Episode 170
“The given period is one week.”
The group sat together in a crowded place.
Park Hyun-ah’s operation explanation began.
“The first few days are a reconnaissance. We slowly devour their flesh and figure out their strength.” “Are we going to hit and run in guerrilla style?”
“That’s it!”
Park Hyun-ah spread out the map.
Her finger pointed to the huge desert area at the top of the map.
“The undead army is currently in the Aesilius Desert.” “Near the Oddria Union?” “Yes. It’s currently an abandoned land, but I heard there used to be a large nation in this desert.”
“Hoo…”
Interest appeared in Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes.
A country in a desert with nothing in it.
It occurred to me that a very long time had passed and the terrain might have changed.
“Could it be that this enemy is the ghost of that fallen nation?” “That’s right. I don’t know how they came back from a thousand years ago.” “That’s a bit strange.”
“what?”
“I don’t know for sure, but wouldn’t the bones of a corpse decompose after a thousand years? There should be some traces left for necromancy to be possible.”
The necromancy that raises a corpse obviously requires a corpse.
If at least a piece of bone remains, something can be made.
“What, Demon
“I wonder what they did. Anyway, the important thing is that there are already corpses roaming around. The number is increasing.”
Park Hyun-ah drew two circles on a map and connected them with a line.
“They are currently moving to the nearest city, Honken. The undead move slowly, so it will take four days to get there. We will reduce their forces during this time, and deal with them just before they reach the city.”
Choi Hyun-seok frowned with his arms crossed.
“What if we fail? Then the Honkenshi behind us…” “Don’t worry. The Oddria Union has already made an evacuation plan.” “That’s fortunate.”
Choi Hyun-seok nodded.
Yet his gaze continued to scan the map.
“Why? Is there anything else you want to know?” “Guerrilla warfare. It’s good, but how are we going to attack and retreat? There are so many of them that we could be surrounded if we’re not careful.” “There are endless ways. For now…”
A deep smile appeared on Park Hyun-ah’s face as she explained the plan.
***
Sarah Dunphy.
A legendary figure known as the Mother of Magic, who laid the foundation for the current magic system.
She was also the first queen who founded the ‘Kingdom of Balington’, which was famous as a magical nation long ago.
“Worship God…!”
Sarah Dunphy lived for over 400 years, and after her death, the Kingdom of Balrington built a massive tomb.
It was a kind of temple that worshipped Sarah Dunphy as a deity.
The tomb was filled with countless gold and silver treasures and rare magical tools that only the Kingdom of Balrington had.
However, the glory of the Kingdom of Balington did not last long.
After Sarah Dunphy died.
The Kingdom of Balington quickly declined due to internal strife caused by her disciples.
Eventually, the kingdom collapsed.
The tomb of Sarah Dunphy, who was revered as a goddess, was also looted.
“Is this the temple?” “What kind of temple is this? It’s a tomb made by idiots.”
Sarah Dunphy’s tomb has been sought by countless grave robbers over the centuries since.
Valuables and magical tools filled the tomb.
Even the building materials used to build the tombs were all taken away if they could be used for money.
All that remains in the grave is the body.
Only the bodies of Sarah Dunphy and the founding fathers who followed her, which had been treated to prevent them from decaying, stood alone in the tomb.
More than a thousand years passed like that.
A time when the name Sarah Dunphy and her grave were completely forgotten by everyone.
Sarah Dunphy opened her eyes again thanks to the demon’s sorcery.
It was exactly 1,121 years since her death.
“The wind is nice.”
Sarah Dunphy muttered.
Even though she was an undead, she had magically recreated her younger body, making her look the same as when she was alive.
Smooth, copper-colored skin.
All kinds of jewels are hanging from it.
These were jewels taken by plundering nearby villages and cities.
Dalgrak…! Dalgrak…!
Boom! Boom!
Sarah Dunphy sat proudly on her throne, escorted by tens of thousands of undead legions.
