Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 120
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Episode 120 Bloody New Moon (4)
Due to its location, not on the coast but not too far inland, Ruata is often visited by typhoons coming from the southeast.
In severe cases, fortunately these were not frequent, people were blown away and trees were uprooted by strong winds alone, let alone heavy rain.
Should I say that the scene at that time is compressed and shown in one spot?
“This is crazy… … .”
One of the top assassins groaned involuntarily, but no one pointed it out.
Wheaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
The wind that surrounded the entire wall of the mansion was whirling and making a murderous noise.
Pieces of the broken wall were blown away by the wind, hitting other walls and breaking them, and then new pieces were created and the cycle continued.
Even if there was just the wind, the wind was so strong that I wouldn’t have the courage to approach, but with the debris mixed in, if I dipped my body even a little bit in there, I would be turned into pieces of flesh.
There was absolutely no way that something like that could be a natural phenomenon.
At least it must be the work of a wind magician who can make gold.
“… … Since when?”
Ilwol, who came to his senses first, asked the subordinate who had knocked on the conference room door. The subordinate bowed his head.
“It wasn’t long. At first, it just seemed like a strong autumn wind, but in an instant, it grew in scale and I couldn’t do anything… … .”
“What are the signs?”
“Not found.”
The inside of the wall was painted as a death trap, but the security outside the wall was not as thorough.
On the outside, this mansion appears to be nothing more than an ordinary merchant’s home, so excessive security would only arouse suspicion.
But of course, external trends were being secretly monitored.
Of course, those who invaded in the middle of the night would not make a lot of noise, but the assassins observing outside did not notice anything different from usual.
“… … .”
The sun and moon did not reprimand their subordinates.
Although he was not a wizard, he had a lot of knowledge about magic.
How could the Golden Wizard possibly detect and stop the magic he casts in an unseen location?
However, there is one thing that is questionable.
“… … I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
I know that the storm is strong, but it won’t be able to get through on this side, and it won’t be able to get through on the other side either.
There’s no way the magic can last forever, so I don’t see the point in just temporarily sealing it off.
“Blocking the view with that and completing the encirclement in the meantime… … .”
“Why don’t we just use the magic power we have there to attack, and put the manpower we need to form a siege net into cleanup?”
“… … That’s true.”
Samwol forced himself to think and come up with an opinion, but Ilwol immediately rejected it.
It was even more difficult for them to come up with an answer because they knew full well that wizards were not the type of people to waste their magical power recklessly.
“Well, there’s no need to understand it.”
It was shocking and humiliating that they were completely unaware of the situation until the location of their base was discovered and they were even attacked.
Aside from that, if the other person was being lax, I was grateful for whatever the reason.
“Get out now. This place is going to be closed.”
“ancient!”
All the emergency guidelines were written down, although we never thought the day would come when they would actually be used.
Escape passages, post-escape rendezvous points, secret safe houses, emergency contact networks, etc.
The assassins who had answered loudly all dispersed to go about their work, and the top assassins, including Ilwol, headed back to the conference room.
Kwaaaaang!
This time a loud noise was heard from inside the mansion.
This time, Ilwol’s expression hardened as she realized where the sound was coming from.
The assassins who had been running down the hallway suddenly stopped.
A man and a woman were walking out of a conference room that should have been empty.
“Yes, you guys?!”
Samwol was the first to be shocked.
I couldn’t help but be surprised when the targets I had been following for days suddenly appeared.
“There’s no need to rush.”
Galen said with a smirk.
“The passage was blocked anyway.”
“What, what did you say?”
“Where do you think we came from?”
With the gate, the fence, and everything else blocked by the storm, the only way to the outside world is through an underground passage hidden beneath the conference room floor.
If the opponent had used that place as an entrance, it meant that escape would have become truly impossible.
They may seem cold-blooded, but assassins are human too. They are able to remain calm when they are in complete control of a situation, but on the contrary, they are unable to do so when they are controlled.
Among those who were agitated, the person who remained the most calm was the leader.
“Who the hell are you guys?”
The sun and moon spat out with cold anger.
“How was this possible?”
