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Fortunately, magic and dolls did not attack at the same time. The battle dolls stood still, seemingly unable to move unless specifically instructed.

The wizard seemed to have some free time and spit out a stereotypical line.

“You’re so good at avoiding it.”

“If it were me, I would recite more spells while I was talking like that.”

“Okay. It’s not over yet.”

‘Not yet?’

The moment I don’t understand what he’s saying, I look at his hands.

The hand I was holding did not loosen.

As the wizard moves the hand holding the staff on the other side, the battle dolls show me their backs full of spikes.

“What are you doing?”

“Goodbye.”

Instead of an answer, a greeting came back.

‘You suddenly turn your back on me?’

I didn’t understand. I wonder what they are trying to do with the battle dolls that are turning towards us as if they are asking us to stab them in the back.

‘A trick to embarrass me? Or simply an instruction error?’

Many thoughts crossed my mind, but wizards were naturally good at calculating and scheming, and there was no way I, who was not skilled in magic, could read their thoughts perfectly.

Instead of spending time thinking about it, I should have just walked away.

As soon as the guy’s hand opened, I felt the spikes embedded in his side expand.

and

‘no way.’

Quaaa!

The spike expands and explodes, making a huge noise.

The spikes on the backs of the battle dolls facing towards me and the spikes on my sides exploded.

It wasn’t the kind of attack that exploded into flames.

Only then did I remember the cold feeling of the nail being driven into my side.

The spike was made of ice and it exploded.

‘Fuck this. Not even a grenade.’

The spikes turn into thousands of ice shards, exploding in front of my eyes and on my sides.

He raises his arms to cover his face, but thousands of fragments penetrate his body.

Thinking he’s dead, he looks in Thistle’s direction.

bang! Quang! Quaaaang!

Thistle was running around avoiding the pillar of fire that another wizard had summoned and raised from the floor.

I thought that would be the last time I saw him, but I was lucky and avoided immediate death. Contrary to the thought that it would fly away formless, its power was weaker than expected.

‘I guess it was fortunate that what exploded was not an iron ball but a shard of ice.’

Instead, I got to hear the wizard’s condescending lines in return.

“Ha! The magic of black ice has never been seen anywhere else.”

“You watched it a lot, right? Mainly on winter roads.”

It’s not magic, but if you go out on the road in winter, you can see a lot of dirty black snow like that.

It’s a shame to brag about how you’ve never seen ice magic with barely any color anywhere.

“Don’t be rude with bravado. This is my own magic!”

My body shakes as I listen to the words of an unlucky wizard with extremely strong pride.

‘Still, I can still stand.’

The lower leg, starting from the side, was completely torn to pieces. The breastplate blocked his heart, preventing immediate death, but all he could do was remain standing.

Still, I grit my teeth and hold on because I have to avoid falling down and being attacked by Thistle by the two wizards.

Kang! Kakang!

In that state, this time, he blocks the swords swung by the battle dolls with his magic sword or moves only his upper body to avoid them.

‘I’m just wielding it recklessly. It can be prevented.’

Just as I was blocking the attack, thinking that it was a monotonous attack as it was controlled by a wizard,

Suddenly-

“Ugh!”

The sound of flesh and bone being cut at once was heard.

I was barely standing when my left leg was suddenly amputated.

As soon as my body falls, I quickly assess the situation.

It is a cut.

Although it was tattered, the aftermath of the explosion did not completely destroy the leg, but it was suddenly amputated.

‘What happened?’

And the question was soon resolved.

Next to me, a battle doll wearing armor holding a monotonous sword slowly emerged.

‘I hid one more thing.’

It seemed like there was one more guy that wasn’t revealed in the first place.

‘My head is running so well.’

Well, he must have worked hard to cast the invisibility spell, but there was no way he would have let it come off so easily.

The fact that all five battle dolls showed themselves at first, and the fact that they did not make any significant movements, was all an act of moving these battle dolls slowly enough to prevent the invisibility magic from dissolving and making them stand by nearby.

‘It’s going to turn.’

I knew that wizards were smart, but when they come up with unpredictable tactics like this, it becomes difficult.

‘The win rate dropped significantly when the path was already blocked by the battle doll.’

Approximately 2 minutes until presbyopia sets in.

Now that my legs are gone, it is no longer possible for me to avoid the magic and jump at the guy.

In fact, I don’t think it will be a great solution if presbyopia occurs.

Still, it would be a very bad situation to leave Thistle alone in the current standoff situation.

‘Can Thistle alone withstand two wizards?’

It might be difficult if the guy in front of you joins in.

‘then.’

“Why did they attack us?”

‘I need to buy some time. ‘Let’s clean our mouths.’

Fortunately, the wizard was caught.

“Surviving even in such a state, after all, soul disease is amazing. It’s not as good as the battle dolls made at the Magic Tower, though.”

I think this one will be easy too.

“Battle doll?”

