The Sword Genius of the Magic Empire - Chapter 70



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Episode 70. Conditions of the Chaejong Family (1)

In the darkness, I felt a soft touch on my arm.

Lien wrapped her arm around Enoch’s and supported his shoulder silently.

Enoch, who glanced at the maid with blurry eyes, also staggered and focused on his steps.

Perhaps it was because my body was in shambles from the terrible fatigue I got from the recoil of using the Black Sword’s Mana. The underground passage seemed longer than when I entered.

How long did it take?

At the end of the passage a ray of light appeared before Enoch.

When Enoch finally came up to the surface with Lien’s support.

A cold breeze brushed their cheeks.

Enoch’s eyes widened as he absentmindedly raised one hand to block the cold wind blowing towards his face.

‘ah.’

A stunning sight unfolded before his eyes.

A halo of light emanating from Tantalus’ magic circle.

It was now broken into countless crystals of light, rising up into the night sky.

Pieces of light, twinkling like fireflies, melt into the distant starry sky at dawn.

The wizards of Elseid, who were performing missions in various parts of the Suin tribe village, were all looking up at the scenery.

Enoch spoke briefly to Lien.

“It’s okay now.”

Lien’s blue eyes looked at him coldly. As usual, she didn’t say anything in response.

Swish.

Lien’s slender fingertips moved away from him.

Enoch nodded slightly in thanks to her.

No one yet knows that Lien entered the underground living quarters with Enoch. They probably thought it was Enoch’s solo infiltration operation from the beginning.

‘I have to pretend to meet Lien outside as much as possible.’

Then, there is no need to explain the ridiculous record of Lien, a mere maid, following him into the basement and taking on almost all of the vendetta fighters single-handedly…

‘Then Lien’s true identity won’t be revealed to the family magicians like it has been so far.’

He stood alone, staggering.

When I arrived at the square, I suddenly realized that the surroundings were gradually getting brighter and slowly raised my head.

A faint morning glow spread across the stars in the night sky.

And above the village, dyed in the colors of dawn.

Numerous movements took place here and there, little by little.

“Ugh… … .”

“What is going on, this is… … .”

As if finally waking up from a long night’s sleep and welcoming the morning.

I saw the people who had lost consciousness and collapsed starting to rise from the floor one by one.

It looks like the suppression magic circle has run out of effect.

After all, the magic was probably designed so that the suppression effect would end when the demonization was complete.

If that were the case, all the test subjects in the village who regained consciousness immediately after being turned into demons would have gone wild.

‘That’s how you attacked the wizards of Elseid.’

Actually, if we look at the actions of the Elseid wizards recorded in the original work, it was like that.

“The magicians belonging to Elseid killed all the beastmen who had lost their reason and turned into demonic experiment subjects, destroying them.”

“Looking at their blood-stained steeds and hands, the wizards of Elseid grit their teeth in guilt before the corpses of those who were once beastmen.”

Clearly, according to history, it should have happened that way.

But now that the plan to experiment with magic water has been thwarted, the situation unfolding before our eyes has completely changed.

Enoch raised his head and looked straight ahead.

Around him, the worried voices of the clan’s battle magicians could be heard here and there.

“Hey, Suin. Are you awake?”

“Please wait a moment! The healers of the sect are currently treating those with serious injuries!”

“Just be patient. You’ll be fine soon.”

Instead, the wizards of Elseid were consumed with guilt for destroying them as they had been destined to do.

He was devoted to relief work, helping to support people who had lost consciousness here and there in the village.

“Lord Enoch!”

At that moment, a group of black-robed wizards appeared approaching from afar.

They were wizards belonging to the Elseid family, wearing modernized black operational robes.

“I have confirmed that the large-scale magic circle has stopped being activated!”

The first one to greet Enoch was Askle. He approached with the aforementioned face and shouted.

“Master Enoch! Could it be that Tantalus…!”

Enoch nodded.

As the battle ended, the wizards of Elseid who had been scattered and conducting operations began to gather one by one.

And on the opposite side of the square, another group of wizards were approaching.

Askle said as he watched a familiar uniformed knight approaching from beside Enoch.

“Lord Theano.”

She was walking towards me, accompanied by her Nemesis Knights.

Beneath her pressed hat, her purple hair, which shone faintly even in the darkness, swayed in the wind.

Teano was commanding the current situation, as he placed his hand on one of his ears and deployed communication magic.

“All personnel. Vendetta forces’ retreat confirmed.”

Almost as soon as Theano joined in, another knight quietly reported the situation to her from the side.

“No enemy combatants respond to search magic. No casualties among the personnel assigned to the coalition mission.”

“okay.”

Theano nodded once and spoke into his communication magic.

“This is Theano. Large-scale magic neutralization and enemy repulsion confirmed. As of now, the operation is terminated. Thank you for your hard work.”

After finishing the call, she turned to Enoch, who was standing in front of her, and said.

“Thank you for your hard work, Enoch.”

But Enoch made no answer.

He stood still and watched the dawn.

Theano looked at him quietly for a moment.

“… … .”

He was a somewhat unknown character.

After recapturing the fortress, we head to the underground area.

A direct line that single-handedly destroyed the entire chain of command.

Needless to say, the one who contributed the most in the battle of this mission was Enoch.

To be honest, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was an activity that was hard to believe from a common sense perspective.

‘And yet, an infinitely calm appearance.’

Theano looked at Enoch for a moment, thinking that way, then suddenly turned his gaze around.

