Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 178

Episode 178:

Golden Comet

“It has begun.”

Judas smiled coldly as he looked at the torches that had suddenly surrounded the foot of the mountain where the barracks base was located.

The guys over there probably woke up and were very surprised.

I would have never thought that barbarians would appear this deep.

Although this place is called the ‘Northern Front’, it is actually deep inland in the Winds Frontier Province.

Of course, according to their common sense, it was impossible for barbarians to appear.

However, after being branded as traitors, the Red Lion Army was already deviating significantly from ‘common sense’.

That’s what happens when you join hands with real demons.

He even abandoned his duty as the eastern shield of the empire.

Of course, there was no way the barbarians, who had been waiting for the fertile soil of the empire for a very long time, would miss this opportunity.

This is exactly what Judas was aiming for.

Confining the barbarian hostages in advance at a barracks base that is likely to be attacked by the Star Wars army.

Barbarians are very attached to their families and blood relatives. Unlike the empire, where individualism becomes increasingly strong, the spirit of community permeates every corner of the culture. So, of course, if you are somehow held hostage, you can’t help but feel indignant.

But what if the target is an empire already in chaos due to civil war? I can’t help but be even more stimulated.

Provoking the anger of the barbarians.

and.

To ignite their ambitions.

That was the strategy given by Grigori to the Red Lion Army.

It was a grand strategy that the Red Lion Army eventually decided to adopt.

Currently, the number of barbarians surrounding the foot of the mountain is approximately two thousand.

Considering that the terrain is a steep mountainside that is the home base for barbarians and that each of them are excellent warriors, it will not be easy for even the Star Wars army to respond.

What if a fight breaks out like that?

Judas was planning to jump in right then and there.

And with these hands, I will personally cut off the head of the Elric who brought shame on me in the black snow field.

‘And I will show you that I am the only true vessel upon which He will land.’

“Everyone is on standby.”

Following the command given by Judah, the eyes of the demons twinkled intensely.

* * *

“What is that?”

“Barbarians?”

“Where on earth did these bastards come from…!”

“Red lion! In the end, they even opened the wall to the barbarians!”

The starry group suddenly became confused.

The appearance of barbarians living in the eastern borderlands. For those who had always lived only in the empire, this was the first time they had ever seen an enemy they had only heard about.

In addition, I was even more surprised because I had not received any investigation into whether there were other troops in this area.

『The atmosphere is a bit scary. What are you planning to do?』

Mephisto burst out laughing lightly as he looked at the dozens and hundreds of torches surrounding the mountainside.

Elric’s expression was slightly distorted.

[That’s strange.]

『What?』

[Obviously there was nothing?]

Elric clearly inspected the surrounding area carefully with his mind’s eye before raiding the enemy barracks base.

I was wondering if there might be an ambush by enemies that I wasn’t aware of.

This was because it was thought that there was no way the mind’s eye could miss this, since the moment one has murderous intent, the texture naturally occurs.

In addition, since I had grown a large angler fish, I had no worries.

In fact, there have been records of preventing enemy ambushes or counterattacks in this way.

I couldn’t read it this time.

but.

Mephisto said that it was natural.

『You must be misunderstanding something, little one.』

Little one.

Elric somehow felt like those words were stuck in his ears.

『The magic you believe in so much is not perfect. “Magic is just a by-product of the process of digging into the unknown, not the result, right?”

“…!”

『If you want to deceive, you can deceive as much as you want. There will be the same magic and the seals we use. Or their physical abilities.』

Elric felt like he had been hit hard in the back of the head with something blunt.

Magic isn’t perfect.

It is only a ‘process’ that occurred while pursuing the truth, not a ‘result’…

This is a remark that criticizes his attitude of relying absolutely on magic.

Mephisto was right when he said he was a kid.

Because even though he pretended to be an adult with that word, he was still effectively projecting himself as immature in many ways.

[okay. Magic isn’t perfect. Perhaps they too… were outside the realm of the mind’s eye and suddenly attacked at high speed.] Wasn’t the

physical ability of the barbarians, who made the canyon their home and roamed the plateau like their front yard, already widely known?

In that case, it would not be strange at all to fool the mind’s eye and the hungry sense.

No, rather, Elric shouted with joy at the fact that he had once again faced his limitations.

This means you can now see which areas need improvement.

so that.

“Everyone ready for battle!”

Elric shouted loudly with a lot of magic in his voice.

The soldiers, who had been quite taken aback by the appearance of the barbarians, all opened their eyes wide.

no wonder.

Listening to Elric’s voice, it felt like the confusion disappeared as if it had been washed away with water, and calm reason and thinking rose again.

“Coordinate your efforts and prepare for a surprise attack!”

The soldiers quickly began to line up.

I’ve just been lucky so far. I figured they would experience something like this at least once anyway.

Unless the Red Lions are fools, they won’t continue to suffer.

“Cheongyang Cheongma! Take the lead! Close formation!”

At Isabelle’s command, the knights of the Weil family moved in perfect order.

Everything!

Cheongyang and Cheongma began to form a phalanx, taking out their tower shields and placing them at the front. Other knights supported them tightly to keep them from becoming distracted.

It was a passage that showed the power of discipline and military discipline that the Weil family had emphasized for a long time.

