Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 378

Magic is Learned in Vain – Episode 379

# 379

Soldiers of Madness 2

This is the final battle to end the civil war.

Both the Royal Army and the Princely Army had to fight with everything they had.

No matter how confident they were, they would fall into the abyss the moment they slipped up.

The abyss does not mean their own death.

It means the destruction of their family.

Parents, children, in-laws, and distant relatives are all beheaded.

The same was true for the soldiers. They were dragged away and beheaded simply because they lived next door. Many were killed simply because they were close friends.

Even the livestock were all killed, and the house was burned down.

Except for a few skilled knights and nobles who were captured, it was a complete annihilation of the lineage.

In short, the side that loses this battle will completely disappear from the kingdom.

That’s why civil wars are terrifying.

More horrific than foreign invasions.

Because it doesn’t just end with plunder.

They kill even newborn babies to prevent them from ever resisting again.

It’s a life-or-death situation.

That’s why they can’t recklessly jump into the enemy lines. They probe as much as possible and relentlessly latch onto any weak spots they find.

That is the standard tactic for the final battle.

But the advance team sent in to assess the enemy’s overall strength…

They’re insane.

* * *

“Heavy infantry unit destroyed! Light infantry unit destroyed! Tank squadron destroyed!”

Bacon delivered the victory report in a heavy voice.

But this was just the beginning. It wasn’t time to celebrate with cheers.

It was obvious that the enemies were careless.

If they had known our strength, they would never have formed a defense force made up of only infantry.

To stop us, they should have at least deployed their hidden card, the human-改造 [human-modified] knights.

Of course, they had no way of knowing our strength.

Even Duke Sijinpi and Baserabab didn’t know the strength of the Legion, so how could they have figured it out?

Bacon was worried that they would deploy a large number of human-改造 knights, which could be considered their final force, against them.

If he took Dreiser’s words literally, that meant there were over 700 5-star knights.

That’s an enormous force.

Bacon believed that the Legion was the most powerful force in the entire kingdom as a single unit.

But!

Even the Legion would not be able to handle knights who were all over 5-star.

Unless there was another unit here.

The only unit participating in this civil war was a unit made up of humans.

Even a slight setback could cause significant damage to the Legion.

That’s what he was worried about.

Bacon looked at his liege, Legion, and Dreiser.

It didn’t seem like those two were even thinking about that.

They were just shouting and charging!

The other subordinates were the same.

“All the beauties of Las Vegas are mine!”

“I’m not going to the maritime city of CM! I’m going to tell my wife I’m being dispatched and go to Las Vegas!”

They’re out of their minds.

These were not the words to be shouting on a battlefield like this.

Nevertheless, all the subordinates had their eyes flipped.

Their minds were already on a beach full of busty beauties in bikinis.

“Hoo.”

Bacon, who had blown away a dozen heavy infantrymen blocking the front with Fire Fox in one shot, sighed.

Piranha stuck close to him.

“You should be leading the troops. Why are you here?”

“I have something to say.”

“What is it?”

“Please tell my wife that I’m being dispatched to Las Vegas with you, Captain.”

“What?”

“Hey.”

Piranha poked Bacon in the side.

Bacon was so dumbfounded that he stared at Piranha with a blank face.

His eyes were curved into crescents.

Is he out of his mind?

“You know.”

“Know what?”

“This?”

Piranha wiggled his little finger.

“Let’s go together.”

Bacon is a bachelor. He has some 썸 [some – a Korean term for a romantic ‘something’ but not quite a relationship] with a few women, but he doesn’t have a serious girlfriend.

Piranha was the first of his exclusive servants to get married.

The children are growing up well.

What is this crazy bastard talking about right now?

“Please be sure to tell her.”

“Okay.”

“It’s a promise.”

“I promise.”

“Hehe, thank you.”

Piranha happily returned to his unit.

Watching his back, Bacon vowed.

I’m going to tell your sister-in-law exactly what happened. I don’t care if you get divorced or kicked out.

* * *

A magic corps of thirty men blocked Legion’s path.

Goodbye, the leader of the magic corps, twisted his lips as he looked at Legion.

The opponent is a fairly skilled warlock.

To be clear, he is strong.

But you can’t win a war alone.

Look!

He was already out of breath and panting.

Legion bit his tongue while giving orders to his subordinates. The enemies’ attacks were all deflected by magic defense and iron defense.

Occasionally, there were auras that broke through those defenses. But their auras disappeared as soon as they touched Legion’s head. The knights of the Princely Army were shocked by this bizarre situation.

Even Legion couldn’t bear the pain and bent over when he bit his tongue.

“It fucking…… hurts.”

But Goodbye, the leader of the magic corps, thought that Legion had exhausted almost all of his mana.

Now that warlock will retreat to the rear to replenish his mana.

He is a warlock who has inflicted considerable damage on the allied forces. He could never be allowed to escape.

“Don’t look at the others. Only target that gigolo-like warlock.”

The magicians nodded at Goodbye’s command.

“You fought well, even though you are the enemy. Young warlock. But your fate ends here. Die! Fire Boom!”

“Fire Will!”

“Ice Box!”

“Iceberg Strike!”

The thirty magicians simultaneously unleashed magic at Legion.

It’s annoying to bite your tongue.

Even someone who never swears will unconsciously say ‘fuck’ the moment they bite their tongue.

It’s a natural reflex.

There is a similar example.

