EP.44 Chapter 44 Kingdom Mages Reilly and Kina (2)
The 200 soldiers led by Reilly and Kina set their departure date for the very next day as soon as they finished organizing their troops.
Killing intent overflowed in Reilly's eyes at the front.
She didn't seem to be trying to hide it.
Alcom, the village chief who came along as a guide, calmed his pounding heart beside them.
'Why are her eyes so frightening?'
Though he wanted to keep his distance, he couldn't.
Reilly once again calmed the rising killing intent.
She knew she needed to be calm, but it wasn't easy to settle down.
"Whew."
She closed her eyes and exhaled.
"Ahem. Please follow me."
Alcom cleared his throat and took the lead.
"We march!"
The soldiers moved.
Their target was the dungeon said to be inside Duvel Forest.
Except for Reilly and Kina who knew the clear objective, the soldiers followed without knowing the reason.
"Just what kind of dungeon needs this many people?"
"Who knows."
"Weren't dungeons originally conquered by adventurers?"
Though they grumbled complaints, they ultimately followed their superiors' orders.
Even if they were city citizens, soldiers fundamentally operated on the principle of obeying orders.
There was someone watching Reilly, Kina, and the 200 soldiers with conflicting thoughts move.
"They're marching out faster than I thought?"
"Shall we ambush them now?"
Yulia, who came out scouting together, asked.
"No need. With neither Amy nor Rebecca here now, it's enough to attack when they enter the dungeon. Let's focus on grasping the enemy's scale for now."
"Understood."
My eyes fell on the two mages at the front.
'Kingdom mages...'
Their anger was palpable even to me at quite a distance.
Those who have become simple with anger are too easy to deal with.
I inwardly gauged the odds of victory as I looked down at them.
"Hmm..."
If I face those mages while my subordinates including Yulia handle their underlings, the odds of victory outside the dungeon are 50-50.
'It's a shame we don't have a mage.'
Mages have the best efficiency in one-versus-many fights.
Their utility becomes limitless depending on how they utilize wide-area magic.
'I'm tempted.'
They were mages, and high-level kingdom mages at that.
If I could capture and corrupt them, they could be used quite usefully.
The mage who came before was somewhat weak and couldn't endure.
If only that woman had endured, the odds would have been higher.
'What are the chances of capturing those mages without injury?'
It would depend on how quickly my subordinates and monsters can catch those soldiers.
The simulation in my head was saying there's a 70% chance of capturing them in case of victory.
Having grasped the enemy's scale, I returned to the dungeon with an inward smile.
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"It's here."
Alcom pointed to the dungeon entrance carved with the face of a vicious gargoyle.
"I don't know the structure inside either. It would have been much better to bring adventurers..."
"We already received a map of the dungeon interior so it's fine. Thank you for guiding us this far."
"Thank you. Ha-haha."
"You may go back now."
"Yes."
Alcom bowed deeply and hurriedly fled.
He couldn't stay here even a moment longer due to an inexplicable anxiety.
After seeing the mages who had organized their troops enter the dungeon, Alcom watched a rabbit twitching its nose heading towards the dungeon.
"Hmm? What's a rabbit doing here."
The dungeon's unique ominous demonic energy swirled about.
They advanced forward, piercing through the eerie air.
They passed by the sex room the adventurers had mentioned.
To an even deeper place.
They had to be extremely cautious.
It was said no one who entered there had come back alive.
"Everyone, be on guard in all directions!"
Reilly raised her hand and cast a light spell.
The bright light illuminated the view that was barely visible with torches even more brightly.
Multiple figures visible in Reilly's view.
"What... is this?"
"You've had a hard time coming this far. I should have gone out to the entrance, but it's not often guests come this far."
A voice that seemed to constrict the heart echoed throughout the dungeon.
Goosebumps rose.
Her heart sank and cold sweat flowed.
'Strong.'
Reilly instinctively felt certain that voice belonged to the dungeon master.
"Everyone prepare for battle!"
Shik!
The soldiers firmly gripped their spears in unison.
"How interesting."
The owner of the voice took a step forward.
"A-A demon...?"
A dazed voice was heard from among the soldiers.
A being with blue skin, a head taller than an adult male, with horns on its head.
The word demon didn't seem ridiculous.
"How rude to call the Demon King a demon."
A woman who came out following him.
Her outfit was too lewd to be called priestess robes. A light pink tattoo was drawn on the lower abdomen of the woman whose exposed areas were more than covered areas.
Reilly swallowed hard.
They were no pushovers.
'I need to brighten the view more...'
She cast the light spell once more.
The 6th rank mage's light spell shone strongly enough to make the inside of the dungeon like midday.
The view brightened further.
It illuminated the figures of others standing behind the demon and lewd priestess.
"L-Lady Rebecca...?"
When the appearance of the woman standing behind was revealed, confused voices were heard among the soldiers.
Could it be someone they know?
But the woman the soldiers were pointing at and calling Rebecca seemed too hollow and dark to be considered human.
"Reilly, I think we need to run away. They're stronger than we expected."
Kina standing beside her lowered her voice.
Her words were right.
They came here to scout...
"It's been a while since mages came. The mage who came to this dungeon with a swordsman before was useless, I hope the bitches who came this time are a bit more useful."
Reilly's eyes rolled at the Demon King's sneering words.
"What did you just say?"
A mage who came with a swordsman?
"You couldn't possibly be talking about the silver-haired mage..."
