Genius Warlock-Episode 612
612. Contaminated area (5)
Patter. patter.
Untimely rain fell underground in the contaminated area..
The rain was not made of water but of corpses, flesh, bodily fluids, and concrete fragments, and was a landscape created in just a few seconds by none other than the corpse doll-Durance..
And beneath that scene, Salas Rigas spoke calmly..
“By the way, you're younger than I thought..”
Oliver, who fell while trying to help Durance, looked at the wizard in front of him with the eyes of a warlock..
Interestingly, even though Salas had just tried to help the Brotherhood of the Shield kill Oliver, he still expressed his personal favor and admiration for him..
That wasn't the only interesting thing.
“······The wizard belongs to Pinkman..”
“Hoo? How did know?”
Oliver saw clearly that the wizard belonged to Pinkman. What is more surprising is Salas' attitude of acknowledging this rather than denying it..
Even though it was a secret mission, he didn't even try to cover it up. However, this was not due to Salas' insincerity..
He was basically sincere. He is not one to risk his life for success, so he does not do more than is necessary, but on the other hand, it also means that he does what needs to be done..
However, the reason he showed this attitude was because of the wizard's unique temperament of being completely absorbed when something interests him..
In other words, the story was that a being named Oliver caught the attention of this old wizard..
Oliver answered Salas' question.
“I've seen Pinkman a few times..”
“Hmm?”
“The uniforms they wore had a unique, subtle chasing spell. It's also on the clothes the wizard is wearing..”
“That's right.”
Salas quietly admired.
Everyone in the know knew that Pinkman's uniform, a pink suit, had a very subtle chase spell attached to it..
In case of emergency, we can determine the location of employees and send support immediately..
However, knowing and seeing were two completely different things, and in addition, the pink suit that Salas was currently wearing was covered with earthen armor filled with magical power..
It would have been unthinkable for most wizards or warlocks to notice the subtle location tracking magic behind the earthen armor. After all, they weren’t called fingers for nothing..
While Salas was expressing his admiration, Oliver expressed even more admiration..
“But the wizard is not the original Pink Man..”
“······How can you think like that??”
“Look at the magic power... I don't know because my knowledge is limited, but it doesn't seem like the magical power that the wizard has accumulated can be accumulated while working as a pink man..”
Oliver, who looked at the magic power of a wizard through the eyes of a warlock, answered:.
I didn't mean to disparage the problem solver, but the magic power that Salas accumulated was not something that could be accumulated while working as a problem solver at the same time..
Salas' magic was like the tomb of an ancient king..
Salas' magical power was tight, straight, and huge, as if huge, straight-cut bricks had been stacked one after another over a long period of time..
It was very impressive.
That's because the form, density, and size of magical power accumulated vary depending on the wizard's individual talent, inclination, time, and training method..
And Salas' magic took the ideal form described in the textbook..
It was a traditional state that could be achieved by setting a firm goal based on innate talent, focusing only on that goal, and training for a long time..
“Are you a traditional Gaia school??”
Oliver guessed based on his apparent knowledge and magic training methods that magic tower wizards who value efficiency above all else would not practice..
The guess wasn't wrong.
“That's right. He was kicked out of an outdated traditional school and got a job at Pinkman to prepare for his retirement. Even if you lie, I won't believe you?”
Oliver nodded..
“Can I ask what you are doing here??”
“I was carrying out a mission for a client using a non-affiliated gang. To uncover the secret research of the Magic Tower conducted beneath the contaminated area..”
Secret research conducted beneath contaminated areas.
It meant none other than traces of wizards' dealings with the devil and the fact that they studied the devil..
wizard and devil. At first glance, it seemed like a difficult combination to come up with, but in the past, Puppet directly denied this..
The devil is a dangerous being, but he is also a being with amazing wisdom and power..
Oliver, who listened to the puppet's explanation, also understood without being surprised..
When I thought about it, it was like that. If a warlock can make a deal with the devil, it's not impossible for a wizard either..
Salas noticed that those thoughts had surfaced..
