chapter 16
16-Magic Tower (3)
Keee!!!!
Are you saying he’s the captain? I tried to twist the sword embedded in the guy’s neck, but it was blocked by the hard skin and the sword couldn’t be easily removed.
As if the enemy was in pain, he started swinging his arms at random.
‘I should bring a good sword.’
Until this point, I didn’t feel the need for such swords, whether they were holy swords or demonic swords. But it seemed like I needed at least one to prepare for what was to come.
Still, an iron sword like this was enough to catch a guy like this.
Jiing-.
The body of the sword began to tremble, and soon the blue sword energy cut off the opponent’s neck and head at once.
Still, I swung my sword in awe at the life force of the opponent who was wriggling.
The giant hobgoblin stopped moving only after its upper and lower halves were completely separated.
‘It’s a bit strong for a miscellaneous mob.’
He was an opponent who would have struggled if he hadn’t had sword skills. An ordinary Laplace could have been defeated, but he would have suffered considerable damage.
Still, because he dealt with the boss quickly, the rest of the guys were confused.
Boom!
‘I told you to restrain yourself…’
On the left, the Demon King’s army was pinned against the walls and ceiling by Alice.
f*ck-.
Soon-.
Puff, Puff.
On the right side, Cecil’s soldiers continued their slaughter.
All of the 50 black soldiers showed the strength of the knights.
Even though I hadn’t fully awakened my abilities, I felt uneasiness when I saw soldiers of this level in service.
‘Couldn’t it be like the original work…?’
Though he continued to cut down the enemies that charged him, his head was full of thoughts about Cecil’s wife.
The original plan was to fix the eyes and then get a house in the manor.
‘But when I think about it… It’s a waste.’
Called the Witch of Misfortune, she felt it was a waste to throw away talents who could deal with both the Allied Forces and the Demon King’s Army at the same time.
‘I think my work will be easier if I take him with me.’
Even though she was blind, Cecile was able to do simple tasks without any problems.
What if Cecil went blind?
Maybe he could have done a better job than me.
I bought it with my own money, so I guess I have the right to have it work.
There was a problem of managing even the ruined territory in the original events.
It was disappointing to send talented people in this situation.
I sent Basteon because he wasn’t sane in the first place.
Cecil was still a girl with a bit too much ability who had been run over by the world.
‘Are you taking it with you? Being betrayed by the Demon King was the problem. Wouldn’t it matter if I’m protecting it?’
Cecil, who had already been mentally divided, was betrayed by the devil.
Even though she joined the demon king’s army, she did not commit reckless killing, which is why she became her witch.
‘Let’s finish it and think about it.’
She’s already cut hundreds of enemies, but more than half of them still remain before her eyes.
It was a waste of time to deal with them one by one.
‘It’s my first time using it in practice. It would be nice to practice and use it.’
As I had mana and learned how to use magic, one thought kept spinning in my head.
‘Isn’t the concept of inner strength in martial arts and the concept of mana in this world similar?’
However, most knights stopped at strengthening their bodies using mana, and wizards ended up using magic.
Magic Swordsman Bastheon was, in the end, just a wizard who used a magic sword and was good at handling swords.
If you read martial arts novels. He used his energy to strike enemies, strengthen himself, or block damage.
‘Maybe worth a try?’
There was just no particular reason. Having read quite a few novels, of course I also read martial arts novels.
I just thought I would follow the training methods I saw there. I thought that there was something that could not be done in a world where there were sword masters and wizards.
From that day on, instead of wielding the sword alone, he participated in the training of the knights.
At first, I was constantly cursed at from behind. It was only natural that the crazy lord, who smoked truth every day, said he would participate in the training.
But after all, they were also knights.
When I started training every day, their attitude started to change little by little.
When I became a Sword Master, all of them were happy with their work.
‘Thanks to training together, the level of the Knights has risen tremendously. Loyalty is a bonus.’
Despite the fact that the Knights have risen to the rank of Sword Master. He continued to be puzzled by my image of continuing to balance sword and magic.
