The Regressed Mercenary’s Machinations Chapter 675

Episode 675 You can give it to me. (1)

“Kkaaaak!”

Basilud fell to the ground with a broken leg. Yulien, who was about to cut off the warlock’s head, stopped his sword for a moment.

Gulp.

A red line appeared on the neck of the slumped Basilud, and blood flowed out. Since Yulien stopped his sword just before he could be cut, his neck was still attached.

“Ugh, ugh!”

Vasilud exhaled harshly in fear. Somehow, the opponent had saved his life.

Giselle placed her staff on Basilud’s head and said.

“I think the match is decided.”

“S-Save me. I am a 6th circle warlock. If you keep me by your side, I will definitely be of help to you.”

“It’s too weak for a 6th circle?”

Jiselle’s sentiments were sincere and unvarnished. When Vanessa was in the 6th circle, she was active enough to determine the outcome of the war.

Even considering that the knights were protecting her, the combat feel was completely different.

Because Vanessa was never afraid of her opponent’s attacks and always found the most effective way to counter them.

Compared to that, Basilud’s magic skills were extremely miserable.

But Basilud retorted with a look of indignation.

“That, that’s because your fighting style is so bizarre… … .”

From a distance, he fires magic so madly that you can’t even focus. When he gets close, he strikes you with his staff.

Where else in the world can you find a wizard who fights like this?

For Basilud, who had never exercised before, this was an area he could not understand.

Jiselle chuckled and continued speaking.

“First, let’s get rid of all the undead.”

“Oh, I see.”

There wasn’t even half left anyway, because Deneb, Kyle, and the knights of Nordhill fought so well.

The undead were weaker than knights and had limited ability to fight, unless they were supported by a warlock.

As Basilud gave his mental command, all the undead fell down. They would not move until Basilud injected them with dark magic again.

Only when all the undead had fallen did Deneb and Kyle finally sit down on the ground.

After fighting while surrounded by hundreds of undead and allies, I was extremely exhausted.

The soldiers who continued to drive the undead toward the center also became aware of the situation.

“Hey hey hey!”

“The warlock has been caught!”

“We won!”

Everyone put down their weapons and rejoiced. It was an amazing feat in which not a single person died.

Andrew’s joy in particular was beyond words.

I failed the expedition twice and now I win so easily!

This incident made it clear how strong the Yulien Mercenary Corps is.

Basilud heard the soldiers cheer and spoke in an urgent voice.

“Hey, let me go now. I will never come to this territory again. If you have any request, I will give it to you.”

Jiselle asked with a sly smile.

“You said you had some magic books?”

“Quite, quite a lot. Since I’ve been collecting things… … . Do you want the magic books? Then I’ll give you all of them. I’ll teach you magic too!”

Basilud thought it was a good suggestion. It was not often that one got the chance to be taught by a wizard of a higher circle, even a sixth circle.

It was an opportunity that any wizard would wish for.

‘That’s right! That’s why you didn’t kill me right away and let me live!’

Basilud smiled with joy, for he saw a possibility of survival.

But Jiselle answered with a calm expression.

“I don’t learn from those weaker than me.”

“No! That’s because of the way I fight! Aren’t I a higher circle? I know at least more high-level magic than you!”

Basilud thought that Giselle was just being a jerk for no reason. Otherwise, there would be no reason to keep her alive.

But Giselle ignored Basilud’s words and asked something else.

“Why did a black magician want to take over the territory?”

“That, that’s to do with the territory as I please.”

“What are you going to do with what you want?”

“I, I am a warlock. I need a lot of test subjects to quickly improve my skills.”

What made black magicians different from other magicians was that they could become stronger more quickly by sacrificing others.

If they didn’t do that, they would have to train for a long time like other magicians, so it was easy for warlocks to fall into temptation.

Jiselle, who knew that much, asked again.

“You wanted to collect test subjects easily after taking over the territory? Is that really the only reason?”

