Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 385

Magic Learned in Vain – 386 (386/502)

# 386

A Divine Move (1)

Bacon’s Fire Fox swept across the front lines. His magic sword was completely different from the aura swords of the black knights.

The sword blazing with fire wasn’t merely a visual effect.

It was a Fire Blade, frequently used by warlocks, combined with aura.

The result—

Kukukukung!

Over ten Ghost Knights charging from the front were caught in Bacon’s Fire Fox all at once and turned to ashes.

-Kieeeeeek!

The Ghost Knights screamed and twisted their bodies. No matter how much they struggled, the fire on their bodies wouldn’t go out.

The range was at least five times longer than the aura used by knights.

It was similar in that it cut down the opponent like aura. The difference was that the cut opponent exploded.

The enemies exploded, inflicting fatal wounds on their comrades.

It was a much more efficient and brutal technique than the aura blade.

“Whee~!”

Mamma Yujiro whistled, watching Bacon’s amazing technique.

It wasn’t just Bacon.

All of those called exclusive servants used similar techniques to Bacon.

They were magic swordsmen.

In fact, the alias was cool, but there were no famous magic swordsmen. If you looked through ancient documents, you might find a few, but Mamma Yujiro wasn’t interested enough in magic swordsmen to bother looking them up.

Most warriors weren’t interested in magic swordsmen.

Originally, people have areas of interest. So-called talent.

The same was true for warriors.

Warriors also prefer weapons that suit them. Once they think, ‘This is the weapon that suits me best,’ they just keep honing it.

That’s how the words ‘master of something’ come about.

Of course, sword masters can use anything they hold in their hands freely, but how many people reach that level?

Of course, there are people who have both talents at once. However, very few people can hone both talents at the same time.

That’s why it’s so hard to become a famous magic swordsman.

But…….

Look at that ridiculous group.

Servants.

Exclusive servants at that.

The power of those exclusive servants…….

All of them are 5-star or higher [referring to a ranking system of power].

It’s not just their ability as warriors that’s 5-star. Their magic is about the same level.

To put it bluntly, a magic swordsman who can use 5-star swordsmanship and 5-circle magic at the same time is much! Much more valuable than an ordinary 5-star warrior.

To be sure, they could receive treatment equivalent to 6-star or higher.

In Mamma Yujiro’s eyes, it was a fraudulent group.

They were Count Legion’s personal guards.

They were as intensely noticeable as Count Legion.

Bacon tilted his head, watching Mamma Yujiro whistle.

“Why?”

“Just because.”

“Just because?”

“Ah, are you upset that I spoke informally? The place I lived was originally rough, so I’m not good at using honorifics.”

Bacon also knew Mamma Yujiro well. He was a former top 7 powerhouse of the kingdom.

He was a strongman who was evaluated to have reached the realm of heaven in hand-to-hand combat.

Mamma Yujiro and James. The Drayzer 500 Guards, who always moved with them, were rougher men than mercenaries.

They often caused incidents in the territory, so they were not very likable. Especially when Drayzer wasn’t around, that tendency became stronger.

Were they from the infamous Alcatraz prison?

Fortunately, they were quiet now.

They were caught by Sepia, who was in charge of the guard (I don’t know why he became the guard captain), and all 500 of them were sentenced to the sucking candy punishment.

Don’t ignore the punishment just because it’s called the sucking candy punishment.

It was one of the most terrifying punishments in the territory.

By the lord’s order, there was no death penalty in the territory.

Instead, the most terrifying punishment was being beaten with a stick about 100 times and then being exiled to the Dusselrup Mountains.

It was more cruel.

The chances of those exiled surviving in the Dusselrup Mountains were less than 10 percent.

The next most terrifying punishment was the ogres’ sucking candy punishment.

Once you’re subjected to it, you’re completely human-reformed.

Not only do you regret the past, but you also swear to only do good deeds and live diligently in the future.

The 500 Guards were also reformed in the same way.

