Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 313

Magic is Learned for Nothing – 314

# 314

Going to Get Him Now (2)

Drayzer emerged from the underground complex.

The ceiling was collapsing uncontrollably, but he just blasted through it. It seemed like a decent-sized dungeon, but it wasn’t as deep as he thought.

If it had been a deep ancient dungeon, dug tens of meters below, even Drayzer would have had difficulty escaping easily.

“Ah, damn it. That woman is seriously tough.”

He tried not to swear if he could help it, but it was really hard not to with her.

Clearing away the last of the rubble, he saw Lilac, the Black Knight, the Black Mage, and fully armed humanoid golems rapidly moving away.

Their direction was towards the Alexander territory.

“Hey! Tsk, tsk, if you go that way, you’re really screwed. You’d be better off dying here at my hands!”

Lilac didn’t answer.

She glanced back and ran her thumb across her throat.

*Does that mean you’re dead? Or does it mean the master is going to die? Or maybe it means I’m going to die soon?*

Judging by the atmosphere, it seems like she means *you’re* dead…….

Would it be more tormenting to kill her after clearing this up and going after her, or would it be more tormenting to just leave her alone?

Oh, well, whatever.

If it’s her fate, let her choose it herself.

“Hey! I’m giving you one last chance! If you go to Glen, you’re really screwed! If you just get caught by me here, I’ll beat you up a bit and hand you over!”

Lilac didn’t answer and was already disappearing from sight.

*Who on earth is it? Who is giving that woman ridiculous information and making her walk into the worst hell in the human world? Could it be someone who had a grudge against her in a past life?*

Whatever it is, let’s just wish her luck.

* * *

Lilac moved with all her might.

Unexpected damage occurred. Drayzer’s combat power was too strong. Despite focusing all their strength on him, they couldn’t inflict any significant damage.

In fact, they lost a golem and several black warriors in the process.

The reason he became stronger in this short period is obvious without even seeing it. He has become able to use the power of the Cyclops and the Demonic Beasts of the Demon World.

*No! I can’t lose that power like this!*

Lilac quickly racked her brains. The best way to overcome this situation is to exploit his weakness and threaten him.

His only weakness!

Legion!

“Everyone! Disperse and move quickly. Kill everything you come across, and capture Count Legion alive! We’ll catch that bastard and bury him alive with Drayzer!”

* * *

Legion Private Middle and High School Academy.

Eeeeeeeeeee!

The siren wailed throughout the territory.

It was a long siren sound announcing the evacuation. Five repetitions of it! Everyone knew what five sirens meant, thanks to the monthly drills.

-Enemy invasion within the territory. Evacuate to the shelter immediately.

Skeleton Soldier 2, who was in charge of security at the academy, stared at the siren without expression—actually, it’s hard for a skeleton to make an expression—and he looked at the playground.

The newly recruited physical education teacher, a former knight, was hurrying the children inside the academy. It seemed he was planning to evacuate the children to the shelter behind the school, as they had been trained to do.

Because they had repeated the training so many times, the children and teachers were moving in an orderly manner towards the back of the school without panicking.

Security Guard Skeleton Soldier 2 came out of the gatehouse and closed the school gate.

At that moment, BANG! The iron gate shattered. Skeleton Soldier 2, unable to withstand the shockwave, went tumbling away.

“There’s nothing more valuable as a hostage than children. If we catch these kids, Count Legion will kneel and beg for their lives.”

A Black Knight, a Black Mage, and ten humanoid golems entered the school grounds.

“Kack, ptooey!”

The Black Knight took off his helmet halfway and spat on the ground.

Hundreds of children and dozens of teachers who were coming outside stopped in their tracks.

“Who are you?”

Lauzel, the headmaster, stepped forward in front of the children.

He was a former crown prince (if you could classify the position of crown prince as a job). Although he had lost his memory, his dignity was still intact.

At his words, the invaders flinched for a moment.

“Oh! You have a great voice! Who are you?”

“I am the headmaster here.”

“Headmaster? What kind of headmaster is so young?”

“What does age matter when it comes to guiding children on the right path?”

“…….”

The Black Knight scratched his head.

“You’re kind of annoying.”

“The children are watching. Let’s use polite language.”

“…….”

The Black Knight was a little flustered. *This guy seems hard to deal with for some reason.* So he decided to ignore him.

