Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 217



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Episode 217: The Blood Baragi (1)

“Of course, the guy behind the mercenary group wouldn’t be doing something to please the Sky Fairy―”

“It doesn’t mean they simply want to harm us.”

Shamita interrupted Galen, correcting him.

“I’m talking about real blood.”

“Is this real blood? Oh, really?”

So, when you say ‘I want blood’, it doesn’t mean fighting or killing, but rather that you want blood?

Galen frowned. Now he knew why Lilia and Shamita had such unpleasant expressions.

“Selling blood… should I say? Some unknown client wanted the blood of a sky fairy.”

“Why on earth?”

“That’s… They say that if you drink fairy blood, you can become immortal… … .”

“Huh? What kind of crazy guys are you?”

Galen couldn’t even laugh out loud because he was so dumbfounded.

It wasn’t that I didn’t understand it at all. Even the ancient Qin Shi Huang believed that mercury was the elixir of immortality and ate it. In this world, there really are fairies who can give you immortality, so it’s an environment that’s even better for you to have such absurd beliefs.

But believing in it alone and actually attacking the fairy to put that belief into practice were two entirely different things. You had to catch them and kill them―

“… No, just wait a minute.”

Galen, who was contemplating the image of a young, crazy man of power, suddenly felt something strange.

“Isn’t that what he’s saying about immortality?”

“Right.”

“Then maybe it’s actually for a completely different reason?”

“Yes! That’s why I said there must be a real reason that only the captain knows.”

Lilia nodded. Shamita added.

“If I had heard this without knowing anything, I might have believed his claims and thought he was some crazy person causing trouble. But the reason you came to the northwest in the first place was because of this mercenary group.”

“Yes.”

Shamita wasn’t the kind of person who would go into detail about everything we had only known for a few days.

However, we did exchange some stories that seemed necessary. For example, the two were chasing demon followers and the Brave Mercenaries were one of them.

“Then, isn’t it highly likely that our bloodthirsty client is a follower of the devil?”

“I think so too. I don’t think anyone would do something as big as messing with fairies without orders from their superiors.”

Even if by some chance an odd person had intervened and proposed the request, the fact that the Demon Sect had given permission meant that they also wanted it. There was absolutely no reason to leave it alone.

“When I asked, I heard that the captain and others left for the north early in the morning.”

“Yes. The Lord said so too.”

Fortunately, they had also been moving since dawn, so it was still early enough to be called morning. Could it be that they were only a couple of hours away?

“Do you have a destination in mind, Shamita?”

“Well, from where we are now… there must be about three.”

“Three each?”

“You shouldn’t think of a human village. Our village is just a temporary shelter, and its size and density are incomparably poor compared to that of humans.”

Actually, the village of the Earth Fairy also felt very spacious compared to its area. This was because the population was so small.

If that’s the case for settled land elves, then it’s even more so for sky elves. Nomads originally used a lot of space because they were constantly moving.

“Lilia, there’s nothing more to see here, right?”

“Yes! The regular agents say they don’t know anything.”

“Then I guess there’s no need to punish him. At least for now. Let’s go.”

The three of them left the tent, leaving behind the main character who had no chance of survival.

Galen spoke to the mercenary who was still standing awkwardly in front of him.

“Please wait.”

“Huh? Wait, what do you mean?”

“I told you to stay put until the investigation of the captain and the remaining shareholders is over. It won’t take long.”

“Oh, I see!”

The mercenary, who was very excited, answered forcefully. Galen nodded and recovered the magic power of the earth. The clay dolls collapsed.

Immediately after, Galen and Lilia’s bodies rose into the sky and shot up at high speed. Shamita followed them, lightly stepping on the air.

“Huh, huh?”

“Huh huh?”

The mercenaries were stunned. The three, who had already risen to a height where their reactions could not be heard, soon shot off towards the north.

“Since there are three candidates, how about splitting into three?”

Galen suggested before things really got going.

“If you could just tell me the general location, it wouldn’t be hard to find.”

“That would be true. If you move at this speed and look down from the sky.”

“How about Lilia?”