“Yeah, yeah. What other reasons could there be?”

“I heard from that guy named Zico. He said that someone came to see you a year ago. He said that he had been planning this since then. Who was he? What did you talk about with him?”

“Did Zico say that too?”

“Okay. Why don’t you speak clearly and quickly?”

“That, that’s it. So… … .”

“Julian, cut it off.”

Julian immediately took up his sword. Then Basilud closed his eyes tightly and shouted.

“I don’t know exactly who it is! But I have an idea!”

“What is it?”

“Ma, I think you might be a priest from the Demon Realm.”

“What? Salvation Church?”

Everyone who was listening around gasped in shock. The priest of the Church of Salvation, the Demonic Realm, was a terrifying presence to them as well.

It was also because of them that this continent was constantly engulfed in war. Since mankind had been fighting them for a long time, there was no one who did not know this fact.

Basilud continued his explanation urgently.

“He told me he was a warlock. But something was different. I’m not stupid. The dark energy he used was definitely similar to warlock magic, but it was definitely not warlock magic.”

“Hmm… … .”

“I felt an aura from him that I couldn’t approach. If I had refused, he would have killed me on the spot. So I accepted his offer. After all, it wouldn’t have been bad for me.”

“What did he want?”

“disarray.”

“disarray?”

“Yeah. He just said he wanted the world to be chaotic. After all, the more chaotic the world is, the better it is for a warlock. It wasn’t a bad suggestion.”

“What did you get?”

“I received many hard-to-find items such as various magic books, runestones, gold coins, and jewels. Thanks to them, I was able to increase my magic power more quickly.”

Jiselle frowned. Even if he was a black magician, joining hands with a demon was crossing the line.

“Don’t you know the purpose of the Salvation Church? If the Salvation Church wins, all humans will die. Do you think you’ll be an exception?”

“Ah, I know. But even if I take over a small barony, it won’t have much of an impact on the overall situation, right? If a war with the Demon Realm really breaks out, I was planning to just retreat.”

Jiselle clicked her tongue and shook her head. This is the problem.

As Basilud said, if there was only one small barony, it would have no effect on the general situation. However, Basilud is not the only one in this world who has been influenced by the Salvation Church.

Not only warlocks, but also thieves and greedy nobles run rampant everywhere.

They all probably live with the thought, ‘It’s just me.’

It was clear that the Salvation Church was taking advantage of this gap. The more chaotic the continent was before the war began, the better for them.

Basilud said with a pale face.

“Hey, let’s talk about the details later. For now, just treat me.”

An arm was blown off, a leg was shattered, and excruciating pain was coming.

When I had enough magic power, I could use it to suppress the pain, but now it was hard to bear.

Basilud shivered and sweat poured down his body, as the pain grew stronger as time passed.

Jiselle raised her staff and struck Basilud’s remaining shoulder.

Kwajijijik!

“Kkaaaak!”

Giselle screamed and grabbed Basilud’s chin as he fell.

“Look into my eyes.”

Jiing―!

For a moment, the eyes of both people turned purple. Basilud’s expression became blank for a moment before quickly returning to normal.

“Ugh, ugh… … .”

Basilud’s face distorted as if he had a headache.

Jiselle clicked her tongue again.

“It still doesn’t work.”

It was different with Zico. Mind control didn’t work on Basilud.

It was worth it. To reach the 6th circle, you need more effort and enlightenment than talent.

Vasilud had already set foot on that level. That was certainly a great achievement.

Although he was easily able to say everything because of the pain, it was only because his will and nature were weak, and the wall of unconsciousness he had built up over many years could not help but be thick.

Giselle gave up on mind control. He had excellent interrogation skills that were comparable to mind control anyway.

Parsak!

Just like last time, Giselle took the knight’s sword that was next to her and broke it into fragments.

Coincidentally, it was the same article as that time.

The knight thought.