Meanwhile, a quiet excitement passed over the expressions of the surrounding clan magicians who were watching Enoch from her side.

Several wizards from other families seemed to be slightly impressed by the dignified appearance of the seventeen-year-old boy who had not yet had his coming of age ceremony.

But actually… .

Enoch’s circumstances were completely different.

‘Damn, now my whole body aches!’

The accumulated fatigue and injuries from the all-night battle were all mixed up, and he was no longer in a state to say or do anything.

-Thump.

But even in the midst of all this, Enoch somehow managed to move forward, though his steps were still unsteady, and he approached the central square of the village that was spread out before him.

Right next to him, Theano looked at Enoch, who was dragging his feet, with a puzzled expression for a moment.

“…Lord Enoch?”

But he didn’t stop.

Because there was something I absolutely had to confirm, something that was happening right in front of me.

Kuuuung!

Above the town square, the last battle that had not yet ended was unfolding there.

Sirocco and Leontos.

A warrior with gray hair like a lion’s mane.

A girl with red hair and white skin.

The two of them clashed, moving like a whirlwind.

The stone axe of Leontus, resembling a stone axe, was swung repeatedly with a sound that seemed to tear through space.

But Shiroko evaded or blocked those attacks with her light and quick movements. Her smooth legs rushed in, taking advantage of the enemy’s openings.

At first glance, it looks like a fierce battle.

But the flow is already one-sided.

Enoch read the situation quietly and made his judgment.

‘It’s almost over.’

While Sirocco’s movements were becoming lighter and sharper, Leontos’s movements were noticeably duller. Victory was already decided.

grasp!

As expected.

The next moment, Sirocco found an opening where Leontos raised both arms to his head to strike the saddle.

Sirocco, who had dug in with a powerful dash, struck Leontos’ arms away with both arms and quickly swung a kick at Leontos’ abdomen, showing an opening.

The guy who was hit directly by the kick was pushed back significantly, kicking up dust on the ground with both feet.

Then he got down on one knee, clutched his abdomen, and gasped for breath in shock. All his energy had already left him.

“Huh, what happened?”

Under the crimson sunlight of the rising dawn.

Shiroko lifted her chin slightly and said with a mocking laugh.

“You said something about the magic potion, but it’s really sloppy.”

Leontos gritted his teeth.

Blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

He wiped his mouth once, then looked at the blood on his hands and made a blank expression.

Shiroko looked down at him and spoke provocatively.

“Are you going to do more? Aren’t you going to give up now?”

Leontos gritted his teeth and shouted.

“Shut up!”

The one who still hadn’t given up and got up kicked the ground and rushed straight at Shiroko.

He swung his horse wildly at a threatening speed.

But Shiroko quickly put his hands on the ground like an acrobat, then stepped over the swallow and retreated backwards.

WHEEK!

Sirocco, who had been flying in the air, quickly spun his body around in the air and delivered a powerful kick.

Her kick, swung at a speed that seemed to leave an afterimage, hit Leontos’s forehead as if it was being sucked into him.

In an instant, a tremendous impact sound erupted throughout the surroundings.

Kwaaang!

Leontos’ heavy body was hit directly and flew backwards, crashing into a structure in the plaza.

Despite that, he did not give in and somehow tried to raise his body again.

But at that moment, Leontos stopped moving as he saw something coming from far away in his field of vision.

“…ah.”

Green mana seeping out from the ground throughout the village.

It all fell apart and became crystals of light.

Shiroko, who saw that, also looked up at the sky quietly and muttered to herself.

“It’s over.”

She glanced up at the square.

Sirocco, who found Enoch there, smiled faintly and wagged his tail once as a greeting.

Softly.

Behind her smiling face, beautiful green light crystals shattered and rose into the sky.

Leontos also silently watched the fragments of mana disappearing beyond the starlight of the night sky.

And then.

Behind Enoch, a noise was heard.

“Enoch Elseid. Direct descendant of the glorious Elseid.”

A water creature with the ears and tail of a white wolf.

The current head and chieftain of the Lycaon family was approaching us, personally leading his attendants while holding a heavy staff-shaped steed.

He approached slowly and bowed his head deeply.

“With your help and that of the Zhu family, all the people of our tribe have received an incomparable grace.”

From a distance, Sirocco cried out in surprise, tail raised.

“Grandpa, no. Chief! I’m sick and I have to come all the way here…!”

But the chieftain gave her a glance as if it was okay, then looked back at Enoch and bowed his head deeply once more.

“I’m also sorry. Not only did we ask for your cooperation, but we also burdened you with our carelessness. Who would have thought that all the beastmen in the village would faint…”

Enoch looked down at the bowed chieftain for a moment.

A heartfelt apology for not being able to anticipate what would happen underground in their village and not being prepared for it.

However, it was something that not only the magicians of the Elseid clan, but even Enoch himself, were unaware of, so it was difficult to simply blame them.

‘From the beginning, Tantalus was a 10th level black magician.’

There are only a handful of people in the empire who can construct magic of that scale and with such a ridiculously sophisticated effect that it can ‘beast-ify’ a person.

It would have been an unimaginable magic among the tribes of the watermen, who were far removed from the empire and had little magical knowledge.

It is understandable that they were not prepared.

Swish.

Meanwhile, the chieftain slowly turned his head to the side.

Leontos, the exile, glares at him while lying on the ground.

“Tell me.”

The chieftain spoke heavily to him for the first time.

“Why did you do this, Leontos?”