“I like it!”

“I was just thinking of visiting the nearby places one by one.”

“If they had been aiming somewhere else, an accident could have happened in the meantime.”

“You care about us more than I do. I would be grateful for your kindness.”

Shamita smiled faintly.

She calculated in her head for a moment and then gave directions. Galen decided to go straight ahead and see the village due north, Lilia decided to see the village to the northeast, and Shamita decided to see the village to the northwest.

“See you later!”

Lilia, who had been attached to Galen, jumped to the side. Lilia’s body, which seemed to be in free fall for a moment after leaving the range of the spirit summoned by Galen, was enveloped by the spirit summoned by Unica.

Shhhhhh!

With the new wind spirit attached, Lilia flew away, and Shamita, who had been watching to see if she was going in the right direction, soon flew in the opposite direction.

Taking his gaze away from Shamita’s back, which was quickly turning into a dot, Galen recalled what she had just said.

“You don’t have to worry too much. If you have nine gold coins against the general, you can get one hundred and ninety. You won’t be able to fight him head-on because of the general, but you’ll have enough to retreat if you’re at a disadvantage.”

The reason he didn’t get anxious even when his own people were under attack was probably because he trusted his own people.

Well, considering the agility of the Sky Fairy, it wasn’t a wrong judgment. Even if the Demon Cult hadn’t gotten involved, Galen would have thought the same.

However, since they have caused so much trouble in so many different ways so far, there is no guarantee that they won’t do it again this time.

‘I hope nothing happens.’

Galen’s eyes narrowed slightly. It wasn’t just because of the fierce headwind blowing against him.

* * *

A woman with a pretty appearance brandished the daggers in both hands in a fierce manner.

Her pointy ears, which were not covered by her fluttering hair, told us that she was a fairy and not a human.

The human male who was the target of the attack was named Gaunt. He was known to the world as the leader of the Brave Mercenary Group.

As a mercenary of the highest reputation in the Northwest, Gaunt did not blink an eye at the beauty of his opponent or the sharpness of his dagger. His expression was rather close to indifference.

Gaunt easily dodged the dagger by taking a step back, then moved his foot again.

Snap!

The boots, reinforced here and there with iron plates, kicked the opponent’s legs with a terrible noise.

The impact was slightly off target due to some unknown resistance, but it didn’t matter. The power contained in the kick was so great that even if it missed, it didn’t weaken much.

“Ahhhh!”

No matter how strong her will was, she couldn’t stand with her leg bones shattered into pieces. The fairy woman collapsed with a scream.

“Catch it.”

“Hey, let go of this!”

Gaunt gave orders to his men. The struggling fairy woman was quickly subdued. She had no ability to endure being strangled by both arms and blood flow to the brain blocked.

After putting thick, sturdy handcuffs on her arms, her men carried the sagging woman like a piece of luggage.

The destination is the largest tent in the center of the village. It is much larger and sturdier than the tents used by ordinary travelers, but I don’t know if it can be called a ‘village’ since there are only about fifteen of them.

As Gaunt watched the scene for a while, he heard a familiar voice.

“heartbreak.”

A middle-aged man with a slightly slovenly demeanor approached them. He was the most senior of the Brave mercenaries and also served as their vice-captain.

“She was the last one.”

“okay?”

“The ones that ran away… thirteen? That’s about it. The ones we caught were fourteen. Including the one just now.”

“Halfway there, though.”

“Didn’t you miss half of them?”

“It doesn’t matter. We need people who can go around the neighborhood and tell the world about the situation here.”

“It’s because I feel sorry.”

The vice-captain smiled slyly.

“It’s not me, it’s the other lords. How many chances do you get to capture a fairy like this?”

“So? Do you want to taste it? Something like a poisonous snake?”

“You’re fast but weak? What’s the point of being fast when you’re tied up? I can just find it cute when you’re whining.”

“That’s not wrong.”

The vice-captain, who was about to laugh out loud, thinking that he had been given permission, quickly straightened the corners of his mouth when he met Gaunt’s cold gaze.

