Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 195



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Episode 195 The King’s Tomb (6)

Theodore asked as Galen and Lilia reacted simultaneously.

“Do you both know him?”

“I only saw him once. He’s a bad guy.”

“That’s why you’re standing over there. I asked because you suddenly appeared.”

“We’re also out of the blue!”

“Still, I can guess a little bit.”

Unlike Lilia, who answered brightly, Galen twisted the corners of his mouth.

“I also remember the composition of the expedition team that entered the ruins.”

“Of course I remember, right? Of course that guy wasn’t included there.”

“There were ten of us, excluding Sir Theodore. And there are still ten of us now.”

“But the head of the Alaba family is not visible.”

“Then the answer is simple. That guy and the head of the Alaba family are the same person.”

“What?”

Theodore frowned.

“Does that make sense? Even their faces are completely different?”

“What about clothes?”

“That might be… the same. But the face—”

“I thought it wouldn’t work, but it was possible.”

“Huh?”

“Lilia once killed that guy, but after she killed him, his face changed into someone else’s.”

“…What is that?”

“It appeared in front of me around the same time. I roughly understood it as a technique to put a clone of yourself on someone else.”

“So, you pretended to be the head of the household before the split, but then you showed your true colors after the split?”

“I don’t know how the transformation took place. I think the story unfolded as you said.”

“Oh, what a dirty, convenient technique. You just replace the head and leave the body alone? It’s not like it’s some kind of assembly toy.”

Theodore, mocking openly, stretched his arms behind his back. His pot-lidded hand gripped the handle of his greatsword.

“Anyway, just because it’s not the main body doesn’t mean it’s not a being that won’t die, right?”

“The clone dies, and we don’t know how much damage it does to the main body, but it can be removed from the battlefield immediately.”

“That’s fine. Is there anything else I need to discuss?”

“You can just kill them all and then go out and deal with the aftermath.”

Galen said bluntly.

I had guessed since there was only one land wizard I knew, but the moment I broke through the sand and came out, I could immediately confirm that the source of the magic mixed in the sand was Davia.

At the point where they were just watching that much sand being poured into the passage, the entire expedition team was confirmed as accomplices. Even if they were all killed, they would be innocent.

If there was just one question, it was why the expedition guys suddenly tried to hit Theodore and drown him.

When I asked him on the way up, Theodore said he had no idea what it was either.

Since I only know the Daviana Alaba family and the jewels, there is no need to hold any grudges or anything like that.

Thankfully, that question was immediately answered as soon as I looked into her eyes.

Wasn’t the church already secretly investigating the jewels? Whether they had been recruited by the Demonic Cult. The culprit was here.

What great reason would those who shout “Long Live the Devil” and try to burn the world have to kill Theodore?

There was no need to try to understand the crazy guy’s way of thinking.

“Thank you for the neat arrangement.”

Theodore smiled, as if he was pleased with Galen’s answer. I felt bad saying this, but honestly, even though we were on the same side, I was a little scared. It seemed more like a wild beast showing its teeth than a human.

Then he took a big step forward and swung his greatsword. The air around him split.

Kagagagagagak!

The skeletons in the path of the greatsword were also split into pieces.

Whether the expedition was in disarray or not, whether Galen’s party was talking or not, it didn’t matter to the skeletons that surrounded them.

Thanks to the special cavalry that Gray brought on purpose, the expedition was treated as if it didn’t exist, so the aggro was focused solely on Galen’s party.

The skeletons that had been approaching him in a hesitant manner were now completely destroyed with a single swing of the sword. Even though the greatsword was swung lightly, its weight was not light at all.

“Big!”

Theodore aimed the tip of his sword at the expedition team that had been forcibly awakened by the murderous sound. The cold murderous intent surged through them like a wave.

“I’ll give you one more chance. I don’t want to cut off the heads of those fools either. If you’re going to attack, attack from the front. Don’t be a sly jerk from behind.”

