Translator: Wan ED/PR: Fan
[Step back!]
Russell told him urgently.
However, Lucion’s Darkness already protected Lucion and covered him.
Bang!
The blue things were blocked by the Darkness, but the shock wasn’t.
Lucion was pushed against the drawers, and because of the shock he felt through his whole body, he urgently half-lifted his mask.
“… Cough!”
Dark red blood poured out.
Lucion’s whole body trembled.
[Darn it! It’s defense magic!]
Russell first hid Lucion from the ghost who hadn’t come back to his senses yet.
— Heuup….
Latta folded her ears and trembled.
Russell checked the mana that dug through Lucion’s body.
Defense magic here?
He received permission from Lucion beforehand, so he had to move as much of the Darkness he could.
Even for a defense magic, it was a pretty complicated looking magic.
It was natural that Lucion couldn’t block it.
Russell cursed.
Feeling his insides turning upside down, Lucion vomited blood once more.
‘… The bastard beside him was a mage.’
Lucion recalled the guy in a red robe while gritting his teeth.
‘You’re late, bastard.’
With a shaking hand, Lucion took out a piece of cloth with familiarity.
Because of latchou, he had several of them in case he needed it.
Lucion wiped the corners of his mouth with a cloth and threw it on top of the blood that spilled on the floor.
“… Was it defense magic?”
Lucion’s voice was thin, as if he would collapse at any moment.
[Stay still, Lucion. Your Darkness is shaking greatly because of that mana right now.]
“The mana… such a scam?”
Lucion scowled.
It was the first time he was hit by magic.
He felt as if his insides were ripped apart, and his head was spinning as if it was going crazy by itself.
[The most scammy thing is Light. Light kills Darkness, but mana can’t kill Darkness. But it’s annoying because it flips your insides.]
“The defense… cough, cough!”
Lucion broke out into a hacking cough.
Even just talking flipped his insides.
[Defense magic is a magic that rejects all magic that is not the caster’s mana, or the power of the person who holds that magic, so you can think of it as a moving barrier.]
Russell’s forehead wrinkled.
[… The fact that it activated from such a distance means that it’s not defense magic of an ordinary person, but a defense mage.]
Defense mage meant a mage that specialized only in defense magic.
Matching the name, they excel in defense magic, but they are rarely seen mages who are relatively weak in attack magic.
‘If the defense mage’s defense magic was used to this degree, it means that that warlock bastard is quite important.’
Lucion panted for breath while soothing his Darkness.
— Is it okay? Latta could make the Darkness firmer, but failed. Latta was too slow. Latta should have done better.
When Latta cried, Lucion petted Latta.
Even when he was hit by the Light of a priest, and when he took on the attack of the Divine Beast under the name of a blessing, she didn’t cry like this.
‘Is it because Latta grew?’
Humans also gradually learn about ‘fear’ and ‘anxiety’ when growing up.
Is Latta also going through such a process?
Lucion kept stroking Latta and looked at Russell.
“I found out where that bastard is.”
[You have found him, but because of defense magic, there is a high chance that the backtracking was discovered. With how I see it, it’s a half-success.]
Russell bit his lip.
If only there was no defense magic, piercing that low chance that it would be a clean success.
Right now, Lucion’s state was worse than he was worried about.
The defense magic was strong.
Rather, even the result of failing at backtracking would’ve been better.
“As Master-nim said, I succeeded, but only half. However, what’s the problem with that?”
Lucion wiped the blood that was still in the corners of his mouth.
That warlock could have thought about the backtracking possibility, as Russell said.
If he thought rationally, he would naturally check the most important location.
If so, through what way would he check it?
“As Master-nim hid me from ghosts, I wasn’t discovered yet.”
Lucion clenched his fists.
The enemy activated defense magic.
But the enemy couldn’t be certain if he was dead or alive, and there was also no way that he knew for certain that the magic he used was backtracking magic.
