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Genius Warlock-Episode 533

533. beast (1)

A giant black hand created by combining Ptah's Assistant and Black Suit threw the quarter staff according to Oliver's will..

Red Hood, whose mobility was sealed after piercing the corpse doll-werewolf, was unable to avoid it this time.,

The quarter staff, coated with black magic, hit Red Hood, flew in a black line in the air, and fell directly onto the dense forest..

Quagwagwagwagwagwanggwang!!

The quarter staff flew in a diagonal shape and fell beneath the forest, creating clouds of dust as if a meteorite had fallen, shaking the ground and knocking down dozens of trees..

Oliver shrunk the damaged corpse doll-werewolf with miniaturization magic and placed it in his arms, then changed the black suit into the shape of wings and flew down with the wind like a glider..

widely.

As I went down to the ground, I saw deeply dug earth, uprooted bushes, messy broken giant trees, and dust rising higher than a person's head..

A scenery where the power of the quarter staff can be felt more clearly.

There was so much dust everywhere that I couldn't tell where was where..

In that scenery, Oliver looked at one point exactly and opened his mouth..

“You're amazing..”

Oliver said, clearing away the dust around him with an emotional particle..

As the dust cleared, a wolf had one of its arms torn off. I saw Red Hood and the quarter staff on the ground..

“In that brief moment, he stretched out one arm and injected black magic into it to defend himself... You are truly amazing..”

Oliver exclaimed..

This surprise attack using the spatial movement item from the Ilmarinen workshop captured from the road gang Hog was not simply to divert the attention of the wolf-creature..

There was also an attempt to subdue Red Hood at once by using the surprise and irregularity unique to space movement magic..

Without Oliver, Red Hood expected to destroy the corpse doll-werewolf, and activated the item at that timing. I think that if you attack without time to react, you can easily suppress it..

In fact, things went almost as Oliver expected..

However, Red Hood sacrificed one of his arms in that brief moment to minimize the damage and create room for escape..

Even while being scared. It was a difficult response for anyone without average mental strength..

“······Black magic Calm... Because I walked.”

people and beasts. Red Hood paused and spoke in a gravelly voice that could be said to be somewhere in between..

“I wanted to talk to you..”

I meant it. The reason Oliver used Calm, which stabilizes his mind right before the attack, was to communicate with Red Hood..

Usually, the animals started fighting as soon as they saw Oliver's face, and some of them harmed themselves or developed physical problems..

I met an animal that I could talk to, wouldn't it be a shame if that happened??

‘I guess conversation is all that is possible..’

Oliver thought as he watched Red Hood's left arm being torn in two and reattached..

Parasites were emerging from the cross section of his arm that was torn while blocking the quarter staff, connecting with each other, connecting flesh and nerves..

Heal, heal, heal.

It seemed that the nature of the parasite had been manipulated using disease-type black magic, transforming it into a symbiotic relationship with the host..

“You seem to be a person with considerable skills..”

“······?”

“The warlock who created Red Hood. Red Hood and Parasite are the same. I know that it is not easy to distort the nature of living things to this degree..”

Oliver spoke based on the black magic books and research journals he had acquired..

It was easy to make animals fiercer and stronger, and bugs more poisonous and tougher, through black magic, but it was very difficult to increase their intelligence or change their fundamental nature..

It's easy to increase the power of a flame, but it's hard to make it cold, right? A completely different mechanism was needed.

There have been attempts, but the evidence is that there are no success stories..

But now, a success story appeared before Oliver’s eyes. It was really interesting.

“But, Red Hood doesn't seem to think so..”

Oliver said, looking at Red Hood, who was flinching as if salt had touched his wounds, and thinking about humiliation, fear, anger, hatred, and determination..

Although the details were unknown, the experiment to gain intelligence did not seem to be a very good memory for Red Hood..

It wasn't something I couldn't understand. Most experiments based on black magic involved terrible pain..

“Still, it's not bad, right??”

Oliver maintained his attitude as a scholar for the first time in a long time. Whatever it was, what was in front of me was a beast..

“Didn't Red Hood gain human intelligence??”

“······.”

Red Hood fell silent, feeling degraded and humiliated by those words..

Even though Oliver never intended to humiliate.

