Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 165



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Episode 165: Hunting (6)

When Lilia returned to her seat, having defeated three wyverns and blown off the heads of two sirens, she carried the remaining one under her arm.

Phew!

The last ogre was having his head smashed by a clay doll.

Galen jumped down lightly from the shoulders of the clay doll that had completed its mission successfully.

It was a somewhat burdensome height for the average person, but it was enough to lightly wrap around the Earth. Galen landed with a rather heavy sound.

“Are you back?”

“Yes. You finished it really quickly?”

“Lilia said, roughly throwing the third one to the floor as if she was throwing trash. Galen shrugged slightly.

“I quickly caught him while he was still unconscious.”

The clay dolls in the ruins of Oklane were so powerful that they could have buried several gold and several silver people if Galen and Lilia hadn’t been there.

Since Galen’s territory advance was still at the gold level, it was difficult for him to handle eight evil creatures of the same gold level by himself.

So I made just one doll and concentrated my power on it, and then I took advantage of the confusion caused by Siren’s death to gain command. I also mixed in some other magic to help.

You might wonder what’s so great about being a gem wizard, but it was significant in that he didn’t use any gem magic at all.

“Should we consider it practically over?”

“Yes. If you are a sharp-witted mercenary, you must have realized that the time has come.”

It wasn’t that Lilia specifically chose one of the three to keep alive. She just caught it because it was the last one.

But coincidentally, the two dead ones were Sirens who ruled over the legions of evil spirits on the left and right.

As the central legion that Galen and Lilia had broken through suffered overwhelming damage, the ratio of the number of men in the left and right legions increased to well over two-thirds.

In that state, the rule was released, and as most of the evil spirits regained their freedom, chaos naturally arose.

The scenery on the hill also showed signs of change.

Didn’t you tell me before the battle started? When the evil spirits are in disarray, you should switch to the offensive.

If you just sit back and watch these evil creatures suddenly fighting among themselves, you should have your mercenary status revoked.

“Brother, are you going to interrogate me?”

“Yes, it won’t take too long.”

“Then should I clean up my surroundings?”

“As you wish. I can help with the small details as well.”

Galen, who had recovered the magical power for the territorial advance from the giant clay doll, gathered the remaining magical power and redistributed it again.

Ssssssss!

New clay figurines rose up around the two people.

There wasn’t much magical power left, and even that was focused on quantity over quality, so each individual’s strength didn’t even reach Baek Eun’s.

Anyway, since I’d already defeated all the relatively strong evils as they came, these were enough. And there was also Lilia.

“I’ll go first! You shouldn’t be too oblivious to your surroundings, right?”

“Don’t worry.”

Lilia flew up. No longer needing to escort Galen, she literally flew up and down, slaughtering all the evil creatures.

Galen, who had turned the automatic hunting to clay dolls, poured a bucket of water on the third’s face.

“Phuhuu! Cluck! Cluck!”

The third woke up coughing violently. Galen asked without paying attention.

“Which one are you? Second? Third? Fourth?”

“What, what?”

The third child was flustered when he heard the ominous words as soon as he came to his senses.

“Yes, how did you do that?”

“Was it the fifth? I heard it from him.”

Four Sirens who were dealt with like a storm on the first day of arrival in the pioneer zone.

The last of them all, Jo Jin Siren, was the fifth.

The seventh one committed suicide, the first one died from a seizure, and the sixth one died from being bitten. The most pitiful one who suffered the most and died based on trial and error. Oh, isn’t it pitiful?

“When I asked him, he started to talk freely.”

“Don’t lie!”

“That’s right. That’s a lie.”

“Are you kidding me?!”

“I did talk it out, but it wasn’t easy. You’ll be like that soon.”

Galen, who had finished his short chat, immediately took out his life force.

[Life: Mind: Follow]

[Ma Seong Eum Yeok]

It’s already been a few days since I stole the magic note from my first son.

It would be normal for it to be impossible to achieve results in just a few days, but for Galen, who has the status window as the answer key, even a few days mean a lot.

His somewhat rough craftsmanship had become much smoother over time.

“This… this vile… … .”

Only then did the third sister realize what had happened to her sisters and she trembled. Sadly, that was all she could do to resist.

“Those guys who dragged thousands of evil spirits around are nothing but vile.”

Galen laughed and trampled on the third’s will to resist.

The third rebellion soon stopped.

“Okay, then… … .”

Galen thought for a moment and chose his words carefully.

This is something I found out while experimenting with the fifth person. If you avoid the trigger points as much as possible and ask questions indirectly, you can somehow get an answer.

For example, if you ask him, “Where is the devil?”, he would die suddenly without being able to answer a single word, but if you ask him, “Do devils live together with humans?”, he would respond with, “Don’t insult the master with your nonsense.”

One thing that’s unfortunate is that the Sirens don’t seem to know much information to begin with.

They were newly born and deployed just for this mission, so aside from questions directly related to the devil, they didn’t know much about anything else.

So rather than expecting anything in particular, it was more of an interrogation to cross-check information obtained from the fifth person.

Surprisingly, the third one leaked some new information just before he died.

After incinerating Siren’s corpse, Galen joined Lilia.

“Are you finished?”

In the few minutes that Galen was interrogating the third, Lilia was taking a break from the Central Legion, grinding out all the evil creatures that stood out, and was just killing some mobs. I don’t know if that was a break.

“Yes. It ended well.”

“Was there anything new?”

“I’m not sure… but maybe?”

“Huh? What is it?”

“I think I stumbled upon it by chance while asking about the collaborators.”

