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Genius Warlock-Episode 137

A flash of light struck my eyes.

With that, Oliver's body floated as if gravity had disappeared and he fell into a place where strong winds were blowing from all directions..

I was lost in the sensation I felt for the first time..

“Are you okay? young friend. Open your eyes.”

Oliver, who had recovered his vision, carefully opened his eyes as Merlin said..

A completely different place than before unfolded before my eyes..

An open plain with no hills let alone mountains, a gloomy sky full of clouds, thick snowflakes falling with a mixture of blue light..

I even looked closer and realized that the ground Oliver was walking on wasn't real land, but a huge piece of ice..

Oliver asked, staggering to his feet as the chill seeped into his bones..

“Elderly. where is this?”

“It is a land of ice at the end of the world. Not only the United Kingdom that conquered the world, but no one else in the human race has been able to conquer it..”

I didn't understand what he meant, but I had a vague idea why he couldn't conquer it..

It was large, but all there was was ice and snow, the sky, the icy ground, and the pure magic of the snow..

It was not a suitable place for people to live..

“..…Excuse me, but may I ask why you brought me here??”

Merlin, whose entire body was covered with magic, spoke normally as if he was not cold..

“I didn't say it before. She brought me here to hang out. This is the best place to avoid harming those around you..”

Oliver answered blankly. He wondered if he had missed something.

“Sorry, old man. I don't quite understand.”

“What don't you understand??”

“Why should I fight with the old man??”

“Because I want to..”

“Why do you want to fight with me??”

“hmm.… . Well, maybe I need to tell you. First of all, let me nail one thing down. I am not a pervert who seeks someone stronger than me. I just want to know.”

“what do you mean?”

Merlin pointed politely at Oliver..

“your worth.”

“…It's worth it?”

“exactly. I want to know how much the person I took the trouble to save was worth. It's a feeling that all people have..”

“Is that so?”

“exactly. If possible, I want to save someone worthy. Please answer in that sense. Where do you think a person's value comes from?."

It was a sudden question, but I wasn't surprised..

Although he didn't have it in mind specifically, Oliver also unconsciously assigned value to humans..

That's why he respected the Lightning Wizard, Joseph, and Duncan even though they were enemies, and kept Joe alive instead of finishing him off..

Oliver was also evaluating the value of people. The question was how to say it..

“hmm… … . Feelings.”

“emotion?”

“Yes, things like courage, will, hope, desire, ambition, perseverance..”

“That's a very romantic answer for a warlock. But I don't hate it. My perspective is different from mine..”

“Where do you place the value of people??”

“Needless to say, strength.”

“strength… .. Are you saying?”

“exactly. However, there is something to be careful about here. When I say power, I'm not just talking about physical strength and even more powerful firepower magic. There's that too, but it's a bit more comprehensive..”

“I don't really understand.”

“The powers I spoke of are diverse. It may be the brute force and magic I mentioned earlier, but sometimes it may be money, or it may be worldly power, appearance, charm, wisdom, knowledge, ability, and connections. But the purpose of all of this is ultimately the same. It is the power that makes it possible when you want to do something. Something to keep things running smoothly..”

It seemed like something vague, but Oliver seemed to vaguely understand what it meant..

With this Mattel gun, Oliver realized that he was clearly the underdog..

Even though those around him praised him as a dark horse problem solver, Oliver was objectively weak in this city..

If he were really strong, he would have been able to negotiate with Mattel through dialogue without using force..

Just like the man in front of me..

Then, Edith's words suddenly came to mind. Edith, one of the big names in District R, said:.

He called a fixer a person who makes a living by picking up blood and meat from the street..

At the time, Oliver just passed it off as agreeing, but when he thought about it, he realized that he didn't really understand..

Edith's words were harsh yet sharp words that penetrated the essence of the problem solver..

At the same time, I now understand a little bit why Duncan left Pinkman and took the risk of opening his own office..

After leaving the mines, leaving the Joseph family, and settling here in Landa, Oliver prided himself on having learned something about the world, but in reality he had learned nothing..

Oliver still didn't know anything..

“I think you roughly understand what I mean. Although the facial expression remains the same. I made a mistake again?”

Oliver shook his head at Merlin's question..

“no. understand.”

“If so, you're lucky. Again, I use this power as a measure of human value. Sometimes good people deny this, but when you look at the real life in the world, it's not like that..”

“Could you please give me an example??”

“Well, isn't it difficult? Unless their personality is quite dirty, powerful people are treated more leniently than those without power. Sometimes it is even considered a charm. Like, ‘He’s like that because he’s a strong friend.’ .. Actually, I just have a dirty personality. Have you ever done that, young friend? Have you ever been treated leniently by others?.”

Oliver thought about it… .. It seemed like there was more than I thought..

“I think there is… .. I also want to fight you with the same logic. I think your worth will be known through fighting..”

Oliver nodded..

Now I understand the story about the old man fighting..

But I didn't want to fight separately from him..

“Elderly.”

“What is it? I want to start slowly, but my knees get sore if I stand for a long time..”

“I don't want to fight with the old man. I am grateful to you for helping me. I don't want to fight. Merlin looked at Oliver and said.

“..…exactly? By the way, I didn't specifically ask you to fight. I'm giving notice.”

With those words, Merlin raised his hand..

Small pieces of paper the size of a fingernail flew out of the air and came together in Merlin's hand and merged into a book..

“I'd rather ask for something else..”

"....?"

“Please don't die if possible."

With those words, Merlin tore a page of the book and threw it at Oliver..