The palanquin she rode in was so huge that it required the mobilization of five hundred skeletons just to move it.
“The sunlight in this desert remains the same no matter how much time passes.”
Sarah looked up at the sky.
The desert is hot during the day.
There was no shade as there was only sand and rocks here, so we had to face the hot, blazing sun.
“Your Majesty, if the sun is hot, I will cover it.”
One of the founding fathers of Balrington.
Liam, the bravest warrior, said.
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“No. The sunlight is nice. I like this sunlight that hasn’t changed even after a thousand years.”
Sarah smiled self-deprecatingly.
“How insignificant are we humans compared to that. My kingdom. My people. All of them have crumbled into history without even leaving a name behind.” “Your Majesty. The kingdom can be rebuilt. Balrington can regain its former glory.” “No. We are already dead.”
She looked around.
-Growling!
-Kieeeee!
Tens of thousands of undead.
The flesh rots and gives off a foul odor, and the screams of evil spirits echo through the air.
“We are the ghosts of the past. All that remains is a boiling desire to kill. For us to chase after past glories… That is not right.”
Sarah Dunphy leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes.
“In this age, we are left with only fear.” Moon, moon, moon!
The skeletons decorating the chair rattled their skulls repeatedly as if in agreement.
“hmm?”
Sarah Dunphy opened her eyes.
The shining sunlight has disappeared.
When I raised my head, something pure white was covering the sky.
“Is that… magic?”
It feels similar to magic, but somehow different.
Its identity was divine power.
Since the power of divinity itself did not exist during her time in the industry, it was something she had never seen before.
“It seems like this power I have now is a newly born power, like Magi.” “Your Majesty. It is dangerous!”
“It’s okay.”
Sarah reached up.
At the same time, rain containing powerful divine power began to pour down from the sky.
-Ghhhhhhhhhhhhh!
-Kyaaaaah!
Thousands and tens of thousands of undead writhe in agony.
One, Sarah’s surroundings were quiet.
The rain of divine power did not reach the space within a radius of about 500 meters around her.
The corners of Sarah Dunphy’s mouth went up.
“I don’t know who it is, but it’s pretty good.” “I’ll find it right away.”
Just as warrior Liam was about to move.
The rain of divine power stopped and a hot heat was felt in the sky.
The sun did not rise again.
Even in the scorching desert sun, it’s not this hot.
Something much hotter and more intense than the desert sun.
It was a giant fireball.
“Hoo. There were two wizards?”
Sarah stared intently at the falling fireball.
“The structure isn’t complicated. The magic itself is powerful, but it’s a magic that focuses on simply expanding. If you increase the volume like this…”
A powerful magical energy shot out from her fingertips.
“It’s easy to break.”
A single ray of magic shot out.
It looked like dust compared to the falling fireball.
But, the moment the magic touches the fireball.
Kwaaaaah-!
The fireball exploded.
A rain of fire poured down on the ground, but Sarah paid it no mind.
The flames were unable to penetrate the protective shield surrounding her and were extinguished.
-Growling!
-Keeeeeeee!
Of course, only those around her are protected.
This time, countless undead outside the shield were set ablaze.
“How dare these insolent bastards…!”
Just as warrior Liam was about to run away, clutching the hilt of his sword.
Sarah tried to dissuade him.
“Stop it. It’s too late.”
She pointed to a rocky mountain about 5 kilometers away.
“He escaped using teleportation. I think he’s around there.”
Warrior Liam knelt and bowed his head.
“I’m sorry. It was my fault for not checking in advance.” “No, Sir Liam did nothing wrong. The enemy wizards were well prepared.”
She smiled with excitement.
‘This time it’s going to be quite fun.’
A human warrior who came a few days ago.
The fight with him was quite fun, but since it was a warrior’s fight, I didn’t really have anything to do.
One, this fight belongs to the wizards.
I have a feeling this will be more fun than last time.
“Let’s wait for the next one. The raid won’t end with just one anyway.”
***
“Whew… That girl is no ordinary person.”
