Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 224



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224화 평화 전도사 (1)

자기가 생명의 정령인지 바람의 정령인지 모르겠다고 삐죽거리는 우니카의 소소한 투정만 제외하면 비행은 순조로웠다. 알아서 맞바람 막아 주고 균형 유지해 주고 속도와 방향도 제어해 주니 너무 편했다.

Galen and Lilia headed south leisurely, arriving above the village before long.

아침에 들렀던 브레이브 용병단의 숙영지는 그대로 남아 있었다. 하긴 대주교의 명령을 무시할 용기가 일개 용병단 따위에 존재할 리가.

“대, 대주교님!”

“Oh, you’re here?”

The mercenaries seemed to have learned something from what they saw flying by earlier, as they were also watching the sky. As soon as they went straight into the camp and landed, the mercenaries approached them, timidly.

“심문했었던 대주는 치우셨나요?”

“Yes? Oh, yes.”

“떠나신 다음에 곧 돌아… 죽었습니다.”

The mercenary, who was about to use honorifics without thinking, quickly changed his words. Lilia paid no attention and gestured.

“그럼 됐어요. 대주들 다음가는 서열 되는 분들 좀 모여 주실래요? 용병단 통솔할 수 있는.”

“옙!”

각 대에서 선임 조 역할을 맡고 있는 조장들이 빠르게 모였다. 개중에는 아까 봤던 얼굴도 있었다.

불안한 눈빛을 보내는 그들에게 릴리아는 쉽게도 말했다.

“가짜 환자를 연기하다 죽은 대주 외에, 단장 곤트 및 아홉 명의 대주는 전원 사망했어요.”

“…yes?”

“You guys have to decide the mercenary group’s future. The higher-ups are all dead.”

“아, 아니…….”

폭탄선언도 적당해야지. 정도가 지나쳤던 탓에 조장들은 경악 이전에 수용 자체를 못 했다.

“Suddenly… he died?”

“무슨 말씀이신지 잘…….”

“다 설명하자면 너무 길고, 요약하면 그들이 너무 큰 죄를 저질러서 합당한 벌을 받았답니다.”

“Sin, sin?”

“곤트와 대주들이 악마 추종자 일당이었거든요.”

“예에?!”

조장들이 발칵 뒤집혔다.

“아, 악마라니요?!”

“억울합니다! 저희는 그런 사악한 건 생각조차 안 했습니다!”

“알아요. 일반 단원들은 아무것도 모른다고 대주들이 입을 모아 실토했으니까요. 그러니 여러분들이 멀쩡한 몸으로 저와 대화하실 수 있는 거죠.”

릴리아가 방싯거리며 말했다.

“When the entire Brave Mercenary Group moves, it’s like an army, but when you pick out the big bosses separately, it becomes a small elite group. Isn’t that the characteristic of this mercenary group?”

“마, 맞습니다.”

“That small group of elites were all criminals. You guys just followed along without knowing anything. At least half of the requests that the big bosses left were probably fakes.”

“That, that kind of… … .”

The leaders’ eyes were spinning. They wanted to shout at him, calling it an absurd accusation, but they couldn’t say anything because the person speaking was the archbishop who was as good as heaven.

Galen, who had been watching from the side, blurted out a word.

“I won’t say anything, so tell me honestly. You still don’t believe me, right? It’s so out of the blue.”

“…yes.”

“But, you know, what do you think would make it so special for the Archbishop, one of only six in the world, to come all the way here in person? Could it be that he has come to catch a common criminal?”

“… … .”

In fact, Lilia could appear anywhere she wanted because she just followed Galen around wherever he wanted, but Galen’s argument was very persuasive to the mercenaries who did not know this truth.

“Well, if you still find it hard to believe, just wait here for a few days. That will be the most certain way.”

If there is no news from the leadership for several days, even the mercenaries who do not believe Lilia until the end will not be able to deny that there is something wrong with the leadership.

“Yes, Archbishop.”

One of the clever captains understood the hidden meaning behind Galen’s words and cautiously called Lilia.

“yes?”

“If that’s the case… what happens to us?”

“Well, there won’t be any separate punishment. They’ll just be announced as victims who were used by the Gaunt gang.”

“Is that so… … .”

“From then on, you’ll have to figure out what to do. Whether you change the name or disband.”

“yes?”

“Disbandment?”

“Whether you do it or not is up to you, but don’t you think it’s necessary to keep a name that reminds you of a great sinner?”

Lilia was only telling the truth, but sometimes that can be even scarier. The leaders’ faces gradually became serious.

“Anyway, everyone, please discuss it carefully. That’s all for us!”

“Yes, please take a look.”

The mercenaries, unable to hide their complicated expressions, bowed deeply.

The two people who left the camp took a quick look around the village.

The carriage that had carried them in the morning was still there. They hadn’t just caught any carriage that was passing by and taken them, but had rented a luxury carriage owned by the Kalia Merchant Company. It wouldn’t do for a private taxi to run away on its own.

“Let’s go to Kirin.”

“yes!”

There was no need to prepare, as they had been riding just a few hours before. The carriage carrying the two people departed immediately.

Galen pushed his bag aside and sat down on the seat. As expected of an expensive carriage, it was almost entirely filled with comfortable chairs.

Lilia, who was sitting next to me and buried her body in the same way, muttered after a while.

“… But where was Kiraine?”

“A city in the southeastern part of the plateau. The home of Protein.”

“aha.”

“At first I was planning to work my way up from the bottom, but Gaunt gave me a lot of useful information, didn’t he?”

“Right.”

“Then I think it would be better to just hit the head off.”

Two noble families divide the plateau. The warrior family Protain to the east, and the wizard family Typhon to the west.

