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When Leon first decided to split up with them, this was the plan he came up with.

Use a wooden sword to provoke the scorpions’ discomfort, draw their attention, and then run away.

Once you’re far enough away from your group, use magic to deal with them.

I had personally witnessed with my own eyes that the magic of an apprentice level wizard was ineffective, but Leon currently had magic that could be more powerful than that of an apprentice level wizard.

The fact that it consumed too much magic power wasn’t a big problem considering the time and space orb.

If it doesn’t work even after pouring all your magic power into it, then use the emergency designated teleport.

This was the gist of Leon’s plan.

Ancient wizard’s rare?

When I first heard it, it just felt strange.

I thought that if I got dragged there for no reason, it would only disrupt my training.

But once I got inside, I became intrigued by the wizard’s ability to build this huge lair.

‘I expected power inflation, but… …is it possible for a wizard alone to create this huge cave?’

It was natural to be curious about the secrets he had hidden in this rare, apart from raising his guard.

Leon was holding the teleportation scroll tightly in his arms.

After entering the left passage and being completely out of sight of others, Leon immediately used his levitation magic.

The scorpions that had chased right behind were threatening Leon by swinging their tails, but the tips of their tails were too far away to reach Leon.

The passage seemed endless.

Leon, who had been sparing no effort in using floating magic and had once again distanced himself from the scorpions, took out a green flute from the subspace.

As Leon played the flute, a white golem with green stripes was summoned in front of Leon.

Its size is about 3.5m.

Although it wasn’t very big, Leon climbed up onto the golem’s shoulders and sat down.

And with basic psychic power, he levitated the wooden sword into the air.

I had no intention of using the golem directly in combat.

The golem’s grade is D+.

At best, it was at a level comparable to beginner level secret arts.

There was no way to deal with dozens of giant scorpions that the apprentice wizard’s magic had no effect on.

‘But it’s a good means of transportation.’

This was the best option since I couldn’t use Floating Magic, Basic Telekinesis, and ‘Sword that Scattered Moonlight’ at the same time.

The golem started running away from the scorpion.

Although it was slower than the floating magic, it was still a brisk walk that was not much different from the scorpion’s.

‘The duration is 1 hour.’

Leon turned around behind the golem and used the memorized magic.

“Pierce.”

First, I injected some magic power into it and shot it to see the liver.

It was to find out the minimum amount of magic power required.

The wooden sword rushed forward and hit the head of the scorpion crawling at the front.

widely-

The wooden sword bounced out with a blunt sound.

‘With this much magic power, it’s impossible to break through… … .’

“Huh?”

A giant scorpion fell to the ground.

It was clearly not possible to even scratch its hard outer shell, but the scorpion shuddered when the wooden sword touched it and then fell down on the spot.

No, the movement suddenly stopped, as if the engine had turned off.

‘But did the magic of the apprentice wizards have any effect?’

Since he was the one at the very front, he must have been hit by a lot of the magic from the apprentice wizards at first.

Even if you were wearing the thickest armor, it might not be possible to avoid damage entirely.

Leon retrieved the wooden sword and chanted.

“Power of will, pierce through. Pierce.”

This time, I added a bit more magical power.

widely-

This time it was the same.

Even though the wooden sword bounced back much worse than before, the scorpion that was hit by the sword stopped moving.

“… … Really, what is it?”

Leon used only basic psychic powers to control the wooden sword and touch the scorpion.

Tap – Just touch it and the scorpion stops moving.

Leon, with some confidence, held his wooden sword to each of the dozens of scorpion heads.

Thud- thud- thud- thud- thud- thud- thud-

“Um… … .”

A strange sense of emptiness swept through my heart.

The golem summoned by Leon had already stopped walking.

In front of Leon, dozens of scorpions were lying on the ground, belly up.

The scorpion’s red eyes had long since turned dark.

Leon cautiously approached the closest scorpion.

A giant scorpion lying on the ground with its eyes darkened.

Leon circled around Scorpion, examining his body carefully.

You’ll understand when you look closely.

“That’s not a real scorpion… … .”

The ivory shell was also very much like elaborate armor.

Was it artificially created like a golem?

It would make sense if a golem with an artificial magical flow was disturbed by the magic sword and stopped working.

Leon glanced at the green-striped golem he had summoned.

And then – he lifted the wooden sword and lowered it again.

It really felt like it was going to break.

Then it would be the same as just throwing a D+ grade artifact on the ground.

‘Come to think of it, golems also have cores.’

A core of a different magical concept from the wizard’s core.

Because it was artificially created, it was a physical object.

And of course, the cores that contained sophisticated magical engineering technology were extremely expensive.

‘And if it’s a golem created by an ancient wizard… … .’

Of course, that wasn’t the reason Leon paid attention.

I was curious about the magic engineering ‘technology’ itself created by the ancient wizard.

‘Not right now, but maybe I could use it?’

I thought that if I placed a sentry golem in front of me while training later, there would be nothing more secure than that.

Leon climbed onto the scorpion’s back and searched for the core.

I also looked around the synovial membrane between the shells, but I couldn’t find anything that looked like a core.

‘You have to turn it over and check the belly, or cut it open.’

The problem is how to turn this giant scorpion over… … .

It was a weight that could not be turned over with basic salt movements.

Leon first used earth magic to raise a wall of earth around the scorpion.

“Swell.”

As Leon shouted the starting word, the wooden sword instantly grew larger. Leon injected as much magic power as he could into the wooden sword to make it longer.

And using the raised earthen wall as a fulcrum, he used the enlarged wooden sword as a lever to overturn the scorpion.

“Oh… … .”

There is a round red core embedded in the center of the abdomen.

However, the core blinked like a red light.

The thought crossed my mind that it could be dangerous if I touched it carelessly.

