Episode 269
Churrrrrrr
“Well, there’s no one here. “Let’s go in.”
“Go forward while keeping strict vigilance!”
Merlin, who had spread a mana net made of ‘Creation’ around him, nodded as he retracted the mana net.
As he nodded, his long white beard, like that of a mountain spirit, fluttered and gave him a soft look, but in reality, the situation under his feet was miserable.
“same… … Climbers… … why… … ?”
“Same climber? “If low-level climbers like you could be called climbers, I would consider it, but aren’t you too weak to be called one?”
Quack!
The climber’s head, who was aiming to grow and clear the ordeal by hunting monsters from the dark forest, was crushed by a huge stone spear that appeared out of thin air without warning.
A single climber, especially a low-level climber, could not endure a wound that would have killed even a troll instantly.
Merlin clicked his tongue as he looked at the body that had been mangled beyond recognition.
“It has no value as a test subject.”
Merlin.
His real name is Sebastian Halo.
He was evaluated as quite outstanding among ordinary people, and dull among magicians.
The brain power and knowledge that were at least useful weakened with age, and it was only natural that the understanding of magic and the suitability of mana, which were most important as a wizard, were so poor.
However, the warriors who were in charge of the vanguard were feared, and the archers who needed to move quickly and the thieves who needed to be stealthy were unreasonable.
In the end, he decided to become a wizard, which he thought was the only thing worth trying, but had to spend painful days.
If he hadn’t had the morale-level trait called ‘Characteristic: Creation’, he would have simply died instead of suffering through painful days, but in terms of his traits, he was still worthy of being called a genius.
-Good job, old man.
“Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve been thinking about that guy. Is it because I heard about a demon who was evaluated as being similar to him at a meeting? Or maybe I’m getting older too… … .”
A being who erased his appearance as a dullard and emphasized only his appearance as a genius.
The thought of Cha Jin-hyuk came to Merlin’s mind for the first time in a long time.
It was quite a fun time.
It was the best time for Merlin, who was considered a protégé, as Jinhyeok, who was considered the best wizard of his time, served as his teacher.
“No matter how much I think about it, collecting Cha Jin-hyuk’s information at that time was the best decision of my life.”
Behind this was Merlin’s terrible information gathering.
After obtaining information about the past of Jinhyeok, an orphan, he played the role of a benevolent middle-aged or elderly person, and created fake family members to show off his emotions.
The sad family story of Merlin, who became like family to Jinhyeok, who had not yet matured as a climber and only had a gimmicky personality as an orphan, was enough to make him reach out.
“Well, it was useless, and it harbored hatred towards me, so it was right to kill it.”
However, as Jinhyuk turned 180 degrees after learning everything, Merlin classified Jinhyuk as a ‘useless being’.
Like the low-rise climber who just crashed.
Of course, there was a clear difference between the climber just now and Jinhyuk.
The climber just died because his head was smashed by the stone spear he ‘created’ with a simple swing of his hand, but most of the Nine Stars joined forces to kill Jinhyuk while he was under a penalty.
“… … “Even if I fight now, I’m not 100% confident.”
Considering Jinhyuk’s incredible power at the time, I honestly wasn’t sure, even as Merlin now, if Jinhyuk was in a state where there was no penalty.
A crazy dog that won’t necessarily lose, but won’t necessarily win either.
After thinking about it up to that point, Merlin got up from his bed and set out to find the dark elves’ hideout deep in the forest.
When all pretense of popularity is gone.
“… … “I thought I was going to die from holding it in.”
Jinhyuk fell from the tree where Merlin was resting.
-Kr?
“are you okay. “It’s not that difficult to postpone the life of Yeongtaeng, who will soon die anyway.”
Tam, who was deeply connected to Jinhyuk, felt Jinhyuk’s feelings and showed concern with his bright eyes.
Jinhyuk chuckled and shrugged his shoulders at Tam’s reaction.
Since Merlin participated in the war between the elves and the dark elves, Jinhyeok could remain calm because he would have died if he did not get out of here and return to the 600th floor right away.