When someone pokes your butthole with their finger, will the victim get angry?

No.

They will unconsciously burst out laughing first. Tremendous pain rushes up from the butthole, but the victim is laughing. It’s maddening and frustrating.

It’s similar to biting your tongue.

It turns a good person into a son of a bitch.

“Aooo!”

He bit his tongue in the middle of the battle.

The moment you bite your tongue against an incredibly strong opponent, your life could be in danger.

That’s why it’s even more annoying.

Legion waved his hand once and annihilated the dozens of spells flying over his head.

Space Defense.

It is an ancient magic that instantaneously forms a wide barrier dozens of meters above the ground.

It has absolute magical resistance, but it has the disadvantage of not being able to last for a long time. At most, only 1-2 seconds.

In other words, it was a magic that could not be used unless the timing was right.

Legion realized that magic without any difficulty. And he annihilated dozens of spells at the same time.

It was hard to detect unless you were an experienced magician.

From the enemies’ point of view, it seemed that their attack magic had disappeared without a trace due to some overwhelming force.

Because they don’t know the cause-

If you don’t know the cause-

Humans feel fear.

The magicians of Marquis Ebola’s magic corps were filled with fear when they saw their attacks completely disappear with a single wave of their hand.

They are not alone.

It’s a magic corps.

There are only thirty of them, but they have a firepower comparable to an entire brigade.

“Wh, what is that?”

“S, is the opponent not a close combat magician warlock?”

Goodbye shouted when he saw his subordinates wavering.

“Quiet! That guy is not Baserabab. The most powerful magicians among the enemies are Baserabab and the three guardian magicians. But think about it! Baserabab is not a combat magician. His combat power is terrible. At best, he can only give buffs to small units. It goes without saying that it’s not the three guardian magicians either. They won’t leave Baserabab’s side. In other words! That’s a trick. Or he’s just temporarily offsetting our magic power with a magic item!”

“B, but…….”

“But what! Keep attacking! Then that young magician’s mask will be taken off.”

Since the commander of the magic corps said that much, the individual members could no longer argue.

“Okay! Let’s go again. Attack indiscriminately!”

“Fire Storm!”

“Kill the Wife!”

Again, dozens of high-level attack magic soared into the air. The attack magic, which had reached its peak, quickly fell towards Legion.

Legion stuck out his tongue and showed it to Dreiser.

“Dreiser!”

“Why.”

“My tongue hurts so much.”

“Blood now.”

“Blood now?”

“That’s right. I don’t think this is the time to stick your tongue out at me.”

“My tongue almost got cut off by my teeth.”

“It’s okay if it didn’t get cut off.”

“Aaaa! Annoying! Volcano!”

Legion raised his fist upwards. Tremendous magic power swirled around his entire body.

It’s a magic power that transcends common sense. The magic power that was swirling around his entire body gradually spread outwards.

The magic that the magic corps fired collided with the magic power defense and exploded in succession.

It doesn’t completely disappear like Space Defense, but it was the same in that it didn’t touch a single strand of Legion’s clothes.

The faces of the magic corps are gradually turning white.

They had expressions that said, What kind of monster is that?

But they did not expect that a great fear would begin beneath their feet.

There was still a considerable distance from that young magician. In the middle, thousands of soldiers were blocking the way, acting as a wall.

Even if that young magician’s skills were great, they thought that he would not be able to touch them with a single finger.

That thought-

Began to be shattered mercilessly.

“Huh?”

The magicians of the magic corps felt something was wrong. White smoke was rising. The soles of their feet were hot.

They looked down. The shoes they were wearing were sizzling.

The shoes that the magicians are wearing are all expensive items. Those shoes are suddenly burning.

It’s too early to be surprised.

The floor was gradually turning red.

“Wh, what is this?”

The floor, which was made of grass and dirt, swayed from side to side as if it were floating on water.

Poosh!

Something popped up from between the cracked floors.

There was no one who didn’t know what that red and hot thing was.

“S, surely lava?”

“It’s lava. Damn it. It’s real lava.”

“I, is this possible with magic? Is there such a realm? He summoned lava?”

Puhwaaaaaaak!

Before they could be surprised, lava soared high into the sky. It stretched straight up to hundreds of meters above the ground and then scattered in all directions.

It’s an incredibly wide radius. It seemed that people within at least hundreds of meters would not be able to avoid the rain of lava.

Hundreds of soldiers who were covered in lava screamed and fell to the ground.

The knights were the same.

They have superior defense compared to the soldiers.

But they are not omnipotent.

The lava blew away their magic defense in one shot. And it melts even the high-end armor with runes engraved on it in an instant. The surprised knights tried to take off their armor.

But the moment they touched it…….

Cheeeeeeeek!

Their hands caught fire.

Once a fire starts, it doesn’t go out easily.

“Uaaaaaaak!”

“S, save me!”

It was a scene of utter chaos.

This side’s camp was completely destroyed by that monster-like young magician.

“C, commander!”

The terrified members called out to Goodbye.

Goodbye looked at the members with a pale face. He met their eyes.

He knew what they were saying.

We have to run away.

I know. I know.

But where to?

Goodbye looked down at his feet. At least 50 meters of the floor was covered in lava.

He was barely holding on with magic tools, but that was only temporary. The lava pond quickly melted even their magic tools.

“Aaaa! Damn it!”

The terrifying lava swallowed the magic corps whole.