45. Monster Tamer
‘It’s a devil······.’
Galahad muttered as he looked at the castle covered in ash.
The size of the magic gate opened in the 7th Battalion was between the inner and outer walls. Its size did not increase or decrease.
Mana flowed from places of low concentration to places of high concentration. That’s why the magic circle pulled in the mana around it.
When low-concentration mana was introduced, it mixed with high-concentration mana. This was the principle of naturally lowering the concentration.
When the concentration difference falls below a certain level, the flow stops, causing differences to occur in each region.
That was the flow of mana.
However, the magic circle maintained a high mana concentration while drawing in surrounding mana.
‘How on earth is this possible?’
Galahad squinted his eyes and studied him, but he couldn’t get a clue.
This was the biggest reason why Galahad suggested the Magic Training Center.
The king of the demon tribe would be deep within the demon realm. To approach him, the secrets of the demon realm had to be solved.
But he was also put in charge of the Magic Training Center.
Galahad intended to make the training camp extremely rough.
So that even if you enter a real demon realm in the future, you can show off your skills without being flustered.
Of course, the captains would not follow along meekly, but persuasion was Galahad’s specialty.
And Galahad had the Archduke’s approval.
‘Well, we’re short on personnel.’
Galahad frowned.
More manpower was needed to study the magic realm and maintain the magic realm training center.
The people Galahad was talking about were wizards or people with similar intelligence.
Here, there were mostly people like Sir Gilbert, and they weren’t manpower. They were just power.
‘Should I call the kids from the 5th Battalion Black Magic Society branch?’
In order to capture the dawn, the plan was to now fully operate the branch of the Black Magic Society.
However, placing a black magician around the magic circle was not a very good option.
Where can I find someone with good brains?
‘Ah, the information agency.’
Galahad was still an intelligence officer.
That was also quite high. I was able to bring in a few people from Anga and use them.
Of course, it will reach the ears of the intelligence agency.
‘You can just talk it out.’
Persuasion was Galahad’s specialty.
At that moment, a soldier approached me.
“Where do I put this?”
“Oh, put it over here.”
The soldier put down his pack and saluted vigorously, a salute more pointed than the one Gilbert had received.
‘This is the Archduke’s approval.’
Galahad waved his hand. The other soldiers saluted again. It was starting to get annoying.
“Do you really intend to manage the Demon Realm?”
Adrianna asked in her characteristically indifferent voice.
“That’s right.”
“It would be dangerous.”
Adrianna said seriously.
That was true. Leaving the Demonic Mirror inside the front line was quite dangerous.
“That’s why we need to train more. How long are we going to stop it? A war doesn’t end with stopping it.”
“You’re so confident.”
Galahad nodded. It was a story that could have been expected even if it wasn’t written in the notebook.
“And when something similar happens again, shouldn’t we be able to deal with it?”
Adrianna hesitated for a moment at Galahad’s question and then nodded.
“That makes sense. But it’s dangerous to maintain the Demonic Realm. I’ll draft personnel from the 1st Battalion.”
“Thank you.”
I nodded, as there was no need to refuse.
At that moment, Gilbutton approached.
“Huh? When did you come, Adrianna?”
Adrianna coughed slightly at Gilbert’s question. Galahad answered instead.
“You came with His Highness the Grand Duke.”
“Oh, is that so?”
Gilbutton nodded.
“Why can’t I see the other unit members? Didn’t you tell the battalion?”
Adrianna’s eyes widened slightly at Gilbert’s question.
Galahad raised the corners of his lips and said:
“I left a letter for you instead.”
Adrianna felt a little relieved. Then she suddenly looked at Galahad.
“What did you write?”
“Well, it’s a secret.”
Adrianna became anxious.
“But haven’t you seen the youngest? I don’t see him at all. I heard he went with the captain.”
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Gilbert asked, frowning. A look of concern appeared on his face.
“Ah, you mean Sir Noad?”
“Yes, I can’t see it. You’re so stupid, you must have gotten lost somewhere.”
“You are truly Sir Gilbert.”
