Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 208



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Episode 208: Wise Exploration Life (6)

From the moment he heard from the governor that Lilia had come to see him out of the blue, the Duke had felt an ominous feeling.

As expected from a person from a prestigious family, he hated the church, but as expected from a prominent family, he did not get caught up in personal feelings. If you look at it ‘objectively’, the church was full of people who only chose the right path to the point of being annoying.

In other words, the fact that the archbishop came without notice means that the church has secured a justification for committing such rudeness.

If he had been honest, there wouldn’t have been any problems, but unfortunately, Duke had a lot of things to be ashamed of.

So, after consulting quickly with those who followed his will, he secretly gave orders to the general to prepare for an attack.

Of course, it was just to prepare for an emergency, but it was really a method I didn’t want to use until the very end.

The aftermath of attacking the Archbishop was a problem for later, and there was no guarantee that the attack would succeed right away. Lilia wasn’t alone, and Galen was with her.

The best course of action would have been to let it slide, assuming that Lilia had come for a completely different reason, and the next best would have been to buy time to respond by appropriately glossing over the suspicion.

However, Lilia immediately mentioned the cavalry and declared directly that she would interrogate the Duke. She was already certain of the charges and was determined to punish the head of a noble family or not.

If things continue like this, I will be sent straight to the church torture chamber without even a chance to protest.

In the end, Duke was forced to take the last resort.

“General!”

The moment Duke gave a loud signal.

Kwaaaaang!

The General’s closest guards, whom he had secretly gathered outside the conference room, broke down the door and poured into the room.

Almost at the same time, the Duke also jumped up and ran out.

Ignoring the three elders who were still frozen in place, unable to keep up with the situation, he jumped over the half-broken round table in one breath together with one elder who shared his views.

“Ta-at!”

In fact, the decision to choose this place as the meeting place was a decision that Duke made after thinking it through for himself.

Mages have an advantage over warriors, but that’s because they can unilaterally harass them ‘from a distance’.

If a surprise attack is made in a small conference room where only ten or so people are present, the wizard will have little time or space to use his magic.

The priest who has to protect the wizard also cannot tell the difference between the front and the back when attacked from the front and the back, and he cannot swing his weapon freely. The wizard next to him is in the way and the place is too narrow.

Of course, that’s the same for this side too, but if you drive it to a pre-fight situation and get entangled, wouldn’t you be able to hit them with one blind sword since the numbers on this side are so much greater?

At least it seemed more feasible than a head-on confrontation in the open, Duke figured.

In fact, it was the best path with the ‘relatively’ highest winning percentage.

Just because the opponent was the opponent.

Duke did not know that even the highest odds of winning were ‘absolutely’ insignificant.

“Ugh.”

Galen’s sigh reached Duke’s ears as he was about to fly.

Fit!

Almost simultaneously, all the lights in the conference room went out.

For Galen, who could move moisture in the air at any time, putting out fires was no easy task.

The conference room, which didn’t even have windows for security reasons, quickly became dark as the lights went out. The only thing that kept it from going completely dark was the light coming in from the hallway through the broken door.

Papapapat!

Immediately afterwards, Lilia’s body was engulfed in platinum flames.

The miracle of blessing that enveloped the entire body burned brightly, driving away the surrounding darkness. The conference room became bright again.

But Galen, who should have been sitting next to me, was nowhere to be seen.

“Huh?!”

Duke opened his eyes wide. In the brief moment when his vision was confused as it suddenly darkened and then brightened, where had Galen disappeared to?

Since I couldn’t pull away from the body that was already rushing towards me, I naturally changed my target from Galen to Lilia, but my mind was not at all natural. I was confused and confused.

Of course, Lilia wasn’t at all flustered.

Phaaaat!

She spun around and stretched out her legs, no longer worrying about her allies being swept away. The armrest of the chair Galen had been sitting on just a moment ago caught her foot.

The chair that was floating in the air with its feet still on it served as a shield to block the flying fragments of the door and even struck the escort that was following behind.

Kwajik!

Of course, the guards, who were well-equipped with armor-like cavalry, simply smashed the chair with their bodies and swung their swords recklessly.

At that moment, on the other side, Duke, who had rushed right up to her nose, quickly pulled out the sword on his waist and tried to cut down Lilia.

Kwakwaang!

