Genius Warlock - Episode 400
400. welcome (1)
“Are you dissatisfied with this number of people??”
A gym ring available only to first class passengers on passenger ships. asked Terence Lore, wearing gloves..
Said to be the boxing champion of the Magic Tower, he steps as lightly as a feather and freely adjusts his distance from Oliver. I dug in where I could see a gap and lightly punched..
The sound was not light at all.
puck!!
Oliver responded by blocking Terence's fist with his bare body, without any magic or black magic..
“no. No complaints. I just feel like the number of people is déjà vu..”
It wasn't wrong..
Oliver and Kevin, Terence and Yarely... He was a member who cooperated with Lake Village for a short time..
“It may seem like I decided without thinking because I was lazy, but I chose it carefully..”
Terence approached Oliver with sharp steps like a bee and punched him again..
The heavy yet fierce fist attacked like a swarm of bees, and Oliver dodged and blocked it, following the trick Terence had taught him earlier..
The sound of the wind cutting and the heavy hitting echoed throughout the gym..
‘There is definitely a difference.’
Oliver thought as he dodged and blocked Terence's attack..
When it comes to close combat, I learned a bit from Joe, but there was definitely a difference..
Terence's side was more organized and neat. That's why it was more threatening.
Powok━!
Unlike what Terence taught me earlier, he made a change and struck Oliver in the side..
His brain was numb from the intense pain that started from his side and went up to his chest, neck, and top of his head, but Oliver did not collapse and fought back..
“······Is that so?”
“of course!”
Just in time for the counterattack, Terence landed a counter to Oliver's face..
My vision became blurry for a moment, a sharp pain briefly passed by, and a heavy pain filled the empty space instead..
Unsteady steps and unsteady upper body.
Oliver took a holding posture as Terence had taught him earlier, and Terence pushed Oliver with a barrage of fists just as he had taught..
Pow! Sigh!! Quang! puck!!!
“First of all, we are all experienced at Lake Village. There is a big difference whether you have experienced it even once or not! Plus, Kevin and I are war wizards! Perfect for this kind of thing!!”
Even though hitting someone with a fist took more stamina than expected, Terence even said he wasn't tired at all. It hurt.
“Plus, I'm more of an outsider to the Magic Tower, and Kevin is one of the masters with no real power! You can't promise anything to Law School. I know what you mean.!?”
Oliver nodded, blocking Terrence's fist..
I understand what you mean..
Now, this party was an advance party dispatched before sending proper reinforcements to the University of Loculi, but in reality, it was closer to a scouting party that would investigate the local situation while pretending to help the University of Loculi..
Whether you can properly subdue the human meat cook, whether the magic tower can form its own battle line, and whether you can win and set your reputation right..
From that perspective, this person could have been okay..
Both Kevin and Terence were talented, but they did not have the position to promise or decide on their own..
It cooperated moderately with the University of Loculi and was just right to understand the situation of the University of Loculi and Gallos..
“Well, Mr. Yareli, I'm going for the same reason.?”
At the same time Terence pulled his shoulder, Oliver lowered his upper body..
Terence threw a hook, and Oliver dodged by digging into Terence's side and grabbed his rear at the same time..
Terence turned his head back. Oliver immediately punched Terence in the face, attacking him mercilessly..
Surprisingly, Terence's body was as hard and tough as a tire even though it was not strengthened with magic like Oliver's..
Pure muscle power. Perhaps because of that, no damage was inflicted, and a counterattack was immediately struck..
bang!!
Oliver fell to the ring floor, feeling the pain of being hit with a club..
“no······. do you want to say should i say?”
Terence speaking while looking outside the ring. Oliver followed his gaze to the outside of the ring. Jarelli and Kevin were standing there..
“Mr. Yarely? professor?”
Oliver lay down in a sweat and called out to Yarely and Kevin..
Yareli bowed lightly to Oliver and opened his mouth..
“My reason for going is different from that of Colonel Terrence and Professor Kevin..”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, I am... To be precise, my family is familiar with many people, including the Gallos wizard family, businessmen, and politicians. So I'm following along..”
Kevin added.
“If you want to separately investigate the local situation at the University of Law, you need to have someone who knows there..”
“Are you and the professor here??”
“It's not that Kevin and I have no connection to the Gallos, but we mostly kill the Gallos. In something like a colonial war. So difficulties arise in getting help..”
Terence came over and answered Oliver, holding out his hand. Oliver took his hand and helped him up..
“ah······. okay.”
“Are you dissatisfied with coming with us??”
