Genius Warlock-Episode 82
Jump and run.
Oliver and his group, including Joe, headed to the O'Toole family's home base..
It is said that the O'Toole family includes about a dozen members as well as residents (predators) who live under their protection, and it is safe to say that it is a small village..
Still, I didn't feel like I was popular, but as Joe said, it felt like I was robbed first..
"Just like you, we were planning on raiding the O'Toole family and stealing their books and technology. Their technology is pretty good..”
Oliver agreed..
Let alone modifying zombies, the technology to transfer control to a third party required a considerable level of skill..
It was true that he had pretty good skills..
"okay. So, did you hire these mercenaries??”
"No, officially the mercenaries hired us, but in reality they are collaborating with us. We decided to raid the warlocks and marauders, and the mercenaries would take the monetary loot, while we would take the books and tools..”
Oliver nodded..
It seemed like a very good deal as long as we could trust each other..
Due to the nature of the contaminated area, you needed someone to watch your back. Oliver just didn't have a suitable partner..
"But there is one part I don't understand..”
“What?”
"Mr. Cho's specialty is disease-type magic, so why do you covet manipulation-type black magic? Oh, are you planning to study there too??”
“..…No, it's not for me, it's for my crew. Even if you study other fields in the first place, it is not efficient... .. Unless you're a special person, you don't do things like that..”
As Joe finished speaking, he looked at Oliver..
"ah… … . You're giving it to the crew.?”
"Yes, there is a manipulation-type warlock in our crew as well. We help each other become stronger.”
like..… . Oliver was impressed..
It was quite impressive for Oliver, who had no experience with any black magic organization other than the Joseph Family..
The family gathered to learn black magic and become stronger, but ironically they did not want their family members to become stronger than a certain level, and in fact, breaking this became quite dangerous..
But the fighter crew helps each other become stronger..
I don't know the details, but from what I've heard so far, it seems to be a more productive organization than the existing family..
"Thank you for your kind explanation.”
"Don't be grateful. Because I’m not just teaching you without thinking about it..”
“yes?”
"It's right here.”
Instead of answering the question, Joe pointed ahead..
At the end of the place he pointed to was a small, destroyed shantytown, and the barricades around the village were cruelly broken..
Self-control scattered here and there.
Considering the damaged form, it could not be considered a simple attack by a horde of zombies..
In fact, there were traces of an explosion on the building in the very center of the village..
"who is that guy.”
Those camped in the destroyed village approached and spoke..
There were twenty mercenaries armed with protective clothing and certain firearms, and a warlock..
Joe said to his colleague.
"Dave… . I remember when I stretched out?”
"ah… . The guy who killed Nico and Big Jaw.?!”
"Yes, that's right. That's me. I'm sorry about that. sorry.”
As if Oliver's polite apology had worked, the unknown warlock started laughing hahaha..
Then the other mercenaries started laughing, but suddenly an unknown warlock pulled out a gun and shot..
Tang I!
I shot right next to Oliver's head, and the sudden sound of the gunshot made the air freeze as if silent..
The friendly atmosphere suddenly disappeared and there was only deep silence..
After a long silence, the unknown warlock opened his mouth..
"and.… . Do you have good guts? Without even blinking... . Aren’t you afraid of dying? So I guess they killed our friend.?”
"no. Of course dying is scary... . I'm sorry about Nico and Big Chin. If I didn't kill Mr. Big Jaw, I would have died. Nico failed to control his strength... ..Anyway, I apologize again..”
The unknown warlock laughed as if he was dumbfounded and put the muzzle of the gun to Oliver's head..
"Can I put a bullet in your head and apologize??”
The tension was high, but this time there was a bit of sincerity..
Oliver's polite apology seemed to get on his nerves..
I didn't understand, but Oliver looked around..
Mercenaries who prepare themselves to fight according to the warlock's attitude..
I was embarrassed because I didn't want to start a meaningless fight in a place like this, but then Joe intervened..
He lowered the muzzle of the nameless warlock and calmed him down..
"Calm down, Sam. First of all, I brought you here as a guest..”
"customer? This bastard killed Nico and Big Jaw? Thanks to you, you, me, and the other kids are all having a hard time here..”
swimming.… . The fighter crew didn't seem to be a very healthy organization either..
When I first heard Joe's explanation, it seemed like co-workers were working together to grow together, but as Sam continued to say more, it felt like I was forced to come even though I didn't want to..
I wanted to ask about this, but the conversation between Joe and Sam was so serious that it wasn't easy to intervene..
"We need to cooperate with that guy..”
"Oh my... .. why?”
"Because it's strong enough to knock down Nico and Big Jaws at the same time, including me. You know there's something unusual here right now.?”
Sam hesitated for a moment, wondering if there was something to be pointed out..
Oliver stepped in..
"What on earth is going on here??”
“……This cleaning is different from usual. Something is strange. That too very.”
"What part are you talking about??”
