Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 342

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# 343

Opening! Grand Prix Finals 1

A massive crowd gathered in Las Vegas to watch the Grand Prix.

It was the day of the Grand Prix final, the culmination of the entire event.

In other words, it was also the day the largest bets in history would be placed.

This time, there were so many variables that many of the carriages expected to advance to the finals were eliminated.

Of the carriages ranked 1st to 11th, only three were predicted by experts.

The rest were all unpredictable.

That’s why gamblers are even more enthusiastic.

For a while, like a scripted event, the carriages predicted by experts came in order from 1st to 5th place.

The same was true for 6th to 11th place. Only the rankings were slightly different.

Therefore, no gamblers made a fortune.

The highest payout was only about 2.2 times, so there was no chance to make an unimaginable amount of money.

But this time is different.

Surprisingly, the highest betting rate is 20,231 to 1.

The lowest betting rate was 4.9 to 1.

Although the probability is extremely low, winning 20,231 times your bet would change your life forever.

Even betting just 1 gold would yield 20,231 gold.

10 gold would become 202,310 gold.

100 gold would be over two million gold.

If some crazy person bet even 10,000 gold, the organizers of the Grand Prix might go bankrupt.

Surprisingly, there is such a person.

A crazy person who bet a whopping 100,000 gold.

Shuttle and Steve Jukso tried to dissuade him.

“Are you crazy? 100,000 gold? That’s a year’s operating cost for a small territory. Are you going to bet it all now?”

Shuttle grabbed Legion, his face pale.

“Let go. Let go. I’m telling you, it’s real! I had a divine revelation! Bet now!”

“Stop talking nonsense. 100,000 gold? Is that some kid’s play money? It’ll all be gone with one wrong move. And why are you trying to do the Public King [a powerful, influential figure] a favor when you hate him so much? If you lose, whose money does it become? The Public King’s money.”

“I’m telling you, it’s real. I had a divine revelation!”

“Are you going to keep talking crazy! Jukso! Take the president’s money!”

“Wow, this is driving me crazy. It’s my money!”

“It’s also the money for my salary. I can’t stand to see a red tag on the mansion. It’s such a nice territory to live in.”

“Okay, okay. I’ll only bet 50,000 gold.”

“No way.”

“Then 30,000.”

“No way.”

“10,000! I can’t compromise any further!”

Only then did Shuttle and Steve Jukso release Legion’s arms. 10,000 gold is still a huge sum.

But it’s only 1/10th of 100,000 gold. It wouldn’t be right to stop him from using even that much.

Since ancient times, tyrants have always banished ministers who offered loyal advice.

He didn’t think President Lei would do that, but you never know.

His personality might suddenly change if he gets involved with some femme fatale like Jang Ok-jeong [a famous royal concubine known for her beauty and influence].

Still, they had to prevent him from blowing 100,000 gold in one go.

“Okay. It’s 10,000 gold. No more. Think about the hungry children in the territory.”

“What hungry children? They’re all chubby. They eat so well that they don’t think about doing anything. Welfare is too good. They need to be hungry to do something voluntarily.”

“Breaking the peace they’ve tasted is a dangerous thing to do.”

“They’ll work hard to taste that peace again. Okay. I’ll only bet 10,000 gold.”

“I’ll trust you, President.”

Legion made the bet with tears in his eyes.

A whopping 20,231 to 1 odds.

A 0.002 percent chance of winning.

Seeing that, Shuttle and Steve Jukso sighed deeply. To waste 10,000 gold so futilely.

They really don’t know what’s going on in President Lei’s head.

* * *

Saibi-man was at a small port.

It was a port for transporting prisoners.

So it didn’t need to be that big.

It was more of a place where ships could dock rather than a port.

There were no fishermen here.

Between Alcatraz and the port, fierce whirlpools were swirling.

No matter how skilled a fisherman was, fishing in such a place would mean being caught in a whirlpool in an instant.

It’s too dangerous.

So this place is always quiet except for transporting prisoners.

Unlike other ports, there is no market selling fresh fish cheaply.

Only the rough waves pushed by the whirlpools crashed against the rocks of the port.

Saibi-man held up a hand mirror.

It reflected the sunlight.

Sparkling.

At times like these, when simply coordinating with the other party, a hand mirror is more convenient than magic.

The intense sunlight definitely reaches that far.

As expected-

Sparkling.

A signal that preparations are complete arrives.

Saibi-man cast the magic ‘Song Dedicated to the Sea God’.

Originally, this magic is known to be cast by turtles living in the Dragon Palace.

The whirlpools of the sea were to report to the Dragon Palace.

But there are times when the whirlpools stop.

It was when the turtle, under the Dragon King’s orders, went to land to get the rabbit’s liver [a reference to a Korean folktale].

The magic cast at that time is this one.

It is a magic that only Saibi-man can cast in the Magic Tower.

Being from a fishing village, Saibi-man, who knows how scary the sea is, learned this magic just in case.

He never thought he would use it to help his disciple like this.

If this operation succeeds, he will have enough money in his hands to build a new Magic Tower.

It has begun.

The die has been cast, and all that remains is for it to fall.

Whether it’s a one or a six…

Only God knows.

The rough waves calmed down. A turtle suddenly poked its head out and looked at Saibi-man.

“Damn it, I thought you were a rabbit.”

Then it went back into the sea.

“…….”

Did I hear wrong?

* * *

Swishhhhh!