‘… … Please stop breaking my sword!’

It was a time of chaos, so black was extremely expensive. As a low-paid worker, it almost brought tears to his eyes.

Andrew, the lord, took the knight’s shoulder and said with a pitiful expression.

“I’ll give you a new one with a good one. For now, you must unconditionally follow whatever the wizard says.”

He seemed like he would believe it even if Giselle said she would pick the stars from the sky for him.

“……thank you.”

The knight answered with a relieved expression. If he could get a new sword, he didn’t care what he did with his sword.

After finishing her preparations, Giselle started to randomly insert the fragments into Basilud’s body.

Kkaaaak!

“Now, is there anything else you’re hiding?”

“No! Really no!”

“It’s okay, just remember anything.”

“What, what’s okay!”

“There’s no such thing as the two of you meeting again?”

“I said I would come back someday when I took over the territory! I said I would help you more!”

“In what way?”

“I don’t know! That’s all! Kkaaaak! There’s really nothing more!”

Giselle continued her interrogation, but Basilud kept repeating the same thing.

At this point, even if there was something to hide, I should admit that there was nothing. Jiselle stopped interrogating and stepped back.

Then he gave a small wink to Julian.

Scratch!

Julian, who received Giselle’s signal, cut off Basilud’s head in one breath.

Basilud died without being able to respond to the sudden situation.

As promised, Julian spoke in a low voice.

“The warlock… … is dead.”

Waaaaaaaaaah!

The soldiers cheered again. The lord Andrew looked thrilled.

The ending was a bit sudden, but the black magician who had been terrorizing the territory was dead. Everyone was happy and kept chanting the name of the Yulien Mercenary Corps.

“Julian Mercenaries are the best!”

“Really strong!”

“Just four people fighting a 6th circle warlock and hundreds of undead!”

The more I thought about it, the more amazing it seemed. All they did was surround the undead and push them back to the center(?).

Hiring such a powerful mercenary band was arguably the best thing the new lord ever did in his life.

Kyle sat on the floor, grumbling with a disgruntled expression.

“We… … seem to have fought harder. Both of them deserve the praise.”

“Yeah. Still, it’s fortunate that we won without any casualties.”

Deneb smiled brightly. She didn’t care who got the ball.

It was more important that he just punished evil and saved people.

Julian looked a bit embarrassed as he received the cheers of the people. However, since Giselle had taught him to be dignified, he tried to act calm.

Jiselle glanced at Julian and thought.

‘I feel this every time I see it… … It’s unexpected, after all.’

When I see him helping people, he seems very innocent and naive. He also seems to be secretly weak-hearted.

But when it comes to battle, people are different. They cut down their enemies without hesitation for even a moment.

Giselle had never seen Yulienne hesitate or act frustrated during a fight before.

‘That’s… …not an easy task.’

He had already been cutting down bandits without any trouble since the first time they met, so it was hard to say that he had changed because of me.

It is rare to find someone with such contrasting qualities and experience at Julian’s level.

‘Hmm… … . Well, it’s good that we don’t have to teach that part separately… … .’

Giselle wasn’t too worried. It’s not like there weren’t people who could do what Yulienne did from the beginning.

Rather, we should praise them for not hesitating at important moments.

And I had no intention of leaving it like this. I planned to continue observing it and teaching it various things.

‘Because he is a friend who will become a warrior in the future.’

Yes. Since she is a warrior who will save the world together with the saint, we must continue to watch over her and take care of her.

So far, there have been no problems. I have been keeping up with the difficult training and putting in a lot of effort myself.

Sim Seong has had no problems so far. There is an aspect of confidence in Jiselle because she knows the future, but even if she didn’t know the future, she would have thought she was someone who could save the world.

‘But why… … .’

Why did the future Erenes and Asterion, who saw that face… …call Yulien an adversary?

Every time Jiselle thought about it, a part of her heart felt a little heavy.