"The zombies usually attacked the rescuer as soon as he came in, but this time they are running away. No, more accurately, it is enticing. And no looters in sight.”
"Are you talking about looters??”
"Yes, normally, if you go a little deeper, you can see one or two, but now you can't even see a snout. No, not just marauders, but other humans as well. I can't see anything but zombies. More than anything…..”
Joe took a break..
"In addition to this one, I visited two other black magic organizations and they were in similar condition to this one..”
"Are you saying you were attacked by someone??”
"that's right. Now, this isn't just an increase in zombies. It's much more dangerous than that... .. That’s why I brought you here and explained it so kindly… . Come join us for a moment..”
"Cooperation?”
"Yes, cooperation. Since the situation is unusual, why don’t you come with us first??”
"I’m a little perplexed because it’s an unexpected suggestion… .. Do you mind if I go with you??”
"Because if you have the skills... .. It might not be a bad offer for you either. It's not a bad thing to have someone to watch your back when unexpected danger lurks. I'm just saying this just in case, but I have no ulterior motives..”
I meant it. I don't know why, but apart from feeling unpleasant towards Oliver, Joe had no intention of harming him. at least for now.
"I believe… . However, Mr. Cho, is it okay if you come with me??”
Joe was silent for a moment before answering..
“……Uh, somehow you don't seem like you'd break your promise..”
This too is sincere. Oliver thought for a moment..
Normally, he would have refused and moved to another location, but he was even robbed where another warlock organization was located..
Aside from the fact that the original plan was ruined, there was definitely something unusual..
“….If you acquire something like a black magic book in the process, how will you share it??”
"well.… . It's an issue we'll have to deal with then, but let's divide it as equally as possible..”
Sincerity.
Then Sam, who had been quietly listening, intervened..
I asked him why he was saying such things so freely, but Joe said that the situation was not unusual, so the priority was to strengthen our military power..
Oliver also thought about it in his own way..
First of all, you will have a companion to look after you and share black magic books with you. It didn't sound too bad..
As Oliver opened his mouth to reply, a crackling sound echoed through the air..
Oliver looked at the communication device and it wasn't his..
It was the sound of Joe's communication device..
"what?”
[Crackling... ! Chick… ! Fuck…. . support… ! Please do something… . Crackling… ..Zombies appear… . Sigh! Pick up a weapon and use a gun... ! Fuck you.…!]
zombies, weapons, guns.
Oliver couldn't believe he heard correctly..
They were saying that now zombies are brandishing weapons and shooting guns..
***
"Damn it……!”
Colin, the wizard of the Magic Tower... . No, to be exact, Colin Maloney of the Mjolnir School of the Magic Tower swore..
He entered the Mjolnir School without hesitation with the intention of becoming a powerful wizard..
It is a traditional school that specializes in elemental magic for combat..
The reason was simple.
Because the essence of a wizard is power.
In recent years, due to the influence of industrialization, fields such as magic engineering, alchemy, life science, and golem technology have been in the spotlight, but this was just a short-lived fad riding the trend of the times..
For Colin, the truth of the world is power, and the essence of a wizard is also power..
It is thanks to that power that wizards who were oppressed in the past are respected and have become leaders in society today..
Following the teachings of the Mjolnir School, Colin went outside of society and lived in a world where violence was rampant, confirming once again that his thoughts were correct..
This is the other side of the world that you didn't learn at the Magic Tower..
I saw with my own eyes how much violence runs rampant behind a world that appears to be run by law and order..
raw, living knowledge!
It was an area that ordinary people who only read books in the magic tower could never understand, but Colin did not stop at simply learning and became a part of that world..
In the first mission, I wiped out a gang, in the second mission, I defeated a retired military fixer, in the third mission, I slaughtered a warlock, and in the fourth mission, I took down street wizards..
Although he experienced a few unexpected events and struggled, he overcame them with his natural talent and education. In return, Colin was able to gain the reputation of being a rising dark horse in Area B, even though he had to take off the label of belonging to the Magic Tower..
not bad.
Being recognized for your abilities.
Customers with money and power approach them with courtesy and caution in order to receive their help..
It all made Colin happy..
Of course, thanks to that, they were put into the city's troublesome public work, but it was just a nuisance..
You can finish it whenever you want.
It certainly was. I guess so..….
"What is this??!”
Colin shouted and fired a magic missile imbued with flame magic..
A complex technique had to be used, but this was the most effective in terms of overall power and efficiency. As expected, the magic missile that consumed the fire magic collided with a dozen hordes of zombies and exploded, burning everything..
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk————!
Kyahahahaha——!
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo————!
As zombies are weak to fire, the hordes of zombies were wiped out all at once..
Unless you received proper instructions or reinforcement from a warlock, this was natural. But the problem is..….
"Wizard!”
A fixer armed with a reinforced shield came to Colin's side and put the shield on him..
Along with that, quite a few explosions occurred..
The shield was deployed and the shield blocked the explosion, but surprisingly, the zombie took advantage of the gap and threw the bomb..
