Chapter 149 : Chapter 149
Chapter 149
Looking at the magic stone fallen on the ground not budging an inch, Mireska bit her lip slightly as if nervous.
‘Can I really succeed……?’
It was a plan with a not low probability of failure even in her opinion.
The problem was that the backup plan was too dangerous a method.
‘If I fail, we can’t use the magic circle…….’
Mireska, looking at the magic stone fallen on the magic circle and the magic circle showing no reaction, puffed up her cheeks.
“Anyway, I have to hand it to you for being unreasonable.”
Mireska, opening her mouth with a pouty voice as if dissatisfied, put her foot on the magic stone.
“The one who made this is an old human wizard, and the one who drew this is a young human wizard. This isn’t the Forest Witch intervening, just coincidentally dropping a high-grade magic stone here.”
Saying so, Mireska trampled the magic stone nervously and muttered.
“Even if you don’t cling this much, I haven’t forgotten the contract.”
As mana flowing from the shattered high-grade magic stone with a crunch began to permeate the magic circle, Mireska, sticking her tongue out slightly towards the sky, said in a mischievous voice.
“See that- Since you can’t stop it anyway…….”
Before her words could finish, Mireska’s face hardened at the scent wafting in.
A scent so sweet it made her head throb, even though it was her own body scent.
The restriction suppressing her mana in exchange for volunteering as a manager loosened, and mana was flowing out like a dam with a hole.
“Petty.”
This is a threat.
A threat that if she doesn’t keep the contract, the barrier suppressing her mana can be broken anytime.
‘Worst.’
At the surging disgust and helplessness, Mireska pulled down her hat like a habit to hide her body.
Charm scent is literally a curse.
A curse that turns those who cannot resist into puppets who lost reason, and makes those who resist covet her.
Everyone she loved feared her, and everyone she approached turned into dolls or looked at her with faces full of lust.
‘I absolutely hate being alone again…….’
A curse forcing her to be alone even in the center of thousands.
If that curse starts again, she would have no choice but to leave this forest too.
‘To survive, I’ll have to run away before the forest residents move.’
Hiding her body under the pointed hat, Mireska did her best to control the spreading mana.
“Uugh…….”
Every time overheated mana channels tore and burst, suppressed groans leaked through tightly bitten lips, and fishy blood wet the ground.
“Ugh……! Aaaah!”
Only after overheating her mana heart to the limit and more than half of her mana channels burst did she slump down as if giving up.
“Ahahat…….”
She hoped, but today was a failure as expected.
Inside the still pressed-down hat was filled with a dizzily sweet scent, and thick mana was spreading around her like fog.
“Ehehehet…….”
Nevertheless, she sniffled tears as if happy, raised both arms high, and shouted.
“Finally, finally success!”
1 second.
She succeeded in controlling mana for 1 second.
Although mana channels forcibly blocking the flow of mana were torn and burst as if hacked to pieces, it was the only success she had experienced so far.
“Ehehehehet!”
Mireska, laughing for a long time at the unexpected result, slightly lifted her hat.
Vrrrooom-
Checking the magic circle shining stronger and stronger absorbing her mana, she giggled and opened her mouth.
Then lying down on the ground carelessly, she continued in a nonchalant voice.
“I really overdid it today, so I should rest here a bit until I recover?”
Even while doing so, as Garius’s magic circle greedily coveted her mana, she felt the fragment of the contract responsible for restriction moving urgently.
“Ahahat! Usually watching for a day or two, seems like something urgent came up today?”
Feeling the fragment of the contract moving as if rummaging through her body, she smirked and continued.
“But, what to do about this? Mana channels are a mess, so a fragment of just this size won’t be enough?”
Like she said, the fragment of the contract started controlling mana again, but considerable mana was still flowing out from the messed-up mana channels.
Mana flowing out like that will supply near-infinite mana to the magic circle.
‘Success, somehow.’
This was the reason she remained on this battlefield, and at the same time, the best way to maintain that ignorant magic circle.
‘Stepping on the magic stone to activate the magic circle’ could be judged as intervention, but something happening due to an accidental mishap couldn’t be judged as her intervention.
Feeling the fluster from the fragment of the contract, she smiled brightly and said.
“If you are really worried, bring your master or something.”
‘Because I’ll kill him no matter what happens.’
Swallowing the latter words, she muttered with a face slightly flushed.
“I should sleep a little, really just a little.”
Even though she planned it herself, enduring the pain of mana channels bursting with a clear mind must not have been easy, as her eyes closed on their own.
* * *
Seeing the axe rushing towards Sven’s Adam's apple, Mogul hurriedly threw his body and blocked the axe.
“Stupid bastard! Where is your mind?!”