Of course, it wasn’t without resistance.

Mamma Yujiro and James went crazy and attacked Sepia.

He was an ogre, but that was only at the level that was acceptable to ordinary soldiers. They must have believed that they could subdue him enough.

The sad premonition was never wrong.

They were sentenced to an even more terrifying all-day sucking candy punishment.

Drayzer tied up their bodies and just sucked on them. He put them in his mouth like cigarettes and ‘Hoo!’ spat them out. Mamma Yujiro and James’ souls left their bodies about 200 times and then came back.

In fact, criminals who committed heinous crimes such as robbery, murder, and rape were subjected to the all-day sucking candy punishment and then exiled to the Dusselrup Mountains.

No one has appeared who has seen them.

Mamma Yujiro and James were also on the verge of madness. Saliva dripped from their mouths, and they couldn’t even recognize each other.

If Drayzer hadn’t appeared, they wouldn’t have been able to maintain their sanity.

Because of that incident, Drayzer and Sepia almost got into a fight.

“Are you crazy? Don’t you know who these guys are?”

-Krrrreung (Are they your subordinates? You should take better care of your subordinates. How many times have these guys made a mess at Rose’s Pub already)?

“Energetic men can be like that sometimes.”

-Krrrreung (Other men don’t do that).

The exclusive servants and regular soldiers, who were powerful armed groups (they didn’t feel powerful in the territory), used to drink and cause trouble in the past.

There were no such men now. If someone seemed like they were going to cause trouble while drunk, their comrades would knock them out and quietly take them away.

-Krrrreung (So get out! In the name of the guard captain, these guys need to be re-educated).

“Can’t you make an exception for my sake?”

-Krrrreung (Are you trying to ignore the law with your connections now? Wow! Then we don’t need laws).

Drayzer looked at Sepia with a shocked expression.

He never thought he would receive such human advice from an ogre.

“I’m sorry. Do it moderately and send them back. I’ll educate them thoroughly.”

That’s how the matter was settled.

It was an incident where Drayzer had no choice but to back down. Watching this, Mamma Yujiro and the 500 Guards couldn’t help but be shocked.

Besides Legion, the lord of their lord, such a monster was openly roaming around in the territory.

What was even more surprising was that the entire guard was ogres. There seemed to be at least 100 of them.

People simply called them the Ogre Legion.

To be sure, there was nothing more fitting than the name Ogre Legion.

After that, Mamma Yujiro and the 500 Guards became quiet. They didn’t want to go into the ogre’s mouth again.

The image of mana blades being fired from the maces wielded by the ogres still didn’t leave their minds.

The mana blade wielded by the ogre exerted unimaginable power.

It seemed to have more destructive power than the aura blade. They had directly witnessed it cutting down rocks dozens of meters away.

“Pfft.”

Bacon couldn’t help but laugh as the incident that Mamma Yujiro had suffered came to mind.

It was like shared suffering.

I’ve been through it too, and it’s really a pain in the ass.

“Why are you laughing?”

“Just because.”

“Shall we have a sparring match when we return to the territory?”

“With you?”

“Why?”

“I don’t know.”

“Your skills are great, but I’m not bad either.”

“You’re not a current member, but a former top 7 powerhouse of the kingdom, right? 10 years ago.”

“I’m confident that I won’t be pushed back even if I’m a current member.”

“Hmm.”

Mamma Yujiro, slightly offended by Bacon’s suspicious look, unleashed the ‘100-Meter Divine Fist’.

Bababababa!

He took a horse stance and swung both fists dozens of times in a row.

Then, an amazing thing happened.

The heads of the undead horde that were rushing in from afar disappeared all at once with a ‘Puck!’ sound.

“Wow! Aura?”

“That’s right. No matter how undead they are, they can’t regenerate if their heads are smashed by aura.”

“That’s an amazing technique.”

“Thank you. Your magic sword is also amazing.”

“Okay. Let’s fight when we get back.”

