Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 217

Episode 217

Dragon Soldiers

‘I have to do this to finally get caught.’

After defeating Viscount Curanciville.

In the meantime, Elric just quietly watched what Count Calliger was doing.

In fact, if he had worked a little harder before that, he would have had plenty of chances to get rid of Count Calliger, who was just a thorn in his eyes.

All authority was already in his hands, and since Hermann and Sailor were on his side, he could have just framed them and blown their heads off.

But there was only one reason not to do so.

ring.

The purpose was to find out the exact identity of the ring Count Calliger was wearing.

It had previously resonated with the magic sword, so it was definitely a family artifact.

However, it was difficult to take it without knowing its purpose or how to use it.

I thought about subduing him and then interrogating him, but I was more concerned that he was so stubborn that he wouldn’t open his mouth easily, so I had to reject that plan.

So Elric quietly waited for an opportunity.

As long as he uses the ring.

However, for some reason, Elric was worried that he could not get over it easily, and in the end, he had to use the last resort.

Count Calliger made him take the dragon egg with him.

I thought that if such a valuable thing was taken, it might be used in some way.

and.

I finally got to step in like this.

“It took so long. “I was wondering when I would use this.”

Elric gently shook the ring on his hand.

The jewel was still emitting a cold light. The letters written in detail swayed along the surface of the ring.

『It’s a magic circle.』

Looking at it. Mephisto spoke very briefly.

[Do you know this?]

Mephisto shrugged his shoulders.

『It was famous. If the magic ring symbolizes the head of the family, the magic ring symbolizes your family.』

Elric’s eyes were young.

A symbol of the family.

This meant that its use was completely different from that of the magic sword from the beginning.

While the magic ring signifies the authoritative symbol of the family head, the magic ring symbol was meant to be a symbol representing the family.

[You don’t know its purpose, right?]

『If King Bon had found out about it, he would have been Mervinger or the Great Demon King somewhere.』

[He is like that too.]

Elric was hoping to find out a little more information, but it seems he would have to find out about it himself.

『Still, one thing is certain.』

[…?]

『Now that that is back in your hands, no one will dare criticize Mervinger for his downfall.』

Hesik.

A laugh burst out from between Elric’s lips.

[For the first time in a while.]

The corner of one lip was twisted.

[You are correct.]

Elric pulled out a long ice spear from the air and held it in his hand.

“Mervingeroooo! “I’ll kill you!”

Squeeze!

Crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr –

I saw Count Calliger with his eyes half-turned pointing a mini-staff in this direction. As the crystal ball radiated bright light, lightning rained down from the sky without stopping.

“You say what I say well.”

Quang!

Squeak –

Elric kicked the air violently and fell vertically towards Count Calliger.

The thunderbolts tried to target Elric one after another, but they were unable to overcome the barrier of the winter storm that surrounded Elric as if protecting him. In the end, the lightning, which had no place to go, split into dozens of pieces and scattered.

Count Calliger’s eyes widened as Elric reached where he was in an instant.

A tremendous amount of pressure weighed down on his shoulders.

It felt scary, as if a rock the size of a house was rolling in this direction along the slope.

He seems like he has no taste.

The momentum Elric gave off was the dragon fear he acquired when he became a dragon demon.

Adding to this the seal of brutality, a bloody spirit was created.

Since he had not fought a war of this kind since the Great Demon War, he could not help but feel embarrassed.

Still, Count Calliger did not back down.

As if I wasn’t going to lose, I raised my magic power even more, as if I was going to destroy that rock somehow.

Paralarak!

The sleeves shook violently. A magical wind was leaking out.

But that was all.

‘What…?’

Only then did Count Calliger realize what was wrong with his body.

The magic power did not flow easily.

It felt like I was tied tightly to something.

Only then did Count Calliger notice that the ground he was standing on was covered with ice.

From there… a completely unexpected energy was seeping into my body and paralyzing my magic organs.

It was a seal of fame.

A seal that Elric obtained after capturing Demon King Leda. Using this seal, which can delicately manipulate demon energy, Elric succeeded in creating a new tactic.

Magical poison.

Magi is probably the most vicious trait in humans. By mixing this with ice poison, the power was amplified to the maximum.

This was why Count Calliger’s magical power stopped operating.

No, it wasn’t just magic that stopped.

My metabolism almost slowed down and my body became stiff. I couldn’t even touch the mini staff because I couldn’t even feel my fingertips.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl

At the same time, the merciless chains protruding from the ice made him feel cold.

“no!”

The ice spear that Elric held out had already reached between his eyes.

“I said no…!”

For the first time, fear appeared in Count Calliger’s eyes.

The ice spear gradually grew larger in Elric’s field of vision.

“Nooooo!”

Fear became a scream.

A sorrowful cry broke out saying that he couldn’t die like this.

Pow!

The ice spear passed right between Count Calliger’s eyes in an instant.

and.

Damn it!

The ice started from the hole in my forehead and quickly spread across my skin and covered my entire body.

That was the end of Count Calliger.

widely!

Faaaa –

Elric landed behind the guy. And all the activated seals were lifted.

