Chapter. 12. Lettuce to Windmage (12)
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“Otman. “Otman?”
“hmm? Oh, is it you? I looked for it for a while as it disappeared in the morning breeze. “Where have you been?”
“No, I’m a bit sore, so I’ll do some chores… We’ll talk about that later. “Do you know how to perform an old magic?”
“Do it? “Have you been cursed or something?”
“That’s not it. We can’t touch the magic that’s been cast here-”
Wow!
“Ugh-!”
“Watch this mouth! If they hear that, they’ll be shocked…. Please, let’s just do crazy things once a month! No, once a week! “You can tolerate that much, right?”
restaurant.
It’s difficult to say how many floors… but the restaurant on the second floor of Felix Home, which is like a hemispherical ant cave, was already quite crowded, and after combing through old letters until I felt relieved, I finally joined my group for a meal. I did it.
“Please! I want to die in my name! I know you have a mania you can’t escape, but you met your quota this time! So…”
“Oh, I get it, I get it! I didn’t mean to give it a try, I just did it because I was disappointed. Let go! I will not! “I’m not doing it!”
And out of frustration, I asked if there was any way, and ended up getting scolded.
“Wow, you’re treating people like some kind of infectious disease. Where are the others going and are you alone?”
Instead of opening his mouth full of food, Ottman pointed to a corner of the restaurant with his fork.
“….The three-branched valley of gentle winds….”
“According to the opinion of a canine who has already experienced them, there is at least a small house in the structure….” “
Then, it is a high triangle with no branches different from usual. “Except for Wind Basin and Whistle Hill…”
The wizards were having a heated discussion while roughly stuffing the food prepared by their disciples into their mouths. It seemed that those who returned first were synthesizing the information gathered by the wizards outside. Every time the magicians spoke out what they had confirmed, a disciple-level magician was creating a realistic search chart by floating stones and dust.
“It seems like we’ve made quite a bit of progress in just one day.”
“It’s not quite right, but I checked everything around here. From what I heard, there was a group that had a small skirmish. Aren’t the wind world wizards friends who do it again? “They are people who have been involved in accidents and being chased all their lives, so their actual performance skills are above the average level.”
“Let’s see… I think that white bowl represents a groove. “If you think of the three sharp stones floating high up as the three triangular peaks visible outside the window… wow, that’s fast.”
Should I really say that it is a masterpiece? Even a rough calculation based on reference points alone led to the conclusion that an area close to a 40km radius was searched in just one day. The search was conducted by loading measuring equipment into dozens of military helicopters.
Even with the same aerial view, the wind wizard can directly feel and check the wind in the area with his or her senses. Even if you use some means to block your view or hide well in an unseen place, you will be caught right away because as long as you are there, you will be able to cut through the wind blowing in that area.
The speed is fast and the range is wide, and once the area has been passed, the search is 100% physically and magically complete. One ability is certain people.
“What is Borka doing among us?”
“They said there was a place where there was structural deformation in the ground, so they would go out together later. “There is a possibility that it may have burrowed into the ground, so I would like to borrow a werewolf’s sense of smell.”
“I guess everyone was looking hard while I was playing.”
“Ah, the only one that moves together like that is Borka. They were strictly vigilant about guests and residents of the home. I feel guilty just for hurting us, the customers, but if I make him do this, I won’t have the honor of seeing Felix later. Lucilla and Idrasil went out to look around the area, and Notum said he was learning herbs and alchemy from Aldrich. “They say they generously provide expensive ingredients.”
That’s a good thing. From the looks of it, it didn’t look like they would be easily included in the search operation, but they had at least one person stuck inside them. I’ll have to go eat later and talk about it. Even if you don’t search, if you find a nest, please join us.
Borka must have noticed that I kept looking at him, and I could see him making knowing glances. I’ll have to ask in more detail when I return later.
“Then… Is there nothing I can do right now?”
