Chapter 1903 – 1903. The Dark Moon
Arrived in an unnamed neo-London suburb. I had been walking from the middle for the sake of secrecy.
It was already late at night. All I could hear was the grass rustling in the wind and the bugs starting to get a little annoying.
Tiff! Beep Beep Beep!
There was a light ringing sound. It was the sound of the pests attacking YuRia and me being electrocuted. I didn’t use magic. I just wrapped my body in an electromagnetic field with thunderbolt. Even if it’s not magic, I can use thunderbolt. It was a kind of supernatural ability.
“Master. It is over there.”
Since Yuria was there, it wasn’t difficult to find her way. Without her, she would have lost quite a bit. I tend to get lost often where I first come.
After leaving the forest, they arrived at a village in ruins. There are 1 or 2 intact buildings in the ruins of a village. A place where people stop coming, and the public officials know that it is a place that does not make money, so rather than organize it, they neglect it. It was a perfect place for smugglers to make their living quarters.
‘There is nowhere for the light to come out. Are you hiding it with magic? Or did they turn to the basement?’
I couldn’t figure out the house where Gillian was staying right away. Because there was no detailed information there. He had to find it himself.
‘I can’t use search magic. He’s also a wizard. He’s just letting him know that he’s here to attack.’
This was his dwelling place, the wizard’s workshop. It is common knowledge that magicians are at least 30% stronger when in the workshop.
So, there are two effective ways to attack a magician’s workshop. One is to somehow lure the wizard out of the workshop, and the other is to attack the workshop itself with powerful firepower. I was aiming for the latter.
I planned to start the battle by inserting Thunder Break, the largest electric attack magic I can use right now, into his workshop. It’s certain that the workshop is destroyed, and if you’re lucky, there’s a chance that he’ll die instantly.
‘If you use mana, you will be caught, so you have no choice but to figure it out with your own eyes. Let’s see… If I were a bastard, where would I set up my studio?’
First of all, it is not the center of town. It’s so obvious and it’s open on all sides.
‘If it were me, I would set up a workshop at the end of the village. However, if there is something special in the workshop that supports magic, the story will be different. First, let’s slowly check the outside of the village.’
But the plan went awry. It was because the eyeballs were stuck in the broken wall. The stuck eyeballs were staring at YuRia and me.
-I heard that lightning-type magicians are raising their stock prices these days… I hope you come right away You did a good job preparing it just in case.
Gillian’s voice echoed throughout the village.
‘Could this whole village be his workshop?’
It is only natural that the larger the workshop, the stronger the magician gains from the workshop. I think I was mistaken for a moment. I didn’t just set up a workshop here to make smuggling easier. If a battle over a certain scale is set up, sanctions will come from the Congress. I set it up here to avoid that sanction.
“Yuria. Prepare for battle It’s not strange no matter where the enemy pops out.”
“Yes. Master.”
Yuria held the sword she had brought with her in her hand. It’s the first time she’s seen her wield her sword, but she has a knight’s license, so she needn’t worry.
‘If I get caught anyway, I’ll use detection magic.’
[Electric Detection]
It is a magic that has been modified and strengthened to suit my taste, the second-class search magic, Detection. A magic that searches for enemies by scattering electromagnetic waves in all directions. Now I can search up to 300m radius.
Electromagnetic waves spread out in all directions, sweeping through things around them. A huge amount of information came directly into my head.
“…”
“Master?”
Seeing my serious expression, YuRia tilted her head and asked. I sighed.
“The life response detected is over 300. Even if you sprayed decoys, it’s a ridiculous number. He’s already fully prepared. I think I will have a hard time tonight.”
As soon as the words were finished, a person appeared on top of an especially tall abandoned building. It was Barbara, a maid from a mercenary holding a long spear in one hand.
“I see it again and again during the day. Lucky for you. Actually, I didn’t like the two of you from the moment I saw you. Especially you, the silver-haired maid. He wanted to rip the top plate that only he thought was noble!”
After taking a stance in an instant, throw a javelin. The spear flew right at Yuria.
“It’s okay.”
Faster than I could use my magic, Yuria stepped forward and swung her sword.
Kang!
The clean sword strike and the colliding spear spun in the sky and stuck to the floor. Barbara pulled a skewer smaller than the palm of her hand from her pocket. Her skewer grew bigger and became a spear.
‘It’s a magic window. If the window could grow that way… It could be long during battle.’
It was a habit when I was in the army. When I saw the opponent’s weapon, I first analyzed it. Then you can reduce the variables that occur during battle.
Krrrr.
With the growl of the beast, beasts appear from all sides. Coyotes, wolves, owls, eagles, squirrels, rabbits, and many more. I wasn’t surprised I already sensed that these guys were hiding everywhere.
