Black Badger - Chapter 414



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414. Wavelength (3)

“Where did you move Cecil?”

Kyle asked as soon as the rampaging Archmage disappeared from sight.

“I told you to move to the border area.”

Myerbold turned his gaze to the black-haired knight.

As the knight commander turned around, immediately recognizing the spell caster, the magician who had teleported through space bit his lip.

A wizard with both palms on the ground.

It is said that the person the wizard loved passed away during the First War.

“There were few enemies in the border area where space travel could be carried out.”

“So you disobeyed orders?”

“They were the ones who tore through the defense line first and attacked the main camp!”

The wizard jumped up from his seat.

“You know very well that they don’t even see us as people!”

Kyle furrowed his brow.

A hand on the hilt of a sword and eyes that are always sharp.

“You didn’t think that the moment civilians got involved, the enemy would have no choice but to fall into their hands.”

The current leader growled.

Refined anger seeped into every word.

“This is an irreparable failure!”

Myerbold sometimes wondered what the commander was thinking.

It is certain that the knight’s beliefs are in line with those of his people who want to take revenge on humans.

Blood for blood. An eye for an eye.

There is no rest until revenge is complete.

The clan cried out for vengeance, and Myerbold too wanted revenge.

Judging by the blazing anger in his golden eyes, the leader’s speed probably won’t be much different now.

But Kyle was not one to open up completely to those he ruled.

He was as angry as fire and laughed loudly, but he cleverly kept his anxiety and true thoughts from being revealed to his subordinates.

So Myerbold still doesn’t know exactly what Kyle thinks of traitors and humans.

Kyle knew the importance of distance.

That’s why he earned people’s respect.

Usually, disobedience like this doesn’t happen very often.

“Didn’t you realize that this was an exhibition situation?”

The knight growled lowly.

Upon hearing that, Myerbold quickly went to stand next to Kyle.

Kyle just rolls his bright eyes and meets your gaze.

The fire wizard studied him through his cloth-covered eyes.

“It was extremely unstable from the moment the dimension was opened, so it would have gone berserk even if I hadn’t said anything.”

Myerbold slowly began to float his boat.

“Isn’t he a truly selfish wizard? He insists on staying even after I told him the current situation.”

“I kind of expected it.”

“She is a great wizard and has participated in the Empire’s wars. Why would someone with that much skill and experience avoid going to the front lines just to wait for a missing person?”

Myerbold made no attempt to hide his quiet anger. He did not even try to quell the fire that had risen to his arm.

Instead, he said, feeling the heat warming him comfortably.

“That is the most irresponsible thing to say. He even knew how to get out of the dimension and how to get back. So when he heard about the situation of his people through you, he should have come to his senses and come out. Then the situation would have changed completely a long time ago.”

“What about Navaratte?”

“I’m undergoing treatment.”

“Please look inside. I must punish those who disobey my orders.”

As expected, changing the subject doesn’t help much.

The archmage arched an eyebrow.

“The value of human life is not equal.”

He got to the point.

“I understand that you’re worried that the enemy will become enraged and take a more aggressive stance. Price simply moved the rampaging enemy to a location where he could inflict the greatest damage on humans.”

The Archmage supported his successor.

And as he continued speaking, he expressed his intention to respect Kyle’s authority.

“But I cannot deny the fact that it was disobedience. Please do not cut off my head for my sake. Do you not know the sorrow of losing Lord Reneur?”

“I told you not to bring up Ray’s name.”

Anger was suffocating me.

The air is tense and tense.

The moment the name of the deceased Swordmaster was mentioned, the pressure that came over him was heavy. Myhrbold unconsciously took a step back, then furrowed his brow when he realized his reaction.

What a cheeky brat.

If it had been an empire, these conquered people would not have been able to behave like this in front of me.

Of course, the Archmage wasn’t clumsy enough to reveal such feelings.

“I’m sorry.”

A polite apology goes unanswered.

He softened his gaze, which seemed ready to cut off his neck at any moment, and simply nodded his head.

The golden gaze turned back to the one who had disobeyed the order.

The knight, reminiscent of a black lion, now looked down at the faintly trembling wizard.

“Please look at Navaratte.”

After giving the order again, he turned his head slightly and looked into Myerbold’s eyes.

“There’s a lot at stake for you two.”

Still, you’re good at making judgments.

The flame wizard thought so.

I also thought that if the opponent was not capable of making this level of judgment, I would not have been submissive.

However, feeling that the old days were better, he went to treat the injured hand wizard.

Lamenting the White Archmage’s selfish attitude and irresponsibility.

Meyerbold slowly turned to flames, thinking about how things might have been different if she had joined the war earlier.

***

A meteor shower occurred.

I gritted my teeth and cut off the attacks that poured down like rain.

The silver-haired wizard floated in the air, looking down like a mythical dragon.

An opponent who creates a sphere of light around their body.

Perhaps because he had been resting for so long, it didn’t seem like his mana would overheat any time soon.

Kwaaang!

Boom! Kwaang!

Kwakwakwakwaaang!

A hole was mercilessly punched in the tank.

The smell of blood was strong. The smell of blood from the seniors who had not completely avoided the attack. I didn’t have the capacity to protect them. In reality, it would be more effective to block Cecil than to cover them.

