Episode 35
EPISODE.18
A dozen fire arrows sprang up over Russell’s shoulder, leaving a red line in the air.
Wedge ae-aeek perberobung!
“Whoa.”
Russell let out a long sigh, temporarily stopping the barrage that had been pouring out without rest.
‘It’s already been over two hours since the raid started.’
During that time, the fire wall was maintained and fire bolts were continuously poured out.
Even that wasn’t enough, so I spread detection magic to catch the signs of those trying to enter the fire wall.
His stamina and mana were relaxed, but he couldn’t help but accumulate fatigue in the mental realm.
Of course, that doesn’t mean that Russell wasn’t alone.
If there’s a problem-.
‘Two things.’
The first was that the number of undead continued to increase.
At first, it only started with humanoid undead, but now-.
‘There are even guys who use monsters as material.’
That number was easily over three digits.
‘Did they raid a nearby village and drag it in?’
In fact, it was not an exaggeration to say that the undead were everywhere except for the inside of the fire wall.
and second.
second is-.
‘There’s no way for me to get out of here.’
It boasts a huge number of items, but the characteristic of necromancy is that the right to lead them is entrusted exclusively to the master.
If you just defeat the caster, you don’t have to worry about the undead coming in anymore.
But Russell couldn’t get out of this position now.
If he escaped, the people inside the wagon would become food for the undead.
‘It’s a dog-like situation.’
That’s why Russell spit out disgust.
‘He must have been targeting me and doing this.’
At first, I thought it was a simple raid.
Some crazy cult is making a fuss on the carriage road without recognizing where he will die.
However, after careful consideration, Russell came to the conclusion that this was not the case.
There are several reasons, but the biggest one is.
‘Before returning, I’ve never heard of rumors that the undead ran amok here.’
If there is a variable that can change the future, it will be only you who know the future.
‘Anyway, it’s hard right now.’
If the battle continues until morning, the disturbance will force reinforcements to come.
Moreover, it was not impossible to hold out until morning.
My only concern is that there is no guarantee that the cultist will not further increase the number of undead.
‘In that case…’
I have no choice but to kill the caster even if it’s a little overworked.
anger.
In an instant, Russell’s eyes turn golden. yes that change
Together with him, the four circles roar, creating a terrifying torrent.
‘Master’s magic…’
What I want to realize is Daria’s originality magic, ‘wood dwarves.’
5 circle magic.
It is a power that would not have been permitted originally.
However, if it was pure and dense mana that Russell possessed.
On top of that, if the Circle was abused to its limits, it might be possible to imitate a few of them.
‘Of course, it will be accompanied by considerable fatigue in return.’
He was a madman who killed the passengers of the wagon in front and disturbed their rest in order to target himself.
He was also the one who took the passengers of the chariot that was following him hostage.
‘I can’t release a guy like that.’
Thinking so, Russell raised his mana to the fullest.
Another change takes place with him.
Pajik-.
A translucent red horn began to sprout from the left side of Russell’s forehead line.
It was as small as a knuckle, so Russell didn’t even notice the change.
At the same time, mana began to surge explosively.
Anger-!
‘Suddenly a magical sheep?’
I was surprised and questioned at the same time, but now was the time for pure joy.
‘It’s not too late to think about the reason later.’
With this amount of mana, there was a possibility of reliably realizing the ‘wooden dwarf’, which was simply a matter of possibility.
No, it’s not a realm of possibility.
I don’t know why, but now it’s possible.
It is possible because the ‘firewood dwarves’ are fire attribute summoning magic.
such a judgment was made.
Of course, there would be less than five of them.
The medium is the fragments of the wrecked wagon.
“Stand up…”
The moment you put your will into them and try to grant them the magic of flame!
———–!
A beam of flame pierced horizontally across the ground.
‘Flare Cannon!’
The overwhelming amount of light created by the 5th circle magic makes the darkness of the mountain recede.
The radiant heat alone made the air around it hot.
Hwaaak.
The wind caused by an instant convection made the surrounding trees tremble.
It was right after.
The undead who could not overcome the heat turned into charcoal made from the corpses and collapsed.
thump thump-.
Revealing themselves beyond the path they made by falling down.
It was a wagon with a fairly large size, even at first glance.
Damn dag dag dag dag–!
A carriage and a coachman galloping this way, and someone riding on the ceiling!
It was evident that he was the sorcerer who fired the beam of flame, as he dangled a ball of fire from his palm.
‘All right? Otherwise-.’
Considering that he helped, it is highly likely that he was an ally.
Nevertheless, the enemy cannot be identified when the face is covered by a robe…
-Is it okay? Priests!
Russell almost burst into cheers on the spot at the message magic that followed.
‘The execution of Hubert? Why is the death penalty here!’
