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Genius Warlock-Episode 508

508. excessive equipment (2)

Magic that is now divided into numerous categories such as space, life, world tree, pure magic, magical engineering, alchemy, etc..

Among them, the magic with the longest history and the greatest influence is none other than elemental magic..

Elemental magic established based on the elements that make up nature.

There were three major types: the flame Agni school, the earth Gaia school, the air Enlil school, the ice Skadi school, and the lightning Mjolnir school, and each school had its own large and clear characteristics..

The Gaia School and the Enlil School had high physical power and topographical characteristics that allowed them to utilize the power of nature anywhere.,

The Skadi school had the advantage of bringing out the will of the magician into reality by using poison-like cold and ice that transformed magic into physical power.,

The Mjolnir school had the characteristics of lightning-fast speed and powerful destructive power..

Of course, the Agni school also had its own characteristics..

Strong and continuous firepower, enhanced physical ability through heat energy, and above all, high temperature heat generated from the flame and an attack range that exceeds imagination using this..

“But what are you? What are you!! You monster!!”

Hogg, his body covered in flames, shouted at Oliver..

He converted the flames surrounding his body into heat energy, increased his physical abilities to the extreme, and then unleashed a frenzied attack..

It's hard to follow with normal vision..

Every time he blinked, his attack changed from a knife to a fist to a fist to a kick in an instant, frantically pushing his opponent. Even the angle of the attack changed every moment, constantly exploiting the gaps..

A fatal blow that is enough to take one's life..

It was a part that made it clear why Hogg had received a very suspicious request and refused the hand of Dave, who was blowing up the stock price at Landa..

Wearing bast armor, his power was raised to the limit by combining multiple wizards and considerable magic users into one..

It is possible not only to regain lost territory but also to expand it..

However, even so, his attacks have all been blocked now..

To Oliver, who is skinny and cannot use one hand properly..

“Pfft······!”

Hogg uses knife thrusts, lower kicks, elbow strikes, knife slashes, etc. I attacked without any time to breathe, but,

Oliver let go of the knife with the magic shield, stepped back to avoid the kick, blocked his elbow again with the magic shield, and then looked closely at the successive blades and dodged them all with minimal movement..

As mentioned before, it was a speed that couldn't be followed with normal vision, but the excellent eyes of a warlock and the enhanced visual acuity from eating the flesh of a human chef made it possible..

Thanks to this, Hog, who was launching an onslaught one-sidedly, felt increasingly anxious..

No, if it was just this, there would be no problem..

Although it may be strange that wizards and warlocks have this level of close combat ability, it is not impossible. It was a level that could be easily reached depending on talent and effort. I just don't do it because it's inefficient..

The really strange thing was this.

[Flame Spurt)]

Hog performs a magic trick using bast armor. A large amount of flame contained within the armor erupted at once..

Flames so dense it made you think they were water poured out in all directions like a flood, and Oliver spread a shield imbued with flame magic in a triangular shape and let the flood of flames flow..

The best way to block fire magic was fire magic..

At that time, when the attack was blocked with minimal magical power, Hog, wearing bast armor, rushed forward and began swinging his fist filled with pure magical energy like a sledgehammer to destroy Oliver's shield..

bang! bang!! bang! bang!! bang!!

Even in the high-density flames, Hogg swung his fist in an upright position. A posture created through systematic training, not on the street. His fist was so accurate that a crack appeared on the shield in an instant..

When the shield reached its limit, Hogg pulled back his fist and absorbed the surrounding flames along with the atmosphere and concentrated it on one arm..

Cheeeeeeeek!!

The bast armor wrapped around his fist became red-hot, engulfing the surrounding flames and air in the form of a whirlwind..

Oliver, who saw this, gave magical energy to the quarter staff, held it long with his left hand, and swung it from bottom to top..

Paang━━!!

When Hogg swung his fist, a huge explosion occurred that distorted the air around him..

The explosion hit Oliver, shattering the already cracked shield, but the powerful explosion split like the Red Sea when Oliver hit the quarter staff from below..

“Wow...!! Nonsense.”

Hog, whose attack was destroyed and one of his arms was broken, screamed in panic. That's because Hog had the upper hand in terms of total energy..

Still, the reason why the attacks diverged was simple. This is because the magic power that Oliver gave to the quarter staff was more delicate and dense..

It was an imitation of Merlin's paper and book, and could be compared to an egg the size of a rock colliding with a piece of metal the size of a fist..

“Wow······!!”

Despite the pain of his broken arm, Hogg quickly came to his senses, pulled out a knife with his other arm, and launched a surprise attack at Oliver. The fighting spirit of a berserker.

bang━━!!

