Genius Warlock-Episode 676
676. shrift (1)
United Kingdom, the world's most powerful nation with numerous colonies.
Ironically, the largest and wealthiest city in the United Kingdom was Landa, a free city not controlled by the royal family or the central council..
Just like the name.
In addition, Landa had numerous other names..
A huge city, a city of opportunity, a city full of money and shaking, a city of violence and wealth, a city of the poor and the rich, a city of lawlessness, etc..
Among them, there were just as many bad tinnitus as good tinnitus..
Because if there is light, there is also darkness..
Even those who disliked Landa could not deny that Landa was wealthy, but her shortcomings were also clear..
As a city that grew by swallowing up numerous villages and small towns, there were many people in Landa, and there was a subtle disregard for human life in accordance with the law of supply and demand..
It was not only the factory owners who treated people like screws and bolts, but also the lower class at the bottom of society..
Most of the people who came to Randa came because they wanted to become rich, not to live equally..
As a result, the city gained vitality, but in return, the number of people willing to do anything to gain wealth also increased..
Scammers, gangsters, fixers, warlocks, mercenaries, etc..
Thanks to this, such people ran rampant in the city 365 days a year, resulting in numerous victims..
Nevertheless, the city council that governs Landa passed over the matter as long as it did not threaten Landa's safety..
In the name of Landa’s belief in freedom,.
Because of this, people outside of Landa described Landa as a corrupt city..
It is said to lack morals and ethics such as chivalry, modesty, tolerance, duty, and responsibility..
Of course, the city that criticized this also hired Pinkman to shoot the workers with machine guns when the workers went on strike.······.
Anyway, the important thing here was that Landa was a wealthy but corrupt city, and yet Landa citizens were proud of Landa..
As befits its first nickname, Free City, all the people living in this city thought of themselves as truly free people..
As proof of this, since its birth, Landa has not been interfered with by the royal family or the central council, nor has it been invaded by any external force..
However, the proud history built over the past several decades has now been shattered in vain..
“Kyahahahahaha-!! Ready to load!!!”
By the army of the dead who came up from underground.
A military general wearing an officer's uniform that would have been worn by nobles decades ago stood on top of a zombie war horse, brandishing a sword and shouting..
In response to the shout, the army of the dead roared and moved..
“Sooooo······!”
“Wooooow······!”
The zombie soldiers made a distinctive cry and loaded their guns..
A gun that looks like it was made by remodeling a living giant..
The cannon's muzzle had huge lips and teeth, and the top of the cannon had nostrils and eyeballs that wriggled like clams..
It was a cannon cast with black magic..
“launch!!”
After finishing loading, the general-Song puppet gave the command.
A zombie soldier stabbed the gunner's eyeball..
Oooooh━!!
The giant screamed and spewed fire from its mouth, from which a huge meat shell was fired that killed dozens of people alive..
The cannonball hits the magic barrier that defends the administrative district..
It exploded with dozens of death demons and shattered the magic barrier..
“Wow wow!!!!”
“Crrrrr...Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
“Kyahahahahahaha!!!”
“Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
When the barrier collapsed, zombies armed with rifles, long swords, axes, and kitchen knives rushed in, led by a golem doll that walked on four legs..
Accordingly, the Landa Defense Force, armed with a variety of state-of-the-art weapons and magic weapons, formed a defensive position..
“guard the front line!”
“Oh, it's too much!”
Of course, it wasn't possible, but.
It was a natural result.
The Landa Defense Force is an organization formed to deal with the same people..
It was not an army created against the dead who could not feel pain or fear death..
No, no army in the world was built with the expectation of dealing with the dead..
There was no force that could use limited resources for that purpose..
Because it was also difficult to imagine an ‘individual’ possessing such an army..
that was common sense.
However, the cost of failing to consider beyond common sense was too great..
After the city was founded, Landa, who had not allowed anyone to invade, ended up allowing the invasion for the first time..
Even if you use the holy magic items stockpiled by the military, the army of the dead that comes in is proof of this..
Even if it was destroyed by the law, the endless quantity immediately filled the empty space..
With stronger weapons and stronger corpse dolls.
And the Landa Paladin Branch and the Magic Tower were no exception..
Paladins using the power bestowed by God were unable to provide support due to the overwhelming quantity of the zombie army, despite the compatibility between black magic and holy magic..
No matter how strong you are, your body is one. Therefore, protecting the Holy Knight branch and temple was the limit..
The zombie army seems to know this as well and does not attack beyond a certain level and only grabs the Paladin's ankles..
Considering that you are acting according to the other side's intentions, you are actually losing..
However, this was a much better situation compared to the Magic Tower..
The Magic Tower, which stands shoulder to shoulder with the city council that governs Landa, was currently suffering greater damage than any other organization..
As if to let you know this······.
“One Master! The Grand Master - ugh!”
Key figures within the Magic Tower fell one by one. Grand Master, One Master, without exception.
Despite operating its own defense system, the zombie army constantly invaded and attacked students and ordinary wizards, as if they knew the situation of the magic tower well..
When the original master and grand master stepped up against such a zombie army, the corpse dolls would inevitably jump out and attack them, taking their lives or inflicting similar injuries..
