Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 399

Magic is a Waste to Learn – Episode 400 (400/502)

# 400

Monster Scholar Temptation 2

Above Legion’s head, a large parasol offered shade from the harsh sunlight.

Though his face was wrapped in a turban, the heat offered no mercy.

He hailed from a cold region.

Even at its peak, the temperature rarely exceeded 30 degrees Celsius. The average summer in Legion’s territory hovered around a comfortable 25 degrees Celsius – perfect weather for him.

Once the mercury climbed past 30, he became utterly listless.

He’d turn lazy and avoid work. When Silk presented him with stacks of documents for approval, he’d flee, protesting that he couldn’t possibly work in such heat.

He much preferred winter.

The vampire kingdom in the far north was truly frigid. The average winter temperature plummeted to minus 50 degrees Celsius.

Water sprayed into the air would instantly freeze solid. Yet, surprisingly, he found it bearable there.

However, he absolutely couldn’t stand the heat.

It seemed to be a matter of constitution.

He should ask Silk to prepare a tonic for him.

Suddenly, Ugly popped into his mind.

They’d fought and bickered their entire lives, but she had always taken good care of him, ensuring he ate well, like a dutiful wife.

She consistently provided nourishing food and tonics every quarter. Thanks to her, his stamina was unparalleled.

Legion brushed away the image of Ugly, smiling brightly, that appeared in his mind.

If she were to be reborn, she should be born a little prettier.

She’s far too ugly.

Wasn’t it rumored that she had been reincarnated as the Queen of Hell?

If I ever meet her again, I should recommend a whitening clinic. Her figure is decent enough; if she just fixed her face, she’d be fine. But there are so many places to fix that she’d have to redo the whole thing.

Ugly’s eyes!

Round, clear, and sparkling.

Hmm, if you look at just the eyes, they’re not bad.

Ugly’s nose!

Sharp. You could practically cut paper on the bridge of her nose.

Hmm, if you look at just the nose, it’s not bad either.

Ugly’s lips!

Lips that invite a kiss. Her reddish lips make me want to suck on them without realizing it.

Oh dear, I must be losing it. What am I thinking?

Ugly’s skin!

It’s art.

Like transparent porcelain. So smooth that a fly would slip if it landed on it.

Huh?

Looking at each part separately, they’re all good.

But why is she so ugly?

Ah!

The combination doesn’t work.

Combining them creates the ugliest woman in history.

Anyway, I must introduce her to a whitening clinic next time we meet. She definitely said she’d give me a 20 percent discount as the boss.

By the way…….

“Ah! It’s hot!”

Legion fanned himself. The humidity was so oppressive that even the wind offered no relief.

He asked Shuttle to summon the skeleton soldiers to fan him.

“Boss.”

“Yeah?”

“You know that’s an abuse of power, right?”

“Abuse of power for asking for a little fanning?”

“Shall I record what you said and upload it to SNS [Social Networking Service]?”

Legion forcibly suppressed his rising resentment. *Threatening* to fire me for asking for a little fanning.

Should I just get rid of this bastard?

“If you fire me, I’ll report it to the Ministry of Employment and Labor.”

“W-why would I fire you? You’re doing a good job.”

“So, I’d appreciate it if you didn’t call me for personal matters.”

“Y-yes, yes. Sorry. I was too hot and must have gone crazy for a moment. Go do your work.”

Legion said with a smile, forcing it so hard he thought his facial muscles would break.

I really can’t stand this.

I have to watch the skeleton’s every move.

Legion glared at Shuttle.

Shuttle flinched.

This is all your fault for not managing the kids.

“I, I also to the Ministry of Employment and Labor…….”

Shuttle couldn’t even finish the words ‘will report it.’ A staff for beating landed squarely on his forehead. With a *thwack*, Shuttle rolled off the camel.

“W-why me?”

“Just because.”

“If you keep doing this, I’ll also to the Ministry of Employment and Labor…….”

*Thwack!*

“Ugh!”

