Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 163



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Episode 163: Hunting (4)

Of the legions that surrounded the pioneer territory from six directions, exactly half were swept away. If we compare it to a clock, it would be the 6, 8, and 10 o’clock positions.

The remaining 4 o’clock, 2 o’clock, and 12 o’clock legions were commanded by the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th respectively, and the surviving Siren sisters gathered by the shortest route. Since the 3rd was in the middle, they went towards the 3rd.

Thanks to not taking it easy anymore and moving as quickly as possible, the second and fourth were able to join us right away the next afternoon.

“I didn’t see a single human nose on my way here.”

“You did that too? We did that too. We all ran away.”

The second heard the fourth’s words. The fourth made an uncomfortable expression.

“They were originally the ones who resisted the evacuations as much as possible. But since they all fled before we could even reach them, it must have been because of some strong orders.”

“It must have been an order from the Knights Templar. They must have that much authority. Even so, they’ll catch up in a day or two, right?”

“As long as you don’t get in the way.”

“I think a decision will be made tomorrow.”

The third one walked towards them and said, making full use of the aerial reconnaissance while her sister and brother ran to join them.

“Humans are gathered about half a day away.”

“Are you talking about the military?”

“If a group of mercenaries can be called an army.”

“What number?”

“I think it’s over two thousand.”

“There are so many people here.”

Of course, the number of mercenaries operating in the pioneer zone was much greater than that, but it was impossible to truly scrape them all together without leaving a single one behind.

Shouldn’t we leave behind at least a minimum number of troops for the defense of strongholds or to escort important figures? Especially since it’s not a safe rear area.

Of course, they did not know the inside story of the humans, but if we go by rough calculations, it would be safe to say that the two thousand was the entire operational force mobilized.

“Have you seen the Knights Templar?”

“I hardly ever saw people wearing white clothes. But you never know. They can just wear different clothes.”

“Well, I guess they gathered all their troops but didn’t exclude the Knights. I guess they’re hiding.”

“They must have judged that there was a chance of winning and were trying to block it.”

A few days ago, I would have laughed at the idea of ​​humans making a last-ditch effort, but not anymore.

In just a few days, three legions were blown away by birds they didn’t even know existed, and more than half of the sisters were killed.

Even if you simply calculate it, more than half of the power has already been lost.

To be blunt, even though we gathered like this, we were in no position to be confident of victory. Perhaps tomorrow might be the last day.

Yet the Siren sisters never even considered the option of retreat.

Because there was no order from the master to step down and do nothing.

Even if the legion is completely destroyed, you must give the opponent a corresponding shock. Only then can you step back for a moment and rebuild the legion or not.

“That’s better. If all the human forces have gathered, then if we just defeat them, there will be no more obstacles.”

“Even if it is true, if it imposes a lot of damage, it will be difficult to recover.”

“I hope the servants didn’t recover enough. Well, that would have just taken more time.”

“Can the legion just rest for today?”

“Enough.”

“good.”

The three sisters nodded almost simultaneously.

“Let’s go and see.”

* * *

“You’re here.”

Lilia said calmly.

A few who heard her voice looked towards the horizon in surprise, but they could barely see anything.

But no one could object, as it was obvious that the Archbishop’s eyesight was far superior to theirs.

“It’s about the time I expected.”

Galen muttered, glancing up at the sun.

It was about two o’clock in the afternoon. Lunch had already been served. It was almost exactly the same time as the scouts’ report had calculated.

There are about 2,200 troops in a somewhat loose circular formation on a gentle hill.

If this was a regular army, it would have been easy to just issue the order to a few commanders, but since it was a ragtag collection of dozens of mercenary groups and mercenary companies, all the commanders and captains had to be called together.

To be honest, if you were to tell them to fight a full-scale war with this, wouldn’t even a famous general shake his head? Regardless of the individual’s fighting ability, the command system is in disarray, so there’s no way they can be completely commanded.

Fortunately, however, what Galen was trying to do was not ‘war’. It was ‘hunting’.

“Okay, okay. I’ll give you one last instruction.”

Galen lightly clapped his hands together. Dozens of eyes turned to him at once.

“I don’t expect much from you. Just hold out in your respective areas for a while, and when you see the enemy starting to fall apart, lead your subordinates and beat them up. You can decide when to do that. Do you understand?”

“yes!”

“I’m not saying that you should fight to the death. But if there are people who are too stubborn, I think that would be heartbreaking. I don’t think I have to kill each and every one of the thousands of evil spirits.”