No, is that good enough??
"Wizard. It's okay”
1 stew!
From afar, a zombie holding a sniper rifle fired a gun, hitting the head of the solver who helped Colin..
It was still fresh, as if it had just died, and even though it was an unintelligent zombie, he was able to snipe it successfully. He even reloaded to shoot again now.
[magic missile]
Colin shot a magic missile at a zombie who was loading a gun on top of a building and knocked it down..
Kahahahahaha——!
———Tongue!
"Wizard... ! I think I need to step away first..”
2A troubleshooter who was exhausted from a battle that lasted almost an hour spoke..
Colin agreed..
zombie… .. Each one was clearly nothing special..
It's definitely not a big deal, but the problem is that there are too many of them..
"bear's forearm!”
Druid David borrowed the power of nature and used his tremendous strength to blast away hordes of zombies armed with clubs and guns..
Zombies armed with clubs and guns... . What kind of evil joke is this?.
"Everyone this way! Hordes of zombies are coming again!”
At David's shout, everyone ran towards him at once..
It was really strange.
Obviously, there were only a moderate number of zombies until the outskirts, but where did they suddenly come pouring in like this?.
It felt like I was waiting.
"Shit.… ! I'm already following you from behind. Zombies.!”
"Hang in there! Soon I found a safe zone... .. It's here!”
The safe zone that Druid David found was a building inside the contaminated area, with a high wall around it, and the only way in was the single road that Colin and his group came from..
Colin, who secured the safety of the sides and rear, gathered his magic power into the air while breathing..
Then, I gave will to the magic power and entered a certain formula to create a magic circle. At that moment, a group of zombies chasing me along a single path appeared..
Almost hundreds of thousands of people.
There was even a corpse golem that was modified by tying together several zombies..
[Flame Thrower]
Along with the chant, powerful flames were sprayed from the magic circle that formed in the air..
The red-hot flames mercilessly burned the zombies in front and reduced them to ashes in an instant, but not only that, the fire spread to zombies that came into contact even for a moment..
like a contagious disease.
A horde of zombies, which could be hundreds of them, was reduced to ashes..
After barely escaping from the chase of a horde of zombies armed with weapons and guns, Colin sighed and soon came to his senses and approached someone..
It was none other than a fake wizard who brought them to this dead place..
"Hey, you… . How on earth did this happen? How did this happen?!”
A warlock named Chevy muttered with a frightened expression on his face..
Thanks to this, my shabby appearance looked even more shabby..
“Ugh..… . Well, I don't know either. I've been here more than ten times, but this is the first time... . sorry! sorry! sorry! Ugh....."
To my surprise, he shed tears. He wasn't even angry anymore when he saw that pitiful sight..
A troubleshooter came to his senses and intervened..
"excuse me… . Wizard. I agree that this is a strange case. I have participated in cleaning about three times, but this is the first time I have experienced something like this..”
"I'm talking about zombies shooting guns and throwing bombs.?”
"yes.… . This is my first time seeing a case like this. There are too many numbers. no… . So what I mean is, there was a lot, but it wasn't this organized..”
Colin also implicitly agreed..
Naturally occurring zombies were nothing more than evil, inferior beings that greedy for life..
It made no sense for them to use such organized movements..
There was only one thing that could explain this situation..
warlock.
It seemed that not only Colin, but also the Fixer and Druid had such thoughts, but Colin felt both absurd and angry..
Doesn't that mean that you, the wizard, are being hunted by fakes??
“..…It's probably manipulative..”
"yes?”
"If there is someone behind this, it must be a manipulation group. If you're capable of controlling zombies like that, you're bound to have a specialty in the manipulation field. They're annoying.."
Indeed, it was so. The manipulation-type warlock was one-sided in that he hid in a safe place and only sent zombies to target the other party..
cowards.
"This isn't just a cleaning job. If zombies were to move that systematically, they would be a group, not an individual, and they would all be no ordinary people. Maybe it's a group of devil worshippers... . First, we need to go back and report this to the city and move with the city forces..”
"That's true, but the question is how to get there. There are swarms of zombies everywhere. Looks like some problem solvers have already been hit..”
"If you take a breather here and move-”
“-No, there is no time for that..”
Druid David said with his hand on the ground.
He was listening to the voice of the ground to sense who was around him, but his expression suddenly darkened..
"Zombies are flocking here again, and there are a lot of them... .. Not just zombies, but also corpse golems and polluted creatures... .. Damn, I feel like we were tricked into this. rat in poison.”
The solvers, who were suffering from fatigue and fear, were shaken by those words..
Colin was just as embarrassed..
Magic power also needs time to recover, and if things continued like this, this side would run out of magic power and stamina and reach out first..
There is a hole to escape from......
..…I profit.
The sound of the door caught everyone's attention. The Chevy on one side of the building, keeping an eye out, opened an old secret door..
".…First of all, how about running down here??”
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