Chapter.4 Eyelids (25)
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“The moment he moves even one step, this wizard dies!”
Sreung-!
In response to the professor’s threat, the knight commander took out his sword as if he was going to order an attack at any moment.
“dog sound! I will go inside right now, cut off your head, and rescue the other wizards-”
“And!”
Palak!
While holding onto the wizard, the professor used his left hand to scatter [Isaac Mandalius’ Research Journal] in the air from his inventory.
The research journal fluttered like fallen leaves and landed among the knights and soldiers surrounding the magic tower.
“…Whenever a wizard falls, the records in his personal laboratory will fall together. There were a lot of very interesting records. Like the one that just fell, it’s a record of repeated horrific experiments on living people, or a record of various interesting things that happened in Tobrunn. Now, what record does this wizard have? “Okay, it’s just one minute from now!”
Shaking-
“Aaaah!”
As the professor waved his hand holding the rope, the old wizard’s screams rhythmically echoed around the magic tower. The knight commander and servant, who were reading the dropped research records with a serious look on their faces, looked even more serious, murmuring something together, and then suddenly turned their heads.
“Oh, I can’t help it! Knights of Tobrunn! “Withdraw from the Magic Tower’s property!”
A commotion
spread throughout the audience. It has to be that way. As a member of the honorable Knights of Tobrun, you retreat at a few words from a monster.
“Such! Captain, why didn’t you order an attack? Look into the eyes of the wizard Baudelaire! That thing has already prepared for death…”
“14 15 16-”
“Aaaah! Don’t shake it! Ouch! “Aaaah!”
“… These are the eyes of a determined nobleman. “If only I could sacrifice myself to save all the other wizards and decapitate that monster!”
“Aik! noisy! If you tell me to retreat, I’ll know you’re retreating! It’s an order! This means that Baudelaire, who gave birth to Ottman Baudelaire, is a descendant of the marquis! You shouldn’t die in a place like this! “I made this decision to protect the life of the wizard, Roderick’s precious resource!”
“37 38….”
“Quick! I’m not saying to completely lift the siege! I’m saying to form a wide siege outside the Magic Tower’s territory!”
“…..All right.”
The knight commander, who managed to persuade the knights, hurriedly spoke to the professor.
“good night! “I will accept the conditions, so please save the wizard!”
Many, many, many.
Crash. Slam!
The magic tower, which was noisy with countless soldiers, gradually began to become quiet, starting with the sound of slowly moving horses’ hooves.
When the noisy magic tower became filled with the sound of flowing water again, the professor let the old wizard in, who had completed his mission brilliantly by shaking in the air like a church bell and screaming.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“Ughhhhh! Baudelaire Wizard!”
“Aaaahhh….”
“You can’t go back here, wizard!”
As the professor threw the wizard in his underwear with one hand, the young wizards were seen hugging him and crying like a waterfall.
‘That guy and the wizards downstairs didn’t smell Mute’s blood. It seems that Isaac and his ten or so students were the only ones who participated in the mute research. While the tower owner was away from the magic tower, the entire 6th floor closest to the magic source was being used as his laboratory.’
thank god. Wizards are valuable resources for the coming war, so it would have been a shame if they had all been killed here.
‘There were problems in many ways, but somehow we managed to make it go according to plan.’
All the goods had been taken, the area around the Magic Tower was empty, and Tobrun’s troops were stuck here and there, trying to form a siege again in the narrow market alley outside the Magic Tower’s property.
“Come on, everyone, let’s pack our bags! “I have to leave here soon!”
At the professor’s signal, the guild’s thieves, including the Rakshasha, each took a long pole and began climbing in groups of two or three on a box full of stolen goods.
“When you’re ready, let’s go!”
After confirming that all the thieves’ guild members were on top of the box, the professor approached the tower’s magic source and reached out to where the most essential part was located at the bottom.
‘Wizards don’t have to worry. Even without mana, they are water-type wizards. These are people who will gain strength when they fall into the water, not those who will drown.’
Blah blah blah!
As the hand holding the magic source grew stronger, cracks began to form in the highest-grade mana stone located deep within it. The source of magical power that created the eight rivers that encircle the entire Tobrun. If this breaks, what will happen to the artificial river that endlessly circulates between underground and above ground through magic?
