Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 100
Only Noblemtl
Episode 100 Who Catches More? (4)
The wyvern was strong enough to easily carry the weight of a person and fly, but that didn’t mean it could easily carry a person.
Even ordinary wild animals run away or attack when people approach, so how much more so do vicious species that instinctively hate humans.
“Keeee!”
The wyvern flailed wildly. The light Lilia seemed as if she would fly away at any moment.
But the wyvern’s back wasn’t smooth. Large, beautiful, almost horn-like spines jutted out along its spine.
Lilia held it tightly as if she was holding onto a joystick. No matter how much the wyvern shook its body, she did not budge.
There was nothing else to hold her down, but supporting her own weight with just her two arms was a piece of cake. She had the muscle strength to lift two Panghogs without even thinking about it.
Even though he was causing chaos to the point of aerobatics, Lilia did not fall, so Wyvern pulled out his last and strongest move.
Wedge!
The thick tail curled up over the back with a sound more frightening than a leather whip.
In the past, when dealing with wyverns in the Eastern Frontier Zone, this was an attack that had to be avoided.
It’s about that much now.
Lilia turned slightly and kicked him from behind.
Bam!
The tail that was flying powerfully collided with the hard sole of the leather boots.
“Keeeeeek!”
The wyvern jumped in pain as its scales were crushed.
I adjusted it to my liking, but it was still too strong. I thought it would be okay since I encountered so many hard dolls in the Oklanne ruins.
Thinking that she should handle it more carefully, Lilia moved a little further forward on the platform.
In human terms, it would be the back of the neck, or perhaps the shoulder. The part where the particularly thick wing bone connects to the torso.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
The wyvern swung its tail twice more, despite the pain, but after getting two more wounds, it seemed to give up.
Or maybe he was going to seek help from his own people.
The wyvern began to move, flapping its wings while carrying Lilia.
And in less than a few seconds.
thud!
Lilia stretched out her leg and immediately kicked the wyvern’s wing joint. It didn’t hurt much, just enough to hurt badly.
“Kiaaaaak?!”
The wyvern screamed in pain, as if one of its wings was being broken.
It didn’t actually break, but one wing was interrupted from flapping, forcing it to change direction.
Even after that, whenever I tried to fly away a little, I kept getting kicked to the right or left.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Even animals have intelligence. If you keep whipping them, they will learn what to do to get punished and what not to do to avoid getting punished.
I was forced to realize that I was going to burst while holding the wyvern.
The fact that if you turn it a lot to the right, it hits the right wing, and if you turn it a lot to the left, it hits the left wing.
Swoosh!
Finally, Lilia took control of the wyvern that could understand her words and flew across the sky. This was the direction that the seven groups were headed.
Galen, who had been watching from below with half interest and half worry, finally felt relieved.
After picking up the head of another wyvern that Lilia had cut off, I found a nice rock to rest on and sat down.
‘It was a plan that relied heavily on luck, but luckily the Wyvern was caught right from the start. If the reconnaissance is successful, it’ll be the best start.’
Although it was instinctive for evil spirits to hate humans, it could not be considered their only overriding instinct.
Think of the regular flights to the frontier. The reason why many people go together is because it is safe. If there are many, the evil species cannot rush in without permission.
In other words, even evil spirits have a survival instinct, so it is not impossible for them to temporarily surrender because they do not want to die.
Of course, there may have been someone who came up with the idea of using a wyvern as a disposable reconnaissance plane before… … .
‘Even if the earth fairy knows, it’s a method that can’t be used, absolutely not.’
The attack and defense power of the Earth Fairy were clearly the best in its class.
They fight like warriors, but their essence is magic. They specialize in only one field.
As it grew only in the direction of becoming infinitely heavier and stronger, its agility could not keep up. It was only slightly covered by the fact that the fairy’s physical body itself was superior to that of a human.
