159. Out-of-town missions (2)
Arthur unobtrusively sent orders to Donna and McVorr through a communicator.
“Donna. You wait and when I signal, West Central Road Intersection. Go to a place called Million General Store and find out as much as you can. Hopefully it could be a rebel cooperative base. You can use it later.”
[OK.]
“Macbore, you send a golem over here. A bird… no, as a little mouse. That would be less noticeable. Keep checking the location and tell us. Then we’ll follow you two steps back.”
[okay.]
It didn’t sound like a bad command.
On the contrary, there was a high risk of being caught if the four people chased after them. Rather, it seemed better to divide the roles.
‘More than anything else, Mr. Donna and Mr. Macbore are not special in close combat.’
Oliver and McVor stood inconspicuously near the general store.
A call was heard from the communication device. They belonged to Donna and McVor respectively.
[Chief, I’m near you.]
[Standing near the mouse-golem. Signal when you’re at the door. I’ll follow you.]
Arthur replied yes.
Moments later, I saw a man coming out of the general store with a basket of groceries.
He was an ordinary man with no characteristics to say except for being tall.
“It’s that person.”
“Macbore. Follow the person who just left.”
Upon hearing Arthur’s orders, McVor asked.
[I do what I ask, but am I really that guy?]
“okay. why?”
“Can’t you feel the magic? It’s not as good as the general public.”
Arthur looked at Oliver with questioning eyes, but Oliver answered calmly. like it’s nothing.
“I don’t know if it’s a Kell Freedom… a rebel, but the amount of magical power is as high as that of other wizards. I control the magic, but I can see it.”
“········.”
[·········]
Arthur and McVorr are silent, unable to respond to Oliver’s words.
Arthur thought for a moment before opening his mouth.
“I will take the responsibility. chase.”
[Okay.]
While we were talking, a man carrying a basket of luggage moved along the road, and a small rat followed him.
It is a golem controlled by Macbore, and it has fur on the outside, so unless you look closely, it is not much different from a normal mouse. It was pretty well made.
“We chase after a minute or two. Then, the chances of being caught will be greatly reduced.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Arthur took a cigarette between a minute or two. Oliver didn’t really care.
“How did you not know?”
“Yes?”
“No, so. I know you’re rare, you know how to see magic, but can you see hidden magic? I know it’s not easy.”
“Well·····. I’ve met someone who hides it a lot better.”
“Huh, okay? who-”
[- Chijik! Leader. chase me now I walked straight along the central road and fell to the right at the left and right fork. It’s a slum area.]
Conversation cut off suddenly. But work came first, so Arthur and Oliver moved right away.
thump. thump. thump.
Oliver asked Arthur.
“If it’s a slum, is it hiding there?”
“It’s the standard method, but the back alleys are full of locals, so you should have saved something the last time you came, which is strange.”
Oliver and Arthur turned to the right and entered the alleyway.
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Not as much as Landa, but the city’s slums also harbored a desolate and dangerous atmosphere.There was a lot of garbage on the street, and it was not common to see a huge drum set of broken wooden planks or garbage being burned.
“If there is a fire like this, it will be worth seeing.”
“Then it would be a big deal.”
“Not necessarily. After it’s burnt out, you can push it out and build a new one. Redevelopers will love it.”
The communication device rang again.
[Go ahead. I fell in the third alley. now····. huh? Come on… fast!! Pachijik-!!········. oh oh I just lost communication with the golem. I think I noticed.]
“What a dog…!”
Arthur was furious and started running right away.
Oliver ran after him, but it was a bit difficult to chase after Arthur naked.
Despite his stature, he was quite quick for his size.
It was only after putting on the black suit that I was able to match the speed.
“Can I chase after you in such a hurry?”
“It doesn’t make any sense to be careful unless you know that there are people chasing you anyway. We have to find a trace somehow.”
Pak-!
Arthur grabbed the wall at the corner of the alley and turned.
It was a rare place to be called a back alley, and there were only a few drums burning garbage and the remains of a rat-golem that was broken along the way.
There was nothing other than that.
People, trails, and holes that fell into side roads.
“shit···. Did you even cross the wall?”
Arthur is anxious. The communication device rang again.
[Chief. I had a few words with the general store owner. The master yangban hid it quite well, but he has a unique Northland tone when he speaks. It could be a coincidence, but it could be a rebel collaborator.]
“Then, I’ll have to go back there and ask for your cooperation.”
Upon spotting another target, Arthur gave up his first laid-back attitude and grinded his teeth like a hungry dog.
It reminded me of a dog guarding children in a mine.
Oliver asked, looking at Arthur’s unusual feelings.
“How do you know if you are a collaborator or not?”
“The rebels bought things at a shop run by Northlanders. That’s enough. You are a collaborator.”
“If your collaborator, would you like to help us?”
“I won’t. But it doesn’t matter. I can convince you.”
“Are you persuaded?”
“If you pull out a tooth with iron tongs, you usually cooperate. Do you know how many teeth a person has?”
“Isn’t it twenty-eight?”
“right. I’ve never seen a human who lasted until half of them were chosen.”
“Looking at the way you speak, it looks like you are from the Kingdom Army.”
A third voice suddenly interrupted. However, when they responded, they were one step behind.
Someone with a knife jumped out of the flame of a drum that was burning a pile of garbage and stabbed Arthur.
“······················ Well!
His strength was so great that he shoved the large-sized Arthur against the wall in an instant.
If Arthur’s reaction had been a little slow, the golem’s prosthetic could not be stopped and his body would have been pierced in vain.
This man was no ordinary.
Arthur raised his other hand and tried to slam it down. At that time, the man’s steel sword glowed red, and he slashed the sword from left to right, emitting high-power energy.
