The Regressed Mercenary’s Machinations Chapter 670

Episode 670: Is there a black magician? (2)

The huge training ground was packed with soldiers and servants.

The reason the servants gathered is because the culprit may be among them.

Because the person who serves the castle was in a position where he could easily come into contact with many people.

Soon several ducks and a few hastily made wooden scales were prepared. They didn’t need to be elaborate, as they just needed to be similar in weight anyway.

When Jiselle appeared in a hurry, the people started to murmur.

“That’s the method suggested by the wizard.”

“Really? Are you saying that you can catch a warlock that way?”

“Wow, that’s amazing. The world of magic is truly amazing.”

‘no!’

Jiselle cried out from the depths of her heart. It was a remark she had made only once because she found it so funny that Maurice had done so.

If I proceeded with this seriously, I would have turned into a complete pseudo-magician.

“Now, just a moment!”

I tried to stop him, but it was too late. Andrew was young and energetic, and he was quick to act.

“Come on up! It’s the method the wizard mentioned, so there won’t be any major problems!”

The soldiers stepped onto the scale one by one. Of course, they couldn’t have weighed the same as the ducks. Moreover, each duck weighed slightly different.

Quite a lot, quack, quack quack.

All that could be heard was the crowing of ducks. Nevertheless, the soldiers and servants stepped onto the scales with moderation.

Although it was an odd instruction, no one seemed to have any complaints. Since it was the method the wizard had suggested, everyone was curious as to whether it was true or not.

Yulien, Deneb, and Kyle looked at Giselle. Their eyes were filled with anticipation. Giselle found those eyes too burdensome.

Dark shook his head and clicked his tongue.

“What a disgrace, what a disgrace. Now I’m going to be called as ignorant as Morris.”

Maurice, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Rutania, was looked down upon by many nobles as ignorant and superstitious.

Now it was Giselle’s turn to receive that glare.

“Ugh… … .”

Even the world’s greatest Jisel couldn’t do anything if everyone was acting stupid. If he forcibly stopped them now, they would only become more suspicious.

Eventually, all the soldiers and servants were put on the scales. Still, not a single person weighed as much as the duck.

Because that was the natural outcome.

Quack, quack, pretty much.

The training ground was filled with the sound of ducks crowing. Everyone was looking at Jiselle.

An awkward silence filled the room as no one came forward.

Jiselle took a deep breath and tried to explain, but Andrew’s shouts were faster.

“Aren’t there any servants who haven’t come out yet? Bring them all, even the children!”

“… … .”

Things had moved quickly before Jiselle could explain herself. Now even the children who had been helping with chores were dragged out.

“uh?”

Among them, Giselle saw a strange child.

Like other children, he was very small in stature, but his face was very haggard.

“Oh, are you a kid?”

The old child had a very dirty and gloomy aura. The people around him wrinkled their noses and kept their distance from the child, perhaps because he smelled bad.

Jiselle looked around at the people with a dumbfounded expression.

“What? Doesn’t it seem strange? Anyone can see that he’s suspicious!”

If I had to pick the most suspicious person among the people gathered here, it would definitely be that kid(?). Kyle was also whispering to Dark.

“Is that really a kid? No matter how I look at it, he seems to be around the same age as my dad who ran away.”

“There are many mysterious things in the world. In our territory, there is a boy who looks like a girl.”

“Oh, really?”

“That’s right, so you shouldn’t judge people by their appearance.”

“Hmm, I see.”

Dark said the right thing, which was unusual. So Jiselle, who was preparing to run away, stopped in her tracks.

If you go out now and say, ‘He’s weird!’, you’ll become someone who judges people by their appearance, as Dark said.

The children stepped onto the scale one by one.

Even though they are children, they are old enough to do chores. So they couldn’t possibly weigh the same as a duck. They were all heavier than a duck.

Finally, Giselle, who couldn’t stand this stupidity, shouted. She had to say what she had to say even if people pointed at her.

“No, wait! That guy is suspicious! Is that really a kid?”

Andrew shouted solemnly.

“Our land does not condemn people without solid evidence! And to judge people by their appearance! That is narrow-minded thinking!”

‘This kid is so fair and upright for no reason!’

He is a rare noble in this world. He seems to be quite passionate as he is a young man who has just become a lord.

But he was weighing the ducks and saying that he needed precise evidence. Jiselle was going crazy with frustration.

Eventually most of the children weighed themselves on the scale. The old child who had been far away because of the smell was the last one to go.

Jiselle shouted as if there was nothing more to see.

“Stop! Stop! I’ll personally investigate the suspicious individuals, so stop this stupid thing! That’s just superstition… … .”

Squeak… … .

Jiselle opened her eyes wide as she spoke. In an instant, silence filled the surroundings.

The scales that the duck and the old boy are on are… … .

It was almost horizontal.

Quack, pretty much, quack.

All that could be heard was the sound of ducks crowing. There was a brief silence, and then the old boy bit his lip and said,

“Huh, I never thought there would be a method like this! Who on earth came up with this method? Even we don’t know about this method!”

‘Was it real?’

Jiselle opened her mouth in bewilderment. Dark opened his beak in the same manner.

Soon a great uproar arose among the people.

“Gyaaaah! It’s a warlock!”

“I never thought a real warlock would be hiding among us!”

“Zico was a warlock!”

People screamed and moved away from the child(?) named Zico.

Andrew also drew his sword and shouted.

“You’re definitely in league with the Warlock! You look so suspicious!”

The child(?) called Zico raised the corners of his mouth.

