How a Genius in the Kingdom of Magic Lives

Chapter 45

Recently, Duke Ryant’s main job is commanding the battlefield.

When he goes to the headquarters every morning, he receives reports from his subordinates who were on duty at night and judges the situation on the battlefield.

“Found a group of orcs in the plains 5km northeast. The number is over 200.”

“Send the cavalry to quickly annihilate them and make them return.”

“Small lycanthropes have been found around 6km to the west.”

“How small is it?”

“It is said to be between 10 and 20.”

“Ignore that. Leave one or two people with the scouts to keep an eye on them, and if they think they’re coming this way, tell them to call back.”

“all right!”

Duke Ryant is a war veteran.

For decades, they have been guarding the western wall of this place, fighting war against the warlocks and monsters beyond the wall.

That’s why it’s not an exaggeration to say that I know how to fight them.

“Whoa.”

I sighed involuntarily as I read the reports uploaded by Duke Lyant.

The adjutant next to him, Earl Barton, said.

“When the duke, the number one knight in the kingdom, sighs, the morale of the soldiers below will drop.”

“Are you nagging again? Now you can’t even breathe on my own.”

Duke Lyont complained to Earl Barton

Count Barton laughed.

“That means that we are only looking at the Duke.”

“I’m so burdened I don’t know what to do.”

Duke Lyant shrugged.

Then he spoke with a serious expression.

“But Barton. You know. There are not one or two strange places in this monster run-in.”

“… What the duke said is correct. It’s definitely not normal.”

Earl Barton also agreed with him.

“It’s been over 20 years since I’ve been guarding this place with the Duke, and I’ve never seen so many different types of monsters go crazy and rampage like that.”

“right. Isn’t it like seeing an army made up of some kind of monster to see different species joining forces without fighting?”

No matter how much the western part of the continent is a lawless zone where monsters and black magicians rampage, they did not unite and acted in small groups.

Goblins are goblins and orcs are orcs.

Even the monsters would fight each other if they happened to meet.

Occasionally, there was a case where a special individual appeared within a race and unified the race.

Representatively, 10 years ago, an orc hero united the western orc tribes and advanced to the duke’s territory.

And he was subjugated by having his throat cut by Duke Lyant.

However, it was a single species of Orc that came in at that time, so many monsters did not come at once.

“Besides our kingdom, other kingdoms also say that the monsters on the western border are in an unusual condition… I don’t know what the hell this is all about.”

Duke Ryant sighed once again.

“Anyway, all we can do is hold on. Support has also come from the capital, so as long as you hold out inside the barriers, you can do anything.”

That was the moment.

The scout’s urgent footsteps could be heard outside.

Soon, the scout who approached Duke Lyant prostrated himself.

“Duke duke! It’s urgent!”

“Something.”

Duke Ryant hardened his expression.

If the scout came directly to you, it means that the situation is not serious.

“A group of monsters have been found in the 2km northwest forest. The number is at least 100 or more.”

“100?”

Duke Ryant made a puzzled expression.

Although the location where they were found is close, there are only 100 of them.

If the knights were dispatched, they could be wiped out quickly, so why did they come in such a hurry?

“Yes! By the way… Prince Leo is currently confronting those monsters.”

“… what?”

For a moment, Duke Lyant did not understand what this meant.

Then, in surprise, he opened his eyes wide and shouted.

“What are you talking about! Why is Prince Leo there-!!”

* * *

A lush green forest.

If you see the light coming through the tall trees, anyone will be amazed at the beauty of nature.

– Damn it

And now, the forest was frozen to pure white.

– Damn it

-Puong!

An ice flower bloomed in the air and then shattered.

Small pieces of ice blew like a storm all around.

– Keek!

-Kik!

It was the goblins who were hit by the ice cubes.

Their skins were torn and the frozen goblins collapsed.

-Sabaksabak.

Stepping on the frost on the floor, Leo walked.

Selise spoke softly from the side.

“I have nothing to do since you take care of everything.”

“Why? Are you bored just watching?”

“A little bit.”

Leo smiled at Celise’s words.

‘Selize has changed a lot too.’

In the little over a year since she learned swordsmanship, a lot has changed.

At first glance, it looks as smooth as before, but upon closer inspection, it reveals the image of a hard, blade-like knight.

His personality has also changed to be more aggressive than not being afraid of battle anymore.

‘Besides, I heard that his skills have grown incredibly fast.’

It’s only been a year since I’ve held the sword, but the lower-ranking knights say it’s a skill that catches lightly.

As Drexley, a member of the Royal Guard, he must have seen many talented swordsmen, but he said that he admired him with his mouth open every day.

– I assure you. If things go on like this, within 10 years, Lady Selize will bring back the title of the greatest sword in the kingdom, held by the Duke of Lyant.

The evaluation that it seems that the kingdom can become the strongest in 10 years!

‘It’s such a waste of talent for such a talented person to simply play the role of a maid of the royal family.’

Selisse’s family is the Viscount Heindere.

Since she was young, she had been trained in various ways, so she was even chosen as a maid of the royal family.

‘But I don’t know why they never gave me swordsmanship training.’

If he had taught swordsmanship even once, there would be no way that teacher would not have known Sellise’s talent.

While walking with that thought in mind, Leo said.

“Then, would you like to face the next monster that appears?”

“Please leave it to me as much as you like.”

Celise nodded.

Moments later, the tree swayed and a huge green fuselage appeared.

– aaa!

A monster approaching screaming.