“I will work hard!”

A powerful answer came back, full of spirit.

There was also the reason that in this place where there were not even gold-grade mercenaries, the status of the gem-grade mercenaries was almost like idolatry.

A more direct reason was that the activities of the two people were already clearly known.

It goes without saying that they appeared by annihilating the evil spirits at 6 o’clock, and it was also confirmed through the testimonies of scouts that the evil spirits’ forces advancing at 8 o’clock and 10 o’clock were literally crushed.

From the perspective of the mercenaries who had been retreating repeatedly because they had difficulty stopping even one legion, the two people who had taken out three legions could not help but seem even more impressive.

It was because the mercenaries who lived as they pleased were so docile. Even if two thousand two hundred people attacked at once, it seemed like they would be defeated by two people, so of course they had to be polite.

And there were practical reasons too.

In fact, most of the mercenaries gathered here were those who had inevitably violated their employment contracts.

They were hired to protect farmland from evil spirits or to subdue evil spirits to create new farmland, but they have been pushed out all along.

Because it was such an unavoidable event, like a natural disaster, employers were unable to bring themselves to claim it was a breach of contract.

If Galen and Lilia just sucked their thumbs until everything was resolved, they would get cursed at a lot. They should have at least shown some sincerity by making an effort.

Galen sent them back to their respective seats, making their resolutions clear.

Only Lilia remained by his side.

Their location is separate from the original formation of the hill, and they appear to protrude slightly from the front.

The reason why he told the mercenaries to fight on their own was because the two of them would not cooperate with him and would act separately.

The two men were of the highest rank, but were not commanders. They were walking tactical weapons.

“There are so many, it’s shocking.”

Galen said. Gradually, his eyes began to see thousands of evil spirits rushing in, filling the horizon with darkness.

“I wish they were just a little bit lazier.”

Although I interrogated Siren and obtained information that the demon was somewhere in the southeast, there was no guarantee that it wouldn’t suddenly appear. From Siren’s perspective, it was like Galen and Lilia suddenly appeared.

So, just in case, Lilia decided to keep enough of her holy power, and Galen decided to save up his water manipulation.

The rest of the magic, aside from that, was still in the gold, even at the end.

The Golden Pole was strong enough, but not strong enough to wipe out thousands of evil spirits.

If he was that strong, he would have spent a lot of money and mobilized the golden magicians to clear out the Great Mountain Range.

The reason Galen was able to clear out the 6th legion with just the Vanity Flame was because there were so many evil spirits gathered together, the Vanity Flame was an excellent wide-area skill, and the fact that it had twice the magical power of others all worked together.

In short, it was impossible to wipe out all six legions at once while the water flow manipulation was sealed. Even with Lilia’s help, three was the limit.

Of course, if they rested for a few days, their magical power would fully recover, so they could have dealt with the remaining three legions in the same way, but the Sirens had gathered together in a big group.

“It’s fortunate that he showed up instead of running away! Although I don’t think he’ll run away until the very end.”

“Can you chase after all three?”

“What if there are two? If all three of them ride wyverns and run away in different directions, it’ll be difficult.”

“Then I guess we’ll have to gather all three of them together.”

“How?”

“If I slowly pressure one of them, won’t the other two come to help?”

“aha.”

“Let’s first see how the enemy comes out.”

Galen explained the possibilities simply, and Lilia nodded.

While we were talking calmly, a large army of evil spirits approached us and soon filled the bottom of the hill.

Even though the location of the garrison was on a hill, it was not a high ground with great defensive advantages. A human might be a little out of breath climbing the hill, but it would not be a short distance for an animal.

When I glanced back, I saw tension on the mercenaries’ faces. I knew in my head that the jewel was with them, but I hadn’t seen the battle scene ‘directly’ yet.

“Kill them all, without leaving a trace.”

In addition to that, the siren’s voice was heard in the wind.

There were so many evil spirits that it was hard to tell where they were buried, but their unique tones were faintly audible to Galen’s ears.

So, how could the mercenary warriors, who had more advanced senses than Galen, not have heard it? The few skilled Baek Eun-sangs, who were mixed in, heard it especially clearly.

“Uh, yeah?”

“Wh, didn’t you hear any sound?”

The mercenaries, who were completely unaware of the existence of Siren, were confused. They felt ominous as they heard a strange voice that was clearly different from that of a human.

Then Lilia poked Galen in the ribs.

When Galen looked around in confusion, Lilia smiled and motioned for him to cover his ears.