Shuttle grabbed his forehead and rolled on the sand. It hurt so much that tears welled up. He clutched his forehead and jumped to his feet.

“Why do you keep hitting me!”

“Just because.”

“If you keep doing this, I’ll also to the Ministry of Employment and Labor…….”

*Thwack!*

Shuttle finally realized.

If he reported to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, he would never escape Legion’s clutches.

The spirits of curse grabbed his cheeks.

-Hey! Hey! Stop clinging to Legion. You’re only making yourself miserable. Look at Whitening. She made a bet with Legion and now she’s living a life of working like a dog. Do you want to end up like that? Huh? Huh?

Shuttle felt like his face was stretching.

Of course, he couldn’t see the spirits of curse.

The spirits of curse didn’t stick to the skeletons. They only stuck to Shuttle.

The King of Curse Spirits was attached to Legion. Although they hadn’t signed a formal contract, he was working tirelessly day and night to secure one.

The King of Curse Spirits was sacrificing himself to block the misfortunes that were trying to attach themselves to Legion.

Thanks to that, Legion’s luck was greatly increased. Of course, Legion didn’t know anything about it.

Also, the reason why Legion scoffed at Shuttle’s threats was precisely this.

There was no way the King of Spirits would be intimidated by a low-level spirit.

He was naturally beating up Shuttle.

“But are we going the right way?”

Legion stuck out his tongue and said with a listless expression.

“Yes, that’s right. If you go straight this way, you’ll find the camp.”

“Ah, it’s hot. I’ll never come to the desert again.”

The camel carrying Legion and Shuttle plodded heavily onward, unconcerned about the scorching heat of over 40 degrees Celsius.

Was it because it was too hot?

“Water……. Water……. Not this lukewarm water, but cool water…….”

Legion began to hallucinate. He saw an oasis where beautiful women were swimming in bikinis.

It’s a mirage.

Seemingly unaware of it, he stretched out his hand.

Shuttle, who was watching the scene, twirled his finger around his head [a gesture indicating someone is crazy].

Boss Legion must be crazy.

I don’t know why he’s doing that.

He cast ice magic on his water bottle and drank it coolly.

Although he’s a necromancer, he can easily use this level of magic.

Moreover, Boss Legion is the strongest magician in the territory. No, in Shuttle’s view, Boss Legion is the strongest magician in the kingdom.

He asserts that there is no magician in the kingdom who can defeat him.

Is he just a magician?

No.

Boss Legion is also a Grand Master [a master of martial arts].

I don’t know why such a person is acting like this.

Is he cosplaying as a madman?

“Boss.”

“Ughhh.”

Why is he suffering so much? Just use magic! Magic.

“There are two people being chased by monsters over there.”

“By monsters?”

“Yes.”

“Where?”

“Over there.”

Shuttle pointed to a place far away where dust was rising. Temptation and Profiler were desperately fleeing from Sand Mantises.

Temptation tripped over something and fell.

“Profiler! Leave me and run. Please don’t forget me!”

“I understand. I won’t forget you.”

Profiler quickly passed Temptation.

Temptation was overwhelmed as he watched Profiler pass him by.

A certain stubbornness arose – he couldn’t die leaving that bastard behind.

He straightened his back again and started running. The Sand Mantis, which had been right behind him, swung its forelimbs, transformed into scythes.

It was a wasted effort.

The Sand Mantises stared at the fleeing humans with dumbfounded eyes.

They seemed to be within reach, but they were never caught. It was as if they were teasing them.

The Sand Mantises, enraged, chased Temptation and Profiler with the thought, ‘Let’s see who wins.’

“Uwaaaaa!”

Temptation caught up with Profiler at an incredible speed.

Profiler stared at the back of his master passing him with bewildered eyes.

He suspected his master’s purpose.

Is he trying to feed me to the Sand Mantises?

“Uwaaa!”

He didn’t want to die either.

He chased Temptation with all his might.

* * *

“Haa, haa, haa.”

It’s the limit.

