Black Wizard

The witch had to agonize.

Not just any agony, but whether it was her own life or the world’s.

The witch had no choice but to know now.

That the being in front of her wasn’t death, but the very person trying to destroy this world.

Even though she extremely hates and distrusts humans, she doesn’t hate all humans. Pure and innocent children. A very small number of people.

She doesn’t hate those people. It’s just that she can’t extend her hands, so dirty and full of blood, to them.

No matter how much she hates this world and thinks it’s like hell, she doesn’t want to die. But to research and find a way to strengthen this black liquid, also known as the Black Despair, right here?

Then this world will be destroyed.

In the end, wherever she chooses, there’s an end.

It’s just whether that end comes quickly or slowly.

The problem is… even if she wishes for destruction in this situation, it’s clear that she and the children who follow her will die first.

Since she’s going to die soon anyway, might as well…

Wina looked at Arang-i in front of her.

The dissonance coming from the feeling of just seeing a child, unlike the tremendous presence flowing from his body, made it hard to organize her thoughts.

But somehow, she felt that the front of her was survival, not hell.

‘If it’s hell no matter where I go, let’s go to a place that’s at least a little less hellish.’

That appearance might not be his real form and he might be deceiving her, but if she doesn’t go to Arang-i anyway, she’ll only be exploited by those trashy criminals behind her.

In that case, it’s right to stick with that being who is incomparably stronger than those bastards.

Having organized her thoughts, Wina decided to stick with Arang-i.

,I will help you. But can I ask you a favor?

,Yeah. Let’s hear it.

,There are children I’m taking care of… Can you protect those children…

This was a gamble.

To ask a being who is trying to destroy the world to take care of the children of this world? He could kill them as soon as he meets them, and she wouldn’t be able to say anything or stop him. But.

,There’s no hope left except for this method. I just have to make this gamble succeed.’

==

Very good.

I’m humming a tune as I walk through the slum with Wina. Of course, I’m using an invisibility cloak and walking right next to Wina.

That being said, just because Wina is a witch who uses black magic doesn’t mean her heart is trash.

There’s something that ordinary people misunderstand: when they hear the word “witch,” they think of negative words like trash, cruel, and so on.

But in my long life, there hasn’t been a single evil person among those with eyes like hers.

On top of that, she’s personally taking care of children who were abandoned by their parents, sold, or orphaned due to war. What a virtuous person she is.

I almost shed a tear.

,It’s here…

Kkieok.

As soon as the shabby door of the shabby wooden house opened, the children inside shouted towards Wina.

About five children ran towards Wina.

,Unni!

,Nuna, you’re here?

,Unni, what did you bring today?

,Ah… I’m sorry, Unni forgot today.

,Ehh…! How can you forget the food!

,I’m sorry. Unni was out of it today…

It seems she was going to buy food with the gold she received earlier. She met me and talked before going to buy anything, so she couldn’t buy it.

For those hungry children, I secretly took out the pre-season buffing dishes that I had stashed in my inventory, grabbed Wina’s hand, passed it behind her, and handed it over.

,!

Wina flinched, but realized that what was in her hand was food and showed it to the children.

,Wow!

,She did buy something!

,Did the herbs sell well today? You bought something really delicious?

The children were happy with the delicious-looking food and went into the house with the dishes.

,What should I do with those kids for now?

When I said I would protect them, I didn’t think much about it, but now that I think about it, it’s quite difficult.

First of all, it’s impossible in Yggdrasil in this city. Because there’s a war every Friday, and I don’t think this city will function normally for the children to grow up in.

In that case, I have to take the children and move to another city.

What comes to mind now is going to the Ardea nation that existed before this season’s update.

,How can I make it possible for those kids to become self-sufficient?

I can’t do this alone. Right now, my favorability with other countries is shattered.

So I have to be careful, and it’s hard for me to check on them regularly. And I don’t have gold. Gold.

If I don’t have gold… I’ll have to borrow it from Belly-Cover.

,Hello everyone.

,Gasp!?

,Kyaaak!?

,W-Who are you!?