You can’t fly like Lillia and mount a wyvern, and even if you force yourself to mount, the wyvern won’t fly because it’s heavy. But you can’t train a wyvern without using the power of the earth.
‘Of course, it is questionable how many ordinary warriors or priests would be able to do that… … .’
Galen was the one who first came up with the idea, but it was Lilia who made it concrete, saying it would be fun.
How much natural athleticism and courage would it take to actually mount a wyvern at the exact moment it approaches the ground, subdue it in the air with circus-like movements, and ride it away?
Honestly, even if Galen himself had abilities like Lilia, I don’t think he would be able to imitate her.
‘Oh no, this isn’t the time to just be admiring it.’
Galen shook his head slightly.
A plan that relied so much on luck would never have been the first priority. But it actually worked, so there was a need to respond.
Galen took a flag out of his bag and placed it appropriately in a crevice in the rock.
It’s higher than the surrounding area and there are no trees to block the view, so it will be discovered soon.
After waiting for about twenty minutes, the 7th Group agents who had been following them from afar arrived.
“what’s the matter?”
“Hey, where’s one… …?”
It’s not that they’re particularly arrogant, it’s just that the earth elves don’t use polite language in the first place.
Anyway, basically once a day. We planted the flag before the sun set and had a settlement time.
It wasn’t always possible to call the agent at that time.
He could be called upon at any time when an urgent matter arose, or when the day’s hunting was too much and carrying the heads of the evil spirits became too cumbersome.
Of course, since they were following me from afar, I had to wait at least twenty or thirty minutes for them to arrive, and when I had to move quickly, I didn’t call them often because I didn’t want to waste time waiting.
But now there is still time until Lilia returns.
“I would like to ask you something about hunting methods.”
“That’s information I can’t tell you.”
“No, I’m not asking for advice. Each group has its own hunting area, right?”
“yes?”
“Would you be okay with us just going through that?”
“huh?”
The agents who didn’t understand tilted their heads. Galen added.
“To put it bluntly, I was worried that your safety might be at risk if I just picked out the spots that looked okay within the hunting area and left the rest alone.”
“There are many who follow us just as we follow you. That doesn’t matter. Instead, we will follow you where you just passed by, and if we encounter any evil spirits, we will take care of them. You will miss out on that many opportunities to earn points.”
“We should take that into account. Anyway, you’re saying there’s nothing wrong with the regulations?”
“No. Is that why you called me to ask?”
“It’s a pretty important issue. I actually plan on doing that.”
I didn’t ask any more questions because I was prohibited from talking to the participants more than necessary.
The agents all had puzzled expressions.
They knew too. How important experience was in a hunting competition, and how at a disadvantage newcomers to the game were.
But you want to pick the hunting grounds? Even if the terrain is secondary, the organizers don’t even know where the evil species nested.
“Lilia went out on a brief reconnaissance mission. She’ll be back soon.”
“Oh, I see.”
“Please rest for a while, until then. There is something I want to show you when you get back.”
After saying that, Galen began to lie down comfortably and rest.
The agents also sat awkwardly a little further away and rested together.
How long has it been since then?
Galen’s eyes, which had been blankly staring at the sky, suddenly turned strange.
“Ah, now you’re coming.”
“… … ?”
When the agents heard that, they looked around, but they were the only ones on the rocky mountain.
The agents who looked at Galen in a puzzled manner and then followed his gaze that was looking in a completely different direction were startled when they saw the sky.
“Wyvern!”
“This is Lilia.”
“……huh?”
The question was soon resolved.
As the wyvern approached at a low altitude, the earth elves caught sight of a human riding on the wyvern’s back.
“Hey, what is that?!”
“Brother!”
Lilia waved her hand cheerfully, greeting the agents with wide eyes. Then, she naturally took the light sword from the hand she was waving.
Crunch!
The wyvern, which had been hit repeatedly on the way there and back, looked like it was flying around awkwardly, but unfortunately, its head was cut off the moment its usefulness was over.
