Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 121
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Episode 121 Bloody New Moon (5)
The flames were extinguished before they could even begin to exert their power, but the raging of the crescent moon was not yet extinguished.
While I was patrolling the first floor of the mansion, destroying all the traps, I encountered more than twenty assassins between the traps.
As soon as we cleared everything and stepped onto the second floor, the resistance became even more intense.
Compared to the first floor, the number of traps has decreased, but the number of people rushing in has increased.
Of course, it was all the same whether it was below or here.
Boohoo!
The hammer was swung with a contradictory sound that was both heavy and light. It was because Lilia’s strength was so strong, even though she was a heavy soldier.
The dagger that was stabbing me broke badly and bounced off, my hand and arm were crushed, and the hammer went into my torso.
Phew!
The assassin, already half a chunk of meat, flew miserably, hit the wall, and slid down.
An assassin fell from the ceiling, taking advantage of the gap created by his dying comrade.
Kwaaaaang!
But there was still a long way to go before the hammer struck the target’s head, but it struck first.
The assassin was thrown upwards faster than he was falling, crashing through the ceiling.
Galen lowered his head, sending condolences to the convulsing assassin with only his lower body exposed, and saw Lilia’s slightly anxious face.
I was about to ask if there was a problem when she spoke first.
“Are you… a little like that?”
“yes?”
Galen asked back, not understanding the meaning of the question that came out of nowhere. Lilia hesitated a little and said,
“He, he looks cruel, or he looks ignorant… … .”
“Who is it? Is it Lilia?”
“Looking back, I think I may have been a bit too rough… … .”
“This isn’t your first time using a hammer, is it?”
“I never used it against people! I only used it a little bit to catch evil spirits.”
“Was it so?”
Well, to be honest, I wouldn’t say it’s a ‘beautiful’ landscape.
If you find beauty in a scene that is definitely labeled as not suitable for minors and must contain gore, you are probably not a psychopath.
But Galen did not find aesthetics in a fight to the death, especially when his opponent was an assassin who did not require personal respect.
“By that logic, all people who use blunt weapons are ignorant.”
“I don’t mean to be derogatory, but doesn’t blunt weapons have that kind of feel to them?”
“Uh… … Now that I think about it, that’s true.”
“Eek.”
“I’m not saying that Lilia is like that. If we look at the way I kill, I’m also quite cruel.”
Aren’t drowning and burning the most common painful deaths? Galen, who controlled both water and fire, was in no position to discuss cruelty.
“The weapon that you are comfortable using is the best. I am always happy with whatever Lillia uses, so you can use whatever you want.”
“Thank goodness.”
“Is the hammer not that good?”
“No! I’m satisfied. It’s convenient because I can push away all the little things.”
As expected of assassins, they didn’t just fly and pounce on the target, but they kept using various tricks.
Lillia was blowing away everything with the mass of her sledgehammer. It was a simple yet effective method.
“If we had similar skills, I wouldn’t have been able to swing it so easily because I would have been behind in speed, but that’s not the case.”
“Isn’t that the assassin’s limit?”
The assassins of this world are not like the fantasy ninjas depicted in modern Earth media.
There were no magical skills like invisibility, hiding in the shadows, or using clone magic.
Assassins were simply a type of specially trained warrior.
Clearly, the assassins of the crescent moon had an excellent ability to hide by using darkness, terrain, and blind spots.
But it didn’t mean much to Lilia.
No matter how well you hid, this wasn’t a game of hide-and-seek. There had to be a moment when you transitioned from hiding to assassination.
At that moment, Lilia’s senses caught her, and from that moment on, even though she began to react slowly, the assassins who had been preparing in advance caught up in an instant.
Even if they call each other first-class or second-class, the absolute gap between them and the high-ranking bishops is too great.
“Hey, again?”
Lillia, who felt a faint sense of an evil presence, shook her head.
Pfft!
A sacred light radiated from her center, illuminating the hallway.
The poison that was slowly spreading was quickly washed away.
“It doesn’t work, so why do you keep doing that?”
“I guess I have to go that far.”
It was a dizzying sight on the last day of the month.
It goes without saying that the wizard’s body itself is weak, and poison is an effective weapon for warriors as well.
