Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 443

Magic is Learned in Vain – 444

# 444

The Withered Flower 3

Lich Mamon was easily taking down the retreating demonic beasts.

He was also encountering the demonic beasts of the Demon Realm for the first time. He had only heard rumors about them.

The terrifying creatures that couldn’t be seen in the Human Realm were as common as pebbles on the street.

Because of this, even Lich Mamon was slightly nervous.

In the Demon Realm, there might be demonic beasts that could easily withstand 8th circle magic.

They might even withstand the aura emitted by 8-star knights.

That was an overestimation.

In reality, the demonic beasts were strong.

Each one possessed power equivalent to a 5-star knight or a 5th circle mage.

A 5-star knight would typically hold the position of a knight commander, and a 5th circle mage could become a court mage.

Even if you scoured the entire kingdom, you wouldn’t find more than 100 of them.

However, these strong demonic beasts of the Demon Realm were pouring out endlessly.

The creatures are strong, but-

Weaker than me.

Once he gained confidence, there was nothing to fear. Lich Mamon slowed their movements with the curse of death, then tore their limbs apart in the air with powerful attack magic.

Originally, he was a Lich.

A figure of terror called the King of Death.

His hatred for living things and his cruelty were unmatched.

While he was a summon of Legion, that aspect was greatly softened, but when freed from his restraints, his original nature exploded.

-Kuaaaang!

-Kuoohhhhh!

Moreover, he had the unparalleled summons, the Bone Dragon and Daganda Z.

The two summons were sufficiently making up for Lich Mamon’s only weakness: close combat.

Their surroundings were filled with the corpses of hundreds of dead demonic beasts.

-Krrrreureureung.

The Bone Dragon spoke to Lich Mamon.

“Yeah, why?”

-Krrrreureureureung.

“What? Master is in danger?”

“Eh, no way.”

Lich Mamon turned his head in the direction where the demonic energy was emanating. All the demonic beasts of the Demon Realm were gathered there. The demonic beasts circled around a man with six arms, as if protecting him.

Lich Mamon immediately realized what it was.

He was more sensitive to demonic energy and evil energy than humans.

He would be a fool if he didn’t recognize the existence emitting such tremendous demonic energy.

Demonic energy at the level of a Demon King.

Perhaps a real Demon King.

A transcendent being who should not exist in the Human Realm had descended through the portal of the Demon Realm.

Master was attacking the Demon King with fierce speed.

The strongest staff in history, Master’s best weapon, was broken.

The Demon King emitted different magical powers using his six hands.

Master was busy dodging them.

Each attack possessed tremendous power, enough to inflict fatal wounds.

The interior of the city, touched by his magical power, was being shattered. At this rate, the city seemed like it would be destroyed by the magical power emitted by the Demon King, not the demonic beasts of the Demon Realm.

Master narrowly avoided the Demon King’s attacks, but never retreated.

Master was firing 8th circle magic indiscriminately.

It didn’t work on the Demon King.

Master even used ancient magic. Its power was several times stronger than ordinary magic.

However, it consumed an enormous amount of mana, so it was not used unless absolutely necessary.

The sky split in half, and an enormous beam of light struck the Demon King.

The Demon King didn’t even flinch.

Many people watched with sweaty hands. Everyone thought that this would work, but the Demon King remained steadfast.

No, it seemed like he hadn’t even suffered a scratch.

“Die! You monster!”

Master’s thunderous voice clearly pierced through the rain.

Mamon felt uneasy hearing Master’s voice.

Master was never the type to shout with all his might. He was the type to wear down his opponent by irritating them, like adding water to water or alcohol to alcohol [diluting the effect].

It seemed like this was the first time he had fought with all his strength since the battle against the Black Slime in the Vampire Kingdom.

That meant…

Was he driven to the point of desperation?

“Sword Break!”

Master was giving it his all.

His magical power gathered in the air and took shape.

Surprisingly!

A giant greatsword, dozens of meters in size, was formed from magical power.

“Wow! Is that even possible?”

“So, he really was a Grand Master!”

“A Grand Master and an 8th circle mage? No way. Is it true that he can have such abilities at that age?”

Exclamations burst from the mouths of John Wick and the knights.

Perhaps they could send the Demon King, called Yukgap Seongjeon [likely a title or name with cultural significance], back to the Demon Realm in a short time.

However, the situation was not so optimistic.

Even though Legion was giving it his all, the Demon King didn’t even twitch an eyebrow.

Rather, he had an expression that said, ‘This is going to be fun. Go ahead and try. I’ll take it.’

Legion swung both arms down strongly. At the same time, the giant greatsword plunged down towards the Demon King.

Pajijijijijik!

John Wick and the knights expected the Demon King to be cut in half by the greatsword made of aura.

They had never seen such powerful magical power before.

They had never seen such great aura before.

They thought that even a god could not block that massively materialized aura blade.

But-

The Demon King used only two hands to catch the greatsword.

Kwarurureureung!

Kwarurururureureung!

Enormous sparks flew between the aura greatsword and the Demon King’s hand.

It was like hundreds of lightning bolts striking at once.

The Demon King tore apart Legion’s all-out, desperate attack in half.

The aura greatsword flashed brightly and then disappeared into light.

“No way.”

Even Legion groaned as if he couldn’t believe it.

Until now, he had felt like he could take on any opponent. Even if he lost, he was confident that he could take at least one of the opponent’s arms.

But not now.

It felt like facing a solid wall.

No matter how much he hit it, the wall didn’t budge.

Is this feeling fear?

Or perhaps despair?

No.

“Damn it!”

I don’t know such feelings!

Legion’s emotions exploded. He disregarded defense and charged towards the Demon King.

Hundreds of fireballs were created and flew towards the Demon King.

Kukukukukukung!

