Genius Warlock-Episode 138
Clouds slowly rotating around a point.
The magic that gathered together with him and eventually a ray of lightning struck down..
Blue lightning flashed like a flash and left a huge scar on the ground..
White snow dust rose up and blurred the surroundings like fog, and the ice wall that Oliver had created was blown away without a trace..
All that remains is a hollow, scorched patch of ice..
Merlin thought it might have been a little too much, but he soon turned off his nerves and approached the spot where the lightning had struck..
When I made a light wind with a hand gesture and cleared away the snow dust, I saw a land with nothing left..
“Did I overestimate it? No... . Even so, can it disappear easily??”
It was then.
Something popped out from beneath the hollow icy ground..
With a bullet of hatred, Merlin took a step back in response to the unexpected attack and easily blocked it by tearing a piece of paper..
The power wasn't that threatening, but it was an attack that caught the eye..
While assessing the situation, something grabbed Merlin's ankle..
A hand covered in dirty ice and snow had come out from under the ground and grabbed Merlin's ankle..
"like......."
With a brief exclamation, the hand pulled Merlin down..
Merlin was dragged under the ice without any resistance, and he looked like an ant in an ant hell..
There was a few seconds of silence, and then boom! With a loud sound, an iceberg erupted from the ground and two people were thrown out..
Merlin and Oliver. Merlin stood proudly on top of the iceberg, while Oliver flopped across the floor as if he had been thrown..
Before he knew it, Oliver's clothes had become rags, and his body was full of light bruises and abrasions..
No, I guess this is a good thing after dealing with Merlin.?
Anyway, Oliver desperately stumbled to his feet. He couldn't break his stance against Merlin for even a moment..
Even though my stamina was already low, I still couldn't do it..
“It's amazing.”
When I was out of breath, thankfully Merlin spoke first..
Oliver took a breath and answered..
“What do you mean??”
“When I was about to strike with lightning, didn't you take advantage of that opportunity to use ice magic to take control and go underground? ....amazing. sincerely.”
After catching his breath, Oliver answered. A chill gradually surged through his body..
“Thank you for the compliment. As I was trying to live... ..I was lucky.”
“I was lucky. This is an expression often used when belittling others. Luck doesn't always just follow you. I truly think it's amazing. Usually, when there is this much difference in power, people become desperate and give up easily. An old man shouldn't say this, but young people these days have no grit..”
“I'm just desperate because I don't want to die yet. There are a lot of things I want to know.”
“What do you want to know so much? Why are you so curious and putting in so much effort??”
Merlin said, pointing to the targeting surrounding his body..
I installed it as undetected as possible, he was really a quick-witted person..
Oliver extracted magical power in one hand and emotions in the other and placed them on the ground..
Using magic, he pulled out ice the size of a house from the ground, and wrapped the ice around it with emotion to target it..
Then, in conjunction with the targeting placed around Merlin, a huge chunk of ice was sent flying in all four directions..
“her……."
Quagwagwagwagwanggwang———!!!!
The ice crashed into each other and broke apart with a roar like a mountain collapsing..
With a huge impact, cloudy snow and ice cubes covered the surrounding area in pure white..
From a common sense perspective, it was not an attack that could have been survived, but the problem is that Merlin is not a person who can be calculated using common sense..
Oliver extracted emotions with both hands, placed them in the shadows, spread them to both left and right, surrounded the surrounding area, and activated numerous shadow spikes as small as needles towards the center..
Bababababababababababababababababababat——!!
It attacked Merlin, who had no idea where he was, with a sharp sound that pierced the air..
But why?.
Instead of feeling the touch, a purple magic portal appeared in front of Oliver, and numerous shadow spikes stabbed Oliver..
“Ugh….!!”
The good news was that the focus was on numbers, so the quality was lowered, and only two or three of the dozens of shadow spikes penetrated the black suit..
Just as he was taking a moment to catch his breath from the pain, a strong wind blew and the dust cleared from where Merlin was..
Then I saw Merlin standing there with purple portals surrounding him like donuts..
I thought it would be blocked with defensive magic at best, but it not only defends but also counterattacks at the same time..
Experience was also far ahead of Oliver. But I didn't mean to despair..
“minion.”
Five minions planted when they first entered the ground rose up at Oliver's call and spat bullets of hate as if they were bombing over Merlin's head..
As if Merlin had guessed this in advance, he tore up five pieces of paper and threw them away..
The minion was cut in half by the pouring bullets of hate..
All attacks ended in vain. It was okay though.
I knew right away that he wasn't the kind of person who could do something like this..
[black suit)]
[lay the foundations)]
[burning life)]
[Muscle Up)]
[Terrible Angry)]
[endurance skin)]
Oliver wore a black suit that combined emotions, vitality, and magic, and then applied numerous disease-related black magic on top of it..
Each time the disease-type black magic, which dramatically increases physical ability and attack power at the cost of vitality, is added, the vitality that makes up the black suit is noticeably burned, the color becomes darker, and the appearance becomes more ferocious..
Oliver rushed into that situation. It shouldn't have dragged on for so long.
Babababbababbabang——pang!!
Oliver rose up, shaking the ground with his kicks. And in that state, he threw the quarter staff towards Merlin with all his weight and strength..
