Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 103

Magic is Learned in Vain – Episode 104

# 104

Finding the Lost Dungeon 2

“You guys sort out your own hierarchy.”

Legion’s words finalized the servant’s roles.

They had already fought each other several times and caused various problems. But in the end, they became a team, so what matters is from now on.

No one disagreed with that fact.

The question was, who would be the leader?

Bacon quietly looked at Haimo.

“I admit you have a lot of social experience, but there’s also a hierarchy of hardship, right? I’m the leader here.”

“Well, you could see it that way… but it’s hard to say our hardships are less than yours. More than anything, considering age and experience, wouldn’t I be better suited?”

The two found common ground.

“Let’s do it based on skill.”

“Good.”

Bacon and Haimo stood facing each other.

Haimo was quite satisfied with the formal contract with Legion.

He earned less than when he was a mercenary, but a job with lifetime employment and four major insurances was rare. He could have continued as a mercenary and gone to a better territory, but considering the vision for the future, Legion… this Alexander family is truly promising.

Most importantly!

The boss occasionally gives out ‘Decisions’ [magical items that grant abilities].

He doesn’t know where he gets those amazing things, but he’s willing to throw his life away just to eat one more.

Two days ago, Sepia ate one and became human.

Oh, no… she became incredibly smart.

An ogre using magic. He had never seen it before. No, does that even exist in the world? An ogre learning and using Haste [a speed-enhancing spell]. It seems she learned by peeking at the full-time servants training. Amazing. Is that even possible?

Anyway, as much as she became smarter, she also became stronger.

Steel, who ate the Decision that Legion threw as a gift, gained the skill ‘No Speeding’.

‘No Speeding’.

Really… an amazing skill.

In fact, Steel, who came from a third-rate background, had never learned any notable footwork. Nevertheless, he was naturally quick. His movements were light and fast, moving as stealthily and quickly as an assassin.

That movement of his increased by 10 percent.

Only 10 percent.

It’s only enough to cut a 10-second 100-meter run to 9 seconds, but that instantaneous movement was so great that even he sometimes missed his own movements.

Buffalo gained the skill ‘Let’s Help the Weak’.

It’s similar to Haimo’s ‘Reward for Trust’. It’s based on divine power towards Legion. However, Buffalo can unleash more powerful divine power when helping someone.

Buffalo regretted his past after gaining the skill.

He even cried. I’m a paladin! I’m a paladin! He seems to be vowing to himself not to do bad things anymore.

They quickly became close with the full-time servants.

They were friendly, but there was also a subtle sense of competition.

The most obvious point of contention among them was, “Which of the abilities we received from the master is the strongest?”

And who is the leader among us?

Well, the others didn’t particularly care, but Bacon and Haimo faced off.

The skill Bacon learned was ‘For Legion’. His intelligence increases every time he eats a Decision. As his intelligence increases, his understanding of magic rapidly increases.

Bacon, who is the fastest achiever among the full-time servants, is trying to break through the wall of the 3rd Circle Master and reach the 4th Circle thanks to his increased intelligence.

Considering his age and time, it was an incredible growth rate.

The skill Haimo learned is ‘Reward for Trust’.

Attack power increases by 20 percent by default. Depending on the loyalty of praying to Legion, the divine power to remove harmful effects increases by 20 percent.

‘Harmful effects’ cannot be simply expressed in words.

It was no exaggeration to say that what kills the most people in war is due to these ‘harmful effects’.

Inflammation from rusty iron, poisoning, fear of corpse poison, curses, hunger, frustration, and so on. Numerous harmful effects spread throughout humanity and erode their stamina.

Moreover, it was a ‘common buff for allies’.

A paladin with a common buff, even though he’s not a wizard!

This is a rare ability that is not easily found even among priests.

Also, resistance to injury and self-healing ability increased by 20 percent. Thanks to this, it has risen far more than Haimo originally had.

“I don’t particularly want to beat you. We are all those who will be loyal to Legion.”

Haimo had a fierce appearance, but his manner of speaking became softer after becoming a paladin.

“I can see that you’ve become stronger. But what I want to say is not that. It’s that the skill the master gave me is more powerful.”

“Haa. What’s the point of saying this? But the boss trusts me more. That’s why he gave me such a powerful skill.”

“Becoming a paladin? I heard paladins can’t even get married?”

“I can. As long as I have faith and love for the boss, there will be no inconvenience in my daily life.”

“It’s all the same. What’s the point of talking? Let’s talk with our skills.”

Bacon drew his sword.

He infused magic into the blade. The blade vibrated.

“It’s not over here.”

Bacon smirked and chanted a spell.

“Fire Blade.”

The blade gradually turned red. Splendid flames stretched out.

Surprisingly, he had even coated the blade with magical power.

It was an attack that could inflict both the physical attack power of the blade and magical damage at the same time.

“Wow! When did our leader learn such an ability?”

“Damn it, the gap is going to widen even more. He’s really amazing.”

The full-time servants were surprised and clicked their tongues.

The mercenaries were the same.

In particular, Mizset, who had now become a 4th Circle Walker [a powerful mage], was about to drop her jaw.

Combining a blade and magic was a first for her. The magic swordsmen she knew were those who had both magical and warrior abilities, but in reality, they were not very useful.

What can you do by learning two things that are difficult to master even if you only delve into one? In other words, magic swordsmen are only useful in legends, and in practice, they are useless.

But Bacon was by no means going to end up as a mediocre magic swordsman.

“Amazing ability. But… may the handsome Legion bless me, my body will become stronger, and my enemy will be helpless under my axe.”

Haimo also activated divine power.

A faint green aura surrounds him. Those with ominous energy will have their stamina and magic steadily drop just by standing in front of him.

