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A square-jawed man emerged from the shadows.

In front of him stood a man with long black hair, swinging a silver broom back and forth.

The long-haired man chuckled at the square-jawed man.

“It’s humiliating, you idiot.”

“… … It’s the same even if you go.”

“Hey, not me.”

Zatul took off the robe from his head and spoke in an irritated voice.

“Would you have thought that I would end up like this because of a little kid?”

“What are you talking about?”

“… … Sigh.”

Instead of answering, he shook his head and sighed.

Even though I wanted to explain, I didn’t have the confidence to do so.

A young-faced arcane magician who continuously uses the Nine-Way Spirit, constantly produces scrolls from subspace, and wields a wooden sword with strange abilities.

It was obvious that I would be laughed at if I tried to explain.

‘Even so, it’s only beginner level secret arts.’

If you know it, no matter how talented you are, you will never be able to compete with a mystical wizard.

“You won’t have a say in the next roundtable, Jatul.”

“Everyone else is only thinking about killing people, so shouldn’t I be in charge of administrative work and report to them?”

“And then you sneakily insert your own opinion. Do you think I don’t know?”

“That’s… …You have to take the risk.”

A long-haired man held a broom between his legs.

“So where should I go?”

“… … It seems like they are moving by tearing apart the group. I don’t know how much they are torn apart. I can only identify two. ”

“You guys know we’re going to Mayra anyway, you idiots.”

“Ah, it seems Berford’s betrayal has been discovered.”

The long-haired man clicked his tongue.

“It’s already too late since that bastard is dead. Phew! I wonder what his expression was like when he got stabbed in the back of the head by Berford. I’ll ask the boss later.”

Then he immediately flew up with the broom.

“Where are you going? Just wait at the Mayra intersection and hit me.”

“It’s not fun. It’s not fun.”

“Are you trying to chase me?”

“Our Saengsaeng needs to taste it too.”

Saengsaengi was a nickname referring to a silver broom ridden by a long-haired man.

Zatul made a disgusted expression, then barely managed to control his expression.

“Well, it’s an A-class movement artifact, so catching up should be easy… … .”

“Can you please stop talking to me like I’m talking to an object?”

“Tsk, just go. How many people are you taking with you?”

“A hundred secret arts are enough. They want to be defeated individually, so we have to do that.”

“If you just reduce the number, it will be easier for those blocking Mayra to deal with, so don’t overdo it… … .”

Before Zatul could finish speaking, a long-haired man disappeared on a broom.

“On the topic of coveting men… … .”

As Zatul grumbled, his square jaw flaring, another figure emerged from the shadows.

“That would be fun.”

A woman with short hair and heavy eye makeup fanned her face and covered her mouth.

“I want to go too.”

“Have you ever had a hobby of eavesdropping?”

“You already knew that.”

“Yes, that’s true… … .”

This time too, before Zatul could finish speaking, the short-haired woman disappeared into the shadows.

“That bitch… … .”

Fortunately, no one appeared in front of Zatul after that.

*

300 students followed the deck.

Among them were Leon and Leah.

Rowan followed Melin.

The deck, which had been placed at some distance, came down straight nearby.

He held a black brooch in his hand, injected magical power into it, and placed it on each of the 300 people.

It was a process of checking if there was anyone with an item that was enchanted with a magic spell, such as a brooch with a tracking spell.

There were two instances where the black brooch would resonate as if it was touching the body.

The deck would kill the man without mercy if he started vibrating.

And when I searched through the bag, a black brooch came out without fail.

The blue sleeves of the deck fluttered as it flew back up, taking the rest with it.

“Hurry up to Mayra… … .”

The first words of the deck were not fully connected.

Because a flock of crows covered the sky and flew towards the deck party.

You could tell that they weren’t real crows because each one was infused with magic.

“So quickly… … .”

Deck, clenching his teeth, took out his staff from his subspace.

White gas was gushing out from the staff.

The cold air froze as soon as it touched the flock of crows rushing toward the deck.

A flock of crows fell down, unable to keep up with the deck party.

The chunk of ice that fell to the ground shattered into pieces, but a small crow sprang out from the cross-section of the piece and flew towards the deck party.

