Breath of The Interferer - Chapter 47
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#47 – Breath of the Interferer_Key – 1650725
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I have never wondered what it would feel like to have tens of thousands of cows the size of elephants running at you from the front. And when I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to find out the answer, I wanted to kick it away. Tens of thousands of 1st-grade monsters that resemble cows, Daemu, and 2nd and 3rd-grade black dragons are running toward the monster subjugation force with their horns raised.
Daemu is called a tyrant, and Heukdaepung looks exactly like Daemu, but its horns are black, so it is called a black tyrant. Once it decides on a direction, it is an ignorant monster that runs until it stops, and it is a monster that rarely visits the Korean Peninsula where Shingi lives. Instead, it is said that they live in great numbers near Seoan and Luoyang. Kisin has seen them a few times in Jeju Island, but Shingi has never been to Jeju Island, so this is the first time they are meeting.
The dust rose as tens of thousands of monsters raced. The ground shook more and more as they ran in sync with each other. Aside from being surprised and confused, Shingi kept thinking about which magic would be most effective. Since his magic understanding score was only 6, he couldn’t come up with an answer right away.
The monsters stopped accelerating and stopped speeding up. Only then did the sorcerers plant their staffs in the ground and start chanting. The monsters kept increasing in speed, making it difficult to calculate. After a while, vines rose from the ground and caught the monsters’ ankles. Some monsters were able to shake off the vines with their strength, but most of them were unable to control their running speed and fell to the ground.
It has been previously discovered through research that monsters live in groups but do not have camaraderie. Some monsters fell to the ground and hit other monsters that were struggling with them with their horns. However, there was no screaming or howling during all of this, creating a terrifying atmosphere.
Then a warrior rushed forward with an iron spear. He was so scared that he lost his mind. He drove the iron spear into the monster’s rock-like chest muscles, but was soon crushed to a pulp by the hooves of countless monsters.
Even though they were running at a dizzying speed, they ran silently, without a single snort or heavy breathing. If it weren’t for the sound of their hooves hitting the ground, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call them assassins.
The sorcerers continued to use their spells to hinder the monsters’ advance. Their goal was not to stop them from advancing, but to gather more monsters. As the speed gradually slowed down, the gap between the monsters behind and in front gradually narrowed.
One of the representatives of the sorcerers nodded to the divine being. The divine being, having received the signal, spread out both arms wide. He didn’t have to do it, but he did it to show off.
“Ice Fence”
A thick and sturdy ice fence stopped the monsters in their tracks. The semicircular fence was twice as large as the one used in Taiwan, but the magical power consumed was similar to that time. This was because Shin-gi had been diligently training his mana while vowing revenge.
When the monsters’ charge stopped, Shin-gi let go of his worries. In fact, Shin-gi couldn’t even guess whether the ice fence could stop the monsters’ charge. The Flat Tail Tribe, who had been scouting, had said there were thousands of monsters, so he had taken it lightly, but he was surprised to find that there were tens of thousands. However, he had no choice but to proceed as originally planned, and fortunately, Shin-gi’s magic worked.
“Ice storm and snowstorm”
Since it is a realm of no-spell, you only need to shout the name of the magic. You cannot shout “Blizzard” for it to work, but you must shout “Ice Wind Snow Storm” to activate the magic. If Shingi had studied hard at the Magic Academy and studied magic until graduation, he would have been able to understand the name, but Shingi currently does not know the name at all.
Unlike the Ice Fence or Ice Chest, Blizzard can extend the duration of the spell by continuously supplying magic power. I know from experience that using up all of my magic power helps me increase my proficiency. That’s why I kept using Ice Wind and Snow until all of my magic power was used up.
As the magic of the divine being ended, the battle shaman and warriors rushed towards the horde of monsters. The battle shaman is also called a necromancer, but to the divine being, it seemed like a multiple personality changing into a combative personality. Fortunately, they do not turn their eyes and attack their own side, but the sight of them drooling from the corners of their mouths is sufficiently repulsive.
Older warriors snorted the stimulant. They were sent to the battlefield a little later, as the hot blood in their bodies began to circulate rapidly due to the stimulant’s effects. The stimulant made by processing the tail of the 6th-grade monster Seongseong-i gives strength dozens of times greater than that of a human being, and has no side effects. However, it would be difficult for a country other than the Korean Empire or the British Empire to possess such a powerful stimulant.
Blizzard is a radial magic. So most of the monsters in the center of the monster group were frozen to death because they were close to the source of the magic. The warriors easily defeated the monsters on the outskirts whose fighting power had been reduced due to the Blizzard. Even the 3rd-grade Black Wind was defeated by a high-level warrior alone without needing training. The corpses of the defeated monsters were immediately thrown back, and the children, old men, and healthy women collected the magic stones.
The mined magic stones were processed into magic stones. Since the magic stones have a mana affinity of 10, the magic stones consume almost no magic power because they are constantly adding and removing their own magic power. Compared to magic stones, the efficiency is 2 to 5 times higher, but since shamans cannot process magic stones, they have only been used as magic stones up until now.
