Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 466

Magic is Learned in Vain – 467

# 467

The Rising Empire of Evil 2

Eagle Eye, the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Army, couldn’t believe the capital had disappeared.

At first, he dismissed it as disinformation from the Baroque Kingdom.

From their perspective, they would do anything to hinder the Imperial Army.

So, he scoffed and ignored the reports.

“The Empire has never surrendered its capital to anyone. We may have lost battles, but we have never retreated in a war. And now you’re saying the capital is burning? That’s absurd. There are still 150,000 defense troops in the capital, including the elite Capital Defense Corps. Even if a powerful enemy invaded, they wouldn’t fall so easily. We just need to raze this kingdom and then quickly return.”

Other officers shared Supreme Commander Eagle Eye’s opinion.

But…

After that, emails with videos arrived from the homeland every second.

-Capital Defense Corps annihilated!

-50-layer defense barrier completely destroyed!

-Mechanized Magic Corps annihilated!

-Enemies are creating portals inside the capital’s defense barrier!

‘Creating portals inside the defense barrier?’

That was impossible. The only beings capable of such a feat were Archmages of the 8th Circle or higher [extremely powerful mages].

But even those Archmages couldn’t move large numbers of people.

Only about two or three people.

And as soon as they broke through the barrier, they would be caught in the dense radar network.

-Estimated number of enemies is approximately 300.

300?

Not even 300 people?

What the hell is it? What has appeared?

-Their magic power is increasing exponentially. Magic power unmeasurable.

Eagle Eye stopped the attack on the Baroque Kingdom and listened intently to the information pouring in from the homeland.

He immediately sensed that something was terribly wrong.

“Can we see footage of the enemies?”

-Transmitting now. Keheok! Th, they’re all at once…, Aaaaaaagh!

The file sent by the intelligence agent arrived. One of the officers quickly converted the file into a video, which appeared on the main situation screen.

-Fwoooooosh!

-Aaaaaaagh! Run away! Everyone, run away! This place is hell!

Citizens, who were once proud to be first-class citizens of the Empire, were scattering in all directions like terrified locusts.

The entire city seemed to be engulfed in flames.

Vibrations and explosions shook everything.

“What the hell is going on? What’s happening in the capital!”

The screen shook violently, as if the person filming was running away from something.

It wasn’t filmed intentionally.

That’s what made it even more horrific. The city was in utter chaos.

There was a young couple who had to choose between their elderly parents and their child. They looked at their elderly parents with tears streaming down their faces. The elderly parents shook their heads.

‘Hurry, take the children and go. Hurry. We’ve lived long enough.’

The young couple bowed deeply to their elderly parents, then grabbed their child and started running.

Soon after, the rocks from the collapsed castle tower fell on the heads of the elderly parents.

Such tragedies were happening everywhere.

Eventually, the informant grabbed the video device and pointed the screen towards the sky.

In the sky-

Something enormous was flying around. They were summoning tens of thousands of Guardians [magically animated constructs] simultaneously, as if it were a game.

The Guardians, following their masters’ orders, slaughtered the humans on the ground without any emotion.

“N, no way, it’s not a bird, is it?”

Eagle Eye’s heart pounded violently as he watched the screen. He repeated ‘It can’t be. It can’t be’ several times.

“The enemies appear to be Dragons.”

“No. What kind of Dragon is that many?”

The intelligence officer shook his head. He had never seen so many Dragons either.

He couldn’t even imagine it.

But their appearance was definitely that of Dragons.

“No. It can’t be.”

Not only Eagle Eye but all the officers on the ship wanted to deny the reality before them.

However, they were given definitive confirmation that they were indeed Dragons.

Enormous magic power began to gather simultaneously from the mouths of the Dragons.

The pressure was so intense that the entire city was shaking.

Gravity seemed to disappear, and countless people and buildings floated into the air.

And-

The Dragons unleashed their breath attacks simultaneously.

Hwaaaaaaa!

The screen flashed white. It was a light that should never be seen in the human world. No one should ever witness such a thing.

It was easy to imagine the devastation that would remain when that light faded.

Ultra-destruction!

It was an unimaginable power that only the breath of a Dragon could achieve.

“Contact has been lost.”

The intelligence officer said.

“Contact the royal palace directly.”

“Contact has also been lost.”

“Try to contact them by any means possible! You bastard!”

