EP.63 Ancient Lich, Skebal (3)
Hundreds of years ago, there was a kingdom.
The kingdom was reduced to ashes overnight.
All records related to the kingdom were erased. It was only known that there was a kingdom there. Very little is known about the kingdom.
There are four disasters that reduced that place to ashes.
Black Storm, Black Dragon Belial.
Gletus, the apostate.
The sword of death, Ganicalt.
and···.
‘Ancient lich, Skeval.’
This skull in front of me right now.
These four wiped the kingdom off the map overnight. All that remains there is ashes.
Judging from the ruins of the kingdom, its size was by no means small. It was a country that could be called a great country. And, when I was the next magic tower lord, I worked on a project to restore the kingdom’s magic.
‘What was recovered was less than 1%…’
That alone turned the magic world upside down.
It is a country with a lot of magic. Such a country was destroyed by just four disasters. Because it is known that the devil did not interfere with that destruction.
Four disasters that destroyed the country overnight.
‘The Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King’s Army.’
Talking about the notoriety of those four is just a pain in the mouth.
I encountered them all on the battlefield at least once, and felt firsthand that they were not just rumors, but real nightmares.
The day I first met the apostate Gletus.
I had to break all ten fingers and the bones in both arms. Because I imitated witchcraft and sacrificed a part of my body to the scales. Only then was it possible to stop the crazy summoner.
What about the day I met the black dragon?
Although they were eventually subdued, the subjugation took place over a month. They tore off his wings, pulled out his claws, and drove a stake into his neck, sealing his breath. Still, he fought against the rampaging black dragon for three days and nights and barely achieved victory.
I almost died several times.
I had to risk my life several times.
‘···The sword of death, Ganicalt.’
That monster.
As for the swordsman who most closely guards the Demon King, he has never been able to win. Even the sword master who taught martial arts to me and Kyle knelt down in front of Ganicalt. He lost his life.
The Four Heavenly Kings were always like that.
They are not judged by common sense.
To deal with people who go beyond common sense, Kyle and I have had to do crazy things. Only then could we stop them, or at least run away.
“Exactly, except for one person.”
I take a step forward.
Before me is one of the four plagues.
The ancient lich, Skeval.
Skebal is also not inferior to those three at all. Rather, its notoriety is comparable to that of the black storm, Belial.
‘A nightmare on the front lines.’
It didn’t get that notoriety for nothing.
In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that most of the damage on the front line was due to Skebal.
Skebal is a magician who has lived for hundreds of years.
He reads all the spells, hijacks the circuits and makes them his own.
No matter how much the wizards construct large-scale circuits and prepare large-scale magic, Skebal easily robs them. The spell he was preparing to annihilate the Demon King’s army came straight back towards his knights.
chin.
I took one more step.
“Skebal, you know that?”
The circuitry in my forearm begins to burn.
“I also recently found out that I am the founder of the Battle-Mage class.”
It’s funny.
While muttering that, I loosened my fingers.
“It’s a skill to survive on the battlefield, and a combat system created to deal with just one wizard… I never imagined that it would be attached to a class?”
It’s natural that I don’t know.
When I looked at Battle Mage, or the discipline of battle magic itself, I felt a sense of disconnect.
-Combat system suitable for the battlefield.
– A practical wizard.
-Extreme operation covering both near and far distances.
That is correct.
That’s true, but…
‘It’s not like I thought about all that much before making it.’
What is called combat magic in the world.
So, the origin of the combat system that utilizes the stock of spells…is surprisingly unremarkable.
“I made this to catch you.”
It is true that it is a combat system for survival on the battlefield.
However, more accurately, it was a combat system to deal with the ancient lich Skebal.
It’s a combat method that was created and then added to, so it’s not something that was created with all of that in mind from the beginning.
Skebal is the Four Heavenly Kings.
Common sense does not apply to the Four Heavenly Kings.
In order to deal with an enemy who lacks common sense, I had to first destroy my common sense.
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Things that were taken for granted at the time.
Orders must be ordered.
Chanting takes a long time.
A lineman is needed to protect the wizard during that time.
Wizards are weak in close combat.
If the attribute is compatible, the wizard becomes ineffective.
Wizards have poor fuel economy.
that.
Store your order in advance.
Shorten the chant and engrave the circuit on your body.
I’m going out as a lineman.
Learn martial arts to engage in close combat.
Mainly uses striking magic so as not to be limited by attribute compatibility.
We devise a system so as not to miss a single mana.
I stand in the front line.
I changed everything.
That is how the magic system called combat magic was born.
‘Because that was the only way I knew.’
If it didn’t work, I fixed it.
If it didn’t work, I changed everything until it worked.
