Chapter 171. (2) In front of the Namaran barrier
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The sound of the wind passing by my ears.
A sensation of extreme constriction of the visual field.
An extreme sense of speed felt throughout the body.
It doesn’t even compare to the roller coasters I rode as a child.
But why can’t I be okay?
‘Because it’s a judge’s decision!’
Lloyd cried inwardly.
It is not the time to cover cold rice with hot rice.
The walls of Namaran were erected.
People in the city trapped inside the wall will be falling in real time.
Thinking about it, there was no longer any hesitation.
Because you are an apostle of justice?
‘Honestly, it’s not…There’s someone over there who will give me money!’
Namaran’s poetry should not be ruined.
It would be worse if Count Namaran died.
You have to save the city and the count, complete the construction, and receive the construction payment.
With that burning desire, Lloyd gripped the steel shovel in one hand tightly.
Then, he lowered himself closely onto the back of Kkomingi, who was diving.
‘Gazua!’
The ground was rapidly approaching.
I saw a man in black standing there.
He was looking at the wall with his arms outstretched.
I felt a strange and gloomy flow of mana from such a man.
It is certainly.
is a black magician
Lloyd’s eyes flashed.
“Kkoming, now!”
“Kkoming!”
I pulled the saddle handle tight.
Kkomingyi spread his folded wings wide.
sudden directional shift.
From vertical descent to level flight.
Taking advantage of the speed of the rapid descent, it glides as if it is skimming the ground.
As it was, he rushed towards the black magician.
Lloyd’s shovel also flashed.
The moment Kkomingyi passed by the black magician.
The flat side of his steel shovel swung toward the warlock’s thigh.
‘Got it!’
There is no way to withstand this blow.
I’ll probably grab my leg and fall over.
Then I’ll find a way to subdue the man and nullify the barrier.
That was the moment when Lloyd drew a rosy blueprint.
The steel shovel that struck the warlock’s thigh felt a tremendous repulsive force.
Tuo-!
“…!”
I lost feeling in my right hand.
I almost missed the shovel.
If you didn’t have ‘Extended Mastery Skill: (Shovel)’, you might have really missed it if you weren’t an Intermediate Sword Expert.
“Sure!”
No, not missing the shovel was rather bad luck.
Receiving the recoil, my back snapped.
That power was also transmitted to Kkomingi.
“Kkokkomiing!”
Kkomingi’s flight balance collapsed in an instant.
The upper body of this side turned roughly to the right, and Kkomingi’s right wing was lifted. Unintentional sudden turn to the left. I lost both altitude and balance. Kkomingi hurriedly flapped its wings.
But it was too late.
Even to regain balance.
Even to raise the altitude.
“Komi Ming!”
“…Awesome!”
The ground welcomed this side.
too rough
Quadd Deuk!
“…!”
fall. crash. rotation.
The earth and sky rotated dozens of times.
No, it seemed to roll dozens of times on the ground.
I couldn’t come to my senses.
When the harsh welcome on the ground was finally over, Lloyd could barely open his eyes.
“that…Oops.”
My whole body throbbed.
At the same time, the whole body was warm.
Something warm and cozy wrapped around his body.
It was a pair of wings.
“Kkoming?”
Lloyd opened his eyes wide.
Kkomingyi closed his eyes with his wings wrapped around him.
Could it be that he covered himself at the moment of falling?
Is that why he received the shock of the fall instead?
“hey? Kkoming?”
My heart sank.
I hurriedly shook the twine.
Kkomingyi opened his eyes gently.
“Kkokkkoming?”
“Whoa. are you okay?”
“Kkoming!”
“Are you not hurt?”
“Komiming! Kkoming!”
It doesn’t hurt. It’s cool.
However, contrary to his courageous words, Kkomingi couldn’t get up right away.
Fortunately, there appeared to be no serious injuries. However, it seemed that it would take some time to recover from the shock of the fall.
‘Whoa. What is this really?’
Only then did Lloyd, a little relieved, shook his head.
Even while he was getting up, he screamed that the muscles in his whole body were sore.
I picked up a shovel that had been dropped nearby.
I looked in the direction where the warlock was.
A laugh came out of nowhere.
“Heh heh heh.”
I must have hit it right with a shovel earlier.
I saw the warlock standing there still intact.
Even the image of him stretching his arms wide toward the sky was the same.
That is, it was not affected at all.
‘Could it be a protection spell?’