All the ships in Alcatraz were heading towards the coast.

Thanks to Saibi-man, the sea temporarily gained peace. At least while crossing the sea, the ships would not capsize and the prisoners would not drown.

Dreyzer looked at the prisoners. The number of prisoners, excluding the heinous criminals, was 321.

All of them were able to use magic.

He gathered his subordinates as ordered by his master. They are quite useful. Their individual tendencies are very strong, but he is confident that if he teaches them group combat, they will become the strongest unit.

“What do we do now?”

Dreyzer asked Mizset.

“It’s simple. No one knows we’ve escaped. We’ll raid the underground dungeon with this force.”

“You said it’s a vault with tens of millions of gold hidden in it. We’re only 321 people. Even including you and me, we’re not even over 330. The guys guarding the vault won’t be easy to deal with.”

“They’re not easy to deal with. Quite powerful knights and wizards are guarding it. But…”

“But?”

“The Public King doesn’t go around saying, ‘My slush fund is here!’ He protects the place with elite armed forces, but that’s it. He didn’t fill it with numbers. Instead, a large number of traps are very dangerous.”

“Traps…”

“You know that I once raided the slush fund with my brothers, right?”

“Yes, that’s why I went to Alcatraz to find you.”

“The reason for our failure is simple. We just couldn’t overcome the force of the guys guarding the place. I have all the solutions to disarm all the traps in my head.”

“So, leave the traps to you. We’ll deal with the guys using force. Is that what you’re saying?”

“Bingo.”

“But is there really tens of millions of gold hidden there?”

“Yes, I saw it with my own eyes. The amount of gold bars is enormous. Do you know why I told you that we had to escape with all the prisoners?”

“Why?”

“The huge amount of gold bars cannot be moved by one or two people. At least hundreds of people have to carry it without rest for half a day. The amount of gold bars is so unimaginably large. You won’t be able to close your mouth when you see it. We also wondered if it was a dream or reality when we saw it.”

“Why does the Public King need so much money? He’s already living well enough.”

“How would we know the mind of a ruler? One thing is certain.”

“What is it?”

“A considerable amount of money has been smuggled abroad.”

“Smuggling gold bars abroad? Why?”

“There’s only one clue. The Public King is in some kind of deal with Duke Trebia of the Nex House Kingdom.”

“Duke Trebia…”

“Do you know him?”

“A little.”

When the dragon attacked the capital, Mamon was defeated by someone.

Assuming Mamon is the enemy, he is very difficult to deal with.

He was not just a 7-circle lich [a powerful undead magic user] with strong magic.

His head was full of sinister thoughts.

He sometimes catches and kills enemies in an instant, but if he judges that the enemy is strong, he sets up double and triple traps to deal with them.

The opponent falls without even being able to show their true skills.

In addition, he uses unknown magic such as poison, curses, and debuffs to slowly erode the opponent’s power.

His insidiousness is something he can’t keep up with.

Let’s assume Mamon is the enemy.

Then he will never lead to a long-term battle. The end becomes very unfavorable.

He must kill the guy in an instant for this side to be advantageous. Moreover, he is an immortal monster. Unless he is turned into dust and sealed, this side can never win.

The one who defeated such Mamon was Duke Trebia.

He is the one who made Mamon cling to 8-circle magic.

Duke Trebia is a high-ranking aristocrat of an enemy country. He was also the most dangerous person in his home country.

And the Public King is in some kind of deal with such a person?

It’s unsettling.

Very unsettling.

It seemed like this fact should be reported to the master as soon as possible.

“Let’s organize what we need to do from now on. When we arrive, we’ll change our clothes and immediately raid the underground vault. Is that right?”

“That’s right. Now is the perfect time. Almost all the guards have been deployed to the Grand Prix final in preparation for any possible situation. Nobles from our country and other countries are also here. If they get hurt or die, the Public King has to take all the responsibility. Of course, he has no choice but to make thorough preparations for safety. So…”

“The security of the underground vault becomes lax?”

“As expected, Dreyzer-nim [a term of respect]. That’s correct.”

“Good. Did you hear that?”

Dreyzer, who nodded, looked at Mamma Yujiro and James, who would become his henchmen.

Mamma Yujiro nodded with a slightly stiff face. He came out into the world after 10 years. He seems to be afraid of running into that crazy woman as soon as he comes out.

That’s ridiculous.

The world is incredibly wide. The probability of running into a dragon while walking down the street is as low as winning the lottery 10 times in a row.

James is full of lucky letters in his arms. He carefully wrote seven lucky letters by hand. He’s going to send the lucky letters as soon as he gets off the ship.

“Haa.”

A sigh suddenly comes out.

They seemed to be quite capable, but seeing them like this, he doesn’t have much faith in them.

Oh well, whatever.

The water has already been spilled.

It couldn’t be put back in the cup.

Peeeeeee!

Puff puff puff puff!

The Grand Prix stadium can be seen in the distance. Congratulatory fireworks exploded into the sky.

-Waaaaaaaaa!

The tremendous cheers could be heard even by them, who were far away. Soon after, a congratulatory performance by the currently popular idol group Twins began.

Thump thump-

Fake fake insincere fake!

The intense beat of the music seemed to fill the entire city.

Almost all the citizens are focused on one place.

Mizset is right.

There was definitely no better opportunity than now.

Now is the time…

To scrape out everything in the Public King’s belly.