Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 34

Magic is Useless-34 (34/502)

# 34

Learn Magic 2

Legion sat on the chair and watched the fight between Lich Mamon and Sepia. It was a bit boring.

Why boring?

Actually, he didn’t know there was such a function in the summon window.

He pressed the summon window on his retina. Several functions appeared.

At the top was Auto-Battle.

It was developed in the distant future, and when you press this, Lich Mamon fights on his own. *Does* Lich Mamon fight as he pleases? [Legion is wondering if the AI will act independently.]

He should try it out later.

The next button was for fighting with ‘No Skills,’ though he didn’t know why it existed. What power would a Lich use if he couldn’t use magic? It seemed like a function used to replenish depleted mana.

Legion pressed the ‘No Skills’ button.

“What the hell! Dark Lightning! Dark Fire Wall! What’s wrong? No magic is coming out!”

Lich Mamon was flustered and shattered by the mace swung by Sepia. A Lich who couldn’t use magic was no match for an ogre. That’s why it was boring.

Anyway-

Ah, that’s refreshing.

As expected of an immortal undead.

Lich Mamon regenerated in less than 10 minutes.

“Sepia, look at that guy. He’s coming back to life. Break him properly.”

Legion subtly hinted.

Sepia swung the mace again, and Lich Mamon screamed and shattered into pieces.

He regenerates again in less than 10 minutes.

“Sepia-!”

Again shattered-

And regenerates.

Lich Mamon, who was regenerating, let out a near scream.

“Stop it!”

“Stop it? I should stop it. Sepia-!”

Sepia looked at Legion. Hit him more?

-Krr, Krrr (Of course, bro!)!

“Do you remember how much this guy tormented you last time?”

-Krr, Krrr (Of course, bro!)!

“Hit him while thinking about that time. Wouldn’t punching him be more satisfying?”

Sepia looked back and forth between the mace and her bare fists. Then she smirked. Lich Mamon’s bones seemed to turn blue.

-Krrr (Awesome)!

A fist flies. A foot flies.

He was really beaten up. When he was hit with the mace, he was knocked out in one hit, so he didn’t know, but this is really disgusting. To think the day would come when he would be beaten up by an ogre.

He tries to endure somehow…….

“Kuaaaak!”

A scream erupts. That’s why his pride is even more hurt.

-Ogre Sepia’s experience has increased by 15. Overall combat power increases by 3.

“Oh! Sepia also gains experience?”

-Dude, your memory is really bad. Don’t you remember? I said I would grow.

“Hey, hit him harder!”

-Krr, Krrr (Wow! This is really fun, bro!)!

-Ogre Sepia’s experience has increased by 10. Overall combat power increases by 1.

“Uaaak! Kill me instead!”

Physical death is meaningless to Mamon. But the repeated pain of death was severely damaging him.

To this lowly ogre…….

Lich Mamon abandoned his pride and chose to flee.

But-

Where can he escape to?

As soon as he runs a few steps, that son of a bitch calls him back to him. If he runs away again, he goes back to the same spot. Again to that spot. It seems like his soul is really captured.

Around the ninth time he ran away, that bad bastard did something because he was annoyed with catching him. Then his whole body trembled as if he was infected with electricity.

If he had to pick the greatest pain when he was human, it would definitely be this: when he stubbed his toe on the doorframe. The lingering pain made people go crazy.

That’s what it was like now.

It was like stabbing the tip of his big toe with an awl. It felt like it was spreading throughout his body… his mind felt torn to shreds.

“You… Fake Alexander descendant bastard….”

Legion frowned.

“That bastard keeps trying to make me a son he took in. Hey! I am the eldest son of the Alexander family! I’m the lord. Ha, whatever. What’s the point of talking? It just hurts my mouth. Sepia!”

-Krrr (Yeah, bro).

“Destroy him.”

-Krr, Krr, Krrr (Okay).

Sepia swung her fists around. The pressure was so strong that the roof of the training ground seemed like it would fly away.