“Do you know what secret research is?.”
“Because I happened to see it.”
“her······. It's even more surprising. He looks a bit thin and old, but he still looks like he's only in his mid-twenties, and his skills and insight are truly amazing. What did I do when I was your age? That's embarrassing.”
Oliver reflexively touched his face..
The black magic item fake face that Oliver used seems to be in his early twenties, but he's in his mid-twenties..
‘Are you looking old because you are very thin? Or, does it just depend on how you look at it??’
Oliver guessed. Because the slight age difference was different for each person..
Although he was lost in his thoughts for a moment, Oliver immediately came to his senses and focused on the situation in front of him. First of all, work came first..
“······Who is the client??”
“You know I can't tell you that?”
“I thought you would answer since you have answered well so far..”
“Since you answered my questions so well, I'm just doing you a favor to the extent possible. Also, I have fondness and respect for high achievers..”
I meant it. Based on Salas' emotional state and conversation, I felt like I had a general idea of his tendencies..
He was a person who was not satisfied with his innate talent, but rather refined himself and found satisfaction and joy in the act itself..
Consider effort and achievement as goodness, and apply the same standards to others. It wasn't a bad attitude. No, I thought it was an attitude that should be encouraged..
So it was questionable.
“By any chance, did that hidden client tell you how to restrain spirits??”
Salas stopped and looked at the spirit behind him. The spirit was still bound by chains made of magical power..
Then he looked at his hands. Hands that are firmer than those of one's age.
There was silence for a moment, and Salas muttered in a voice mixed with regret and envy..
“I envy Merlin. Not only does he have the talent as a wizard, but he also has the fortune of being a disciple. I'm truly jealous.”
“Do you know an elderly person??”
“Do you call your teacher old man??”
“······I just happened to get that nickname..”
“Hmm, but Merlin isn't the kind of person who wouldn't correct something like that.?”
“You seem to know the old man well..”
“I briefly interacted with him when I was young. It was mainly in the form of being beaten, but.”
“I got beaten up.?”
“It was a romantic era. Also, there is no better way to understand a person's essence than fighting. Is it hard to believe??”
“It's a bit difficult for me to understand..”
“It might seem that way to a young person. But believe me. Because this is advice I give sincerely..”
Sincerity.
“Fighting is the best way to reveal a person's temperament and character. The background of the fight, the way of fighting, etc... So I thought Merlin would never make a disciple in his life..”
“Why do you think that??”
“Because he is a person who is only interested in his own achievements. like me.”
Oliver thought about Merlin for a moment. He only cares about his own accomplishments.
Somehow, that didn't seem right. How could a person who is indifferent to others and only interested in his own achievements sell books at his used bookstore while hiding his identity??
“I know what you're thinking, it's not a lie. This is probably largely due to the influence of becoming an archive. The personality of a wizard who becomes an archive changes drastically. Sometimes I go crazy.”
Oliver was silent. It was a very possible story. Because an archive is something that inherited the knowledge of previous archives over a long period of a thousand years..
Receiving knowledge that is over a thousand years old could have an impact on one's personality..
More than anything, when I thought about it, I realized that Merlin's only students were Oliver and Kevin. Aside from Oliver, Kevin was virtually alone..
Even if a wizard did not make many direct disciples, it was quite strange considering Merlin's status and location and the origins of the disciples (red men and warlocks)..
“How did someone with the same tendencies as the old man run away from the academy and become Pink Man??”
Oliver twisted the question he asked earlier and asked it again. However, the old wizard did not give in and instead counterattacked..
“Well, as I said before, it's something I can't say easily. However, if you tell me why the spirit is shaking when he sees you, I will tell you..”
Salas asked as he looked at the main earth spirit in the magic chain..
He was holding his position thanks to being chained, but he was so frightened that if he hadn't been chained, he would have run away right away..
This was a sight that Salas, who had practiced magic all his life, could not ignore..
Due to the spirit's innate tendency, there was no need to step forward, but it was a being far superior to humans..