“Even if there is, they will block it. “I said I would check to see if there were any areas where the water vein was disturbed, but he made a fuss telling me to go and eat.”
“Tsk. I can’t help it. When I find the nest, I’ll go there and talk about it. What are you eating? “It must not have been easy to find something for Otman to eat in this already dry place.”
“I thought so too, but Wind World wizards take hospitality seriously. It is said that it is a mixture of cloud lobster and drowned body grass. “I never thought I would have such a sumptuous meal in this rocky valley.”
“oh. “It looks okay.”
“It was great. Cloud giants live in the sea, and during breeding season, they inflate the air sac under their shell and fly around in the wind. It is said that there are so many of them that if you fly through the humid clouds around here at this time, you will bump into them uncomfortably. Drowned grass is a type of freshwater aquatic plant that lives in the groundwater layer and emerges above the ground when it rains. “Both of these ingredients are within the tolerance range of a wizard like me.”
I thought it was a familiar explanation, but it was an ingredient whose name was proudly listed at the top of the ‘Imperial Specialty Products List’ among the materials Dana sent.
A shrimp with large air sacs on both sides and an aquatic plant also called ‘Bibaragi’.
“Is there any more of that?”
“If you ask me, I will give it to you. Hey! Just give me one more seat to eat here! “Same as me!”
The professor decided to put his complicated thoughts aside for a moment and fill his hungry stomach first.
‘They say that if it’s too tight, it will break. There may be a need to consciously manage one’s mental state.’
Dana was like that and so was Hyde. Because I said there was no need to be too hasty.
If you have nothing to do, you can rest.
“Ummmmmm! This is okay. Does it melt in your mouth? “Can I ask you to take care of a lot before you leave?”
“Do whatever you want. By the way, why did you ask that earlier? “Wasn’t it enough to just shatter a couple of rings on the outer wall?”
“That’s not it. I heard from Astrad that Felix Holm may disappear. Magical error? Design miss? Because of that.”
“hmm? I’d like to hear that in detail. “This mighty magical structure disappears?”
“Well…”
The professor told Otman about what happened this morning while eating the food brought by the disciple-level wizards.
The fluffy shrimp and green grass were delicious enough to melt your tongue, and the stories about old magic and magical artifacts were enough to pique the interest of the two wizards .
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3 PM.
“Can’t we just burn it?”
After eating a full meal, leisurely drinking tea, admiring the valley outside that was melted by lightning, grumbling about being ignored by a 15-year-old wizard, I ended up getting scolded even more by Ottman.
After enjoying my leisure time, I returned to the guest room and found Lucilla and Idrasil, who had gone for a walk, back.
In the room, Notum and Aldrich are boiling a large cast-iron cauldron hanging on the fireplace, which they didn’t know where they got it from, so the entire group is gathered there except for Borka, who has gone out to search.
When I told Lucilla what had happened in the morning, who was talking excitedly about the valley melted by lightning, she responded as if it were difficult.
“Is that so? No, I understand that the dead archmage was obsessed with cherishing each and every letter, but isn’t he already dead? “Isn’t it possible to use that level of Yudori in a situation where the subject of magic is reeling right now?”
“It’s more difficult because he’s dead. Even though the amount of magical power given to each letter is small, it is a letter that has been affected by [Archmage’s magic]. “If you try to destroy the magic on it by any other means, the building that is the subject of the magic will react.”
“It was like that at the inn we stopped by before coming here. When I tried to catch a letter flying into the house, they asked me if I was crazy and said wizards would fly in like a swarm of bees and destroy this place. “It means that if the Archmage’s magic is blocked in any way, the backlash will return here to Felix Home.”
I met Astrad, who was supporting his teacher who had just returned from the restaurant, and asked him about it, and he said that the wizards here had tried everything, but they had come to the conclusion that destroying the magic to destroy the letter would actually further reduce the lifespan of this place. do. It is said that at the time this fact was discovered, there were about 20 wizards who left Felix Home and began a wandering life due to shock, and there were even two old wizards who were so heartbroken that they died. It can be said that all possible methods have been used.
