Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 30

My Name Is… 2

-Kuaaaaaaaak! (It hurts! It hurts! It hurts so much I’m going crazy!)

Sephia grabbed his head and shook it wildly.

Thump!

He dropped the mace he was holding on the floor. Unable to bear it, he knelt down, both knees hitting the ground. He banged his head on the floor, then twisted his body. Soon, he was rolling around.

-Kuaaaaaaaak!

It was a scream so painful it sent shivers down your spine.

“Is that son of a bitch pointing a knife at me right now? I feed you, I make weapons for you, I provide you with a warm place to sleep. And now you’re pointing a knife at me, who’s about to find you a mate? You must be crazy, Sephia. Even if you’re being mind-controlled, can’t you tell the difference between what you should and shouldn’t do?”

-Kuaaaangak! (I’ll kill you! Legion! I’m going to kill you!)

“That bastard’s out of his mind. Who’s going to kill who? What a load of crap. Tighten! Circlet! Tighten! Circlet! Tighten it hard! Circlet!” (The ‘circlet’ likely refers to a magical item or enchantment used for control).

-Kkakakakakakaka!

Sephia rolled around on the floor like a madman.

Thanks to that, a significant portion of the fence was destroyed. Fortunately, the soldiers had already taken refuge before Sephia writhed in pain.

Due to Sephia, both the Lich’s subordinates and the soldiers guarding the territory were unable to move.

-Kuaaaaaaaak!

In so much pain, Sephia simply banged his head on the floor. It was so painful that he wished his head would just disappear. His forehead cracked and blood streamed down, but the pain didn’t lessen in the slightest.

Why do I have to suffer this pain?

Why me!

What did I do!

Sephia glared fiercely at Legion, who was causing him pain. As he glared at him, Legion shouted, “Tighten! Circlet!”

-Kkakakakakak!

This time, Sephia turned his head and looked at Lich Mamon.

That’s right, that bastard gave me ridiculous orders. That’s why I’m in pain.

Sephia staggered to his feet.

He picked up the mace again and this time ran towards Lich Mamon.

Kwajijijik! Kwajijijik!

The undead that had been blocking Sephia’s path were smashed and scattered.

-Kkakakakak! (It’s all your fault!)

Lich Mamon was horrified as he watched the ogre charging towards him.

Mind control is the highest level of black magic he can use. Once the soul is stained black, it cannot return on its own.

But an ogre was shaking off his black magic.

Rather, the hatred he should have had for the descendant of the Alexander family was directed at him.

Is the descendant of the Alexander family that terrifying?

Lich Mamon was furious.

“Ogre! My friend! We are connected by a bond of souls. Kill that man for me! He has led us to hell. We must kill all the men of the Alexander family to survive!”

Lich Mamon’s spell shook Sephia’s mind once again. Powerful malice melted into Sephia’s mind as if absorbing into a sponge.

The red light in his eyes, which had been fading slightly, intensified again. A thick murderous aura dripped from him.

-Kreureureureu (Damn Alexander family men).

Sephia turned his head and looked at Legion.

Legion let out a long sigh. He scratched the back of his short hair, looking genuinely annoyed.

“Damn it, even a dog I raise doesn’t bite the owner. That bastard’s completely flipped his lid and is spewing murderous intent. I’ll say it just once: bring me the Lich in five seconds. One, two….”

Sephia hesitated at Legion’s words.

He’s a weak human.

He’s not even a mouthful. If I step on him, he’ll die without even making a squeak.

But… but what is it?

Seeing that human made Sephia’s body stiffen.

It felt like his head was all mixed up. He was scared but wanted to kill him, and wanted to kill him but felt a longing.

“Four, five, you’ve got some nerve. Tighten, Circlet! Tighten it hard, Circlet!”

-Kuaaaaaaaak!

Sephia grabbed his head and collapsed.

It felt like someone was putting a nail to his skull and hammering it in.

It felt like his skull was splitting open on both sides and rusty nails were coming in and stirring up his brain. It was so painful that it was impossible to describe.

Sephia thought as he rolled on the floor.

It’s all because of the Lich. That bastard keeps making me do weird things, so that human is trying to kill me.

Sephia grabbed the mace and threw it at Lich Mamon. The mace flew through the air, making a tearing sound.