“Yes… … . I am his disciple. By the way, that’s amazing. I thought my identity wouldn’t be revealed in such a small territory without even a magician… … .”

Zico glared at Jiselle.

He was in charge of the castle’s septic tank and garbage collection. That’s why he was able to stay away from people. He never even approached the knights.

The corpse’s aura flowing out of the body could also be hidden by the stench. By using simple magic to obscure the perception of the surrounding servants, suspicion was avoided.

But who would have thought that I would find myself in such an unheard of way!

“Is this a method you came up with? The laws of the world are truly mysterious. I never thought I could figure out if someone is a warlock just from a duck. Thanks to you, I have gained new knowledge.”

“… … .”

Giselle couldn’t answer, because he didn’t know why this method worked.

Of course, people’s reactions were enthusiastic.

“As expected, you are a wizard!”

“I didn’t know I could find it this easily and quickly!”

“We need to spread the word about this method!”

People looked at Giselle as if she were some kind of savior. The lord Andrew also looked at Giselle with a reassuring expression.

The same was true for the three people in the group.

“As expected, it’s Giselle.”

“I tell you, there’s really nothing that Giselle doesn’t know.”

“What kind of experiences have I had?”

All three of them looked at each other with admiration and longing.

“… … .”

Jiselle looked up at the sky for a moment. She was too tired to think.

Then Andrew pointed his sword at Zico again and shouted.

“Catch that guy right now! I want to hear what he’s been up to!”

The knights and soldiers moved, but Zico laughed and stepped back.

“Did you say that guy is a 5th circle wizard? If he’s a 5th circle wizard, I can’t deal with him. I’ll be leaving now, so consider yourself lucky.”

As Jisel had expected, Zico was a 4th circle warlock. He was of a high level, capable of causing great damage to the territory as long as he did not confront the knights head-on.

But in a situation where there were 5 circle magicians, they couldn’t handle the knights.

He unleashed all his magical power and filled the surroundings with darkness, in order to quickly escape.

Jiselle pulled back her staff, still looking dazed. Then she threw it away.

“Magic Missile.”

Paaaaang!

The wand flew at incredible speed. I could use real magic missile now, but I didn’t want to.

Anyway, my mind was in a very complicated state right now.

“Huh!”

Zico was surprised to see the approaching Bong(?) and opened his shield. It was a dark shield that he opened with all his might.

Kwaaaaaaaang!

Despite all his efforts, the shield was pierced in vain. Zico fell down with his stomach pierced by the staff.

“Ugh! How can a wizard have such power!”

Surprisingly, Zico did not die. He stood up unharmed, although a black aura was gushing out from his punctured stomach.

Jiko, who felt that the power of the opposing magician was extraordinary, tried to run away again. However, Jiselle had already moved.

“Haste.”

Paaak!

As he ran forward, Jiselle’s body became lighter and his speed increased. At the same time, he snapped his fingers.

“Fireball.”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

In an instant, ten fireballs surrounded Zico.

Zico was horrified when he saw that.

“What, what is it? Multiple windows?”

Multi-casting was a skill that only the most geniuses could demonstrate. If he could cast ten spells simultaneously, it meant that his computational ability and senses were no ordinary thing.

In fact, Jiselle didn’t do multiple chanting. She doesn’t even know how to do that.

All he did was forcibly extract magical power and redistribute it. It was a skill that only Jiselle could do.

Jiselle quickly reached Zico and grabbed him by the neck.

“Ugh!”

Zico’s body lifted lightly. Only then did Jiselle realize why such an absurd thing had happened.

“You… … were a chimera.”

A chimera is a being created by forcibly combining the bodies of several animals or humans.

The most common experiment performed by warlocks was the chimera experiment, as it was the best for handling and managing corpses.

Sometimes they even create chimeras of parts of their own bodies to strengthen their own bodies.

Helgenik, who fought against Giselle, also created his body in exactly that way.

Zico was also already half a corpse. Some of his organs and bones were missing or replaced with other things.

Since it has a small body, its weight is bound to be similar to that of a duck.

Zico asked, struggling.

“You, who the hell are you?”

I couldn’t figure out why such a strong man had come to such a small baronial territory. No, I was even suspicious of why he was working as a mercenary.

Shouldn’t such a genius wizard be treated well in the Magic Tower?

But now, his words were not reaching Giselle’s ears. He closed his eyes tightly.

‘We’re in big trouble.’

The duck myth was widely known in his time. It was considered ignorant among intellectuals.

But people in those days had no idea about such superstitions. It was such an old superstition, so why doesn’t anyone know about it now?

Jiselle ended up realizing a truth she didn’t want to know.

Dark spoke as if driving a wedge in from the side.

“That superstition… seems to have spread widely because of the owner?”

Jiselle swallowed hard. As Dark had said, it seemed that she was the one who started that superstition.

Coincidence after coincidence caused an absurd situation to occur. I want to fix it right now, but it seems impossible.

“Waaaaaaaaaah!”

“The wizard is the best!”

“I defeated the warlock in one go!”

Everyone was excited. It was chaos with everyone cheering.

“… … I can’t help it.”

Giselle, who had made up her mind, put strength into her hands.

Kwaaang!

Jiselle grabbed Zico by the neck and slammed him to the ground.

“Ugh!”

Zico, who suffered a severe blow to his neck and head, vomited black blood.

Looking down at Zico like that, Jiselle spoke with a solemn expression.

“You dare to hide in this territory and do evil things? Do you think I won’t find you? A duck is enough to find the likes of you.”

“Wow!”

The cheers of the people grew louder and louder.

Since it’s come to this, I’ll just put a sheet of iron on my face and push through.