“Yes. Even though the core that goes into it is expensive, it is a luxurious doll that cannot be compared to yours. Although I don’t really like imitating alchemists.”

These battle dolls certainly appear to be of high quality.

The battle doll was hit with a black nail just like me, but the aftermath of the nail exploding ended up with a few scratches.

The guy accepts the conversation, but glances at Thistle. This conversation did not attract much attention.

I followed the wizard’s gaze and looked at Thistle, but I couldn’t find any time to spare. The best you can do is keep circling around the fire wizard and avoid his magic.

The fire wizard seemed to have hidden a magic circle on the floor in advance, so the magic circle was revealed wherever Thistle ran around, shooting out pillars of fire.

I return my attention again.

“Who sent it?”

“Because it’s a soul disease, if I’m resurrected and return, everything will blow up, so there’s no way I can talk about it, right? I’m just not that stupid.”

‘It doesn’t work.’

This time it was a failure. The Ice Wizard began to gather up the battle dolls, as if he had no intention of talking at all.

“Stop playing and come over here and end it. She’s quicker than I thought.”

“Who wants to play! I’ll be there soon, so wait.”

When the fire wizard calls the ice wizard, the ice wizard begins to gather blue magic into his staff.

You have to think quickly.

‘How should I continue talking?’

Wizards are people who refine their studies.

geezer.

These guys are crazy about anything related to magic.

These guys have very strong pride.

‘Pride? ‘Pride about magic?’

It’s only a short time, but I feel like I’ve lost my mind after letting go of all the images of the wizards within me.

I call him again.

“I don’t know what black ice magic is, but it has incredible penetrating power.”

I tried the guy’s magic. Actually, I have enough magic to break the shield, but I’ll give it a try first.

“Hoo. He seems to have a keen eye for seeing how great my magic is. Still, I have more eyes to see than the old men of the Magic Tower.”

‘It’s a success. ‘What should I do next?’

He said he liked it because he was interested in his field of research. If so, the next thing is to touch your pride.

“But no matter how great the magic is, it is meaningless in front of this sword that can destroy even magic.”

“What?”

When I took out the magic sword, he seemed to be angry and immediately started chanting a spell.

“Graphite Icicle.”

Since I’m close, I can hear his orders.

Soon, a black ice pick the length of a dagger appeared and was launched towards the magic sword.

And then it hits the magic sword and breaks. As soon as he sees it, he deliberately uses an exaggerated sarcastic tone to provoke him.

“Look. Even so, it is only this much magic in front of a sword containing magical power. So, even if you study for a hundred or a thousand years, you are still standing behind the knights. Is that why you were hiding behind the battle doll? In the end, wizards are people who cannot overcome their weakness in close combat no matter what they do.”

Seeing the guy’s expression become distorted, I try to provoke him more clearly.

The effect was clear.

“…this soul disease bastard that can’t even be human! good night. Let me show you my power! I’ll break your pride!”

“What are you doing! Come here quickly!”

“Shut up! I’m going to break this guy’s sword now and prove how great my magic is!”

The ice wizard began chanting without paying attention to his colleagues’ calls for support.

‘That’s correct.’

One of the common landmine topics that should not be brought up to young wizards.

Show off your knight in front of the wizard.

It’s a long tradition.

[Do you think we’re like those guys who just swing their swords with their heads blank? If we draw a magic circle and release magical creatures and golems, no matter how many knights they are, they will never come in if they want to. cancer!]

[How much mana is in nature, so do you really need to gather it in your body and squeeze it into your sword? It’s stupid to even think about it. The magic power contained in the soul is just the basis for feeling magic power. No matter how much magical power the knights put into their swords, they cannot defeat our magical essence.]

Older wizards have a social life, so they never say it out loud, but younger wizards who are just studying at the Magic Tower habitually bring up various stories in bars.

Knights and wizards give and take.

They are meant to complement each other, but there are many young or proud wizards like this.

Approximately 3 minutes of chanting time passed.

If this is the case, I have bought time for presbyopia to come.

“Vatala Graphite Ice Spear.”

“… It’s a bit more than I thought.”

A human-sized spear of black ice appeared before my eyes.

His pride seemed to be very scratched, so I thought he had no skills other than a few magic tricks, but he might be more capable than I thought.

“Haste.”

The already spinning ice begins to spin even harder.

Take “. The essence of my reader’s magic, I’ll make you regret what you said!”

“… Okay. Why not try as hard as you can.”

I made up my mind when I saw the size of the spear, which was already out of the range for use against people and seemed to have been made to catch even giants.

In any case, the opportunity to receive magic like this is not common.

I was also curious about how far the magic sword could go.

Although it was the residue left after blowing into the helmet, it was able to withstand the demon king’s magic on an equal footing, and since it had absorbed some of it, I thought it would withstand the magic for at least once before disappearing.

“Die.”

The Ice Wizard raises his staff above his head and quickly lowers it.

A huge black ice spear spun and struck towards me.