Lloyd’s nose crinkled.
It seemed like that.
The blow he had just thrown was more than just a shovel.
Through the rapid descent, Kkomingyi’s flight speed was raised to the limit.
He put the weight of himself and Kkomingi on it.
It even contained the mana emitted from the mana heart.
It had the power to overwhelm even the lance charge of quite a few heavy cavalry. It was a shock almost comparable to being hit by a van.
‘But all of that power bounced back. Thanks to this, this side crashed.’
If Kkomingi didn’t cover this side at the moment of the fall, what would have happened to him?
Maybe it was at least a full-body fracture win.
Lloyd unconsciously shook his shoulders.
I patted Kkomingi, who was in shock.
“thank you. Wait here for a moment.”
“Kkokkoming!”
I left Kkomingi behind.
Approached the black magician.
If I can’t hit it, I’ll knock it down with a blaster.
It was the moment when I grabbed the steel shovel with that thought in mind.
“Grrruk!”
“Greuk!”
Two figures suddenly blocked the way.
But both had no heads.
It smelled like rotting fish.
zombie.
It was a zombie without a head.
“Looking at them from the sky earlier, they were scattered in groups of three. Could it be that it was a combination of one warlock and two zombie escorts?”
It seemed like that.
‘It’s a bit burdensome.’
Lloyd shrugged.
To be honest, it was really burdensome to face undead like zombies. First of all, the visuals were like seeing gore in reality, so it was not very good for the eyes and mental health.
Besides, how does it smell?
‘I can’t really get rid of my nose.’
If rising to the sword expert intermediate level is a sin, then it must be a sin.
Because of the senses that were several times more sensitive than before, the olfactory cells were about to sing the song of destruction as an infinite medley of tour bus tickets.
But I can’t back down.
There is no reason to back down.
Because he has great skill options to subdue such zombies.
Lloyd quickly opened his skill window before the two zombies charged at him.
Then, the option of the Mana Heart skill was activated.
Ding dong.
[Mana Heart Skill Option ④: Undead Domination is activated.]
“Grrruk?”
It was two zombies trying to attack this side.
In an instant, their entire bodies trembled.
But that’s it.
The guys showed their ferocity again.
At the same time, a disappointing message floated before my eyes.
[Two zombies targeted for undead domination have no heads. The two zombies cannot ‘see’ you. Therefore, the important condition of undead domination, ‘Able to dominate the undead facing each other’, is not established.] [The
undead domination failed.]
“Grrrrrrr!”
Quaang!
Headless zombies running in the background of a packed message.
Lloyd’s nose twisted.
“Oh really!”
I don’t like to fight.
But if you have to fight, let’s not procrastinate.
ate a bad heart
The attack of the two zombies rushing like a bull was spilled to the side.
He scooped it up with a shovel and kicked it aside.
The two men were entangled in the chain.
The legs twisted and the two zombies fell as one.
“Grrruk!”
The guys erupted in ferocity again.
I struggled to get up immediately.
But that was their last gesture.
It was because the flying blast pierced his torso before he even got up.
right!
“…Scratch!”
Blasts from a steel shovel pierced the bodies of the two zombies. has been expanded In an instant with a diameter of 50 cm. Dismantled everything in that range.
Fuu-!
The bodies of the two zombies completely disappeared.
That was it.
“Tsk.”
Lloyd clicked his tongue.
Fortunately, I subdued the zombies, but I felt more uncomfortable.
Actually, what’s wrong with those zombies?
No, on the contrary, I felt sorry for the zombies.
‘To put it bluntly, he’s a really bad guy.’
His gaze turned to the warlock far away.
Those warlocks are the ones who really want to beat them to death.
Kill innocent people and turn them into zombies.
They put up strange barriers and suck the life out of them.
What are these cancerous lumps of society that cause such a nuisance if they are not bad guys?
‘So you’re in one room too.’
will subdue
but I won’t kill
Instead, I will beat you until you tell me how to neutralize the barrier.
Lloyd’s eyes were poisonous.
Ready to explode again.
fired
right!
A torrent of wild mana pouring out of an outstretched shovel.
It was shot. rushed penetrated the space. It hit the warlock’s leg.
and bounced off
Tukeng!
“…uh?”
Lloyd’s eyes widened.
Anyway, it’s blasting.
‘It bounced off?’
I couldn’t believe it even when I saw it with my own eyes.