‘Of course it’s not an ordinary beast. Gillian is a wizard who can also create chimeras. He may look normal on the outside, but on the inside, everything must have changed. Like muscles, for example.’
A chimera is a synthetic creature. All alive Even if it was just a small beast, Gillian’s ability to control 300 animals at the same time deserves recognition.
“I will kill that bitch! Did you understand?!”
-I heard that the maid over there is from a knight training center?
“Whatever. Even so, isn’t it half a penny that didn’t become an official article? Common sense opened the way to become a knight, but would you like to work as a maid?”
In Neo-London, maids are an elite job that is favored. But she was no knight. Her knights were the symbols of Neo-London’s might.
-Okay. I’ll take care of the mage. I didn’t like that guy either.
The beasts that were glaring at YuRia and me turned their heads and glared at me.
“Yuria. May I ask?”
“Yes. That woman will not disturb her master.”
What bothered me as a mage was his excellent avant-garde. How much more is there a wizard behind it? Combat gets tiresome with ships. Just having Yuria take care of Barbara makes things a lot easier.
I opened Astral, the wizard’s mind. The 52 mana rods connected to Astral are filled with mana. Processes the mana running through the mana road into a magic formula and casts magic.
[Electric Detection]
It’s different from before. This time, I added more depth to the magic. Electromagnetic waves go all over the place more sticky. Excluding the beasts that have appeared, carefully observe the reactions of living organisms.
The center of this town.
I feel the presence presumed to be Gillian.
Using telekinesis, he lifted his body into the air and flew towards the center. More than 300 beasts are chasing after me. I ignored the beasts. There was no beast so dangerous that it had to be killed right away.
‘It’s easier to lure these beasts and deal with them at once. Otherwise, kill the controlling mage.’
There was a gloomy building in the center of town. It’s a building that doesn’t seem strange even if a ghost comes out of it. Gillian’s presence was felt in the basement.
‘Alright then. Let’s say hello.’
Reach out into the air
A rock larger than a human body appears in the air.
[Gravity]
Amplified gravity pulled the huge boulder to the ground.
• • •
Barbara threw a spear at Yuria. YuRia easily received it this time as well. The javelin has no meaning. Even knowing that, Barbara continued to throw the spear.
Caang! Kang! Caang!
Windows are scattered all around YuRia. Some hit the ground, while others bounced off and rolled on the floor. The moment all 30 spears fell to the ground, Barbara leaped and landed in front of Yuria. In her hand was a long spear.
“I’ll teach you the way a mercenary fights, to a grown-up lady.”
“I don’t think growing up rough doesn’t mean it’s good.”
“Okay. Even in this situation, the mouth survived, right? I wonder if she can talk like that with her arm cut off.”
Barbara lightly swung her spear. A light blow as if looking at the liver. Yuria slightly stepped behind her and avoided her.
Bang!
The shockwave hits Yuria’s back of the head. She staggers her body in front of him, and a spear is stabbed right in front of her. YuRia turned her body on her side as she fell, avoiding the edge of her spear, and then she stood up unharmed. Shiver. Her blood runs from her forehead.
“Uh, what is it? Aren’t you upset? Looking at what happened, it doesn’t seem like it was expected. Do you have any practical experience?”
Barbara laughed heartily. Yuria glanced around her with her calm eyes. The shock wave that suddenly hit her back of the head couldn’t have happened for no reason.
“… One of the windows behind me is missing. Did it turn into a shockwave?”
“Oh, right. It was made by my master, but it is a spell that summons a shock wave instead of offering a spear. It looks like To be honest, I don’t understand even half of it, but it’s surprisingly useful?”
“Since the essence of summoning magic is a contract, it is natural to pay the price. Maybe it’s not just shockwaves that can be summoned.”
“Hey, that’s nice. But on the battlefield, the smartest guys don’t survive long. No matter how smart you are, you don’t know what you don’t know. Even if you noticed, it’s already too late. Do you have a lot of pain in your head? Are you bleeding?”
Yuria is a genius. Barbara’s fighting style is also understandable at a glance. But the world is full of things she doesn’t know. Her common sense and her knowledge she has accumulated are basically useless because they belong to another world.
If you don’t know, you must be right. That was a word that also worked for YuRia.
“Are you even worried about me?”
“This is too easy. Why don’t you do first aid? I’ll wait for you.”
What Barbara said is 100% a lie. Yuria touched the back of her head. Her hands were stained with her blood. She is intrusive, but not so much that her life is immediately in danger. Accidents continue without difficulty, which means that the brain is fine. He was able to fight without first aid.
Yuria gripped her sword and assumed her Yeongcheon-ryu posture.