It even works on gold. However, the body strengthened by the power of the gold warrior is so monstrous that I just have to fight it with my body, but I can still lower my condition.
However, the priest was the worst matchup, as he could turn the poison itself into nothing.
Of course, there were limits to the miracle of purification, but even poison that spread through the air, such as the kind that could be eaten directly or penetrated through wounds, could never penetrate Lilia’s purification.
Assassination of a high-ranking bishop or an invasion of a high-ranking bishop’s base would not have happened under normal circumstances, so it was not the fault of the last moon for not anticipating this situation.
“Well, I guess that’s coming to an end now.”
Because they tried to kill two people by throwing people in instead of traps, the number of assassins killed on the second floor has already surpassed that on the first floor.
The base doesn’t have hundreds or thousands of assassins, and they don’t plan on gradually deploying the remaining number and just continuing to get defeated one by one.
The final struggle is about to happen.
I wasn’t scared at all, but that doesn’t mean I should let my guard down.
“Ugh!”
“Cough!”
The two continued to advance, destroying the traps that kept popping up and killing the assassins.
Then at one moment.
Kwajik!
Suddenly, the wall in the hallway I was walking through broke. It wasn’t Lilia who broke it.
Phew!
Thick, sharp, iron-reinforced wooden beams, as if used in siege warfare, were fired, destroying the thin walls.
“Where!”
Lilia quickly blocked Galen’s path and swung her hammer with all her might.
Come on!
The reinforcing steel plate was dented and the wooden beam was crushed. The hammer head also took the impact and was somewhat dented due to its considerable mass.
Shhh!
While Lilia was adjusting the orbit of the wooden pillars.
Shadows emerged from the room beyond the broken wall. The numbers were all five.
“In the middle!”
Lilia immediately shouted.
Although it was a statement out of context, Galen behind her fulfilled her expectations exactly.
Choaaaak!
Arrows made of water were fired like fan blades to the left and right of Lilia.
It doesn’t have the ‘cutting’ ability of a real arrowhead, but the mass and speed of the water combined make it good for slinging stones.
Puppup …
The four assassins on the left and right were beaten all over their bodies and fell down before they could even close the distance by half.
The assassin, who was running straight at Lilia, was the only one who managed to avoid the arrows’ grasp and reached close range.
Lilia already knew who he was.
Unlike before, he was wearing a mask, but I already remembered his body shape and presence.
Lilia ran towards the sun and moon and swung her hammer with all her might.
However, there was something that even she, who had figured out the other person’s identity, could not have anticipated.
hook!
The point was that Ilwol had the ability to dodge the swing of the hammer, which was intended to subdue rather than kill, just in case it was useful.
Suddenly, Ilwol became more agile and quickly lowered his body to avoid the hammer. The outstretched sword aimed for Lilia’s leg.
“Huh?!”
Lillia, startled, quickly stepped back, her posture slightly collapsing.
Squeak!
Fortunately, the leg wasn’t cut, but the fluttering hem of the robe couldn’t avoid being cut off.
It was obvious that an opponent who was already hostile to the clergy would have no respect for them, but in any case, the robe was a garment that symbolized the church.
“How dare you!”
An enraged Lilia immediately turned around and was about to punish Ilwol.
As she moved forward to swing her hammer, she saw the hallway floor burst open as she entered the room where the wall had been broken.
Of course, Galen was also falling down.
“Brother!”
Taking advantage of the momentary blurring of Lilia’s startled vision, a sword flew in from the blind spot again.
Kaang! Kang! Kaang!
Lilia barely managed to kick the sword away, but the next attack continued without stopping, giving her no time to come to her senses.
The rapid attacks that persistently targeted only vital points were reminiscent of a poisonous snake.
It was difficult to react with a blunt weapon, which was bound to be slow.
Kagakak!
When a sword and a mace collide, it would be normal for the sword to break, but instead, the mace head is being cut off little by little.
The ability to strengthen not only one’s own body but also the weapons in one’s hands was a privilege exclusive to the Golden Warrior.
Lilia frowned and swung her hammer hard, forcing Ilwol back a little, before stepping back a little herself.
“Are you nervous?”