Leon opened the distance and used his wooden sword to tap around the core.

The part where the core was embedded was relatively soft, so it went in firmly as the wooden sword pressed down.

Additionally, it was confirmed that the wooden sword did not lose its light even when touched.

‘It looks like the magic sword is absorbing even the golem’s core.’

Leon confirmed that fact and poked his wooden sword around to pull out the core.

Phagejik-

The core fell to the ground, blinking rapidly a few more times before losing its light completely.

Leon brought the core in front of his eyes with basic telekinesis.

The surface of the sphere, which was about the size of an adult’s open palm, had an elaborate pattern engraved on it.

It looked much more elaborate and intricate than the patterns engraved on the green flute.

‘It’s not something you can tell just by looking at it right now.’

Leon first tried to collect all the cores of the scorpion golem, but realized that it was taking too much time.

‘Should I put it in the jewel first and then have Kito do it?’

But that thought was quickly abandoned.

It stopped working right now, but I didn’t know what would happen if I put it in the jewel.

This meant that we had to extract the cores one by one and then collect the remaining debris.

This was necessary considering that the remains of the scorpion golem could be used as material later.

‘I have to move those one by one, so it’ll take more time.’

At that moment, a sound reached Leon’s ears.

Slurp- slurp-

Dozens of scorpions were approaching from the opposite side of the passageway Leon had entered.

“Haa… … .”

That shouldn’t be the case, Leon felt a little annoyed without realizing it.

He places his wooden sword on the heads of dozens of scorpions one by one, pulls out the cores of the scorpions that have stopped functioning, and moves the remains into the jewel one by one.

It was no different from simple repetitive labor.

***

That moment.

“I won’t chase you anymore!”

“Let’s stop!”

The apprentice wizards who had been heading down the right passage stopped midway to take a break, realizing that there was no end to the passage.

“Ugh… … .”

“Haa… … .”

Maybe because everyone had been running with all their might, once the tension was released, they sat down on the spot and started to catch their breath.

The loudest among them, Mabel, forced himself to calm his breathing and spoke.

“Rowen, have you heard from Melon?”

His tone had returned to being polite again.

Rowan stood there blankly, then took the necklace in his hand.

“… … I sent the signal, so he should be coming.”

Looking at her empty expression, Mabel thought of the boy who had grabbed a wooden sword and drawn the attention of dozens of scorpions before disappearing.

Although they hesitated in the sudden situation, the wizards would eventually abandon their ordinary disciples and run away.

It was just a set procedure, as he was still an inexperienced apprentice wizard and his judgment was slow.

And even if such a decision was made, subsequent safety could not be guaranteed.

It was the boy who stepped forward in that tense situation.

A boy with black hair and an impressive calm face despite looking young.

Mabel asked cautiously.

“Did you know that boy well?”

Rowan shook his head.

“I don’t know.”

“But why are you so heartbroken… … .”

Rowan looked at Mabel with sharp eyes.

“So you’re saying we shouldn’t worry about the person who went into danger on our behalf?”

Marvel wasn’t a shameless person either.

Marvel was also grateful to him.

Separately, I asked because I found it odd that Rowan would say something like that.

Rowan was quite a famous name in the magical city of Widia.

First of all, her last name was Mardelia.

A family that has produced countless outstanding magicians.

And a family with a strong belief in magical superiority.

“Ordinary people… … right?”

“Hey!”

“I don’t think that’s a good thing to say… … .”

A young boy with blue hair, Felix, joined in.

He said, wiggling his fingers.

“The courage to sacrifice for others… … is not something that can be easily possessed… … . Not even by any wizard… … .”

“I made a mistake.”

Marvel admitted it readily.

It was certainly not easy to muster up that courage.

The gap became even bigger because he was a common person who secretly looked down on me.

“I… …if I come back alive, I will tell the whole story and suggest that a way be found to commemorate him.”

“I will also get involved. It would be good to erect a memorial or statue to commemorate his death… … .”

“I will also tell the teacher and cooperate!”

“Me too.”

“Be sure to remember his name… … .”

Voices were heard here and there, perhaps because they thought their chances of survival had increased.

“Leon.”

Mabel smiled bitterly as Rowan spoke firmly.

“I was paying my respects without even knowing his name.”

Rowan opened his mouth again.

“And it’s still too early to conclude that he’s dead.”

“Do you think you can survive until the ruins are fully explored?”

“I’ll be alive.”

Rowan also knew that when the question of how came up, he had nothing to say.

She clenched her fists secretly.

‘If only I were just a little stronger… … .’

Just then, an eerie noise began to be heard from the other side of the passage through which they had entered.

Swish- swish-

There was no one among those gathered there who did not know the source of the sound.

“I’m a scorpion!”

“Damn, there was one on the other side too… … .”

As they fell into the pit of danger once again after barely escaping danger, everyone became confused.

They pulled away from their exhausted bodies and hurriedly prepared for battle.

At that moment.

Small sparks began to drip down from the cave’s ceiling like rain.

Marvel’s face brightened.

“It’s Melon!”

Each and every spark contained the power to melt anything it touched.

The force of the rain of fire grew fiercely like a shower, and soon the place where the scorpions were coming from was completely turned into a sea of fire.

In the sea of fire, waves crashed and a typhoon raged.

And at some point, the sea of fire disappeared without a trace.

The scorpions inside it were the same.

“Rowen!”

The man who had come at high speed from the sky carefully examined Rowan’s behavior and then opened his mouth in a blunt tone that was completely different from his appearance.

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

“… … None.”

“Okay then. I don’t know how I ended up in the rare, but at least it’s on the first floor… … .”

The man’s face briefly showed a look of relief, then he gave a loud cough and returned to his blunt expression.

“Let’s go up quickly.”