“······What does that mean?”
“No, I sent you on an errand.”
“Yes? Did you send it alone?”
Gilbert let out a deep sigh, and Adrianna’s eyebrows lowered slightly.
“Youngest, he can’t do anything but wield a sword. He can’t even hold the reins or light a fire. Asking him to run errands is a real problem.”
“······It won’t be that bad, right?”
“Yes? Does Lady Adrianna know our youngest?”
Adrianna opened her mouth and then shook her head.
“Ha, the kid is working hard. He just hasn’t learned it yet, but if you teach him, he memorizes it easily.”
Adrianna’s eyebrows rose slightly.
“But, it’s just stupid-.”
Went straight down.
Adrianna’s eyes narrowed. Gilbert ignored her gaze and continued talking about the youngest.
“Oh, but the youngest of the 7th Battalion became quite famous.”
“You became famous?”
“Yes, even if you’re stupid-.”
Adrianna coughed slightly.
“Are you okay? Oh, back to the story, even though the youngest is stupid, he is good at using a sword, and he defeated soldiers and knights without any trouble.”
Adrianna’s eyebrows lowered further. Galahad smiled slightly.
Gilbutton’s scratching skills were beyond imagination.
“But he’s quite rough. He’s a real man among real men, swinging his sword without even saying a word. That guy.”
“Manly Men?”
Adrianna shook her head slightly. Twice in a row.
“Wouldn’t the situation have been urgent?”
Adrianna said urgently.
“That’s right. The captain said he’d do it alone, so come as quickly as possible! But that guy······.”
Gilbutton mumbled afterward.
“Something?”
“He rips off his opponent’s ear and chews it up. Hehe! Who would have thought he’d be that manly!”
A look of slight confusion crossed Adrianna’s face. She shook her head three times rapidly.
It was a common exaggeration on the front lines. Galahad chuckled.
“The youngest one, he’ll definitely have a lot of beard too.”
“······Sir Gilbert!”
“Yes? Lady Adrianna?”
“Let’s spar.”
The knight Gilbutton laughed and said it was good.
The laughter didn’t last long.
****
Tom thought he had adapted well to the task force.
For example, Gwen, who claims to be a maid while wearing lightning and spitting fire from her hands.
From Damian, a boy who catches monsters with a rusty sword even after eating a lot, to Sir Gilbert, I was starting to get used to it now.
Except for the incomprehensible Captain Galahad.
Although each and every one of those members were talented enough to not be a match for Tom, they also had their own shortcomings as human beings.
They were very ignorant outside of combat.
Tom found his use there, his use as an ordinary person that could survive among these monsters.
Tom knew how miserable it was to be useless. That’s why he did his best.
Somehow I found a job. I desperately made myself feel needed.
Thanks to that, I thought I was now pretty used to the special forces.
Until Adrianna started wearing a weird helmet and started calling herself the youngest.
Anyone who saw her long, slender legs and her nobility that could not be hidden even by her thick armor could tell that she was Adriana.
In the first place, would Galahad have brought any more knights from the 1st Battalion?
The strange thing was that no one noticed.
Tom had to fight back a scream every time Gilbert called him a stupid little brat.
Gilbert once left Adrianna in Tom’s care, telling him to teach his youngest daughter what to do.
What kind of person is Adrianna?
A rising hero of the North, the only blood relative of the Grand Duke. A supreme figure who would become the next Grand Duke.
Tom asked Adrianna to educate him like that. Even Adrianna studied diligently without complaining once.
Fortunately, I was immediately assigned to the 7th Battalion, and my time there was not too long.
It was really a crisis, but I was able to overcome it somehow.
I thought I had overcome the biggest crisis like that.
Until just now-.
“Where is that guy?”
The moment Tom heard the voice, he froze.
Because it was a deep voice that you couldn’t forget once you heard it.
‘Huh? Why?’
Why is His Highness the Grand Duke in front of me?
The scene of the Archduke lightly pulling out the monster’s head was still vivid in my mind.
Even that terrible monster, which he had felt was a great despair, was just a piece of meat to the Archduke.