“Everyone stop it!”

At those words, the rest of the group cast their magic on the little crow.

Boom- Boom-

The little crows exploded as soon as they were touched by the magic.

But there were too many little crows.

The deck had no choice but to cast a large defensive spell.

Thump- thump- thump-

A small crow flew into the protective shield surrounding a large number of people. There were hundreds of them.

Since all the floating magic, freezing magic, and defensive magic were kept in large sizes, the deck’s magic power consumption increased rapidly.

Even each and every little crow contained the power of the beginner level of secret arts.

This would have been ridiculous unless the wizard who casted it was at least arcane level.

“Hahahahahaha! You’re using the dragon all by yourself!”

The mouth of the long-haired man following her, sitting on a silver broom, opened wide.

Despite his large size, he looked awkward sitting quietly on the broom.

He was followed by several warlocks.

“No matter how hard you try, you’re still rats in a trap, you guys! Puhahahahahaha!”

“… .”

The deck was unable to gauge the opponent’s level with exploration magic.

The deck was at the level of Mystery Intermediate, which meant it was at least Mystery Advanced.

‘How many mysterious people are there…?’

I couldn’t understand why high-ranking magicians kept popping out as if they were mass-produced.

But in the urgent battlefield, hoping for perfect understanding only slowed down judgment.

The deck, which had been wrapped around hundreds of people by levitation magic, began to descend rapidly toward the ground.

“I can see all your thoughts, I can see them!”

“Everyone, scatter! Run away!”

As soon as he landed on the ground, Deck shouted.

It was a decision made even though I knew that I could never deal with a high-level mysterious wizard alone.

If you fight it alone, you die, and if you fight it together, you die.

So, there was only one option left.

Catching the enemy and hanging on by any means necessary.

“Freeze!”

Since he was not able to use great magic because he was not a high level mystic, he was able to use his exquisitely honed secret magic.

The ground in front of the deck began to freeze, and pillars of ice began to rise up from it.

An extreme cold air emanated from each of those pillars.

The warlocks who were flying using levitation magic had their path obstructed and their movements began to slow down.

“What are you freezing?”

The long-haired man within range chuckled on the broom.

***

Those who were quick to judge the situation did not hesitate, but gathered up their group and flew straight back up into the sky.

Leon was one of them.

Leon took Leah and about 20 other regular disciples and academy trainees and flew in a different direction.

Leon wore golden wings and surrounded his common disciples with his levitation magic.

They couldn’t fly for long and had little magic power, so they needed Leon’s help.

“Oh, what’s going on…? ”

One of the Academy students asked Leon.

But Leon didn’t know the answer either.

I never expected so many high-ranking magicians would be chasing me.

‘Is it because of the artificial core made in the heart?’

There was no other way to mass-produce magicians of this level.

‘for a moment.’

Leon frowned.

Because not long after they dispersed, they noticed that there was a group following them.

‘The deck is… … .’

Even though I used all my magical power, I couldn’t last long.

However, the number was not that large.

The black magicians who had been following the long-haired man appeared to be splitting up and chasing the scattered enemies.

‘Is the silver broom chasing somewhere else? Or maybe the deck is desperately trying to stop that pride… … .’

There were no mystical level magicians among those chasing Leon and his party.

The speed of pursuit was not that fast.

‘If we keep going like this, I don’t think we’ll get caught.’

The problem was that even if they couldn’t be caught right away, they never knew when or where the enemy would pop up.

Leon managed to get into the orb and somehow get through it, but the others didn’t.

‘I’m also worried about going to Mayra.’

The reality was that their movements were already being read quickly.

Even though tracking magic could no longer be used, it was obvious that the direction in which the scattered people were headed was towards Mayra.

It seemed like it would be more difficult for the opponent to predict my movement path if I changed direction.

I also thought about falling alone like Arpina or Deck did, but I quickly gave up.

If they are separated and another enemy appears, they will die without even being able to put up a fight.

‘If you want to change direction, you have to deal with those who are pursuing you.’

There was no point in chasing and changing direction.

Leon kept his pace to see if anyone else was following him, but as more and more people complained about the lack of horsepower, he made up his mind.

‘Let’s finish everything and go.’