Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 462

The Empire’s Fall (1)

Should I call this a sudden, great victory?

Or should I call it the work of incredible luck?

Due to a series of coincidences, the Legion suffered no damage and captured five battleships.

No Wyverns from the 1st Air Squadron crashed. Some Wyverns, whose wings were torn and were spinning around, barely managed to regain their balance, and Nuyu-Nuyu took them away, saying he would give them special training.

The Dragon Knights weren’t particularly hurt either. It would be stranger if they got hurt when the Legion swept everything away in front.

Rather, there were Dragon Knights who were just spacing out, got caught up in the Legion’s magic, and fell over, getting hurt.

The Legion told the Dragon Knights in front, ‘It’s okay. It’s okay. It can happen,’ to comfort them, and then informed Rice, the head of the Air Force, of the fact.

“Your unit members are totally out of it. They’re walking around without any focus. If it weren’t for me, they would have died.”

Rice had already suffered a humiliating defeat against Lich Mamon.

Enraged, he gathered all the Dragon Knights who had gone on the mission, and despite achieving a great victory by capturing five ships, including battleships, the Dragon Knights had no choice but to scream and roll around all day.

* * *

The Legion, Vede, and Stove Jobs gathered together to examine the battleships.

“Woo! Awesome. As expected of the Empire’s stuff, the originator of mechanical magic.”

Vede constantly exclaimed.

“Is it good stuff?”

“It’s not just good stuff; you should say it’s amazing stuff in this kind of situation.”

“It’s quite damaged, though?”

The ships were smashed here and there by the Wyvern Squadron’s bombing and breath attacks.

If you didn’t know about battleships, it wasn’t easy to repair them.

Of course, all the information was extracted from the soldiers who had been piloting the battleships.

Until now, I hadn’t seen anyone maintain their sanity in front of Lich Mamon.

Lich Mamon.

“I don’t like using mental magic. Instead, I like torture. I’m going to slowly disassemble everything from your toenails to your hair. So, please, hold on until the end! I want to see someone with the courage to hold on until the end.”

Unfortunately, no one held on until the end.

Most people blurted out everything before even starting.

Lich Mamon grumbled that kids these days have no grit.

“Don’t you know my skills?”

Vede shrugged.

“I know. But it’s very different from the things you’ve made so far.”

“It’s called ‘Many Rivers Flow to the Sea’.”

“What country’s characters are those?”

“Look it up in Naver [a South Korean search engine] if you want to know.”

“Hmm.”

“Anyway, there’s something like that. It means that even if a genius is only good at one thing, they’re good at everything else.”

“Oh, I understand.”

“Really?”

“Look at me. I’m good at magic, so I can use Aura at will.”

“That’s right. That’s exactly what ‘Many Rivers Flow to the Sea’ means.”

“So, it’s a word used to praise someone who’s really good.”

“That’s right. Like us.”

“Right. Like us.”

“Puhahaha! We really understand each other.”

“Originally, geniuses recognize geniuses.”

Stove Jobs was dumbfounded watching the Legion and Vede, but he forcibly held back his laughter.

He didn’t even want to imagine what kind of retaliation those ultimate revenge-takers would do if they saw him laughing at them.

Just…….

Yeah, you guys are great.

Live with that in mind.

Just don’t cause trouble for others, he only thought.

“So, is modification possible?”

The Legion asked.

“Modification? Of course. I can tell the size just by looking at it. Stove CEO here can take care of the engine part. As for the armament, I’ll increase it more than three times as much.”

“Ooh! Good. Good. But these ships are so big that their mobility is a bit low. Can’t you do something about that?”

Vede looked at Stove Jobs. It’s the engine part. You explain.

“Well, I’m not sure, but it’s worth a try. We are unrivaled on the continent, at least in the engine department.”

“Does that mean it’s possible?”

“It will be possible.”

“You better not fail while sucking up my precious money.”

The Legion said, smiling like a child.

Stove Jobs’ face stiffened at the Legion’s expression. This money-grubber.

Well, in a way, he’s a good owner.

He pushes research funds generously.

He pays a lot.

He gives huge bonuses.

To others, he was a great patron who supported them with incredibly good conditions.

But look.

He pressures people like that.

He pressures them several times a day.

He sends texts in the morning, afternoon, and evening to pressure them.

How much progress? When will it be possible? Can I see the test product tomorrow?

I clearly said it would take about six months for a new product to come out, but he starts pressuring me from fifteen days later.

That drives people crazy.

Moreover, when a new product becomes a hit, CEO Les sweeps away all the money.

The bonus is certain, though.

What should I say?

It feels like we’re doing the work and CEO Les is taking the money.

Well, without CEO Les’s money, we wouldn’t be able to do the research itself.

Still, I wish he would stop stressing me out so much. Look. When I came here, I had a glamorous celebrity-like hairstyle, but now I have stress-related bald spots.

Damn it, CEO Les!

“I think it’s possible.”

Yeah, it’s possible. It’s possible. You want to hear these words, right?

“It is possible.”

“Until when?”

“One year.”

“One year?”

“Yes.”

“The continent will be destroyed by then.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Never mind. One month.”

“Pardon?”

“One month.”

I want to swear. CEO Les.

“It’s impossible.”

“I watched a movie called ‘Mission: Impossible’ a while ago.”

“So.”

“The main character is totally cool.”

“So what does that have to do with anything?”

“That protagonist can do anything.”

“That’s because it’s a movie.”

“There are more dramatic things in the world than in movies.”

“Ah, seriously, why are you doing this?”

“I have a housing loan. 20 years.”

“Are there even people without loans these days?”

“How nice would it be if I didn’t have any loans? I could buy a nice family wagon [a station wagon].”