No, not even now.
‘······I’m holding it! A monster!!’
Kerererererek!!
Tom desperately held back his screams as the monster struggled, caught by the Archduke.
That was a sobangi. It was smaller than other monsters, but that made it even more dangerous.
It was a mid-level monster that a knight, not a soldier, had to deal with.
How dare you listen to that idiot like he’s some kind of object.
Tom couldn’t hold back and screamed at the sight of Sobang opening his mouth wide.
****
“Gyaaaah!”
At Tom’s scream, Galahad cleaned up the place and went down.
The Archduke was holding a strange-looking creature in front of Tom, who had passed out from foaming at the mouth.
‘What the devil-.’
Galahad squinted his eyes and surveyed the situation.
At first glance, it wasn’t a low-level monster. It was at least mid-level.
How dare you hold that monster like a chicken from the market.
‘This is a real monster.’
Galahad stuck out his tongue.
“I picked it up.”
The Archduke spoke softly.
The question of where on earth one could possibly find an intermediate level monster rose to the tip of his tongue, but Galahad swallowed it with great effort.
Kirererererererere!!
The monster twisted its body violently. When I examined it, there was not a single wound on its body.
‘Did you bring it by beating up a monster?’
Galahad swallowed dryly.
“Thank you. But isn’t this an intermediate monster?”
It was decided to fill it with lower-level monsters due to Adrianna’s strong insistence. Since it was a magical realm, lower-level monsters were also dangerous.
But then the Grand Duke suddenly brought a mid-level monster.
It seemed that he thought that the lower class was not enough.
Even so, you picked up a mid-level monster.
“Is there a problem?”
The Archduke’s eyebrows lowered slightly.
“Not at all. In the first place, if someone who can’t even defeat a mid-level monster is sitting in the leader’s seat, that’s a bigger problem.”
The Archduke raised one corner of his mouth. Upon closer inspection, he saw that it was a scar. A deep scar, so deep that yellow fangs could be seen between them.
‘Not bad.’
Galahad was also curious at that time.
Galahad rolled up his sleeves and approached the creature.
The monster opened its mouth wide and barked harshly.
“If you don’t stay still, I’ll have you neutered.”
He joked lightly, but the Archduke did not laugh. The monster barked even louder.
Galahad clicked his tongue slightly and took the magic stone out of Tom’s bag.
“What are you doing?”
“I plan to carve the magic circle of the monster trainer.”
Monster trainer-?
The Archduke’s eyes narrowed.
Thump-.
When facing an intermediate level monster, the Egg of Pain shook.
He shook it as if he wanted it right away.
‘No, this isn’t edible.’
The Egg of Pain became quiet. It seemed sullen.
The Archduke stared at Galahad, who was reaching out to the monster.
I pushed in a mid-level demon, but instead of being flustered, he was laughing.
As if it was just the right thing to do.
“Oh, are there any more?”
The scar at the corner of the Archduke’s mouth deepened.
****
“······It’s too hard.”
The information agency’s Zammit winced at the outburst of lament.
Sitting across from her was Agent James… no, Galahad.
When he first entered the agency, James’ once sparkling eyes were covered with fatigue, and his once lustrous blond hair was greasy.
He looked like a typical new recruit entering the intelligence agency.
“I don’t know what everyone thinks of wizards. They keep nagging me about how long it takes to cast a spell. Of course it takes a long time because it’s magic. You have to calculate the mana concentration and memorize the spell! And they don’t let you use a wand-.”
James continued to make the sound of death.
“So, if I explain, what did Galahad do? It’s like this. Galahad! Galahaduuu!! Aaaah! The genius of the century!”
James jumped to his feet and started convulsing, shouting Galahad’s name.
It was the reaction of a typical new wizard at an information agency.
“Whenever the manager hears the name ‘Galahad’, he jumps up and takes it out on me. He says I sent him support every day!”
Zammit stared blankly at James as he muttered.
‘What does this child think of me?’
Even the operations manager that the child was afraid of gave Zamit a run for his money. Zamit clicked his tongue slightly at the thought of coming to Zamit and complaining.