“When I go back, I’ll have to blame the Flat Tail Tribe. It seems they intentionally lied about the size of the monster.”
“I agree. It was a poor trick to occupy the green space.”
Once I have enough magic stones, I plan to catch more larvae and create green areas in other places. Then I will defeat monsters again to collect magic stones, catch larvae, and create green areas with the magic stones. If I repeat this countless times, I will have enough green areas to feed many people, and eventually I will be able to conquer the desert.
If that happens, they can form a nation, and if they form a nation, they can use their resources efficiently. Since the range that the monsters of the Yonggol Mountains cannot invade is very wide, they can easily feed more than ten million people. Considering that the population of the British Empire is less than twenty million, and that Africa has a high ratio of warriors and sorcerers, they become a great force.
But as always, there are those who can’t even see the benefits right in front of them. The Flat Tail Tribe is one such example. The Flat Tail Tribe, which is too small to be called a great tribe, thought that no matter how much green space there was, the great tribes would take it all, so they deceived the tens of thousands of monsters into thinking that there were thousands, and led the punitive force here.
“The flat-tailed chief is not stupid.”
“Scouting. There may be more.”
Tens of thousands of monsters have already died. We must collect as many magic stones as possible before they evaporate. Fortunately, the sorcerers have a spell to determine whether there are magic stones or not, so they have saved a lot of wasted effort. Although the size of the expedition force is less than a thousand, we collected all the magic stones before the corpses evaporated.
Shingi held one magic stone in each hand and made magic stones, then laid down on the floor and placed the magic stones on his body to process them into magic stones. There was no need to use his hands. He transferred the processed magic stones to his telekinesis. Telekinesis does not have much effect in actual combat. Since living things, monsters, and telekinesis are basically resistant to telekinesis, it is only effective against inorganic objects. However, since telekinesis becomes stronger, the power of magic becomes stronger, so high-ranking magicians do not neglect telekinesis training.
“There are dozens of thorns over there.”
The thorny cow refers to the bow. The bow, a 4th-grade monster, resembles a cow, but its snout is flat and not protruding. Its body is covered with thorns like a hedgehog, and it shoots out the thorns. It has a ferocious personality, and it tears the bodies of the creatures it kills to pieces. Its howling sound is said to be similar to that of a wolf.
– We have detected an unusual situation. The Archers are monsters that do not form groups. There must be a reason why they are forming groups of dozens. There is a reward for finding out the cause.
‘Damn, it’s a quest. I can only see help or detailed quest information in Kishin. By the way, I haven’t met you in my dreams since then. Is there a special condition that I have to meet?’
There are no magic stones for monsters of the 4th level or higher. The conclusion of magic scholars and monster researchers is that magic stones are the core that controls lower-level monsters. In other words, monsters of the 4th level and higher are independent entities, and those of the 3rd level and lower are created puppets that follow orders.
If you trim the thorns of the bow, you can make a good spear. In the British Empire or the Korean Empire, copper, which is most commonly used to make magic circuits, is more expensive than iron. However, here, hard iron is more valuable. The thorns of the bow are harder than iron.
Shingi thought about how to fight, thinking about the way the palace battles. There are ice shields and ice armors in defensive magic, and the ice shields are used to block magic attacks, while the ice armors block normal attacks. However, Shingi does not know how much magic defense is, and at the same time, he does not know how strong the palace attack is.
“We don’t need wizards. Our sorcerers will take care of the thorns.”
As one of the representatives of the sorcerers spoke confidently, Shin-gi nodded. Curious and prepared for any eventuality, Shin-gi stopped processing the magic stone and followed the sorcerers. A little less than forty archers were huddled together around a small hill.
Red dolls made by twisting dry grass walked toward the archers under the control of the sorcerer. They walked around the archers, but the archers did not respond because they were not living beings. The sorcerers who sent the more than a hundred dolls each recited a spell.
The dolls melted away like thin ice melting under strong sunlight. When the dolls completely melted and disappeared, only red smoke remained. The red smoke that the dolls had held onto with their magic power entered the body of a nearby palace guard as the dolls disappeared.
The movements of the sorcerers became louder and louder, and so did their voices. After a while, the archers rose from their seats and lined up in a single line. The warriors above the upper ranks cut off the archers’ heads one by one with their weapons. The archers who were still standing after cutting off their heads were dismantled.
“4th grade is easy. 1st grade is easy. And they are all difficult.”
Since there are many warriors, 1st grade is easy. This is because warriors who use mana are not weaker than 1st grade monsters. 4th grade has many weaknesses, so it is easy to defeat them with sorcery. However, 2nd and 3rd grade are similar to or stronger than warriors, so cooperation between warriors and sorcerers is essential. The problem is that various tribes have never cooperated before, so it feels difficult.
Grade 5 has similar intelligence to humans, so it is not easy to fall into traps. It is possible to drive them out, but it is difficult to kill them. Unlike the Korean Empire or the British Empire, there has been no systematic research, so it feels even more difficult.
Shingi walked to the hill where the archers were gathered. He walked along as his heart led him and on the hill he saw a necklace made of black fangs. Shingi picked up the necklace and put it in his bosom.
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