Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 138

Magic is Learned in Vain – 139

# 139

Three-Headed Medusa 2

“Call the Prison!”

Legion stomped his right foot hard and shouted.

Thump!

Mana gathered in an instant and shot forward through his foot.

The Three-Headed Medusa’s movements froze as if it were pinned to the ground. At the same time, its entire body, made of snakes and over 20 meters long, began to freeze.

Mizsette was shocked as she watched.

“What kind of magic is that?”

Hailer, who had quickly climbed over the rocks, cautiously peeked out and asked,

“What’s wrong? What’s going on?”

“It’s an incredible magic. H-How… the mana barely moved.”

Hailer finally looked at the Three-Headed Medusa.

“Ooooh!”

The Three-Headed Medusa was completely frozen and unable to move. ‘Should I shoot an arrow into its head and shatter it?’ He carefully took out his newly bought bow and nocked an arrow.

“Go down in one shot!”

He imbued the arrow with strong magic and fired it.

The arrow struck the center of the Three-Headed Medusa’s forehead.

“Is it over?”

…Like hell it was. Legion started yelling at the top of his lungs. ‘You idiot, moron, you sea squirt!’ It wasn’t even fully frozen yet, and you ruined everything!

At that moment, the ice covering the Three-Headed Medusa’s face shattered, and the Medusa’s tail struck Hailer’s side. Hailer’s low defense couldn’t withstand the Three-Headed Medusa’s powerful blow.

“Ugh!”

Hailer tumbled, spitting blood.

“Ah, I’m screwed, I’m screwed.”

Legion quickly ran away, saying.

Once a crack appeared, the Three-Headed Medusa’s frozen body quickly returned to normal. Now enraged, it began to thrash its massive body.

“Damn it! I was going to freeze it and blow its head off in one shot… You ruined it.”

Legion flicked Hailer’s forehead as he lay bleeding.

Each time the Three-Headed Medusa swung its tail, statues shattered. The broken statues fell into the lava.

The tail’s destructive power was no joke.

Lightning poured from the spear the Medusa held. Getting hit by that lightning at close range would be fatal.

-It’s unfair.

-It’s unfair to die like this.

The statues cried out. ‘Ah, it’s understandable that they feel wronged. It’s all Hailer’s fault. He’ll be joining you soon, so take it out on him then.’

“Then is Haimo dead?”

Mizsette, who had cast her head down, sat next to Legion while he was casting magic.

“Not yet.”

“He’s not dead?”

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

The Medusa swung its tail again, sweeping through the surroundings. Dozens of statues shattered at once.

-Hiiiik, hey! Young man! Do something!

That startled me.

Legion looked at Lulu’s hammer.

He could hear the voice through the hammer, showing how desperate he was. Legion glanced at Lulu. His statue was on the verge of breaking. The statues right in front of him were hit by the tail and shattered.

‘I’m sorry, but there’s not much I can do for you right now. I’ll pray for your soul.’

Legion closed his eyes and thought, then opened his mouth.

“Yeah, he’s trapped in a statue, so he’ll probably die soon, right?”

“Will they be freed if we kill the Medusa?”

“Probably, wouldn’t you think? But it looks like they die if the statue breaks. Hmm… I see. The reason the Medusa makes statues might be a way to store food. So, you could think of it as a kind of frozen food?”

Mizsette imagined the human form being frozen and turned into the Medusa’s meal, and her stomach churned.

“But how are we going to kill it now?”

Mizsette asked with a slightly worried look.

“Well? Should we wait for her, no, it to calm down first?”

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

The tail lashed like a whip over their heads.

Haimo and Lulu’s statues barely survived this time. More than surviving, they were just lucky to be alive.

“I’ll attack from behind!”

Steel stepped forward.

Thanks to the item he bought at the department store, his agility had greatly increased.

“I’ll cover you!”

The dark elf Natalie jumped up from her spot and drew her bow.

“Die!”

Hailer, who had regained his senses, fired arrows in succession.

Five arrows rained down on the Medusa’s head.

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

However, Hailer and Natalie’s arrows didn’t do much damage to the Medusa. They scratched its flesh, but the arrows lost their power and fell weakly to the ground after the Medusa swung its tail.

In the meantime, Steel had secured the Medusa’s rear.

“This is revenge for the dead Haimo!”

Haimo, who had become a statue, shouted inwardly.

‘I’m not dead yet!’

Steel’s newly bought dagger pierced the back of the Medusa’s head.

“Kuaaaaak!”

A thrilling sensation! At the same time, the Medusa began to shake its head violently.

The tail flew towards Steel.

A tail with tremendous defense and attack power.

That tail was the Medusa’s core strength. Hailer pushed Steel away, who hadn’t been able to dodge, and fired arrows at the tail in rapid succession.

