Genius Warlock - Episode 62
Former associate professor Herberton recovered.
As soon as Oliver accepted the mission, he took a taxi and headed to the entrance of Area X..
The good thing about Landa Taxi is that it doesn't talk to customers going to area X any more than necessary.,
It seemed like he knew from experience that he was doing something dangerous, or at least involved in something like that..
Thanks to the taxi driver's consideration, Oliver glanced over the information he had received from Forrest and recalled his explanation..
As soon as he accepted the mission, he went beyond the brief and gave a more detailed explanation..
‘Okay, now that you've officially accepted, I'll explain the details of the job. First of all, you don't need to pay much attention to your target, Herberton. Although he is from the Magic Tower, his specialty is alchemy and herbalism, and his practical magic skills are extremely poor. It's not for nothing that I'm an associate professor..’
magic practical skills.
It is a term that encompasses a wizard's practical skills, such as the number and proficiency of magic that can actually be used, magic heart capacity, etc. Although it cannot be said 'absolutely', it is said that if the magic practical ability is excellent, it is correct to consider a magician to be a powerful wizard..
In other words, Herberton, who had low magic practical ability, had low combat power and did not need to be very careful..
‘And the same goes for gangs. About twenty to thirty people... . Rather than a real security guard, it's more like a scarecrow erected to deter petty thieves and keep out unsuspecting idiots. If you fight properly, you'll probably run away right away..’
‘Is that so?’
‘Yes, they are beings who have neither proper skills nor the will to die. It's like a fly that only wants the sweet fruit of violence... . Well, the fact that I only know that kind of thing also plays a role..’
It seemed like something with a deep meaning..
‘But the problem is with them.’
Forest said, taking out three black and white photos from a drawer..
‘From the left... . No, on my left side, yeah, there… . From the left: Knuckle Joe, Nico, and Big Chin. These guys are the problem.’
Oliver said, looking through the photos one by one..
‘….This person has a strange look..’
Third photo. He pointed to his big chin and said.
As the name suggests, his chin was very large, but in addition, his forehead was protruding, and his eyes had more black than white..
This may be a bit harsh, but it looked more like a vicious dog than a human..
‘You saw it right. It's bound to be special... . Because it's a mutation.’
Mutation. I also knew this from Cant..
Twisted humans born as a result of environmental pollution caused by factories or magic experiments..
Most of them looked different from humans, and because of that, most people treated them as cursed humans or a subspecies similar to humans..
Legally, there is a fight over how to deal with them.….
It is said that they are mainly born in poor or worker residential areas near the Shem River, where wastewater from factories is dumped.,
It is said that most of them have low intelligence, but some of them show amazing physical abilities..
‘They're all part of the fighter crew.’
‘Fighter crew?’
‘Yes, it is a new type of warlock organization that was created recently, and it has a relatively horizontal relationship rather than a vertical relationship made up of masters and disciples like the existing warlock organization, Family. Of course, it's not that there is no hierarchy at all..’
'Oh I see.’
Oliver answered, storing the new information in his head..
‘Anyway, this fighter crew is a relatively new dark magic organization that makes mercenary work instead of making medicine. Do anything that involves violence. Raids, destruction, assassinations, security, guards, etc. Because of this, they are steadily increasing their strength without competing with existing warlock families. Perhaps they were targeting some kind of niche market? Of course, it's more like something that was accidentally caught by battle fanatics rather than something they were aiming for..’
'That's amazing. Forrest. How do you know all that??’
'Because I'm a middleman. This is basic. Anyway, thank you for the compliment..’
After wrapping up the story, Forrest went back to the main topic..
‘All three of them are members of the Fight Crew. Needless to say, combat is my specialty. As his nickname suggests, Knuckle Joe specializes in close combat and naturally deals with diseases..’
Oliver looked at his quarter staff. It's close combat….
‘Nico is from the firearms and disease classes. They say you can fire twenty bullets at the same time. It's quite a threatening firepower. carefully.’
'.......'
‘As you can see, the third large jaw bites everything with its jaws. If you get bitten even once, it's over, so be especially careful with this guy... ..Do you have any questions??’
‘hmm… .. Rather than asking a question, can I ask you a favor? You don't have to listen, but.’
'...Something?’
‘Can you tell me how you gather such information? Rather than asking you to tell me how, I'm just curious about the system..’
'Why do you want to investigate separately??’
'no. I'm just asking because I'm really curious. please… It's like magic. Knowing this much information.’
‘It's not that great. This is why I charge 5% more commission than other brokers..’
‘Still, it's amazing.’
Forrest looked at Oliver for a moment and then opened his mouth..
‘.......Well, okay. There's nothing I can't tell you about handling things that don't make sense. How about this? If you come back safely from work, I will teach you..’
‘Oh, that's nice. It's really good. Well then, I will come back from work as soon as possible..’
With those words, Oliver got up, left the restaurant, and caught a taxi. and.......
I profit-
The car stopped and I returned to reality..
"Customer arrived at the entrance to Area X. Sorry, I can't go any further than this..”
Oliver put the papers back and took out the money from his pocket..
"no. Thank you for taking me all the way here..”
"No, not much. huh? I have a lot of money?”
"I gave you a little extra as a thank you for taking me to such a dangerous place. If you don't mind, could I ask you something??”
"ask? what…?”