Ilwol whispered mockingly after seeing Lilia’s expression.
“He may not have died, but he must have been badly injured. If you had been there, you could have treated him right away.”
“Did you aim for this from the beginning?”
Lilia asked rudely. Ilwol smiled coldly.
“It’s only natural to target a wizard before a priest. But the man is quite calm even when he’s in danger of dying.”
“I just fell to the first floor. I was surprised at the time, but it was over as soon as I got back up.”
“If you can come up.”
“… … What does that mean?”
“I told you, we’re going after the wizard first.”
Just then, through the hole in the hallway, a faint commotion from downstairs could be heard.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The sound was a bit too quiet to be called a commotion, but both Ilwol and Lilia had good hearing and could hear it.
“Ugh!”
“Oh my god!”
Something was breaking, a muffled groan was heard, things were falling and crashing. It was clear that a battle had taken place.
“Only the thugs rushed from the first floor and the second floor. It seems they kept the strong assassins aside.”
“Just as you are not an ordinary priest, the man must also be a magician who can do one thing. But how much resistance can you put up with with your injured body?”
“It would have been a little more feasible if you had dropped your brother like that and attacked me together with your subordinates.”
“… … What?”
“Well, I guess I was fooled by the fake request because I didn’t have the eye to see things that way.”
Lilia chuckled and threw the hammer back.
Papat!
A sword of light appeared in her hand. The corners of Ilwol’s mouth twisted.
“So you were a bishop after all. Your appearance doesn’t match your appearance at all.”
“It’s less surprising than the Golden Warrior being an assassin or something.”
The priest and the assassin, who no longer felt the need to converse, clashed the next moment.
The match, which seemed to be quite tight at first, soon began to tilt slightly.
Of course, the one who raised the weight of the scales was Lilia.
The expressionless face of Ilwol was stripped away by the unexpected situation.
“Ugh… … !”
When my opponent was holding a hammer, it definitely felt like I was ahead, but when I picked up a sword, the tables were turned.
Of course, the original assassin’s swordsmanship was structured so that he would be more skilled in other areas than in direct confrontations.
Even so, Ilwol never thought that he would be pushed around by a young girl who was so young.
furthermore.
“Aren’t you worried about that wizard?”
I don’t know if they’re acting like lovers or not, but at least they’re colleagues.
I couldn’t understand how a priest could get so caught up in a fight without even blinking.
Is there no such thing as camaraderie at all?
“That’s something I should be saying.”
Lilia responded calmly.
“Aren’t you worried about your subordinates?”
“… … !”
Trying to shake up the opponent only caused ripples in Ilwol’s heart.
As time goes by, the sword gradually becomes duller, which makes you anxious and makes it duller, a vicious cycle that repeats itself.
Does it take that long to deal with one injured wizard? Why don’t you join me? Could it be true that the priestess is acting so calm?
Kwaaang!
One wall of the room that Lilia and Ilwol were using as a battlefield suddenly exploded, forcing a brief lull in the fighting.
A wall that was connected to another room, not the hallway wall that was already broken.
A short gust of wind suddenly blew away the dust, and Galen walked into the large hole.
When he saw that the hallway leading to the room had collapsed, he went into the next room and broke through the wall.
“I should learn some flying magic.”
“Ugh, don’t say it so easily.”
Ilwol’s eyes darkened at the attitude of the two people exchanging trivial small talk.
For some reason, the wizard didn’t even show any signs of injury or a scratch.
In that case, the fate of the subordinates was obvious.
“But you still haven’t cleaned up?”
“It’s my first time fighting the Golden Warrior. It’s a shame!”
“Oh… … Now that I think about it, that’s true. There were no pure warriors.”
“I’m not sure if the assassin is a pure warrior.”
“Still, please start organizing things slowly. I’ve been maintaining the wind magic for too long, so it’s a bit difficult.”
“Yes! Oh, should I keep it alive?”
“Why?”
With his mind as if it was foggy, Ilwol forcibly confronted Lilia who was rushing towards him.
I was pushed back even when my head was clear, so there was no way I could win when I was confused.
Crunch!
Even the moment the whirling sword passed by and cut off his neck.
Ilwol couldn’t understand the situation in the end.