“I think I can be a good drinking buddy with you.”

“But it’s uncertain whether we can return.”

Bacon looked ahead.

The undead were swarming in, pitch black. It was an endless, enormous number.

The saying ‘endless’ was accurate.

There were still over 100,000 soldiers from the Duke’s army and the King’s army, but they were being pushed back relentlessly by the undead legion that was rushing in like a flood.

It was hard to find soldiers fighting back.

They were busy running away.

For the undead, they were just easy prey.

If it continued like this, annihilation was only a matter of time.

The surviving soldiers were gradually pushed back to the gates and walls.

Many people cried out to open the gates, but the commanders on the walls didn’t budge.

Eventually, some soldiers even tried to climb over the walls using ladders.

The King’s army, which was originally supposed to be laying siege, had quite a few siege weapons.

The heavy crushing weapons were in the garrison, but ladders could be obtained easily.

However, the soldiers on the walls did not allow them to climb up either.

They stabbed with spears—

And poured hot oil.

It was an absurd situation where people were killing each other, pushed back by the undead legion.

“You bastards! We’re allies! We’re allies! Why are you doing this?”

“No one can come up. Get rid of the ladders. What if the undead climb up the ladders?”

“You crazy bastards! We’re living humans!”

“I’m sorry. But there are over 700,000 citizens inside the Poman Fortress. We can’t drive them all to their deaths.”

“We’re citizens too!”

“I’m sorry!”

The soldiers stabbed the survivors who had barely climbed up in the chest with spears.

“Aaaargh, damn it…….”

The survivors fell onto the heads of the people swarming below the walls.

It was the most horrific sight since the founding of the kingdom.

It was also a scene where the kingdom’s founding ideology and existence were collapsing at once.

In this battlefield, hoping to survive was a luxury.

That’s why even the bold Bacon couldn’t think about tomorrow.

It was the same for the other unit members.

“We have Legion-nim or Drayzer-nim, so maybe we’ll be okay somehow.”

“I think this.”

“What?”

“Shouldn’t we evacuate at least those people from here and plan for the future? If it continues like this, the kingdom will fall into the hands of the Duke. I can’t bear to see someone who committed such a massacre sitting on the throne.”

“That’s right. That’s right. If we can’t all survive, we should at least save the people who will avenge us.”

“That’s right.”

They looked at each other and smiled sadly.

It was then.

Someone pointed to the sky.

“Wow, wyverns!”

Wyverns?

It was the appearance of a large monster that they hadn’t expected.

Bacon and Mamma Yujiro also looked at the darkening sky.

They could definitely see something.

It was getting closer and closer.

That’s right.

Wyverns.

It wasn’t just one or two.

At least 500 or more.

The Ogre Legion was riding on the backs of the wyverns. The wyverns carrying the Ogre Legion screamed.

It’s so heavy.

“Wow, it’s the Wyvern Legion!”

Bacon’s voice rose.

“What’s the Wyvern Legion?”

“The wyverns that play the role of aircraft in Wyvern World, which will open soon [likely referring to a game or virtual world].”

“So what is that?”

“There’s something like that. Hahahahaha!”

Bacon burst into laughter.

Goosebumps ran all over his body.

Wyverns and Sepia had never been so grateful before.

No wonder the owner’s expression was more peaceful than I thought.

Swaeeeeeeeeeeek!

More than 500 wyverns breathed wyvern breath at once.

Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwang!

The rear of the undead legion was destroyed.

In a single blow, over thousands of undead were shattered at once.

And—

Hundreds of Ogre Legionnaires riding on the wyverns jumped down at once.

Kwajjijijik!

A huge Ghost Knight at least 3 meters tall was split in half in one blow.

As the ogre swung the double mace, over ten high-level undead were instantly shattered without even being able to use their hands.

The ogre smiled fiercely, shining with ferocity.

-Krrrreung (Were you waiting for me)?

Sepia had arrived.