Eagle Eye glared at the intelligence officer with blazing eyes.

The intelligence officer gestured to his subordinates and continued to send wireless messages to the homeland.

But-

There was no response from any location.

There was no contact even from the base where the 1st Fleet had been dispatched.

It was completely cut off.

“The homeland… has been attacked by Dragons. It’s certain.”

The intelligence officer said, clenching his teeth. He expected to be beaten by the ill-tempered Supreme Commander.

But he couldn’t bring himself to say, ‘Nothing will happen to the homeland. Don’t worry too much.’ He wouldn’t believe it anyway.

“All troops…”

“Yes.”

“All troops, make a rapid retreat. Return to the homeland.”

“…Understood.”

It was a pity.

Everyone felt regret.

They had been trying to demonstrate the overwhelming power of the Empire to all the kingdoms of the Eastern Continent.

All the kingdoms were holding their breath, watching the Imperial Army. But no one had imagined that such an absurd thing would happen.

They could have forced them to kneel if they had just reached out their hand.

It was unfortunate and regrettable.

However, if what had happened in the homeland was true, they couldn’t delay.

Their families were in the capital of the Empire. It was impossible to confirm how many people had lost their lives due to the Dragon’s attack.

They prayed for the last time.

‘Please, spare only our families…’

‘Please save only our families.’

“All troops, retreat!”

“Retreat!”

“Retreat!”

Aircraft carriers and dozens of huge battleships slowly changed course.

The ground troops were thrown into confusion by the sudden situation. The commanders were also dumbfounded.

What was the meaning of a sudden retreat with the enemy’s capital in sight?

But soon they too learned why the Supreme Commander had made such a decision.

Dragons had attacked the capital of the Empire?

It was an unbelievable fact.

* * *

The speed of the retreat was not fast.

In fact, it was similar to the speed of their invasion. It was impossible to increase the speed any further because there were so many troops.

Of course, there was a way for the ground troops and the fleet to move separately.

The fleet, which had far superior mobility to the infantry, could return to the Empire first.

But there were weaknesses.

If the kingdom’s army attacked from behind, the Imperial Army, which was abandoning all its weapons and making a rapid retreat, was at great risk of being severely damaged.

In particular, the ground forces would be hit hard.

Despite such risks-

Supreme Commander Eagle Eye decided to ignore it.

He judged the kingdom’s army to be pathetic vermin. No matter how much they struggled, they were just vermin.

If vermin caused trouble, they could just be trampled to death.

Eagle Eye did not feel any sense of threat from the kingdom’s army.

So, he ordered his subordinates.

“First, the air force will return to the homeland. The ground troops should maintain formation and return steadily.”

Thus, the Imperial Army’s air force and ground forces split up and moved.

Six hours later.

The Imperial Army’s air force and ground forces simultaneously faced a major obstacle.

“Wh, wh, what are those things?”

Suddenly, magic bullets began to rain down on the aircraft carriers and battleships.

Kukukukukung!

No one had anticipated the enemy’s attack. This was land they had already swept through.

In other words, it was practically the Imperial Army’s occupied territory.

It didn’t make sense that an attack would take place here.

That’s what they thought.

“Wyverns! They’re Wyverns!”

A soldier spotted Wyverns faintly visible above the clouds and pointed.

Other soldiers followed the soldier’s gaze and looked at the sky, which was much higher than the battleships.

The Wyverns were gliding at least several hundred meters above.

The Wyverns were much faster than the battleships.

Swaeeeeeeek!

As they passed by once, hundreds of magic bullets fell in clusters.

Each magic bullet had the power of a 5th Circle spell [a moderately powerful spell].

It instantly turned a radius of 50 meters into a wasteland. If the battleship wasn’t made of steel, but of wood, it would probably have been split in half and plunged to the ground.

“What are the small battleships doing! Deploy them quickly!”

Aeeeeeeeng!

Two-seater small battleships, boasting as much agility as the Wyvern squadron, prepared to move.

But the Dragon Knights had already thoroughly assessed the battleships.

Among the Imperial Army’s battleships, the aircraft carrier was the most dangerous. If they could just take that down, the battleship’s power would be reduced to 50 percent or less, Legion had imprinted in their minds while cursing.

Under the control of the Dragon Knights, the Wyverns descended rapidly.

Now soldiers were rushing out and taking their places at the anti-aircraft guns.