“The Count and Viscount will support him!”

For a moment, Count Calliger and Viscount Couransiville’s personal soldiers were trying to figure out what to do.

“what are you doing! Do you all want to die here? “Hurry!”

Isabel’s whip fell and Count Calliger nodded, telling her to follow first, and they followed suit.

Behind the phalanx of the Knights of the House of Weil, the soldiers of Count Calliger and Viscount Curanciville supported the left and right sides, respectively.

“The Star Servant is responsible for the rear of the army!”

“Assemble formation C!”

According to Brian’s command, the star group spread out in a single shape and supported the rear. Then he turned his body in the opposite direction. It was to focus on the rear.

They had no hesitation in taking their seats. We got along really well as we went through many battles together.

“The Black Skulls are more accustomed to melee than group warfare, so go out separately and focus on driving the enemies into one place!”

The eyes of Black Skull, including Hayes, sparkled.

He figured out what Isabelle was aiming for.

Doesn’t this mean that we should intervene directly in the all-out war that is about to unfold, but push the enemies in one direction?

That probably refers to the solidly established formation of the main army.

It was Operation Hammer and Anvil.

Black Skull hammers. The main army formation is an anvil.

If the Black Skull drives the enemies back into a solid main army formation, their escape route will be blocked. Then, Black Skull became a hammer and defeated them individually.

“Damn you bastards. “How dare you come here?”

“I will kill you cannibals by tearing their limbs apart.”

That time when the ally’s eyes shined sinisterly.

“come.”

At the same time as Elric said a single word.

Paaaat!

As the forest surrounding the barracks base shook, barbarian warriors began to come out all at once.

Animal skin that is not ‘worn’ but worn instead of armor or clothing. Tight, bronze skin. Intricately painted red makeup on her face and tattoos on her body. Each person held a machete of enormous thickness in one hand. Still, a small-sized square bow and quiver of arrows hung on the left shoulder.

And even the fiercely shining eye light.

I really felt like he was an animal rather than a person.

Ababababa!

Lee Hyo Hyo Hyo!

It made such strange noises that it didn’t look like a person at all.

That was a wild beast.

Wild beasts moving in flocks!

“【Burning Flame】!”

“【Flowing Sea of Fire】….”

“【Rampant Storm】…!”

Kwakwakwak!

The reason why Count Calliger and Viscount Curansiville’s cavalry took up positions in the relatively safe center of the formation was simple

.

This was because they had many wizards.

Thanks to this, right before they directly collided with the barbarians, the attack magic struck them right in the middle of them.

Strong winds blew and flames soared through the ground.

It was an intimidating sight just to look at.

Rather than being afraid of it, the barbarians felt like their fighting spirit was intensifying even more.

“Kuhwa! Matata! Shavara! under!”

The barbarian warriors all responded with loud shouts to the unknown sound made by the person who appeared to be the leader.

ah!

ah!

It felt like their morale doubled every time they made a sound.

“What do you mean?”

Sailor smiled faintly and pulled out her sword in response to Herman’s question.

“Seeing that we are using ominous magic, it is clear that we are an evil army protected by an evil spirit. So you must tear it to death?”

“what? her!”

Hermann let out a bewildered laugh.

When it comes to demons, it probably means demons, but for someone who was at the forefront of the Great Demon War and defeated demons in the past, it was just absurd.

However, Hermann felt that it would have been better to ask Sailor what she meant.

A man who could raise their morale like this would be a warrior of considerable rank even among the barbarians.

There was no way for them to have a proper command system, so all they had to do was deal with the author first.

So I’m trying to jump forward.

“But where did Duke Chan-sung go?”

Hermann’s steps suddenly stopped at the question Sailor asked.

“What do you mean?”

“I can’t see the Mervinger matriarch. Where did it go? There’s no way he could run away, so…?”

Sailor also looked a bit perplexed for the first time.

Hermann quickly looked around.

It was true.

Elric was nowhere to be seen.

Then a thought occurred to me.

‘no way?’

Sailor must have been thinking the same thing as Hermann, and ended up laughing as if it was absurd.

“You left this complicated place to us and went to have fun alone.”

* * *

Kwa-kwa-boom!

I could hear the battle breaking out in earnest.

When I saw the smell of blood and burnt smoke coming from there… It was by no means small.

It looks like the battle is closer than expected.

A smile appeared at the corner of Judah’s mouth.

“It’s okay.”

Tsutsutsu!

The seal on Judas’ back began to glow ominously.

Next to the Sohwa seal he originally had, there was another seal.

It looks like a two-legged jackdaw taking flight.

Madness.

It was of a lower rank than the Seal of Madness that symbolized Azazel, and those who held it had a special status within the Grigori.

Bishop.

Or ‘vessel’.

A being that Azazel can land on!

Judas had no intention of treating him as loosely as before. That would only leave an opening to the snarky Mervinger. He was going to rush into the enemy camp with all his might from the beginning and crush Elric’s head first.

“Then get ready to move…!”

Judah confidently tried to order an advance.

But I couldn’t.

theretofore.

A surprise attack was taking place from the sky.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak!

Rumble –

A winter storm descended upon their heads.

“Anyone wants.”

Elric was on top of him.

Wizard who swallowed talent