Overpowered Archmage Doesn’t Hide His Talent

98 – ‘Strike’ the Wizard

We won.

On the tracks were strewn with ambiguous remains, even corpses. Like a basket of fruit that has been crushed by some kind of wagon, the contents of the body are neglected in a terrifying way.

“After….”

Trixie wipes the sweat from her forehead. Belatedly, the tension was relieved, so Becky sat down at all.

“Ahhh…. High things, cruel things, there’s a lot of things I don’t like here….”

“Isn’t there something you don’t like?”

Louise’s eyes turned to me. Soon after, Becky’s gaze also naturally reaches me.

Suddenly, Becky blushed and he started fiddling with his cone hat.

“… No, that’s what it says It’s not that I hate everything.”

The representatives all sighed deeply. Their bodies are still trembling slightly.

It’s natural. Although they say they killed a ghost, they must feel the same sentiment as killing a human.

“Well done.”

I muttered a low praise.

They defeated the ghosts on their own without any help, and their hesitation against those with human appearances was greatly reduced.

Then I heard whispers from somewhere else. Upon checking, a mercenary wearing armor was being greeted by reporters.

“Thank you. Captain!”

Intense energy that flutters along with purple hair. It was Elesis, the leader of the Mysterious Canyon.

It seemed that Elesis had directly lowered the reporters from the tail compartment to the ground. They continued their conversation regardless of my presence.

“Was it amazing?”

“Yes. Oh, I’m not talking about the size of the ghosts…. I mean, the representatives of the Faculty of Magic were amazing.”

Among the reporters, Arine answered as the representative. Examining the remains of the ghosts scattered around, Elesis nodded slightly.

“What have you guys been doing up there?”

“I captured the figures of the representatives in a crystal ball.”

“Hmm.”

“But, before being a journalist, I am also a wizard. At this point, the operation is nonsensical. A really amazing level….”

“Yes. Know. I know.”

After cutting off Arine’s words, Elesis’ gaze turned to the tail compartment of the train this time. To the VIP-only compartment that stretches straight toward the sky.

The next moment, Elesis asked me.

“Hey, it’s been a while. Did you really build this?”

The captain pounded the train tower with his fist. I just silently nodded.

“… What a great guy.”

Elesis muttered softly and grinned. It was a smile full of satisfaction.

“Thanks to that, the representatives of the Faculty of Magic are fine….”

The captain asked Arine.

“Reporters? Aren’t the reporters dead too?”

“Yes. There is not one.”

Arine glances at me a few times.

“I thought I was caught in the explosion…. She was safe because Plann stopped the train.”

“Okay. There are no fatalities.”

The captain pointed her chin at Arine’s crystal ball.

“Is that, does it include us now?”

“Yes? No. It’s an item that needs to be refilled periodically…. I ended up dying in the middle. Still, I captured everything, even catching the ghost—”

“Stop. Just answer the questions I ask.”

“Ah, yes.”

After the silence, Elesis’ eyes turned back to the train. Her gaze doesn’t fall for a while.

“… Hmm.”

Elesis looked back and forth between me and the train. She had a face that seemed to have a lot to say, and she was constantly thinking about something.

In the end, Arine was the first to break the silence. She takes a step towards me

“Hey, don’t worry. We made sure to capture the scenes of the representatives killing the ghosts.”

“You must have forgotten something.”

I returned her three repatriation stones. Arine’s eyes widened one beat later.

“Look at my mind. I forgot Song Hwan-seok too! I lost my mind unknowingly….”

I only had the purpose of capturing the images of the representatives. In other words, there was no interest in the reporters of today who can do nothing.

But Arine is still excited. The idea of hiding her identity seemed to have been abandoned.

“I should have captured the image of the train more clearly…. It’s too good to see it alone. Ah, if you fill up the mana and put it back in—”

“I don’t need it.”

My mana is not infinite.

Since the object is not being held in real time, the current train is just standing there. In other words, sooner or later you will be driven down a cliff.

I asked Elesis.

“How long until the final round of the subjugation system?”

Elesis, who was lost in thought, looked at me and burst out laughing.

“Look at this guy. Have you decided to speak plainly now? There are five hours left until the finals.”

“Five hours.”

That’s enough. You should be able to reach your destination without difficulty.

Elesis asked, narrowing his eyes slightly.