Who would humiliate an animal? It's an animal.

Rather, what Oliver said was based on pure curiosity and admiration..

Nevertheless, Red Hood, the person directly involved, only feels humiliated and insulted..

people and beasts. Differences that come from different perspectives. the resulting conflict.

Interestingly, if he had been Red Hood before, he would not have been able to feel this same emotion..

Because of his natural instincts, he couldn't have afforded Oliver to even feel this kind of humiliation. but not now.

Ironically, thanks to the black magic Calm given to him by Oliver in order to communicate, Red Hood was able to feel a somewhat luxurious feeling of humiliation even in the presence of Oliver..

It was not yet clear whether this was a blessing or a curse, but Red Hood opened his mouth based on this. sporadically.

“that······. Say... In order to······. Did you chase it??”

When Red Hood, who had been silent, opened his mouth, Oliver responded immediately..

“No, strictly speaking, it's not because of this. The reason I went after Red Hood was because of the key..”

Red Hood was convinced by Oliver's answer..

That was the only purpose of the people here. Although it was a bit strange for a being like this to covet the legacy of a human meat cook..

“Also, there is one thing I would like to ask Red Hood..”

“······?”

“Red Hood, why are you afraid of me??”

Oliver asked as if he really didn't know. Because he really didn't know. Why do animals start a fight when they see you?.

“······Mo······Luna?”

Red Hood asked with difficulty..

This too was a reasonable response. Rather, what I was curious about was Red Hood..

I was just wondering what on earth you were doing, putting on this earth in the guise of a human being..

If he hadn't been experimented on by the witch and had remained an animal in the middle of the day, he wouldn't have even asked these questions and would have just run away.,

As I gained intelligence and ambition by eating humans, and faced them like this and even asked them questions, the desire to argue, which had been suppressed by fear, boiled up to the max..

How can there be unreasonable beings like you?.

“It's you...what are you talking about??”

“yes?”

“you······! I asked what it was.”

Oliver looked at Red Hood with interest..

The answers just now were interesting, but the question now is even more interesting..

The answer was a passive attitude, but the question was an active attitude..

However, what was more interesting was that Red Hood was still afraid of Oliver. If you look at Oliver, he is on the same level as the beasts that make the game happen..

Still, it was asking a question. Although he gained his intelligence and characteristics by eating people, it was only fragmentary..

What is obtained through the expedient method of cannibalism has clear limits. The fact that Red Hood maintained a proactive attitude despite his fear was due to his will. The will of a mere beast.

It was very interesting. Animals have the same will as humans.

I was so interested that I wanted to catch it and analyze it..

creepy······!!

As if he had read Oliver's thoughts, Red Hood quickly stepped back, widening the distance, with the hair on his entire body standing on end..

The only reason I didn't turn my back and run away was because I was worried that I might die if I ran away hastily..

That's why Red Hood retreated. to live.

Oliver, who sensed Red Hood's feelings through the beasts he had seen in the past, slowly walked forward, showing his intact left palm, picked up the quarter staff, and opened his mouth again..

“Don't be scared. I don't intend to harm you.”

Oliver spoke like he did when he first met animals..

At that time, I gave up because the animals didn't listen even if I explained it this way, but Red Hood was a little different, so I tried explaining it to them..

Just right. Just right. Just right. Just.

There wasn't much difference.

‘Is a beast a beast after all??’

Oliver thought as he looked at Red Hood, crouching down in great fear, his ears cocked and his teeth chattering..

It was the same. They were very similar to the rats that crowded the orphanage and the dogs that barked at the children in the mine..

Oliver was scared and trembled as he watched. Even if it was okay, the reaction was always the same, and perhaps because of that, Oliver decided not to pay much attention to the animal anymore. because-

-Tuk.

Red Hood threw something with his trembling hands..

worn-out cast iron key.

Oliver instinctively realized that it was the key to enter the old castle with the legacy of the human meat cook..

“······.”

Red Hood throws the key while ignoring Oliver..

He threw the key to Oliver, breaking all the intentions, desire for improvement, anger, humiliation, hatred, calculation, and will that he had shown just now..

I'll give you this and ask you to leave without worrying about yourself anymore. Everything is swallowed up by fear.

