Genius Warlock-Episode 159
Arthur unnoticedly sent orders to Donna and McBore via a communication device..
“Donna. You wait when I give the signal, West Main Road intersection. Go to a place called Million General Store and check out everything you can find. If done well, it can be a base for rebel cooperation. You can use it later.”
[okay.]
“McBore, you send a golem this way. bird..… No, as a rat. That will be less noticeable. Please continue to check your location and tell us. Then, we'll follow you two steps back..”
[okay.]
It didn't seem like a bad order.
On the contrary, if four people were chasing after each other, there was a high risk of being caught. I thought it would be better to split the roles..
‘Above all, Donna and McBoer are not good at close combat..’
Oliver and McBoer waited unnoticed near the general store..
A call was heard from the communication device. They belonged to Donna and McBoer respectively..
[Captain, I'm close..]
[I waited near the rat-golem. Give me a signal when you get to the door. I'll chase after you.]
Arthur replied that he understood..
After a while, a man was seen coming out of a general store carrying a basket of groceries..
He was an ordinary man with no special features other than being tall..
“That's me.”
“McBoer. Chase after the person who just left.”
After hearing Arthur's command, MacBoer asked back:.
[He does what he's told, but he's really that guy.?]
“okay. why?”
“I can't feel the magic? The content is not as good as that of ordinary people..”
Arthur looked at Oliver with questioning eyes, but Oliver answered calmly. As if it's no big deal.
“Kel freedom… .I don't know if he's a rebel, but his magical power is as high as that of most wizards. I'm controlling my magic, but I can see."
"......."
Arthur and MacBoer are silent and unable to respond to Oliver's words..
Arthur thought for a moment and then opened his mouth..
“I will take responsibility. chase.”
[okay.]
While they were talking, the man carrying a basket of luggage moved along the road, and the little rat followed him fiercely..
It was a golem controlled by McBore, and it had fur on the outside, so unless you looked closely, it wasn't much different from an ordinary rat. It was a pretty well made item..
“We chase after a minute or two. Then, the chances of getting caught will be greatly reduced..”
“Yes, I understand.”
Arthur took a minute or two to smoke a cigarette. Oliver didn't really care..
“....How did you know?”
“yes?”
“No, I mean. I know you are a rare case, and I know you can see magic power, but can you also see hidden magic power? I know it's not easy."
“hmm..… . I met someone who hid it much better..”
“Ho, really? Who is that-”
[-Crackling! Leader. Now come after me. I walked along the central road and turned right at the left/right fork. It's a slum area..]
A conversation that suddenly ended. But work came first, so Arthur and Oliver made their move right away..
Step by step. Step by step. Step by step.
Oliver asked Arthur.
“If it's a slum, is that where they're hiding??”
“That's the standard method, but the back alleys are also full of locals, so I must have picked up something the last time I came, but it's strange..”
Oliver and Arthur turned right and entered a back alley..
Although not as bad as Landa, the city's slums also had a desolate and dangerous atmosphere..
There was a lot of trash lying around on the streets, and it was not uncommon to see broken wooden planks and trash being put into huge drums and burned, as if they couldn't handle the amount..
“If a fire breaks out like this, it will be worth seeing..”
“Then it must be a big deal..”
“Not necessarily. After it burns down, just tear it all down and build a new one. Developers will love it.”
The communication device rang again..
[keep going I fell into the third alley. now.… . huh? ruler… Quick!! Pachijijik-!!… … . ah. ah. Communication with the golem has just been lost. I think I noticed.]
“Holy shit….!”
Arthur got angry and immediately started running..
Oliver ran after him, but it was a bit difficult to chase Arthur with his bare body..
Despite his size, he was quite fast for his size..
Only after putting on the black suit was I able to maintain approximate speed..
“Can I chase after you so urgently??”
“There's no point in being careful unless you know there's someone chasing you anyway. I have to find a trace somehow.”