Even though the approach was quite fast, Merlin did not panic and calmly grabbed the book and swung it in the direction of the quarter staff's attack..
Caen———————!!!!
As if two massive objects collided, a shock wave spread in all directions with a sound, and the iceberg on which Merlin was standing cracked..
“haha..… ! Very good-”
-[black javelin]
Oliver added a black javelin to the quarter staff to further increase his stabbing power..
At the same time, the thick book that he was wielding as a shield and hammer tore apart with a crackling sound, and at the same time, Merlin's chest was pierced by the quarter staff..
Even though it was just a clone made of ice,.
“Ah, as expected..…."
As soon as Merlin's ice clone broke, it broke like an iceberg bursting and three sheets of paper rained down and attacked Oliver..
It wasn't a fatal wound, but it was definitely a blow to the forearm, thigh, and side..
The black suit tore lightly and Oliver flew far away and fell to the floor..
My whole body was literally throbbing..
ha. ha. Oliver gasped and tried to stand up..
However, I must have really run out of stamina, so kneeling down was my limit..
The iceberg split in half and Merlin walked out of it..
He didn't look tired at all.
“..…By any chance, is that also an ice clone??”
“Well, let's come. That seems like something you need to figure out, young friend. Bad adults never tell you the truth. Is it advantageous for you?.”
“A mean adult.?”
“Most people my age are bound to be bad..”
“That's kind of you... .. I can’t believe you taught me that..”
"......."
“As a bookstore customer, may I ask a question to the bookstore owner??”
“..…Try it.”
“I suddenly wondered, why did you use strength as a measure of human value??”
“What a stupid question. Because strength is a human value..”
“It's stupid and I'm not sure why. Could you please tell me more clearly??”
Merlin looked at Oliver for a moment and said.
“……I don't know how to explain this obvious story. Can I give you an example to make it easier to understand??”
“yes, it's okay.”
“Then let me use the children you saved as an example..”
“Rossburn?”
“exactly. Why did you save that child?.”
“He's a great kid. You're brave, you're strong-willed, and your emotions are pretty..”
“I think so too. It's nice to see him acting like a big brother to other kids. He himself is in a difficult situation... . But objectively speaking, that child is just a helpless orphan. Such orphans are spread far and wide. Nothing more or less.”
"......."
“And it's still the same now. His life was miraculously saved, but that is truly a rare case. As proof, there are countless children like Rosburn in the world, but most of them cannot escape that situation. That is the value of those children. Because there is no power. It's uncomfortable but it's the truth.”
Oliver remembered what Merlin had said in the past..
Most people find the truth uncomfortable.
“How do you understand? young friend?”
“..…About half.”
“half?”
“Yes, rationally, that seems to be correct. Even in the orphanage, in the mine, and later when I came out into the world, most things were just as the elders said. But I don't want to agree.”
“Why??”
“Because I saw it. Weak, defeated, yet beautiful and valuable."
Oliver said, thinking of Marie, Lightning Wizard, Joseph, Cant, Murphy, Edith, Jane, Duncan, etc..
They may be weak or defeated by Oliver, but they are valuable and beautiful in their own way..
“More than anything. What can I say about a world where you have to be strong to be worthy? … . Isn’t it a boring world??”
Merlin looked at Oliver silently and then clapped his hands..
Clap- Clap- Clap-
The sound of applause with restrained emotions had the effect of refreshing the atmosphere..
“Oh, that's a cool thing to say. 'Isn't it a boring world?' That's really cool. So much so that I would fall in love if I were a girl. I had no idea that in today's world there would be young people in their right minds saying things like that..”
“Is that so?”
“exactly. You have to prove your ability to say such wonderful things. If you don't, you will be laughed at cruelly. That's a loser's bullshit. Isn't it ironic? In order to say ideals, realistic power is needed..”
ah… … . Oliver seemed to realize something..
It takes strength to say something. Of course, I felt it touch my skin at this moment..
“okay.….”
“exactly.… . In that sense, I will ask. Are you going to keep fighting me? You can stop at this point. I think I've seen everything there is to see. I’m also quite satisfied with the fact that he doesn’t give up and keeps fighting. More than anything, I feel like I'm no longer a young friend..”
said Merlin, covering Oliver from head to toe..
In reality, Oliver's condition was not good. His clothes were already in tatters, and his whole body was covered in half-melted snow..
But Oliver couldn't nod willingly. Even though he was tired, he couldn't help but worry about Merlin's words..
“..…Are you satisfied? fight with me?”
Merlin thought quietly and slightly brought his thumb and index fingers together..
“The passing line is very close..”
“Well then, let's fight a little more. It's not a waste of your help..”
“Oh, that would be nice, but we can fight like that.?”
“Could you please wait a moment??”
With those words, Oliver searched inside his arms. He was in such a mess from fighting that he didn't know where he was..
At that moment when I thought I had lost it, I caught something in my hand..
“that..…."
“This is Pilgaret. Just one moment….”
Oliver held the Pilgerette in his mouth with great difficulty, extracted magical energy, and created a small fire in his hand..
Then I sucked it with my mouth as hard as I could..
Smoke entering the lungs along with it..
Duncan's life, death, and memories and emotions of life were concentrated in the smoke..
A small twitch appeared on Oliver's face..
[Hell Summon)]
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