-Chorus!
“Yes, I will definitely give you the head that contains his meager knowledge.”
-Kraaaak!
After hearing the answer, Tom nodded happily and started drawing the future.
Saliva ran down the corner of Tom’s mouth at the thought of chewing up and eating the head of the bad man who killed his father(?).
“Go back. “I’ll have to let the village and Elione know that that half-penny wizard is getting closer.”
-Crunch!
Although he is a wizard, he is a wizard who uses magic by borrowing the power of his characteristics rather than casting magic.
Merlin was slowly but surely getting closer to the village.
Naturally, the Elf army he led and the powerful Elyos who accompanied him as commanders were a bonus.
Jinhyeok’s figure, looking in the direction where they disappeared, disappeared as if melting into the darkness, and soon disappeared completely. * * *
“Are you back safely?”
“Did you think I wouldn’t come back well?”
Elione was slightly surprised to see that Jinhyeok had returned in the same condition as when he left.
When Jinhyeok, the target, asked with a cold expression, Elione shook her head.
“No, not that. “Your abilities are so outstanding, and honestly, you are wrapped in the darkness created by the Dark Spirit King and have the ability to hide, making it difficult for even dark elves to detect.”
“It’s because of Merlin.”
“… … That’s right, honestly, since you said you were an excellent wizard, I thought that even if it wasn’t dangerous, your existence could be a danger.”
Merlin.
A powerful wizard who joined the elf army.
By nature, magicians are good at fighting, but they are also good at exploring the surroundings.
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Considering that elves and dark elves have similar stealth and detection skills, most of the dark elf scouts would have been discovered by Merlin.
So I was just worried, but-
“Do I look so sloppy that a wizard would find out about half a penny like that?”
“That’s not it… … .”
Not only did Jinhyuk have no intention of being caught by Merlin, whom he had named as a magician, he actually did not get caught.
However, looking at Elione who was speechless, he just started explaining with a sigh.
“Mana detection, which is what wizards usually do, is to spread mana around them in the form they want.”
“okay. That doesn’t mean enemies that touch it will be detected.”
“The point is that if you don’t touch the composed mana, it won’t be detected.”
“… … Easier said than done. “Is that possible?”
To avoid being caught by the tightly woven mana detection, you have no choice but to stay outside the mana detection range.
No matter how good a wizard you are, the moment you touch and erase mana detection, you end up admitting that you are there.
But Jinhyuk had one more way.
“I was the one who taught that guy magic. “I also taught you the basic magic of detection.”
“… … oh.”
“The method I taught was to weave mana into a tight net and spread it around. In my case, it was so dense that it almost looked like cotton, so I was able to detect even a single ant, but-”
“I guess it wasn’t him?”
“Chom Chom is a piece of shit. The poorly constructed gap was large enough for one person to pass through. “Of course, this isn’t the case in every way, but once you know there is a gap, it’s easy to avoid detection.”
“aha.”
Elione, who finally realized why Jinhyeok was able to easily avoid surveillance and return unharmed, exclaimed in admiration.
As a spirit person, she couldn’t try it anyway even if she knew, but she was still able to sense that Jinhyeok was amazing.
“There is one more reason. “This might be useful for you too.”
“What?”
“That person is insensitive to safety and believes in himself too much.”
“… … “Isn’t that great?”
“It’s a problem even if someone like me has the ability to do that, but he doesn’t have the ability to do that, and that’s the problem. He is particularly negligent in sensing his surroundings. “The strange gaps I mentioned appear especially often around him.”
“… … “It would be perfect for an assassin.”
“An assassin with magical abilities could do that. Ah, if we hadn’t met him here, it would have been better to find that assassin and assassinate him. “I know all the magic patterns.”
During the conversation, Jinhyeok, who had been unknowingly making future plans to assassinate Merlin, returned to reality and told me the information he had seen.
“The elf army seemed to number in the hundreds.”
“At that level, even the elves don’t have full power. Even dark elves can stop it. It’s a close call, but it’s certain.”