“Now then, shall we try to drain out all the rotten water from the magic tower that has been controlling an entire city for 70 years and has done all sorts of evil things!”
Damn it!
As the professor applied more force, the tower’s magic source finally completely shattered.
Gugugugugugugugu-gulp
, gulp, gulp!
A moment of silence. And then a huge sound that shakes the earth. The powerful magical power that bound eight rivers to the city disappeared, and the water surrounding the Magic Tower began to fluctuate like crazy.
“It’s coming up! Everyone hold on tight!”
Coo coo coo coo coo!
The strange sound gets closer and closer to the tower and
boom! Fuuuuuuu! Pow! Pow!
Fuwaaaaaaaaaa!
The eight branches of the river climbing up the tower rose into the sky like a waterfall and began to sweep the city at an incredible speed along with the overflowing river water.
“What is that!”
“It’s a flood! River water! “The river is overflowing!”
“Evacuate! Full force! Take refuge at the top of the building!
Groundwater was constantly pouring out from eight holes in the lower part of the tower, and a huge flood started in the center of the city and began to sweep all sections of the city.
And the water-proof box filled with stolen goods was swept away by the current, riding the waves in the city at incredible speeds,
rumbling!
The thieves on top of him were adjusting the direction toward Hyaryu by pushing off the floor and wall with the poles they had prepared in advance.
“Hahaha! It’s city rafting! Goodbye! You idiots! “I will take the treasure of the Magic Tower!”
In this way, the boxes carrying the Magic Tower’s valuables and the thieves fell into the water and slowly floated to the outskirts of the city, past the struggling Tobrun troops.
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Chuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
!
The boxes that crossed the city in the flooded river crashed to a halt against the wall of a slum on the edge of the city.
“hey! Good job!”
“Quickly take the items down!”
“I don’t have enough crowbars! Someone go get some! hurry!”
“Don’t let it touch the water! “This box contains a magic book!”
As mentioned before, the rest of the thieves’ guild members waiting in the slums were experts and knew how to dispose of the stolen items.
The stolen goods that had been packed in large boxes were quickly divided into small boxes or sacks and then scattered in the hands of thieves. Now those items will disappear from the city for a while. Until a special guest comes along who won’t wonder where these items come from.
“But is it okay to send it like that? Even though they are guild members, they are all thieves, right? “I don’t think you’ll feel any resistance to sticking out something, right?”
“Oh, that’s rude to say. Just because we are night guests doesn’t mean there are no rules, right? If you want to steal, steal it. “The moon’s shadow is not only found in Tobrunn.”
but. The thieves’ guild has been robbed, but there’s no way they’ll just ignore it.
“Now, here is the portion that was promised in advance.”
The Rakshasha handed the professor a small pouch with a mysterious symbol that the thieves had taken and left behind.
“There were only two top-quality mana stones, a medium-sized subspace pouch, 50% of the cash in the tower, and one each type of Reedflow school magic book, so I took only one with you, and I carefully selected and stored the defense-related artifacts you mentioned.”
Ah, they say life is bitter and the reward is sweet.
The reward for running straight without terminating the connection while eating something like a calorie bar soaked in water through the meal provision function that comes with the connection for about a month in game time was right in front of my eyes.
Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
If capitalism were a religion, the sound of money falling would be a praise for that faith. When I took the bag containing all the aforementioned items from the Rakshasha’s hand, the sound of obtaining a shilling was heard as if it were being crushed under a pile of silver coins.
[Money in possession: 1,824,950 sil]
Money. A huge amount of money, over 700,000, will remain even after paying off the debt.
Inventory. As soon as I put the pouch on my waist, boom! The inventory expanded from 4 to 24 spaces with a sound.
And a magic book. Magic books from the Reedflow school piled up in the expanded inventory.
“I’m rich, I’m rich…!”
I had agreed in advance that the Rakshasha’s guild would share the stolen goods that an individual like me would find difficult to dispose of. It may seem like I have earned a lot, but if I settle all the stolen goods, it will be less than 10% of Rakshasha’s worth. That’s because there were a lot of items worth money in the Magic Tower. They all just have the Reedflow school mark on them.