Sven, whose stance collapsed for a moment, corrected his breathing and answered.
“Huff… Huff… I could have blocked it sufficiently.”
“Tsk, a guy who would have died ten times already if not for me, sufficiently blocked my ass.”
The two, glaring at each other, threw their bodies backward simultaneously and shouted at each other.
“Did you already forget I saved you?!”
“Hmph! That I could have blocked sufficiently indeed, you paper bug! Huffing like a dog when we haven’t fought much, such bluff!”
As Sven, gathering his brows, raised his greatsword, the Legion Commander’s axe struck down on it.
Kwaang! Kwaang! Kwaang!
Every time he blocked an attack, Sven barely steadied his body shaking from mana draining out in chunks and gritted his teeth.
‘Damn it!’
The opponent was strong.
Too strong.
Every time he blocked the guy’s axe, his hand and body holding the greatsword trembled, and his body was pushed back.
On top of that, a guy possessing power unbelievable for someone using an axe like Mogul was fast too.
Even he, who thought his dynamic visual acuity was superior to anyone else, found it overwhelming to follow.
Bang! Kwabang!
Just before the aura of the greatsword, which faded every time he blocked an attack, subsided, Mogul’s shout was heard from behind.
“Duck!”
As Sven bent his waist as if to touch the ground, an explosion sound rang out right above.
Kwaaang!
Even at the huge explosion sound unbelievable for a sound made by axe clashing with axe, Sven didn’t let his guard down and raised his greatsword.
Kwaang!
Because the Legion Commander, shaking off Mogul, rushed towards him.
“Huff… Huff…….”
Seeing the greatsword shaking as if to break, Sven’s face darkened.
“Damn it!”
Sven, spitting out curses with rising breath, swung the greatsword fiercely and shouted.
“Why on earth are you targeting only me?!”
If the two could fight simultaneously, the situation would have been better than now.
“Just why!”
However, the Legion Commander thoroughly ignored Mogul while targeting Sven.
It was the same no matter how much Mogul ran wild, launched surprise attacks, or succeeded in attacks.
“Even when that guy’s axe is stuck, why!”
Because the Legion Commander targeted only Sven even with an axe stuck in his thigh.
“Isn’t it all because you look easy!”
At Mogul’s hearty shout, Sven shouted with veins popping on his neck.
“You ignorant bastard! Isn’t it naturally because he doesn’t care since your axe is soft?!”
Sven’s face, blocking attacks pouring continuously even while shouting in frustration, grew darker and darker.
‘I can’t hold on any longer.’
At this rate, expecting Mogul’s help was difficult.
Since a situation to attempt a joint attack didn’t even arise.
‘Above all, stamina and mana are at the limit.’
Sven, exhaling breath risen to his chin, glared at the Legion Commander and re-gripped the greatsword.
- Grrr…….
“It’s to the point where I can’t believe such a lowly creature crossed the wall.”
Although he had to believe it the moment he received the axe like a huge mountain, the madness-filled combat method was crude and primitive enough to be unbelievable for an existence that crossed the wall.
“Would you consider my position being beaten by such a lowly creature too?”
- Grrrk!
Sven, smiling bitterly at the Legion Commander’s madness-filled laughter, rushed towards the Legion Commander once again and shouted.
‘So it means it’s unavoidable in the end…….’
If aiming for a prolonged battle while conserving stamina, or saving magic power isn’t the answer, the remaining option is clear.
“Good! Let’s play as you wish!”
Only pressing without giving the guy an opening to attack.
“Haaaaat!”
The Legion Commander, licking his lips at the huge greatsword rushing towards him, giggled, raised his axe, and.
“Right, block if you can!”
Sven swung the greatsword with full force as if not to lose.
And.
- Kiririk!
He met eyes with the axe moving horizontally and the Legion Commander raising the corners of his mouth grotesquely as if mocking.
‘No intention to defend?’
Even though it was clearly a golden opportunity to catch the Legion Commander, the moment he saw the smile on the Legion Commander’s face, Sven’s eyes trembled.
‘Are you confident you can block?’
Instantly, hollow laughter burst out at the preposterous combat method.
‘He was toying with me.’
Being able to ignore even a full-force attack means I wasn’t even an opponent.
Sven gripped the handle of the greatsword.
‘Right, try blocking once. My greatsword severing your neck will be faster than your axe cutting my body.’
Reddish energy gathered on Sven’s greatsword with shining eyes-
“Stop immediately, you crazy bastard!”
Despite Mogul’s scream-like shout realizing he was burning life force, Sven didn’t stop.
Rather, he moved the greatsword burning more life force and mana.
‘It works.’
The moment he vowed to cut without fail.
Kwaaang!
With a powerful explosion sound, Sven’s body bounced off along with the greatsword.