A representative example is Thomas Nielsen, the original master of the Mjolnir School, whose skills are well-known within the Elemental School..
The powerful magician, who was the elder of the Magic Tower and was also in the same class as the archive, received a sharp surprise attack from the corpse dolls and was injured before he could fully demonstrate his power..
It seems as if it was prepared decades ago..
Others were more serious.
Most of them fell because they could not properly respond to the corpse dolls' surprise attack, and although a few escaped the crisis through their natural talent, acquired effort, and experience,.
Dang! Dang! Deng!
Immediately after, as if it had analyzed this, it collapsed under the joint attack of the Golem-Combine Doll and the new combination of corpse dolls..
The result is a perfect combination of the invoice doll’s high performance, enormous volume, and meticulous strategy..
The leaders and high-ranking executives of the Magic Tower fell as soon as they stepped forward in a way that was not worthy of their stature..
It is unclear whether the name of the Magic Tower is Heomyeong, or whether the puppet's power is beyond imagination, but the zombie army entered the power vacuum created and caused great damage to the entire Magic Tower..
With this momentum, it wouldn't be surprising if the word annihilation appeared in just a few more hours..
In this way, the largest city in the United Kingdom and the most prosperous city in human history was brought to its bottom by the dead..
But interestingly, the center of this terrible battlefield was neither the Landa administrative district, which was being pushed out by the zombie army, nor the magic tower, which was being killed by the corpse doll..
It was none other than District W, the poorest district in Landa..
“ha······. ha······. After all, using my body doesn't suit me because I'm intellectual..”
Warlock Master Lee Wan said:.
Behind him stood a huge giant warlock created with creation black magic.,
In one hand, there was a wooden stick that controlled the beanstalk, and in the other hand, a large amount of emotion, magic, and life force that swayed the air were wrapped around it like a chain..
As if that wasn't pretentious, there were six broken archive dolls lying scattered in front of Lee Wan..
Even considering that only the remains of the archive remain, it is an incredible success..
Puppet spoke to Lee Wan..
Through the mouths of archive-invoice dolls that maintain power without being broken yet,.
“I see you're joking······.”
“Not yet······.”
“Looks like it's worth buying.”
“My motto is not to lose cheerfulness at any moment. Because that is a humane life... I don't know much about that.”
Iwan answered with a smile while out of breath..
“yes, i······.”
“I'm not sure······.”
“Over there too······.”
“It'll be the same······.”
“Same but.”
A puppet that speaks each word using the mouths of several corpse puppets..
Immediately after those words, a sound like scraping metal was heard..
With a scream, I turned my head and could see Lee Wan..
“Shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu━━!!!”
Bartholomew reveals the body of a huge sinner hidden under bandages, and the red man stabs Bartholomew from top to bottom with an awl-like knife..
“this······.”
Lee Wan was impressed..
Bartholomew, whose body was distorted by the catastrophe, had powers that matched his terrible appearance..
The corpse dolls scattered in front of Iwan are proof of this..
But he was stabbed and helplessly subdued by a red man..
“······Mottled discolored skin, a thistle crown, an awl knife made by casting a criminal, shoes, a belt, and a necklace made of bast... A new prince candidate for the Swan Church that I had only heard about through rumors..”
“He is also the only prince candidate.”
Puppet trying to take advantage of the apocalypse added.
Lee Wan laughed.
“under! Don’t you think I’m stupid...? You already know that it can't be done..”
“Even if it's something that doesn't work······.”
“Whatever works······.”
“That's not important······.”
“What's important is······.”
“Can you achieve your goal?······.”
“It's just a matter of whether it exists or not.”
“······your poop is thick.”
“now······,”
“you······,”
“What are you going to do??”
Archives - The invoice doll turned its eyes to the other side.
There was the chef's younger sister, Gretel, who had been processed into a corpse doll..
Using the power of hell within her body, she single-handedly defeated the powerful forces of the Anti-Development Committee and Vienna City..
I was surprised, but not that surprised..
Stealing Gretel's body would not have been that difficult for a puppet that had endured and prepared for hundreds of years for only one goal..
However, what is really surprising is-
“-How did they get this much of the archive's body??”
Lee Wan asked something he was really curious about..
“In most archives, to prevent this kind of situation, they either hide their bodies thoroughly or cremate them completely. I know this because I have borrowed money. In particular, this friend even saw me put on makeup..”
Lee Wan tapped a broken corpse doll-archive with a wooden stick..
“It's not that difficult to restore a body if you just have a few seeds. What's difficult is the content, not the shell..”
Puppet said. It is not a task to create a complete body with just a few cells..
It was a ridiculous story, but it wasn't that wrong..
At least from the puppet's perspective.
As a result, even if we succeeded in creating the body, the contents. Because creating a soul failed.
“More than anything, I recently read a paper that was very helpful. [Reconstruction and transplantation of body and organs combining blood magic and life magic].”
“Oh, that's so kind of you to say that. Thanks to you, I finally caught my breath.”
“are you okay······.”
“I also have time to prepare······.”
“It's just what I needed······.”