Explosions occurred incessantly in the air, but they couldn’t even touch the Demon King’s clothes.

The Demon King easily blocked all of Legion’s reckless attacks using only one of his six arms.

He blocked both magical power and physical power. No, it seemed like no attack could break through that defense.

Bang!

The Demon King launched a counterattack. One of his six arms moved and stretched out towards Legion.

It was a simple movement, but-

It broke the speed of sound.

A sonic boom was created, tearing apart the demonic beasts flying closest to the Demon King.

A fist that broke the speed of sound.

Legion could not avoid the pressure of the lightning-fast punch that was too fast to see.

At that moment!

Lich Mamon blocked the Demon King’s fist with both hands. Pew-bang! The sound rang out and Lich Mamon’s barrier flew away.

However, Mamon’s expression was not bad.

“This, this. Master, aren’t you too weak?”

“What?”

Legion’s eyebrows twitched.

Is this bastard trying to play on top of my head now? Is he crazy?

“I think I’m stronger than Master.”

“Are you going to keep talking nonsense?”

“Hehe, I’ll show you how I send the Demon King back to the Demon Realm.”

The black hood that Lich Mamon was wearing fluttered due to the powerful magical power.

The magical power was gradually increasing.

“Demon King bastard, I’ll make you regret coming to the Human Realm to the bone!”

Lich Mamon’s magical power exploded in all directions.

Legion, who had retreated to the rear for a moment, shook his head. That’s right.

Lich Mamon was getting his ass kicked by the Demon King.

The only reason he wasn’t dying even after getting hit like that was because he was a Lich.

* * *

“Oh, dear.”

Vassrava-bap clicked his tongue and frowned. He did his best to infuse buffs into Legion’s entire body.

However, Vassrava-bap’s buffs had no effect on Legion.

It was strange.

This had never happened before.

Vassrava-bap didn’t know much about Legion.

He had changed his job to Dark Lord. Strictly speaking, he should have joined hands with the Demon King and dreamed of conquering the continent.

However, Legion had no interest in that at all.

His dream was to get a pretty wife, have children like rabbits, and live a good life.

When he was young, his father said this.

“Living an ordinary life is the most difficult thing.”

“Why, Dad?”

Young Legion did not understand his father’s words.

“You’ll understand when you live. How difficult it is to live an ordinary life like others.”

Those words remained in his heart like an echo, even now that he was an adult.

For some reason, he couldn’t remember anything else, but only those words remained deep in his heart.

That’s why Legion wanted to live an ordinary life.

He was realizing these days how difficult it was to live that ordinary life.

He wanted to shout, ‘Just leave me alone!’

In any case, Legion’s abilities as a Dark Lord were blooming to the fullest.

Naturally, Vassrava-bap’s white magic could not increase Legion’s stats.

If he really wanted to increase Legion’s stats, a black mage would have to cast a buff.

The same was true for Dreiser.

Kukukukukukung!

“Oh, dear.”

Lich Mamon, who had stepped forward confidently and was considered an invincible monster…

Was getting beaten so badly that it was hard to watch without tears. Daganda Z, who had stepped in to help him, was thrown over 100 meters by the Demon King.

The same was true for the Bone Dragon.

Its huge neck was grabbed and thrown down.

The hardness of dragon bone is said to be the best in the Human Realm.

According to Bide, only the best artisans can process dragon bone.

The Bone Dragon was entirely made of dragon bone. Its regeneration ability was also very high.

No matter how much it was destroyed, it could regenerate in real time.

This was because Lich Mamon had upgraded it more than three times its original ability.

If you look closely at the Bone Dragon, runes were densely inscribed on it. Its entire body was wrapped in magic stones.

In short, it was safe to say that it was a flying battleship.

Lich Mamon guaranteed it.

“With the firepower of the Bone Dragon, it can easily take down about 10 Imperial battleships. Amazing, right?”

That Bone Dragon was hit by the Demon King and fell to the ground without even being able to launch a proper counterattack.

It seemed like it would take a considerable amount of time to regenerate its entire body.

“What should we do? If Duke Legion is defeated… we won’t be able to handle the Demon King.”

John Wick asked Vassrava-bap with a stiff face.

“I’m sorry to Legion, but…”

Vassrava-bap thought of Legion as his own grandson. He liked his innocent smile. He liked his smiling face in any situation.

But now was the time to make a choice.

Legion and the fate of the kingdom.

He could never let Princess Rosemary die here. If something happened to her, the Empire would investigate the rights and wrongs, no matter what.

Absolutely!

It was the kingdom’s responsibility.

There was no telling what kind of tribute they would demand.

Perhaps King Lauzel would be taken hostage.

It was a very possible scenario.

If so, he had to get Princess Rosemary out of here at all costs.

“You and the knights will escape with the princess.”

John Wick immediately understood Vassrava-bap’s meaning.

“What about Vassrava-bap?”

“I will… be with Duke Legion.”

“Going together is…”

“No. Me stopping the Demon King with Duke Legion will be much more helpful for your escape.”

“I’m sorry.”

“What are you sorry for… If you succeed in escaping…”

“If we succeed?”

“Be sure to catch the crazy bastard who opened the portal to the Demon Realm in the middle of the city.”

“Don’t worry. I will definitely catch him and end his entire clan.”

Vassrava-bap nodded. He turned his head towards where Princess Rosemary was.

Huh?

Vassrava-bap’s face turned white.

Why?

John Wick and the knights also turned their gaze in the direction Vassrava-bap was looking.

They also changed their expressions to the same as Vassrava-bap’s. Their faces turned white, and then blackened as if they were dying.

“Ah, I’m sorry, but it seems like we can’t escape.”

Count Annabelle stabbed Princess Rosemary in the heart with a knife.