Let’s say that using a priest as bait or mobilizing a golden magician is possible. It could be possible if it’s a huge force.
Well, since the base has been revealed, since we know that he’s an assassin of the second level or higher, let’s assume that a traitor has emerged.
However, as for the secret passage, although we may be able to guess its existence, only a few people actually know the exact entrance and exit.
It was hard to believe that a traitor would come out of there. What was so regrettable about the executives of the last moon that they betrayed? It’s not like the crimes are washed away just because the core of the organization changes sides.
Even if you try to understand that it was found out through coercion such as torture, there was absolutely no incident of anyone being captured or anything.
“It’s a bit long to explain in detail, but to put it simply, you guided me.”
“Are you talking about me?”
“No, not you. The old man next to you.”
“Wh, what?”
March, who was suddenly pointed out to Galen, was genuinely startled. He looked at Ilwol and quickly made an excuse.
“Absolutely not! I have no idea about it!”
“Yeah, you had no idea. Thanks to you.”
Galen smirked and pointed to March, wiggling his finger.
Samwol, who had unconsciously turned her head at the sudden feeling of weight on her back and shoulders, was startled.
“omg?!”
A small, transparent cat-like statuette was perched on his shoulder.
When? Samwol quickly waved his hand towards something unidentified.
puck!
The cat’s form was shattered with a popping sound. I felt something wet in my hand.
The water that was scattered into the air was sucked toward Galen’s left hand instead of falling to the ground.
“I heard somewhere that assassins are good at killing people but spare animals.”
The cat, which had recovered its original form on the palm, hung on Galen’s wrist. It wriggled, shrinking in size and simplifying in shape, and soon transformed into a bracelet.
“government ordinance……!”
Samwol gritted his teeth as he remembered a story he had heard somewhere before.
“I already noticed that there were six guys who came to assassinate me and that one of them was hiding behind me.”
Galen said leisurely.
“I pretended not to notice the spirit and left it alone, and as expected, it kindly guided me all the way here.”
“Damn it, this kind of prank!”
“That’s why you should have looked into it carefully.”
Galen said it with a mocking tone, but in fact, March had not been particularly careless.
Because it was reduced to the smallest size of a bead, you would have to take off the robe itself and search thoroughly to find the spirit cleverly hiding behind the folds of the hood.
I couldn’t even imagine the existence of spirits, so why would I?
Thanks to this, Galen and Lilia were able to secretly follow behind Samwol, who returned to Ruata without knowing anything.
I watched it for a while as it stayed still during the day, and when night fell, I guided it to its base.
Once you know the location, figuring out the secret passage is a piece of cake.
Because we’ve already done it when we raided the black market in the Northeast.
The difference from that time was that we dug up the ground ourselves and entered the secret passage.
Since the mansion was quite large, we decided it would be better to attack from the inside.
“Anyway… … Nice to meet you. You’re the leader of the New Moon, right? I missed you.”
“Why?”
“I was wondering who gave the order to kill me.”
“… … When you guys were selling the trap, didn’t you tell them to keep it alive? It’s the women who can be killed.”
“No, earlier.”
“… … I don’t remember any requests that involved spirit masters.”
“I remember. Well, back then I didn’t have a spirit.”
Galen’s words were not fully understood by Ilwol. It seemed like they were victims who got caught up in the commission, so there had to be one or two of them. That alone was not enough to figure out anything.
The only thing that can be known is that, although the other party appears relaxed, they are not hiding their hostility towards this side.
Whether it was death or food, I had to take down those two first before I could do anything else.
“Everyone, listen up.”
The sun and moon spat out briefly.
A reign based on fear is also a reign. The voice of Ilwol, who usually leads the new moon with overwhelming charisma, has the power to awaken the assassins.
“It’s not over yet. We just need to destroy the target in front of us and then move on. Annihilation!”
“yes!”
I suddenly came to my senses and focused on Ilwol’s words, when the last command came out.
The assassins shouted loudly and flew at full speed.
In an instant, it fell behind. Including the sun and moon.
“Huh?”
Lilia, who had been watching the assassins while leaving the conversation to Galen, was confused.