Honestly, I had nothing to say even if I laughed at him for being stupid. It was like he was constantly shoveling to fight in a way that no one else did.
But after a while, no one complained about my training.
My heart started pumping wildly.
Instead of putting mana on the outside of the body, mana was supplied to the whole body.
Chijik-.
Jijik-.
Thunder began to rage at the tip of the sword.
“Thunderbolt sword.”
**
Evan couldn’t understand what was happening right in front of his eyes.
The human weapon, Laplace.
I heard the name well. He’s a madman who represents the Empire, but there’s no way he wouldn’t know.
Even when the letter with the seal of the imperial crown duke arrived, it gave me a headache.
Duke of the Imperial High Nobility Crown. The only survivor of that family was Laplace, and he was the only one.
I can’t even proceed with the research because the star’s mana is gone, but the infamous Laplace is coming.
Evan was engulfed in worry.
My first impression was the worst.
When I felt the mana, the pink-haired maid wearing her strangely large hat was unmistakably a beast.
There was a blind slave there.
Judging from the blind slave’s attire, he didn’t look like a simple slave. It was probably a slave working on ‘the other side’.
The clothes he was wearing were also made of silk, which even the owner of the mage tower himself could not easily see.
In addition, both women were quite beautiful. Perhaps the rumors that he was a lustful man were correct.
But then he started talking nonsense.
I don’t know where I heard it, but not only did I know my own magic, human body transmutation.
I want you to fix the eyes of a blind slave. Isn’t this a complete madman?
It is also strange that he saved a blind slave with no wounds like that, but he was asking to heal such a slave.
‘Crazy.’
Although Evan became interested in Laplace, he tried to send him back.
Human body transmutation is a power forbidden by the kingdom. Even if he was the owner of the mage tower, the risk was too great to overdo it.
No matter what conditions he was told, he would not respond under the pretext of Seongguk.
-I will subdue the demon king’s army underground.
I thought it was bullsh*t.
Still, with the mindset that I had to make ends meet, I decided to hang out with the nobleman a little.
Follow him to the underground cave a short distance from the Magic Tower, and it was full of Demon Lords.
They even had a star mana extractor. It was certain that he had secretly dug out the basement of the Mage Tower and ripped it out.
Even though my hands were shaking with anger, I had no choice but to endure it.
The number of opponents was in the thousands, compared to that, Evan and his party had 4 people at the end.
-Wait while defending yourself well.
As if nothing had happened, he said something to his servants. He drew his sword and ran out.
He looked like a guy who was about to commit suicide without leaving a will. To charge at such a large army with three people?
‘Stupid guy. No matter how powerful it is, it is a natural result to become powerless in front of overwhelming numbers.’
In my heart, I thought of him as someone lower than myself.
‘He’s an incompetent guy who can’t even judge the situation properly.’
He told me to wait and defend myself from behind.
‘For defense, you should prepare horns and return magic. If you want to jump, you can activate it right away.’
However, after the battle began, Evan had no chance to use his magic.
The maid running around the battlefield and blowing enemies away was amazing.
The blind necromancer who summoned the black soldier was also powerful.
But all of them were a bit stronger than the first-team combatants of the Mage Tower.
But what about that man named Laplace?
When I heard the name of the human weapon and the story of the comrades who fought alongside him on the battlefield, I had at least the idea that he was a strong man to some extent.
‘What the hell did you do?’
What was in the guy’s hand was an ordinary iron sword.
It’s not a magic sword, it’s just an iron sword that could be sold at a blacksmith’s shop in town.
Even so, lightning flashed across his sword as he ran between enemies.
I’ve seen a lot of guys who use magic swords. There was also a time when Evan created a magic sword.
For a guy like that, the limits of a test clearly existed. No matter how well a swordsman handled mana, it was impossible to manifest magic with an ordinary sword.
In the first place, the concepts of aura and magic were different.
It was impossible.
Nevertheless, Evan’s knowledge and abilities were telling.
The thunder from his sword is not a lie.
“All done. Now claim the promised reward.”
Looking at Laplace approaching, Evan’s eyes were filled with anticipation that he would have a chance to study new magic.