A series of questions popped up in my head, but that wasn’t what mattered now.
“Two kilometers to the northwest. There is a magician!”
Upon recognizing the cry, Hubert nodded.
“Go ahead and enter the wall of flame. The path will be opened by the wizard inside.”
Despite being very frightened, he told the coachman who drove the wagon in the direction he wanted.
Empty!
kicked the roof of the wagon.
“Accel Haste.”
Using advanced acceleration magic, he sprinted toward the point Russell said.
.
.
– 2 km to the northwest. There is a drinker!
The man who was being informed of the situation through the familiar planted among the undead made a surprised expression.
‘Since when did he know where I am?’
When I raised my head in a hurry, I saw something flapping its wings in the night sky.
At first I thought it was an ordinary wild bird.
“government ordinance?”
The man who belatedly figured out its identity using magic vomited.
whenever?
‘The reason why I hit the fire wall high in the first place…’
To hide the flying spirit?
Did you eat a room?
With that thought in mind, a huge spear of flame swung at him.
Whee ae ae ae-!
Glancing at the Fire Spear that was still fired in a straight line from a long distance, he left his seat.
“Kuk.”
I threw myself into the darkness of the forest using Hide.
His specialty is necromancy among black magic.
I don’t know if it’s an attack through the undead made using excellent materials and a quantity battle that takes place at a distance.
In close combat, he cannot overcome even Russell, the same 4th circle mage.
Not to mention, the opponent is a 5th circle magician who can use a Flare Cannon of that power.
In order to create an escape route, it was necessary to use even the undead of high quality materials that were being saved to decorate the end.
“Stop it. Take your time!”
Kwadeuk Kwadeuk!
The ground turned upside down, and two skeletons armed with armor rose up.
A product of middle-level necromantic art named Armor Skeleton.
The man who left them in place pushed them back from the spot, and only a few minutes after that!
bang bang!
Hubert fell, breaking the armor skeleton’s claws with his boots wrapped in red flames.
While checking the surroundings where the caster could not be found, he scattered his magic power over the land.
‘I would have left these guys behind to buy time, so it’s certain that they were here.’
Saaak-.
Detection magic, tightly tangled like a spider’s web, covers the surrounding area.
It was difficult to distinguish an inch ahead due to the shadows of forests and mountains nearby, but it didn’t matter.
The detection magic spread in the area of the 5th circle was more than enough to cover an area of several hundred meters.
at the end of that detection.
“Tsk. You already ran away.”
Hubert clicked his tongue.
If he knew which direction he fled, he would change the range of his detection magic to a straight line, but he seemed to be having a hard time.
‘Assuming that he escaped by hiding in the shadows after using the Hyde magic-.’
Even if I had eyes in the sky, it would have been difficult to chase him.
Kyareuk kyaa-!
Then, he thought while taking a glimpse of the winged salamander roaming the sky.
“It must have been quite embarrassing, but I never thought they would have devised a way to find out the location of the caster in that situation.”
Great.
“I should praise you when I go back.”
.
.
Russell’s judgment and practicality in this raid were worthy of praise in and of themselves.
It was an outstanding level of coping that could not be seen as having just graduated from the academy.
However, Hubert, who missed the drinker and went back to the original place, was surprised once again.
Tight tight-!
The undead that filled the surroundings were nowhere to be seen, and on a mountain road full of charcoal.
Russell was crushing the coals with his shoe.
To be precise, it was to target and destroy only the corpses of the undead made up of monsters.
‘It didn’t take too long to come back…’
You mean you’ve already sorted out that number of undead?
When I looked at him with such surprise, Russell shrugged.
“It was a situation where I no longer had to consider fighting the magician. Thanks.”
Because of this, the story was able to pour range magic without leaving any room for magic.
But even so…
‘This is amazing.’
Perhaps Russell’s skills were already on par with a first-class mage when it came to dealing with multiple enemies.
Of course, if it’s one-on-one, it’s a little different.
‘Even if it’s not like that, his capacity as a War Mage must have already surpassed the 4th circle.’
Situational coping skills and judgment.
On top of that, even killing magics that are surprisingly pure and emit overwhelming amounts of magical power.
Maybe I was given the absurd as a priest?
I laughed bitterly at that thought.
Feelings of jealousy did not bloom this much.
‘At this rate, I might catch up with the priest before long, so I’ll have to do my best before that.’
What I had to have after facing Russell was to have time to reflect and look back on myself, not an ugly feeling like jealousy.
“But why is the death penalty-”
Then he found himself returning and pointed his index finger at Russell, who was talking to him.
Shh.
After making a short gesture, he said with message magic.
-For now, transfer to my carriage.
I will tell you the details in the carriage.
Hubert said so.
dragon-swallowed wizard