It’s so sad that they all retreated at once, shouting desperately as if they were going to make their last stand.
“Shall we chase after it?”
“Just go slowly together. You can’t escape anyway.”
The spiral barrier created just before entering the secret passage was strong enough, even though it had not yet reached the underwater ruins of the Sky Mirror.
Even if Lilia can endure it without getting hurt, she can’t break through it, let alone an assassin.
The two walked leisurely down the hallway, as if chasing rats caught in poison.
Ding ding ding ding!
Then suddenly the bell rang.
The two of them tilted their heads in agreement, wondering what was going on.
Crunch!
Suddenly, a creaking sound was heard, and part of the hallway wall began to rotate.
Shhh shhh shhh shhh shhh!
At the same time, a volley of arrows poured out from a device emerging from the wall.
Galen didn’t even blink. Lilia chuckled and took a light step forward.
Booooooooooooo!
Before she knew it, the hammer in her hand cut through the wind. It was the hammer that she had received as a gift from Radica in the realm of the earth elves.
All the arrows that were caught in the trajectory of the circular hammer bounced off, and the rest had their trajectories arbitrarily bent due to the relentless wind pressure.
“It’s probably because it’s a house where assassins live, but there are all sorts of things there.”
“It would be a last resort to stop intruders.”
The ceiling suddenly opened and sharp windows poured down.
This time, Galen grabbed Lilia’s arm as she was about to jump up reflexively. Could he just leave her to do the work?
Pupupupu!
The heatwave, with its power adjusted appropriately, exploded continuously in the air.
The spears, which the warriors did not hold and swing but simply dropped with the help of the device, were all crushed and scattered in the air.
“It must have cost quite a bit to install.”
“Honestly, for this money―”
As Galen was speaking, the hallway floor caved in. Lilia naturally wrapped her arms around Galen’s waist and leaped forward.
Inside the trap, there were numerous iron skewers that were clearly coated with poison.
Of course, if Galen, who was bound to the Earth, had fallen on it, the iron skewers would have all been crushed rather than being impaled.
Still, it looks better if it doesn’t fall out from the beginning than if it falls out and then comes back out.
“thank you.”
“you’re welcome!”
“Anyway, I think it would be better to just hire a mercenary for a long term with this amount of money.”
“The Assassins can’t do that, right?”
“Of course.”
During the conversation, Lilia’s brow furrowed slightly. She waved her hand lightly.
Paaaaah!
The holy light stretched out in all directions. Lilia explained it casually to Galen, who tilted his head.
“I thought it was poison. It smelled a little disgusting.”
“aha.”
That was the end of it. Unless he was a deacon who had just learned the miracle of purification, poison was useless in front of a high-ranking bishop.
The assassins who had disappeared tried to catch the two people by using every means available in the mansion.
Nothing worked. Nothing even slowed him down, let alone caused any damage.
In the end, Ilwol chose the last resort.
“Huh?”
Immediately after, Lilia noticed the faint scent of oil.
Whoosh whoosh!
Suddenly flames burst out from all directions.
The fire, which had been ready to burst, began to spread throughout the mansion at an incredible rate.
“Are you trying to burn down the whole house?”
“I don’t know if an opponent who doesn’t respond to traps will die from this… … .”
“It might have the effect of making them a little flustered. Or maybe they’ll try to assassinate them using that gap?”
Lilia, who said that, showed no sign of worry at all.
Galen, of course, did the same.
A spirit rushed out through the hallway window.
After a while.
Swaaaaaaah!
It started to rain.
Wet only the grounds of the mansion.
The fire that had been burning vigorously for a moment was extinguished helplessly by the even heavier rain.
“I wish you would surrender slowly.”
A hint of discomfort was mixed in with the refreshing humidity that made me feel good.
Galen muttered and his gaze turned to the wall. So Lilia, who had shifted her gaze, immediately swung her hammer.
Kwajik!
The wall shattered and the assassin beyond it was crushed with it. Blood gushed out in abundance.
“Will you accept it?”
Lilia asked, calmly retrieving the hammer.
Galen shrugged.
“no.”