Episode 1199
-That kid pretends to be smart, but he’s still very sloppy.
The hamster squeaked and evaluated.
On average, most magical criminals either died, disappeared, or were dragged into the Imperial dungeons before they could become high-ranking archmages.
The path of unauthorized magic was extremely dangerous. Not only the knights of the Empire, but also other magical criminals were potential enemies.
That wizard named Enster was being quite careful, but now that I look at it, even if the hamster hadn’t tricked him, he would have disappeared in a dozen years or so.
Even though I saw that much magic moving right before my eyes, I couldn’t imagine that the artifact might not work.
Of course, it wasn’t easy for a normal wizard to come up with something like that, but that didn’t change the fact that it was a stupid mistake.
‘By the way, is it really okay to just go down?’
-Yeah. If you just go down, you can handle it like twisting a child’s wrist.
It was difficult for the one who was on guard, if he went down and approached the magic core of this workshop, he could use his skills as much as he wanted.
After checking several means of escape, you can calculate the counter magic before the bastard can even react.
Enster was overconfident that even a magical criminal like Antagondals could not fully understand and reverse the complex internal magical structure in just one visit.
But that’s just the kind of thinking a wizard in a well would have.
The hamster was confident that just one visit would stop all means of escape.
-Even if you say that guy’s level, it’s obvious.
‘Wait a minute. But you can’t use magic right now?’
Lee Han felt puzzled.
Even if a hamster can do math, it can’t use magic, right?
-What are you talking about? You have to use magic. I’ll give you the instructions, so you solve it.
“……”
Lee Han looked at the hamster on his shoulder in horror.
I was just trusting the hamster and all of a sudden?!
‘Can I do it?’
-Are we starting again?
‘yes?’
-That annoying… ‘I can’t do it’ thing that makes other people let their guard down.
“……”
Lee Han was dumbfounded by the hamster’s words.
When did you ever do that?
‘When did I ever say that? I said I wasn’t confident because I really wasn’t confident.’
-Have you ever failed at something you said you were not confident in?
‘…even if there isn’t, that doesn’t prove I’m joking.’
Lee Han felt very wronged.
Every time he had to perform a difficult spell, he felt an enormous amount of pressure, but this hamster covered it up with a show of humility.
You did it!
‘Wait a minute. Come to think of it, why didn’t the professors point that out?’
-Those wizards probably thought that you would be able to do it at your level.
“……”
Lee Han felt once again that there was no one in the world he could trust.
Who would have thought that such a sinister intention could be hidden while discussing the plan so seriously?
Of course, it wasn’t the professors’ fault. The professors just accepted it when Lee Han nodded and said, “I guess you can do it.”
“I wonder what kind of conversation you have with your hamster for so long.”
Enster asked with a curious voice.
Originally, magical criminals were not supposed to interfere with each other more than necessary.
But the sight of a powerful magical criminal talking to a hamster was enough to pique even the curiosity of a wizard as skilled as Enster.
What on earth is that hamster that keeps talking to me?
Could it be that he is a powerful being from another dimension?
“I really like talking to hamsters. It’s my only hobby.”
“…Ah! Is, is that so?”
Enster must have been so embarrassed that he forgot his pride and spoke politely.
The evil magical criminal’s hobby is talking to hamsters. Well, it seems that long-lived wizards tend to go crazy easily.
The hamster cried out in anger.
-You damned brat! What kind of nonsense are you spreading?
‘Oh, no. The other person is suspicious…’
-■■■■! ■■■■■!
‘Don’t swear in an ancient language that is difficult to understand.’
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Enster introduced the golem that would participate in the quest.
The golems of Einrogard usually didn’t care much about their appearance. No one would see them, and if they had money to spend on such things, they would much rather focus on performance.
However, Enster’s golem was neat, as expected of a summoning wizard who does business outside.
Intricately interlocked bronze and brass parts, with small summoning circles and ancient texts engraved upon them.
It looked like it would sell for a high price at an auction, except for one thing.
Except for the real heart beating and pulsating on his chest.
“This golem is a masterpiece, with the heart of an elf still beating inside. And… I added a little secret magic to it.”
As he spoke, Enster hesitated slightly. Yihan felt a familiar aura from the golem.
‘Isn’t this the power of the Sanguiros Church?’
-That’s creepy. That’s right. It looks like they stole a holy relic from the church.
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‘It’s definitely creepy.’
Using human body parts for magic.
Lee Han shuddered at the sight of powerful and twisted magic powering the battle doll’s entire body.
-What I said was creepy was that you recognized the power of the Sanguiros Church based on the nature of magical power without knowing anything about magic or structure. Are you a magic hound?
“……”
The hamster noticed that among the letters engraved on the elf’s heart was a phrase used by the Sanguiros cult.
Whenever you use power, traces or evidence like that are bound to be left behind.
In comparison, Lee Han, without knowing the letters, could tell where the magic came from just by feeling the magical power.
It was truly a creepy feeling.
‘Stop talking nonsense and analyze the magic. Should I go down further?’
-No. I found them all.
“!!!”
Lee Han was astonished.
Now, the two were looking around the hallway where the golems were displayed, rather than the magic core located deep underground.
This corridor was filled with cool air, and the golems could be seen through the dim light sources, but there was no way to escape…
-I’m not even going to send you down here. Why would I be so kind as to take apart the magic core and show it to you? And all wizards tend to think similarly.
