Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 222

Magic Learned in Vain – 223

# 223

Crossing the Red River (1)

Crunch, crunch.

Lich Mamon was eating potato chips from his subspace while watching a video he bought from the department store.

He didn’t need to eat to survive.

But he had never forgotten the joy of eating he had when he was alive. He especially loved potato chips.

The chewed potato chips fell through the ribs where no internal organs remained, piling up there. An automatically moving magic cleaner swept up the potato chip crumbs that fell on the floor.

The video Lich Mamon was watching was a play called ‘Black Lich.’

There’s a poor kingdom in the western continent.

But soon, it became a very wealthy kingdom because there was as much orichalcum [a mythical metal] as there were stones on the road. They sold it and became rich.

Magic also developed tremendously.

Enemies appeared, aiming for it.

The king defeated them. The king’s identity was a Lich! All the people of the kingdom praised the Lich.

“Indeed… the Lich is great.”

He searched for plays within the video magic tool.

“Shall I watch something else?”

-Dancing with the Lich.

-Captain Lich.

-Lich Sculptor.

-The Miracle of the Lich General Store.

He had seen all of the plays at least once. He felt like he needed to buy a large quantity of play videos when he went to the city this time.

As Lich Mamon smacked his lips, he felt something and quickly turned around.

Vibrating, vibrating-

One of the minerals he had left in the corner was shaking violently.

It was a dark red mineral.

“What is it?”

Lich Mamon got up from his seat and approached the mineral.

At that moment-

콰콰콰콰콰콰쾅! [Sound of a massive explosion]

A tremendous explosion occurred.

* * *

Subspace tore open, and Lich Mamon popped out.

His head was roughly scorched. The smell of charcoal filled the air.

He, who usually didn’t budge, had a surprised expression like a rabbit meeting a tiger.

A fierce glint flashed in his eyes.

“Wh-what is it?”

Legion asked, startled.

He had summoned him several times, but all he heard was a ‘zzzzzzz’ sound, like noise on a brainwave. It was a phenomenon that often occurred when he went deep underground or into dungeons.

Like when the Wi-Fi doesn’t work.

Such a Lich Mamon suddenly appeared, wrapped in smoke.

“The energy of the black mineral is suddenly increasing explosively.”

Lich Mamon shouted urgently.

“Black mineral? What is that?”

“One of the three minerals obtained from the Cyclops Dungeon… it suddenly started to act like a living creature.”

“Black mineral? What was that again?”

Legion narrowed his brows.

The only things he got from the Cyclops Dungeon were Tarantula’s armor and three minerals. All three minerals were eerie, so he didn’t dismantle them.

No matter how much data he collected, he couldn’t find out anything about the minerals.

It was the same even after several experiments.

Mark diligently analyzed the molecular structure, but it wasn’t in his data either. He didn’t expect much anyway.

Gradually, it was forgotten in Legion’s memory.

And now it suddenly popped out.

Kukukukuku!

The subspace that Lich Mamon had blocked was vibrating. The space was distorted, and it felt like magic was about to explode.

“This is the energy of the black mineral?”

“That’s right.”

“Then what about the rest of my jewels?”

In the subspace, there were all sorts of rare minerals and jewels that Legion had collected. Except for money, it was no exaggeration to say that it was Legion’s entire fortune.

“I’m sorry. I couldn’t protect them.”

Legion frowned and deployed a barrier in the subspace.

“Energy absorption!”

“Magic power dispersion!”

“Explosive power absorption!”

“Magic resistance enhancement!”

With this much, he could quickly subdue most explosions. Legion opened the subspace door.

At that moment!

With a ‘pop!’ sound, the black mineral popped out.

“Nooooooooo!”

The words ‘My minerals!’ were omitted because he was in a hurry.

Legion was truly as fast as lightning in times like these. Unlike his usual self, competing in running speed with ants, Legion reflexively jumped out and blocked the black mineral.

I trust my defense.

Show your skills, Iron Head!

But-

Crack!

Surprisingly, the black mineral flew and pierced his chest before he could even put his head in the way. The armor, the tough skin, and the barrier were all torn apart by the mineral. The force didn’t stop and pierced Legion’s chest.

“Kuhuhuhuk!”

Blood spurted from Legion’s mouth.

He felt a shock that momentarily stopped his heart. His limbs stiffened.

Pain and shock!

Above all, dark magic began to flow out from the mineral embedded in his chest. No, rather than dark magic, it felt like a much purer, more concentrated essence of dark magic.

It was impossible for Legion to resist.

“Keuheoheok!”

Legion’s limbs twisted. He was in too much pain to even scream.

“Master, are you in pain?”

Lich Mamon was restless. He was restless, but he wasn’t doing anything.

Ah, damn it.

Hey! You! Do something! You’re a wizard!

Perhaps sensing Legion’s thoughts,

Lich Mamon laid Legion down and started heart massage [CPR].

Thump, thump, thump, thump!

“Keuheoheok!”

The black mineral embedded in his chest was pushed in further. He was already doing his best to block its magic.

That crazy Lich Mamon was trying to kill him.

Don’t do it! Please don’t do it! I’m going to die!

“Sir, that’s not how you do it.”