“Flan. Are you thinking of entering the mystic canyon? Even though it’s a place like this, it’s a pretty serious story.”

“Still not there.”

“Is that so?”

She giggled for a while, then at one point she pointed her chin at her tracks.

“For now, let’s go back to the station and talk. As you can see, the tracks are like this, so you can’t go here anyway.”

I stared at the broken track.

It’s completely broken, but it’s not that long if you only measure it by ‘length’. I decided that if I had the materials, I could solve it.

“Please deliver the materials.”

“Material? Why is the material all of a sudden?”

Elesis blinked her eyes.

“… No way.”

“I plan to fix the track and pass.”

“Oh, you bastard.”

Elesis shook her head.

“It’s not that I don’t know that you have the ability. The further you go on this line, the more dangerous it becomes. Isn’t that why we want to go to another station?”

“Because it is dangerous, I said I would fix it and go.”

There was silence for a while.

“Huh, he really is a great guy.”

After subtly opening her eyes and looking at me, Elesis finally agreed. She shouts at the waiting mercenaries behind her.

“Okay. Don’t prepare a convoy. I’m not going back.”

“Yes. All right!”

“Bring some materials instead. Fix the line.”

“Yes!”

With a few words from the leader, the mercenaries move in perfect order. Elesis stroked her purple hair happily.

“Hey, flan.”

She calls my name again.

“I’ll say it one more time, think about the Mystic Canyon. I will make a good seat.”

“If that is not the position of the leader…. Stop it.”

“You can’t be the leader, you bastard.”

Elesis shrugged her shoulders.

“Be careful in Berkel. My kids are a bit rough with people who don’t eat rice.”

“Are you talking about Tianchuk?”

“Yes.”

As soon as I heard that, I laughed out loud. Who the hell are you and what to watch out for?

“Why don’t you give the Tianchuk a warning?”

“Hmm?”

“My kids have been catching humanoid beasts to their heart’s content just now, so they might be confusing ghosts with humans.”

While Elesis swallowed a blank laugh, Becky jumped beside her like a startled cat.

“Ph, flan! I can’t kill people!”

The girl continued her heated explanation by herself.

“After all, ghosts are monsters, so we got rid of them…. Sah, how do you kill people! I can’t do that!”

“I can.”

Trixie and Louise’s eyes also widened. Becky pointed at them with her index finger.

“I can’t do it! Trixie and Louis must be thinking the same thing as me, right? Look at the expression Everyone is just like me. Kids, right?”

“….”

No reply came back. There was an awkward silence for a while, and around the time Becky started to feel embarrassed.

“You. Did you just say ‘us’?”

“Wow…. Plan, this is the first time you’ve said that.”

The reason why Trixie and Louise’s eyes widened was finally revealed. Becky, too, made a noise and made a shocked face again.

“That, that, is that so? It’s definitely our kids….”

“Noisy.”

I dismissed their response. It’s not that it’s not, it’s because we didn’t call it “Us” With any particular meaning.

Elesis called Louis this time.

“Hey, Louis.”

“Miss Elesis. Long time no see.”

Lewis greeted me politely.

“A lot of trouble? Grow up and come to the Mysterious Canyon.”

“Ah, that….”

Louis glanced at me without answering.

“… ?”

After a while, Elesis’ eyes widened, and she burst into laughter in disbelief.

“What is that reaction? Did I, Flan, take you from me?”

“Ahahahaha…. It’s not like that, but I learn a lot from Plan. I want to stay by your side for a while.”

“Yes. The rest of the story will be done when the subjugation is over.”

The conversation ended like that, and I saved up my mana and waited for the materials to arrive.

“Hey, hey….”

However, a reporter approached me. She had a notepad and a pen in her hand.

“Could I get an autograph in advance?”

At the reporter’s words, the magic department representatives who were beside me looked at me curiously.

“Oh~ Plan, you’re really famous now.”

“… Shall I accept it?”

“If you summarize the thesis, you will receive it.”

“Ai. Not like that.”

I quietly accepted the note.

I quickly wrote down the signature. And though she tried to return her notebook to her.

“Ah, please put my name next to it.”

My eyebrows twitched in an instant. Annoyance wells up from the depths of the heart.

“… Name.”

“Oh, I am Lorelia.”

I wrote it without difficulty.

“This is the correct spelling.”