Swish, swish, swish~

The tail instantly wrapped around Hailer’s waist.

“Damn it!”

Hailer took out his dagger and stabbed the tail wildly. It only caused minor scratches. The dagger didn’t penetrate deeply.

-I’ll turn you all to stone and crush you!

The Three-Headed Medusa pulled Hailer closer and made eye contact.

“Huuuuck!”

He immediately turned to stone.

The Three-Headed Medusa put strength into its tail and tried to destroy Hailer’s statue.

“No! You can’t kill Hailer!”

Steel approached the Medusa at an incredible speed. The Medusa didn’t have three heads.

It had three faces.

In other words, one head had three faces. Where the ears should have been, there were more eyes, noses, and mouths.

Steel was definitely fast. His movements were so fast that afterimages lingered, and the Medusa, missing his movements, momentarily lost Hailer.

Mizsette caught the petrified Hailer below and placed him in a corner, but the Three-Headed Medusa, who had lost Hailer from its tail, roared in anger.

-Kieeeeeek!

That roar struck Steel directly.

Steel’s body paused in mid-air, and at that moment, Steel and the Medusa made eye contact.

He couldn’t avoid the Medusa’s gaze.

“Kuhuk!”

Steel turned to stone in mid-air.

He fell straight down. At this rate, Steel’s body would be shattered.

Legion and Mizsette were shocked.

It was already too late to save Steel’s statue.

“Safe!”

Natalie barely caught Steel’s statue.

It was fortunate that Steel wasn’t heavy. If Steel had a massive body like Haimo or Buffalo, Natalie would have dropped the statue.

If that had happened, he would have really died.

“Nice! Kid! Fall back!”

Buffalo shouted as he ran forward.

He covered his front with the newly purchased Kite Shield. He had customized all his items for defense.

He was strong but slow, so he wasn’t much help in attacking. But at least he could adequately defend against the tail.

Buffalo lowered his head and looked only at his feet.

The tail struck the Kite Shield six or seven times in a row.

Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump!

Nevertheless, Buffalo didn’t budge. Instead, he moved closer step by step, slamming his massive body into the Medusa.

-You rhino-like bastard!

The Medusa stabbed wildly with its trident. Having engaged in close combat, the Medusa couldn’t use its tail.

Crackle! Crackle! Crackle!

Each time the trident struck the Kite Shield, electricity surged.

From a distance, it looked like Buffalo was being fried by lightning.

Nevertheless, Buffalo endured. He swung his mace mightily.

Bang!

The mace struck the Medusa’s side.

-Kuheoheok!

It was as expected. The Medusa staggered greatly from the mace blow.

-Damn bug! Get fried!

The Medusa gritted its teeth and continued to stab with the trident.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Fizzzz-

Fizzy, fizzy, fizzzz-

Electricity bounced off the Kite Shield incessantly. The deflected electricity destroyed everything around it.

“One more hit!”

The mace, gaining momentum, struck the Medusa’s side again.

-Kuhuk!

The Medusa staggered. If it had two feet like a human, it would have been a blow that would have made it kneel on one knee.

‘That’s it.’

Buffalo gritted his teeth.

He definitely felt the impact. If he kept this up, he could definitely catch the Medusa.

Then his comrades would live.

Just thinking about it made him feel so good. He was excited for a very short time-

That became his weakness.

A gap was seen in the Medusa’s eyes. She thrust her trident down.

Buffalo, who had expected her to continue using simple electric magic, took no action.

The trident slipped past the Kite Shield and pierced Buffalo’s thigh.

At the same time-

Fizzy, fizzy, fizzy, fizzy!

Buffalo was directly exposed to electric magic.

Buffalo’s limbs trembled as he hadn’t used armor with expensive anti-electricity runes.

-One by one, I’ll turn you all to ash.

The Three-Headed Medusa grabbed Buffalo’s neck, who was shaking from the electric shock, and made eye contact.

Buffalo turned to stone.

“Boss, we’re screwed.”

Mizsette, who was preparing the best magic she knew to help Buffalo, paused. She turned her head to Legion, who was hiding behind a rock.

And then she turned to stone. The magic she was about to cast disappeared into thin air.

Legion frowned.

‘All the members were taken down. They were still a bit inexperienced, but they weren’t weak enough to be beaten so easily…….’

‘For such friends to be wiped out in an instant.’

It seemed he had underestimated it a bit.

-Downloaded surrounding terrain, sir.

Mark’s voice was heard.

Legion tore off his sleeve to cover his eyes. And he picked up his hammer and stood up.

“You snake bastard, you’re dead. I’ll make you pay for the lives of my dead subordinates.”

The members shouted inwardly.

‘We’re not dead yet!’