“So…….”

“I’m just saying. Just.”

The Legion patted Stove Jobs on the shoulder. Smiling slyly.

Stove Jobs wanted to punch that face. But he holds back.

Yeah, he said he’ll pay off the loan.

He’ll also give me a family wagon.

“Okay. I’ll do it. I’ll do it.”

“One month?”

“Okay, deal. One month.”

“You thought well.”

The Legion smiled brightly.

Vede felt a sense of camaraderie, looking at Stove Jobs’ drooping shoulders.

I guarantee that Stove Jobs’ team won’t be able to sleep for even two hours a day and will be working on it.

If they succeed, they’ll get a pretty big reward-

What if they fail?

The Legion will stick to them like gum and keep pressuring them. Just thinking about it is terrible.

* * *

The Legion extended the Territory’s Strongest Tournament indefinitely.

People’s complaints erupted.

But when they heard that war had broken out, all the territory residents shut their mouths.

With a war breaking out, they couldn’t shout, ‘I don’t need anything else. Start the Strongest Tournament. I want to see it so badly!’ Anyone who did that would be a crazy traitor.

The Legion installed electronic displays in each town square.

It was an electronic display that reported the situation in real time. Other nobles would be horrified. From their point of view, things that would be military secrets were being posted on the electronic display without any hesitation.

-The 3rd Corps in the eastern region defeated. Retreating.

-The eastern military city of Normandy surrenders to the Imperial Army.

-Rapid increase in refugees from the east. Hundreds of thousands of people are moving west, south, and north.

-The last line of defense in the east, led by Marquis Knuckle, defeated.

In a word, it was chaos.

Not only did they not expect the Imperial Army to invade so quickly-

No one knew that the Baroque Kingdom, which they thought was a strong country, would collapse so quickly.

Numerous kingdoms held their breath and watched the war between the Imperial Army and the Baroque Kingdom.

No country that had maintained diplomatic relations with the Baroque Kingdom for a long time offered a helping hand.

There was no choice.

If the Baroque Kingdom had maintained a similar strategy to the Imperial Army’s expedition, they might have dispatched support troops. If the Baroque Kingdom collapsed, they would be in danger too.

It would be better for the battlefield to be the Baroque Kingdom rather than their own land.

But now they couldn’t do that either.

Overwhelming!

Wasn’t the Imperial Army’s military power unmatched?

That enormous power was quickly pushing the Baroque Kingdom to the brink.

-So, you’re saying your Wyvern Corps defeated the Imperial Army’s 2nd Fleet?

Vassera-Babbab’s voice became very loud. It was a voice that couldn’t believe it.

“You said you trust me. Why does your voice sound like that?”

-I trust you. But I’m saying that you sank that huge fleet too easily.”

“I was lucky.”

Vassera-Babbab chuckled.

Who in the world could sink the Empire’s battleship fleet with luck?

Vassera-Babbab knew there was only one person who could do that.

Duke Legion, who is blessed by the God of War and the God of Death.

“Oh, right. I captured five of the Imperial Army’s battleships. One battleship-class, three destroyers, and one Aegis ship.”

-What?

“Why? Is it too few?”

-Did you really capture five of the Imperial Army’s battleships? Oh! It’s the kingdom’s good fortune. You are a hero. What would the kingdom have done without you?

Beyond the phone, I could hear Vassera-Babbab cheering like crazy.

I could also hear a lot of nobles cheering loudly.

-As expected, Duke Legion!

-We believed in you.

-Who called him a great traitor! He’s not a great traitor! He’s a great hero!

Look at these bastards.

They were cursing me behind my back every day, but now that they’ve barely survived, they’re praising me. It makes me feel twisted inside.

“It will take about 30 days to modify the battleships. It will take at least another week to put them into actual combat. Can you hold out until then?”

-…….

“Can’t you hold out? It hasn’t even been half a month since the war broke out, has it?”

-The situation here is more serious than I thought. The enemy’s battleships with aircraft carriers are nearby.

“So how long can you hold out?”

-At most, half a month.

“Half a month?”

-A week if it’s short.

The Legion tore at his hair.

I’m screwed. I’m screwed.

If the kingdom falls, he falls too. He had barely finished building Wyvern World, but it looks like he’s going to have it all taken away by the Empire.

-Is there no way?

“Just a moment. I’ll call you back. Let me think about it.”

-Please do it as soon as possible. We really don’t have time. I’m sorry.

“Yes, I understand. I’ll talk to my vassals and call you right away.”

-Okay.

Vassera-Babbab hung up the phone powerlessly.

The situation was much worse than expected.

“800,000 soldiers and a large fleet of over 50 ships…….”

The Legion was also at a loss.

He doesn’t really understand the number 800,000. 800,000 troops moving at once? Is that even possible?

He was at a loss for words at the Empire’s quantity.

So what should I do now?

It’s called the Wyvern Corps, but if you add up all the combat Wyverns, there are only about 100.

It’s not a lie, this battle was too lucky. If the opponent had been determined and only targeted the Wyverns, there would have been quite a bit of damage.

Now the enemies will have obtained information about the Wyvern Corps.

Re-deploying them could be like sticking their heads into a trap set by the enemies.

It is right to save the capital Poman, but the Wyvern Corps should not be used.

The problem is that without the Wyvern Corps’ mobility, they cannot save the capital Poman in time.

Maybe…….

It might be a checkmate.

Then, an unexpected person came to the Legion.

“Huh? What’s wrong, busy you?”

Sharonz, the Queen of the Vampire Kingdom, came directly without notice.

She said urgently to the Legion.

“The Imperial Army is not the problem. They’re also trapped!”