“Indeed… amazing.”

Bacon also admitted it.

“Then let’s fight.”

Bacon and Haimo moved at the same time.

A battle axe imbued with divine power and a fire blade collided fiercely in the air.

Everyone was looking at Bacon and Haimo with surprised faces.

“But where did the boss go?”

Mizset asked Lotto slyly.

“I heard he went to the dungeon.”

“Alone?”

“No. I think he went with Dreiser.”

“Ah, Dreiser.”

Mizset nodded. Only then did she realize why the full-time servants were enjoying themselves here with peace of mind. With Dreiser, who has tremendous power, escorting the boss, what is there to worry about?

There is no need to worry about them.

Bacon said that the most useless thing in the world is worrying about the ‘master’.

That’s right.

Worrying about the boss consumes unnecessary energy.

Mizset put aside her thoughts about Legion and watched Bacon and Haimo’s sparring.

The two’s sparring was very flashy.

It’s a feast for the eyes.

Mizset briefly thought that it would have been better if there was chicken and beer at times like this.

* * *

Legion and Dreiser discovered an ancient dungeon.

It would have been a bit difficult without a map, but thanks to the surprisingly detailed map, it wasn’t too difficult to find.

Only!

There was a part that was a little hard to understand.

This damn ancient dungeon, aren’t all the ancient dungeons in Dusseldorf connected?

“Is it you again? Haa… this is getting a bit tiring.”

NPC Lilac frowned with her beautiful eyes.

“That’s what I should be saying. Why are you here? Weren’t you dead back then?”

“Yes, my past was destroyed. Thanks to you.”

“The past is destroyed?”

Legion tilted his head, not understanding.

At the dungeon entrance, Lilac looked somewhere. It was like looking at a distant mountain. Somehow, her eyes seemed to contain regret for the past. She began to rattle off stories that Legion was not at all curious about.

It seemed that if Legion interrupted her, she would never let him into the dungeon.

“Where did I leave off last time?”

“…….”

Would you remember?

“Humans are stupid after all.”

“Your personality is not easy either.”

“You have no manners either.”

“Did you call someone a virus because you have good manners?”

Lilac gritted her teeth and glared at Legion.

Legion sighed briefly. He was seriously considering whether to go back or not. If he had to live in the dungeon for about 20,000 years instead of breaking through the 10th Circle this time, he would refuse without hesitation. He was able to endure it before because he didn’t know.

He can’t do it this time, even if he dies and comes back to life.

Okay, what ancient dungeon. Let’s go. Let’s go and have a drink with Bacon.

“Anyway… I’ll pass on this dungeon. Live well.”

As Legion turned around, Lilac quickly grabbed his shoulder.

“Listen to me.”

“I don’t want to.”

“You must listen to me.”

“I don’t want to. I’m not going in here. Grab someone else.”

“I’ll just let you in.”

“Huh?”

“I said if you listen to my story, I’ll just let you into the dungeon.”

“Hey! I’m not going in! What if I have to endure another 20,000 years?”

Dreiser blinked next to him.

“What is this all about…?”

“There’s something like that.”

Legion ignored Dreiser for a moment and looked at Lilac.

“So, in the end, this is also the dungeon of the Great Sage Cyclops. Right?”

“Yes.”

“So I’m not going.”

“Huh? Why?”

“Last time, I cleared everything, but you didn’t give me any treasure and kicked me out! I went through all that trouble!”

Legion got angry and turned around.

“Oh, really! Why are you doing this? You’re so impatient… This dungeon is different from that time.”

“Different?”

“Yes, it is!”

Lilac suddenly became friendly. Anxiety rises. It looks like there’s something going on…….

“Okay. Then I’m thirsty, so bring me some water first. Then I’ll listen and decide.”

“Wow!”

Lilac was taken aback, but eventually brought water and a chair.

“Now do it.”

Legion said, raising his thumb, saying the water tasted good. Lilac felt like the blood vessels in her forehead were about to burst and opened her mouth.

“First of all, you need to know that Cyclops has converted.”

“…….”

What is this nonsense?

Freedom of religion is his own, so it doesn’t really matter, but… no, more than anything, I wasn’t really interested in the religion of the Great Sage Cyclops itself.

“From where to where?”

“He left the side of the Main God and converted to the Stone Head Church.”

“Stone Head Church?”

“Yes.”

-Stone Head Church, a fairly historic dark religion. It can be said to be the oldest religion along with believers in the Main God.

Mark taught me.

-Originally started in the Stone Church, but the doctrines are different, so it is divided into five sects: Stone Head Church, Stone Heart Church, Stone Finger Church, Stone Eyes Church, and Stone Spinal.

Let’s make an Iron Head Church too.

-Shut up.

Anyway, Legion doesn’t think the Main God is a particularly good god, so he doesn’t care.

“Okay, let’s say that’s the case, why did he do that?”

“It was a sense of betrayal towards the Main God.”

“What did the Main God betray?”

“He asked for the power to defeat the number one ranked Proud, but he never gave it to him. So he converted to the Stone Church. This is the dungeon where Cyclops realized the doctrines of the Stone Church. It’s a place of historical value.”

Does it make sense to ask the Main God for power?

That Cyclops guy has a pretty strange personality.

Still, does that mean this place has historical value for Stone Church believers? Can I sell it as a tourist attraction later? So what? The map that Haimo and the new employees brought was the dungeon where the secrets of the Stone Church were buried?

Hehe, I wonder if a lot of great jewels will come out.

“Then what’s in this place?”

“There’s something amazing.”

“Amazing?”

“Amazing!”

Ah, I found it!

Legion smiled broadly.