Chapter 82

Chapter 82

Sting

“A bet.”

The Grand Duke said while looking down at Galahad.

Those corners of the mouth were raised fiercely. Interest thickly blew in the Grand Duke’s voice.

“Yes, a hunt bet of father-in-law and son-in-law—. Warm and good isn’t it?”

“Father-in-law?”

Galahad slightly laughed while tidying the itchy neck for nothing.

The Grand Duke turned the axe with a binggeul—. Air tore and screamed.

“Confident?”

The Grand Duke’s voice was still indifferent. It was like a beast’s low cry.

Galahad raised the corners of his mouth and nodded.

From the beginning an agent had to do anything well. Because one does not know when and in what way one will perform a mission.

“Yes, I do anything well.”

Galahad was a very excellent agent. In other words, Galahad did most well. Hunting was also included there.

“In the North there is a play called magic beast hunting.”

‘Can the word play be attached to magic beast hunting?’

Galahad felt a question, but first nodded.

The Grand Duke deeply pressed the corpse of the magic beast whose head was cut with the axe. The magic beast’s corpse turned and the hideous inside was seen.

“A magic beast if eating another magic beast’s head, absorbs power. For example, this guy caught and ate a mantis form magic beast.”

“I see.”

Interest rose at a new story about magic beasts.

The story of eating the head was somehow unpleasant. The Grand Duke only ate the magic beast’s head.

“One calls this predation. The more one predates the magic beast becomes stronger.”

The Grand Duke explained while pressing that joint.

‘Talking about magic beasts the words became many.’

“The more a magic beast that predates a lot receives a high score. The wolf magic beast you caught is a guy mixed with only eight, but the magic beast I caught is a guy mixed with twelve so my victory.”

“I see. As expected His Highness the Grand Duke.”

The Grand Duke’s eyebrows rose sharply.

“Catch three magic beasts in turn and compare. The side that takes 2 points is the victory.”

Galahad slightly raised his hand. The Grand Duke nodded as if saying speak.

“What was the strongest magic beast among what His Highness caught?”

The corners of the Grand Duke’s mouth rose more. It was a reaction as if waited for the question.

“It was a guy mixed with ninety nine. The flavor was very excellent.”

The magic beast Galahad caught just now was roughly between lower-rank and mid-rank. Yet if a guy mixed with ninety nine—.

‘It would be a high-rank magic beast.’

A high-rank magic beast is not some butter yet excellent flavor—. Galahad clicked his tongue softly.

“The hunt is until the sun rises again.”

The Grand Duke pointed at the sun hanging in the center. That fierce face somehow looked excited. It seemed the Grand Duke likes magic beast hunting quite.

“One can depart first.”

“Ah, fine.”

Galahad lightly refused. He had no thought of finding stupidly right away. Subsequently he took out a folding chair from the bag Tom gave, and sat in a place where the sun is well.

“Showing leisure.”

“I am the side that uses the head rather than the body.”

The Grand Duke held the axe without particular words and disappeared.

‘Find a guy mixed with many papers—.’

Galahad muttered while looking at the distant Grand Duke.

The rule was simple. The side that catches a magic beast that predates a lot wins.

Although a stupid Northerner would hunt while running with feet directly, Galahad had no thought of doing so.

Solving in a rough way was not Galahad’s taste.

‘Find a guy with high mana density.’

Whether demon race or magic beast the higher the rank that density was thick. If finding a guy with thick mana density, it would be a guy that predates a lot.

It was the story of just finding a guy with high mana density.

There was a trivial problem.

The point that with the detection magic currently using one can know the magic beast’s position, but cannot confirm up to the mana density.

‘One has to make a new one.’

Galahad nodded while putting the cigarette in his mouth.

The sun was moderately in and the surroundings were quiet. It was an atmosphere one can concentrate leisurely after a long time. He gauged the method while dangling his legs.

‘Adding density to mana arrow is insufficient. If the side adding density one cannot sprinkle several.’

Along with that the method using mana arrow the range was too small.

Then, the magic beast’s scream was heard from afar.

‘Started.’