“Hey, you ignorant ogre bastard. Stop hitting me!”

-Krrr (Why do you keep cursing? Sepia doesn’t like skulls that curse).

The mace struck Lich Mamon directly.

Kwajjijijijik!

Lich Mamon’s shattered fragments scattered in all directions.

-Summoned beast Lich Mamon regeneration time 4 minutes 30 seconds. Due to skilled regeneration, Lich Mamon’s overall combat power has increased by +20. Overall combat power becomes 2,990.

Wow! In this situation, that bastard’s overall combat power increases?

I went through all that trouble, but my overall combat power only decreased…….

Legion was dumbfounded.

Perhaps that’s why.

He’s even more angry.

-Krrr (Bro).

“What?”

-Krr, Krr (My hands are a little sore now. I should use the mace again).

Sepia swung the mace up from below.

The whooshing sound was terrifying. The wind pressure was vividly felt by Legion, who was a little far away.

That mace… it could break my head too.

“Kuaaaak! You damn fake Alexander bastard! Stop it!”

Lich Mamon’s bones came together and he 벌떡 [suddenly] stood up.

His eyes in the skull were shining with a ferocious light.

However-

Sepia doesn’t even snort.

Again, she raised the mace from below.

Bbagagak-

Lich Mamon, who was shattered into pieces, scattered in all directions.

Now I even feel a little sorry for him.

-Nice shot! Boss!

Huh, if that crazy Mark had a real body, I could make him like Lich Mamon. It’s a little disappointing.

* * *

Lich Mamon was burying his shiny skull on the training ground floor. His hands were behind his back.

It was a punishment often used by Paind and Shalom when training soldiers. [Paind and Shalom are likely drill sergeants or instructors.]

Legion said while sitting in a chair.

“Stand up.”

“Stand up!”

Lich Mamon’s movements are quick.

He immediately stood up and took a rigid posture. The light in his eyes in the skull was completely dead.

Bastard, he’s a little quick now. As expected, humans or liches only come to their senses when they get hit.

“Who am I?”

“You are the great Legion, lord of the Alexander family!”

Lich Mamon shouted loudly, changing to attention, and then took an at-ease stance again.

“But until now, you’ve been calling me a fake Alexander descendant.”

“Th, that is.”

“Okay. Prepare PT number 8 [Physical Training exercise number 8].”

“P…… PT number 8?”

Lich Mamon was startled. Even though he only had bones left, it was still hard.

He had been experiencing the hardest PT in the human world for the past few days. He regrets hitting the ground. [He regrets being disrespectful.]

I should have treated him with respect from the beginning. What hardship is this because I was stubborn.

I have to blame my lack of sense, who else can I blame.

“Prepare!”

Legion’s voice rose.

“Prepare PT number 8!”

Lich Mamon quickly lay down on the floor. He spread his arms and raised his legs at a 45-degree angle. Perhaps because he had no muscles, his bony legs trembled.

“30 reps. How many reps?”

“30 reps!”

“Start 33 reps!”

“One two one! One two two! One two three! One two four!…… One two thirty, one two thirty-one, one two thirty-two, one two thirty-three!”

Ah! I’m screwed. A light of despair settled in Lich Mamon’s skull eyes.

“Repetitive slogan 나왔습니다 [occurred]. PT number 8 again 25 reps.”

“25 reps!”

“Start 21 reps!”

“One two one! One two two! One two three! ……One two twenty-one one two twenty-two…….”

The color of Lich Mamon’s skull seemed to change as he was about to say twenty-two.

Please save me.

Sepia, who had been sitting in one corner watching Lich Mamon and Legion for several days, trembled as if she was getting goosebumps. He swore. I must never mess with 형아 [hyung-ah, older brother/respected friend].

It would be a disaster if I cursed, no matter how angry I am.

형아 [hyung-ah] is incredibly vindictive. Whenever he says something, he repeats what Lich Mamon said, ‘You did that, right?’ And he’s persistent. Sepia was thanking the ogre god for not becoming an enemy with 형아 [hyung-ah].

