Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 202



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Episode 202 Conclusion (4)

The time it took for Galen and his party to subdue the rest of the expedition team after they emerged from the ruins was so fleeting that there was no time to describe it.

Well, there were only a little over ten people left outside. Twelve to be exact.

First of all, everyone had at least one horse soldier hidden away, but the performance of the mass-produced horse soldiers was at best enough to turn silver into gold.

Even if you take out your cavalry from the beginning and attack with twelve gold ones at the same time, they will break like reeds in front of the three jewels, so since you had to face them without any preparation, it was wise to hold out for a little while.

“Snap!”

“Ugh!”

The four guarding the entrance to the ruins, who had sensed the presence of others but thought it was the Gray gang returning, were hit by water arrows fired by Galen and fell down at the same time.

The fate of the eight who were resting in a tent at a slightly distant campsite was the same. They came out because they heard some noise, but as soon as they came out, they were hit by a lump of water and collapsed.

Soon, in the front yard of the campsite, a dozen or so people were piled up, bleeding profusely.

“There are so many, it’s a bit bothersome.”

“Should I bury it?”

“You didn’t keep it alive on purpose?”

“Oh, I’m not saying kill me.”

Galen spoke with actions rather than words. He lightly scattered the magic power of the land that was still somewhat sluggish.

The sands of the desert came alive and moved, carrying the fallen people here and there.

Soon, the explorers’ entire bodies were planted in the ground, with only their heads sticking out.

“oh.”

“I think I’ll be able to escape on my own when I get to Baek-eun. I’m a little tired of holding on to her.”

“This is enough. It makes management much easier.”

Theodore, who had raised his thumb, bent down and grabbed the scruff of the neck of one of the nearby explorers. One person was pulled out like a cabbage in a field.

“Huh, huh?!”

“Okay, then shall we start again?”

Ivan’s escort, who had regained consciousness by force, struggled for breath and then opened his eyes wide.

Boom!

He was thrown roughly to the ground and before he could even realize what had happened, one of his legs was shattered. Theodore had only stepped lightly, but the result was anything but light.

“Kwaaaaak!”

“Are you coming to your senses? I’m going to ask you some questions now.”

“Hey, you crazy old man, you punk!”

“What? I can’t hear you very well.”

While Theodore was chopping down a person like that.

Galen pushed the sand and moved Davia slightly to the corner.

“Phew! What, what is it?”

Dabia woke up with a bang after having her face splashed with water, and her complexion quickly darkened.

The last sight before I passed out was the inside of the ruins, and this is the outside of the ruins with a view of the sky.

Galen, Lilia, and Theodore are all fine, and the only living allies are the ones buried with only their heads sticking out, including herself.

Davia wasn’t stupid, so he could easily guess what had happened in the meantime.

“iced coffee…….”

If it were normal, I would have tried to counterattack, laughing at the foolishness of burying her, an earth-type magician, in the ground.

Even in that land, Galen was superior in magic, and Davia, who had already watched right next to him how Ivan was manipulated and torn apart by various magics, had no motivation to exist.

Unlike the Gem, who had absolute self-confidence that ‘I am the best in my field’, the Golden Man’s mentality was not as strong.

“Ah, devil… … .”

“It’s heartbreaking for a compliment.”

Galen, who had brought out a portable chair without a backrest from a nearby tent, sat down calmly next to Davia’s head and said.

“I have some questions for you. Can you answer them?”

“Well, if I may answer―”

“I’ll cut off your head with one stroke of the sword.”

Galen nodded at Davia’s words, who was still holding vain hopes and was still not in her right mind. Davia looked in his direction as if she was possessed. At that moment, a scream erupted.

“Ahhhh! Ewww!”

“That guy, he’s really being too harsh.”

“I think I would feel hurt if this happened to me?”

“You say that, but you don’t even blink an eye.”

“Well, he is a sinner who deserves to die. I can’t turn a blind eye to him because it’s not a good look.”

“That’s the Archbishop’s answer.”

“But please be careful! If you just crush it, the treatment will be ineffective!”

“Okay, keep that in mind.”

Galen, who had heard Theodore and Lilia’s conversation, turned his head again. His voice softly rang in Davia’s ear, who was lost in thought.

