Have Magic - Chapter 94



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Embrace the Magic (94)

I couldn’t feel any magical power from the opponent’s body. But if he was using magic, there was only one answer.

‘I’m using an artifact.’

Rodin walked down the alley the killer had walked through. He could feel a faint magical energy entering a nearby house.

‘Who is this?’

He should run out now to save the people, but Rodin had no intention of doing so. He had not come out at this hour of the night to save the people.

‘I need to know who it is.’

Rodin had a personality that couldn’t hold back his curiosity. He had a personality similar to that of a wizard from the Magic Tower rather than the Magic Legion.

‘Anti-magic field.’

Rodin used a 5-circle anti-magic field at the entrance to the alley. It was a magic that canceled magic the moment it touched the inside.

If the level of the artifact was high, it wouldn’t be canceled, but it could still be temporarily stopped. That would be enough time to figure out the opponent’s identity.

‘Okay.’

I waited at a reasonable distance from where the anti-magic field was deployed. After a while, I felt a magical force coming closer and closer from afar.

‘Have you already finished killing him?’

The opponent walked down the alley without any suspicion. Then he passed over the anti-magic field that Rodin had spread out.

‘Wow, the artifact level is high?’

It was briefly revealed above the anti-magic field, but became transparent again as soon as it passed through the space.

The artifact the opponent was using was higher level than the 5th circle. In other words, it was not an artifact made in the modern era.

‘As expected, it’s an ancient relic.’

Invisibility was a 4th circle magic, and it was a magic that current magicians could not put into objects. Furthermore, if it could stop functioning even for a very short time on a 5th circle anti-magic field, it was likely an artifact that was superior to what one might think.

‘But who is that person?’

I recalled the appearance that had been briefly revealed.

It was an unfamiliar face. At least, he wasn’t from this neighborhood.

However, the clothes he was wearing were quite luxurious, and his face was clean. Above all, the sword on his waist was not an ordinary item.

‘He’s definitely a knight. He’s a knight of quite high status. But his skills aren’t that great.’

A knight of high status but low ability. Rodin had the appearance of a murderer, judging by his quick glance.

‘And I was empty-handed.’

He entered someone else’s house with some purpose, but came out with no results. The killer was on his way to another target’s house.

‘How about this time?’

I followed the killer from a distance. He stopped for a moment in front of a newly built house.

‘That place is also a mercenary’s house.’

Margaret told me about a house nearby that belonged to a former mercenary named Glenn.

‘The other person will probably be preparing in their own way too.’

Yesterday, seven people died. But there was no way that the residents, who had a common trait of being mercenaries, would have been unprepared.

Yet there was no commotion in the first house. The murderer had the means to kill his opponent without causing a commotion.

‘It’s moving.’

The feeling of the killer, who had been in a transparent state, entering the house.

Rodin quickly deployed an anti-magic field again at the entrance to the door.

Even though it was only a short time, I had to make sure to check the opponent’s appearance so I could know if he was empty-handed or not.

The anti-magic field had been deployed for less than three minutes, and the faint feeling of magic that had entered the house returned to the door.

‘The opponent died without even being able to fight back? What did they do?’

But the question was short. Rather, it was a matter of confirming the other person’s appearance first.

A very short moment later, I saw the other person. A man in his mid-twenties holding something in his left hand.

‘Is it a horse shape? Or not?’

The object the opponent was holding was a four-legged animal statue. Its body was blue like the autumn sky, and its size was about the size of a child’s fist.

‘Was that the goal? I don’t know what it was.’

It might be greed, but for some reason I didn’t want to just give it to him. So I followed closely behind the person walking away while turning invisible.

The opponent only had a special artifact, and his sense of magic wasn’t all that keen. His skills weren’t all that great either.

‘You’re a prosecutor, but you’re so dull.’

Rodin was so close that I could almost touch him if I just stretched out my hand. So close that I worried that my breath might touch his.

But the other person didn’t notice at all. To this extent, it wasn’t that he wasn’t sensitive, but rather that he was just dull.

‘Should we give it a try?’

Rodin unleashed a 3-circle magic spell, Greece, right behind his opponent.

Greece’s magic lowers the coefficient of friction and makes it slippery. The opponent falls over as a result.

