Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 307

Magic is Useless – 308

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Evolution of Mammon 1

“You are amazing.”

Shuttle complimented Mammon, licking his lips.

“What?”

Mammon retorted bluntly, knowing full well. Like master, like summon.

Perhaps because they had been together for so long, their personalities were similar.

President Re and Mammon were weak to compliments. Their facial expressions revealed everything when praised.

Yet, such a brazen retort! That meant he wanted another compliment! And not just any vague praise, but something direct and to the point!

“Mammon-nim is a 7-circle master, after all.”

“Indeed.”

“Even though you are already strong enough, your constant effort is truly admirable.”

“As a lich pursuing the endless study of magic, this much is only natural. How can you call that amazing?”

How cheeky. A little praise and his tone changes. He sounded like some kind of grand master.

“Hehe, that’s true. Still, most people would get angry if they were constantly rejected, or they might just give up, but you keep going back. An ordinary person, or even a lich, wouldn’t be able to do that because of their pride.”

This was the reason why Mammon and Shuttle had been camping out for days.

Mammon had visited Monmortego’s ancient dungeon five times.

The humanoid golem wouldn’t even open the door. Every time the doorbell rang, he would shout irritably that he wasn’t buying anything.

Mammon was so enraged that he almost broke down the door of the ancient dungeon. But he held back. If he broke the door, he might not inherit Monmortego’s secrets.

So, he had no choice but to swallow his anger and speak nicely.

In the end-

That son of a bitch humanoid golem threw salt at Mammon.

“I’m not buying anything!”

“You little shit! Golem, do you want to die? I’m not a peddler!”

It was the first time he had been so angry since becoming his master’s summon.

Some lousy humanoid golem was ignoring him.

“Should I just blow up the dungeon?”

“Please, be patient. You need to learn Monmortego-nim’s 8-circle golem summoning technique [a high-level magical skill], right? Don’t cause trouble out of anger.”

Shuttle dissuaded him.

“So, this is what ‘gapjil’ [abuse of power] is. You son of a bitch.”

“Is that so? I haven’t even had a proper conversation with the humanoid golem yet.”

“It’s ‘gapjil’. Just like that bitch!”

“Who?”

“It was a long time ago. When I was human. My senior magician. That bitch threw water in my face once. I felt so bad that I still haven’t forgotten it, even after so much time has passed.”

“Ah, just hearing that makes me feel humiliated.”

“That’s exactly how I feel right now.”

“Let’s wait a little longer.”

And so, they had been camping out for over a week.

After that, they visited the dungeon several more times, but they never saw the humanoid golem’s face.

He even put up a huge sign.

-No lich peddlers allowed! Ringing the doorbell will be reported.

Shuttle barely managed to stop Lich Mammon from firing Hell Fire.

If he hadn’t stopped him, Monmortego’s ancient dungeon would have disappeared without a trace.

“But why are they so hostile to us?”

“I don’t think they’re just doing it to us.”

“Then?”

“There must be some reason.”

“Then… is there no other way but to wait?”

“I guess so.”

“How about we go back to the territory and come back after some time has passed?”

“That’s not a bad idea either. But it would take too much time. Drayzer is getting stronger even now. We can’t fall behind any further.”

Lich Mammon was burning with rivalry towards Drayzer.

You could almost see his determination to regain the honorable title of his master’s number one subordinate.

It was then.

Kukukukukung!

A huge tremor rang out.

The mountain range shook as if there was an earthquake. At the same time, a huge fire soared from the direction of the dungeon.

“What the hell?”

Shuttle got up from his seat.

Because it was such a dark night, he couldn’t see what was happening in the direction of the dungeon.

So, he summoned skeleton soldiers.

They were skeleton soldiers who usually took charge of delivering mail on foot.

Thanks to that, their lower bodies were very developed compared to other skeleton soldiers. No skeleton soldier could surpass him when it came to running for a long time.

“Immediately! Find out what’s happening over there!”

Shuttle ordered.

-Um, well…

The skeleton soldier scratched his skull with his bony hand and said.

-Wasn’t my work over for today?

“What?”

-Even though I’m a summon… this is a bit unfair. I don’t even get paid. I’m already having a hard time because I have too much work, but if you keep using me like this even after I get off work… if the Summon Labor Union finds out, the problem will become serious.

Summon Labor Union? What kind of bullshit is this…

Shuttle was dumbfounded.

“Go and come back right now before I terminate the contract!”

-Even so, I don’t think it’s right to make me work by threatening to terminate the contract. You know that’s ‘gapjil’, right? I need to record this to secure evidence.

…

Shuttle’s heart sank.

Ah, I unknowingly wielded the power of the strong against the weak. I repent. I might get called to a hearing and be publicly humiliated.

“I, I apologize for what I said earlier. Sincerely. Please, do me a favor. It’s urgent right now. Please find out what’s going on over there quickly.”

-Hmm. Is that so? Then I can’t help it. Just wait a moment.

The mailman skeleton soldier made a disgruntled expression and ran towards the ancient dungeon hidden beyond the mountain.

Mammon, who had been looking back and forth between the skeleton soldier and Shuttle, sighed briefly.

He understood why Shuttle was Shuttle.

Poor guy.

He didn’t know what happened to the 6-circle necromancer. He couldn’t use his abilities at all. A necromancer who was controlled by his summons.

