Opportunity for new blessings
Leon headed to the soldiers’ quarters among the barracks, the square in the middle.
Dozens of people were tied up and imprisoned in dozens of iron bars lined up there.
Some are outraged,
Some are frustrated,
Some are engulfed in sorrow.
It may be because of the fall of the soul, which made him vulnerable to negative emotions, but
who wouldn’t
There were many people who volunteered as soldiers to avoid starving to death due to food shortages because there was no way for them to earn a living.
There was no way he could willingly accept being imprisoned in iron bars and being ridiculed just because he was tainted with magic or had a part of his body turned into a monster.
What was most grievous was the fact that they had seen soldiers contaminated with magic while traveling through numerous battlefields, but never questioned the way they were locked up in iron bars and turned into monsters and died.
If you are contaminated with magic, your opponent will no longer be human.
Because it’s a half demon mixed with the body of a monster.
Potions to purify magic are expensive.
A normal soldier who has no power is no different from dying at that moment when he is infected with magic.
Until now, they took it for granted that it was unavoidable in the face of that reality, and they decided not to become like that and passed on it.
Because that was one of the natural cultures that formed this society.
Now when it’s their turn, they can’t complain about it.
Of course, not everyone was like that.
“don’t worry. You are different from ordinary half-demons. You have already stopped the erosion of Magi thanks to the Archmage of Pacheon. I’m not going to lose my temper. If you convince the commanders well, they will release you from the cage.”
Now, it is said that they look like a hideous half-demon mixed with the body of a monster, but the friendship was deep as they were comrades who ate, slept, and fought with other soldiers.
However, there was no way an ordinary soldier could jigsaw the commander.
That is the difference in status, and even if he escaped the cage alive, he had no will to live the future life with this body.
Thousands of eyes flocked to Leon when Leon came to a place filled with only sighs.
He is the great mage of Pacheon.
Why did he come here?
A camp for confining Banma was located near the quarters of ordinary soldiers.
Perhaps the actual commanders did not want to see their pasture, so the accommodation was provided at the farthest point from Banma’s concentration camp.
There is no reason for a person of high status like Leon to come here.
Is it because of that?
Some of the half-demons, who were shy, raised their voices in anger.
“Are you here to make fun of us too?!”
“You must have wondered what the worms that creep on the floor look like for the great wizard who destroys even the sky?”
“I’d rather kill you!”
“I would rather die as a human than live with this body!”
Due to their riot, the scoundrels attached to the iron bars pulled the chains connected to their collars.
Paralyzed in Aurors and Circles with drugs and poisons, the half demons were exposed to violence that was pulled up by squeezing their necks, and they had no choice but to keep their mouths shut.
Yet he speaks with those eyes.
I hate the world.
Rather than living with discrimination in this world, I would rather burn everything with the world and die together.
Leon stopped the bastards to let go of the leash and raised his voice.
“The reason I came here is to free you from the cage.”
“Are you going to release us?”
There was hope in the eyes of some of those half-demons.
However, most of the classmates were skeptical of Leon’s words.
“You want us to be slaves?”
There are only two fates for the half-demon.
Death or slavery?
Either way, it is clear that this is the life they do not want.
“I would rather die than be a slave.”
“Greg…!”
Outside the cage, a comrade called out his name as if tore apart.
Even if you roll the shit, this life is better than the afterlife.
“I will respect your choices. However, you seem to have misunderstood one thing, so I will correct it. I do not intend to free you and treat you as slaves. You may already know that I am the owner of Veritas, the tower of truth. I intend to take you as disciples of that tower and teach you magic.”
Once again shock swept them over.
Half of the soldiers imprisoned here were those who had learned magic.
No, to be precise, I should say that he was a self-taught soldier.
magic disease.
They wanted to receive the teachings of the matop, but they could not learn magic due to the limitations of their status.
However, with his innate talent and amazing effort, he learned magic on his own and used that ability in war.
If you raise your military training on the battlefield, if you are recognized for your achievements, it might open the way for you to go beyond the limits of your status and become a member of the Magic Tower and formally learn magic.
But can you learn magic that you couldn’t learn even when you were a human as a half-demon?
“lie······.”
It was a dream-like story for the soldiers who dreamed of magic.
I couldn’t believe it.
I couldn’t believe it.
“Aren’t you trying to deceive us into experimentation while doing that?!”
They were so suspicious.
The fact that some extreme wizards conduct experiments that are close to torture by taking them as subjects and cutting their bones and flesh in order to understand more deeply about monsters and to develop magic by researching half-demons that have expressed unique characteristics. It was an open secret.
However, Leon spoke up about their doubts.
“I am not lying. veronica.”
At that one word, Veronica, who was standing behind Leon, stepped forward and took off the maid’s headdress that was on her head.
The horns of the half-demon hidden behind it are revealed.
Many half-demons could not help but be surprised.
They, too, had already seen Veronica slashing through numerous demons on the battlefield.