“Okay, everyone, come here. We’re going to tie you up with ropes. Don’t resist. You’re just hostages to be used in negotiations anyway. If you act up, we’ll kill you one by one! You’ll soon find out that this territory is finished. But if you listen to us, we’ll spare your lives.”

“Finished?”

“Yeah, finished.”

“You say this territory is finished? It looks fine to me?”

“Are you going to keep playing word games? It’s going to be over soon! Hey, you, be quiet! Before I turn you into a corpse and hang you at the front gate.”

“Ah, it seems like you don’t know where this is, so I’ll make a polite request.”

Lauzel sighed and said.

“If you just retreat, we’ll pretend like nothing ever happened.”

“What are you talking about! What do you mean, nothing ever happened! And what do you mean we don’t know anything? We know very well! Isn’t this the territory ruled by the great and mighty Count Legion?”

“Oh! You know about him. Then you must know him well too, right?”

“Of course. He’s a very good lord. An ideal ruler that everyone wants. But you know, that’s exactly his weakness. Too easy to handle for rough people like us.”

“I agree that he is a very good lord. But there’s something you’re misunderstanding.”

“What?”

“Um……. You seem to think that if you catch us, he’ll surrender to help us…….”

“Of course!”

“……Actually, that part is a bit worrying. If we become hostages…… I think we’ll get beaten up first. Our lord hates anyone getting caught…… Hooo-! The intensity of the evacuation drills will get even worse.”

Then the children trembled.

“More than anything! He…… has a messy way of finishing things…….”

“What the hell are you talking about now?”

“I know what your purpose is…… but unfortunately, it will fail, and more than anything, you will never be able to return to your hometown. I really don’t feel good about this.”

“Is this headmaster crazy?”

The Black Knight was dumbfounded.

*It seemed like the person who should have his head chopped off first was that headmaster who was just running his mouth.*

Sreung-

He drew his sword and approached Lauzel.

At that moment-

A cold hand grabbed his shoulder. It was a hand so cold that it sent shivers down his spine.

“What?”

The Black Knight, startled, took a step back as if jumping and looked at the person who grabbed his shoulder.

It was a skeleton.

Skeleton Soldier 2 dusted off the hat that had fallen on the ground and put it back on his head, saying.

“Territory Order Article 2: In the event of unauthorized intrusion into the school and endangering students, force may be used to subdue them arbitrarily, and measures will be taken through post-reporting.”

“What is this now?”

The Black Knight was dumbfounded.

*Are these guys crazy in pairs? Now, not only is that young headmaster running his mouth, but a skeleton soldier is saying things that sound like threats to him.*

“Get rid of him!”

The Black Knight ordered the Black Mage.

The Black Mage nodded and stepped forward.

As he cast his spell, crimson spheres formed in both hands. They flew straight towards Skeleton Soldier 2.

Surprisingly, Skeleton Soldier 2 split the crimson spheres in half with the club he was carrying on his waist. The split crimson spheres bounced to the sides and exploded.

The children were startled by the explosion and stepped back.

The Black Knight and the Black Mage were dumbfounded.

It was obviously a low-level undead skeleton soldier. Slow, with weak combat power. An existence that even ordinary soldiers without magic power looked down upon.

*That skeleton soldier split a 3rd circle attack magic in half? Does that make sense?*

“I can’t believe this. Now even a skeleton soldier is ignoring us. You damn skeleton bastard, I’ll grind all the bones in your body to dust so you can never get up again!”

The Black Knight infused magic power into his sword.

Clear, pale blue magic power flowed from the sword in streaks.

It wasn’t a high level, but it was definitely an aura [a manifestation of inner energy or power].

Despite the extremely unfavorable situation, Skeleton Soldier 2 had no particular expression.

*Would it be even more eerie if the skeleton soldier had an expression?*

Anyway, the Black Knight felt even worse looking at that expressionless skeleton soldier.

“Become dust!”

The Black Knight took a big step forward.

“Excuse me, but I think I should step back at this point.”

“Huh! What are you talking about! I’m just getting started!”

The Black Knight shouted in vain, watching Skeleton Soldier 2 calmly stepping back.

“He’s coming.”

“What? He’s coming?”

The Black Knight couldn’t understand Skeleton Soldier 2’s words.