Just how far are you going with your attacks?

What are Kairos and You doing?

[That’s great!]

At that moment of worry, the bookseller shouted from the other end of the communicator.

[The flowers have been burned and I am floating through the vast sky, so the absorption effect will wear off quickly!]

Ah. I guess you can’t absorb it from thin air.

If we continue like this, will she be able to take the initiative in the rampage?

As scary as it was to think, something grew on Cecil’s back.

I watched the branches falling from the sky to the ground as I widened my eyes while fending off the attacks.

Something that looked like tree roots was sprouting out of the wizard’s back.

It tore through the wizard’s uniform and crashed into the cracked asphalt.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

“It’s for absorption.”

“Burst it?”

Yoon and Igor asked one after another.

I cleared away the attacks pouring down from their heads with heavy sword strikes.

And he said, looking at the ground around where the roots were quickly drying up.

“I will create it again and absorb it as soon as I run out of mana.”

“Then what should we do? Should we climb up on that and attack?”

That wasn’t a bad idea either.

In fact, it was the only option I could try right away, so I ran towards the roots.

“Igor, support! Yun! Excuse me, but please draw my attention!”

“okay.”

“okay.”

I ran without even trying to separate the pouring orders.

Youga shouted.

[Make it into a mana-feeding state!]

The scribe explained while we were climbing up the roots.

[That’s the best we can do now! You know what mana feedback is! It’s when wizards ignore mana overheating and keep reciting spells, and they fall out!]

“How do you make it like that?”

A stem that gradually becomes steeper.

At some point, it became impossible to stand, so I bent down. When I grabbed the stem with my left hand, the skin on my palm burned.

It appears to be acidic.

But what else could I do? I ignored the peeling of my skin and climbed up the slanted trunk.

My rock climbing skills weren’t rusty, so I quickly reached the top.

[Make them keep writing orders.]

I heard an answer that seemed somewhat obvious.

[Keep attacking with the intention of killing her. She won’t be hit by most attacks anyway. Mana feedback is a phenomenon that cannot be stopped by absorption. This is more realistic than hoping she will control her rampage!]

“good.”

I finished climbing.

Cecil hadn’t even glanced at me, but now I was behind her. It wasn’t easy hanging on with both legs and my left hand free of the sword.

So I had to stab it before it fell.

He picked up his sword without hesitation.

“Cecil.”

He called out a name while thrusting his sword forward.

“sorry.”

Phew

It pierced through the black stem and also stabbed her back.

The sensation of his wing bones being crushed was transmitted through the sword. However, the body of the great wizard recovered terrifyingly, as if even the sword that was stuck was trying to become one.

Cecil didn’t even look back at me.

Instead, he turned his head to the other side and looked somewhere carefully.

My heart sank as I followed her gaze, hanging on the sword and the stem.

“Aide!”

Arrows of light began to gather around Cecil.

“Are there still many civilians left in the nearby buildings?”

[There are survivors under the rubble.]

There was impatience in Gilbert’s voice too.

[Jin and Karl are currently on a rescue mission-]

Paaaaang!

It moved forward, drawing a line of spell light with a loud noise.

A thousand orders rained down upon the earth again.

***

So, the original progress of work is quite sudden.

“Leave me alone.”

Civilians trapped in the ruins.

The young man, who had been delayed in evacuation because he had taken a nap in a corner of the workplace, muttered while looking at Jin and Karl.

“I don’t think we can survive…. Aren’t there people in other buildings who are more desperate?”

“You can live.”

Carl answered calmly.

And the scanner kept checking for debris that needed to be cleared away.

The screen showed an hour of estimated time. After wiping the sweat running down his forearm, Carl returned to work. As expected from someone whose lower body was crushed, it was not an easy task, but it was not impossible either.

By the way, there are always shoes at disaster sites like this.

The knife tossed back someone’s shoe that was stuck among the debris.

After checking the surroundings, I moved to help Jin with his work.

Concrete absorbs heat. Dead bodies caught between buildings are always found in a dried-out state.

I wish I could give that guy some water.

Since he couldn’t ask for it now or go get it anywhere, Carl focused on clearing away the huge debris with Jin for now.

I thought that I should get water even if it meant that the rescue would be delayed if I was in a hurry.

Among the strangely bright debris…

…Why is it bright?

The moment my head turned, my body also moved on its own.

“Jin! Avoid!”

“this!”

An arrow of light was shooting down from the sky.

I let my guard down, thinking Hildebert was holding his ground well.

Even if he hadn’t let his guard down, he wouldn’t have been able to do anything more.

Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwa!!

We need to fix the practice of leaving too much to that meek successor.

Thinking about it, he covered the civilian’s upper body with his own body.

Even with his eyes closed, he was aware of the dazzling light approaching, and he thought about his successor, his classmate, and Bingryong.

I’m glad I updated my will a while ago.

If this is the end, it is a truly satisfying death, Carl Doe, a lifelong soldier, decided.

If possible, I hope this tired office worker comes back to life.

It would be better if Hildebert and Sophia didn’t fall apart.

“knife!”

Jin Silver’s cry.

The palaces of light struck the debris.