Lucas intervened. He knew the opponent was a Lich, but now was not the time to worry about that. His respected brother could be seriously injured.

“You have to do it hard enough to break the ribs. Get out of the way. I’ll do it.”

“Can you save him?”

“I’ll have to try.”

Lucas and Lich Mamon switched places.

“Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo.”

Lucas desperately started heart massage.

Every time Legion screamed-

“The golden time hasn’t passed yet. I don’t give up on life easily.”

He spouted nonsense while mercilessly pounding on Legion’s heart.

* * *

Kukukukukukukung!

The huge palace split in half.

The palace, which had been standing for hundreds of years, collapsed in an instant.

Many vampires couldn’t escape from the palace and were buried in the rubble.

Kuoohhhhh!

A bizarre sound was heard. It was a very deep and unpleasant sound.

Kuoohhhhh!

The bizarre sound, whether a reverberation or a scream, began to grow louder.

And then!

Kukukukukukukung!

The collapsed palace scattered in all directions like an erupting volcano. And an unbelievable sight unfolded there.

A giant black slime appeared.

The reason it was called a slime was because there was nothing similar to it. The only monster that could be compared to it was a slime.

However, except for its appearance, it had nothing in common with a slime.

However, its size was already several tens of meters.

The most terrifying thing was-

those black tentacles.

The number of tentacles was increasing. When it first came out of the palace, there were only a few hundred, but now there were more than a thousand.

The tentacles stretched out in all directions, attacking vampires and Lycanthropes alike, devouring their magic power.

The problem wasn’t just that.

A black aura spreading even faster than the tentacles!

The eyes of the vampires and Lycanthropes who inhaled the black aura began to change. They drooled from their mouths, then wielded their weapons at their comrades with blank eyes.

“Hey! What are you doing?”

“Stop it. I’m your father, you bastard!”

“You crazy bastard! It’s me! Your 20-year friend! Huh! Did you find out I cheated with your wife?”

Thus, the vampires were turned to ashes by the swords and magic wielded by their comrades.

The Lycanthropes were in the same danger.

The Lycanthropes rampaged like they had rabies, massacring their comrades.

And-

The black slime, which had absorbed the magic power of hundreds of vampires and Lycanthropes, grew even larger. If it continued to grow like this, it seemed like it would easily exceed a hundred meters.

Dreyja, who had struck down hard with his axe, blocked a tentacle and was thrown back.

He stuck the Tyrant’s Fang into the ground to stop himself from being pushed back.

His lip was torn, and blood flowed.

He wiped the blood away with the back of his hand.

He spat it out on the floor with the blood as if nothing was wrong. His eyes blazed.

This was the fourth strongman he had met since he came out into the world.

The first was the Ice Hero, Raiden.

That damn bastard! I get angry just thinking about it. His skills are definitely superior to mine, but that bastard’s skill is fatally like a natural enemy to me.

He barely managed to tie.

I’ll definitely win next time!

The second is Preetia.

She’s strong, but really… she’s a crazy bitch. I don’t want to deal with her again. It’s not because I lack skill.

The third is Legion.

Well, I’m definitely winning… but I’m reluctant to fight him. Still, I’ll have to fight him once my exclusive contract ends.

If I’m still alive by then.

And the fourth, the black slime.

This isn’t an opponent, it’s just a monster. It’s the biggest of all the monsters I’ve faced so far.

It was like a being born to curse the world.

The weaklings infected with that black slime were showing terrifying hostility towards other living things.

Stupid bastards.

“Anyway, it’s a bit of a problem.”

He had attacked it several times, but the huge body was undulating and absorbing most of the impact. If its skin was hard, he could accumulate damage, but this guy doesn’t do that well either.

“But it’s not like there’s no way at all.”

Dreyja’s entire body erupted with white light again.

The option skill flowing from the Tyrant’s Necklace increased Dreyja’s stats.

“Let’s go again, friend.”

Dreyja tapped the Tyrant’s Fang. The axe trembled as if it understood.

Magic power was injected.

An aura spewed from the Tyrant’s Fang. It split left and right like a giant tooth.

Dreyja’s aura, Madness!

Instantly, his attack power soared more than twice.

The streams of aura that spewed out began to break everything they touched in half.

Step, step.

Dreyja began to gather the Aura Madness into one point.

He was planning to gather all his strength and split the strangely shaped slime in one go. But someone stepped into that aura, which was still radiating in all directions.

To come into the Aura of Madness that has been activated, means that the opponent is as strong as himself.

Clang, clang, clang-

The aura was deflected.

Dreyja looked at the approaching opponent. He was a huge man. Much bigger than himself, who was 2 meters tall. It was like compressing Sepia [likely a reference to a character or concept known for being large and compressed].

A large and solid muscular body!

He was swinging his axe, deflecting Dreyja’s Aura Madness.

“Not bad.”

Dreyja licked his lips with his tongue. His will flared up like a flame after a long time.

I want to fight.

His fighting spirit boiled.

“Amazing. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a warrior like this.”

The giant man said.

“Is that so? Me too.”

“You want to fight?”

“That’s right.”

“Me too. But it’s a bit difficult right now, isn’t it? I don’t need to explain it, do I?”