The Sword Genius of the Magic Empire - Chapter 46



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Special Demon.

Everyone quickly turned their gaze towards the direction where the sudden screaming came from.

It wasn’t that far from here.

Enoch’s team was located on a high ground, the rooftop of an abandoned building. They had a clear view up to where the screaming was heard.

Bianca, who had hastily approached the collapsing rooftop railing, muttered as she looked in the direction of the sound.

“Wait a minute. Is that sound real? What, a special class from the start of the test…?”

Kurrurur.

As soon as she finished speaking.

Over there.

A large hand collapsed on the outer wall of the ruined building, revealing a gigantic figure.

The three people except Enoch froze when they saw that sight.

Everyone already knows what the special class looks like based on the photo on the notice at the testing center.

Although the shape was visible from a distance, its peculiar eerieness made it certain.

“… I guess so.”

Enoch responded monotonously, looking at the revealed figure.

‘More than anything, that guy is a named demon who appeared in the original exam five years later.’

“Special Demon: Baphomet”

A black beast measuring approximately 5 meters.

It had a shape that somewhat resembled a human being.

A monster with a pitch-black human body standing on two feet like a shadow, but with a head with two huge goat horns pointing toward the sky.

Perhaps because it had lived for so long, its red eyes were gleaming between the half-white skull bones exposed within its rotten and decayed skin.

But the bastard’s eyes weren’t just on his face.

Back.

All over the bastard’s skin were countless wide-open eyes, blinking and staring in all directions.

Even from afar, it was clear that each of them was moving like a human eye.

“Eww, gross!”

As Tike said with a slight shudder.

The ominous appearance was a warning that this was not an easy opponent.

But even so, some teams that faced the thing seemed to have no intention of giving up hunting it.

“… Don’t be scared, don’t be scared! If you catch that, you’ll pass the test!”

Under the orders of each leader of the teams that were confronting him, the magicians facing Baphomet each fixed their stances with tension.

– It’s a special magic trick worth 50 points that will instantly confirm your passing the test.

Moreover, the wizards here who survived the selection test are also skilled enough to be close to level 12 on average.

If the team works together and is prepared to endure the hardships of dealing with such a trick, they will be able to catch it somehow… .

‘Those are probably the rough calculations.’

But Enoch shook his head slightly.

In this first test of Nemesis, there were several facts hidden that they were not aware of.

‘That special demon is one of them.’

In fact, the reason I have 50 points on that guy is…

“We’re moving over there too!”

At that moment, Bianca turned to move.

“You guys, you can’t just sit back and watch other teams catch the special!”

“no.”

But Enoch raised his arm and stopped her.

Bianca asked back, as if she didn’t understand.

“Yes? Why?”

It was obvious that if the special express was stolen, it would be a loss for this side. She asked back hurriedly.

“Instead of just sitting there and watching, we should join forces with that team to hunt down the special forces. Or intercept the final blow…!”

But Enoch answered simply.

“You’ll know it when you see it.”

The next moment, as if swallowing the end of Enoch’s words.

Dozens of magic circles rotated and unfolded around the giant demon’s surrounding sky. Magic spells began pouring down from all directions toward it.

Kuuuung!

A one-shot battle between four 12th-grade wizards.

The trees that fell down with a loud noise near the demons that had been hit by the magic spells, and the dust that rose up from the ground in the aftermath, were dizzying to the eyes.

No matter how powerful your defensive magic is, there’s no way to completely withstand that level of concentrated attack.

But the next moment.

Between the rising dust clouds that covered all directions, the sound of heavy special-class footsteps echoed.

Kwah, kwah.

The faces of all the magicians on the team who had been pouring concentrated fire on the special beast suddenly turned dark.

The special demon was slowly approaching the wizards, taking all the magic with impunity.

Bianca muttered in disgust at the absurd sight unfolding before her eyes.

“Ma, the magic isn’t working…?”

A common characteristic of the countless demons that exist in Atlas is that they have high magic resistance.

But for some reason, that guy’s magic attacks were completely useless.

Chaenggrang!

A monster that can break the ice chains built to bind its legs with the strength of its thick legs, and can withstand the lightning strikes of creation that come at it head-on with its bare body.

As if he were invincible, Baphomet was advancing while absorbing magic with his entire body.

Bianca’s eyes widened when she saw that.

“What is that…?”

The next moment, the thing began to roar at the wizards in front of it with a sound that seemed to scrape every nerve ending in it.

-Keeeeeeeeeek!

And Baphomet, with an agility completely unlike that of his large size, dashed towards the wizards, closing the distance in the blink of an eye.

-Whew!

The special demon grabbed a wizard who was unable to react and threw him against the outer wall of the building, incapacitating him with comical ease.

“Keuh-euk!”

A terrible scream rang out as the walls of the building shattered.

A fatal blow without a doubt.

A space teleportation magic circle was drawn beneath the fallen wizard, and he was transported outside the arena.

“Wh, what kind of physical ability….”

Next to me, Ina muttered as if she was shocked.

“There’s no way I can catch a demon like that….”

“No, that would be impossible. Probably.”

But in contrast to Bianca, Tike, who had been watching the situation from the side, calmly opened her mouth.

“Special class is not the target of this test?”

“that’s right.”

Enoch nodded.

“It’s something you absolutely must avoid.”

Not something to hunt for points, but something you must avoid at all costs to prevent damage.