Of course, no one felt sorry for him, because he was a bad person.
The wyvern’s body, with its head missing, crashed down.
Kuung!
Lillia jumped down lightly just before hitting the ground and retrieved the head that was rolling around on the other side.
“I’m back! How about these two?”
“I just wanted to make sure I checked the rules. I’ll calculate the scores as well.”
“aha.”
“Okay, first of all, two wyverns. Please settle the account.”
“Ah, yeah… … .”
“Uh, how about a wyvern?”
Although only one of them managed to answer as required, the other earth elves were too busy satisfying their curiosity.
“I heard you were listening to me because I was defeated?”
“You said you were going to throw it away? Is that okay?”
“If we catch them and beat them, will we be able to tame them?”
“Agents, please stop chatting.”
Galen intervened. The agents barely came to their senses.
“Did you see? Lilia went on a reconnaissance mission and came back. We will move based on these results.”
“Oh, I see.”
“We’ll discuss this for a bit and then we’ll head out again. Thank you for your hard work.”
The two of them kept a suitable distance from each other, leaving the agents bewildered.
“Since the agents have personally seen Lilia riding a wyvern, we will be able to convince them if we do a good job.”
“You took me as a witness?”
“It’s a hard story to believe.”
“I think I would do that too. I did it myself, but it’s still amazing.”
Galen, who had been with her for a long time, could tell that Lilia’s expression was particularly bright. It meant that she was very happy.
“Shall I take out the paper?”
“Yes! I can draw what I’ve seen!”
Lilia, who had been calculating something by looking at the sun’s position and the compass, picked up her pen.
The ink moves freely across the glossy paper.
“The very bottom is the rock mountain we are on, and the very top is another rock mountain… … .”
To be honest, it was a shame to call it a map.
All you had to do was draw an oval, write down whether it was a plain, a forest, or a mountain, and then repeat the process.
But it didn’t matter. The direction was marked accurately, and originally there was no road. I could use this as a landmark just by looking at it.
Above all, the most important thing.
“I didn’t see all the evil spirits hiding in the forests and mountains… … but there were quite a few that stood out.”
The other participants also had a general idea of the terrain, but they had no way of knowing the distribution of the evil spirits.
An absolute advantage that only they can have, with freshly scouted information in their hands.
“Let’s go from here first!”
On rare occasions, Lilia would step forward and make a claim, pointing to the map.
Galen agreed, as the reasons seemed reasonable enough.
He sent a message to the agents and they descended the rocky mountain.
Since their destination was set, they simply followed the compass and went straight.
It took about two hours to cross the mountains and forests.
“Wow, there are just trolls wandering around here… … .”
“Let’s catch it! That’s also a score.”
The number of evil spirits I’ve encountered on a small scale easily exceeds a hundred, and I’ve also encountered a few evil spirits that are quite famous and have points attached to them, such as trolls.
They safely arrived at their destination, carrying a few bundles of beans in a sack.
It was a fairly large swamp.
If I hadn’t just kept going straight, it would have taken much longer, or I might have even passed by this swamp without even knowing about its existence.
What you see on the other side of the swamp―
“It’s a basilisk!”
Lilia whispered.
Galen nodded slightly as he discovered the snake monster boasting a body the size of a house.
“That score was really high, wasn’t it?”
“yes.”
The score given to a trait is not exactly proportional to the strength of the trait.
The way the scores were awarded was, I guess, based on ‘how difficult the hunt was’.
Even if it’s strong, if it’s slow and dull, it’s easy to catch, and even if it’s weak, if it’s fast and runs away well, it’s hard to catch.
The Basilisk, strictly speaking, belongs to the latter category.
It didn’t mean that it wasn’t powerful in itself, but if it felt at a disadvantage and ran away to the swamp, there was no way for the earth nymph to catch it.
“Is it perfect for you, brother?”
“sure.”
Of course not to Galen.