Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 22

Your Hero 1

A tremendous amount of Mythril lay before Legion’s eyes.

Seeing the Mythril, his lips involuntarily stretched from ear to ear. How much would that be worth in money? Even at the lowest estimate, wouldn’t it cover the territory’s operating expenses for a year? And that’s not all the Mythril there is. The mine was endlessly filled with Mythril.

It was a bonanza.

Legion made a deal with Amadeus.

What she wanted were advanced human artifacts and a capable man. The weapons the Orcs were currently using were very outdated. She wanted to replace them with good weapons made by humans.

And salt and spices.

Legion agreed. With just the first Mythril they traded, they could arm not only the Amazon Orcs but also all the Orcs of the Dusselruf Mountains.

-Jackpot. You made 5 billion in an instant.

5 billion? Is that a future currency?

-Yes. In the future, ‘Won’ is the common currency unit worldwide. 5 billion converted to gold would be about 50,000 gold.

Okay, great. That’s a lot of money.

But it was too early to be so happy.

There was no means of transporting that much.

To transport all that, he would have to go back to the territory, but that wasn’t an easy task.

However, Legion was not discouraged.

-Krrr (Brother, can I carry this)?

Sephia pointed to the Mythril piled up in the wagon.

“Oh, sure.”

Legion nodded.

Thanks to Mark, he could understand what Sephia was saying. It had become very convenient. One question was why Sephia called him ‘brother’.

This was all a side effect of ‘Auto Mode’.

When Auto Mode was activated, Legion’s consciousness was cut off.

And Mark took over. Mark could know everything, but in Auto Mode, Legion couldn’t know the surrounding situation.

That’s why Legion hated Auto Mode.

He had told Mark to refrain from it. Mark had coolly replied that he understood.

Sephia lifted the wagon with tremendous strength and placed it on his shoulder. The Orcs who watched were surprised and moved far away. They still didn’t understand why the Ogre followed Legion like a close family member. Until recently, hadn’t he attacked him as if to kill him?

Legion waved to the Orcs.

“Then see you next month. I’ll ask for a little more Mythril then. I’ll bring all the promised items.”

At Legion’s words, Amadeus smiled and nodded.

Legion and the Ogre gradually disappeared from their sight.

* * *

A hum came from Legion’s mouth as he walked down the road.

The weather was very clear. The sky was endlessly high. A kite was flying in the sky in the distance.

Legion glanced at Sephia.

Sephia had been silently carrying the wagon without a word until now. It was truly amazing strength.

A mountain of expensive Mythril had been created. Furthermore, this amount would continue to be produced every month.

He also reduced the fear of assassination.

There would be no assassin daring enough to attack him within the territory, bypassing the senses of Sephia, a wild predator monster.

How could he not be in a good mood?

“Sephia’s strength is really amazing. Even though he’s a monster, he’s terrifying.”

-Of course. You’d be shocked to hear Sephia’s overall combat power.

“How much is it?”

-When he’s full and drowsy, his overall combat power is 920.

“What? 920?”

-Surprised? I’ll tell you something even more amazing. His current combat power, carrying the wagon on his shoulder, is 1,580. Even more amazing is that his estimated combat power when emitting fear and spewing fighting spirit reaches a whopping 3,102.

3,102.

That’s 4-star level for a knight.

It was so far beyond him that he couldn’t even guess how strong it was. With such high combat power, even knights would die if they got hit once.

-It will become even stronger if you upgrade it.

“Upgrade? How?”

-What is Sephia wearing now?

Legion looked up at Sephia, who was walking happily. From below, he could see his big balls. How obscene. The size of his thing alone was bigger than Legion’s favorite horse.

How terrifying.

In short, Sephia was only wearing tattered rags. It couldn’t even be called clothes. He also smelled disgusting, as if he hadn’t washed in a long time.

Anyway, he had to wash and dress him.

Unless he wanted the people of the territory to be shocked and collapse.

-Are you just thinking about dressing him?

“Then what else do I need?”

Legion asked back.