These two noble families ruled over dozens of smaller and medium-sized families as vassal states, and the most famous of the families under Protein was the Amino family.

The Brave Mercenary Group was employed by this Amino family.

So at first, I was planning to control the mercenary group, involve Amino, the employer, and then pressure Protein, the backer.

The mentally unstable Gaunt mumbled and confessed everything, even things he hadn’t even asked about. If that was the case, there was no need to go through the trouble of going through an intermediate step, right?

Lilia nodded at Galen’s words.

“The Brave Mercenaries won’t be able to move for a few days anyway, right?”

“Even if you’re inclined to believe us, this is an issue that requires careful consideration. In the first place, we don’t even know where we’re going.”

“Then there is no need to rush!”

“Yes. Just take your time recovering and you’ll be fine by the time you get there.”

Galen chuckled.

“Even if it’s not perfect, I wouldn’t dare say anything.”

* * *

As we traveled by carriage, the seasons changed from early winter to midwinter.

Even if the horses are of a breed that is strong against the cold, the trip itself is not easy in the harsh winters of the northwest. Fortunately, the eastern part of the plateau is drier than the western part, so it doesn’t snow much.

The horses, which burn a lot of calories to endure the cold, quickly got tired, and the daily travel distance was half of the usual. To be blunt, if Galen flew for just an hour using magic, the distance the carriage traveled in a day would be covered.

It’s not necessarily the carriage’s fault, but this was the normal speed before the internal combustion engine was invented. Galen’s was just too fast for the times.

It was a slowness that he had been accustomed to for over twenty years, and since he was just taking it easy anyway, Galen didn’t mind.

The magical power consumed in the battle with the vampire was steadily recovered, and only the magic that was applied through self-study was diligently squeezed out and converted into experience points.

Wall Power Ilseong can be used in battles soon, and Sky Liberation is just getting out of beginner level, so there’s still a long way to go. Time will tell.

Five days passed like that.

The carriage arrived at its destination.

Kirin. A large city located in the southeastern part of the plateau, and the home of the Protein family.

It was a generous afternoon, with more than two hours left until dinner.

First, as usual, the two rented the best annex of the best inn and gathered in the living room after unpacking.

Hwarrrrrrrr!

As the magic of life dances across Galen’s palm, an exact same amount of magic of deterioration is applied.

The red and gold lights, intertwined in a wavy pattern, were compressed into a single point, signaling the birth of a new being.

[Life: Spirit: Grant]

[Spirit Creation]

[Revised World: Primal Spirit]

A kitten made of gently swaying flames. The fifth primordial spirit.

“Can I touch it?”

“sure.”

Lilia carefully lifted the spirit. The spirit crouched obediently on Lilia’s palm.

The primordial spirit of life, Unica, is warm, but it is closer to human warmth. The primordial spirit of fire, as expected from fire, was even hotter. Just before it felt hot? It was like a stove.

“It feels quite different from the flame spirits that Unika creates. It was a bit awkward to touch though.”

“If you can’t beat a contract worker in your field, you should get rid of the label of being a beginner.”

The temporary spirits that are limited to simply manipulating the corresponding attributes and the primordial spirits that copy and paste Galen’s magic are literally on different levels.

Today, as always, Lilia, who was in charge of naming the spirits, recommended the word ‘Scintilla’.

“It means sparks and embers! It also has the meaning of shining.”

“great.”

“But haven’t you been too supportive since last time? If you don’t like it, you can just say no… … .”

“There’s no name that sounds particularly strange. It has a nice sound, and the spirits all like it.”

“is it so?”

“Really. I’m not being flattering.”

It really was. Maybe it was because she was born from Galen, but the primordial spirits were particularly fond of Lilia. Tenebrae, who likes dark places, was the only one who hesitated a little?

It’s obviously better to like something than to dislike it, so there wasn’t really anything to point out.

Anyway, this time too, Lilia’s opinion was adopted unanimously. Scintilla, who received a name she liked, expressed her feelings by bursting out small flames.

Perhaps feeling a sense of competition with the water spirit wrapped around Galen’s left wrist, Scintilla hung onto Galen’s right arm.

“Can’t I wear a bracelet?”

Scintilla, who had been spitting out cool flames as if she knew it, wrapped herself around the stardust bracelet like a toshi. Fortunately, she had adjusted the heat even further, and only a pleasant level of warmth was felt.

“Okay, I think it’s mostly sorted out.”

Galen said, straightening his sleeves.

“Is there still time until dinner?”

“There’s still a long way to go before the sun sets.”

“Do you want to do it today? Or take a day off and do it tomorrow?”

“Let’s do it today, okay! First, let’s stop by the church… … .”

Lilia’s voice, which had started off lively, became slightly hazy.

“… But can you really do more there?”

“Isn’t there enough justification? We need to get them all out at once before they try to destroy the evidence.”

“I’m saying this because I’m afraid Archbishop Ernst might dislike it. It’s under his jurisdiction, so I’m interfering without permission.”

“I would understand if he wasn’t a person who deviates significantly from the average personality of an archbishop. To be honest, I wish he had managed things better in the first place… .”

“Hmm, hmm. There’s nothing I can do since my subordinates covered my eyes.”

“So shouldn’t we open their eyes?”

“Oh, is that so?”

“And the Protein family needs to be beaten anyway. They might be happy if Lilia hits them instead.”

“That makes sense!”

It was unclear whether Ernst would be truly pleased, but Galen’s argument certainly had some merit. It may be a bit extreme, but since there are always people who don’t understand what is being said, isn’t that acceptable?

So Lilia boldly put into action what she thought was right.

About an hour later.

Kwaaaaang!

As she walked through the gate of the Protein family’s mansion, which had been blown away, Lilia spoke brightly while holding her hammer.

“I came to tell you good news!”