If Galahad hadn’t said that carrot-like thing was okay when he left, I wouldn’t have let him off like this.
“I don’t understand why you are comparing me to the genius of the century. We are completely different people······.”
James lowered his head.
‘Was I too mean?’
Zamit clicked his tongue slightly.
Of course, as James said, Galahad was a man who could be called a genius.
At the same time, he was a person who could not be described with the word genius.
“Do you know how Galahad casts magic without a spell?”
“······Because you’re a genius?”
“You’re only half right. Aren’t you the top student at the Academy?”
“······I graduated six years older than him.”
James looked puzzled for a moment, then nodded.
“I asked you because I was curious. How do you use magic so quietly and quickly?”
Zamit paused for a moment.
James leaned in without realizing it.
“I wrote until it became like that.”
Tok Zamit shook the teacup.
“······yes?”
“Just like a knight trains to react to a sword suddenly flying at him, he used magic until he got out without thinking, with his eyes closed.”
James’ eyes widened at Zammit’s explanation.
“That’s ridiculous. When you use magic, you not only use mana, but also mental power. If you do it in such an ignorant way, you’ll definitely go crazy.”
Jammit thought for a moment at James’ firm words.
Was Galahad crazy?
It seemed like that too.
“It’s your freedom to believe it or not. It’s your freedom to bear the weight of that name. If you want, tell me and I’ll change it.”
Zamit snapped his fingers.
Although it was rare for agents to change their names, it was not uncommon.
There were quite a few cases where agent names were exposed or changed for operations.
James’ face crumpled. Anguish rose between the thick fatigue.
Zamit sipped his tea quietly.
It was a long time before James opened his mouth.
“it’s okay.”
Those blue eyes were clearer than before. They seemed to have made up their minds.
“I will become a person whose name is not regrettable.”
I heard that all he did was have a quick chat with Galahad, but that’s the extent of his admiration.
“Okay, I’ll look forward to it.”
Absolutely not, but-. Zamit swallowed his words.
The guy laughed coolly. He still had that childish look on his face.
At that moment, the door opened roughly. A nervous-looking man came in.
“Zammit! What do you mean Galahad was dispatched to the North?”
As soon as the bastard came in, he shouted sharply.
‘Oh, there was this guy.’
Zamit felt faintly tired.
Agent First.
He was a guy who had always been second to Galahad since his days at the Academy. After that, he somehow found out and followed Galahad into the Information Bureau.
‘Even in the information agency, I was always pushed back by Galahad and came in second place.’
That was also great, because it was right under Galahad.
However, the difference was only one rank and was too big.
“This time I’m going to beat him!”
“Calm down, there’s no use arguing with me.”
“Damn it! Who dared send Galahad, my soul rival? I can’t forgive-.”
“It’s an imperial edict.”
First stopped talking. His eyes moved around. There was silence for a moment.
“······Damn it! I’m receiving the imperial edict before even I received it!”
Zamit frowned at the first one who was bursting out in anger as if he was jealous. Is it right to be angry about that?
“No, you can’t run away from me until the competition is over! Zammit! I will go north too.”
“Why are you telling me that? Why don’t you tell your father yourself?”
“I guess so.”
First nodded vigorously.
The First’s obsession with Galahad was quite famous.
First was the son of the director. Ironically, he never asked for the director’s power, saying it was a ‘fair’ competition with Galahad. He was literally an idiot.
There’s a vacancy in the northern part of An Ga recently, so I’ll go there somehow.
It was an unexpected ambush for Zammit, who was making support plans with the deputy director.
“Galahad! Do you think you can escape from me? Wait! I will follow you even if it means going to the end of the North! For the sake of a fight I couldn’t finish-! Hmm? Are you a newbie?”
The first one who had been shouting looked at James and asked.
“······yes!”
“Okay, what’s your agent’s name?”
To the first question.
“······This is James.”
James bowed his head.
Zamit suddenly had a question.
Will Galahad remember the First?
hmm-
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······You don’t remember?
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