Shock waves erupted from both sides virtually simultaneously.

In both of Lilia’s hands, the swords of light were suddenly glowing.

The Duke’s pupils trembled slightly. The same was true of the guards’ pupils hidden inside their helmets. The master and servant’s harmony was truly perfect.

The horseman who swung his sword with both hands with all his might was blocked by the light sword held in one hand. Even though he attacked from both sides at the same time.

The twin swords, which were immediately put away as if it were a given, changed their orbit and aimed at both sides simultaneously. The frightened Duke and his escort hurriedly defended themselves.

Kakakakakakang!

Duke, who had thought that even the Archbishop could withstand it to some extent if he were to engage in close combat, had to pay a harsh price for underestimating Lilia’s abilities.

The saying that priests are inferior to warriors is meaningless; Lilia is a super strong fighter who can go toe-to-toe with a Gem Warrior without even using the help of spirits or the power of stars.

Since his innate sense and understanding of swordsmanship were superior to those of any other warrior present, there was no point in trying to exploit an opening in a pre-melee situation. In fact, Lilia was better at finding an opening and stabbing at it.

Unlike her, who didn’t care if the space was tight or not, Duke and his men had to think about getting tangled up with each other, so their hands and feet were even more tangled.

“Oh, oh, oh, oh.”

Even if he had known that Lilia was being lenient in that situation, Duke might have really fallen over with his back held.

Even against a cavalryman whose functions were halted by a single miracle of selection, she deliberately beat him up using only swordsmanship.

* * *

Meanwhile, Galen, who had crossed the space using the Dark Fairy Tale, was standing in the outer hallway.

He had already sensed their presence through his sense of the water flow before the guards broke down the door, and he caught up with the one furthest from the conference room.

“What, what is it?!”

“Huh? You want to play?”

Ignoring the startled escort, Galen muttered to himself. To be precise, he was talking to the spirits.

“Okay, then do whatever you want. Just don’t kill me.”

The newly born spirits seemed to be full of enthusiasm. Curious about how they would play, Galen decided to just watch without giving any instructions.

As soon as permission was given, a gray kitten named Libitina popped its head out from Galen’s arms.

The primordial spirit of nothingness, with an appearance that seemed to be made of thick smoke, really dispersed and turned into fog.

An ashen fog covered the guards who were about to swing their swords at Galen.

“Ugh?!”

The escort staggered, his body drained of all its strength as if he had inhaled poison gas.

Well, it wasn’t poison. The primal spirit copied Galen’s magic, but Galen doesn’t deal with things like poison magic.

It’s just the effect of the death mist.

A type of debuff magic that specializes in weakening someone by eating away at their energy, such as aerodynamics, magical power, or holy power.

The power of the offering stored in the magic bottle is also subject to being consumed, so it is like the battery suddenly running out, so the magic bottle user cannot help but be confused.

However, the death mist itself has no lethal power. I wonder what it is going to do.

Shhh!

Tenebrae, the pitch-black primal spirit that had been sleeping within the hood of Galen’s robe, jumped up and melted into the shadows of the hallway.

Soon, a shadow controlled by the Dark Fairy Tale emerged like a tentacle and slapped the escort.

Bang!

The helmet flew away coolly, revealing the naked face of the bewildered escort. Before he could open his mouth, a shadow wrapped around his neck like a rope, strangling him.

“Ugh! Ugh!”

Within seconds, the escort fell to the floor unconscious, either from suffocation or a blocked carotid artery.

“Aha, you two should split up the roles?”

Galen was intrigued. It seemed like a combination where Libitina would render the cavalry ineffective and Tenebrae would finish them off.

“But what if the enemies don’t attack one by one?”

The answer was given by another guy.

At first glance, the primordial spirit of the earth, Gleba, who had been wrapped around his ankle like a shoe decoration, had transformed into a yellow cat.

Then he jumped up to the window in the hallway and ran outside.

“Wow, wizard!”

“How on earth did you get there?!”

“Does that matter? Attack!”

At that moment, other escorts who had noticed Galen’s presence rushed in. The conference room was too small for everyone to enter at once, so they had remained in the hallway.

Did the Duke or the Chancellor not properly inform you of Galen’s true identity? Was it because they were afraid that you would lose your mind if they told you?