-Sephia will become stronger just by giving him proper weapons.

“Aha!”

-Do you understand?

“Yes, what if I add armor worn by warriors or knights?”

-It will become much stronger. Ogres and Orcs have excellent abilities in close combat. Their basic defense is already high, but what if they wear armor? They can fully have the ability as a tanker.

“Tanker?”

Another word from the future world. He couldn’t understand it at times like this.

-A tanker means a user who can block attacks on behalf of party members.

Legion understood.

Thanks to dismantling a lot of Mythril, his intelligence rose to 90. Now he could understand Mark’s difficult words to some extent. Of course, the weight he had barely lost was regained.

The Orcs couldn’t understand Legion, who had gained nearly 50 kilograms in one day.

It was like seeing a monster.

They had never seen a race that gained 50 kilograms a day.

Legion didn’t worry. He had a history of losing 50 kilograms in a few days. He had no doubt that he would lose it again if he suffered for a few days.

“Then what do you call an attacker?”

-Dealer.

“Aha. Then am I a tanker or a dealer? Judging by my tendency, I’d be a dealer, right?”

-……Pfft.

What is this reaction?

-You don’t have anything like that yet.

“I don’t?”

-It’s like asking a newborn what your dream is. Do you think a baby who can’t even speak can say what my dream is?

Ah, he’s making my blood pressure rise again after a long time.

“Then when will I know my tendency?”

-Your tendency will gradually be revealed only when your overall combat power is at least 500 or higher.

“500, huh.”

He had only reached an overall combat power of 50. He had suffered a lot to get here. How much further would he have to go to reach an overall combat power of 500?

-Have hope. You’ve improved tremendously compared to the beginning.

“Is that so.”

-If you had chosen a knight or warrior, you would have easily exceeded an overall combat power of 300 by now. Well, isn’t that your fate?

I was wondering when he would say that.

It was then.

Kukukukukung!

A tremendous roar rang out.

Surprised, Legion knelt on one knee and looked around. Sephia also put down the wagon.

Kukukukukung!

The roar continued.

Numerous birds flew into the sky. Wild animals ran madly in surprise. Carnivores and herbivores alike passed by together right in front of him.

-Don’t worry too much.

Don’t worry? It feels like the world is being turned upside down.

-It’s an earthquake of magnitude 5.

An earthquake? This is?

-It will stop soon. You can go back to the territory.

Only then was Legion relieved and got up. But Sephia was trembling. What’s wrong with him?

-Krrr, krr (Brother, the god of the earth is angry).

“No. It’s an earthquake. So get up quickly. We have a long way to go.”

But am I really his brother? So I asked. How old are you?

-Krrr, krr (Brother, can’t you tell just by looking? I’m still short and haven’t grown up yet).

Where do you see that?

-Krrr (I’m nine years old, brother).

I’m hearing all sorts of strange things for the first time in my life.

Nine years old? A guy who’s only nine years old emitted such ignorant murderous intent and chased me for three days and nights? No way!

-It’s possible. Why else would he be an Ogre?

Even a baby Ogre is this strong, how scary would a fully grown Ogre be?

-Much more than this. So you’re very lucky. In my opinion, luck is being poured down from the sky all at once.

Legion’s brow furrowed.

Mark’s tone was strange.

Then what? Does that mean I’m using up all my luck now and misfortune will come soon?

* * *

Legion crossed his arms and stared seriously ahead. Things kept going wrong as soon as they started to get tangled.

Is misfortune really coming all at once?

It seemed that the monsters had escaped their habitats due to the earthquake a few hours ago.

A giant monster that he had never seen before was glaring at him.

He had never seen it before, but he knew what it was.

The monster’s name was Minotaur. It was one of the strongest carnivorous monsters in the ecosystem.

Its height was similar to that of an Ogre. Or maybe a little bigger.

Looking at the monster encyclopedia, the height of an Ogre is listed as between 3.4m and 5.5m [approximately 11 to 18 feet].

The Minotaur was listed as between 4.4m and 6.5m [approximately 14.5 to 21 feet].