‘Because a wizard has to be that kind of being.’
I take one more step forward.
Just like that, I stopped in front of the defensive barrier that Skebal had deployed. Skebal glares at me from inside the defensive barrier.
The black eyes are shining.
Those bones weave spells.
Looking at it, I say:
“If the opponent is a swordsman, a summoner, or even an ancient dragon… I cannot win.”
I can’t win alone.
There has to be Kyle, and there have to be those two motherf*ckers.
but.
“But.”
The other person.
“If you’re a wizard like me, if you’re a Wizard.”
If it’s Skebal.
“I couldn’t afford to lose.”
I win.
Definitely win.
“This is a pride issue. yes?”
I raised the corners of my mouth.
And then, he stretches out his hand.
The spells on my forearms burn one after another.
‘If you think about it, it’s funny.’
A combat system created to defeat Skebal.
This class, now called Battle Mage in the world, I can assure you, is not well known.
‘If one thing is missing, how can it be complete?’
The reason a battle mage can stand on the front lines and with warriors is not because of their usefulness. From the beginning, combat magic was a combat system created to overwhelm Skebal.
Skebal is a wizard who goes beyond common sense. However, he also remains in the realm of the Wizard.
Wizards and wizards have disadvantages.
Assuming that all spells are pierced, a wizard can never defeat a melee warrior.
‘If you think about it, the method was simple.’
Can handle Skebal level magic.
Yet, it has a warrior-level body.
That is the condition to beat Skebal.
If you know the conditions, there is only one thing left.
“Balance.”
Satisfy the conditions.
And, I knew how.
2.
“I heard that there is a class that follows her.”
“That is, yes. “I guess you didn’t know much about the battlefield, but I heard there was a class called Battle Mage.”
“…You can imitate him?”
Gail nodded.
“Yes, it’s famous these days. “He is a battle mage, a wizard who stands on the front lines with the knights…”
Kyle made a shocked expression at those words.
Gail continued speaking while looking at Kyle’s eyes.
“Why, among the magic tower lords, there is one person who is skilled in combat magic. “The black magic tower lord.”
“···I know very well. “I’ve met many people.”
“Oh, is that so?”
As he said that, Kyle’s eyes lost their focus for a moment, but Gail continued talking regardless.
“I heard that he is raising a child with the qualities of a warrior. Was his name Chloe? Why didn’t one more hero come out besides Kyle?”
“…I think I heard something like that on the battlefield.”
“Yes, he is still in training, but it seems that he has more talent for magic than for swords. So, it seemed like he was going to raise the child to become a battle mage.”
“···Why?”
“yes?”
Gale tilted his head.
“If a warrior-level battle mage appears, wouldn’t it be helpful to Kyle? “It might be possible to fill the void left by the Gray Wizard…”
“That’s not it.”
Kyle said clearly.
“I guess you guys are mistaken about something.”
“···Illusion, huh?”
“I’ve seen books about battle mages. However, the most important thing was missing.”
There is no particular emotion in that voice.
“No matter how much a wizard strengthens his body, it cannot exceed a certain level. “There were quite a few people who followed him on the battlefield without knowing him.”
Kyle said calmly.
“But, he was the only one who followed me.”
Any article.
No warrior could stand next to Kyle. There is nothing to say about wizards. Kyle’s body is different from others. He has a body blessed by the stars.
Kyle’s movements as he runs while burning starlight are on a different level. Knights who try to follow him will only end up isolated. Therefore, Kyle was always alone on the battlefield.
Until Raniel followed the movement.
‘It only took less than a year.’
Raniel imitated Kyle’s method of burning starlight, which he learned after years of training his body, in just one year.
“When I run with starlight burning.”
Starlight is Kyle’s own.
However, Raniel also has something similar to starlight.
“That guy ran while burning mana.”
Kyle closes his eyes.
I closed my eyes and remembered that image.
Raniel, who was running by his side on the battlefield, scattered gray mana. I don’t know the principle. However, the scattered gray mana resembled ash powder.
“The reason he was able to maintain the front line is the reason he was able to follow me.”
Kyle opened his closed eyes.
I look at Gail.
“It was thanks to that unique fighting method. However, that content was missing from the combat magic textbook.”
Kyle declared.
“Even if you learn combat magic, you can’t replace that guy.”
“···Is that so?”
After those words, Kyle remained silent.
Gail tilted her head and continued giving directions.
‘···Running while burning mana?’
Now that I think about it, there was something my senior told me. Gale suddenly remembered those words.
-A lot of people get it wrong.
These are the words of Kalt, who assisted the gray wizard, Raniel.
-The reason why my superior, Raniel, is called the Gray Wizard is not because he was the next lord of the Gray Tower.