It was so fast that Lich Mamon couldn’t even react properly.

Kwajijijijik!

The mace completely smashed the carriage that Lich Mamon was riding in. If Lich Mamon hadn’t quickly cast Fly magic, his bone body might have been shattered.

Lich Mamon glared at Sephia fiercely.

“Why doesn’t my magic work? He’s just an ogre. Are you saying an ogre can overcome my black magic!”

Enraged, Lich Mamon poured all his mental magic into Sephia’s mind.

-Kekekekeke (I don’t want to)!

“What do you mean you don’t want to! Obey my words right now! You must kill that man to live!”

-Kekeureuk, Keureureuk (That hyung [older brother/respected figure] is scarier).

“What?”

Lich Mamon paused.

He thought he had misheard. Is there a being in the world that an ogre is afraid of? An ogre who doesn’t feel fear even if the Demon King comes? Moreover, that Alexander family boy, who seems to have very insignificant abilities, is scary?

He couldn’t understand it at all.

“Go! Go and kill him!”

-Keureureureuk!

Sephia tore at his hair. It was like an artificial machine that had its switch turned off. Sephia, who hadn’t been moving like that, raised his head again. And he looked at Lich Mamon and said.

-Keureureureureu (I think……).

“I think?”

-Keureureuk, Keureureureuk (Skeleton human, you’re going to die).

Having made his decision, Sephia threw a powerful punch at Lich Mamon. The wind pressure alone shook Lich Mamon’s body wildly.

“Keuheuk, damn it, Teleport!”

Lich Mamon chanted a spell and his body disappeared immediately. Sephia’s fist punched the air in vain.

-Keureureureureu.

Sephia surveyed his surroundings, not letting his guard down.

It was strange. No matter how much he looked, Lich Mamon was not visible to him. It was the same even when he spread out his senses.

It was the same for Legion.

“What? Where did he disappear to?”

-He returned to the dungeon to reorganize his ranks.

“Reorganize his ranks?”

-Liches can create an army as long as they have the dead. I expect he’ll come back with thorough preparations this time. Since there’s a limit to his magic power, the number of undead will be similar. But there are many monsters that have been brainwashed. I can predict that at least 300 undead and monsters will come.

“That’s a big problem, isn’t it?”

-It’s a big problem.

“Then what should we do?”

-Find the Lich’s phylactery [an object housing a portion of the Lich’s soul, making them difficult to kill permanently].

“Is it in the dungeon?”

-There’s a 90 percent chance it is.

“How do I find it?”

-Why are you asking me that? You go and find it.

“Me alone?”

-Then who are you going with?

Legion looked at Jonas, who had a dumbfounded expression on her face.

He couldn’t bring himself to say to her, ‘I’m going to take care of the Lich now. Honestly, it’s impossible to handle him alone, so you hold the Lich back while I find the phylactery and break it.’

That seems too cowardly.

Okay, let’s go alone. What the heck. There must be a lot of treasure in the dungeon, right?

-Of course. You must raid the Lich’s and Dragon’s dungeons. Their dungeons were made to be raided.

Really?

-Really.

I see.

A smile of desire appeared on Legion’s lips. He looked at Sephia and shouted.

“Sephia! If even one undead or orc female warrior invades this place, you’re dead!”

Sephia, terrified, swung his mace until he collapsed from exhaustion.

* * *

Legion quietly sneaked into Lich Mamon’s dungeon.

Thump.

He kicked a stone under his feet.

Since the dungeon was a closed space, the sound of the stone rolling was very loud.

-Hey! Hey! What are you doing? Are you announcing, ‘I, Legion, have come to break the phylactery!’?

I’m not an assassin. What can I do if I can’t see well.

-Why did you learn magic for nothing?

Yeah, speaking of which. I had no choice but to walk the path of a wizard. But what magic have I learned so far?

-A lot.

Bullshit! Have you ever gone to the bathroom 12 times in an hour without eating anything? Have you ever pooped all night long? What kind of magic is that?

-You don’t know, but I know.

What?

-Thanks to that, your blood and blood vessels have become very transparent. It’s returned to the cleanliness it had when you were first born. Your body is now in the optimal state for learning magic.

Because I pooped a lot?