Galen covered his ears. Lilia confirmed this and opened her mouth.

“Prepare for battle!”

The volume was so loud that I felt sad even though I had my ears covered.

Lilia’s voice echoed like thunder throughout the hill where two thousand two hundred people were gathered.

All the mercenaries were startled. The ominous feeling that was about to spread disappeared in an instant.

“The evil ones are coming! Bring your crossbows!”

It was a short command, but it was ultimately an accurate one. The evil spirits were already running up the hill when the Siren’s voice was delivered.

“Kyaaaaah!”

“Keeeeeeee!”

The mercenaries, who had come to their senses, quickly aimed the crossbows they had loaded, and the mercenary captains, who had come to their senses even more because Lilia’s words sounded like a reprimand, shouted simultaneously.

“Aiming is finished!”

“yes!”

“shooting!”

Mercenaries who carry a slingshot that can’t even fire a few times against evil spirits are quite experienced.

So not all 2,200 men were carrying crossbows. However, the proportion of elites was quite high, so it was not a small number.

Shhh shhh shhh shhh shhh!

Hundreds of arrows were fired in all directions from all over the place.

Puppup …

In fact, there was no aim to speak of. The evil spirits were swarming in such a way that you could hit them no matter how you shot.

“I will step aside for a moment.”

“yes!”

Galen took a small step back. Lilia stepped forward just as much.

“Eww!”

Lilia swung her hammer, deliberately shouting with force.

Paaaaang!

The evil spirits that rush to the front lines are weak and helpless, like Nol.

They were the kind of guys that Lilia could kill with a single prick of her finger.

There was a loud cracking sound and the corpse of the Nol, almost shattered, flew away. As it flew, it struck down other Nol that were rushing after it.

Boom! Boom!

With one swing of the hammer, two or three evil spirits flew into the sky, becoming throwing weapons in their own right.

As Lilia stood at the front with such splendid display, the morale of the nearby mercenaries soared in an instant.

By that time, evil spirits began to descend not only on the earth but also on the sky.

“They come in many different ways.”

Galen muttered as he looked up. A part of the sky was covered as if a flock of migratory birds was flocking.

Lilia looked back at Galen for a moment. Galen nodded quietly and drew up his magic power.

Two handfuls of spiral circling magic power added to the magic power of the death mist.

Saaaa …

Magical power in the form of gloomy fog stretched into the sky with the help of the wind.

Dozens of evil spirits that had just attacked from the air were swept away by the fog.

All kinds of strange birds, having lost the power to flap their wings, staggered and fell helplessly down.

“Just take care of the ones that fall!”

At that exact moment, Lilia shouted. The mercenaries, who had momentarily lost sight of the sky, took this opportunity to attack the evil spirits.

It was annoying that the nimble ones could fly, but once they got back to the ground, they weren’t that hard since they weren’t that strong.

The battle continued for some time.

On the ground, Lilia takes the lead and crushes, while in the air, Galen blocks.

The other mercenaries also held out well without much trouble. They were not weak enough to be defeated by the attacks of the thugs who pushed forward with numbers alone. They also had more numbers.

Of course, everyone knew that the real attack had not even begun yet.

I thought I had lost some of my stamina, so the stronger evil spirits started to show themselves.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

On the ground, evil creatures that could never be stopped by the two thousand two hundred bronze and scrap metal mercenaries, including trolls, began to appear here and there.

In the sky, wyverns flew up in unison among the monsters, displaying a strong presence.

“Oh, oh, oh.”

One of the Baek Eun warriors groaned without realizing it when he saw that.

It would be difficult for an ordinary white warrior to fight a wyvern one-on-one.

Among the mercenaries, the number of wyverns far outnumbered the number of warriors, even without considering the evil species on the ground.

“Don’t worry about the sky! Just look straight ahead!”

Lilia shouted nonchalantly.

But how could I not care?

Sure, I’ve seen some unidentified fog magic that’s dropped hundreds of birds… but a bird falling and a wyvern falling are not the same thing. You get crushed to death.

Even the fog had slowly disappeared before we knew it.

The thought of whether this was okay was creeping into everyone’s mind along with the shadows of the wyverns looming over their heads.

“Hmm, is everyone here already?”

Galen, who had been calmly looking up at the sky, stretched out his right arm.

The power of the stars flowing from the bracelet mixed with the magic of the spiral flow.

Shhhhhh!

The wind began to blow.

It was a sign of a typhoon.