It was too late.

The Wyvern’s breath swept away the small battleships. In the meantime, the Dragon Knights threw magic bullets into every entrance.

Kukukukukung!

Hundreds of magic bullets exploded simultaneously, instantly sealing the entrance of the aircraft carrier.

Thanks to this, dozens of small battleships that were preparing to deploy on the deck were annihilated by the Wyvern’s breath without a single one remaining.

Nubyeo Nubyeo flapped its huge wings and began to glide.

The enemies were defenseless.

They were really stupid, showing us their backs. It was as if they were telling us to hit them.

So, we hit them.

Very hard.

But they were tougher than I thought.

The Wyvern squadron was loaded with magic bullets to the point of staggering. Even though they had used them all, the enemy’s air force was still holding out.

Flames were rising from all dozens of ships.

Nevertheless, only three or four battleships had crashed.

The defense barrier was much denser and sturdier than the battleships we had encountered last time.

Even the Wyverns, who had never suffered any damage until now, had crashed three of them.

If the battle continued like this, we would miss them.

-What are we going to do? President Le.

Nubyeo Nubyeo asked Legion, who was leisurely half-lying on his back.

“What do you mean what to do? Go to the biggest ship.”

-Wouldn’t it be dangerous alone?

“What are you worried about when Dreyzer is here?”

-It’s not that Dreyzer is weak. But one hand cannot beat ten hands. What if there is someone among them who is stronger than Dreyzer?

“Why are you asking me? Dreyzer will take care of it. Hahaha, am I going to witness Dreyzer getting his ass kicked?”

-Is it fun to see Dreyzer get beaten?

“Yeah, it’s fun. He’s always arrogant. He needs to be taught a lesson once in a while.”

Nubyeo Nubyeo chuckled at Legion’s words.

I was a fool to try to read President Le’s mind.

-Understood. Then I will drop you off on that huge warship.

“Okay-bari [Okay].”

Nubyeo Nubyeo spread its wings wide.

It was a different level of intimidation than other Wyverns. It was like a giant eagle gliding among sparrows.

Nubyeo Nubyeo only flapped its wings once, but it instantly caught up with the other Wyverns.

The tremendous wind pressure hit Legion’s face.

“Abubububu.”

Legion’s face, which had been looking around with a peaceful expression, was distorted. It was the expression that appeared when someone grabbed his collar and slapped him mercilessly.

Listening to Legion’s groans, Nubyeo Nubyeo chuckled.

Who would know that such a human being was a transcendent being who had reached the level of a Super Grand Master [an extremely powerful martial artist]?

Unless you were close to Legion, you would never know his true nature even if you died and came back to life.

Swaeeeeeeek!

Nubyeo Nubyeo increased its speed.

Bibyeo Bibyeo appeared next to him. Bibyeo Bibyeo was the only Wyvern that could keep up with Nubyeo Nubyeo’s high-speed flight. He was also Dreyzer’s personal Wyvern.

The two Wyverns reached the aircraft carrier, taking the lead and falling behind.

Dududududududu!

Hundreds of anti-aircraft guns poured towards the two Wyverns.

Nubyeo Nubyeo and Bibyeo Bibyeo leisurely avoided the barrage of anti-aircraft shells.

-Breath!

Nubyeo Nubyeo and Bibyeo Bibyeo’s breaths exploded. It was a Wyvern breath with a qualitatively different power than other Wyverns.

They were stimulated by the sight of Sephia getting stronger.

So, Nubyeo Nubyeo and Bibyeo Bibyeo volunteered for hell training to increase the destructive power of their Wyvern breaths.

Someone said.

“Break through the sound of the waterfall. If you cough up blood five times from your throat, you will achieve enlightenment. Then your breath will become even stronger!”

The two Wyverns trained under the waterfall every day without fail.

“Love! Love! It’s my love! Ehe! Ehe! Ehehehehe!”

Several months passed like that.

In the meantime, they coughed up blood several times and experienced their throats being torn.

They couldn’t speak and couldn’t even swallow their saliva. They couldn’t eat rice and only ate porridge.

Then one day!

Their cries broke through the waterfall and spread far away. Nubyeo Nubyeo and Bibyeo Bibyeo were so happy that they hugged each other and shed tears.

They had finally succeeded in achieving enlightenment.

It was the moment when the strongest Wyvern breath in history was born.