TL/Editor: raei
Status: 5/week mon-fri
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"Monster!"
The beast that tore through the earth and emerged was a golem made of rock, stone, and y.
Its size was staggering, nearly 4 meters tall.
The sheer weight of the massive collection of minerals!
The rock golem boasted destructive power worthy of being called a medieval war-suit."It''s charging at the Duke!"
"I''ll stop it!"
Young knights full of vigor tried to block the golem''s path.
But Salvador and Belenka pushed them aside.
"Get out of the way, you fools!"
"What the- Old man!"
The young knights were startled, but they shut their mouths at Salvador''s sharp re.
"How do you n to stop that avnche-like monster!"
"..."
"If you''re that eager to go to heaven, I won''t stop you!"
At Salvador''s rebuke, the knights came to their senses.
This wasn''t an opponent they could face with notions of loyalty or desire for military glory.
A monster made of y and rock instead of flesh and blood!
"You lot, escort your lords and run!"
"But... I don''t have a lord?"
"Then use your brain and help anyone!"
Salvador instinctively knew.
This was clearly a monster created by the power of mystery.
And the only ones who could face it were wizards.
"You help Ian!"
"Yes!"
Salvador busied himselfmanding the knights while Belenka moved to support Ian.
[I''ll kill you!!!]
A piercing mental scream swept across the battlefield.
Ian, who had leveled up a lot until now, could somewhat withstand the pressure of the mystery.
But not Bunchi.
"Hiiieek!"
Overwhelmed by the tremendous killing intent emitted by the mystery, Bunchi half lost his mind.
''Is Bunchi really clueless about this?''
Ian found Bunchi''s reaction questionable.
The monster seemed to have appeared in response to Bunchi''s magicalnguage, but...
"Dodge, my lord!"
"This way!"
Loyal knights escorted their respective lords to safety.
"Ian!"
Belenka appeared just in time.
Ian entrusted Lucy''s protection to Belenka.
"Take care of Lucy."
"... I''ll be back soon."
Ian took a deep breath to calm himself.
He could see the rock golem charging towards him, kicking up clouds of dust.
If he got hit by that thing, he''d be turned into a bloody pancake.
''It has a physical form.''
The rock golem wasn''t an intangible mystery.
It was clearly an intelligent being made of y and rock.
Having a physical form meant it could be beaten down.
''But dialoguees first.''
Ian addressed the rock golem in the Maroniusnguage.
"[Stop! O enraged one!]"
[Graaah!]
Ian''s Maronius was perfect.
The fact that the rock golem didn''t stop meant its eyes were half-crazed.
''Damn it!''
Ian rolled on the ground.
The rock golem passed by, stomping the earth, missing him by a hair''s breadth.
"Bunchi!"
The rock golem was a monster created by mystery.
Knights without proper equipment wouldn''t be of help in the fight.
The only one who could help Ian right now was Bunchi.
"Aaaaaaah!"
"..."
However, Bunchi, his mind seemingly broken, ran away without looking back!
Ian couldn''t close his gaping mouth.
"Hey, you...!"
You''re an earth wizard, Bunchi!
If you run away, what am I supposed to do with this rock golem!
[Come here! You half-ground gravel!]
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The rock golem ignored Ian and chased straight after Bunchi.
"Don''t follow me! Stay away!"
[I''ll kill you for sure!!!]
"...?"
Bunchi fleeing and the rock golem chasing.
Ian noticed something.
That rock golem...
It really was interested in Bunchi!
''Lucky break!''
Ian didn''t know why the rock golem was fixated on Bunchi.
But it didn''t matter.
What mattered was that the rock golem was chasing Bunchi straight on!
Ian shouted loud enough for the people around to hear.
"Sir Bunchi! Are you really okay with this!"
"???"
Bunchi, running for his life, shot Ian a bewildered look.
What the hell was he...?
"Bing bait for the rock golem all by yourself!"
"!!!"
Bunchi was horrified at Ian''s next words.
Bait? Did he just say bait?!
"When did I...!"
However, Bunchi couldn''t shout ''Don''t talk nonsense!''
[I''ll kill youuuu!]
Because the enraged rock golem was hot on his heels...!
"Ah! So that''s why the rock golem is chasing Sir Bunchi...!"
"Good heavens. To volunteer as bait!"
"What an amazing wizard!"
The young knights looked at Bunchi with admiring eyes.
To volunteer for a suicidal, dangerous mission to protect others!
That''s so damn cool...!
"Help! Save me!!!"
"Wow. Such convincing acting!"
"Even the rock golem was fooled! Hahaha!"
Bunchi ran for his life, desperately avoiding the rock golem.
As Ian had guessed, the rock golem targeted only Bunchi as it charged.
''Good.''
Thanks to Bunchi''s sacrifice(?), Ian had some time.
Ian immediately began drawing a magic circle on the ground.
"Everyone help Sir Bunchi! Throw anything you can to buy time!"
"Ooh!"
Because there were people helping Bunchi, he didn''t turn into a pancake right away.
He was running while sweating buckets, but...
Isn''t that 100 times better than dying?
''Done.''
Ian threw a jewel onto the magic circle and shouted.
"[Water! Gush forth!]"
The magic Ian chose was water magic.
Just now, when the rock golem burst from the ground, Ian had sensed the energy of underground water sleeping not far away.
