Genius Warlock

Chapter 161

Someone from the Royal family made a deal with Demon.

This was a huge scandal.

Even Oliver, who was still new to the world, was aware of the magnitude of the situation, as were others like Arthur.

The news sent shockwaves, with emotions running high with fear, surprise, and shock.

Their emotions fluctuated like lightning in shock, surprise, and fear.

".....explain exactly what you're talking about."

In response to Arthur's urgent inquiry, Willes explained,

"A member of the Royal family made a sacrifice, stabbing a young boy in the heart with a dagger and smearing his face with the blood of the boy. This was witnessed by Hewitt through the World Tree."

"Who is it?" asked Arthur.

Willes shook his head, saying,

"That's all the information I have for now. I'll share more details once the job is completed successfully."

Arthur couldn't ask more questions, faced with Willes' unwavering response and piercing gaze.

Instead, he turned to Oliver, seeking confirmation with his eyes.

Oliver nodded, confirming that there was truth in Willes’ statement.

"Haaaa.”

Arthur, after taking a deep breath, quickly made a decision.

"What do you want us to do?"

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What Willes wanted was support.

McBore, armed with magic equipment, was asked to scout and provide support.

Arthur, with his golem prosthetic arm, and Donna, with her sniping abilities, were asked to provide cover.

Oliver, the Warlock, was asked to play the role of reserve firepower.

Hearing their respective roles, the entire party agreed and there was a positive atmosphere.

The fact that they were not directly attacking the Kingdom's army but only playing a supporting role helped ease their psychological discomfort.

Perhaps that was Willes' intention all along.

From their first meeting in the basement, Willes had a direct gaze and sharp judgment.

‘They seem to be serious.’

Oliver thought as he looked at Arthur and other colleagues waiting in the back without a word.

McBore, who took out numerous small golems from the magic bag, manipulated the golem by lifting his finger in the air, focusing on the image projected from the goggles.

Meanwhile, Donna finished preparing for the cover– equipped with various types of guns, from simple sniper rifles to magic guns that used chemicals instead of bullets, and had various types of grenades ready for quick replacement in case of an emergency.

Oliver didn't stand idly by, either.

He harnessed his magic to summon minions and placed them around for defense.

Though not especially powerful, they were sufficient to fend off most attacks.

"...Dave."

"Yes, Mr. Arthur?"

"Let me ask you again, was it real?"

Arthur, who had been quiet all this time, suddenly posed the question to Oliver.

"Yes. I can't verify the story, but Mr. Willes was sincere," replied Oliver.

"You mean...?"

Arthur, with a serious tone, trailed off.

"If I may," Oliver asked, "can I ask you a question?"

"What?"

"I thought only warlocks made deals with demons, can anyone else do it?"

Oliver lied partially. He was aware that wizards also made deals with demons, but he saw no reason to mention it.

"Well... What does a veteran soldier like me know?"

"I'm sorry, I thought you knew more than me,"

Hearing Oliver’s reply, Arthur spoke with a sense of responsibility.

"It's just like an urban legend."

"Do you know about that?"

"I've fought. If its full potential is used, it's something that even wizards struggle with. If we can't drop it now, we'll be in trouble."

At the same time as the answer, Arthur stretched out his prosthetic arm and aimed at the soldier who came running with the exoskeleton gloves.

Mana moved, creating a hole in the palm of the prosthetic arm.

Wurrrrrrrrrrr

As the mana started gathering at the palm, Oliver cut in.

"Wait a minute, Mr. Arthur."

"What is it?"

"I'll do it. You have to save your strength for later."

With those words, Oliver extracted emotions from the test tube and processed them into black magic.

The target was a little far, but it did not matter.

Emotions, which transformed into black smoke, passed Willes and activated in front of the soldier armed with exoskeleton gloves.

[Outcry]

The black smoke clung together and turned into numerous faces with furious looks.

Eyayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayyayayayayyayayayayayyayayayayayayayayyayayyay.

Angry shouts unleashed a shockwave that hit the soldier with an exoskeleton glove.

The soldier quickly reacted by fortifying the shields, avoiding the shield's destruction but causing it to shake– Like a glass resonating with high notes.

That was enough.

Oliver focused the energy on his eyes, collected emotions at his fingertips, condensed them, and fired hate bullets, targeting the shield's weakened points where the mana particles were vibrating.

The bullets penetrated the weakened shield, creating small cracks that ultimately shattered it like a window breaking.

"Minions."

With Oliver's command, the minions previously buried around, rose and exploded like bursting water balloons.

[Blister], which remained in the minions spread in all directions, hitting Kingdom soldiers who were pursuing, including those inside exoskeleton armor.

Kingdom soldiers who were directly hit had purple blisters appear on their faces, while the exoskeleton-clad soldier also became groggy as the Blister seeped through armor gaps.

"It's enough, let's follow the plan," said Arthur as he surveyed the halted pursuit.

Everyone agreed without hesitation.

Oliver, Arthur, and Willes have grabbed the attention of nearby troops to increase Hewitt's chances of escaping.

Now all they had to do was shake off the chase, get the balance from Willes, split up, and escape.

From now on, it was a fight against time.

“Um...??”

Suddenly, Oliver felt something strange and stopped running.

"What's going on?"

Instead of answering Arthur's question, Oliver invoked black magic, very quickly.

The group was surprised by his sudden action.

[Targeting] spell was cast on himself, Arthur, and Willes.

Soon, their bodies scattered and flew toward nearby rocks and trees.

The activation was so fast that everyone except Willes flinched and failed to respond, but fortunately, this worked, because they managed to avoid a ground explosion.

BOOM—! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Thanks to the explosion that exploded like an active volcano, the trees were torn from their roots and thrown into the air, and the soil fell like rain.

A man walked out of the ground while the fire moved around and dyed the surroundings red, just as when Willes attacked the kingdom troops.

A man with dark hair and red skin.

Oliver saw him for the first time today, but he knew him very well.

When Oliver first met Willes and fought, he felt his energy from afar.

"You're a war wizard."

Oliver asked the red-skin wizard who looked at him silently with cold eyes.

(To be Continued)

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