Park Hyun-ah, who escaped with magic, wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Choi Hyun-seok, who was standing next to me, made a puzzled expression.
“Is the enemy very strong? It looks to me like we’ll win.”
Abelson and Park Hyun-ah’s magic caused quite a bit of damage.
Park Hyun-ah’s magic was broken in the middle, but I thought it was actually beneficial since it hit a wide area.
“You shouldn’t think so simply.”
Park Hyun-ah continued speaking, sitting on the floor.
“Do you know how much magical power went into the spell you just used?” “Uh… I don’t know.” “Abelson used about 50,000 magical power. Mine used about 100,000 magical power.”
“Is it a lot?”
Choi Hyun-seok first heard about ‘Ma-ryang’ from Park Hyun-ah.
I knew nothing about it other than that it was a unit of measure for magical power.
“The magic I used to blow away the pig orc last time was around 80,000. The 100,000 I used today is simply a 25% increase in magic power, but its actual power is almost 1.5 times stronger.” “Was it that strong!?”
I had no idea.
The magic used to kill the pig orc cardlock was already incredibly powerful. This is 1.5 times stronger than that.
‘I felt like the sphere had gotten a little bigger…’
It was so far away that I didn’t notice much of a difference from before.
Besides, since it was destroyed in the middle, I thought they just used magic.
“On the other hand, the magic used by that lich is at most 20-30 thousand magic, the level of magic of a high-level warrior. With that, he broke my magic. What does this mean?” “I don’t know.”
“that…”
Park Hyun-ah said with a serious expression.
“I don’t know either.”
“yes?”
“I don’t know what the f*ck! What the hell did that girl do!?”
The magical power that went in was half and half.
It’s a magic that doesn’t even reach one-tenth of its power.
How could one break one’s own magic with such magic?
It’s not just about canceling things out.
It completely destroyed the magic by cutting it off from the inside.
“Even that lich was originally a bitch who used magic!”
Magi appeared 500 years ago with the emergence of the Demon Race.
Divine power appeared 300 years ago with the emergence of gods and warriors.
According to literature, the magical nation of Balington was destroyed approximately 1,000 years ago.
Sarah Dunphy, the founder of Balrington, lived approximately 1,500 years ago.
There is no way he has ever come into contact with magic or divine powers.
“When a girl who was clearly using magic wakes up, she finds that only magic energy flows through her body. What do you think will happen then?” “I guess it’ll be hard to use magic…”
Choi Hyun-seok recalled the undead ‘Lopar Dozer’ he had fought before.
The reason Choi Hyun-seok and his group were able to defeat him, who had become a legend during his lifetime.
One of the reasons was the magic flowing through Lopar Dozer’s body.
Originally human, Lopar Dozer used magic while alive.
Naturally, I couldn’t help but be inexperienced in handling magic.
Thanks to that, the group was able to exploit the gap appropriately.
“No matter how similar the powers are, magic and magical power are clearly different. But that girl used magic so casually.”
Even Park Hyun-ah, who has fought in countless battlefields with top-level magic control, has never seen such unfamiliar magic.
Something felt fundamentally different.
Park Hyun-ah muttered with a serious expression.
“I wonder if this is surprisingly not compatible.”
Honestly, I didn’t think it would be difficult before I encountered it directly.
Because I thought he was a lich who mainly did summoning.
Since Richie, who was pushing forward with numbers, was an easy prey for Park Hyun-ah, who was good at magic, I thought all that was left was to go and collect some experience points.
However, when I opened the lid myself, the result was completely different.
“f*ck! The information is wrong!”
Park Hyun-ah kicked the dirt nervously.
“After all, that rich girl is the key force. This is better left to a close combat expert than me…” “Then what should I do?”
“What can I do? I have to do it, whether it becomes food or death.”
There is no one to help.
We have to overcome the difficulties somehow with the strength of our group.
Park Hyun-ah clenched her fist.
“First, reduce the number of pages. I’ll pour it out day and night!”
