Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 381

Magic is Learned in Vain – Episode 382

# 382

The Might of Duke Gong (1)

Duke Gong’s expression twisted as he watched the situation unfold from atop the castle walls.

He was cruel and cold, but not faint-hearted.

As one who sought the throne, he possessed an extraordinary mind and the courage of a tiger.

Even so, he couldn’t help but feel tense.

If he were to lose this battle, even in the slightest chance, he would lose everything.

It was a man’s ambition to stand at the summit at least once in his life.

No matter what form it might take.

However, he couldn’t ask his wife and children to join him in that desire.

‘I want to be king. So, follow me.’

His wife was the daughter of a small, remote noble family. Perhaps that was why she was quiet and lacked charm.

Duke Gong liked that aspect of his quiet wife. Unlike other women, she didn’t try to ingratiate herself with him by fawning all over him.

Frankly, it was comfortable.

She never said a word about what he did outside. It was the same even when he held other women in his arms.

He had lived like that for 20 years, or so he thought.

Then, one day, his wife looked him straight in the eye and said this:

“You are a great man. But do not try to burden me and our children with your life. I will help. I will help, but I and your children are not possessions. We are individual and independent personalities.”

It was like being struck in the back of the head.

It was a time when he thought everything—family, children, subordinates—belonged to him.

His eldest son, barely over 10, and his second son, 8, stood beside their mother, looking straight at him.

Their eyes seemed to say, ‘If you say anything to our mother, we will side with her.’

Hahaha!

Yes, that’s right.

We are family, but you are not my possessions. Nothing is my possession.

We are just living together, helping each other.

After that, Duke Gong changed a lot internally. He had always overwhelmed his opponents with force, but the way he treated people changed quite a bit.

Sometimes he appeased, sometimes he mingled, and sometimes he revealed his true feelings.

Thanks to this, many brilliant talents gathered around him, far more than before.

Even so…….

He felt uneasy.

Yesterday, he saw blood in his urine.

The priest said it wasn’t a disease.

How could he pass blood in his urine if it wasn’t a disease?

As the battle unfolded, the ominous feeling grew stronger.

The strategy officers predicted that the allied forces had an 80% chance of winning.

However, breaking all the strategy officers’ predictions, Marquis Ebola, who was in charge of the left flank, was shattered from the very beginning.

Marquis Ebola.

He was one of the most powerful warriors in Duke Gong’s army, except for Marquis Porse, who had disappeared.

The 30,000 troops he led were mercilessly crushed by an enemy that was only 1/6 of their size. What was even more surprising was that the enemy split into two units and aimed for the rear of Marquis AIDS, who was fighting a desperate battle with the forces led by Baserabab.

“It has been confirmed that Marquis Ebola is dead.”

Duke Trump reported to Duke Gong.

“I’m watching,” Duke Gong replied, forcibly suppressing his rising anger. *You said we had an 80% chance of winning? What the hell is going on!* The words swirled in his mouth.

“What’s the overall situation?”

“The left army has suffered near-total annihilation. The central army needs to absorb the survivors from the left army, but they are blocked by the enemy’s wall. We have no choice but to open the castle gates and accept them, but if we do, we risk being caught by the enemy.”

“What about the central army?”

“We can’t predict the situation. Marquis AIDS was clearly at an advantage in the beginning, but… the battle situation has changed since that warrior attacked Marquis AIDS’ rear. Marquis AIDS’ warriors are falling helplessly.”

“Who the hell is that strangely 생긴 [strange looking] warrior?”

Duke Trump pointed to a warrior with pigtails that stood out even from a distance.

He was a warrior who exuded tremendous power that made eyes widen.

No opponent ever survived his second attack.

They were all split in half with just one blow.

“Oh, my.”

Exclamations erupted from here and there.

A moment ago, a warrior named Sayonara blocked the path of the warrior with pigtails.

Sayonara was a 5-star knight who wielded dual swords with ease.

The two colors of aura emanating from his two swords were evaluated as reaching the realm of art.

But that Sayonara…….

Was split in half along with his horse in a single blow.

Dozens of knights had never been able to block that man’s attack even once.

He was terrifyingly strong.

It was hard to even guess how strong he was.

“That man’s identity has been confirmed.”

“Who is he?”

“He’s called Drezzer.”

“Drezzer?”

“Yes. He’s one of the kingdom’s Seven Great Warriors. It’s not the time to say this in this situation, but his reputation precedes him.”

At the words ‘Kingdom’s Seven Great Warriors,’ Duke Gong let out a groan like a shallow sigh.

The absence of Marquis Porse, who had also been one of the Kingdom’s Seven Great Warriors, was felt even more keenly.

Damn it.

Where the hell did he disappear to!

He cursed involuntarily, but it was already water under the bridge. There was no turning back.

“Fortunately, our forces have the advantage on the right flank. Count Influenza and Count SARS are doing well.”

“Since the left army has been annihilated… the overall situation is unfavorable for us.”

“We can’t be sure.”

“Deploy them before we take more damage.”

“Are you talking about them?”

“Yes. There’s no need to hide them any longer. The enemy must know about them too. They must be preparing in some way. But show them that they are much stronger than they expect.”

“Understood.”

Duke Trump nodded.

Duke Trump was confident that if over 700 5-star knights were 投入 [thrown in/committed] at once, they could definitely turn this damn situation around.

* * *

Legion’s expression hardened for the first time.

*Their* combat power is much higher than expected. No, it’s not just high, I didn’t know it would be this high.

Hundreds of people wielding Aura Blades at once. They don’t allow any unit to approach.

The Legion army, which had cleanly pushed back the left army, was planning to join Drezzer and split the central army in half from the middle.

They were planning to blow away the two divided enemy units with Baserabab through individual attacks.