I was diligently eating the food I gave them when I released my invisibility and appeared in front of the children.

==

Is this person really the being who is trying to destroy the world?

,Kyarareureuk. Unni, do it more! More!

,Okay! Here!

,Kyarareureuk!

Wina is rolling around on the dusty floor in front of me with the children, not caring at all.

They can’t even shower because there’s no water in this area, so they must smell a lot, and their clothes themselves are dirty.

But she doesn’t even care about that and is playing with the kids as if they were really siblings.

Wina realized that her gamble had succeeded and let out a sigh of relief.

,The kids haven’t lost their smiles. It must be all thanks to Wina. Let’s go to Ardea with the kids.

,Ardea, you say…? I know that Ardea never accepts refugees…

,Don’t worry. The story is already over.

,R-Really?

,Yeah. Let’s go as soon as possible. We don’t have that much time.

,Okay. I don’t have any luggage to move anyway. We can go right away as we are.

,Really? Good. Then let’s leave right away.

I still haven’t done my daily quests, so I need to finish them quickly and go to a random dungeon.

==

With the help of our guild members, I safely took the kids to Ardea.

Maybe it’s because I always travel by teleport, but going by carriage took longer than I thought.

I almost got annoyed because I was so frustrated, but I arrived just as the annoyance was about to rise.

As soon as I left the children at the orphanage, a quest completion notification rang.

Now that the children’s quest is over, I need to talk to Wina.

I took Wina to the inn.

,You can go to the orphanage and play with the kids whenever you want now. I’ve already told the people there everything.

,Thank you so much… I didn’t expect you to give me this much gold either…

,Yeah. It’s okay. It’s okay.

It’s not my gold, it’s Belly-Cover’s gold.

,Then shall we seriously talk about this now?

,First of all, this is called Black Despair.

,Black Despair? Why is it so corny.

,Ahem. This Black Despair is basically made up of immense life force. It has so much life force that it has the habit of sucking up the surrounding life force like a black holeㅡ

,Summary. In a three-line summary.

Wina thought for a moment and gave a three-line summary.

What I call black liquid actually has the name Black Despair.

Black Despair has the habit of sucking up the surrounding life force.

Because it’s a substance made by God, it’s weak to divine power.

,So I want to compensate for this weakness to divine power.

,But because it’s a substance made by God, I don’t think I can help you…

,Okay. Then let’s pass on this.

From the moment I heard that it was a substance made by God, I knew that Wina couldn’t solve it.

I had some expectations, so I wasn’t particularly upset. There’s something more important.

,Then instead of that, teach me black magic.

,Black magic?

,Yeah. Black magic.

,Black magic is too dangerous. Without a medium, you have to use your own life forceㅡ Ah. Black Despair. I understand. I’ll teach you.

[Black Magic]

[Overview]

I decided to learn black magic from a witch who uses black magic.

[Information]

Time limit: None.

[Participation Requirements]

Level 30

*The Black Wizard job will be revealed upon completion of this quest.

As expected.

Leore was already preparing everything.

I can’t believe I have to unlock new jobs through quests now.

There are already users in the community who have found and unlocked new jobs.

A new tank job called Steam Knight was revealed to the users, and people cheered.

Now it’s my turn.

Steam Knight is also a tank with a pretty cool concept, but Black Wizard. It can’t beat that.

It’s a fundamental RPG job in the first place. Black Wizard.

The job name itself is cool. Cool.

On top of that, Black Wizard is a job where even if you adopt a chuunibyou concept, unlike other jobs in RPG games, no one really points fingers.

,If I learn Black Wizard, I’m going to get an eyepatch, a wide-brimmed hat, a dress, and even a broom to decorate myself right away.’

Leore’s Black Wizard wasn’t a concept that used mana to cast spells.

You have to use life force as a price.

You can use mana, of course, but you can deal even more damage by using life force as a price.

The problem is that casters already have low health and defense, and you’re using that health? It’s perfect for dying mysteriously in raids.

,It’s just a glass cannon itself.

This is a job that will definitely have a lot of noobs.

I’m going to join those noobs too!