Hermit Wizard

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After short-circuiting the conversation with McQuaid, it continued to complicate my mind.

A contradiction that bites the tail and leads to the tail.

The source magic that man gains when he crosses the walls of this world is' recovery ’. The dragon sealed the magic of man, causing an anomaly in his body, and used the humans who crossed the wall to recover.

In the first place, however, the body may not have collapsed without the use of pottery power against ordinary humans. As a result of the measures that prevented humans from crossing the wall, the dragon ironically needed humans who crossed the wall. Objectives and outcomes confront each other.

After all, the first question does not come out without being resolved. Why did the dragon prevent humans from crossing the wall?

In a world full of souls that can still be God, why would a lucky savior, who was guaranteed the possibility of becoming God, take such a penalty and shake hands?

I thought about it for a while, but I didn't get the right answer.

* * *

Deep night.

I look down on the roof of a tall building. The place to stay is the building next door. I came all the way here looking for the right place to see the whole building at a glance.

Near the top of the next building, the name of the builder is written with a cool logo.

“Global Initiative for a Better World. ”

I mutter quietly and make a bitter laugh.

GIBW is a relief organization that occasionally appears on TV commercials in Korea. This humanitarian organization, which supplies food to the poor, builds roads and wells in Africa, and dispatches large numbers of personnel to South Korea for the displaced in the Busan crisis, is, in fact, not surprising to the general public, who knows that for many years it has isolated humans from magic.

“Well, that's the point. ”

In Philadelphia, McQuaid convinced me that this is the time to get the dragon's flesh. Eugene is in Seoul right now, but he won't stay as long as he is, and he can go back and forth between New York and Seoul for a while, saying he has to take care of it when Eugene is not around. He added that no matter how successful the country would be if Eugene were in the building.

I didn't fully believe it, but I stopped by New York with McQuaid before I came back to Seoul.

“Wouldn't it be weird if a slave who was tasked with monitoring the Philadelphia Channel suddenly came back to New York? ”

“All the wizards who joined the team have suffered from memory loss, and the government has already reported that they are trying to hospitalize the entire team. It's not a lie. He says it's hard to maintain this disguise anymore. The team's mission was suspended and the channel was unobservable, so the infiltration was meaningless. ”

McQuaid was abducted and threatened by Eugene for lack of hands and became a member of the guardian of the Great Convention. He disguised himself as an ordinary wizard, infiltrated the American government's army of wizards, and was tasked with monitoring the natural Philadelphia channel, where Eugene, who touched American superiors and kites, played his part. What Eugene wanted him to do was report directly to the organization when the channel became specific.

“In the United States, do the traffickers cling to each channel and manage? ”

“The Philadelphia channel is extraordinary. Eugene is very interested in manipulating humans. ”

It is said that what the traffickers were trying to gain was also due to their xenophobic brainwashing abilities. A representative named Eugene seems to have been very interested in the voice of the Philadelphia Channel because of the part that controls humans.

“By the way, how many of those building shields are there? ”

McQuaid didn't believe me at first.

“You can detect a shield at this distance? That's ridiculous. ”

I confronted him ferociously.

“There are four terrain shields that affect the entire building. To disperse the burden? One for substance detection, the other for horsepower detection, the other two for each backup. If one shield is not used, it will be activated immediately. There are four shields on the first floor, two on the 18th floor, and eight on the 26th floor. You were brave.”

McQuaid's mouth was wide open.

“But the real minister is the basement. ”

I said, wrinkling my forehead.

“There are two more cognitive shields for underground use. By the way, the whole building was more thoughtful than the shield. Traps and physical barriers in the basement can't be counted. ”

I was confident because I looked more thoroughly.

“I see why Eugene stays in this building. Of course, there are reasons why this place is important, but I think it's the tuberculosis of this shield. If the caster is not in the shield, the structure will lose power. ”

When Eugene returned to this building, the infiltration became more difficult.

Based on the information so far, I think this is the right time to write it down. If it's true that Eugene doesn't know when he'll be back.

After clearing my mind, I analyzed the shields installed throughout the GIBW building in more detail over several hours. The eyes of human wizards were a deceptive hideout, but some of the sorcerers or transvestites could have noticed it.

It wasn't enough to avoid my senses.