“If the church decides to torture someone, they can kill and bring him back to life a hundred times, leaving him alive for three days and three nights.”

“Ugh… ahhh… … .”

“They say that we’ll all die anyway, but the process isn’t the same at all. If it were me, I’d rather die in peace.”

“Just because you tell everything doesn’t mean you won’t be tortured.”

Davia said, shivering. It seemed she was ready to talk now. Galen snickered.

“No. I also want to finish quickly and rest. If you cooperate, there’s no need to drag it out.”

“Well, then.”

“For your information, I know more than you think. If it seems like I’m talking nonsense.”

Galen said nothing more and pointed towards Theodore. Davia quickly shouted.

“I will answer honestly!”

“Okay. First of all… … .”

* * *

The Alaba family, which claims to rule over the desert, may not be very effective, but they still have enough power to easily rule over a city.

When you become the head of a family like that, you rarely have a day to relax. Especially if you are a hard worker.

As the sun set and dinner was over, there were still people looking for the general who was doing work for the next day.

“What’s the matter, miss?”

Lotte, the only daughter of the current head of the household and heir to the family, entered the office of the general. Was it an illusion that her gait seemed somewhat anxious?

“Father hasn’t come back yet?”

“yes?”

“Aren’t you too late?”

“yes?”

The general expressed his doubts one after another in response to Lotte’s repeated questions.

“The expedition team set off yesterday morning… … ?”

“Who doesn’t know that?”

“Isn’t it enough time to just go to the ruins? Considering the round trip time, unless you finish exploring right away, you can’t come back now… … .”

“No… Haa, yeah. That’s right. I guess you’re just trying to be careful.”

Lotte, who was about to ask something more, came to her own conclusion and shut her mouth. The general couldn’t understand English.

“I’m already anxious because I can’t see them… … .”

“Huh? Those guys?”

“I’m talking about the wizard who travels with the Archbishop.”

“No, were you even spying on them?”

“There are two jewels wandering around our front yard, so we have to keep an eye on them! Don’t worry, I didn’t tail them for no reason!”

“Oh, yes… … .”

When Lotte suddenly became irritated, the general responded in a trembling tone.

I don’t know why the young lady did that, but it was fortunate. There’s a huge difference between watching someone’s movements step by step and blatantly following them, and the aftereffects of getting caught are completely different.

“It looked fine until yesterday, but I didn’t see a single thing today. No one saw it coming out of the annex of the inn.”

“I guess he’s just resting.”

“You didn’t even eat! You two just didn’t eat all day and were tangled up in bed? What do you mean?”

“Miss, please speak!”

The general put his index finger to his mouth in shock. No matter how tight the guards’ mouths were, it was still the same.

Growing up in the desert, in a warrior family, and as an only child, Lotte had a very self-willed personality, which made her a target of criticism from the general more than once.

“I didn’t say anything that wasn’t true. You two have been hanging out together for years now?”

“That doesn’t matter! A wizard is a wizard, but he’s an archbishop! The moment you take that as an insult to the church, you don’t know what kind of hammer will fall!”

As the general was furious, Lotte shut her mouth with a discontented expression. She muttered something very quietly about the church, but fortunately the general did not hear her.

That was when.

“huh?”

Lotte’s ears perked up. It felt like there was some kind of commotion outside.

The general, whose hearing was worse than hers, also noticed the commotion late and tried to look outside.

Boom!

The office door flew open, almost as if it was ripped off.

“who-”

The general’s voice, which was about to shout, started out loud but then quickly became quieter.

It wasn’t exactly something to blame. There were very few people who didn’t feel burdened by Theodore’s muscles filling the doorway.

Because of that, he discovered Galen and Lilia, who were actually in the lead, a beat late. The general felt hurt because the two of them had been talking until just before.

“How come you two are here… No, more importantly, why is Sir Theodore here… …?”

“Mr. General?”

Theodore didn’t answer, so Lilia spoke instead. Her tone was unusually stern.

“Yes, yes?”

“Who is the person next to you?”

“This is Miss Lotte.”

“That’s good.”

Before the General could add the additional explanation that she was the only daughter of the head of the household and the heir, Lilia spoke first. Confirming the name was enough.