She nodded her head.

“Yes. That’s right. Actually, it looks great. Being able to show this much power for a wizard….”

Hit.

Hit.

Hit….

I drew two lines over the sign.

“You are not qualified.”

◈

“Oh! The knight of the flames is here!”

Immediately after getting off the train, an elderly woman welcomed Scarlett. It was Berkel’s village chief, Kenneth.

He took off his two feet to greet the Knight of Zandbul. It was so natural.

“Were you uncomfortable on the way?”

Scarlett only gave him one glance.

“Good enough.”

Scarlett came all the way to this place while boarding her train prepared only for her. Her expression of VIP of VIPs was really for her.

“hahahaha. At any time, if you experience any inconvenience, please feel free to tell us. What can I not do for the knight of the flames?”

Other than that, the people next to the village chief politely bowed her head to Scarlett.

“Meet the Knight of Zanbul. The annual subjugation system is really helpful in defeating Berkel’s Demon Beast.”

The procession continued. The village chief, the village chief’s daughter, someone whose name I don’t remember…. Scarlett nodded roughly to all of them.

“These people. Say hello in moderation…. Knight of the residual fire, don’t bother!”

After the village chief stopped them, he smiled brightly at Scarlett.

“Let’s go to the plaza where the representatives and residents are gathered together. When they see you, everyone will be incredibly happy.”

“I do.”

Scarlett walked with the village chief, followed by others one after another.

That’s how we arrived at the plaza. The gathered representatives and residents greeted Scarlett with her eyes sparkling.

“….”

No, originally it should have been. The reality unfolding before her eyes was so different.

“… What?”

“You can defeat a ghost that easily?”

“Your score is already at that level.”

Residents and representatives talking lively. However, that interest is not directed towards Scarlett. It seemed that none of her even knew that she had arrived.

“… ?”

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Scarlett doubted her own vision.

The face of the village chief next to him went white. He urgently finds the person in charge and asks.

“Hey, hey, how the hell did this happen?”

“… Ai-san, I’m watching you with full concentration.”

The person in charge was dragged with his body still looking at the paper.

“… ?”

He muttered something bluntly, but his mouth dropped open as soon as he checked the faces of Scarlett and the village chief.

The person in charge responded while struggling.

“Ah…. Ah ah ah ah ah! Chief! You came with the Knight of Zandbul! Ah, somehow! I felt this tremendous energy!”

“Okay, explain what happened.”

“Oh yes! Of course, preparations were made to greet the knight of the flames. The delegates had just arrived, so they were just distracted….”

They are giving only absurd answers.

Neither Scarlett nor the village chief were completely convinced, and eventually Scarlett stepped forward and asked.

“What are you preoccupied with? Everyone.”

“Ha ha ha ha!”

The rep brushed her hair and smiled. It was the most awkward smile in the world.

“It’s really not a big deal, so it’s not even worth worrying about, the knight of the flame! Yes!”

Scarlett blatantly crumpled her expression.

“You mean you treated me like this because of something insignificant? .”

“No…. No… ! It’s not… !”

The person in charge froze all over her body and speech. She looked as if she would collapse entirely if hit.

Scarlett eventually pushed him away and moved towards her journal. The person in charge didn’t know what to do.

“Knight! Now, hold on! Don’t… !”

“Don’t cling.”

The engineer pushed the person in charge roughly.

“Look at the score. I haven’t even started yet.”

“This is enough…. Isn’t even Tianchuk dangerous?”

Between the people who were still talking loudly, Scarlett passed one by one and moved forward.

And she finally stood in front of the record sheet.

“….”

“….”

The face of a damn sorceress with the same last name as herself. The records contained only that.

The representatives of the Faculty of Magic are fighting.

The ghosts are swept away like dust, and the magic spreads out coolly. Everyone here was blinded by it.

“Just because of this….”

Scarlett grabbed the paper from the wall with her hand and tore it apart.

The people around them looked down in anger, and held their breath after confirming the identity of the ripping off person.

“Hey, knight?”

“Knight of the flames?”

Scarlett’s burning eyes are still stuck on the recording paper.

136, 137, 138….

“….”

Wizards defeating notorious ghosts.

Scores keep going up.

The square became quiet, and Scarlett felt an unknown emotion welling up.

It was less than 30 minutes until the subjugation began.