*Is there no one in this territory who is a proper human being who can accurately recognize the situation? Why aren’t they afraid even in this absolutely unfavorable situation?*

It was then that the children’s cheers erupted.

“Waaaaaa!”

“It’s Sepia!”

“Sepia’s here!”

“Sepia, over here! Wave your hand at me.”

It was a huge cheer, hard to believe that they were the same children who had been so scared.

Thump- Thump- Thump- Thump.

A huge vibration was felt, enough to shake the school’s playground.

The Black Knight and the Black Mage quickly turned their heads to find the source of the vibration.

*What is that again?*

Dozens of ogres wearing armor that looked eerie and carrying weapons that looked like they could break down a castle wall with one hit were approaching this way.

The fighting spirit they exuded was terribly great.

Their fighting spirit was directly transmitted to the Black Knight and the Black Mage. The Black Knight and the Black Mage swallowed hard and unknowingly stepped back.

“Sepia! Wave your hand over here! It’s me! Me!”

“I’m closer to Sepia than you are.”

-Krrrrrr (This guy’s popularity is burning like a flame wherever he goes).

Sepia waved his hand at the children with an awkward expression.

The most popular character in the Legion territory was not the lord, Legion, nor the Grand Master Drayzer, who had the number one martial power.

First place was Sepia, with an overwhelming 58 percent support.

Second place was the Lich Mamon, the King of Terror and Despair. He received 16 percent support.

Third place was the Bone Dragon, with 10 percent support. His popularity had been soaring recently.

In addition, the mailman skeleton and Security Guard Skeleton Soldier 2 were also popular.

The adults couldn’t understand why the children liked them. But it was certain that the children liked them madly.

-Krrrrrr (Everyone close your eyes. I’ll save you quickly).

“Waaaa! We believe in Sepia.”

The teachers also looked relieved when they saw Sepia.

There were many stronger people than Sepia in the territory, but the most trusted was, ridiculously, him. Seeing him makes them feel strangely relieved.

-Krrrrrrrr (Hyung [older brother or respected male figure] told me).

Sepia pointed at the Black Knight and the Black Mage, holding an incredibly thick and heavy mace in one hand.

-Krrrrrrrrrr (Any bastards who threaten the children, make them experience hell first).

“Ssibal [Korean profanity]! What! Are we under an illusion spell? I can understand the ogre’s words!”

The Black Mage looked visibly flustered.

-Krrrrrr (Everyone will regret being alive)!

Sepia rushed towards the invaders.

Following him, the territory’s strongest guardian, the Ogre Knights, followed at an incredible speed.

“Shoot! Shoot all those ogre bastards to death!”

The Black Knight shouted.

Dudududududu-

The humanoid golems also moved. As magic circles activated on their backs, dozens of attack magic spells were fired. They fell wildly over the ogres’ heads with intense sounds.

Kwakwakwakwakwakwang!

Surprisingly, a faint barrier formed over the ogres’ heads.

The barrage of bombardment magic failed to penetrate the ogres’ barrier and exploded.

“Magical Artifacts!”

The Black Mage shouted in shock.

Magical artifacts are incredibly expensive. Especially magical artifacts like those that automatically activate with just magic power are far more expensive than ordinary ones.

Moreover, look at the size of the magical artifacts they are wearing.

The mass and volume are at least 10 times larger than what human knights wear.

The price would naturally be more than 10 times higher.

If it’s a defensive magic of that level, it’s higher than the level of the top knights of an ordinary knight order, and if you think that more than 10 times the money went into it…….

It’s really an incredible waste of money.

To do that kind of money-wasting on the entire ogre force! I don’t know what’s in the head of the lord of this territory.

But- that money-wasting was demonstrating tremendous power.

-Kuaaaaaaaa (Grab your junk and reflect [a crude expression meaning to reconsider your actions])!

The ogres and the humanoid golems collided head-on.

The ogres’ overwhelming power swept away the humanoid golems like a tidal wave.

The children’s cheers grew even louder as they witnessed the magnificent sight.

“Milky-skinned Sepia!”

“Milky-skinned Sepia!”

The same was true for the teachers.

In fact, Sepia is kind to young children but not very kind to adults. He often steals a drink when they’re drinking, but one drink for an ogre is more than 10 servings for a human.

So his reputation isn’t very good…….

But- today, I’m cheering for him.

“Go! Sepia!”