“Ugh!”

Rodin snatched the statue from the floor as his opponent fell and hid it. He then quickly walked backwards, putting some distance between himself and his opponent.

Beep beep!

“What the hell are you!”

“Ugh. This is it.”

“Over there!”

Something went wrong as I fell. The invisibility spell activated by the ancient relic was broken.

The young face of a man in his 20s was revealed. He fell down and screamed, which caught the attention of the police.

‘hmm?’

The police officers who had been running as if to catch the murderer soon slowed down. Then, they supported the man in his 20s who had fallen, and soon lowered their heads.

“I come to see Confucius.”

“Were you on patrol?”

“Yes. We’ve increased patrols due to a murder last night. But why are you here, Your Majesty?”

“I also heard about the murder last night. I can’t allow such a vicious man to live in our territory. That’s why I came out to catch him myself.”

From a distance, Rodin was listening to the conversation between the police officers and the man named Confucius. The police officers’ polite attitude gave him a vague idea of ​​their identity.

‘Is he the Duke of Richmond’s son? No. Judging by his age, he’s probably his grandson.’

After confirming the other person’s identity, I was dumbfounded.

It was an incident where the author, the grandson of the Marquis, killed a local resident in the middle of the night in order to obtain a statue. If it was known, not only the culprit who committed this act, but also the Marquis of Richmond would be in trouble.

‘The honor of the noble Marquis of Richmond, who has ascended to the rank of Master, will fall to the ground.’

Rodin left the place without making any noise. With the security guards nearby, he had to be more careful than before.

* * *

Harrison Richmond had no talent for swordsmanship. As a child, his Auror talent score was a whopping 7. He was the worst talent of all the ancestors of the Marquis of Richmond.

It’s not like I had any talent for swordsmanship. If I made even the slightest complicated movement, my feet would get tangled and I would most likely get confused about the order.

His grandfather was a great swordsman called Master or Sword Master. His father was already a 6th rank knight and was called the next Master.

But he was the only one who had poor talent. It was so miserable that it was questionable whether he had been born with the same bloodline.

Of course, he was clearly of the Marquis of Richmond bloodline. Although his skills were poor, his appearance was just like his father’s. Anyone who saw him would have thought, “Are they rich?”

Harrison Richmond, who had no talent for swordsmanship, turned his attention to something else: artifacts, objects that could make him stronger without requiring him to sweat.

He was particularly interested in the relics of the Kingdom of Bolas, which was destroyed about 2,000 years ago.

The most famous relic of the Kingdom of Bolas was the artifact called the Twelve Guardian Statues. Each artifact contained a beast and a spirit, but nothing was known about its workings.

The Kingdom of Bolas bestowed twelve elaborately crafted guardian statues upon the houses of the nobles, in the hope that they would protect the kingdom for generations to come.

However, contrary to expectations, the kingdom of Bolas was destroyed soon after. It had been less than five years since the creation of the Guardian Statue.

After hearing about the twelve guardian statues, Harrison Richmond actively sought out the guardian statues. Of course, he did not move them himself, but mainly used money and power to manipulate people.

I started looking for a guardian angel when I was 9 years old, so it’s been 15 years.

In the meantime, Harrison had found four guardian angels. Well, actually, he had found three, and was close to finding the fourth.

“I thought I had it in my hands.”

It was by chance that I heard the story of the fourth guardian angel.

One of the mercenaries who had gathered to subdue monsters the year before was drunk and talking about his past bravery, and the statue came up. He said that one mercenary group had taken the statue, which seemed to be a simple decoration, and that he had brought a sword.

The problem is that this happened 20 years ago.

So it took a long time to retrace each step.

After two years of persistent investigation, it was only 10 days ago that he discovered that some of the mercenaries who had been part of his mercenary band at the time were living within his territory.

“I lost it. Sigh.”

I fell down while looking for the fourth guardian statue. It was a bit strange that I suddenly slipped, but I never thought that someone would have intervened.

The problem is that the guardian angel disappeared when it fell.

I told the police that I dropped something valuable, but I don’t know if they’ll be able to find it.

“You’ll find them, right? We’ve mobilized a whopping 100 security forces. If we can’t find them, we’ll just have to cut them all down.”

