural that Liu’s eyes widened.

“Didn’t you agree not to ask?”

“Hmm…”

However, he had said so himself, so he just kept his mouth shut.

“Please wait a moment.”

And then, Angel began to disarm the security magics.

A moment later, when all the security magics were disarmed…

Whoo-oong!

A blue portal was shimmering before our eyes.

“It’s a one-time portal.”

A portal that Aries had set up for me. It was a teleportation portal that disappeared automatically after a single use.

“…Why is there a portal here?”

Liu tilted his head again. He seemed to have many questions, but…

“Shh.”

At my gesture of raising a finger to my lips, Liu finally closed his mouth.

Koo-ooo!

The sound of an explosion came at that moment. The Flare Beam was smashing the building once again.

“Let’s all go in together.”

With that, we threw ourselves into the portal.

* * *

Liu narrowed his eyes at the scenery on the other side of the portal.

“Umm. Was that inn building yours too…?”

The reason he could have expected this was that the place we moved to was Anti’s restaurant section. Only the three of us were in the darkened restaurant.

“Yes. Actually, both that place and this place are mine. So I connected them like this, in preparation for any possible situation.”

“Well, thanks to you, we avoided the crisis, but it’s a bit strange. I didn’t think such dangerous things would happen in a restaurant or an inn.”

Liu stared intently into my eyes.

“I can’t shake the feeling that it was too much preparation.”

With the threat of the Magic Tower relieved, he began to attempt a serious conversation.

“Uncle, shouldn’t you tell us what’s going on first? What is this whole situation?”

The view outside the window was still shimmering with bright light. The entirety of Anti was brightly lit by the wizards’ mana [magical energy].

“Hoo.”

Liu sighed at the sight.

“Yes. Either way, my name will be in all the news tomorrow. It won’t make a difference if you know a day earlier.”

After a moment of silence, he opened his mouth again.

“The story I’m about to tell you… is a story that will change the world.”

“Change the world?”

“Yes. Have you heard of a group called Revoluca?”

Liu immediately got to the point.

“…Yes. They’re the organization that caused the convoy terror incident a few years ago.”

“I’m sure that’s what you know too. But that’s not true. Someone framed them.”

“Framed?”

I couldn’t help but feel a pang of guilt.

“Yes. Anyway, Revoluca isn’t an organization that just carries out terror attacks.”

“Then what is it?”

“It’s a place where people who want to change the world gather.”

Liu’s eyes were endlessly serious.

“How do you know so much about it?”

And then, his next words. It was something I couldn’t have even imagined.

“I am the leader of that place.”

“…Excuse me?”

I recognized that it was Revoluca through today’s situation.

[Liu is the leader? Huh!]

I couldn’t have predicted that far.

“The convoy terror incident you mentioned. I came here to find those who impersonated us and framed us.”

I finally grasped a clue about Revoluca.

“Huh. Then…”

However, our conversation couldn’t continue any longer.

[Liu Delema, and Ian Delema, who escaped with him, listen!]

The Magic Tower’s amplification magic began to echo throughout Anti.

[You probably haven’t left this place yet. If you come out willingly now, we will give you at least minimal treatment. However, if we find you without you doing so, I think you know better than anyone what kind of treatment you will receive.]

Along with that, the murmuring sound coming from outside.

“Search this restaurant first!”

They had already approached the vicinity of the restaurant.

“Hoo. We’ll have to continue the story later. We need to get out of here right now before the siege tightens.”

Liu stood up abruptly. I had to follow him. We couldn’t stay here either.

Carefully stepping out the door, we moved our feet. Angel’s Silent Magic enveloped the area around our feet.

“Do we have anywhere to go? If what you said is true, Uncle, the entire continent will be looking for us now.”

“Don’t worry. Our strength is stronger than you think. It’s a group created by the descendants of various families with a common purpose. Won’t you join us too?”

“Me?”

“I’m not suggesting this to you because of how things have turned out. Actually, I’ve been thinking about it since you were young. I was going to tell you when you graduated from the Magic Tower.”

Liu held out his hand to me.

“With your disposition, you’ll want to correct the injustices of the world.”

It was when I was about to take that hand, even superficially…

“There they are!”

A streak of light flashed between our hands.

Thud!

A Magic Arrow passed through our gap and struck the ground.

“Fire all the magic!”

Soon, dozens of colors were painted in the sky.

‘How are they already here!’

The flagship’s wizards had already caught up with us.