I also prepared a coping plan. Several artifacts were taken out of the backpack, spelled and equipped in division with McQuaid. Of course, I didn't forget to put a different function in the item I gave him.

I can't ignore the possibility that McQuaid is trying to trap me. I wanted to write a contract to prevent betrayal, but the seal left in my soul prevented it. The playfulness Eugene left in McQuaid's soul could not control the target as closely as the government contract, but it seemed like the kind that could prevent further intervention.

So I said I needed to concentrate and took a few more steps while I sent him down for a while. This building's rooftop, right next to the GIBW building, was built to allow me to escape where I am right now. A reference point has been established at which the teleport gate will be connected.

I finished all this preparation and quietly went down to the first floor. I can hear my voice in the dark as if I was waiting.

“Are we done? ”

“Yeah, come here for a second. Two more of these. ”

I put two more gems on his neck with a tight leather necklace. It was made while sending down McQuaid. He said that if his hand flies and his leg flies, it regenerates, but if his neck flies, he dies. Even if you believe in recovery magic, you will desperately protect the neck equipped with this artifact.

“So, let's go? ”

I nod.

I walk quietly in the invisible state of others, and then I think about it and ask.

“What are you going to do when I take care of the dragon's body and return it to you with the courage of the souls of the people there? ”

“I will liberate the souls and put them back in the loop of the shining circle. Many of those souls may not have the transcendent body to be reborn immediately, but that is the best. ”

McQuaid spoke with a serious expression.

“It would be better than to suffer in a sealed state like this. Then I will leave this organization because I have no weaknesses to blackmail. The remaining seals on the soul will keep track, but it's better than staying here. ”

I plan to take care of all the remaining torturers when the time comes, but for a while they will suffer. I laugh at my head like that.

“Why did you come off the island in the first place? After the dragon died, he returned to land and was caught by the torturers. If I had stayed on the island, I would have avoided this pose. ”

I cannot save the souls of my people, but at least I would have avoided slavery.

“There are others like me. After being attached to an organization, they are either disguised as ordinary human wizards, infiltrated, tasked, and mobilized for xenophobic hunting and scattered around the world. They did not live in the same area as me before the war, but they lost all the people of the group that belonged to me, lived alone on the island, and came back to the continent realizing that the dragon was dead. Then he was abducted by the torturers and enslaved. ”

“Why the hell? ”

“Everyone, my motivation will be similar. ”

“What was your reason? ”

McQuaid mutters quietly, showing me his back.

“I tried to go back home. ”

“ · · · · · ·. ”

He added in a low voice.

“Having forgotten how many years have passed since I was expelled, I thought I could finally go back to where I had only blurred memories and a deep yearning. Now that the dragon is dead, I thought I could go back. ”

McQuaid takes that step to the end without speaking any more. They both used hidden magic, but I can see it in my eyes. The Smin shadow sits quietly on his shoulders under the light of the city. A firm determination was buried between the decisive steps.

I raise my hand with timing.

Argh!

The moment the front door of the GIBW building approaches the nose. Pre-prepared decay ceremonies came out and wrapped around McQuaid. The guards we can't see are evading the other side.

They are all human beings who do not feel magic, but are not ordinary people. McQuay said they were all torturers, interns, among others. Cultists who do not cross the wall and who serve the Savior bound by the Covenant of Rights.

First shield adjacent to the front gate. McQuaid pauses in front of the line. I said against his back.

“This is a piece of gum. Straight ahead.”

The moment of stoppage was not long. The hesitation disappeared before it even took shape. McQuaid made a bold, but thoughtless move.

And, the shield did not respond to our entry.

* * *

As long as the shield became useless, it was about CCTV. After entering the building, I walked carefully down the stairs leading to the basement following McQuaid's delivery.

After passing a few shields unresponsively, we hit the first barrier.

“ · · · · · ·. ”

McQuaid throws his eyes at me. I nod.

As he had said beforehand. From the entryway leading to the area where the dragon's body is located, the point where the collision must occur.

The traffickers did not rely solely on shielding or CCTV. Unlike the apprentices who have been so useless in stopping us until now, it was the executive who was standing in front of the only door.

A luxurious wooden desk that doesn't fit in the basement. A man who sits in front of him and passes his bookshelf at ease is a pale impression on his dry body. A weak human dog at first glance. But it means that the appearance was everywhere.