The magic beast’s scream continued. The interval between that was short. It seemed the thought of wandering indiscriminately and catching magic beasts, then picking the largest guy.

‘Stupid.’

Galahad clicked his tongue softly.

This is why if the head is bad the body suffers.

****

The Grand Duke examined the magic beast whose breath cut. There was a shell near the chest.

‘It is a mole cricket magic beast’s shell.’

Because insect type the legs were many. He carefully confirmed those legs one by one. There were finely different parts here and there.

‘Six.’

He cut the chest with the axe and examined the inside. Bizarre bones wrapped the heart. The form of those bones was diverse. There were also bizarre organs.

‘Fifteen.’

The Grand Duke nodded.

The magic beasts of this mountain were usually between five to thirteen. Fifteen was the many side.

Magic beasts stronger than that were cunning and not easy to find. The guys often hide just smelling the Grand Duke’s scent.

‘The guy—.’

The Grand Duke who recalled Galahad furrowed his eyes.

The guy who boldly applied for the match was spreading a chair in a place where the sun is well and sitting and puffing a cigarette.

That was an appearance of playing at a glance, but it was not a guy without thought. It was clear there is a scheme.

Whatever scheme the guy possessed, it did not matter to the Grand Duke.

There was no way the Grand Duke would lose in magic beast hunting.

The Grand Duke packed the magic beast’s corpse and returned to the usual place.

The guy was still in that place.

‘Even drinking tea.’

The guy was sipping a teacup. A fragrant lemon scent and bitter smell blew.

At an appearance beyond leisure the Grand Duke’s eyes narrowed.

The magic beast corpse that was around was rummaged. Whether tried something, a bizarre picture was drawn on the magic beast’s leather.

“You came.”

The guy welcomed the Grand Duke in a peaceful voice. It was an atmosphere as if here is one’s own inner room.

The Grand Duke laughed low.

“Fifteen.”

He threw the brought magic beast in front of the guy. The magic beast rolled with a degeul degeul and poured those guts. Although a quite terrible appearance, the guy did not even blink one eye.

No, rather—.

“Can I look a bit? Because there is something to find out.”

Showed interest while shining the eyes.

The Grand Duke clicked his tongue and went out hunting again.

This time the magic beast was not good. It seemed the magic beast hid avoiding the Grand Duke.

The Grand Duke put his ear to the ground and concentrated on the sound. The magic beast’s heartbeat was larger than a human’s.

Especially—.

‘When blood smell comes one cannot control excitement.’

The Grand Duke scratched his own arm and fully sprayed blood.

As expected the magic beast that could not endure sniffed—.

‘This time seventeen.’

The Grand Duke disassembled the magic beast. The Grand Duke who packed the magic beast suddenly became curious.

Whether the guy is still there.

“You came.”

There was.

No, more full-scale than before. At the stew boiling with a bogeul bogeul the Grand Duke’s eyes narrowed.

“Did some cooking, will you eat? It will be delicious.”

The guy held out the bowl. That smell was quite fragrant. The Grand Duke received the bowl and poured it into his mouth.

“Hot···. Hmm, no.”

At the taste of the stew the Grand Duke was surprised. A nameless sauce caught the unique taste of the magic beast. The flavor was considerable.

“Delicious.”

The Grand Duke nodded. Certainly delicious.

“I do anything well, but cooking especially better.”

“Even arrogant well.”

The Grand Duke flowed energy. With this degree even a Northern knight would be hard to endure, yet the guy rather raised the corners of his mouth.

“Paying the stew value uniquely.”

The Grand Duke laughed with a keul keul and retrieved the momentum.

“It seems there is something desired.”

The guy hesitated for a moment and opened his mouth.

“Can I use a bit of magic on His Highness the Grand Duke? There is something to confirm a bit.”

At the arrogant request of using magic on himself the Grand Duke furrowed his eyes.

“Like earlier?”

The guy pretending to find a magic beast, and poking the Grand Duke rose. When saying that the guy was startled.

“Haha, it will sting more than earlier.”

“Sting.”

Even if the guy is an excellent mage, with magic one could not give even one wound to the Grand Duke.