A representative example is the desperate courtship of druids and wizards to borrow the power of spirits..
But such a spirit is afraid of people? This was a very, very strange phenomenon..
Just like rain falls only on certain people. Can it really be said that a being that avoids even the rain is a person??
Salas wanted to know the answer, and that desire led him to deviate from his original plan..
Paang-!
Salas drew upon the vast and dense magical power within his body and administered it to the earth..
Then, the entire underground area surrounding the four walls resounded, and ten gigantic earthen pillars sprouted and rushed towards Oliver..
An attack similar to a combination of a pillar and a snake..
Although it was a sudden attack, Oliver skillfully anticipated the attack's trajectory, extracted a large amount of emotion, and created a black curtain..
Ten black curtains and earthen pillars collided in a huge underground cavity, creating ten shock waves in the air and resonating..
A shock that makes the walls rumble and your skin vibrate. At first glance, it seemed like the attack was blocked, but Oliver could feel it..
The mass of the compressed earth that formed the pillar and the amount of magic power that held the earth overwhelmed the amount of emotion extracted by Oliver..
Oliver tried to reduce the amount of impact by rotating the shield or changing the angle, but it was not easy because the force itself was considerable..
It was more than just strong and heavy, it had a sense of stability. A feeling of safety that will not be moved by any external force.
When Oliver was pressed down by that overwhelming force, the wizard said:.
“Elemental magic is greatly influenced by the surrounding environment. So one way is to choose a place to fight. of course-”
So bad so bad······!
While Salas was speaking, the shield collapsed and ten pillars of earth attacked Oliver..
With just one swipe, it has the power to turn any superhuman into minced meat..
However, Oliver did not panic and used the remaining emotions broken by the shock to use a new black magic..
[Targeting)]
The emotions that had disappeared and scattered in the air were rebuilt under Oliver's control, forming a pillar of dirt and a dartboard in Oliver's hands..
In that state, Oliver activated black magic once again..
[Trust)]
Thrust, the basic black magic. Oliver tried to use his body as a guide to push away the pillars of dirt that were coming at him from all directions..
It was a dangerous black magic that could cause damage to the caster if the opponent's mass was overwhelmingly high, but Oliver, who gained a superhuman body by eating the flesh of a human meat cook, forcibly pushed earthen pillars that were tens or hundreds of times bigger than himself, as if making a mockery of common sense. It destroyed me..
With a loud noise, the air was filled with dust, and Oliver threw the wooden stick at Salas..
widely!
The wooden stick Oliver threw was blocked by the earthen wall Salas had built, but it didn't matter..
In that state, Oliver activated the space magic spell engraved on the wooden stick, and the physical distance between Oliver and the wooden stick narrowed..
By referencing the space manipulation magic shown by Merlin and the space technique learned in Sleeping Forest, the distance between Oliver and the wooden stick was narrowed to a few dozen meters..
At first glance, it was hard to tell, but when Oliver took a step forward,.
widely!
We closed the distance in an instant as if we were right in front of us..
Oliver, who had closed the distance of a few meters with a single step, used that momentum to launch a quarter staff wearing a black suit, smashing the stone wall and trying to pierce Salas' torso beyond it..
Although, just as the attack was about to reach Salas, the attack was caught by a spirit caught in a magical chain..
The feeling of being stabbed by a huge mountain. It was truly amazing. The power of the spirit was also power, but to bind and control such a spirit with this level of magical power?.
said Salas, who was standing there calmly..
“······Of course, if you have overwhelming skills, it doesn't really matter. They said he fought on equal footing with the Eternal Puppet. I guess it was true..”
“Do you know Puppet??”
“To some extent. Because when I was young, I once confronted him when he appeared near our school's headquarters. Honestly, it's difficult to define a warlock..”
“So, are you cooperating with Mr. Puppet??”
Salas closed his mouth at Oliver's sudden question. After a while.
“······Haha, how did you know?”
In response, Salas resonated with his magic and spirit power, distorting the entire underground once again..
Floors and ceilings were reversed and walls collapsed and began to regenerate..
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