Chapter 322
Wizards were basically high-class personnel who were treated wherever supply was less than demand… but
even there, there were occasional exceptions.
In fact, there was no need to call it an exception, and you could call it a black magician. It was usually a black magician.
Black magic was basically unpopular.
‘Even if it’s like me, I don’t think I’ll bother calling a warlock.’
There are many wizards of other outstanding schools, so there is no reason to call the wizards of the black magic school.
But that’s something only black magicians can do.
very suspicious
“Where did you hear that?”
“Ratford told me!”
“oh. If so.”
“…for a moment. Is something strange?”
It seemed that Gainando felt a sense of incongruity in the way Lee Han reacted differently when he heard Ratford’s name.
“It’s weird, what’s weird? Let’s go quickly.”
“okay. I don’t know what I’m going to do, but it’s better than studying… Oops.”
“Is it your study or mine…”
* * *
Ratford was not a black magician, but he had a friend who was learning black magic.
It was Ymirg of the same tower.
The friends of the Black Turtle Tower came to Ratford’s ears because they closely shared each other when interesting jobs came out.
‘That’s true friendship.’
Lee Han could not help but envy the friendship of the Black Turtle Top friends.
The best the Blue Dragon Tower friends do is hold a party at the mansion and invite them…
“It’s been a while. Ymirg.”
“long time no see!”
“Half-nice.”
Few of the first year students learned black magic, so the students had no choice but to be close to each other.
“Did you also call Raphael?”
“Why are you calling that bastard!? I do not need!”
…Some of the students were friendly with each other.
“I also told the white tiger top… He said he needed to rest because of fatigue.”
“Oops.”
“What kind of article is an article if you can’t even manage yourself? joy.”
Guinando continued to grumble as he usually quarreled with Rapadel.
“But it doesn’t hurt too much, does it?”
“I don’t think so.”
Lee Han, who knew the truth, muttered.
It was evident that the fatigue from the previous ghoul king subjugation had lessened.
‘But I’m less disciplined than I thought.’
Thinking of grabbing Raphael if he heard it, Lee Han averted his gaze.
“Rapadel can’t help it, so let’s work harder instead. So Yirg. Is it this way?”
“Yes.”
Ymirg was leading the way in the general area of the southern section of the city.
This southern district felt a different energy from the central district where nobles lived or the west district where guilds were located. It was a vigor that only came out when people from all over the place were mixed together.
Neither the mysterious traveler who covered his body with a cloak, nor the merchant selling the mysterious potion named < The Elixir of Prince Gonadaltes > nor the mercenary who wore five swords and even carried a spear did not seem strange here.
“You bastard! Carrying a spear in the city. Granden Cigar looks funny! Follow me!”
“Well done wrong!”
“……”
Of course, it wasn’t completely lawless.
As we went down the road to the outskirts of the city, it became less and less crowded. Lee Han suddenly became curious and asked.
“But what kind of job is it?”
“A guard job.”
“A guard?”
Lee Han was lost in thought at the unexpected name.
‘Is there any reason to set up a wizard or a warlock as guards?’
The ransom for the wizard was high. If they needed security, it would have been better to hire a few more seasoned adventurers or mercenaries.
Even if you pay a high price for hiring, more wizards than you think are unfamiliar with combat.
If a raid or combat situation occurred, there was a high possibility that they would not be able to pay their dues.
If I had to question it, there would be ways to use it, such as barriers or boundary magic…
‘Why use a black magician?’
“Do you know where the guard is?”
“Yes. Cemetery.”
“…aha.”
Lee Han immediately understood.
A warlock might be needed in a place like that…
“Gong Cemetery? Were you going to the cemetery now???”
Of course, Cainan Island was different.
Looking at Ymirg with betrayed eyes, Ymirg was also taken aback.
“Why why? Got a problem?”
“Cemeteries are scary!”
“……”
“……”
Lee Han and Ymir were at a loss for words in a moment of absurdity.
Is that what a warlock would do?
“Aren’t there several cemeteries around Professor Mortoum’s Dark Hall?”
“So how scary was that too! Do I have to go to the place where they are gathered?!”
Gainando was disgusted and tried to hold on.
“I’ve summoned skeletons, and I’ll be summoning more undead in the future, so it’s better to get used to it in advance.”
“I can meet the undead separately, why do I have to go to the cemetery!”
“Guinan Island.”
“?”
“Life is about doing things you don’t want to do and getting paid. Shut up and follow me.”
“……”
Cainando was downcast and followed him. Ymirg asked with concern.
“Can I do that?”
“are you okay. You can buy me some cotton candy after work later.”
* * *
The gravekeeper guarding the cemetery on the outskirts of Granden City was very happy with the appearance of the three.
“oh my! Welcome, wizards! Nice to meet you. I was worried a lot.”
“What are you worried about?”
“I was worried about what to do if there were no Einrogard students learning black magic this year. There are very few warlocks in the city.”
“……”
The three students made a confused expression.
Even in Ein Lorgard, there weren’t that many students learning black magic.
The easiest way to find a wizard with skills and solid basic skills in Granden City is to hire Einroguard students who come out during vacation.
But this year, if none of the Einrogard students were learning black magic, it would become a serious problem.
“Still, I’m really glad there are three of you!”