“This is… driving me crazy.”

Gray, who had just come to his senses, let out a hollow laugh.

“We were already talking about Duke Galen just before. It really is a terribly entangled and evil relationship.”

“Why don’t you come out as your real self instead of a clone? Then we won’t have to get entangled anymore.”

“I’ll decline. By the way, how did you get out of there?”

“I followed you because you wouldn’t let me into the ruins. I didn’t know we’d almost get buried alive together.”

“You, the jewel? With the archbishop by your side?”

Gray asked back with an even more bewildered expression.

“Don’t you have any sense of… dignity?”

“No, there was someone else who brought it up first!”

Galen, who had been stabbed in the side by Lilia’s elbow, was forced to shut his mouth.

From Lilia’s perspective, it was an embarrassing act since she was the one who suggested sneaking in, but in the eyes of the expedition team, the children were just a bunch of brats who were playing around with each other even in this situation.

“So, thank you very much.”

Lilia, who had silenced Galen, spoke rather confidently.

“Thanks to you, that turned out to be a good thing!”

“Thanks to you, my plan went awry again.”

Although he tried to keep his composure in his speech, Gray’s feelings were already revealed by the distorted smile. He was furious inside.

“This is beyond my expectations.”

Decker muttered with a displeased expression.

It would be fine if you could join forces with Ivan to deal with Theodore, who successfully escaped, or later take Lilia away from Galen and deal with her one-on-one.

On the contrary, I was extremely embarrassed because I had never imagined that this fight would be at a disadvantage.

“I didn’t like it from the beginning, and I still don’t like it until the end.”

Ivan spat it out as if chewing.

Aside from his arrogant confidence that he could win a one-on-one fight with Galen, Theodore’s half-open eyes were just as threatening to him as Deckard.

Still, the two jewels didn’t particularly blame Gray.

Even if it was like that outside the ruins, if you look at it objectively, it was the two people’s fault that they didn’t know about the stalking inside. It was embarrassing that they didn’t notice anything because they were both jewels.

But that’s that, the real leader of the expedition is Gray.

Gray bit his lip as he received gazes from both Ivan and Deckard asking what he was going to do.

“I can’t help it… … .”

He opened his mouth with eyes that looked into the distance.

“Davia.”

“yes yes!”

“Wake up.”

“It’s ready!”

“Then get ready.”

Looking back at Davia, and making sure that she was at least no longer in a state of disorientation that made her unable to use her magic, Gray gave a firm order.

“Full retreat.”

“Oh, yes!”

There are too many jewels in this place, so they are just buried, but outside, even gold is a great high-ranking magician. It is not an age to be flustered like a child.

Thanks to the cavalry, I could use my maximum available horsepower right now without worrying about the rear.

In an instant, Dabia’s magical power dug into the ground and tore apart the sandy beach where the expedition team was standing.

Choaaaaaaah!

The small sand island that had been created in a short time slid along with the expedition team. It was towards the passage connected to the entrance of the ruins.

The skeletons on the path of the sand island fell like dominoes. Not because they collided with the sand island, but because they flew out of the path before colliding with it.

On the other hand, the space left by the sand island was quickly filled by skeletons that had come in from the side.

Each one is nothing special, but they literally block the path with their bodies, acting as obstacles, so it will be a bit of a hassle to chase them.

“Who said to whom that they have no face?”

Galen snickered at the sight.

Well, tactically speaking, it seemed like a good choice.

Even the strongest wizards are slow on their feet, but they can be moved quickly by moving the platform itself.

We can use the skeletons that attack Galen’s party to gain some ground. At least we can buy some time.

That is… if it had been attached about an hour ago.

“You’re short-sighted!”

“Yes, that’s right.”

It was just as Lilia had said.

We should have considered how Galen came to be.

The magic of manipulating the earth was not exclusive to Davia.

Originally, there was a territorial advance.