Shoot!!

With a sharp sound of cutting through the wind, the paper flew towards Oliver as fast as a bullet. Oliver thought to himself as he looked at the paper..

‘attack. how? Should I block it? Should I avoid it??’

For a moment, it felt like time was passing slowly, and Oliver made numerous calculations in his head..

In the end, he managed to escape after extracting Oliver's emotions and wrapping them all over his body..

When I blocked it from the front, the concentration of magical energy in the paper was unusual..

Whoosh! Paper flying sideways in the wind.

Oliver looked back at the paper he had passed by..

The paper disappears over the horizon and then boom! The ground turned over with a sound, raising snow dust. It felt like it had been bombed..

".....!!"

shocking power.

It's just a piece of paper filled with magical power..

But what was even more surprising was that when using this, Merlin's movements were neither that big nor that long..

“Avoiding it without blocking it. It was a good decision..”

Oliver jerked his head forward..

Merlin, who had torn three sheets of paper, was waiting in a throwing position..

“oh..… . this.”

Merlin hit! and threw three pieces of paper.

The good news was that the concentration of magic power was lower than the paper that had just been thrown, as if the power had been adjusted..

It was still a huge amount.

Oliver extracted the emotion and held his index finger forward, focusing his attention on the emotion and eyes..

[Hate Bullet]

Oliver fired a bullet of hate.

I didn't intend to reap the rewards. I already knew it wasn't at that level..

‘But if you're going into orbit..….'

Fortunately, perhaps because of the wind, the hate bullet was able to deflect slightly by hitting the non-bladed side of the flying paper..

Thanks to this, I was able to avoid all attacks without having to move much..

Probably, if Oliver had made a big move to avoid it, Merlin would have attacked at that moment and he would have been pinned down..

“It was a pretty good method..”

Merlin's voice, which should have been heard from far away, passed right next to Oliver..

At the same time, I felt a warm sensation on one of my legs..

When I turned my head, I saw a neatly torn black suit and my own bleeding thighs underneath it..

"Ugh......!"

Oliver stumbled and groaned..

The wound itself wasn't that deep or painful, but the psychological impact was significant..

This is the third time the black suit has been broken in this way..

The first was a puppet from the contaminated area, and the second was a blonde wizard I met at Mattel..

Even so, it wasn't easy for them either..

But surprisingly, Merlin did it very easily. Even though I could have cut her throat if I tried..

Merlin, who was now standing on the other side of his original spot, spoke..

“Does it hurt a lot? I didn't cut that deep.?”

ha. ha… ..Oliver looked at his Merlin, feeling the overwhelming power gap..

I didn't think he was mocking me or making fun of me. The difference in power was truly enormous..

“……You are very strong..”

“exactly. Are you scared??”

“A little… . But I will still work.”

At the same time as he said that, Oliver extracted a large amount of emotion from the test tube with one hand and placed it in the shadow..

[Shadow Tentacle]

With that, Oliver's shadow gained strength and quickly rushed towards Merlin..

Much faster and stronger than usual.

Just-

Merlin gathered magical energy into the tips of his fingers and snapped them..

At the same time, the spell was activated and a huge wall of ice rose up, forming a huge barrier..

Same defense as Mattel's Bald Wizard. It didn't work the second time.

“..…hmm!”

Oliver increased the power of the shadow and attacked the ice barrier..

The shadow tentacles, blades, and stakes collided with the huge ice barrier, shattering it and scattering ice and snow in the air..

It was ice imbued with magic, so it wasn't normally hard, but somehow I was able to break it..

Rumbling…. . bang-! Kwa Bang 一!!

As soon as the ice barrier broke, Merlin was seen behind it..

Oliver took a strike at him..

A shadow stretching forward.

Merlin panicked, and with that a shadow pierced his body..

"......huh?"

“Why are you doing that??”

“Old man...! ....huh? Elderly?”

Merlin came to my side before I knew it..

Oliver looked at him in surprise..

“It's a clone magic based on ice magic and golem-making technology. It was made pretty well.?”

“Yes, that's right."

As Oliver said those words, he swung the quarter staff at maximum power..

He wasn't a person I could reasonably deal with..

bang————!!!

The quarter staff wielded by Oliver was blocked by the book held by Merlin..

It only had the form of a book, but it was no different from a lump of magical power..

“The reaction speed is good.”

Merlin raised his hand right in front of Oliver's face..

With that, a shock wave exploded with a huge sound, sending Oliver flying far away..

Oliver flew far away and rolled around on the ground covered in ice and snow..

I could vividly feel the cold even through the black suit, and not only that, my sense organs were turned inside out, and the world was spinning..

It wasn't fatal, but it was painful enough..

‘Phew.....! Need to move.....'

Although Merlin was relaxed, he attacked without stopping..

He opened the book and fired high-density magic bullets..

Oliver extracted magical power, not emotion, and applied it to the ice..

[ice wall)]

The surging ice barrier blocked the incoming magical bombardment..

Nevertheless, the force was so strong that the ice wall shook and shook, and it only lasted for a moment..

had to be avoided. Anywhere.

Just as he was about to move with that thought in mind, Oliver realized that his arms and legs were sealed..

Before he knew it, the ice imbued with Merlin's magic had wrapped around Oliver's body and held him captive..

Rumbling-

The sky that fluctuates with him.

Oliver looked up..

The sky rotated in one direction, gradually concentrating magical power. This..….

“….Oh.”

A blue flash of light shined from the center of a whirlwind-like cloud and struck the ground..

Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa——!!