With the maid’s outfit, it was impossible not to notice how they were simply slashing away demons that they could not even dare to fight against.
But actually she was a half-demon?
“I have already obtained your discretion, but the affiliation of Veritas, the Tower of Truth, is limited. Therefore, we will give priority to those who are willing to learn magic. I’m sorry, but the rest of you belong to my Knights Templar, not Veritas, and will learn martial arts from Veronica here.”
It’s hard to believe that you can learn magic by belonging to the Tower, but this time it’s a knight.
It is none other than the Knights Templar under the direct control of Count Veritas.
A position full of minutes for an ordinary soldier from commoners to dream of.
“Why the hell…?”
Because Leon was once in the same position as them, so he knew it well.
The emotions they hold in their hearts, such as anger and lamentation, can be used as a driving force for them to go further.
Magic is the science that controls dark matter as a mental wave.
If so, it would have been possible to achieve higher achievements as the souls that made up the spirit wave burned more intensely.
But you won’t be able to convince them with those words.
“I am not much different from you. Although I was born into the Marquis family of Parostel, my mother was from a low-income family and I was an illegitimate child. Until the age of 10, my existence had been kept secret from the world, and without being taught by magic, I was living in the attic of the annex where the servants of the family lived, with the scraps discarded from the family.”
Even now, he is praised as the Yongin tribe, the master of truth, and the great mage of Pacheon, but until just four years ago, Leon was not recognized as the 12th child of the Parostel family.
Leon appeared suddenly as if he had fallen from the sky, and was recognized for his ability equal to that of the 4 major magic lords.
“So are you. However, because of the limitations of your status, you have not been taught, but if the teachings, magic knowledge, and truth are together, you can have a better life than now. I believe in that possibility, so I want to give you a chance.”
Leon’s words ended here.
Next came Veronica, who was in a similar position to them.
She stepped forward and raised her voice.
“The master told me. What divides a person’s destiny lies not in his status, but in what he chooses at the crossroads of choices given to him. Status or ability, more money or power just make a person more free. It is not by itself that determines a person’s abstinence.”
She paused for a moment and met the gazes of half-demons toward her one by one.
And he opened his mouth again.
“Obviously, life as a half-demon will never be smooth. People will look at you with prejudice and treat you with hatred and hatred. However, belonging to Veritas, and working hard for Leon-sama, is an opportunity for you to become more precious. It is up to you to decide what is the right choice for you at the crossroads of the choices you have now.”
And on that day, all 5,000 half-demons were freed from the cages.
Everyone, down to the last one, had expressed their intention to follow Leon.
Maybe they didn’t have much of a choice.
The only thing they could do was follow Leon or rot in a cage, with only extreme consequences.
But Leon vowed not to make them regret today’s choice, alone.
* * *
Leon entrusted the education of the classmates to Principal Preszel.
In his mind, Leon wanted to lead the half-demons himself, but it was because a dungeon was discovered near the barracks.
Donovan Pollach Preszel has already passed her 60th birthday and has not learned everything about quantum magic.
The best time to learn magic is at the age of 7 when the synapse is most developed.
The synapses, which have rapidly increased until the age of 7, are gradually optimized until the age of 20.
The stimulus given by the external environment, i.e., through learning, changes the ability to move more skillfully and think more skillfully.
And although there are individual differences, it hits a limit when you reach the age of 30 or 40.
It is no longer difficult to learn new things and cling to the old familiar ones.
Principal Preschell had the opportunity to walk the path to the new truth that he had dreamed of for the rest of his life, but he was unable to enjoy the opportunity himself.
However, his enthusiasm for learning was outstanding, and in terms of the amount of simple knowledge, he had reached a considerable level.
As he originally wanted, he changed the customs of the tower and became a suitable talent for nurturing and educating the successors who will be responsible for the future.
“Well, then, isn’t it already too late for us?”
Most of the half demons were in their twenties and there were not a few soldiers in their thirties.
Too late to learn new magic.
But Leon shook his head.
“You guys are half demons. That cursed body, ironically, is also an opportunity for new blessings for you.”
Magi corrupts the soul and transforms the structure of the body.
The process involves dividing cells at an abnormal rate, triggering mutations.
In the half-demon, synapses increase explosively in the change.
Their minds may be in their 20s or 30s, but their bodies are reborn in this moment.
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Just as Leon returned to the age of 7 in the past, and a 64-year-old mind resided in a body with the most synapses, and talents that will never exist again sprouted.
At Leon’s explanation, the classmates clenched their fists and burned their will.
If given the opportunity, there is no reason not to grab it.
And Leon headed to the dimensional rift discovered by the scouts.
Among the dimensional rifts discovered so far, the appearance of the fragments of the largest space collapsing was a strange feeling of intimidation that cannot be described in words.
The reason why Hadest, the Duke of Harvest, desperately urged Leon to retreat.
The reinforcements from the Demon Realm must have been staying here.