“Then I will make up for the lack of power with dead bodies. “The same goes for spiritual illness.”
“… … “I think you need to get permission in advance for that.”
“Tell them that you will be given rest after the war is over. “Wouldn’t it be possible for descendants to live a peaceful life if both the body and the soul are sacrificed?”
“… … “I’ll talk to you.”
Elione was shocked because she knew how terrible it was to have her body and soul used as a soldier after death, but Jinhyeok didn’t care.
‘In the case of war, if you can drag your soul and corpse, you have to drag them. ‘Because that’s better than losing.’
If they refused even though they said they would use it for a short period of time, not that they would use it forever, then Jinhyuk was planning to use them mercilessly.
Because it’s better to suffer a curse or two than the damage incurred by not using their bodies and souls.
“But there are four commander-level Elyos. “Three of them are pretty unremarkable, but one is problematic.”
“How strong is it?”
“Merlin level.”
“… … Phew, this must be difficult.”
Two 600-story climbers.
If Jinhyeok is in charge of Merlin, he should be in charge of that one person, and although the rest are said to be nothing special, someone should also be in charge of the three Elyos, one of the Four Emperors.
“We don’t have enough manpower.”
“I know.”
The 600th floor climbers say they can do anything on their own, but even if the Dark Elves’ power is fully used to take charge of the Elf army, it is still a close situation.
If they could defeat the elves with a single wage and quickly turn most of them into undead and spirit soldiers, it might be worth a try.
“It is unreasonable to take such a gamble.”
“I know. They are now my people and citizens, but the dark elves are people who can’t do things like earning a daily wage. Fortunately, elves are like that too.”
As the standard was high, most of the elves and dark elves had flat potential.
Meanwhile, only the royal family, which could be said to be an outlier, was a threat, and even in that case, Elione had overwhelming talent compared to her older brother and younger sister.
Jinhyuk, ignoring the inevitable lack of manpower, told him about an unusual elf he had seen.
“The elf commander was wearing a tiara?”
“… … It’s Elinel. “He’s my younger brother.”
Elinel.
Jinhyeok calmly tapped Elione on the shoulder when he heard that she, who helped turn Elione into a dark elf, participated in the battle to subdue the dark elves as the elves’ commander.
“Take care of it. “Don’t forget your part.”
“It’s a tidy appetizer. “Trust me.”
Aside from the elf named Elinel, there were many beings that Elione had to deal with.
Commander of the Elyos.
Because I had to deal with a 600-story climber who was the general commander.
Elione answered confidently with her heart wide open, calmly asking to be left to her own devices, and Jinhyeok nodded with satisfaction.
“I will leave it to you. “Because revenge is only meaningful if it is achieved with one’s own hands.”
“… … thank you.”
Jinhyuk knew the sweetness and sense of accomplishment of revenge better than anyone else because he had been betrayed, so he knew well the expectations Elione was feeling.
Jinhyeok stood up as he saw Elione blushing and thanking him.
“Where?”
“Since there is a shortage of manpower, there is someone who comes to mind.”
“Are you going to pick me up?”
“I think I’ll just talk about it first.”
“… … Would anyone really come to a war like this? “Isn’t it my job?”
Three Elyos.
No matter how unremarkable it may be from Jinhyeok’s perspective, an Elyos is an Elyos.
Additionally, as it was a war between races, the probability of humans participating was very low.
But Jinhyuk was calm.
“If you give me a lot of money, they will say they like it and come back.”
“I don’t have any money.”
“Hit it with your body.”
“… … transformation.”
“As a member of Yeokcheon, I was told to move toward my goal.”
“… … get out!”
I was shocked when I saw Jinhyuk’s humorous face with a grin on his face! Elione shouted with a red-faced expression.
“I’ll come back with good news.”
The darkness of the room engulfed Jinhyeok.
Elione, who had disappeared to fill the shortage of manpower she had mentioned, could only blush as she thought back on Jinhyeok’s words, ‘Fill it with your body’.
After the elves, Elione was the closest person to a king who ruled over all the dark elves, but she was also a young woman with no experience.