“The enemy doesn’t know my location for sure. But I know where the enemy is right now. And he is closer than I thought.”
Lucion thought that the confusion right now was a chance.
* * *
The location of the warlock he saw through the backtracking was a place close enough that he could be mobilized for the secret place under the inn at any time.
The moment Lucion recovered enough so he could walk, he set off immediately.
From a certain moment he was calmer, and his head was cold.
Looking at the ghost wandering around the building, the signs that the warlock is inside were already clear.
Lucion asked Russell to scout ahead.
Like backtracking, this was also the only chance.
[The mage is gone.]
Russell, who returned from the reconnaissance, reported the situation.
“The mage is gone?”
[He is probably checking where the defense magic was activated.]
Russell slightly pointed at the building.
Outwardly, there didn’t seem anything different about it from the buildings nearby.
[A few simple defense spells and mages, which I can tell are low rank, and some wandering ghosts are all there is.]
“You’re not stopping me?”
Lucion asked.
At that question, Russell cackled.
[If I wanted to stop you, I would have done it before you arrived at this building.]
When Lucion approached the building, Russell already figured out the situation.
There were many enemies, but the situation was to Lucion’s advantage.
As per their nature, the warlock was a lonely being.
[The warlock is currently alone.]
“Thank You for the good news.”
[Lucion.]
Russell hesitated, and then called Lucion.
[You’ve never fought a warlock before.]
“That’s correct.”
[The opponent isn’t a corrupt warlock. He can think.]
“I know.”
[I said that, right? Warlocks are strong.]
“I can be stronger.”
Lucion acknowledged the fact that he had almost no battle experience.
In addition, the opponent was a warlock he faced for the first time.
That said, there was no need to worry.
Because he absolutely wasn’t going empty-handed.
[Once the battle starts, there are almost no suggestions I can give to you. Because it’s your battle, not mine.]
Russell looked at Hyum.
The insufficient attack power would be made up by Hyum.
Nothing was as important as an experience of actual battle.
[Even so, as you can’t be hit like before, give me permission first.]
“Understood.”
Lucion permitted Russell to use his Darkness.
Russell entered the building again, and Lucion, looking at his silhouette, called out to Latta.
“Latta.”
— Yep!
“It’s time to use the thing you like.”
— Really?
As if she didn’t shed any tears a moment ago, Latta wagged her tail and jumped in place.
“Then can I grab him and punch like the last time?”
Unlike usual, Hyum revealed anger.
No matter how much she concentrated on the other task, how could she not know when Lucion was hit?
Hyum realized anew that she had such a feeling called anger.
“Okay. Nothing is as good as grabbing and punching some dog fucker.”
Lucion nodded.
“Latta.”
— Uh!
“Can you sense where master-nim is?”
— Yeah. Latta can feel him.
“The moment master-nim stops, use the Shadow Movement.”
— Heup!
Latta’s eyes were filled with happiness.
Soon Latta replied loudly.
— Got it! Latta will concentrate more-more this time.
After a moment, Latta resolutely raised her front paw and shouted.
— Go!
Tak!
At the same time as Latta hit the ground, the shadow swallowed Lucion and Hyum.
The moment their location changed, Hyum rushed without a second of delay and burrowed his fist into the warlock’s abdomen.
Peuk!
Swoosh.
At the same time, Lucion pulled the Darkness from his surroundings.
What the hell are you trying to do?
Russell held his breath and watched Lucion.
‘I should be able to use it now.’
Lucion concentrated.
In the novel, Heint had a warlock as a companion.
He made Darkness into aura and acted like a knight, and was a person who loathed warlocks, crushing warlocks more than anyone else.
‘That warlock isn’t a beginner like me.’
As such, it would be difficult to pierce the Darkness protecting its owner with some mediocre power.
Even with the strength Hyum possesses right now, it seemed like too much.
‘I can use it at least once.’
Lucion made the Darkness he pulled swirl.
Whriiil.
There was no need for a shape for swirling Darkness.