A sharp magical power that feels this far, even though it's some distance away. He is an unsuspecting executive.

I send a signal. McQuaid moved as he had planned.

Numerous jewels embedded in his necklace. Each one of them functions as an artifact. The magic of the hideout was so neat that even the executive who guarded the door didn't notice McQuaid's approach.

Argh!

McQuaid, wrapped in a hideout, approached the executive.

The first thing to do when dealing with executives is to wear a ring. It allows you to communicate with other executives, and in turn, you can flee to Teleport.

So the first thing I had to do before the battle was seal the function completely. The working principle has already been studied, so it is not difficult.

McQuaid pulls his magic to his body.

Goo Woong!

I can feel the power in his body. The magic he used mainly for his attacks was the kind that exploded the strength and impulse of the body. A method that can be used to support immediate recovery.

“Ah! ”

Magical power breaks McQuaid's hideout. The face of a dry man hardened. McQuaid, who suddenly appeared before his eyes.

Huiq!

He punches at his heart as if he were trying to cut off a man's breath at once. But the executive rushed back. Then · ·!

McQuaid suddenly changes the trajectory of his hand and grabs the arm of the man who lost his direction.

Quajic!

“Argh!”

Blood flows from the executive's severed wrist. McQuaid throws out his cut hand roughly. Then he flew to me drawing a clogged trajectory. Together, the hidden floor reaches out to the tentacles and catches them.

The executive was distracted by the McQuaid in front of his eyes and was not looking this way. Seal the magic of a hand-cut ring.

“Falcon, McQuay! ”

Before the man joins the horse, McQuaid smashes his face with a fist. But even the executive continues to suffer.

Kurr!

“Holy shit!”

This time, the embarrassed side was McQuaid. There are cracks in the space and two long black flesh lumps appear. Deliverables of Spell unveiled by the executive. It is not a real creature, but a soulless organism composed of magic power.

The material, which seems to overlap the two earthworms, suddenly spreads up and down. I later realized that it was a lip in the air. A sharp tooth, such as a saw blade, is revealed between the open black lips, and it breaks the void.

Ugh!

The sound of bones and muscles being cut off is spreading terribly.

“Argh!”

McQuaid barely retreated, but could not avoid tearing his shoulders from the mouth of a monster created in the air. If it had been a little late, my head would have been crushed instead of my shoulder.

With blood sprinkled, McQuaid falls to the ground and roasts. Looking at him, the executive shoots sharply.

“McQuaid! You're finally out of your mind! ”

There is a white light in the left hand of the executive. I put recovery magic on my cut right wrist. But the pace of treatment was quite slow.

Moreover, the mouth created in the air stopped moving because the executive was using a different magic. I mutter. Not multi-casting.

And · · · · · ·.

Boogle, boogle!

Unlike the executive who only ate a child to recover one wrist, the fallen McQuaid regenerated under his shoulders with vigorous foam without any other spells. It happened instantly.

“The things that crossed the wall because of the Old Testament are like that one. ”

It roars, and it rises at the same speed as the wind.

“On the subject of slavery! ”

The executive stops the recovery magic. At the same time, the black lips that stopped in the air move again, blocking the executive. It seems impossible to deal with both magic simultaneously.

Whip!

Black object attached to McQuaid. I open my mouth and close my big lips again. There was a strong wind in the basement about how powerful the power was. However, McQuaid hurriedly snapped and spread his distance.

Barely retreat to the floor, avoiding the teeth. It was an invisible speed.

Sprinkle!

“Hmmm! ”

Due to the transcendent movement and force, I heard the bones of the McQuaid coming down to the ground breaking and tearing muscles. However, I quickly come back to see if I have recovered in an instant. That was how he fought.

The latter is followed by a second displacement. When the executive tries to recover, McQuaid rushes up and the void lip moves and stops him. In between, the recovery magic stops.

To stop the bleeding, the executive desperately tried to restore his hand again. However, McQuaid's disturbance prevents him from using his magic properly.

As he fights with his black mouth, McQuaid turns his gaze to this side as if speaking. Come on, you want me to step up. The executive didn't notice me hiding yet.

But instead of moving right away and blowing the executive's back, I waited a little longer.

Let's keep an eye on him a little longer. Whether that's a real fight or a play.

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