The magic to draw out underground water was a technique he had once demonstrated with the water wizard Anton.
Ian easily pulled the underground water from the earth.
[Did you call me, young human?]
"[Yes!]"
Ian made a request to the mystery of water.
"[Please soak that thing!]"
[That''s a very easy task.]
Ian poured the drawn underground water directly towards the rock golem.
[Ugh! This is...!]
The rock golem was flustered by the sudden water attack.
As the ground beneath its feet turned to mud, the golem''s feet sank in.
An even more serious problem was that the y connecting the golem''s joints began to dissolve in the water!
[No! Move! Earth!]
The rock golem cried out in anguish, but it was useless.
Soaked through, the golem soon broke apart into rocks and copsed to the ground.
"Wooooah!"
"The golem has fallen!"
The knights cheered.
Ian slowly approached the rock golem.
Duke Araz and Count Edward''s eyes lit up as they followed Ian''s back.
''His skills are beyond imagination!''
''Such an outstanding talent... why is he under a rural noble?''
When you see talent, you naturally want to recruit it!
The nobles thought they should invite Ian to their courts withvish treatment after the dragon hunt was over.
Regardless, Ian focused on the rock golem.
"Ha, hahaha...! wizard Ian! You really did a gre-"
"You, shut your trap."
Ian pushed Bunchi aside and addressed the rock golem.
"[O enraged one.]"
[...]
"[Why are you so angry?]"
With rocks embedded in mud.
The rock golem spoke slowly.
[That cunning human... stole my child while I was sleeping...!]
"[Child?]"
Ian immediately looked at Bunchi.
Bunchi exined, sweating profusely.
"Well, um... I did pick up a mysterious stone..."
"Picked up? Not stole?"
"... I did defeat the guardian golems and take it. But I''m the victim here! It''smon sense that there are guardians around treasures!"
So, Bunchi was iming that mysterious stone... or the rock golem''s child, was his rightful spoils of war.
Ian was dumbfounded.
Is it normal for a wizard to just grab a stone of unknown origin?
Forcibly snatching the power of mystery without anymunication is absolutely not the way of a wizard.
"Ian! You''re a wizard too, you should understand! When there''s a stone full of earth power right in front of you, ignoring it is..."
"Shut up. Just give it back already."
"G-Give it back? But you subdued the golem, didn''t you?"
Ian quietly pulled out Anor-lsil from his waist.
Anor-lsil took the hint and jumped out, starting to beat up Bunchi.
"Ow! Ow! W-What is this!"
Ian immediately made a fuss.
"Ah! The mystery is enraged by Bunchi''s shamelessness!"
"Okay! Okay! I''ll give it back, alright!"
Soon, Bunchi brought the golem''s child.
Ian sincerely apologized and returned the child to the rock golem.
"[It was our foolish mistake. We''re truly sorry.]"
[... I can feel your sincerity. I''ll ept your apology.]
In truth, it was because Ian had subdued it that it ended things nicely.
If he had just apologized, it might have crushed Bunchi and returned to the forest.
In any case, the rock golem disappeared.
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There was a briefmotion, but everything was resolved well without a single casualty.
The knights who witnessed Bunchi''s sacrifice(?) and Ian''s brilliant magic had their morale boosted sky-high.
"With a wizard like that on our side, even a dragon won''t be a problem!"
"Let''s raid the dragon''s nest right away!"
Apart from the heightened morale of the knights and soldiers.
The mood among the nobles wasn''t good.
"What did you say?"
Duke Araz and Count Edward looked at Bunchi with shocked expressions.
No matter how much they red at Bunchi, the result wouldn''t change.
"It may be hard to believe... but it''s all true."
Ian decided to cover up the massive trolling Bunchi had caused.
In exchange, he extracted a promise from Bunchi to cooperate with Ian during the expedition.
Ian questioned Bunchi about what happened in the Margrave of Haltramm''s territory.
And the expected answer came back.
"His Excellency the Margrave did not fight the dragon."
"..."
"The ck dragon took a few arrows from the soldiers, then just ran away."
The nt wizard Mani was right.
The spear that the Margrave of Haltramm imed to have thrust into the ck dragon''s jaw.
It had been stuck in the ck dragon''s jaw from the beginning.
The margrave had spread false rumors as if he had achieved a military feat with it.
Even though his lie was exposed, the margrave''s expression didn''t change one bit.
Instead, he shouted proudly.
"It''s a monster we have to hunt anyway! But everyone was trembling like cowards, so I used my wisdom to inspire some courage!"
"..."
Ian was at a loss for words.
Spreading false rumors was... ''wisdom'' in his mind.
Wisdom to push people who were scared out of their wits!
"How can you say that now!"
Duke Araz shouted with a pale face.
She had moved her troops after hearing rumors that the dragon was severely injured.
But if that was a lie...
Didn''t that mean they now had to fight a life-or-death battle with a perfectly healthy dragon?!
"You sure talk a lot! Duke!"
"What did you say?!"
"What are you going to do now that we''vee this far? Return like losers! We have to hunt the dragon anyway! The glory of Dragon yer is right in front of us!"
The Margrave of Haltramm said as he swiftly mounted his horse.
"Whatever you all say, I''m going to hunt that dragon!"
"..."
"If you want to return empty-handed after bringing so many knights and mercenaries, I won''t stop you."Toggle New Ads
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