-I wouldn’t necessarily call it poop. I’ll correct it to say it’s waste inherent in the body.

Anyway, it comes out of my butt, so it’s poop.

-Are you going to keep saying poop, poop so disgustingly? You’re not a kid.

Okay, okay. That’s beside the point, what magic have I learned? The qualities of a wise ruler? What am I supposed to use that for? Damn it, my misfortune power only increases. All the magic that’s created is garbage. Why do you keep making things difficult for me?

-Then you should have done good deeds earlier in life.

Hull!

You come out to the real world once.

-Why?

Let’s fight.

-I don’t do that with stupid people. If your intelligence is around 140, I’ll think about it then.

Intelligence 140?

-Intelligence 140.

How much do you think my weight is?

-Wouldn’t it be around 550 kilograms? It’s not even 1 ton.

Damn it, are you telling me to die?

-Work out hard. Then you won’t die.

Okay. I’ll work out hard. It would be better to become a knight than a damn wizard. If I do well, I’ll become a Sword Master. Damn it. Anyway, how much magic power do I have now?

-You can link your magic power up to the early stages of the 3rd Circle.

Wow!

Legion suddenly felt calm.

“My magic power has increased a lot. I can use the 3rd Circle if I just learn the magic formulas.”

-Go out to a big city later.

Are you telling me to buy a magic book there?

-Wouldn’t it be better than nothing?

I guess so. Haa, this is my fate. What am I doing, learning magic that’s not even in my destiny.

-I know, right. If you had become a knight, you could have had a cool fight with the Lich in front of the territory residents. Then your luck power would have increased too.

Legion scratched the back of his head.

It’s already too late to become a knight. Then the only thing I can do is work hard to gather mana and become a great wizard.

Legion went deeper into the cave.

It was dark at first, but as he went inside, he was able to identify the interior to some extent thanks to the night-shining stones.

And Legion’s mouth opened like a gourd [wide and surprised].

Wasn’t there a mountain of gold and silver treasures piled up? It seemed to be more than all the mithril in the mine combined.

-Shout it out.

What?

-I found it!

Yeah, I don’t know what that means, but it’s a jackpot! It’s a bonanza! Ahahahahaha!

“I wonder if that’s really the case.”

A sinister voice echoed from inside the dungeon. The echo was so strong that he couldn’t tell exactly where it was coming from.

There was a reason why Lich Mamon didn’t reveal himself.

He felt a considerable sense of unease towards that insignificant Legion. He’s weak. No matter how many times he checked with detection magic, Legion’s magic power was far below his own. If 100 wizards with that level of skill came, they couldn’t have any effect on him.

But what is it?

This ominous energy.

That’s why Lich Mamon is wary of Legion and doesn’t readily reveal himself.

“What’s your name?”

Legion asked.

“Why do you ask?”

Lich Mamon asked back.

“I was wondering if you were a Lich I knew.”

“Heh heh heh, how would a chick like you know me? There’s no way, so you don’t need to know.”

“I am the eldest son of the Alexander family, and the current lord. I’m also an only son. I have a paternal uncle and a cousin, but I’m definitely the lord with legitimacy. Don’t you have business with me?”

Lich Mamon revealed himself from the darkness. Red light swirled in the hollow face of the skull. He was wearing a robe, but everything was made of skeletons, so it was very eerie.

“You’re the eldest son of the Alexander family?”

“Why, can’t you believe it?”

“I can’t believe it.”

Lich Mamon said bluntly.

The Alexander family he knew was a martial family with tremendous physical abilities.

Even Alexander de Fessinger, who sealed him, was well over 2 meters tall [approximately 6’7″]. He remembers that son of a bitch was also over 2 meters tall. That son of a bitch’s father was also over 2 meters tall.

It felt more like a small ogre family than a human family.

But isn’t that bastard closer to a goblin in height? Is that kind of guy the eldest son of the Alexander family? Even if only children with recessive genes were born for 120 years, it wouldn’t be that much.

As soon as he thought that, the sense of unease he had towards Legion disappeared completely. The fear also disappeared.

That rude brat-

I’ll have to make him an undead.

“Tear him apart and kill him.”

With Lich Mamon’s command, numerous undead slowly began to reveal themselves from the darkness.

Huh? This is different from the plan.