Episode 616
“yes. “If you hate fighting, wouldn’t a wizard be better for you than a knight?”
Without knowing Lee Han’s true feelings, Alcicle persuaded him as if everything was fine.
As expected, he spoke nonsense with the confidence of someone who had never been to Einroguard.
“A knight sheds blood and sweat and wields iron every day. In comparison, a wizard can do research in the workshop as much as he wants.”
“Hmm.”
“??”
When Lee Han let out a sigh instead of agreeing, Alcicle looked at him as if asking why.
“Is being a wizard really a suitable job for someone who hates fighting?”
“!?”
Alcicle was taken aback when he saw Lee Han suddenly sounding embarrassed.
“Why, why are you doing that? “Shouldn’t we convince him?”
“That’s true, but I thought Einrogard might be a good place for people who don’t like fighting.”
“Even so, how much of a fight will we have? hey. Look here. “I’m going to meet monsters every weekend!”
“Ainrogard will encounter monsters every two days…”
“……”
Alcicle was speechless.
What…?
Lee Han, who was worried, looked at his prospective junior and asked.
“Are you interested in magic?”
“That… that’s what I mean…”
“It’s okay to be honest. “I have no intention of dragging you by force.”
“There is.”
Ulgan said while watching.
At first glance, they seemed like great wizards, but I wondered if it was okay to say that a woodcutter like him was interested in magic.
However, Lee Han and Alcicle did not scold or ridicule them at all. Rather, he asked as if everything went well.
“oh. okay? If you’re interested, great. “What kind of magic are you interested in?”
“Among those wizards, there are people who cast magic on axes and limbs.”
“Improvement magic… I think it might be something that specializes in strengthening.”
“It’s traditional. “I heard people from White Tiger Tower are usually good at that school?”
Lee Han and Rcicle were interested and had a conversation.
Ulgan, encouraged by that sight, spoke further.
“There’s more to it than that.”
“It’s good. “Tell me anything.”
“Spirit…”
“Do you want to make a contract with a spirit?”
“no. I also want to learn spirit expulsion magic. Because it interferes with logging. I also want to make a potion that kills trees all at once. “Sometimes the trees that are alive and moving around are annoying…”
“……”
“……”
‘I should never let you meet senior Illendil.’
Lee Han promised to himself that his junior had the potential to devastate the forests of Einrogard.
“Ulgan. As someone who goes to Einrogard, I will tell you honestly. It’s not an environment where Einroguard won’t fight. “This place is as big as a mountain range, so monsters roam around.”
“ah. “I heard the story.”
Ulgan nodded.
I knew about Einrogard because I heard it from patrol hunters who occasionally came to visit.
“It’s incredibly spacious!”
“yes.”
“The senior who was a shadow patrol hunter is very popular at the head of the class and all the professors are trying to make him their student!”
‘Was there such a person?’
Lee Han was puzzled.
“sorry. I don’t know all my seniors. Anyway, as wide as it is, you can’t completely avoid fighting. You can go into the mountains, dig up alchemy ingredients, and encounter monsters. “Sometimes the principal attacks us.”
“Indeed… yes?”
Ulgan wondered if he had heard wrong.
Or maybe it’s a senior joke.
“understand. Thank you for speaking up. Of course I hate fighting!”
Ulgan clenched his fists.
Alcicle and Lee Han slowly leaned back without realizing it.
“But neither do we run away from the inevitable fight. Northern woodcutters are not cowards!”
“Well thought, well thought!”
Alcicle moved his wings and clapped.
Looking at this young wizard’s determination, persuasion seemed easy.
“If that’s the case, Einrogard will welcome you!”
“that’s right. That’s because I said it this way. There is no way to avoid fighting in Einrogard. If you just focus on your studies, there won’t be much to fight about. “Actually, I don’t like fighting that much either.”
Eandurde, who was listening while dozing next to him, looked at him in surprise, but Lee Han did not notice.
“indeed. “You don’t like fighting that much either.”
“I’m a total pacifist.”
“Uh, you Bagreg… no.”
Alcicle was about to say, ‘Aren’t you a student of Bagrek?’ but stopped.
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It wasn’t polite to bring up such a topic in front of other people.
Quack!
“!”
Hearing a loud roar from afar, Lee Han immediately pulled out his staff and chanted a spell.
“Feet, touch the ground!”
At the same time, my body flew to the side and rolled. This was to distract the aim in case the opponent was attacking from a distance.
“……”
Alcicle made a complicated expression when he saw Lee Han reacting like that to the sound of a tree breaking.
“The tree is broken.”
“Is that so? Me again.”
Lee Han shook himself off and got up.
The attitude was that this was as natural as breathing.
“no! “It’s a real monster!!”
Ulgan shouted urgently and grabbed the axe.
A ghost tree appeared behind the broken tree.
The Ghost Tree, a monster in which an evil spirit moves not in the form of a spirit but in the form of a tree combined, has always been a threat to woodcutters.
As the act of cutting down trees itself shook the order and balance of the forest, it was inevitable that such monsters would arise.
“I will stand in front. Everyone, please help us from behind!”
Lee Han shook his head and said at Ulgan’s words.
“no. “I will stand in front, so Alcicle will help me from behind.”
Eandurde shook his head and said at Lee Han’s words.
“me! “I stand in front!”
“???”
Ulgan was taken aback by their excessive preference for the vanguard for a wizard.
Isn’t it normal for wizards to support magic from behind in battle?
“Stay behind. Junior.”