When Oliver saw that, he could tell..

In this state, it will be difficult to get a proper answer even if you ask yourself why you are scared..

Oliver was worried. Should I continue the conversation like this, or should I just take the key they gave me and leave?.

Publicly, there was no problem as long as I had the keys. The reason I came here in the first place was to get the key..

However, privately, I felt regretful about only taking the key. Is it easy to meet a beast that can communicate with people??

This opportunity was quite disappointing for Oliver, who decided to find out about himself on his own. very very quite a lot······.

However, after much deliberation, Oliver decided to just step down..

I was curious as to why I was afraid, but it was hard to get a proper answer in this state anyway, and I was too afraid..

Of course, there was no way to force him to listen, but seeing Red Hood trembling... That didn't seem right.

Even Oliver didn't know the specific reason, but.

Anyway, Oliver swallowed his regret and decided to be satisfied with just getting the key..

“After all, a beast is a beast??”

Oliver's regret grew so much that he unconsciously muttered this and reached out to pick up the key that had fallen on the floor..

At that moment, a flash of black light flashed and multiple projectiles flew in succession, striking Oliver, and huge explosions exploded one after another..

Quagwagwagwagwanggwang!!

It was not simply a projectile with explosive power..

Red Hood projected his sharp claws onto the projectile, adding physical force that penetrates the target just before it explodes, and by overlapping and targeting only the same area, he tried to pierce even the unexpected defenses..

An attack with powerful firepower and an equally precise attack technique..

Nevertheless, Oliver easily blocked this by deploying the shield in the form of a convex lens..

“Crrrrrrrrr.!!”

“Wow! Wow!!!”

“Kyahyahya scent!!”

“Kyaralalalalalalala!!”

However, Red Hood seems to have expected this as well and creates four wolf-creatures like before. Oliver was attacked from four directions: front, left and right, and overhead..

The sight of wolves larger than a car attacking from four directions at the same time put a lot of pressure on Oliver, but he didn't panic and deployed his shield in all four directions to block it..

Wolves the size of houses collided with the black and transparent curtain that suddenly appeared, and a huge shock wave was simultaneously generated in the air..

When the shock waves that occurred simultaneously in four directions resonated with each other, the shield received an even greater impact and cracked..

I don't know if it was intended or not, but the shield that was made to last for a considerable amount of time cracked and collapsed..

The Wolf Creature's teeth came through the broken shield and aimed at Oliver, but Oliver immediately responded by activating black magic..

[Objective Hate)]

[Black Shield)]

Instead of disappearing like dust, the broken shield fragments turned into bullets, each of which hit the wolf-creature that destroyed it..

As the fragments became lodged in sensitive areas such as the eyes, nose, and mouth, the artificial creatures momentarily stopped due to the pain.,

Oliver added emotion to the fragments and unfolded the Black Shield again, literally dismembering the Wolf-Creature..

In the surprise attack following the defense, the creatures disappeared like pieces or smoke. At that very moment, Oliver was able to capture powerful magic and magic beyond the blurring creature..

Che━━━ang!

A flash of lightning rushed through the vanishing creature, followed by a blood-curdling sound that echoed through the forest as an electric current passed through a great iron..

Not only the firearm-type black magic that was first projected, but also the wolf-creature was just preparation for this one shot..

Probably, even a person of decent skill would have suffered quite a few injuries from that blow..

A wolf that usually uses black magic is magic. You wouldn't expect him to use high-level magic that surrounds his body with electricity and rushes at him..

Fortunately, Oliver didn't seem to have much skill..

At the moment when the lightning was rushing towards me, I turned my body and raised my quarter staff at an angle to block it..

Oliver looked back and asked, seeing Red Hood still with the lightning bolt on his body..

“Why are you suddenly fighting??”

“I am······. not a beast.”

A wolf······. “No,” Red Hood said, and he stuffed the key he had thrown into his mouth like a bunch of dried meatballs..

What kind of resolution did you make?.

As the key, dried meat ball, and determination entered Red Hood's throat, not only black magic, but also various magical powers and natural energy radiated and resided in Red Hood's body, and as he hit the floor, his appearance blurred and disappeared along with a shock wave..