Then the Modified Human Knights appeared.

He expected them to appear by now.

Legion thought that with their strength, they could compete with them.

He admits it.

It was an overestimation.

Even the regular soldiers he had been training so hard were barely able to block their attacks.

In an instant, dozens of regular soldiers were slaughtered.

What was even worse were the contracted mercenaries who had joined this time.

They couldn’t properly block the hundreds of auras being wielded and died en masse.

“Contract and regular soldiers, retreat! This is an emergency order! Everyone retreat!”

Legion used amplification magic.

Legion’s voice echoed loudly over the soldiers’ heads.

His voice was so loud that the horses were startled and dropped the soldiers.

“Bacon!”

“Yes, Master.”

“Gather only the warriors above 5-star.”

“Understood.”

Bacon quickly retreated the contracted mercenaries and regular soldiers and selected only the elite warriors.

Including the personal servants and the squad leaders of the regular soldiers, there were only forty-five people.

When you think about it, it’s impossible for a single territory to have forty-five 5-star warriors.

It’s like having forty-five knights commander-level warriors.

Moreover, that didn’t include Drezzer and his personal guards.

If you add them, the power is much higher.

In a word, beyond imagination.

If you only consider the quality of the high-ranking warriors, they are comparable to the entire royal army.

But even they are now in a very dangerous crisis.

It was because the Modified Human Knights were persistently targeting them.

Perhaps they recognized the Legion army, which had annihilated the left army and endangered the survival of the central army, as the first enemy to be subjugated.

Yes, that’s the right idea.

From this side’s point of view, it’s like a fire has fallen on their feet [a crisis has erupted].

“Bacon!”

“Yes, Master.”

“You know how to form formations, right?”

“Yes, I learned it from Headmaster Laugel.”

There are an incredible number of individually strong people in the territory.

It is said that in the future, these words were created.

Don’t brag about your beauty in the maritime city of Siem.

Don’t brag about gambling in Las Vegas.

Don’t brag about money in the Persimmon County.

Don’t brag about fighting in the Legion County.

It’s not a joke, it’s really true.

Even the fish store 아저씨 [ajussi – middle-aged man] is a martial arts master.

But even they had disadvantages.

The individual martial arts were so strong that the fusion was not properly done.

To be precise, they didn’t really know what group warfare was.

Why?

The instructors are Mamon, Drezzer, and Sepia.

What kind of group warfare are they doing?

What they teach is, ‘Get stronger. That is the only salvation. That is the way to live.’

Whether heaven helped or not, Laugel taught them group warfare.

Laugel knows everything except who he is. The territory residents praised him as a god-given herbalist.

Thanks to Laugel teaching the personal servants and regular soldiers, they were able to fight well on the battlefield.

“Charge formation!”

Bacon shouted.

The forty-five warriors formed a diamond formation.

The person at the apex of them was none other than Legion. Bacon and his subordinates did not tell him to come to the center of the formation because it was dangerous.

After all, even if they said it, he wouldn’t listen.

“Are you ready?”

Legion shouted while watching the front.

The Modified Human Knights were riding their horses at tremendous speed just a few hundred meters away.

They will arrive in just a few seconds.

It’s fortunate that the regular and contracted soldiers were retreated to join other units. They are far stronger than the other soldiers.

In particular, the regular soldiers were as strong as knights. But they were not strong enough to withstand the Modified Human Knights who were indiscriminately 뿜어대 [spewing] Aura.

It was too precious to lose regular soldiers here.

Quite a few casualties were suffered in the first clash…….

It was helpful.

“Everyone! Give it your all.”

“Yes!”

“Charge.”

Legion pulled the reins. His horse began to run awkwardly.

His horsemanship was still clumsy, but it seemed to be a fairly famous warhorse.

As if reading its owner’s mind, it quickly rushed forward. The forty-five warriors followed closely behind him.

“Aura!”

“Auraaaaa!”

Aura flowed from Legion’s staff.

The sight of aura flowing from the staff instead of magic is certainly unfamiliar.

But no one questioned it. Because their master is Legion.

Because it’s Legion, everything is allowed.

Colorful auras spewed from the forty-five swords. The momentum is tremendous.

It was by no means lower than the Aura Blades emitted by the Modified Human Knights.

But they also have a fatal weakness.

Except for Legion, Bacon, Lotto, Jonnaen, Poop, and Piranha, they have similar skills to them.

There was a risk of being hacked to pieces in an instant due to being outnumbered.

Even so, no one opened their mouth.

They will die if they are told to die.

Isn’t that the duty of a servant?

“Kuhahahaha! I’ll kill you all!”

The Modified Human Knights were right in front of them.

They were elated after gaining a great advantage in the first clash. They were exuding tremendous madness in their eyes.

Legion also knows.

If they clash with them now, more than half of his subordinates will be blown away.

What valuable talents they are.

He didn’t have the slightest intention of 消耗 [consuming/expending] them in a place like this.

So you’ll have to suffer a little. You don’t die anyway.

That’s right. Mamon?

“Come out. Mamon. Come out and make their hearts 쫄깃쫄깃 [jjolgitjjolgit – a chewy/nervous feeling]!”

The secret weapon is activated.

Squeak!

A large subspace was created above Legion’s head. The red subspace rotated as if it were swirling.

Mammon’s terrifying magic began to 뿜어져 [pour/spew] from that subspace.

The eyes of the Modified Human soldiers, who were running at tremendous speed, twitched.

They did not expect such an ominous energy to pour out towards them from the front.

“It’s black magic. Don’t be fooled and hit their heads!”

No.

It’s not black magic.

From the subspace…….

Kuaaaaaa!

The giant Bone Dragon, driven by Mamon, 벌리다 [opened] its mouth and suddenly 튀어나왔다 [popped out].