– Highway Nacho Man: Oh, it’s so full.
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: It’s over, so go to the hospital. Since I made money, I went to a big, expensive hospital.
– Speed Wagon: It seems like the condition is stable now. As far as I know, once the encroachment begins, it is not easy to return to normal conditions.
Hmm… it was still cold here. Well, no matter how much money you make, it’s all over when you die. To people who don’t know my situation, I might seem like a person who is so crazy about money that he neglects his life. However, if you don’t have the money, Dom’s Marketplace will report the transaction as fraudulent and your account will be suspended. If I didn’t have that situation, I would go out and eat, get some fresh air, and play games.
When I thought I had saved up all the money to repay my debt, I must have been under a lot of pressure without even realizing it, and my strength began to wane, and the fatigue that had accumulated over the years began to come all at once.
“professor? “What are you going to do now?”
“well. I haven’t thought about it that far yet. “Anyway, the one who sold my face was Red Mute, and my face is still known in this city as the fugitive professor.”
At the professor’s words, the Rakshasha gave a strange look and said,
“Hmm~ So you still want to stay in this city?”
“Yeah, well. There are some people waiting here. There’s still some work left to do… Wow!”
“oh.”
The Rakshasha held the professor in his arms as he staggered and collapsed due to drowsiness and fatigue.
“Um… what is this? A man who defeats a 6th rank wizard with his bare hands and destroys a tower collapses after losing strength in his legs? “Can I interpret this as having a different intention?”
“Ugh… I did it with my bare hands, so I can interpret it as falling down like this, right? Please take a look. “Because I worked hard to be able to enjoy this luxury.”
“really. “I guess I can’t do it with words, right?”
The Rakshasha smiled slightly and brushed the hair of the professor in his arms.
As I was held in Rakshasha’s soft arms, I felt so drowsy that I couldn’t bear it.
“Uh… I need to… go to the inn… please…” “Shh. I know what that means. “From now on, just leave it to me and take a break.”
“Thank you…”
The professor, who had been dozing off, squeezed the last remaining consciousness, called up the system window, clicked [Transfer to Marketplace], and then moved his hand to the logout button.
Tiring-!
[Warning: Abnormal logout detected. If you do not log out of the safe zone, the player’s character will move autonomously according to the game situation. Do you really want to log out?]
‘Anyway, if Rakshasha moves to the inn, it is a safe zone… so it will be saved there… I don’t know… ‘I’m going to rest now…’
A somewhat disturbing warning message appeared, but the professor, who had already fallen asleep, did not have the strength to continue his thoughts any longer.
The professor fell asleep in the Rakshasha’s arms.
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Meanwhile, at the time the professor was asleep, there was a man kneeling in front of the garden of the Magic Tower, where everything had been completely swept away.
“Ah, it’s beautiful…!”
The man’s name is Roman Gachia Manson. He was a wizard who escaped the disaster at the Tower of Magic as soon as he heard that there was a fugitive named ‘Professor’ on the outskirts of the city and ran to find him.
While searching the bars of the slums in search of the professor, Roman was struck by an unusual wave of magical energy, went back the way he came, went up against the floodwaters, and arrived at the Magic Tower, only to see it.
“It’s big and beautiful…”
Roman was gaining great enlightenment as he looked at the huge purple magic stone pillar embedded in the side of the tower.
‘Why didn’t I think of that? The power to push mana. If we adjust the structure well, wouldn’t it be possible to artificially control the flow of mana and create a path for mana to flow? That was it. The last piece that was lacking in my magic circuit theory was the empty magic stone!’
The young wizard was seized by a strange feeling. Is all of this a coincidence? I became a strange wizard who hated magic but loved mana, and by chance I learned goblin magic engineering. And now I have found a solution to exactly what was blocked.
Roman, who was lost in his thoughts, tore off the Reedflow School emblem that was hanging on the sleeve of his robe.
“My path was not magic. Fate was leading me down the path of magic engineering from the beginning!”
Roman’s eyes were shining like stars as he looked at the half-collapsed tower and the pillars embedded in it.
From this moment on, Roman decided to dedicate his life to magic engineering and the study of magic stones.
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