Even such fighting spirit failed when Oliver struck down the quarter staff he had raised..

Both of Hogg's arms were broken and torn by the quarter staff. A fatal wound that renders him unable to fight. When it was determined that he had been subdued, the bast armor reattached the broken arms and restored them to their original state..

Although it was a dangerous form, digging into the magician's body, eroding it, and sucking out the life force..

‘I knew it.’

thought Oliver, seeing through the dangers of bast armor..

It was natural. As for black magic items, the better their function, the greater the risk..

For a black magic item that increases the combat power of multiple wizards and magic users, it was natural that there would be appropriate risks..

The problem is that the risk affects the wearer's emotions and directly harms the body..

The evidence is the broken and torn arms half mixed with bast armor..

Oliver tried to explain the danger to Hogg. To a man similar to Duncan, who was once a member of the Magic Tower..

“Mr. Hogg. That bast armor is dangerous.-”

[-Overheat)]

Hogg chanted as he restored his arms. Then, a large amount of heat that distorted the air came out from the bast armor and attacked Oliver..

Without missing the gap, Hogg immediately readjusted his stance and punched Oliver again..

The speed of readjusting one's posture and attacking is almost simultaneous. However, Oliver penetrated the short gap and fired a shock wave made of magical energy, crushing Hog's chest..

Suddenly!!

With the sensation of his ribs breaking, Hogg flew away into the flames..

The impact shatters the ribs and crushes the internal organs within them..

It was no wonder that he fainted immediately, but Hog immediately recovered at the cost of his body and vitality, picked up the mechanical hammer that had fallen on the floor, and charged again..

“Did you think I didn't know the dangers of this armor? There is a limit to looking at something funny!!”

Hog, who jumped high, artificially changed direction using magic power, increased speed, and shouted..

Hog rushed out of the air. In response, Oliver threw a quarter staff with extremely compressed magical power and caught the flying Hog..

My right arm still hurt when I swung it myself..

━━━━!

The mechanical hammer wielded by Hogg and the quarter staff thrown by Oliver collided in the air..

An indescribable roar spread through the surroundings like a shock wave, shaking the ground and even breaking the momentum of the flames..

Due to the impact, the quarter staff spun around and flew high into the sky, and the mechanical hammer stopped functioning as if it had been overloaded..

Embarrassed, Hog threw the mechanical hammer, which had been reduced to a piece of metal, at Oliver and charged at him again, but Oliver dodged the mechanical hammer and blocked all of Hog's attacks with his magic shield..

Created right in line with his attack..

“So the rumors were true?! Rumor has it that it is an experiment from the Magic Tower.!!”

Hogg shouted, breaking countless shields. It wasn't just to get attention, it was a shout out of genuine curiosity..

Oliver neither confirmed nor denied, but blocked and dodged the attack with his shield and asked back..

“What are you saying??”

“Otherwise, how would you be able to move like that with such a skinny body?! No, more than that, how do you withstand this heat and flames??!!”

Hogg beamed with genuine doubt. The whole time he was fighting, he gave off heat that would burn his lungs just by breathing..

It was a combat method that properly understood the characteristics of fire magic..

In addition to pressing down with powerful flames, flame magic also had methods of capturing attention with flashy flames and steaming to death with invisible heat..

Oliver answered this.

“well······. I think it's because I recently met a much hotter person..”

Oliver thought of the burned man. A being that burns people with just its breath..

The specific principle and reason were unknown, but after meeting him, Oliver seemed to have become somewhat resistant to heat and flame..

I didn't know how much it was, but at least I didn't have to worry about the heat Hog was emitting right now..

To be honest, it was incomprehensible and irrational, but Hogg, who saw it in front of his eyes, had no choice but to accept it..

“Is that why you don't even use black magic and only use crappy magic to deal with me??”

“No, it's not a crappy magic, it's a basic magic. And I'm not looking down on you, Hogg. It's a kind of training.”

At the same time as he said that, Oliver not only deployed a magical shield to block Hogg's incoming fist, but also changed his technique and transformed the shield into a chain to grab Hogg's arm..

As Merlin advised in the past,.

After sparring with Merlin, he told Oliver not to mix or use magical powers, emotions, and natural forces, but to focus on only one power if possible..

Mixing multiple forces is truly amazing, but sometimes you can get caught up in it and forget the essence..

That was correct. When things got a little difficult, he overcame the crisis by combining the power of many, but because of that, he felt like he lacked the same depth as Merlin..

So Oliver decided to use only one force from now on, as much as the situation allows..

Oliver moved the surface of the shield to break Hogg's posture, then moved quickly to plunge the injection into his neck..