“I was looking for it.”

“yes?”

“The other two will be escorts, right?”

Lilia closed her eyes for a moment and then opened them.

That simple action suddenly changed the atmosphere.

The general, Lotte, and her two escorts all felt a heavy pressure squeezing their hearts.

8.5th miracle: If you open the eyes of the saint, you will be able to see the power and magic of the priest.

The effect is only secondary, and the real key lies in ‘seeing through the essence.’

Lilia caught sight of a distorted presence that should not have been visible otherwise. Her gaze swept over Lotte and the escorts’ waists.

“It just so happens that he was caught red-handed.”

“What the heck is that all of a sudden—”

“Isn’t that what you said to the General? I said it to those three people who are shamelessly using the cavalry.”

“… … !”

Lotte and her escorts, who had been pointed out by Lilia, failed to control their expressions.

Of course, even if it had been successful, nothing would have changed.

The word came out so suddenly that the general’s brain stopped working. Horse soldiers? What were horse soldiers?

The pressure of the castle, with Lilia in her position as Archbishop, clouded his mind. Lotte’s voice came to the ears of the General, who had frozen in place.

“Huh, nonsense! Is that all for the Archbishop? Why did you suddenly barge in and say—”

“Is this the result of cross-examining the testimonies of fourteen people? Unfortunately, I was not able to hear the testimony of the head of the household.”

“What, what?”

“The head of the household, the next head of the household, and all the guards. A total of eighteen people are subject to punishment for using cavalry. Now, only three of you remain. Will you surrender obediently?”

Of course, that couldn’t be the case. Even in the midst of the chaos, the three men pulled out their cavalry with warrior-like instincts and looked.

Of course, it didn’t work. Before I could even properly swing my sword, I was hit by Lilia one by one and fell down.

“Ugh, ugh… … .”

Considering the groaning general, Lilia lifted the curtain. As his complexion returned slightly, Lilia spoke kindly to him.

“Fortunately, no one said anything about the General being involved?”

“Go, go, thank you.”

“We forced our way in, so the atmosphere might still be a bit chaotic. Could you please gather everyone in a large space like… a conference room? I’ll explain the situation myself.”

“Ah, I understand! Ha, but… the lord… … .”

“I told you earlier, out of the eighteen people targeted for execution, only three remain.”

That was the truth.

I entered the ruins this morning, went through a series of events, rested and interrogated during the day, and flew back after the sun went down.

Davia, Ivan’s escorts, Deckard’s escorts, and the rest of the expedition team were all sent to the other world. These three were the last.

At Lilia’s calm answer, the general swallowed dry saliva and spoke in a trembling voice.

“I will gather you as soon as possible.”

The governor hurried out of his office, his demeanor becoming more cautious.

As the sound of footsteps grew distant, Lilia’s previously majestic body suddenly lost all its strength.

“Whoa, this is awkward.”

A sobbing Lilia leaned against Galen. She looked up at him with puppy-dog eyes.

“Am I okay?”

“It was very archbishop-like.”

Galen smiled and nodded.

When it came to matters related to the cavalry, it was more persuasive for Lilia, a church person, to come forward than for Theodore.

In this situation, I thought it would be better to go strong rather than just appear bright, so I ordered it, and it turned out pretty well.

“This is truly a church-like thing to do.”

Theodore shook his head.

“If it were me, I would have just wiped out the Alaba family. Wouldn’t that be easier and cleaner?”

“If we didn’t do that, the church could survive until now.”

Galen said, gently stroking Lilia’s head.

“Because it gives us the belief that only those who truly sin are punished.”

“That’s not a wrong statement.”

“Anyway, the moment the ruins were destroyed, the Alaba family’s purpose was over. Even if we missed someone, what kind of threat would they pose if they caused trouble later?”

“but.”

Ivan and Decker were threats based on their own military power even without their family, but the Alava family, which only had a few hundred or a few dozen members, was nothing special.

“What’s more important is the rest.”

“Yes. The reactions of Ivan’s family and Deckard’s family are also a problem… … .”

Galen muttered softly, recalling the information he had dug up from Davia earlier.

“… Northwest.”