The guy with a protruding belly, thick legs, and a big club was a troll.

Leo looked at Celise.

“this. A strong guy came out. Shall I just deal with it?”

“no. How can you become a swordsman and run away just because you look strong? I will try.”

“Okay then. Leave the tidying up to me.”

As soon as Leo spoke, Celise drew her sword and darted toward the troll.

-Chack!

– aaa!

A troll screaming in pain after being cut with a single sword.

However, the affected area immediately bled and the wound healed.

Celise was aware of the regenerative nature of trolls, so she moved quickly and continued to swing her sword.

-Chack! Awesome!

Selyz, who constantly moves and attacks, and the troll, who wields her hands to catch her.

Seeing that, Leo held out his hand.

White icicles rose up and shot in all directions.

-Papapapapat!

– Kwajijik!

Except for the troll Celise was dealing with, other monsters in the surrounding forest were torn apart and frozen.

Now, Selize will be able to deal with trolls without worrying about other monsters.

-Suddenly!

– aaa!

Watching the battle grow little by little, Leo was lost in thought.

‘Anyway, I have to go see Charpen… Is there any better way?’

Prince of Vampires. Prince Charpin.

The reason the monsters are rioting in the west of here is, without a doubt, what he did.

And the reason why Charpenn, who should have been in the eastern part of the continent, in Outer Magic, was here was simple.

‘Road battle between the vampire princes. He was defeated there and fled all the way here.’

Looking at the game, a new vampire lord is about to be born at this point.

At that time, many of the vampire royalty who competed died or ran away, and Charpeng was one of them.

He probably couldn’t have escaped this far, and he must have been quite injured.

Manipulating the monsters to create such an uproar in the surroundings itself meant that he would hide and recover himself.

The fact that there were a lot of missing people in the Duchy of Ryant was proof that it had vampered humans.

And Leo was aiming for such a Charpen.

‘Blood serum that can be obtained by defeating a vampire royalty. I want to get it.’

Serum is a great treasure that makes you immune to quite a few curses and poisons when you take it.

In general, vampire royalty are monsters that are almost impossible to defeat.

That’s why you have to take advantage of the weak opportunity like now.

However, the road to reach Charpen is not easy.

First of all, there were too many monsters around here, and the help of the army was absolutely necessary to search through here.

‘Or maybe it’s worth trying alone if I reach the 6th class and increase the amount of mana by about 10 times.’

Leo thought about it and smiled.

When do you want to reach that level?

That was the moment.

– aaa!

Another troll appeared from behind the forest.

One head taller than the troll Sellise was dealing with.

Leo’s eyebrows twitched.

‘Was he a guy who moved with his colleagues?’

No matter how genius Sellize is, dealing with two trolls is unreasonable.

Leo raised both hands.

[Freezing structural formula]

A huge amount of mana gathered about 5m above the troll’s head, and a large ice sword was created.

[Sword Falling]

An ice sword that fell straight to the ground.

– Quaang!

A greatsword of ice pierced the troll’s heart.

Starting with the wound, the troll’s entire body froze.

If that happened, it would be an instant death with nothing to see about regenerative power.

“… You’re amazing too, my dear.”

Celise smiled at Leo.

Before she knew it, she too had decapitated the troll she was dealing with.

“That is what I am going to say. Did Celise catch the troll already?”

“Thanks to the degradation.”

“Thanks to me?”

“Yes. When the newly appeared troll got hit with the magic of deterioration, the one I was dealing with momentarily lost concentration. I was able to kill it easily by aiming for that time.”

said Sellise, kicking the troll.

However, even if he said so, it was a great achievement that Selisse, who had only been learning the sword for a year, defeated the troll.

“I guess I should end here.”

“Are you going back now?”

“yes.”

Even if I wanted to go further, now the amount of mana is low.

There are a lot of monsters I’ve slain on the way to here.

Even if he is superior to other wizards in his class thanks to the elixir, Leo is still young, so his mana is not that great.

The amount of mana used by the ice structure formula that just killed the troll in one shot was not too bad, so I had to go back slowly.

-Brush.

Then, there was a sound of shaking the grass.

Leo reflexively raised his hand to cast his magic.

“Hey, low! Wait!”

However, what I heard was a human voice.

“It’s a scout! Duke Lyont sent you to come. Please do not attack!”

The scout’s voice spoke urgently.

Even so, he glanced at the monsters Leo had slain.

I opened my mouth in a daze as if I couldn’t believe it.

Leo asked.

“What are the scouts doing here?”

“That, that… Duke Ryant wants you to come back. It’s an order from the commander… .”

“yes?”

Leo nodded.

“On the battlefield, the commander’s orders must take precedence. i get it. Let’s go back.”

“Yes! We’ll see you!”

“You don’t have to accompany me, can you take care of the monsters I slain?”

“… Yes?”

“If you skin it and sell it, it’s all money. Especially since the trolls are frozen, I’ll have to defrost them and draw blood later. How much is all that?”

As Gawain was running the intelligence organization, there were a lot of places to go to money.

Gradually, the prince’s allowance goes beyond what can be solved.

These by-products must be taken care of.

“… All right.”

The scout nodded with a bewildered face.

* * *

Duke Lyant was caught by scouts and waited for Oleo.

Then I thought to myself.

‘I was too careless. I can’t believe he’s such an immature kid.’

I can guess without looking at it.

He must have some skills, he must have jumped out because he wanted to set the ball.

However, when you fight a death-death fight with a monster yourself, you realize that it is not as easy as you think.