That was the reason why the devil, who had been assigned 50 points in the examination room, was released freely.

-Keeeeeek!

At that moment, the special demon let out a loud roar.

This time, the bastard caught sight of another low-level demon wandering near him, ran towards him, and snatched the low-level demon up in an instant.

The muscles in both his arms tensed up.

WHACK!

The body of the lower-level demon that was captured by the bastard was torn vertically, and dark red fluid spurted out in all directions.

Ina trembled and muttered next to him, looking like a beast that had lost its mind and gone mad.

“Special, special class, do they attack other demons too? Demons don’t attack each other…!”

“well.”

Enoch replied vaguely as he watched the back of the special demon running off somewhere, as if he had captured another team.

“It must be special because it’s different.”

He said this, but even he, who knew the original work well, had doubts about that part.

-Originally, demons do not attack each other.

Demons don’t harm each other. That was common sense in the original work.

However, the ‘special beast’ called Baphomet was an exception.

For some reason, the bastard was attacking everything in sight, regardless of whether it was a demon or a person.

‘No, rather, it seems like the more you see the devil, the more aggressive he becomes.’

Enoch, who had thought that far, stopped his idle thoughts.

I have my doubts, but that’s not important right now.

In the end, whatever it was, it was part of a test to see if each team could run away from it as much as possible and carry out their objectives efficiently.

‘… If you really look into it, that special class that seems invincible at first glance has one hidden method of destruction… .’

Enoch looked at him for a moment and then shook his head.

‘There’s virtually no team that can do that.’

First of all, in order to catch Baphomet, you must ‘know how to catch it’.

Besides, even if you know the method, it’s not easy to put into practice.

So there’s no reason to catch that.

‘This time, my goal is to pass Nemesis’s test anyway. There’s no need to hunt that guy.’

In the first place, there is a separate way to pass the test.

I didn’t intend to create a tedious task by leaving aside the general solution.

Even in the original, catching the guy only allowed you to pass the test. There were no special additional benefits.

There was no reason to take such a difficult and risky action when there was little to be gained.

“Wow… .”

Meanwhile, Tike looked around and pointed into the distance.

“Other teams have already seen that.”

The places her fingertips were pointing to were the rooftops of high-rise abandoned buildings far away from here.

There were silhouettes of other teams watching the situation here and there.

‘I think everyone has realized this by now.’

That the special demon Baphomet is not prey.

Because it was a monster that indiscriminately attacked not only people but also demons, even the average demons near Baphomet were running away without exception.

Therefore, if you are unlucky enough to get close to one, even a normal demon will be unable to hunt it.

In many ways, he is no different from a disaster at the testing center.

“I was short-sighted.”

Meanwhile, Bianca looked up at Enoch and said.

“… Certainly, Enoch, you know more about this test than we do.”

“that’s right!”

Ina and Tike also stared at Enoch with shining eyes, as if they agreed with Bianca’s words.

At the point when Enoch had stopped Bianca from recklessly confronting the special beast just a moment ago, it seemed that she and the other team members had already acknowledged him as their leader.

“Please, can I hear your plan?”

Enoch calmly answered Bianca’s request.

“It’s simple.”

He slowly picked up the sharp shards of glass scattered throughout the ruined city.

Then he rolled up his sleeves and held it against his forearm, saying:

“Because it works like this.”

Scrub

A sharp shard of glass stabbed Enoch’s arm.

A small drop of blood formed on his arm.

The eyes of the three remaining wizards widened at Enoch’s sudden action.

Bianca, who seemed the most surprised among them, shouted urgently as if trying to stop Enoch.

“That! That! If you, if you hurt me… the demons!”

There was something that the examiner Teleos had warned about.

[Remember, if you don’t want to be torn to pieces by a horde of demons that come rushing at you at once after smelling blood.]

The demons go berserk at the smell of blood, so there was even a warning to be careful of even the slightest injury.

With a thoughtful expression, Bianca grabbed Enoch’s sleeve and said,

“No! There’s a ton of demons coming this way! You better stop now…!”

But Tike stopped the flustered Bianca.

“No, it’s okay.”

She looked back at Enoch with a calm expression.

“That’s probably what you’re aiming for. Am I right?”

“okay.”

Enoch nodded for a moment.

Tike seemed to understand.

He added, looking at the blood on the shards of glass.

“Gather them all together and sweep them away at once.”

Demons are clearly attracted to the smell of blood.

‘And Tike knows how to use amplification magic.’

Although it was a bit loose… I used her unique magic appropriately to amplify the wind series magic.

If you can control such strong winds, you can probably send the scent of blood strongly into the air.

What if we could gather the aggro of all the demons in the testing room in one place?

‘It naturally becomes a hunt.’

Enoch looked at the three sorceresses who were waiting for his instructions with slightly anxious expressions.

‘You can do it.’

A team that is virtually incapable of direct combat with the Demon King.

It is clearly a disadvantage compared to other teams.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean failure.

‘Because you always have to find your own way.’

Even with such an extreme combination, there is always a chance of success, anytime, anywhere.

That’s because it’s a basic skill that a veteran who has cleared the original game several times must have.

Sigh.

Enoch took a shard of glass and made a large cut on his arm.

Red drops of blood rose from his arms.

Enoch smiled faintly at that.

And what we have to do from now on is,

It was just a repetition of something that had been done countless times.