“….Forget it. I just said it out of regret. “We can’t stay here forever.”
“Wouldn’t anyone be disappointed? Um… since we have time, we’ll come back next time.”
“Next time?”
“okay. By the time that terrible mute is erased from the world and peace returns. “I don’t think the time left at Felix’s home is that short.”
“…Let’s do that. When this is all over. When the world becomes a little more peaceful. If that happens, let’s look back on the way we came. I went to places I couldn’t see because I was busy. I ate things I had never tried before. “I will slowly take my time and resolve any regrets I have.”
I don’t know when that will happen. The matter here has been resolved. If all the problems in real life are resolved and the moment comes when you can truly enjoy this world as a player who truly loves it…
“Leave me out. “Thank you, but I don’t want to come back here again.”
“Hmm… Now that I think about it, it’s a bit too much for me to stick around with that friend of the professor more…”
Hesitant.
“I feel sorry for that person.”
The professor erased the future he had vaguely pictured in his head and leaned back on the bed and closed his eyes.
The sound of burning firewood and a boiling pot came to me like a lullaby.
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8 p.m.
Quang!
“priest! “Is there a priest among the guests?”
While I was enjoying the leisure and languor that came for the first time in a while, a wizard flew in silently and barged into the guest room where the group was.
“Uhm…. I guess I fell asleep. A priest…”
“Among us, there is a priest… ah”
“Ah, there was one.”
Sigh –
When I raised my hand with a half-asleep look on my face, the fidgeting wizard immediately flew over and grabbed my hand.
“I think you should come out quickly! Among the teachers who went out to search, the one who was seriously injured-”
Jump up!
The professor jumped out of bed at the wizard’s words.
I got hurt. There is no way that a powerful wizard, or even a wind wizard flying in the air, would have been attacked by an ordinary monster. If the injury is serious enough to rush over and report it like that…
“Did you find it?”
“yes. Borka also confirmed this. As expected, it was hiding underground. He tried to dissuade me by saying that he should go back and announce the news and make thorough preparations before attacking, but some of the teachers who couldn’t overcome the conflict rushed in…”
Whew!
The professor rushed towards him, interrupting the struggling wizard.
“so. “What happened to the nest?”
“I used wide-area magic to kill as many monsters as possible and then retreated. They say that bringing the injured back safely is the priority…”
“Not monsters! Was my words difficult to understand? Not another scrap, but a nest! “What happened to the chamber maid?”
“Uh… it’s buried underground, so it’s probably… that far…”
“… You really are stupid bastards!”
ruined. If we had missed the chance to surprise the unsuspecting nest and take the head of the chamber maid, we would have done whatever it took to stop the nearby Mute seeds and hide the fact that we were looking for them. No, it was okay to keep everyone alive, so I should have cut off the chamber maid’s head, even if it meant taking the loss.
Now, the nest that has been attacked will accelerate the production of defense forces, and some will report this news to other nearby nests, who will also begin preparations.
‘And… because there is ‘that guy’ on the mute side. Perhaps the news that the Wind Wizard is searching for a nest has already spread to all of the nearby mutes.’
I was worried that something like this would happen, so I went and talked to him after eating earlier, and I also told Borka about it just in case.
Listening to the situation, Borka was struggling and the wind wizards were trying to stop him, but it seems like there were some idiots who didn’t listen to their words.
‘A high-firepower special forces unit that doesn’t know where they’ll go. ‘It’s the worst.’
In the end, those who could not resist the urge to avenge the name of the Wind Wizard made an easy task difficult.
“….let’s go. “I need to take a look at the injured first.”
“Oh yeah! This way!”
The short break is over. The professor hurried his steps, following the wizard flying ahead.
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Crack, clap, clap!
For a moment, I hope there will be only the sound of footsteps and breathing through the soft lighting.
I began to hear moans and sharp shouts coming from afar.