Oliver shook his head in response to Yarrelli's question outside the ring..
“No, I just thought it would be nice if you or your people came too..”
“It's still been dismissed as completely unbelievable. In this case, it is better to minimize variables as much as possible... Why are you suddenly learning boxing??”
Kevin asked curiously. That's because he immediately asked Terence to teach him close combat, such as boxing..
It wasn't really strange, but it was a bit strange for someone as talented as Oliver to do something like this..
Oliver thought for a moment after hearing the question..
Bartholomew, a senior member of the anti-development committee who fought in Zone Z last time..
He was strong. Especially in close combat, Oliver was no match for him..
When fighting with the same quarter staff, all of Oliver's attacks were blocked, while all of his defenses were pierced..
If he had really risked his life in a fight, Oliver would have lost. The proof was the meat-quarter staff that could tear apart even a black suit in an instant..
“······Most of the human meat chef faction seems to be good at close combat. I asked you to prepare for that..”
Terence answered, taking off his gloves..
“I wonder what the cramming level will be like, but it's still better than not doing anything. Because I learn quickly.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
Terence shook his head..
“That's not a compliment, I'm just stating the truth. Even though they are already familiar with street fighting, they absorb what I teach them right away. Even if he's not as good at magic as he is, he seems to be good at punching. If you learn it properly, you can use it anywhere just by fighting..”
Considerably overrated. What was surprising was that Terence was sincere. Unlike Kevin, he was cheerful and cheerful, but he was serious about these matters and never joked..
And that's something Kevin and Yarely knew too..
“Thank you for the compliment. Also, thank you for teaching me.”
“it's okay. I was just trying to relax... But if you're going to learn anything, wouldn't it be better to learn a weapon? Like a knife or something..”
“knife······. Are you saying?”
“Yes, a sword is usually a good weapon to use with magic. It's good in combination with magic, not bad for portability, and easy to wield when stuck in a pinch..”
Magic and swords... Oliver thought of Willes, one of the leaders of the Kell Free Independence Army..
He also mainly used fire magic and swords. Maybe it's not that bad······.
“······Thank you for your words, but I will decline..”
“I have no intention of forcing you, but is there any reason? There's a better way.”
Oliver thought of Chef, the founder of the Fighter Crew, and Bathory in Mountain Face..
And when their heads fell off.
Oliver responded with an inexplicable feeling of reluctance..
“I don't like knives because they are too sharp..”
I don't like it because it's too sharp... After hearing the answer, Terence frowned as if he couldn't understand. It was as if she had been told that she didn't want to eat because drinking water quenches her thirst..
I looked at Kevin, who had the same teacher, to see if there was a hidden meaning, but Kevin also didn't give me an answer. He seems to know the reason..
“That's definitely true.”
Kevin said as he got into the ring. He took out a small stick from his arms. It was a quarter staff that had been reduced using a reduction spell..
“I don't use a knife because it's sharp.?”
“Not that one. It's better to learn weapon skills... xenon.”
“Yes, professor.”
“Let's have a fight with me.”
***
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu━!
A heavy, artificial sound rang out between the crashing waves and the cackling seabirds..
With the sound of the passenger ship's horn, the huge passenger ship docked in the port, and people for various reasons, including business, tourism, migration, and escape, poured out like a swarm of ants..
Terence's cheerful voice was heard among the ants..
“You said you've almost never traveled abroad, right? how?”
“It hurts.”
Oliver answered sincerely. That's because, while traveling on the ferry, he was directly attacked by Terence and Kevin, and learned boxing and staff fighting techniques..
Well, it wasn't bad. I learned as much as it hurt, and I was able to treat wounds like bruises with diluted potions. Still, the slight pain remained and it was throbbing, but it wasn't bad..
Terence laughed again..
“Kkkkkk! It hurts so much?”
“Yes, you both are strong as expected..”
It was obvious. Both Kevin and Terence were outstanding wizards who had built up quite a reputation at their workplace during their time as war wizards. There it is. Those two were strong enough even without their wizard positions..
If you had a weak body to begin with, you couldn't survive for long as a military wizard..
“Cancer, you can't survive. No matter how good your magic skills are, if your body is weak, you won't be able to withstand the hardships of military service and living abroad. So those who are not strong tend to go into resource exploration or military magic consulting, while strong guys like Kevin and me fall into the field... Now that I think about it, something is unfair.?”
Terence tilted his head without speaking..
Kevin interjected..
“Let's stop small talk and now relax. Because I came to Gallos.”