"Could you please come here tomorrow morning around 9:00? Well, I'll give you twice as much on the way..”
"twice as much?”
"Yes, because it's not easy to catch a car here. Oh, of course, you can refuse if you have trouble..”
Oliver said softly..
***
When I got out of the car after finishing the conversation with the taxi driver, I could feel Oliver's hidden gaze and emotions as usual..
It was a little scary at first, but after the second and third time, I got used to it. On the contrary, I was even glad to see it..
Oliver walked forward as if nothing had happened and naturally extracted the emotions he had stored in his arms..
Then, when passing through a shaded area, he used Eraser Exit on himself..
Stealth black magic based on shame.
It was just a vague black magic that killed the presence of others, but it was quite effective in the past.,
In fact, it seems to have worked to some degree now, as I wandered around using this black magic, and before I knew it, one by one, Oliver began to draw attention to me..
It was a good story. The mission hasn't even started yet, so there's nothing good about being noticed..
After deciding that he had shaken off the attention to some extent, Oliver checked the materials Forrest gave him again and headed to the magic spell studio where Associate Professor Herberton was located..
It's 20th street in District.
Oliver managed to get there after wandering through the maze-like path several times..
Perhaps because there were a lot of unauthorized buildings, the actual area X was different from the map..
"hmm......."
Oliver shouted as he inspected Herberton's magic workshop from afar..
White smoke came out of the square brick-like houses, and it seemed like it was a workshop producing magic spells..
As evidence, several gangs were moving around the area or sitting around guarding it..
Oliver observed the gang..
As Forrest said, rather than being professionally trained, they seemed to have been brought in simply as a threat, but at best they were better than beggars..
Both appearance and emotions were saggy, and the military was of low standard and lack of unity..
Perhaps, if Oliver wanted to, he could shake things up all at once by sending in a large number of minions fed Ras Boom..
Of course, it would be inappropriate because doing so could also hurt the target..
It wasn't that difficult though..
Besides that, there are infinite ways to do it..
For example, if you deploy a large number of minions with Creepy Screams that break the opponent's will instead of Rath Boom, which has strong firepower, and then fire threatening shots with Hate Bullets and explode at the same time, just like in the past with Mole, the gang's fighting spirit will be reduced. I could have defeated it in one go..
Alternatively, there is a way to deploy a large number of minions fed with Hate Bullets and kill them one by one..….
I feel it again, but black magic is really interesting..
You can create endless ways to use just by combining a few basic black magic tricks..
The infinite mechanism, not just the power, was amazing..
Suddenly, I remembered the contents of the book I had read in Joseph's study..
Unlike magic, which uses firepower to attack and subdue the enemy, black magic's main weapon is the ability to see through the enemy and the cunning to outwit the enemy..
Therefore, in a way, it is said to be a more detailed and high-dimensional science than magic..
Oliver, who doesn't know what actual magic is, couldn't judge it easily, but somehow it seemed like it..
Lightning wizards had that kind of edge. No, is it inappropriate to make that judgment based on just one lightning wizard??
"Oops… . I'm thinking of something else again.”
Oliver came to his senses late, consoled himself, and returned to reality..
First of all, the order was to fulfill one's assigned duties. Cant emphasized that mission success rate and credibility are important..
Oliver decided to focus on the task at hand..
After making up his mind, Oliver sat down and thought about how to proceed with his mission..
Just like thinking about how to solve a problem in the most effective and fun way..
First, I looked at my goals again..
The goal is to safely take the magic brewer Herberton..
In that case, it was necessary to refrain from using powerful black magic as much as possible..
Just in case, you don't want to get caught and get hurt or killed..
If I made a fuss for no reason, I could have run away..
It could be quite embarrassing if you miss him now that there are no traces to track him down..
‘…No. If you remember all the emotions that are there now, you might have less trouble finding them later.?’
Oliver immediately focused his attention on his eyes and memorized the emotions around the magic workshop just in case..
The total number of people is 60. It included not only gangs but also workers inside the workplace..
It seemed a bit excessive, but Cant was very cautious and said there was nothing bad, so I thought it would be okay..
Oliver engraved each and every emotion into his eyes. So that you can remember it whenever you look at it again.
After checking all my feelings, I fell into thoughts again..
How do we subdue them and take our target?.
As I said before, there were countless ways, but if possible, I wanted to try something different..
It's a different method from pressing down with firepower..
Oh, don't get me wrong. It's not like Oliver is suddenly intoxicated with power and trying to act recklessly..
Rather than being reckless, it was simply following Cant's advice..
He advised, if possible, to increase your skills by performing tasks in as many ways as possible..
He said that because he lacked talent, he insisted on using familiar methods, but that it would be better for Oliver to become familiar with various types of work in order to get to his goal..
There will be times when you have to work in a different way than usual. For example, a moment when the use of strong firepower is restricted..
Then, he said, a means to replace it was needed. Something like close combat.
That's why I said, whenever you can, try to work in various ways, even if it's hard work..
Honestly, it didn't seem like a bad story.
Cant's words were logical, and his emotions when he said them were sincere and not false..
In the meantime, I happened to meet a black magician who used disease-type black magic.?
It was like someone was offering me a chance to give it a try..
In the end, following Cant's advice, Oliver decided to tackle the mission in a different and unfamiliar way this time..
To do that, he needed darkness, and Oliver waited for night to come..
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