Shut up!!

A stinging and ominous sensation that is different from the blade..

Oliver skillfully drew the syringe, drew Hogg's blood, and then pulled out the syringe..

A beat later, Hogg counterattacked by breaking the magical chain, but Oliver had already dodged it..

“What did you do!!?”

“This is insurance just in case..”

Oliver answered as he put the syringe that drew Hog's blood into his arms..

“Your condition is getting worse. Why don't you stop now??”

Oliver suggested while looking at Hogg's out of breath state..

Hogg just snorted..

“joy! ······They are quite considerate. Is it the leisure of the strong??”

“No, because fighting Hog is not an official request I received, nor is it my goal. All we want to do is find out who instigated the raid and supplied you with this equipment..”

It was like that. That's why Oliver kept things in his hands..

To find out who was the power that provided equipment such as magic weapons and bastard armor to Big Wheel, which was pushed out in the power competition with gangs..

It was too much to think of as a simple fee for a request. So much so that I can sense a hidden intention..

“Second, you are also a former member of Magic Tower..”

Hogg was agitated..

“······How did you notice??”

“Although you play a magic user, the way you use magic still has the spirit of the pure magic school..”

“lie······. I deleted it all.”

“Not completely. Also, the understanding of the use of bast armor is high. Even if there is equipment, it is up to the user's ability to handle it. Even understanding of magic..”

Oliver indirectly acknowledged Hogg's skills. When I actually saw his skill using the bast armor, I could see how much effort he put into it..

Theoretical knowledge accumulated because direct talent was not permitted..

Although his body was weakened due to his considerable age and fighting style that maximizes his fighting power, it did not mean that traces of his past efforts disappeared..

Then there was a change in Hogg's heart..

He felt truly proud of the praise from a child who had not even lived half his life..

It reminds me of the time when my talent was recognized as a child and I was taken to the Magic Tower... He soon faced a wall of talent and was kicked out on the streets..

It was both happy and unpleasant.

“······Don't talk like you know. I feel like I will never know a talented guy. This fucking feeling.”

“I know.”

Oliver answered succinctly. I know what it feels like to be kicked out of the Magic Tower after suffering internally and externally due to self-destruction due to lack of talent..

These are absolutely disgusting words. However, Oliver was sincere. Sincerity engraved in my bones.

Because I indirectly lived his life by smoking Pilgerette made from Duncan's beautiful light..

This may have been the reason why Hogg had a problem in his hands. Because it felt similar to Duncan... Even though he faces the wall of talent and suffers, he does not give up and moves on to a new goal. That was truly something..

So much respect.

“So, I ask for your cooperation. If Hogg helps me, I will also help Hogg... Do you ever want to learn magic again??”

Oliver made the suggestion based on his experience when he smoked Duncan's Pilgerette. Those who were kicked out of the magic tower hated the magic tower and magic, but at the same time, they missed the magic tower and magic..

Contradictory but real feelings.

As if to prove this, Hog's heart, which had once been shattered in the Magic Tower and weathered by reality, was shaken by the proposal..

It was an absurd story, but it agitated Hog's emotions even more. Like an angel's touch, like a devil's whisper.

“······That's an interesting suggestion..”

“Yes?”

“But you'll have to make that offer after you've defeated me.!”

“All right.”

Oliver answered right away and used magic..

[Aim Correct)]

[Strength)]

[Heavily)]

[Acceleration)]

The quarter staff that flew high in the sky after colliding with the mechanical hammer earlier fell on Hog's head, covered in multiple magic spells..

The quarter staff has the power to tear the air and tear people apart..

Hogg, who saw this, took out a magic item that looked like a pocket watch from his pocket and activated it..

Like a flash of light, Hogg's figure disappeared as if a light went out, and flashed from Oliver's side..

It was a magic item imbued with spatial magic that seemed to move it to a location designated by the magician. It was a very highly functional item..

Hog uses the power of the item to dodge and grab the side at the same time..

Using the magic he honed at the Magic Tower, he coated the knife with magic and spun it like a chainsaw to maximize its power..

Although small compared to the wizards of the Magic Tower, it is still a fatal blow..

Oliver used his amazing visual acuity and reflexes to deploy a magic shield on the side to block it..

“no use!”

Hog shouts excitedly. As he said, Oliver's magic shield was broken..

The blade rotated violently and split the magic shield..

Hog's magical energy, which was spinning furiously, flew towards Oliver below and stopped right before his eyes..

This was because the broken magic shield came back together and grabbed Hog's arm..

Hog's eyes wavered as he took the opportunity by consuming space magic items. Oliver looked at him and said.

“Got it.”

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