“Hmph.”
“What are you doing? Anyway, if you go to Einrogard, you will meet the ghost tree again, so fight then. “Leave it to me for now.”
Still, as a senior, Lee Han couldn’t let his juniors take the lead.
I casted <Bagrek’s Instant Precognition> and <Gonadaltes’ Boiling Power> and even chanted <Spatial Awareness>.
“Space, be perceived…”
“…Do you usually cast all those spells when you fight?”
“Let’s walk, right?”
Lee Han didn’t know why Alcicle was asking.
Why would a lion go to great lengths to catch just one rabbit?
The correct answer was ‘Because you never know what Einrogard’s rabbit would do.’
The rabbit could move through space, spit out deadly poison, or cast an evil curse, so it was best to just be as prepared as possible.
‘A guy with a lot of magic is on a different level!’
Alcicle clicked his tongue inwardly.
It was surprising to see him so carelessly commit waste that would have horrified other wizards.
If you participate in the battlefield as a battle mage, isn’t this an ability that will receive rave reviews?
-■■■…
As the ghost tree approached, Lee Han lightly fired a water-octane bullet.
The ghost tree stumbled with a dull sound. The rotating water beads shocked the inside with a bloody sound.
At the same time, Lee Han rushed forward, holding the morning star in one hand. As the black magnetic sword cut through once, the evil spirit inside the tree cried out in pain.
‘Absorb magic power!’
Alcicle was surprised to see the blade of the Morning Star ripping the magic power away from the opposing monster.
And I was surprised once more when I realized that Lee Han was wielding the Morning Star.
‘Why would a wizard create an artifact like that…’
For wizards, magic-absorbing equipment was almost a taboo.
There are many wizards who do not use items that immediately affect the flow of magical power, as they are reluctant to do so, and even magical energy absorption equipment.
The ghost tree tried to fight back with a creepy sound. The long tree branch waved like a whip and threatened Lee Han.
However, when the counterattack came, Lee Han had already widened the distance.
With precognition magic and spatial awareness magic, the opponent’s simple movements were at the level of the palm of your hand.
Sigh!
Lee Han quickly finished off the Ghost Tree without giving Rcicle any time to support him.
Aiming for the balance that was broken due to the counterattack, he fired a water-octane bullet and struck the fallen guy.
Lee Han, who returned from cutting the Morning Star, spoke in a happy voice as Ulgan stared at him.
“You said you were interested in strengthening magic, right? “I guess you really liked the magic you just saw.”
However, the junior spoke in a timid voice.
“Seeing you fighting makes me worry about whether I will be able to adapt well at Einroguard…”
“?!”
Even my senior, a pacifist who didn’t like fighting that much, had that kind of skill, and I suddenly became worried about whether someone like him could survive.
* * *
“That’s how we succeeded in receiving funding for research on the species that trolls prefer as food.”
“Wow, that’s amazing.”
‘You’re bluffing a lot.’
Headmaster Skeleton talked with the knights in front of the log cabin and told them about his recent adventures.
Although the knights pretended to respond, they were doubtful in their hearts.
No matter how much I thought about it, it was too absurd.
I received a grant for <research on the species that trolls prefer as food>…
There was a high possibility that other subsidies were inflated.
“I’m not saying this just because he’s my student, but he really deserves the title of bureaucracy annihilator. “It will be easier for you to receive support if you cultivate talent like this.”
“…Well, we will compete based on our skills.”
The knights were jealous but did not show it. If I showed it here, my pride would be hurt.
“You’re talking about skill. How devoted was Einrogard to the empire? But the bureaucrats are only thinking about stealing the gold coins.”
‘Are you not thinking about the damage Einrogard caused to the empire?’
‘If you really received funding for <research on the species preferred by trolls as food>, then you shouldn’t say something like that!’
“you’re right. “What are these bureaucrats!”
Even though they had different thoughts in their minds, the knights agreed.
Because they also had many bad memories of the imperial officials.
In particular, the stinginess of officials was always a source of resentment for knights who had to fight monsters in a rugged environment like the North.
“Last time, I stayed in this fortress for almost half a year and these kids didn’t give me any support. “I think we can survive with the supplies we have stockpiled!”
“yes.”
“There was a shortage of wizards, so I asked for it, and they said that a magic criminal had escaped and that we had to prioritize that!”
“hmm. “The officials must have had their own reasons.”
“!?”
The knights were taken aback by the sudden change in attitude of the skeleton headmaster.
“dismissal.”
The old knight, looking for an opportunity, intervened when the conversation paused for a moment.
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t understand the skeleton principal’s intentions.
“May I ask why you share your wisdom with us like this?”
‘wisdom?’
The knights next to him wondered what kind of wisdom this was, but they couldn’t say it out loud.
With the power of Prince Gonadaltes, even nonsense can become wisdom.
“We are probably too stupid to understand His Excellency’s intentions, but I am curious as to why you keep giving us this.”
“hmm. “Maybe it’s time to tell him.”
As the skeleton headmaster nodded, the old knight listened.
What on earth was the meaning of this conversation?
At that time, Lee Han and his party came up from below with Ulgan.
“principal. “My junior said he would join Einroguard.”
“Good job. “He is the destroyer of bureaucracy.”
“Don’t call me by that nickname.”
“It’s done, so let’s go. “Everyone had fun talking.”
The headmaster got up lightly, encouraged the knights, and cheerfully left with Lee Han and the others.
The knights stared at the back with eyes filled with astonishment.
‘I got hit!’