Then, Arthur’s new golem prosthesis broke and the stone flew to one side.
seemingly that way.
“huh!”
Arthur snorted, concentrating on the broken prosthetic arm.
Magical power was activated between the broken and scattered fragments of the golem’s arm and connected to each other, and the fragments stopped in the air.
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Not only did the air stop, but the golem prosthetic was combined in the air by magical power to attack the enemy.bang-! bang-!!
The enemy retreated and quickly evaded, and the two prosthetic arms slammed into the ground like iron balls, making a loud noise.
“Dave!”
In response to Arthur’s call, Oliver jumped slightly and ran towards the enemy man.
He was wielding a quarter staff woven in a black suit, and even though he attacked at the right timing to dodge, the man quickly landed and changed his stance to counter Oliver’s attack.
Chaeng–!!
Even though he never weakened the black suit’s output, the man was not pushed.
Even if the body was supplemented with magical power, the basic physical ability seemed to be outstanding, but the black suit worn on the quarter staff was on fire due to the burning red blade.
Fighting for a long time in close combat was disadvantageous.
“Twitch!”
Arthur raised his golem prosthesis from the side.
The enemy man bled Oliver’s quarterstaff and then Arthur’s fist, then counterattacked.
He was very good at fighting.
A red blade pointed towards Arthur’s head. Just in time, Oliver fired a bullet of hate.
The man retrieved the blade pointing towards Arthur’s head, blocked it, and stepped back.
He seemed to judge that he was disadvantaged.
“Again, it’s inconvenient to fight while controlling firepower. But I can’t just send it. I can’t help it…”
The man clouded the tip of his words and concentrated his magic power on the red hot blade.
A complex flow of magic flashed past Oliver’s eyes, and at the same time, the flames of drums scattered throughout the alley condensed on the blade.
The ferocious red color that seemed to burn everything in the world resembled molten iron, and there was no warmth characteristic of fire at all, only a sense of ugliness.
It seemed like he was trying to end Oliver and Arthur at once with high-fidelity fire magic.
‘How many layers of black suit can you block? yes?’
Oliver raised his hand and shouted, just as the enemy men were about to burst into flames and wield it at once.
“Wait. Do you have any colleagues nearby?”
Arthur, who was next to him, frowned at the sudden sound, and the enemy man also stopped.
He could just ignore it and attack, but he noticed something strange in Oliver’s attitude, so he stopped the attack and answered, out of proportion to the situation.
“·····no.”
“It’s neither ours nor yours, or it’s a war mage.”
“what?”
“A wizard is rapidly approaching this way. I think it’s the Kell Freedom Liberation Army over there, but we’re the solvers from Landa. We are all in a difficult position if we are caught by the Kingdom Army. Why don’t we stop fighting and talk to each other again later?”
Sudden crazy bullshit. However, the enemy male spread magical power and checked the surroundings, then opened his mouth.
“·····great.”
***
“What the hell happened?!”
Donna and McVor, who returned to the dormitory after Arthur’s call, opened the door and came in.
Arthur answered, repairing the golem’s prosthetic arm.
“Because I’m embarrassed too. Calm down, close the door and sit down. This friend will tell you.”
At Arthur’s words, Donna and Macboda looked at Oliver and sat down in a suitable place nearby.
Donna folded her arms and opened her mouth.
“Okay, then can you explain? You must have been chasing the enemy before, right? But why did you suddenly ask me to gather at the dorm? No, how the hell did you get here before then? It’s not a long way to go in time.”
In response, Oliver held up two pieces of paper and showed them. A small portal was formed when Oliver activated his magic with a paper with a magic circle drawn on it.
“!! Space magic…?”
“I can’t believe it…”
Donna and McVor said in shock and admiration.
It seemed to indirectly tell the level of Spatial School magic.
“In case you didn’t know, I installed a paper in the dormitory according to the number of people, but I activated it and ran away this way.”
“Run away? Are you saying that the enemy was that strong?”
Arthur answered.
“It’s true that you chase the enemy, you fight, and you are strong, but that’s not why you ran away. It’s a bit complicated… Dave?”
Oliver took the baton and answered.
“During the fight, another wizard approached us, stopped the fight and parted.”
“It sounds like a kingdom war wizard.”
“A war mage?”
“Yes, there is no evidence, but if it’s neither us nor the Kell rebels, the only thing left is the Kingdom Army.”
McVorr nodded as if it was a plausible logic.
“It’s not a very absurd story. Just as we have ears on our side, there will be ears on the other side as well. It wouldn’t be too strange to turn the search personnel this way.”
“But you missed the one right in front of you?!”
Arthur calmly said to Donna, who was angry.
“calm down. miss····. Surprisingly, this friend made an appointment.”
“Leader. Are you kidding me now?”
“I feel the same way, but I’m not joking. I don’t know what kind of trick he played, but he persuaded me to stop fighting and made an appointment. Tonight at nine o’clock at the Million General Store on West Central Road…”
Arthur looked at Oliver with a puzzled expression on his face.
So were the others. As if looking at a goblin who had done some magic, he stared blankly at Oliver.
Oliver looked into those eyes and replied.
“I thought it would be good, too.”
“no····. all over What is the reason for him to come out?”
“When we promised, our feelings were sincere, and he seemed to care about his colleagues more than anything else, so I think it will come out. The owner of that general store.”
“········.”
“········.”
“········.”
Arthur, Donna, and McVorr couldn’t say anything, glimmering in their agreed-upon emotions. He seemed to have accepted the situation.
Oliver said at the end.
“If you break your promise, can’t you convince the owner of the general store to search again? I pulled out my teeth.”