Immediately after that, the Archive-Combine dolls raised their hands and spread multiple magic circles over Lee Wan's head..
It is not simply a physical level of overlap, but a chemical bond that fills in the missing parts and causes them to react with each other..
Before Iwan could react, gravity fell from the overlapping magic circle and fixed his body, and then a foreign white light exploded and engulfed Iwan like the ground..
A power that goes beyond burning and destroying, and is close to extinction..
But surprisingly, Iwan not only canceled out the light, but also counterattacked the Archive-Combine Doll, destroying some of it..
In return, I had to consume a large amount of IOUs at once..
“······You guys play games together..”
“Thank you for the compliment. By focusing on effectiveness. Is it better than that? My smile is gradually disappearing..”
“no way······. I have a special move left.”
“I wonder how long that bravado will last. Even if you escape from the shackles of the world, you are still just a human being..”
“I feel bad for ignoring me so much, I think my IOU will drop to this level.?”
As if to prove his point, Lee Wan again took out a large number of IOUs..
That's when I was about to tear up the IOU that Lee Wan had taken out..
“If I spend it all, it will be difficult to stay in this world any longer. If you want to tear it up, tear it up. It doesn't seem like the archive will come soon..”
Puppet said as if he already knew everything..
Lee Wan pauses as if he has something to point out..
Puppet shouted with that momentum..
“cant enema!”
Puppet Cant.
Cant disappeared just as the puppet collided with Iwan and Bartholomew..
Most likely, he was hiding around here using an object that even a puppet would find difficult to detect..
Puppet stopped Ewan and Bartholomew from trying to steal it..
In that case, the best option is to hide from view..
So the puppet spoke to someone who might be listening somewhere..
He said he couldn't feel the presence, but could sense the puppet..
“My suggestion is the same as before. Please come out and cooperate with me for a moment. Then the bloodshed against Landa will stop..”
“Don't listen to me. That guy is bluffing-”
“-However, if you don't come out and hide until Lee Wan uses up all the IOUs, I promise! I will kill half of this city. Not all, just half.”
Puppet threatened again..
Like when he said he would kill all the people living in Area W. However, there was a difference.
The point was that its range expanded throughout Landa, and its number was reduced by half from all..
But the biggest difference is the presence or absence of sincerity..
The previous threat was sincere enough, but this threat showed a will that went beyond sincerity..
The will to not stop even after getting what you want.
‘The basis for this was that there was a restriction that “if Lee Wan uses up his IOU,” and as a result, Cant, who was hiding on one side, took off his unusually shaped hat and revealed himself..
“Hey there······.”
Lee Wan called out that cant, but he soon gave up..
Because I saw that Cant had already made up his mind. She knew him too.
If we continue like this, many people in Landa could die..
Some of those people might not know, but there might also be people who knew. Or, an acquaintance of an acquaintance. Or, a friend of a friend.
cant come out for them.
When the target appeared in front of him again, the puppet looked at him in silence, and as the air around him became tense, the sounds also quieted down..
When a corpse doll approached Cant, Cant opened his mouth..
“First of all, please let go of the people here..”
The people here were none other than Ewan, Bartholomew, and the Anti-Development Committee and the Vienna City Support Force who were suppressed by Gretel..
When the puppet didn't answer, Cant spoke again.
“I think it takes some will on my part to keep asking for my cooperation, so if that's the case, please do me a favor. I think it's an advance fee.”
It seemed like it worked this time, as the puppet turned its head and gave Hongin and Gretel a look..
Although they seemed reluctant, they followed the puppet's wishes..
Several lives were saved by just one person, and the puppet held out its hand as if to receive something..
Cant reach out to this.
Just as we were about to join hands, Cant asked again..
“······There's one more thing I'd like to ask you..”
“Why are you so greedy?.”
“Last question.”
“······what?”
“Oliver... Are you harming that child??”
I gave a small smile to the puffer..
“Than the safety of this city... You're more worried about his well-being..”
Cant neither confirm nor deny.
“Something like that... I don't hate it. It's irrational, but I don't hate it... Don't worry. I'm just trying to put in place a safety measure to ensure that you keep your promise to me..”
Cant looked at the puppet. To be exact, it is a corpse doll controlled by a puppet..
Cant, who doesn't have the eyes of a warlock, couldn't tell if he was telling the truth or lying, but he looked at him for a while and then held his hand..
Like shaking hands.
“I also have a question.”
“······What is?”
“Have you ever sinned? terrible sin.”
“······there is.”
“what?”
“Blackmail, intimidation, violence, extortion, murder, etc. various sins.”
Cant, who was active during the real estate boom of the past, honestly recited his sins..
That sin gave him the wealth and fulfillment he so desperately wanted, but instead it robbed him of his family..
The puppet read the truth and smiled with satisfaction..
“Thank goodness. The more sinful the effect, the better..”
Before Cant could ask what the effect was, Puppet pulled out a dagger from behind his waist and stabbed Cant in the side. from bottom to top.
Puuk━!
Cant's body temperature flowed out along with his blood, and Cant fell to his knees, and a horse appeared beyond Cant's blurring vision..
A black horse with a full mane and tail.
Those words got to Cant..
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