"Oh, are you perhaps acquaintances of that mage? I think her name was Floa? That bitch's pussy was quite a delicacy. Her resisting appearance to the end was quite delicious. Though she ended up breaking unable to withstand my power."
At the Demon King's sneering words, Reilly's head suddenly felt dizzy.
She should not have asked.
She should not have listened.
If she hadn't, she wouldn't have gotten this angry.
The anger she had forcibly suppressed boiled over.
It's him.
He's the one who killed our Floa and made her miserable.
As expected, he wasn't far away.
She met with misfortune in this dungeon.
Together with Jackal...
That bastard.
That son of a bitch.
Cold air swirled around Reilly.
She chanted a spell.
-O primordial cold, this mana's beloved earnestly desires...
The moisture in the air froze, creating ice spears.
The 6th rank mage's mana scattered the demonic energy filling the dungeon.
A huge spear.
"Reilly calm down we need to run away..."
Kina's voice was heard, but she didn't pay attention.
Sorry, Kina.
I don't think I can calm down.
I always pretended to be calm, calling myself the mage of coldness, but...
'I can't do that now.'
I'll kill him.
I'll kill that so-called Demon King and go to Floa's grave to wash away her grudge.
At that moment, the sound of clapping was heard and.
Boom!
"Kuhaha! Is it you guys? My exercise partners for today?"
A dragon-kin covered in black scales and a small rabbit blocked their retreat path.
And a huge gargoyle over 3 meters tall stood behind them.
-Groooo!!
Waaah!
They pounced on the soldiers.
Rebecca and the unknown lewd priestess from the front, the dragon-kin, gargoyle and small rabbit from the rear.
The soldiers resisted, but it wasn't the enemies who fell.
The acrid scent of blood stung their noses.
"Ah..."
"I'll open a path from the rear..."
Kina's words couldn't continue further.
Boom!
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Kuk!"
It was because of the Demon King who closed the distance with them in an instant.
"Kina!"
"Got it!"
The wind Kina cast enveloped Reilly's body.
Reilly overlaid the storm-like strong wind on her ice spear.
Wind and ice.
Two attribute magics with good compatibility like an ice storm that cuts flesh.
The reason the two kingdom mages always stuck together in pairs.
Whoosh!
Boom!
The ice spear wrapped in a storm pierced the Demon King's shoulder.
"Kuhak!"
Damn it.
She aimed for the heart but failed.
They needed to kill that being as quickly as possible and help the soldiers.
"The next one will hurt more."
The ice storm gathered in Reilly's hand aimed for the Demon King's head.
Boom!
Ice shards scattered in all directions, breaking the dungeon walls.
A dust cloud rose, obscuring his position.
'Did it work?'
This must have hurt quite a bit.
'As expected of A-rank.'
Blood flowed profusely from the pierced shoulder.
I let my guard down.
I didn't know she could fire such strong magic.
Considerable power even among A-rank magic.
The two mages' combo matched quite well.
'I'm tempted.'
Those bitches would be useful.
A smile came out without me realizing.
"Demon King, are you alright?"
Just before Reilly's magic directly hit my head, Yulia came in front of me and cast a barrier.
Thanks to that I survived.
I wouldn't have died even if hit, but I would have clearly taken quite significant damage.
"Sorry. I made you worry."
"No. I'm sorry for not blocking the first attack. I should have protected you."
"It's fine. It's because I couldn't dodge. There are still too many strong ones among humans."
Frederica who just recklessly charged in was easier.
Mages have too many variations to think about.
The torn flesh could be seen rapidly regenerating.
Just wait a little until the smoke settles...
"Yulia!"
At the unpleasant sensation triggering my intuition, I grabbed Yulia's waist in front of me and dodged to the side.
Boom!
Another ice spear that flew in shattered the wall.
"De-Demon King?"
"How annoying."
This just makes me want to torment them more.
Looking at the two mages firing magic from outside the smoke, I vowed to corrupt them more painfully.
"Reilly, we need to run away now."
"I know."
I know.
But my feet wouldn't move.
The voices in my head were shouting over and over to kill that Demon King.
I clearly landed a critical hit.
Didn't Kina and my combined magic deal damage to him?
"We might be able to catch him."
"What?"
"You just saw it. That guy just now, he properly took damage from our magic."
"But we have our job to do."
"Kina! Have you forgotten Floa was killed by that monster?"
I hear Floa's voice.
-Sis, kill that monster.
-Please avenge me. Because of that monster I...
-Kill him. Kill him.
Floa's desperate voice asking to kill him right away.
"Reilly, get a hold of yourself. It's sad Floa died but we're kingdom mages. We mustn't forget our mission. So please..."
"I can't go."
At those words, Kina bit her lip.
We need to go back...
That's why we even brought soldiers...
Just as Reilly thought terribly of Floa, she also had a strong desire to protect Reilly.
Hearing the terrible sounds of soldiers dying behind them, Kina clenched her fist.
Right.
To at least save them...
"Alright. I'll help."
As soon as Kina's words ended.
Boom!
Her body disappeared from Reilly's view.
"Ki...na?"
The Demon King who sprang out from the dust cloud struck Kina's body, causing her to crash into the dungeon wall.
Losing consciousness from a single blow, she slid down the dungeon wall and collapsed on the floor.
"It was an excellent strike, but you should have considered this is a dungeon overflowing with demonic energy."
"Ah, aah..."
"I've already given plenty of chances to escape."
"You son of a biiiitch!!!!"
Reilly stretched out her hand and cast her strongest magic, but.
It was not enough.
Reilly's world turned black.
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