At this rate, he might be surrounded and ganged up on by his summons.

Just thinking about it made him want to cry.

A Shuttle who was being shuttled by his summons.

* * *

President Kim seemed to have lost more than 10 kilograms in a day.

He had eaten something, but he didn’t know if he was full or hungry. He was completely out of his mind.

Sweat was streaming down his forehead.

He looked as pale as someone who was sick, and his legs were weak, so he kept staggering.

Someone who was walking down the street grabbed his arm as he was about to fall.

“Are you okay?”

“Ah, yes. I’m fine.”

“You don’t look well.”

“Ah, I’m really okay.”

“Should I call the temple paramedics?”

“No, I’m really okay.”

President Kim shook his head and pulled the arm of the person who helped him away. Then, he staggered away again. The man who had helped President Kim watched his back for a moment, smacked his lips, and went on his way.

And Legion was leisurely following behind President Kim.

President Kim didn’t dare to look back.

Whether he did or didn’t, he would die anyway.

Then he should bet his money on the game where he had a higher chance of survival.

He opened the door and entered the pub run by Rose.

It was morning, but it was quite crowded with people.

Legion also followed him. He whistled softly as he looked at the crowded people.

Rose certainly had a knack for business.

She had made a fortune with the club’s huge success.

Frankly speaking, she could have handed over the old pub that her father ran to someone else.

But she was still running the pub. Besides the club, this was where she spent the most time.

Outside the pub, there was a sign that said, ‘Breakfast is served.’ That was quite a hit.

There were more wives who didn’t give breakfast than he thought.

Husbands had to make breakfast by themselves. Especially husbands who needed to eat breakfast to have energy. But it was never easy to spend a lot of time making breakfast on a busy morning.

Fortunately, Rose’s pub sold breakfast.

Quite a few people had a simple breakfast at Rose’s pub.

Several restaurants that did the same breakfast business sprang up near Rose’s pub.

President Kim sat down at a table.

A woman was eating in front of him. It was Lilac.

“The food here is good. I can see why there are so many people.”

“I, is that so.”

“Kim, why are you sweating so much?”

“M, me?”

“You’re sweating like rain.”

“I, I’m a little hot.”

“Hot my ass. Well, you brought the tail with you.”

Lilac wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and looked at Legion. She waved her hand.

Hey, long time no see.

Legion chuckled.

So, it was you. Long time no see.

There was always something that remained like a thorn in his throat. She had escaped from the Cyclops’ dungeon and he had no idea where she was.

To be clear, he had expected Lilac to appear in front of him someday.

He just didn’t know she would throw such a surprise party.

Legion sat down next to President Kim with a thud.

“L, Lord.”

President Kim’s face turned blue because he didn’t expect him to show up so openly. Now there was no way to deny it. Bishop Lilac had found out that he had defected. Judging from her personality, she wouldn’t let him go easily.

She might even grind him up and throw him into the pigsty. He didn’t want to die like that.

“That’s enough. You’ve done your job. So, get lost.”

Lilac waved her hand at President Kim.

“R, really? Can I go?”

“Yes.”

“Th, thank you.”

President Kim looked at Lilac and Legion once each. Let’s get out of here for now. Just being between these two was enough to suffocate him to death.

He got up from his chair and hurried away.

“Disposable.”

Lilac rinsed her mouth with beer.

And-

Bang!

With a sound, President Kim’s head exploded and disappeared.

“Ugh!”

“S, someone died!”

“Call the guards!”

Many people who were starting a vigorous morning were horrified. They didn’t expect to witness a murder in the middle of the street in broad daylight.

“You’re as cruel as ever.”

“Life is a struggle. You have to step on others to get ahead. You’ve lived that way too, haven’t you?”

“Well, yes, but I don’t kill people as carelessly as you do.”

“Well, I looked into you a bit. You’re rumored to have a lot of virtue. The wisest ruler in the history of the Alexander family, or something like that. Hahaha, oh my. I laughed for a long time.”

“I agree. I laugh when I hear my rumors too. It doesn’t make sense.”

“Hehe. Is that so.”

Lilac rested her chin on her palm and looked at Legion. Their cold eyes met.

It was an atmosphere where they felt like they would start firing magic at each other at any moment.

“Why did my subordinates attack?”

“Just for the heck of it.”

“Just for the heck of it?”

“Yeah, I needed money. And I had to screw you over. I didn’t know there was so much money on it. 500,000 gold. You’re much richer than I thought.”

“Good job. You really screwed me over.”

“That’s a relief. You must be really angry? Like you want to catch me right now and tear me to pieces?”

“I’m going to do that from now on.”

“Sorry, but I can’t die here.”

“No, you’re going to die here.”

“I heard you’re quite smart. Why are you so stupid? Do you think I’ve been caught by you? No. I’m going to call you out.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“You can’t even touch me with one finger.”

“Nonsense.”

“Then do it. Unleash your magic here.”

Lilac slightly lifted her thin coat. Inside, dozens of scrolls were hanging. Each one contained explosion magic.

“There are 20 scrolls with 5-circle Explosion magic. How much explosive power do you think that is? A radius of 100 meters will disappear without a trace. Your beloved territory residents will die en masse. So, what are you going to do?”