“Gevrick Gebrick! “Don’t lose your mind!”
“Pull out, please pull out this damn thing quickly!!!”
“May the blessings of the breeze dwell in your body! Felix Drixiel’s [Wind of Rebirth!]”
Quang!
“I. I must have said it several times. “You must not randomly disturb the nest.”
“…If you knew that well in the first place, shouldn’t you have told me in advance! “ There’s no such thing as a creature that randomly spews out thorns like that…”
I must have said this at the top of my lungs dozens of times! There will be ‘variables and risks that we cannot imagine’! Who didn’t even pretend to hear? “Thanks to you, Wizard Gebric is now at a crossroads between life and death!”
“I am just…!”
‘That’s bullshit.’
It is the confusion that can be felt behind the lines of a battlefield that is all too familiar.
The cries of the wounded who had been evacuated to the rear and the sounds of people trying to save them. A shout demanding responsibility and a voice opposing it.
It was such an unpleasant and familiar sight that I felt irritated as soon as I saw it, but thanks to that, I came to my senses.
“I brought you here! “There was a priest among the guests!”
I pushed away the fussing wizard in front of me and walked up to the groaning wizard.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!”
A wizard bound to a bed by green wind rays. There wasn’t much bleeding, but he was in so much pain that he was screaming until his throat was hoarse and blood was seeping out.
‘He’s young for a wizard here. Mid 30s to early 40s. The main injury was a tan thorn lodged in the abdomen. The wound area is not that big, about 7-8mm in diameter, but it is not in a good place. It could have become lodged in the liver or kidney.’
Having experienced so many battles, I knew how to treat the wounded to some extent. In fact, if it was a normal wound, there was no need for him to check like this. Just now, several layers of healing wind spells were being poured from the side.
“….That’s a good thing. “I can’t believe we all used that kind of great magic the day before, and then we ended up fighting without even recovering our magic power.”
“…I won’t make any excuses. The introduction is late. He is said to be Galud of the Deep Wind Gale, the second in Wuthering Heights. “Did you say the customer was a priest?”
“professor. “It’s similar.”
The old man who introduced himself as the person in charge was a wizard familiar to the professor.
The scary old man that I had seen yesterday at the top of the building, waving a six-hole cane and flashing a flash in his eye that he was going to kill me, was now begging for my help with a restless look on his face.
“This thing on your abdomen… wasn’t pulled out because it was bleeding?”
“No, if that were the case, we would have resolved it between us a long time ago. “That thorn has burrowed into my body.”
“…What if we dug in?”
“Even if you try to get picked, you won’t get picked. It took root in every area it touched. If you pull it out like that, it’s like ripping off two or three fists of your abdomen. “It will even come with internal organs.”
The professor turned his eyes to examine the thorn stuck in the wizard’s stomach. It has a smooth shape that does not look like solidified body fluid. An attack that goes beyond physical attacks and completely subdues the opponent even with small wounds.
‘…The attack method has definitely evolved to become more lethal. It must have been something I learned while attacking Rodrik’s final line of defense over the past few months.’
When I looked closely at the affected area, I saw something that looked like yellowish-brown roots burrowing into the skin and capillaries. And an infection like inflammation was spreading around the fine roots.
‘It’s an infection. So then you’re saying it’s a projectile based on Mute’s blood.’
Thank goodness. At this level, I don’t have any holy power, but it was an injury that I, who specialize in anti-mute combat, could handle.
Far away!
When I lightly bit my fingertip and let the blood drip onto the thorn stuck in my abdomen, the thorn soon began to bubble and melt. When I touched it, it was absorbed into me like an ordinary mute’s blood, giving me a little vitality.
“Oooooh…. Ugh….”
While the patient moaned as he became more comfortable, the blood that flowed from his ruptured abdomen began to wet the bed.
“What the hell is this…”
“The healing magic will work now. “I got rid of them and everything else.”
“To these guests… I have truly been indebted to them again and again. Thank you. Uh… a priest.”
