161. Transaction (2)
Royal greetings and the devil’s deal.
It was a huge scandal.
Even Oliver, who was not yet very versed in the world, knew this, not to mention Arthur and the others.
Their emotions fluctuated like lightning with shock, astonishment, and fear.
“Please explain exactly what bullshit is.”
Arthur’s sharp question. Wallace answered.
“A royal dignitary dedicated a young boy to a bizarre foundation. He pierced his heart with a dagger and smeared blood on his face. Hewitt saw it through the world tree.”
“Who is it?”
Wallace shook his head.
“The advance money is here. More detailed information will be provided when the job is successfully completed.”
Arthur couldn’t ask any more questions at Wallace’s resolute answer and gaze.
Instead, he looked up at Oliver. Is that saying true?
Oliver nodded.
“Woo…”
Arthur took a deep breath and thought. He soon made up his mind.
“What can we do?”
***
What Wallace wanted was cover.
Macbore, who possesses a large amount of magic equipment, explores and supports the surroundings,
Arthur, with his high-powered golem prosthetic, and Donna, a sniper, hoped they would provide cover.
He asked Oliver, a warlock, to serve as a reserve firepower in case of escape.
Arthur’s group all agreed to this. It was quite welcoming rather than agreeing.
The fact that they were merely an auxiliary role rather than a direct attack on the Kingdom Army softened their psychological resistance and discomfort somewhat.
Maybe he was aiming for it from the beginning.
This man named Wallace seemed straight-forward when we first met or when we met in the basement, but he had a sharp judgment in him.
‘By the way, you seem to be serious.’
Oliver thought as he looked at Arthur and the other companions waiting in the back without a word.
McVor pulled out a number of small golems from his magic bag and flicked his fingers in the air to manipulate the golems while concentrating on the video projected from the goggles, while Donna was ready to cover with a sniper rifle.
From simple sniper rifles to magic guns loaded with chemical substances instead of bullets, to grenades that shoot bombs, it is equipped with a variety of mounts, and is prepared for quick replacement in case of emergency.
They weren’t all on the small side, but surprisingly, they took them out of the magic bag effortlessly.
Oliver didn’t stand still, he extracted his emotions and spread a few minions around him with black magic.
It wasn’t that great, but it was enough to hold him back against a lot of people.
“·····Dave.”
“Yes? Arthur?”
“Ask me again. Was it real?”
Arthur’s sudden question, which had been silent until now. Oliver answered.
“Yeah, I don’t know if the story itself is true, but at least Mr. Wallace speaking was sincere.”
“That’s right….”
Arthur blurs the end of his words, illuminating serious emotions. Oliver asked.
“If it’s okay with you, can I ask a question too?”
“What?”
“I thought warlocks were the only ones making contracts with demons, but can other people do it too?”
Oliver was half lying.
The wizard knew he was dealing with the devil, but he didn’t talk about it. I have no reason to say it.
“Well····. What do I know, an ignorant veteran?”
“Ah, sorry. I thought you knew him because he was more knowledgeable about the world than me.”
Arthur opened his mouth as if he felt a sense of responsibility.
“It’s not like there’s an urban legend.”
“An urban legend?”
“okay····. It’s on the same level as a devil grandmother who cooks and eats people for reasons such as youth, health, and energy.”
“Still, Mr. Wallace said it sincerely, isn’t it true?”
“Keep speaking.”
Arthur said in a serious voice. His emotions shone in a cloud of worry, concern, and anxiety.
“…it is something that could creaking a huge empire that rules the whole world. watch your mouth Just, don’t say anything about it.”
“······Oh, sorry.”
Arthur’s feelings became serious again.
As if facing gold, greed was burning, but at the same time, he was anxious and afraid. and was troubled very deep anguish.
It seemed to come as a big shock to him that the royal family was entangled with the devil.
As Arthur’s anguish deepened, darkness and silence fell heavily around him.
Meanwhile, McVor, who was monitoring and assisting Wallace’s party with a small golem, opened his mouth.
“It’s a start.”
Simultaneously with those words, red flames erupted from below with a loud noise.
It was a reserve force for the Kingdom Army to support nothing other than Wallace’s attack target.
Originally, it was planned to attack and lure small troops guarding each road, not them.
When Arthur’s party was added, he changed his plan and immediately attacked the reserve.
The risk will increase, but it will attract more attention.
‘Just like that, I’m sure you can figure out the location of the hidden kingdom army. It seems that the Kell Freedom Forces are more hidden and capable than I thought. I’ll figure out all the locations.’
Then, the flames fluttered once more.
A huge pillar of fire swayed in various directions as if it had been bombarded, and the surrounding forest was set on fire.
The great flames burned the air and made a monstrous roar,
With him, the majority of the kingdom’s army fell into chaos, shock, fear, and panic.
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No, it wasn’t just them.The beasts living in the forest also rose from their seats in an untimely disaster and fled far away.
The other troops near the reserve were also confused and did not know what to do.
‘There are people who are not.’
While Wallace and his party crushed the reserve by using the fire that spread around them, another reserve force from a distance ran towards Wallace.
Thanks for moving quickly with quick judgment.
Originally, we should have retreated here, but Wallace did not.
Instead, in order to attract more attention, they conserved power by gathering magic power and surrounding flames until the kingdom army came right in front of them.
Faba Baba Bhat ━━!!
At the same time as a white flash of light exploded in the path of the Kingdom Army that was coming to support, a landmine was activated, inflicting a blow to the Kingdom Army.
This is the work of magic equipment expert McVor, who monitors the surroundings and rearranges the golems accordingly.