“Ah…yes.”
“But there aren’t that many warlocks?”
Kainando didn’t understand, so he asked.
Even if there are only a few of them from Ein Rogard, I think we can call in warlocks from other places…
“Oh. He makes a big noise. A warlock must be a much more established and trustworthy person than other wizards.”
“why?”
“That’s right…”
When the gravekeeper hesitated, Lee Han answered instead.
“Are you going to take the body out of the graveyard?”
“Kuh… Kheuh-hum. I don’t think so. I just feel sorry for the prejudice against warlocks.”
“For things like that, it seems that the imperial newspapers have had too many accidents…”
“Hey! I will guide you to the graveyard.”
The gravekeeper quickly changed the topic.
I didn’t want to list the list of black magicians’ accidents in front of students learning black magic.
“There is a period in which the yin energy is strengthened periodically in the empire. When negative energy fills up everywhere, the power of the dead becomes stronger. Then…”
“A strange thing can happen in a place like a cemetery.”
“you’re right. He is also from Ein Lorgard.”
The mana that pervaded nature used to cause all sorts of erratic phenomena.
It wasn’t as rare as the sudden summoning of a phoenix in Einrogard, but it wasn’t uncommon for the dead to rise and beings from another dimension to cross the rift because of the negative magic power.
The one who could best respond to this problem was, of course, the black mage. No matter how many negative perceptions there are, black magic was one of the most necessary magics for the empire.
“But we haven’t yet learned about the complicated mysteries of black magic.”
“it’s okay. No matter how much it is, I don’t leave everything to the first-time students. There’s a senior warlock here to help. Mr. Diet!”
“!”
Lee Han was surprised by the familiar name.
If it’s Delett, it’s definitely…
“I thought juniors would come… but they came more than I thought, didn’t they?”
A crow-beast student flapping black wings behind his back waved his hand and walked out of the cemetery tower.
It was Diret, a student majoring in the black magic school in the fourth year of Ein Rogard.
“senior! …Are you okay?”
Lee Han habitually glanced around. Dereth nodded as if he understood.
“I don’t have to worry about that because I don’t go to the punishment room just because I have a conversation here.”
“okay. Fortunately, the.”
“And I won’t die just because I go to the punishment room. You guys will have to keep going to Einrogard from now on, so you should learn how to get used to the punishment room.”
Gainando disliked what he was saying, but Leehan took it seriously.
‘It’s definitely better to prepare the punishment room in advance.’
Starting with how to escape from prison when you are trapped, to Plan B where you can take a comfortable break when it is difficult to escape.
Fortunately, he was friendly with one of the guards, Perkuntra, but he couldn’t trust only Perkuntra.
And from Lee Han’s point of view, Perkuntra is a bit…
‘…I mean, mistakes are frequent when it’s important.’
“Anyway, why are you two here? Isn’t it the blue dragon’s tower?”
Diret was puzzled by the appearance of Lee Han and Gainando.
Normally, students in the Blue Dragon Tower did not do this.
Gainando immediately replied.
“I am earning myself money to spend!”
“what? Why do you do that? If you can get it, go get it.”
“……”
Cainando, who knew how to listen to praise, became sullen.
Lee Han did not say ‘I’m crazy about silver coins’.
From what I could see, there was a high possibility that he would think of me as a strange person.
“I thought it was an opportunity to train my black magic.”
“……”
Diret looked at Lee Han with a startled look.
Come to think of it, this junior was a crazy genius who listened to the magic of all schools.
“Ugh. I see.”
‘what?’
Lee Han felt strange.
The reaction was stronger than in Gainan Island…
“Still, it’s nice that three of them came. There were many times when it was less. Originally, it was correct that the 3rd year would explain this case, not me, but he went to the east to find a useful corpse.”
“That’s right.”
This time, it was Lee Han and his friends’ turn to stutter.
“I asked so earnestly that I couldn’t refuse.”
It was also true that the grave keepers shed tears and begged for it earnestly, but it was also difficult for a black magician to refuse.
In the end, Diret came to explain this.
“You are wonderful. Well, it’s a little bit of refusal if you offer several times the remuneration…”
“What? no. The pay is the same.”
Lee Han was taken aback by Diet’s words.
“Is the pay the same?”
“uh? Uh…”
Diret was taken aback by the pressure from his junior.
“The gravekeepers tricked you. I will go and protest.”
“No no… We used to know each other, but at this level…”
“No. On the contrary, the more you know each other, the more thoroughly you should do money transactions!”
Seeing the junior who was suspiciously sincere about the silver coin, Diret immediately had a strange idea.
‘This junior probably didn’t come to work for the silver coins, right?’
* * *
“Basically, prevention is more important than reactive.”
Diret tapped the floor with his cane and said.
“That’s why you have to pay attention to the flow of magic power. As much as you juniors have learned black magic, they should be able to feel the magic of negative energy a little better.”
While Diret explained, adventurers passing by on the road above the cemetery in the distance passed by frowning.
“Aren’t they kek grave robbers?”
“Are you trying to steal a body again?”
“don’t mind. They’re the ones who can’t even talk in their face. ruler. So… wait. Where did one of your juniors go?”
Diret was taken aback by Lee Han’s disappearance.
When I turned my head, Lee Han was running up the road.