Pak-!
Arthur turned, holding on to the corner wall of the alley..
It was so sparsely populated that it could be called the back alley of a back alley, and only a few drums for burning trash and the remains of a rat-golem that was broken along the way were visible..
there was nothing else.
People, traces of passage, and holes in the side roads..
“shit… . Did I at least climb over the wall??”
Arthur is anxious. The communication device rang again..
[Captain. I exchanged a few words with the general store owner. The owner hides it pretty well, but he has a Northland-specific tone when he speaks. It could be a coincidence, but it's possible he's a rebel collaborator..]
“Well then, I guess I'll have to go back there and ask for their cooperation..”
Upon spotting another target, Arthur abandoned his initial relaxed attitude and ground his teeth like a hungry dog..
It reminded me of a dog that watched over children in a mine..
Oliver asked, seeing Arthur's unusual emotions..
“How do you know if you are a collaborator or not??”
“The rebel happened to buy something at a store run by a Northlander. This is enough. It's a collaborator.”
“If you are a collaborator, would you like to help us??”
“I won't do it. But it doesn't matter. Because I just need to convince you.”
“Persuasion?”
“If you pull out a tooth with metal tongs, they usually cooperate. Do you know how many teeth a person has??”
“Aren’t there twenty-eight?”
“that's right. I've never seen anyone last until half of them were chosen..”
“Judging by the way he speaks, he appears to be from the Kingdom Army..”
A third voice suddenly intervened. But when I reacted, I was one step late..
Someone jumped out with a knife and stabbed Arthur from the flames of the drum that was burning the trash heap..
“..…Pfft!”
The force was so great that it instantly pushed the large Arthur into the wall..
If Arthur's reaction had been a little late, he would not have been able to block it with the golem's prosthetic hand and his body would have been pierced in vain..
This man was no ordinary man..
Arthur raised his other hand and tried to strike it down. At that time, the man's steel sword heated up red, emitting high-output energy, and struck the sword from left to right..
Then, Arthur's new golem prosthetic hand broke and pieces of stone flew helplessly to one side..
On the surface it seems.
“joy!”
Arthur snorted and focused his attention on his broken prosthetic arm..
Magical power was activated between the broken and scattered fragments of the golem's prosthetic hand, connecting them, and the fragments stopped in the air..
No, it wasn't just that..
Not only did the air stop, but the golem's prosthetic arms were combined in the air by magical power to attack the enemy..
bang-! bang-!!
The enemy stepped back and quickly dodged, and the two prosthetic hands hit the ground like a piece of metal, making a loud noise..
“dave!”
In response to Arthur's shout, Oliver jumped slightly and charged at the enemy man..
He swung a quarter staff woven with a black suit, and even though he attacked at the right time to dodge, the man quickly landed and changed his stance to counter Oliver's attack..
visor——!!
Even though the black suit's output was never weakened, the man was not pushed back..
Even though his body was auxiliaryly strengthened with magical power, his basic physical ability seemed to be excellent, but instead, the black suit wrapped around the quarter staff was burning due to the red-hot blade..
It was disadvantageous to fight for a long time in close combat..
“Tskcha!”
Arthur threw out the golem prosthetic hand from the side..
The enemy man knocked out Oliver's quarter staff and then Arthur's fist, and then counterattacked..
He was very skilled in combat..
A red blade heading towards Arthur's head. At the right time, Oliver fired a bullet of hatred..
The man retrieved the blade that was pointed at Arthur's head, blocked it, and then stepped back..
It seemed like he decided that he was at a disadvantage..
“As expected, fighting while controlling firepower is inconvenient. But I can't just send it away... ..I can't help it...…."
The man trailed off and focused his magic on the red-hot blade..
A complex flow of magic passed through Oliver's eyes, and at the same time, the flames from the drums all over the alley gathered and condensed on the blade..