“why? I'm worried that the meat cooks are already attacking us.?”
“No, I'm talking about fear of being robbed by a petty thief. Because Gallos pickpockets are famous. I don't want that kind of tiring happening..”
Oliver had doubts about Kevin's sincere words..
“Aren't there a lot of pickpockets in Randa??”
“There are a lot of pickpockets in Landa, but it's especially bad in Gallos..”
Yareli, who had been following quietly, kept pace with the group and naturally participated in the conversation..
Terence asked playfully..
“You sound like someone who has met a lot of pickpockets? A woman from the Ice Eye family, a prestigious magical family, would have nothing to do with a back area full of petty thieves..”
“Isn't that the same for Lieutenant Colonel Terence??”
Terence laughed after hearing the answer. That's because Terence also came from an independent, prestigious family that escaped the magical tower called the Lore family..
A representative example was the ride on a private passenger ship with Vice Admiral Philip at the last Lake Village conference..
Although he was from a collateral family rather than the main family, he could be said to be just as wealthy as Yareli. Of course, I never encountered a pickpocket..
“Because the farther ahead Landa is, the better the security is. Petty thieves, as common as cockroaches in lower-class residences, are rarely seen in middle-class residences. Upper-class residences are on the verge of extinction. Because the police beat me up right away.
“Are you saying it's not Gallos??”
Instead of answering Oliver's question, Kevin nodded and pointed to the scene in front of him..
Rencal, the port city of Gallos..
“ah······.”
Oliver shouted after seeing Rencal..
***
Kevin said that behind Gallos' petty theft, Millieu (Gallos' joint criminal organization) is worse than Landa..
Cream Firm was basically a businessman and did not touch such crimes, but Millieu had no qualms about crimes such as theft and robbery, so he organized petty thieves and sent them to any place, regardless of location..
As if to prove that point, boys who appeared to be petty thieves were hiding like rats in every corner of the port..
‘And there are a lot of real rats..’
Oliver thought as he looked at the rats that were often seen on the streets of the port..
On the wet gray gravel walkway, rats with gray-black fur were squealing and fighting with each other to eat food scraps..
Then a carriage passed over it and crushed the rats, and the rats came again and ate the corpses of their fellow countrymen..
“Ugh. I feel like I'm going to throw up. Disgusting rats······.”
“First, go to the bank and exchange money.······.”
“what? Why didn't you come out?! hey. secretary. What happened?”
“Hee, hee hee...! Sorry, boss. Contact us right now······.”
“Move fast, don't move fast you bastard!”
“honey! I want to go to Sobi Department Store soon. Hat, shoes, perfume-”
“-okay. I knew. I'll buy it for you with my hard-earned money, so don't fuss..”
“Oh my, I love you!”
Oliver, Kevin, Terence, and the passengers on the ferry who got off with Kevin each said something about the excitement of having set foot in a foreign country..
Murmur. Rumble. harmony of noise.
It certainly felt like it was more developed than Halfway, which I left at the last conference, perhaps because it is a port city in Gallos..
Although it was dirty, there were strange posters and graffiti on the walls, and the carriages rolled, it still felt more developed than Halfway..
‘It's not as good as Randa, but... Feels somewhere between Halfway and Landa?’
Kevin and Terence were talking at a large intersection where crowds of people were spreading out like spiderlings..
“I'm going to grab a carriage or a taxi and go to the train station.?”
“Uh, but let's go out and catch some more. Because it looks hard to catch here.”
Kevin said, looking around. In fact, it seemed difficult to catch a horse-drawn carriage or taxi here..
There were not enough horse-drawn carriages or taxis compared to the number of passengers..
Even the taxi drivers and coachmen seemed unwilling to work hard. They openly gulped down bottles of alcohol and argued with customers who asked for a ride..
To raise prices, I just don't feel like working right now..
‘huh? By the way, that purple jacket······?’
thought Oliver, looking at the men guarding the taxi drivers and coachmen..
It was clearly a commoner faction that supported the wealthy class of Gallos..
I wondered what I was doing here. The standing figure was reminiscent of a gang monopolizing work in a specific location..
“Oh, you are here..”
As I was about to follow Kevin further, I heard a slightly awkward accent of Kingdom language.,
When I turned my head in the direction of the sound, there were two men standing there..
“hello? everyone. You came from the Magic Tower.?”
“······who are you?”
“Ah, the introduction is late. Alain from the University of Loculi-”
“-This is Erad.”
“The two of us will take care of you..”
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