What greeted the escorts, who were either ignorant or brave, were waves of dirt.

Kwakwakwakwakwakwa!

Gleba had dug up a whole load of dirt from the garden that could be seen from the hallway and had pushed it in through the window. It was enough to easily bury two or three people.

“be careful!”

“What, what is it?”

The escorts, who barely managed to avoid being swept away by barely stopping, stood frozen in bewilderment.

Sssssss!

I was horrified to see a clay doll rising from a pile of dirt in the hallway.

Boom! Boom!

The puppets of the territorial march controlled by the primordial spirits of the earth took steps.

“Surprisingly slow!”

“Knock him down!”

The guards who had been hesitating regained their courage at the sight of the sluggish doll’s movements and each drew their swords.

Kagagak!

The horseman’s power was truly extraordinary, and the blade dug deep into the clay doll.

However, the clay dolls that were originally extremely hard could not be completely cut off, and even if they were cut off, they would not die.

Instead, while the clay figurines hesitated with their blades stuck in them, Libitina leisurely attacked them and Tenebrae moved her shadow.

“Ugh?!”

The spirit of nothingness has eaten away at the source that gave strength to the escorts.

Kakakkang!

The shadows moved by the pitch-black spirit blew away the helmets of the guards and strangled them, subduing them.

Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!

The clay dolls, which had hastily put their bodies back together, walked forward, leaving behind the escorts who had fainted and fallen.

“These guys are a lot better than I thought, right?”

Galen, who was watching, was genuinely pleased.

Although it wasn’t a tactic that could be applied to all situations, it was the optimal tactic for the current situation. They figured it out on their own without him having to tell them.

Perhaps the tactics that the primal spirits came up with on their own were better than the tactics that Galen came up with. Galen felt anew how convenient it was to have such intelligent and capable servants that he didn’t have to give them every single instruction.

“Hey, what are those monsters!”

“I’ve never heard of a wizard like that!”

Galen’s happiness was, of course, the misfortune of his escorts.

The guards’ mentality was shattered when they encountered a type of wizard that did not exist anywhere in the world without any preparation.

When the escort, who had the weakest mind among them, lost his judgment and started to run away without thinking by turning in the opposite direction.

“Huh?!”

Galen suddenly appeared in front of me. He jumped through space again with the Dark Fairy Tale and came down.

“Oh, there are two wizards?”

“Oh, no! It’s gone!”

“I’m sure… it was behind me… … .”

Galen pointed with his left hand at the more panicked escorts.

“What good will it do to run away without any sense of duty? Just stick your neck out quietly.”

“Hey, get over there, beaker!”

The escort, who had not even been able to finish his sentence, was hit by a water cannon and flew away crumpled.

In front is Galen. In back are three primal spirits.

The only path the remaining escorts could choose was to either get hit painfully by a water blob and fall out, or get strangled by a shadow and pass out quickly.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Galen, who had finished clearing out the area while slowly narrowing the siege, arrived in front of the conference room.

Kakakang! Kakakang! Kakakang!

Inside, the battle was still raging. In fact, it didn’t take long for the hallway to be cleared.

“Are you here, brother?”

While the twin swords were moving busily, blocking attacks from all sides, Lilia, who had a calm expression on her face, asked calmly. Galen also nodded calmly.

“Since the outside cleanup is finished, please stop playing and just subdue the golds. I will take care of the escort.”

“Yes! I practiced being attacked by a group for quite some time, but it’s a shame that it’s already over.”

“Practice?”

Duke, who had achieved nothing until then, gritted his teeth.

“How ridiculous they made us!”

“That’s what I wanted to say.”

Lilia tilted her head.

“You didn’t just throw a tantrum, you really thought you could catch the jewel with this?”

“What, what?”

“If you were prepared to die together, wouldn’t it be completely impossible? Just one ordinary gem.”

Galen shrugged. The minor incident of one of the guards closest to the door turning to attack him and being knocked down by the primals had no effect on the conversation.

“But Lilia is not an ordinary gem.”

“I don’t think that’s something you should be saying, brother!”

“Well, the point is that it’s all over.”

It was literal.

It took less than a minute for the remaining guards in the conference room to be cleared out.

It took about that long for the Duke and the elders who supported him to fall one by one.

Neither Galen nor Lilia had shown even a single sign of life until then.