Galen continued to push through the passage, pushing through the remaining magical power of Davia that remained in the pouring sand.

[Earth Lv.69]

[Fixed: Granted]

[Vibration: Manipulation]

[100% progress to next level]

He had already stolen Davia’s magic and achieved the integrated evolution of earth magic.

In return, the temporary land spirits were overworked, and both Galen’s life magic and Unica’s magic were depleted.

Anyway, if you rest, you will recover later, and for now, you can just use something else instead of using life magic-based spells like spirit creation or magic sound.

If Gray had known that Galen had used his plan to bury Theodore alive, he would have fallen over, clutching the back of his neck. Fortunately or unfortunately, Galen had no intention of telling his enemy about it.

[Earth: Vibration: Manipulation]

[Countercurrent]

Penetrating into the ground just like a territorial advance, but in a completely different way.

Galen’s magical power, which had caught up with the slippery sand island, grabbed hold of Davia’s magical power.

Ironically, Galen’s magic, which had only recently been stolen, was much more powerful than the original owner, Davia’s magic. This was because it was not a completely new magic, but an evolved version of an existing magic, so the level of the territorial advance was inherited as is.

Phew!

The sand island, which had its brakes forcibly applied, was unable to withstand the collision of the two magics and just exploded.

“Whoa!”

“Oh my!”

The platform suddenly burst, and with the inertia of the rapid movement added to it, ten people were thrown into the air.

Fortunately, eight of them were warriors of more than a hundred thousand. Ivan was quickly caught by Deckard, and Davia was caught by Gray. The rest also took the fall method on their own.

“Is there anything to kill an old man for?”

Ivan, whose body was no different from that of an ordinary person and whose bones could break with a slight twist, was extremely angry.

If Decker hadn’t caught him, he might have fallen to the ground and died. The cause of death of the jewel wizard was something that would be ridiculed for generations to come.

“No, it wasn’t my mistake!”

Dabia, who was less physically shocked than the younger generation, cried out in tears as she was mentally shocked.

“There has been an interruption!”

“What the hell is the interruption—”

Ivan, who was about to lash out as usual, hesitated. This was because he belatedly remembered the sight of Galen crawling out of the sand.

Gray asked urgently when he reached a dead end after racking his brain for less than thirty seconds.

“Davia, did you get pushed out by magic?”

“Yes… It’s a similar magic to mine… It’s clearly above… At least top tier gold… … .”

Although he knew that his opponent was a jewel, Dabia, who had pride in his own field, was mentally half-dead.

“In the end, we have no choice but to fight.”

Deckard said, his expression rather relieved.

I knew it was disadvantageous, so I followed Gray’s judgment, but it was a bit hurtful to see him run away without even swinging his sword. I also felt a little better about it.

“If you keep mixing it, you might be able to get the numbers.”

“It’s a shame that my escape was blocked… but it’s still worth it to have gained some time.”

Gray muttered with a sigh. He added to Deckard’s puzzled expression.

“I can give you an equal advantage, even if it’s not superior.”

“What?”

“I told you earlier. When the ceiling of the ruins collapses, a secret passage is revealed.”

And the skeletons here were still moving.

In other words, it meant that the treasure guardian who was the core of the relics was still alive.

Kwaaaaang!

Aside from the passageway that had been filled with sand, a secret door hidden in the wall far above it was destroyed.

A gray fireball burst out of the secret passage, streaking through the air before landing on the sandy beach.

The faces of the expedition team brightened at the appearance of the ashen monster.

The faces of Galen and his party did not darken at all.

“It’s popping out of a strange place?”

“That’s right. Was there a secret passage or something? How did it not get buried in the sand?”

Lilia said it casually, and Galen responded casually.

“That guy, if someone saw him, they’d think he was the main character. His appearance is quite believable.”

Theodore snorted.

“I guess it hasn’t hit me yet.”

Still, anyway.

It was three against three.