“But if you’re going to say that, you should have worked harder and caught a few more guys. Don’t you think so?”

“No, I said it didn’t matter if I missed it just now… … .”

“It wouldn’t have mattered if you had just stayed still. I must have said so clearly. The fairy is a commodity that must be handed over to the client. If you’re going to be greedy for the commodity, at least show some decent results, you punks!”

The voice grew louder as it went on, and the vice-captain and other lords immediately nodded and joined in.

“I’m sorry!”

Before the relationship between superior and subordinate, Gaunt was gold and the rest were silver. Even if you only consider skill, they were helpless.

Gaunt, who had been glaring at the back of the heads of the major shareholders with a displeased look, soon let out an annoyed sigh.

“Just bear with it for today. If you keep stirring things up like this, won’t another opportunity come up? Then, whether you eat as much as you want or not, I won’t touch you.”

“All right!”

“And, look over there.”

The eyes of the great lords all turned in the direction that Gaunt was pointing. In fact, they had been glancing at him since a while ago.

The only place where fighting is still going on.

Fourteen fairies are piled up in a tent, bound and restrained, with at least one limb broken.

Thirteen fairies ran away as quickly as mice.

And the last fairy woman who had stayed behind to let her people escape was putting up a final resistance.

Shh! Shh shh shh! Shh shh!

The sound of a dagger cutting through the wind is heard incessantly.

Even for the great masters who have experienced the agility of fairies, the speed feels awkward. If they actually get hit, they will be defeated without being able to respond properly.

In simple terms, it meant that they were entities that were much more powerful than ordinary fairies.

nevertheless.

Papak! Papak! Pababak!

The fairy was rather being pushed back. Not just being pushed back, but being beaten up repeatedly as if she was being ridiculed without being able to properly strike her opponent even once.

The red-haired young man, who boasted a sturdy build, was even playing with the fairy with his bare hands.

The great lords swallowed dry saliva upon witnessing that overwhelming force.

“Can’t you see?”

“yes.”

“Go and ask for one fairy to eat. If they allow it, I’ll allow it too.”

Of course, if there had been a mercenary with such audacity, he would not have been able to last in the industry until Baek was taken. All the major shareholders became scapegoats.

Only the vice-captain could grumble quietly.

“But honestly, isn’t that guy capable of destroying a village on his own? I don’t think he even needed to ask us.”

“We only have one body. If the fairies decide to run away in all directions, how many can we catch?”

In fact, if I could have just killed them, I wouldn’t have let thirteen of them go, but I had no choice because I was asked to capture them as gently as possible.

The young man who was caught, of course, may have done so out of a sense of harassment, but he may have been doing so to control his strength.

Pfft!

The fight ended right away when the side that was gradually being pushed back finally showed its weakness. The young man’s fist landed in the fairy’s stomach.

The fairy woman fell out for a long time with a loud noise that made you think her insides were about to burst.

Gaunt, leading his men, approached the young man who was calmly walking and carrying the fallen fairy.

“Fourteen sky fairies were captured and thrown into that tent.”

“Fourteen. Not bad.”

The young man nodded at Gaunt’s report.

“The corresponding amount of fourteen will be paid later.”

“Is there anything else I can help you with?”

“None. I’ll even clean up after myself.”

“Okay, then that’s it. Alright, we’re going back!”

Gaunt, who had just given a brief greeting, shouted at his subordinates. It was somewhat strange that he had left the young man behind, but the lords followed Gaunt’s command without complaint. They were satisfied as long as they received the money.

That was when.

The young man heading towards the tent suddenly stopped. His head creaked and turned toward the sky.

Gaunt, who had turned around when he no longer heard the young man’s heavy footsteps, soon followed the direction the young man was looking and opened his eyes wide.

The Golden Warrior’s sharp eyesight captured a small image of someone flying in the sky.

The human figure that was rapidly approaching and becoming clearer suddenly fell as if it was falling.

Of course, it wasn’t a fall. It landed softly enough that there was no sound when it hit the floor.

“hmm.”

Galen muttered, straightening his wind-blown hair.

“I think you’ve come to the right place.”