Temptation and Profiler breathed heavily. It felt like their lungs were burning because of the hot air. It was hard to breathe. It’s agonizingly painful.

Temptation and Profiler collapsed at the same time. They couldn’t get up.

There was nothing around.

The camp was quite far away.

Now, all that was left was to be killed by those Sand Mantises.

It was too unfair.

He thought he could leave a great achievement if he did just a little more.

-Creak, creak, creak.

The Sand Mantises approached. They also seemed quite tired. They put their forelimbs, transformed into scythes, on their knees and panted.

-Shibal, shibal, shibal [Korean slang for ‘fuck’].

It’s somehow similar to human curses. To Temptation and Profiler’s ears, it strangely sounded like ‘fuck.’

In fact, the Sand Mantises were spewing all sorts of curses at those two humans.

They should have run away quickly so they couldn’t catch them. What is this? The Sand Mantises were also feeling a pain that made them feel like they were suffocating.

Some were vomiting, making ‘kueeeek’ sounds.

-Creak creak. You’re all dead.

The Sand Mantises, who had caught their breath, approached Temptation and Profiler, who were collapsed, emitting a murderous aura.

“Hurry……. At least you escape.”

Temptation said to Profiler.

“Me?”

“Yes, you.”

I won’t trust my master’s words anymore.

“You should escape first, Doctor.”

“No. The young you must live so that our research can move towards the future.”

Doesn’t that old man know the meaning of respecting the elderly? If I were you, I would have carried him on my back and ran. But why are you running in the same direction as me? Don’t you know that we’re both going to die because of you, Doctor?

On the other hand, Temptation’s thoughts are different.

Don’t you even know the saying ‘respect for the elderly’? If I were you, I would have carried me on my back and ran.

“Go quickly.”

“It’s okay.”

“Huh?”

“It’s okay. It’s over.”

“What’s over?”

“I can’t escape.”

Profiler let out a long sigh.

The Sand Mantises were right in front of them. When those guys swing their scythes, their heads will fall off.

He ran like crazy to survive, but it seemed like this was the end.

At that moment!

*Boom!* With a sound, the Sand Mantises were engulfed in flames.

It was definitely an attack magic.

Temptation and Profiler, surprised, looked at the place where the attack magic had come from.

The attacker was not a human.

It’s an undead.

More than a dozen skeleton magicians burned the Sand Mantises with attack magic that was much more powerful than expected, as if they knew that the Sand Mantises’ weakness was fire magic.

“Waaaaa! Let’s finish them off in one go!”

*Clang!*

Twenty skeleton swordsmen drew their swords.

Surprisingly…….

Clear mana blades flowed from the swords of the skeleton swordsmen.

“Wh, what is that?”

Temptation and Profiler were dumbfounded. It was the first time they had heard of undead, even the lowest-level undead skeleton soldiers, creating mana blades.

Even if they washed their eyes and looked again, it was the same.

That is definitely a mana blade.

The skeleton swordsmen and the Sand Mantises clashed. The Sand Mantises had a large number, but the skeleton swordsmen were stronger. The mana blades they emitted easily cut the Sand Mantises’ armor-like exoskeleton in half.

The Sand Mantises, feeling that they had no chance of winning in a head-on battle, tried to retreat, but it was not easy.

The skeleton archers and skeleton magicians mercilessly dealt with the retreating Sand Mantises.

The desert outlaws, the Sand Mantises, were annihilated by the suddenly appearing skeleton soldiers.

“Are you okay?”

A team leader-level skeleton soldier reached out to Temptation, who was collapsed.

Temptation couldn’t figure out how to understand this situation.

Far away.

Legion was lying on the camel, repeatedly saying, ‘It’s hot, it’s hot.’

Shuttle sighed as he looked at Legion and shook his head.

Why is this person like this?

Has he forgotten the purpose of coming here?

For some reason, he envied the colleagues who had returned to the territory. Because he happened to make eye contact with Boss Legion in that spot……, he was dragged here.

He really had terrible luck.