The vicious red light that seemed to set everything in the world on fire was reminiscent of molten iron, and the unique warmth of fire was not felt at all, only a sense of ferocity..
It seemed like they were trying to finish off Oliver and Arthur once and for all with high-power fire magic..
‘How many layers of black suit can block it? … . huh?’
Just as the enemy men were about to explode and swing at the gathered fire, Oliver raised his hand and shouted..
“wait a minute. Do you have a colleague nearby??”
Arthur next to me frowned at the sudden sound, and the male enemy also stopped..
He could have just ignored it and attacked, but he must have noticed something strange in Oliver's attitude, so he stopped attacking and responded in a way that didn't suit the situation..
“..…no.”
“It's either ours or theirs, or they're war wizards..”
“what?”
“A wizard is quickly approaching here now. I think it's the Kell Freedom and Independence Army, but we are solvers from Landa. We'd all be in a difficult position if we were caught by the kingdom's military. First of all, how about we stop fighting and meet again later to talk??”
Sudden crazy nonsense. However, the enemy male spread his magic, checked the surroundings, and then opened his mouth..
".....good."
***
“What on earth happened??!”
Donna and McBoer, who returned to the dorm after being called by Arthur, opened the door and came in..
Arthur answered, temporarily repairing the golem's prosthetic arm..
“Because I’m embarrassed too. Calm down, close the door, and sit down. Because this friend will tell you.”
At Arthur's words, Donna and McBoda looked at Oliver and then sat down somewhere nearby..
Donna crossed her arms and opened her mouth..
“Okay, so can you explain? You were obviously chasing the enemy just a moment ago, right? But why did you suddenly ask me to gather at the dorm? No, how on earth did you get here? It's not a long enough distance to come in terms of time..”
Oliver held up two pieces of paper in response. When Oliver activated his magic using a piece of paper with a magic circle drawn on it, a small portal was formed..
“!! space magic.…?”
“I can't believe it.….”
Donna and McBoer said with shock and admiration..
It seemed to indirectly indicate the level of spatial school magic..
“Just in case, we set up a paper in this lodging according to the number of people, but we activated it and ran this way..”
“Run away? The story is that the enemy was that strong.?”
Arthur answered.
“It's true that I chased the enemy, it's true that I fought, and it's true that I'm strong, but that's not why I ran away. It's a bit complicated..... . dave?”
Oliver took the baton and answered..
“While fighting, another wizard approached them and they stopped fighting and parted ways..”
“They say you look like a kingdom war wizard..”
“war wizard?”
“Yes, there is no basis, but if it's not ours or the Kel rebels, all that's left is the kingdom's army..”
McBoer nodded, perhaps because it seemed like plausible logic..
“It's not an entirely crazy story. Just as there are ears on our side, there will also be ears on the other side. It wouldn't be that strange if search personnel were diverted this way..”
“But I missed what was right in front of me?!”
Arthur spoke to Donna, who was angry, as if to calm her down..
“calm down. miss… .. Surprisingly, this friend made an appointment..”
“Leader. You must be kidding me.?”
“I feel the same way, but it's not a joke. I don't know what kind of trick he did, but instead of fighting, he persuaded me to stop and even made an appointment. Tonight at 9 o'clock, at Million General Store on West Main Street.….."
Arthur looked at Oliver with a puzzled expression..
So did others. I stared at Oliver in bewilderment, as if I was looking at a goblin who had performed a magic trick..
Oliver admired those eyes and answered..
“I thought that would be better too..”
“no.… . It's all over. The reason for that guy coming out?”
“Your feelings were sincere when you promised, and it seems like you care about your colleagues more than anything, so I think it will come out. I'm talking about the owner of the general store..”
"......."
"......."
"......."
Arthur, Donna, and McBoer all expressed their agreement and were unable to say anything. It seemed like he had accepted the situation..
Oliver said in conclusion.
“If you break your promise, can't you persuade the general store owner to search again? I pulled out my teeth..”
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