If you only look at the overall frame and height, the Minotaur is a little bigger. Nevertheless, the strongest monster on land is called an Ogre.

The reason is simple.

The Minotaur’s intelligence is far below that of an Ogre. Even so, from a human’s point of view, Ogres and Minotaurs are equally dangerous.

“What should I do?”

Legion scratched the back of his head.

Kukung.

Sephia put down the wagon full of Mythril.

-Krrr (Brother, step back. That bastard is drooling while looking at you).

“At me?”

-Krrrkrr (That bastard says he’ll just leave if you hand over brother. How dare he think of our brother as a meal. I’m getting angry).

“He’s bigger than you, can you take him down?”

-Krrkkrr (I don’t know. I’ll have to fight him to know. I saw my father fighting those guys when I was young. There were two of them. My father lost. Their power is tremendous).

Oh, he can’t lose.

It’s over if Sephia is defeated by the Minotaur.

In the current situation, he can’t win against him even if he dies and comes back to life. If he’s lucky, he might survive, but he might have to run for three days and nights again.

And the Mythril he’ll lose.

The one who picks it up is lucky. The one who loses it is a fool.

Ugh, it’s really disgusting.

-Krrr, krr (I’m going, brother. Run away if I die).

Sephia and the Minotaur ran towards each other. Even though the distance between them was quite far, they quickly got closer because they had such monstrous bodies.

The Minotaur didn’t punch or kick. He tried to ram his body forward with the horns on both sides of his forehead.

Sephia quickly grabbed both of the Minotaur’s horns. It seemed like he had predicted it in advance. Perhaps seeing his father fight those guys helped him in the fight.

-Kuaaaaak!

The Minotaur seemed quite angry that his confident attack didn’t work. He emits tremendous fear. It was such intense fear that the dust around him was stirring.

Legion frowned and stepped back.

You son of a bitch, your voice is so loud.

Sephia’s knee struck the Minotaur’s face. With a crack, blood splattered from the Minotaur’s face. Since they were so big, the impact was also great.

Even watching from a distance, the weight was no joke.

It felt like the forest was screaming every time they moved.

Sephia tried to quickly get on the Minotaur’s back. The so-called mount position. That position is a lock. It might be different in ordinary martial arts, but in a battlefield where life and death are at stake, the mount position is no different from saying, ‘You’re done, just chant your prayers.’

“Wow, Sephia, you’re amazing. How does a monster have all those skills?”

-I injected them.

“Huh? How did you?”

-It’s not difficult to manipulate the memories of monsters with low intelligence.

“Oh, there was something like that? You didn’t manipulate my memories too, did you?”

-It’s impossible for you. Artificial Intelligence Law Article 7, Paragraph 9: Artificial intelligence must never manipulate the owner’s memories.

Memories must not be manipulated, but there were cases where they were manipulated. Especially when the owner is facing death. Artificial intelligence manipulates the memories of the dying owner to be warm and beautiful. Of course, it violates the law.

Artificial intelligences that are caught are ‘disposed of’.

“That’s a relief. But what did you inject into Sephia’s memory?”

-I injected the techniques of practical combat. It’s very useful for martial artists.

“Hmm. That sounds fun.”

-If you want to learn, I’ll download the technique into your brain. But your body must follow to use the technique. I think it will be a very difficult journey. Just try to do the magic you’re doing now well.

“Okay. I got it. Oh?”

Sephia, who had taken the mountain position, seemed to be much more advantageous. But the Minotaur was not easy either. The Minotaur used his longer legs than Sephia to wrap around his neck. And he was arm-barring while bending Sephia’s arm.

“Ah, it’s an armbar [a grappling hold that hyperextends the elbow joint].”

-Ah, it’s an armbar.

Legion and Mark were surprised at the same time.

They never imagined that the Minotaur, whose intelligence was like a stone, would be able to use the advanced technique of armbar.

Sephia’s face turned white as he was caught in the armbar. He twisted his body, but he couldn’t move.

“Shit, Sephia is in danger!”