But there was no way I could not believe it.
‘Is this a true story?’
Could it be that even a triple blast can cause damage?
No, there’s no guarantee that that will happen.
Then what should I do?
Lloyd was troubled.
Then, all of a sudden, I realized something strange.
‘for a moment. Then I saw that black magician. It hasn’t even moved since a while ago.’
Come to think of it, it really was.
The first time I rode Kkomingi and attacked it and hit it with a shovel.
Even when the fallen one was arguing with two zombies.
It was the same when I just blew blasts.
That black magician was just standing like a stone statue with his arms outstretched toward the sky.
That means….
“hey. Are you sure you can’t move?”
I wondered if
sneaked closer
When I got closer to the distance of five steps, I tried to talk.
But somehow, there was no answer from the black magician.
There was no reaction.
No, there were very few.
His entire body stiffened, and he only rolled his eyes to look this way.
“under. It’s real. I can’t seem to move.”
Lloyd stopped and laughed involuntarily.
I seemed to know a little bit now.
‘I can’t move because I’m raising and maintaining that warlock Namaran’s barrier. Instead, he protected himself with a tremendous level of defense magic.’
A blow from a steel shovel imbued with tremendous power.
It was a defensive magic that even bounced off blasts.
When I realized that, I felt rather embarrassed.
‘Then what should I do?’
Lloyd was troubled.
Shall we end it with a triple blast?
Or should I use the fast charging option?
But that was while I was thinking about it.
Lloyd suddenly felt the familiar flow of mana from the warlock.
‘uh?’
I raised my head.
I moved my gaze.
A place where you can feel the flow of mana.
Dark Mage’s chest ice.
He cast his attention there.
thanks i was able to find it
“jewel?”
A black jewel tinged with purple was embedded in the warlock’s necklace.
Lloyd moved closer to the warlock.
I observed the jewelry on the necklace openly.
Thanks to you, I was able to understand.
‘It’s the same thing.’
A skull he dug out of the ground.
jewels contained in it.
It was the same thing.
The flow of mana felt in the jewel was almost the same.
The bizarre and gloomy condensed mana was pulsating like a rampage.
And it was resonating with the barrier of Namaran.
In other words, it is said that this jewel is the magical medium that causes the Namaran barrier.
Then the story is different.
It was from that moment.
‘bingo.’
Lloyd’s lips curled up.
An idea flashed in my mind.
A jewel that he obtained by dismantling mana countless times.
So, the mana structure of jewels that I have become accustomed to now.
But are you using it in front of yourself?
‘This is the same as setting a table for me to eat.’
There is no need to try hard to break down the barriers.
A magical medium that creates a barrier.
Because you just have to deal with it.
No, in this case there is a better way than simply handling it.
“Hey hey?”
Lloyd looked at the warlock with a smirk in his eyes that had found some composure before he knew it.
Of course, the black magician had no answer.
Lloyd’s question continued.
“Are you relaxed now? Are you okay? Because it has defense magic. Are you enjoying the certainty and relief that no matter how I smack, hit, pinch, or go mad, I’ll be safe?”
“….”
what a normal sound.
The black magician gave me such a sneering look.
But Lloyd wasn’t unnecessarily excited.
In this case, the one who gets excited loses.
He responded with a wider smile.
“Take it easy. why am i beating you to lose power unnecessarily. Instead, take something that only needs to be removed from the center.”
“….”
“What do you mean? Listen carefully. See this gem you have? From now on, I will change the purpose of this jewel.”
“…!”
“Nonsense? But can I?”
“….”
“Really. Wanna see?”
Lloyd raised his hand.
A jewel embedded in the Warlock’s necklace.
He grabbed Noctanium without hesitation.
“I don’t know much about magic, but I know how to absorb and rearrange mana. Besides, I’ve been very sick and tired of tinkering with blueprints for a living, fixing complicated and detailed things. Do you know what this means?”
“….”
“This jewel you believe in. It means I’m going to change the condensed mana array here. That’s why the barrier will sacrifice and change the target that absorbs mana. Not the people inside the barrier, but the person who created the barrier, that is, you.”
“…!”
A light of disbelief shone in the black magician’s eyes.
That was the moment.
Kiyiing-!
Grabbing the jewel, Lloyd’s three-pronged mana circle rotated violently.
An astral simbeom specialized in mana absorption and rearrangement.
The true value of that mental method began to be activated to an extreme level.