“professor. “I am Professor Saint of the Gwangmyeong Church.”
The professor looked around at the wizards who were beginning to return one by one out the window, emphasizing his title and his name as ‘Saint’.
‘It can’t go on like this. If these wizards are left alone, a really big accident could occur.’
The chamber maids who had settled in the alcoves of the tower dug burrows and built nests that could not be seen from the outside, and the mutes began shooting out the mute factor that had been transmitted through the blood flying during the battle into penetrating projectiles.
An enemy that thinks and grows. It was obvious that if they rushed in like this a few more times, they would come up with another preparedness plan.
But these are idiots who are no better than Magic Barbarians, who don’t even listen to their highest wizard’s advice, let alone my command.
An ally that cannot be controlled, but has certain firepower. How should I use them?
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‘Whatever. ‘You should use it well.’
Today is a day that makes me think of the past a lot.
In fact, during the time of the Special Operations Forces, all allies except the 14th Special Operations Division were allies in name only, who posed a potential threat.
The professor opened his mouth, lamenting that his life was accustomed to such situations.
“…How many wizards are capable of combat right now?”
“Of course, I can do about half of the battle well… Are you sure you’re going to pay me back right now?”
“yes. The sooner the better. As someone who serves as a priest, I know a little about the evil spirit’s ancestors, but nests often run away when threatened.”
“Run….”
Twitch.
The old wizard’s eyes turned grim at the professor’s words.
“Gebrick… was a stupidly good friend. He takes care of cleaning the house, which everyone bothers to do, and is very considerate and loves his family… To the point where even when that idiot almost turns into a beehive, he steps forward and ends up like that…”
Twitch. Twitch, twitch.
The old wizard’s eyes turned to the limp wizard, soaked in blood and cold sweat.
“Such a good, good friend… You put Home’s family like that and then run away? In front of these Wuthering Heights? Without paying anything…? that is. It makes sense. Is it a sound? That can’t be possible. There is no such thing in the world. Never ever! never….!!”
Cough wow-
PAD DEUK! Pead deud deuk!
The eyebrows are very distorted. The robe begins to flutter again.
And the sound of teeth grinding was so eerie that Borka, who was raising his voice next to him, turned around in surprise.
The wizard in front of me wasn’t fidgeting because of worry.
I wanted to fly and hit him right now, but I just didn’t know what to do because the wizard in front of me could die.
The professor laughed quietly as he watched the wizard return to his normal Super Saiyan form with just a few words.
‘You don’t have to control allies that you can’t control. ‘I think they are not allies, but part of the environment of the battlefield.’
If the chamber maid’s nest is the target, they are like a locomotive passing over that target. A runaway locomotive that cannot move as it pleases and simply follows its impulses. If we consider it as a third force rather than an ally or an enemy, it becomes clear what I can do here.
‘Creating an environment where the third force can completely crush the enemy.’
Support in combat is difficult. Because if I turn into a monster, it will immediately be revealed that I am the terrorist.
Fortunately, in battles targeting mutes, there were many ways to exert influence without me having to intervene in the battle.
The professor, who took the group out from among the wizards who were gradually on fire, quietly whispered to them.
“We get out first. Lucilla, you stay here. “I have something else to do.”
“W am I here?”
“okay. The rest are leaving right now. Even though the wizards are out of control, they are not fools, so they should at least wait until the other scouting wizards gather before leaving. At least we have to get to the nest before them. “You remember the location of Borka, right?”
“of course. “I remember it clearly.”
“good. It moves. As I said in advance, never engage in combat. The finishing touches will be done by wizards. We’re going to focus on creating an environment where they can finish. check?”
“….check.”
“Let’s go. From Idrasil and Borka. “Put Ottman and Aldrich on their backs as usual.”
Crack!
Wow, Woo Woo-Woo-
The fluffy wind of angered wizards creates a sulky crying on the hill of the storm, and the darkness of the rock valley swallowed the six groups silently.
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