When I fell, I dropped the guardian statue. When I got up again, I couldn’t find it even when I searched around. It was the middle of the night, so I couldn’t see it properly and couldn’t search properly.

“Damn.”

I screamed in frustration and looked next to the bed. There were three small statues the size of a child’s fist lined up there.

“Ha, by the way, how do I use it?”

According to the records, it is clear that the guardian statue contains a spirit and a water spirit. If it is not a lie, it is clear that one can summon a spirit and a water spirit with this statue.

However, I still haven’t found a use for this statue.

“Should I call the wizard again?”

I’ve asked wizards to do this kind of thing a few times, thinking they were experts at it. I’ve asked the wizards of the castle dozens of times.

But no one figured out how to use the guardian angel. Even the magician from the four great towers struggled for a month before giving up and going back.

“Idiots. Those so-called wizards can’t even figure out how to use artifacts.”

The guardian statue wasn’t the only artifact Harrison had.

He also had the top with the invisibility magic he had used today, and the belt that had killed the mercenary man he had been preparing for in one go.

The magic contained in the belt was called Hide Knife, and it was a magic that allowed one to throw an invisible blade.

There were a few other artifacts as well, all of which I had bought with great money.

The Marquis of Richmond was one of the most senior nobles in the Kingdom of Lennox, and he had three merchant houses under his command. He never lacked money to purchase artifacts.

“Should I contact the Maven Kingdom? I think I know where to go.”

The guardian statues were not artifacts without owners at all. I heard that several of the twelve guardian statues had known owners and were actually being used.

If I contacted you, I might be able to find out how to use the guardian angel.

“You won’t tell me just like that, will you?”

There are five known owners of guardian statues. Of those, only two actually use them. The other three own guardian statues, but like him, they don’t know how to use them.

“Those three must have asked those two people too. But they either didn’t tell them. Or they demanded an absurd price.”

It was frustrating, but there was still a possibility.

The noble of the Maven Kingdom known to actually use the Guardian Statue is the Marquis of Rotten, and he had business to attend to soon. He had formally invited his grandfather, who was his master.

“You said it was a battle of the spirits, right? If we do well, I can help you with the battle of the spirits and find out a method.”

Of course, it was my grandfather, the Master, who helped with the land battle, not me.

But Grandfather also knew of the existence of the guardian angel. If he asked for help, he would be happy to listen.

“Let’s just trust Grandpa. Only Grandpa.”

* * *

If you want to deceive someone, you have to deceive those close to them as well. Especially if you have children, they can easily talk, so it is best to think of them as enemies and keep your mouth shut.

As soon as Rodin got home, he went back to bed. Then, when he woke up at dawn, he acted as usual.

Every morning, I started with exercise. That’s why I bought a house with a large yard.

After an hour of exercise, Bianca appeared, rubbing her eyes.

“Rodin, do you exercise?”

“It’s all over.”

“Then are you going to the training center?”

“Yeah. I’m just going to go and do one cycle.”

Bianca didn’t practice at dawn. She focused on practicing around 8 p.m. because her practice efficiency was highest around that time.

“Ugh.”

“Why are you up so early? You usually barely manage to wake up just before breakfast.”

“I don’t know. I woke up on my own.”

“Rest. Or go find Margaret and play.”

“Ugh. I just want to study.”

Bianca disappeared into the room.

Bianca seemed to be enjoying studying these days. She was either embarrassed or pretending not to be. But she was often seen trying to study whenever she had the time.

Bianca entered the room, and Rodin went into the basement training room.

“Hmm. I know what it is.”

Rodin smiled meaningfully as he examined the statue he had acquired last night.

There was no need to inject magic power into it to check the inside. I had seen a picture of a stone statue of this shape in a library book at a special forces training center.

“A relic from the Kingdom of Bolas. It’s said to contain spirits and beasts, right? That’s not true.”

Even when I was looking at the books in the deep second volume of the Rodin Library, I thought that the statues had spirits or spirits sealed in them. I didn’t think deeply about whether it was possible or not. I just assumed it was because it was written that way in the books.

However, upon seeing the damaged books in the third deepening library by the lakeside, I realized that it was false information. To be exact, it was a false rumor intentionally spread by the Kingdom of Bolas.