“Don’t make a fuss. It hasn’t even started yet.”

“Kheuheuk, kheuheuk, I was wrong. Master. Please forgive me just once. I was a little rude, right? I didn’t know anything because I hadn’t been out in the world for long. I’ll do better now.”

Legion twisted his lips and said.

“You should have done well earlier. I gave you a chance.”

He didn’t seem to have any intention of stopping.

* * *

Lich Mamon was completely disciplined.

Legion looked at Lich Mamon with a satisfied expression.

“Oath of service.”

“Oath of service!”

Lich Mamon loudly repeats the oath.

“One! I will protect the territory of the Alexander family and become a loyal worker for Lord Legion.

Two! I will help Legion level up through training like in real combat.

Three! I will abide by the words of the lord and always obey orders.

Four! I will protect the honor and trust of the lord and unite firmly with Sepia in comradeship.”

Legion nodded.

“Do well now.”

“Yes! I understand.”

“Good. Then shall we learn magic from now on? Is it possible?”

“Just tell me any magic. I will teach you with all my heart.”

“Will I learn quickly?”

“Yes. I will make you the strongest magician in history!”

“Good. Good.”

Legion looked at Lich Mamon with satisfaction.

Sepia, who was crouching in the corner, scratched the back of his head. Why do I have to unite firmly with that bastard in comradeship? He had an expression that he didn’t understand.

* * *

I made a mistake.

That’s why you shouldn’t say things carelessly.

I was too confident. He said he wanted to become a magician, and he seemed quite skilled, so I said it confidently…….

This life is 망했다 [ruined].

I should have checked his skills first.

Lich Mamon was suffering from a throbbing phantom pain in his empty skull.

I thought I was old enough to control my emotions.

Without realizing it, anger welled up.

“How many times have I told you that’s not it? Don’t you understand? Or are you doing it on purpose? If you can’t do it, just quit. Why are you making such a fuss about learning magic!”

Ah, I shouldn’t be like this.

If I keep doing this, I’ll get hit again, right? Nevertheless, seeing what the master is doing makes me angry.

It’s only 2nd circle magic.

I’m not asking for much. It’s just memorizing one spell of 2nd circle magic. If you have a good head, you can memorize it in 2 hours.

Even an average person can memorize it in half a day.

If you’re stupid, it’ll take about a day.

But our master hasn’t memorized even one spell in four days.

How can I not be angry?

Since I was reborn as a Lich, this is the first time I’ve seen someone whose head doesn’t turn like this. [Someone so dense.]

It feels completely different from when I first saw him.

How did he make me obey? Am I cursed? Lich Mamon thought that far.

“Are you angry with me now?”

Legion raised his head stiffly and said.

“Ah, no. How could I be angry? How could that be?”

Now I know.

The master’s greatest weapon is that terrible ‘shamelessness.’ And his ‘cruelty,’ which is even more trash-like than himself, is also excellent.

“Now, try memorizing it again.”

Lich Mamon smiled while suppressing his rising anger.

“It’s 졸라게 [really] difficult. Do magicians do this all the time?”

“Why is this difficult? It’s just 2nd circle attack magic.”

“Do magicians really solve and memorize these formulas in 1 second?”

“It’s the basics.”

“Wow, I’m going crazy. How is this the basics?”

“Even 9-year-old children learn it.”

“Really?”

“Why would I lie? Go to the Magic Tower. Even five-year-old children can do it now.”

Legion scratched the back of his head.

Learning magic is more stressful than anything else. It was much better to roll around without thinking. I think I know why my ancestors didn’t even bother with magic.

1st circle is, in short, multiplication tables. It’s combining formulas.

9*9=81

That’s 1st circle. It’s easy if you just memorize the formula.

Next, 2nd circle.

9*9*73=????

Are you kidding me? Why is the difficulty increasing so much?

Surely then 3rd circle won’t be 9*9*73*896, right?