The hamster explained the method he had found out as if it were nothing special.
First, it seemed like one space movement scroll was loaded.
There was a section where the sound resonated differently as I walked down the hallway, and that was because a separate space was created underneath.
When teleporting over medium distances, the rule is to leave as many objects around as possible to avoid unnecessary interference.
And the other one was a dimensional gate.
Traces of the solid wall appearing strangely curved, as if it were connecting dimensions to the wall connected to the inner wall.
It was a common sight when casting dimensional magic over matter.
‘You’re amazing!’
– Stop praising me for things like this, it just makes you feel inferior.
The hamster squeaked rudely, but didn’t seem upset.
-You’ve also prepared a non-magical method. It looks like there’s an underground passage, but you can just destroy it.
‘How do you stop the other two?’
-After finding the exact location of the scroll, teleport the magic towards it.
The hamster made a tremendous noise without any hesitation.
Doesn’t that mean casting spatial magic towards a scroll that’s located somewhere invisible?
Lee Han expressed his discomfort.
‘I’m not joking, but I don’t have the confidence to cast that level of spatial magic. There has to be at least something that can detect it.’
Even if you enhance your senses with spatial awareness magic, there are limits.
How can you find a scroll you’ve never seen before, when you’re so far away and there are so many obstacles interfering with your magic?
-Well, if that’s difficult, there is another way.
‘What is it?’
-With that wizard’s skill, it’s impossible to make something like a mid-range teleportation scroll. He’s even a summoning wizard. The scroll was probably obtained from an ancient ruin.
‘What does that mean?’
-Idiot… Those things are usually on the verge of breaking. They’re only preserved when they’re inside the ruins.
The hamster’s instructions were simple.
It was to repeatedly teleport downwards using massive amounts of magical power.
It was so simple that Lee Han was embarrassed.
‘Will that break the scroll? It’s not like things will break easily with increased magic density.’
If objects were easily broken due to high magic density, there wouldn’t be any furniture left in Lee Han’s personal room or the Blue Dragon Tower’s lounge.
-The goal is not to raise the object to destroy it, but to increase the density of magical power to cause the internal magic to malfunction.
‘That doesn’t seem easy either.’
If magic malfunctioned because the magic density was a little higher, the various artifacts and magical structures of the empire would have collapsed long ago.
In the first place, when casting or installing magic in a specific area, you prepare for various situations…
-Then let’s destroy it by teleporting.
‘I understand. Why are you upset?’
When the hamster got annoyed, Lee Han nodded as if he understood and sent his magic power down.
It was such a quiet and simple task that I kept sending it over and over again, wondering if it was right.
How many times have I sent it?
Lee Han and the hamster felt a powerful wave of magic coming from the basement below the hallway.
– That’s it! Something seems to have gone wrong. The scroll should be broken at this point.
Despite the hamster’s boasts, Lee Han began to look at him with a suspicious look.
Come to think of it, I think I made mistakes quite often in Ain Rogard too…
‘…What’s next? How do we disable the dimensional gate?’
-Originally, it would be better to snipe by teleporting towards the dimensional gate, but since you said it didn’t work before, it won’t work this time either. Then do the same.
‘Again?’
-If the magic density becomes too high, the coordinates of the connected dimensions become distorted. As a result, the escape route becomes blocked.
“……”
Lee Han felt incredibly stupid and teleported his magical power downwards again.
Enster, who was explaining the Golem’s specifications one by one, thought to himself as he watched Lee Han continue to talk to the hamster.
‘I didn’t know that Antagonists were that crazy. The symptoms are more serious than I thought. I guess I’ll have to keep my distance once the request is over.’
People often talk about ‘mad wizards’, but there are fewer truly mad wizards than you might think.
A truly mad wizard is a threat to both enemies and allies.
Seeing him talking to the hamster like that now, it seemed like madness had reached his bones.
“Is the golem satisfied?”
“Ah. That’s not bad. Can I buy it?”
“You must know that it won’t work.”
Enster said with a look of caution. Lee Han skillfully waved his hand.
“I was just asking. Don’t be so cautious.”
“…I see. Well, if there was some intention, the brazier would have told me…”
As soon as he finished speaking, the dark hallway suddenly brightened and the golems’ eyes lit up red and blue.
For a moment, Lee Han felt nervous, thinking that he had been caught for continuing to pour magic power down here.
‘If you want to subdue him right now…!’
“Sleep, intruder!”
The frightened Enster glared at Lee Han. Lee Han responded calmly.
“brazier.”
“…That, that’s right. Maybe you were being followed… No. That’s not the case.”
Enster did not think that a magical criminal like Antagondals would be following him.
It was more likely that one of Enster’s enemies had entered.
-Hey. Are you worried about those Ainroguard guys and came looking for me?
‘I don’t think the professor would be able to wait and come down… He’s right, but I don’t think he is.’
-……
Ignoring the hamster’s gaze, Lee Han glanced at Enster anxiously.
Should I make the first move now or not?
“Sangwiros! Sangwiros Assassin!”
When Enster screamed after realizing the enemy’s identity, Lee Han let out a cry of joy.
“Thank goodness!”
“…What, what?”
“I originally liked killing evil worshippers.”
“……”
Enster shuddered as he felt the madness of this magical criminal anew.