“In the first place,” Kalt continued.
-On the front line, background is meaningless. At first, we didn’t even know that he was the next Gray Tower Lord. Nevertheless, he was given the nickname ‘Ashen Wizard’.
Why would you do that?
-Really, the gray light was scattered.
Gray hair shakes.
Gray mana flew after the hair. The wizard crossing the battlefield was gray.
-Combat magic and all, it’s a funny story.
No one can imitate him.
Kalt’s voice, which she once heard, lingered in Gale’s ears.
3.
With the scale upright, I extend both arms forward.
match!
Put your palms together. Circuits rub against each other. are fused. Cast such a strengthened spell on your body.
Spell-nesting.
Accel.
Increased strength (Muscular).
Enhance-Strength.
It is a basic physical strengthening spell.
It is overlaid on the body that has already been reinforced. The skeleton creaks. A load comes on the body.
This is why wizards cannot become warriors.
Magic that strengthens the body places a load on the body in any direction. Although the limitations vary depending on the wizard’s skill, it means that he cannot have the same body as a warrior of the same level.
‘So, I couldn’t catch up with Kyle.’
At first, that is.
So there was one thing I thought about.
Accel.
Increased strength (Muscular).
Enhance-Strength.
One more time, I cast a spell and raise my creaky arm. And then snaps her fingers. A scale approaches me.
“Libra, I demand a deal.”
-Say what you want.
In the end, this too is a price.
You just pay for the spell with your body.
And, wizards are beings who make deals with the stars.
What to do is decided.
“Replaces the cost of physical exertion.”
-Pay the price.
“My mana.”
Cheeeeeeeee!
Gray smoke rises above the body. All the smoke rising is mana particles. The burden on the body is replaced by mana consumption.
“Ashen!!!!!!!”
Skebal screams and stretches out his arms.
Spells pour in from inside the barrier. The amount of orders pouring in is large. Dozens of spells are aimed at me.
There is no waste in that spell.
The speed is also fast. Sophisticated.
However, as usual wizards always do.
“Weakness in close combat includes you too.”
You cannot defeat a warrior approaching from the front.
One step into Skebal’s arms. I ran and avoided the spell. Everywhere I step, there are burnt footprints.
The body strengthening spell cast beyond its limits is reminiscent of the body of a first-class warrior. I shortened the distance in an instant, just like Kyle did.
Skebal’s black eyes are visible right in front of your nose.
While looking into those eyes, I raised my arms.
“Are there many life vessels?”
“···!”
I clenched my fist. Skebal hurriedly concocted a spell, but my fists were faster than that.
“Let’s cut one more today.”
swing it
Whoops!
The barrier around Skebal’s body cracks.
4.
“This is Aplia.”
Gale guided the warrior to a side road in Aplia.
‘···It looks like it’s started.’
The black barrier comes into view at a glance. And, I can feel demon energy creeping up from the floor.
“Soon, the summoning of mid- to low-level monsters, which is the initial stage of the altar, will begin. At this time, hurry…”
As soon as he spoke, skeletons began to rise from the floor. Skeletons with white bones are affected by the demonic energy spreading from the black barrier.
-Well, uh-uh.
White bones turn black.
The completed black-bone soldiers rush towards Aplia’s school photo.
“Ugh, wow!”
“Monster, monster!”
“Hurry up and evacuate!”
Someone jumps in among the professors who hastily gather students and recite incantations.
Wood-dud-dud-duk!
Step on the black bone bottle and crush it. He swung the sword he was holding in his hand with its scabbard, crushing the two black bone soldiers further. Every time he moved, the black bone soldiers were swept away.
As she ran towards him, Gale said the man’s name.
“Senior Kalt!”
“Gale, are you here?”
Kalt turned his gaze and looked behind Gale.
The one there is a hero. He opens his mouth.
“Sarah. Protect your students. Remia. “Assist the knights in the tall building to deal with the black bone soldiers.”
Give short commands. The shrine and the saint nod without saying a word and leave.
Sreung.
Kyle holds the hilt of the holy sword.
The starlight shines brightly. The movement of the black bone soldiers stops, albeit briefly.
-Gooooh, ohh.
Their eyes turn to Kyle.
Kyle pulls out the star sword. And then he swung. There is no distinction between the two movements. The sword, smoothly drawn from its sheath, spits out a slash of light.
Suddenly!
“I am.”
With his sword drawn, Kyle points to the barrier.
“I take charge of the altar.”
A word from the author (author review)
When talking about battle mage, the explanation got longer.
Still, I added as much as I missed for the explanation, so I ended up with 7,700 characters including spaces 🙂