It was almost a given that there were villains who were serving the devil.

If we go back, it was from the time we became aware of the existence of those who spread magic.

Even back then, there were opinions that the bastards had dug up a bunch of ancient cavalry somewhere and were hoarding them, or that the devil had secretly descended and was producing new cavalry.

At the time, the former was considered more likely, but with the appearance of the evil spirit this time, the latter has become more likely.

Those who deliver the devil’s freshly made, hot-off-the-wall horsemen are naturally the devil’s faithful servants.

So, if I couldn’t ask about the devil directly, I tried to find a way around it by asking about the servants.

The fifth answer was not very satisfying, whether it was because there was security there or because he didn’t know the details.

But surprisingly, the third one gave a little hint. Of course, it wasn’t intentional.

“The term ‘dealing with demons’ has come up.”

“Are you a demon?”

Lilia tilted her head and looked at Galen’s wrist. The thing wrapped around his left arm was a bracelet-shaped spirit.

“The last time we met… Was it the first one? Didn’t that guy call your spirit a demon spirit when he saw it?”

“That’s right. Since it’s a life form born from magic, the name ‘Ma-ryeong’ is more fitting.”

“… Does this mean that the identity of the servant is a spirit master?”

“Because he died before I could ask him any more questions. Well, no. He barely managed to utter the word ‘demon spirit,’ so I guess he would have died anyway if I had tried to ask him any more questions.”

“In other words, it means that they have a deep connection with the devil. Still, since spirit masters are a minority among magicians, it would be relatively easy to investigate.”

“Unless you call the ghost summoned by the magician that I saw in the Yeomyeong Archipelago a demon spirit?”

For now, I decided to just keep it in my mind as a clue.

Because it wasn’t information that was useful right now.

Galen said as he watched the mercenaries disengage in earnest and charge down the hill.

“Could you please just clean up some of the big guys from the left legion? I’ll take the right.”

“Do you still have magic power left?”

“I’m almost done, so I’ll just use a little water.”

“Oh, if that’s so.”

Easily convinced, Lilia went to the left, and Galen went to the right.

The evil spirits above Baek-eun level were almost completely destroyed by the two of them, and the few that remained were also eliminated.

Now, all that’s left are those who have nothing to see but their numbers, and even they are in a state of self-restraint.

The subsequent charge of two thousand two hundred mercenaries easily swept away the evil spirits.

The evil spirits that tried to hunt humans ended up being hunted themselves.

Only a small number of the evil hordes, which were strong enough to withstand the five or six thousand, managed to escape alive, and the mercenaries suffered even fewer casualties.

It was an absurdly great victory. Of course, no one knew who it was thanks to.

Lilia, who had protected her hometown, was simply beaming, and Galen was also satisfied.

[Vanity Heat Wave Lv.69]

[100% progress to next level]

[Territorial Advance Lv.69]

[100% progress to next level]

The level of the most active Vanity Flame and Territory Advance, which only kills the best, has also steadily increased.

With this, all of Galen’s magic except for water manipulation reached level 69, 100%, and the golden peak.

A major incident that could have resulted in the destruction of the entire pioneer zone in just a few days was quickly resolved and brought to a close in just a few days.

* * *

If you combine all six legions of evil spirits, it would easily amount to ten thousand.

Even without considering the strength of each individual creature, the frontier zone should have been completely devastated if that many evil creatures had run wild like common beasts.

But fortunately, the great multitude of evil spirits were gathered together in a troop-like formation and moved very leisurely as they pushed their way in.

Villages and farmland along the legion’s path were completely trampled, but those who moved slightly away were safe. This was because the Sirens had no particular interest in scorching the earth.

In conclusion, the material damage, although not small, was not fatal.

The human casualties were surprisingly minimal, as there was only one major clash while residents were being evacuated without many casualties.

Support also came from Abaca. Myra, who received the call, immediately arrived with a mountain of relief supplies.

It was also to handle administrative work directly on site. The pioneering area was also under her jurisdiction, and dealing with the whereabouts of the residents who suffered damage and various compensation issues would not have been an easy task.

However, Myra had a large support force, as they crossed into the frontier zone as far as Damascus a few days later.

Now, no one doubted Lilia’s abilities, but aside from that, Damus was the Archbishop who had ruled the Northeast and East for decades. The weight of his name on the people here was enormous.

The fact that the archbishop came in person meant that the highest levels of the church were also paying attention to the pioneering area, which had a great effect on stabilizing public sentiment.

“Isn’t that what you were aiming for in the first place?”

“That’s right. Of course, I also have a purpose for meeting you.”

Damus smiled softly as they reunited in the first village.

“I came back saying I would come back as soon as possible, but I thought everything would be resolved in the meantime.”

“You trusted us and sent us here, so we have to do this much!”

“I’m saying this because the results always exceed my expectations. You’ve worked really hard. The plague in the southwest, too, and I can’t even count how many lives you’ve saved.”

“you’re welcome.”

Galen and Lilia both showed a humble attitude. It was not because they were unaware of their own achievements, but because they had already received so much praise and gratitude before Damus arrived.

It was almost to the point where it had become an object of habitual worship, making daily life difficult. I had to quickly move to another place.

While we were chatting about how the Siren expedition was going, Galen naturally changed the subject.

“By the way, how has the Vatican decided to respond?”

“Oh, that’s what I mean… … .”

Damus trailed off.

He was pondering for a moment about how to get his luck going when he suddenly opened his mouth.

“Oh, you were a spirit master too?”