Quad deuk. As the merciless chains were sucked into the ice, the frozen body of Count Calliger also disintegrated into dozens of pieces and fell down.

Elric didn’t care about that anymore.

With this, all punishment for the two rebels who turned against the family was over.

For some reason, I wasn’t particularly impressed.

Perhaps it is because Elric’s field of vision has become much wider now.

Instead, Elric turned his attention to the ring that Mephisto had called the Magic Ring.

Count Calliger tried to hide the dragon’s egg with a magic ring.

It was clearly like a warehouse installed in subspace.

‘I guess it was like this?’

Elric used the crow’s eye to observe Count Calliger and imbued him with magic according to the pattern he had discovered.

Slam!

Then, with a sound as if a ‘closed door’ was opening, a crack spread in the air, opening up a new space.

Elric took the box containing the dragon egg and stepped inside without hesitation.

‘This?’

At that moment, Elric was quite surprised.

Because there were quite a lot of treasures piled up.

There were a lot of treasures that looked rare at a glance on the shelves lined up along the wall.

There were even relics from hundreds of years ago that are hard to find these days.

It appears that our ancestors had placed items they had collected in the past here and there.

『I tried so hard, but I wasted it. I guess this was Mervinger’s original treasure trove?』

Mephisto looked around inside the subspace and burst into laughter.

“but. Strangely enough, the Mervingers did not have a greed for power, but they were quite greedy for material things. In particular, I tended to go to great lengths to collect items that were difficult to obtain at the time.』

It looked better than the treasure in the safehouse that Elric once found in Yeti Plateau.

『But it looks like there are a lot of strange things here other than what your ancestors collected?』

Occasionally, things that had been placed previously were mixed with things of completely different types and eras.

I think Count Calliger collected them separately… There were a lot of them.

The problem was that the location of all of them was strange. Moreover, there were many counterfeit products.

It meant that he had no discernment in looking at things at all, and just collected a lot of what he thought were treasures.

“…talent.”

『Hmm?』

Mephisto turned his head towards Elric, wondering what he was talking about.

“pup.”

Elric’s face was very distorted.

“Oh that damn bastard! You’ve been wiping your mouth all this time after doing so much? “If I had known this would happen, I would have hung him with rope so that he couldn’t die…!”

Looking at this place, I could see why Mervinger’s fortunes had declined so quickly.

It would be even more strange if so many treasures disappeared overnight and were still intact.

‘Grandpa, you were so good at predicting my future, but how come you couldn’t see the future of your vassals?’

Elric thought of the funny Mervinger who appeared everywhere he went, and while he admired his greatness, he also felt disgusted that he failed to take care of the little things that could be said to be the most important.

Even if these things were left properly.

If only I had taken precautions to prevent him from being taken over by a petty man like Count Calliger, my father would not have suffered from such illness.

When I thought about that, I felt resentful of him for no reason.

‘Maybe you just didn’t see these things? Or maybe you saw it but pretended not to notice? I really hate it.’

In the end, Elric sighed as the ground gave way and moved deeper.

The subspace seemed to have been thoroughly divided into sections.

As I went deeper, there were many magic books.

All excellent home appliance magic.

As expected, it was the same as the one I saw in the safe house, but there were many things that looked older or more powerful than that.

『’Elemental Buff’…? Was this still left?』

Mephisto was shocked when he saw an old booklet.

“Do you know?”

『Not knowing is weirder. Because your magic has now been put into practice. That’s also the magic your matriarchs used.』

“…!”

『The same goes for the ‘Deadly Demon Demon Flame’ here.』

Mephisto narrowed his eyes.

『There are a lot of things I don’t want to see. I feel like I want to set it on fire.』

Elric realized at that moment.

What exactly is the purpose of this place?

‘It’s the family’s warehouse and the head of the family’s warehouse… Or, you could say it’s like a personal office.’

Exciting!

Exciting!

How treacherous the human heart is. My heart, which had become sullen due to resentment toward Usden, began to beat violently again.

Although household appliance magic was already available in safe houses, the household magic was different.

These are the most important roots and flowers of the Mervinger magic system.

It was clear that Elric’s magic skills would become even deeper.

but.

There was something else that made Elric even more excited.

A place where you cross the hallway of the library and go deeper.

There was a new room there.

Unlike other rooms that are just connected by a hallway, this room is closed with a door.

『One thousand years? What on earth did you put inside to make a door full of things like this?』

Mephisto’s expression ended up looking astonished.

That’s because Permanent Iron was a rare metal that was only excavated in small quantities from deep within the Permanent Cap located at the edge of the huge mountain range that crosses the Eastern and Western Continents.

But you can make not only doors but also walls with something like this. In his eyes, it just seemed crazy.

But it was also clear to anyone who saw that this was the most important place.

Last room.

It was the ‘real’ treasure trove in Interresia that Count Calliger had been trying so hard to enter, but was unable to enter.

『It looks like it’s locked, but I think it’ll be difficult for you to open it…Hmm?』

Mephisto’s eyes widened as he spoke.

The magic sword hanging around Elric’s neck was shining brilliantly.

Wizard who swallowed talent