Because he rotated Darkness countless times throughout his training, the Darkness spun faster than he thought.
Lucion gradually decreased the scope of the swirling darkness, and Latta also became busy.
— Latta will help!
When the scope decreased, it seemed as if a swarm of bugs gathered just around Lucion’s left arm.
“Away!”
Lucion shouted towards Hyum.
Currently Lucion couldn’t be bothered even if Hyum was swept away.
Even just maintaining the Darkness wrapped around his arm hurt his head, as if splitting it.
Lucion threw the Darkness in one fell swoop towards the warlock.
Unlike its bustling appearance, the Darkness quietly swept over the warlock’s whole body.
‘The aftershock…’
Lucion grabbed his throbbing arm.
Kuung!
The warlock went blank for a moment as if he was hit in the back of the head.
Following that, his whole body quivered as if he was hit by a taser gun.
“Keuk…”
When the warlock burst into loud screams, Hyum quickly covered the bastard’s mouth.
‘… What? How does Lucion know that magic?’
Russell, who was observing the situation, was astonished.
The Darkness warlocks use has an ego.
That was the reason why warlocks were powerful and the reason why they couldn’t let themselves fall for depravity.
Just now, the magic Lucion used gathered Darkness into one point and used it to pierce the Darkness protecting the warlock, which caused a great shock to the Darkness that the bastard had.
When it felt such shock, the Darkness fell into a panic and for a moment it couldn’t act.
It was using the fact that warlocks were weaker to the shock than people because the Darkness has an ego.
‘Did he realize this fact thanks to the defense magic a moment ago…? Just from that incident?’
Russell was confused.
After the Darkness protecting the warlock disappeared, Lucion pushed his Darkness into the bastard just like when he dominated a ghost, and ordered:
‘Attack!’
Now that he lost his defenses, the warlock couldn’t block his Darkness that pierced his body.
What remained was just suffering in pain.
The warlock writhed in pain, and veins over his whole body bulged.
Lucion halted his hand for a moment and nodded towards Hyum.
When Hyum removed her hand, Lucion asked.
“Who is your owner?”
“Darn it…”
Hyum blocked the bastard’s mouth like a slap.
Smack!
Lucion poured out Darkness again.
“Who is your owner?”
“I will… aack!”
He asked, and if the warlock didn’t reply, the exact same situation would repeat itself.
By all accounts, it looked like the bastard was waiting for his Darkness to recover, but there was one person who was a genius warlock here.
[The effect is wearing off.]
At Russell’s comment, Lucion suppressed the pain of his throbbing arm, and used the magic from the moment ago again.
Keung!
Suffering it for a second time, the pain was beyond imagination.
Lucion asked again before breathing in the Darkness.
“Who is your owner?”
When the warlock bit his lip, Lucion took out the maximum amount of Darkness he could take out onto his palm and showed it to him.
Whriiil.
In a moment, the Darkness spread and filled half of the room.
— Uh? You can’t? Lucion. You can’t take out anymore.
Latta said in fear.
“Do you want to confirm how deep your loyalty is?”
Lucion said with a voice tinged with laughter.
With lips ripped in pain, eyes turned bloodshot, and dripping saliva, the warlock looked at Lucion’s Darkness, and finally opened his heavy mouth.
“Ro-Roberio! Count Roberio!”
The moment he heard the name, Lucion halted.
‘Count Roberio, you say…’
Lucion withdrew his Darkness as he thought.
“As one following the Darkness, I-I will obey You…”
The warlock’s words didn’t continue.
At Lucion’s command, Hyum’s hand grasped the bastard’s neck without hesitation.
“Ke-heuk…!”
Crunch!
With the sound of a neck breaking, one of the blue threads was cut off.
Lucion stood up and commanded Hyum.
“Take everything in this room.”
Count Roberio.
It was one of the villains the mid-boss Lucion Cronia collected.
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Translator’s note: Where ‘we quietly go in and out’ objective go?
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