The Kingdom Army, who had come to support Macbore’s proper surprise, was disorganized and out of breath like a swarm of ants hit by water.
A pillar of fire that spreads widely in ten crosses.
Oliver focused his attention on his eyes.
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Numerous emotions and vitality, presumed to be the Kingdom Army, rushed here all at once.McVor spoke to the communicator.
“Attraction success. retreat. retreat.”
The target of communication is the Wallace side.
The answer came back saying that I would know through the communication device.
When Wallace began to retreat, the kingdom army quickly formed a line and followed them, but it was slower than Wallace’s group, who had strengthened their bodies with magical powers, and the distance continued to widen.
Even there.
“Support.”
Donna supported Wallace with her sniper rifle.
Tung-! Tung-!
The soldiers of the Kingdom Army who were chasing Wallace in line with the dull gunshots were shot in the legs and collapsed, and the Kingdom Army took a wounded comrade and took cover from the sniper.
His ankle was caught, and it seemed like he could run away like this.
“yes?”
Suddenly, a loud mechanical sound was heard.
Gee hee hee ee
High-output magical energy that rises from the bottom of the slope.
It jumped at an amazing speed.
That is, it was a soldier of the Kingdom Army wearing exoskeleton armor, which was 1.5 times larger than the model Oliver saw in Landa.
It wasn’t just the size that was there.
Complex magical energy flows through the body, and a huge amount of magical energy is emitted from the mechanical devices on the front breastplate and on both shoulders, and the shield is deployed in three directions.
The regular hexagonal blue magic shield was strong enough to protect not only himself but also allies around him.
As for how hard it was, Donna wouldn’t budge even if she switched to a magic gun and fired high-power magic bullets.
Oliver paid attention to his eyes and looked closely at the magic shield of the exoskeleton armor.
The amount of magic was also positive, but when being attacked, the magic power instantly rushed to the hit area, raising the defense power three or four times that of the existing shield.
Truly great technology. As if to prove this, Arthur murmured.
“Exoskeleton armor imported from Gallos. It was very deliberate.”
“Do you know about that?”
“I’ve been fighting. If it’s a full option, it’s something even wizards struggle with. If you can’t drop it now, you’ll be in trouble.”
At the same time as the answer, the golem Arthur stretched out his prosthetic arm and aimed at the running exoskeleton armor.
Magic power and stones moved, and a hole was created in the middle of the palm of the prosthetic arm.
pussuk. Tsuzuzuzuzuzu-
The magic that gathers through the hole. Oliver intervened.
“Wait.”
“Something?”
“I’ll do it. First of all, save your energy.”
With those words, Oliver extracted emotions from the test tube and processed them with black magic.
The distance was a bit far, but it was close nonetheless.
A black smoke that changed emotions passed through Wallace and was activated in front of the soldier armed with exoskeleton armor.
[Outcry]
The black smoke coalesced one by one and turned into many faces.
With a very angry face.
aah
The shout of anger fired a shock wave along with the noise, which directly hit the exoskeleton armor in front.
As if the soldier had a good sense of humor, he immediately gathered the shield together to increase his defense.
Thanks to this, the shield didn’t break and only swayed.
Like a glass that vibrates in time with the high notes.
That was enough.
Oliver concentrated his eyes on his eyes, gathered and condensed his emotions at his fingertips, and then fired a bullet of hate at the shield with swaying magic particles in time.
The shield vibrating and shaking with a cry of anger had no choice but to weaken its defense, and when the bullet hit the weak spot at that time, the shield was penetrated.
Small cracks that occur between neatly drilled holes.
The magic shield was shattered along the crack like a glass window.
“minion.”
At Oliver’s call, the minions planted earlier rose from the ground and exploded like water balloons.
The Blister inside the minion also spread in all directions in line with it, inflicting a biochemical attack on the Kingdom Army soldiers who were chasing them in the exoskeleton armor and behind them.
The soldiers of the Kingdom Army who were following were hit with a direct hit, and cloudy purple blisters appeared on their faces.
The soldier in the exoskeleton armor also fell into a groggy state, suffering from being hit through the gaps in the armor.
“This is enough. Proceed to operation.”
Arthur said as he looked at the stopped pursuit. I followed him right away whether everyone agreed.
Having attracted enough blows and attention, not only the nearby troops, but also the troops in this area will move.
If that were the case, the chances of Hewitt getting out of it increased.
After that, it’s a race against time.
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Now, all they had to do was to quit the chase and get the balance from Wallace to disperse and escape.‘yes·····?’
While running away, Oliver felt a sense of alienation and stopped.
Everyone was puzzled by Oliver’s sudden action.
“What’s up?”
Instead of answering Arthur’s question, Oliver activated black magic. Also very quickly.
[Targeting]
The target is Oliver himself, Arthur and Wallace and others.
Each person’s body was scattered in all directions and flew towards the dartboard carved into the surrounding rocks and trees.
The activation speed was very fast, except for Wallace, who shuddered, did not react, and fortunately, this acted as luck.
Because thanks to that, I managed to avoid the explosion on the ground.
Pooh–! pop! Boom Boom!! pop!! Tong!!
The eruption like an active volcano uprooted trees and smashed them away, and the soil fell like rain from top to bottom.
As if Wallace had attacked the Kingdom Army, the fire spread to the surroundings, turning it red, while a man walked out of the ground.
A man with dark hair and red skin.
Oliver saw him for the first time today, but he wasn’t very acquainted.
When Oliver first met Wallace and fought, he could feel him from afar.
“You are a war wizard.”
Oliver asked the red-skinned wizard who was staring at him silently with cold eyes.