At that the Grand Duke clicked his tongue and nodded.

Then—.

“Heavenly Punishment.”

The Grand Duke’s eyes flashed in front.

At the brightened vision the Grand Duke narrowly opened his eyes.

‘Hmm?’

The guy’s finger pointing at himself and sparks bouncing around the body—.

The Grand Duke belatedly realized that the guy dropped lightning on himself.

Even there was not even a small hesitation in the guy’s action.

Even if permitted, to think of just spraying magic on himself the Grand Duke—.

‘A crazy guy.’

The Grand Duke laughed softly and shook his hand.

Sparks fully bounced.

Then, the guy slightly held out the stew.

“Will you eat one more bowl?”

When the Grand Duke quietly looked—.

“Haha, it is a joke.”

The guy slightly moved his finger to the side.

****

‘This method is not bad.’

Galahad checked the formula and nodded.

Mana flowed from a low place to a high place. It was clear the surrounding mana density of a strong magic beast would be high.

The problem was the point that the natural flow of mana is not that fast so tracking that flow is difficult.

If the opponent is a moving magic beast tracking was even more difficult. Along with that even just the surrounding magic beasts that number was considerable.

There was no time to examine each one of those.

Because of that a new magic was needed.

‘A very wide magic. If possible to the extent of covering the snow mountain—.’

For that quite a lot of thick density mana was needed.

Even Galahad did not have that degree of mana.

However, what was plentiful was magic beast corpses.

And to Galahad there was knowledge about the magic beast trainer’s magic circle—.

‘It will be fun.’

Galahad went around and gathered the magic beast’s corpses. Gathering all it was huge to the extent of looking like a small mountain.

Subsequently drew a magic circle around that with the gold rod.

‘Drawn well.’

Drawing with the gold rod the magic circle was drawn quite well.

The basics was the magic beast trainer’s magic circle. Brought the part of the magic beast trainer handling demon race blood and used.

However, to use in the way Galahad desires one had to newly weave the formula.

Although a simple story at a glance, that was rather harder than newly drawing a magic circle. Even that target was demon race blood, there was nothing more to say.

However, it was Galahad who directly drinks demon race blood.

One could assert that the understanding about demon race blood is superior to any mage.

‘Using such large-scale magic after a long time.’

Galahad raised the corners of his mouth while looking at the huge magic circle.

Originally mages preferred flashy and huge magic as the rank becomes higher.

Because flashy large-scale magic is effective when getting a job at the magic tower. It was also good to boast anywhere.

From the beginning a mage could accumulate honor and enormous wealth just by tapping magic tools at the magic tower.

There was no reason to choose the path of rolling receiving little money on site unnecessarily.

However, Galahad was a field agent. To an agent quiet and trace-less magic was the best.

Because of that Galahad did not prefer large-scale magic.

Rather close to the side of hating. He thought it is useless bluff and waste.

However, now large-scale magic was needed.

One cannot directly rummage such a snow mountain.

He was thinking of using the basic principle of mana.

Mana flows from a low density place to a high density place—.

However, it was somewhat hard to specify simply by a magic beast breathing.

There was a need to make easy to recognize.

Galahad who finished drawing the magic circle headed to the corpse mountain. Below that blood was fully pooled. Galahad stuck the gold rod into that puddle.

And slowly drew a line. So that the magic beast’s blood flows to the drawn magic circle—.

‘Good.’

Galahad put the cigarette in his mouth and stood at the center of the magic circle.

The magic beast’s blood slowly painted the magic circle. Soon the magic circle was fully filled.

The magic circle engraved on the right wrist scattered gold light brilliantly. Galahad finished the calculation, and slowly chanted the formula.

Soon the magic circle roughly shook. Galahad stuck the gold rod in the center of the magic circle and finished the formula.

“Dawn Mist.”

The magic circle scattered red light.

The blood that filled the magic circle boiled with a bogeul bogeul as if applying heat. The blood that boiled for a while soon became steam.

Red mist slowly spread—.

Soon the surroundings became hazy.

“Excellent.”

Galahad brushed the disheveled hair and laughed refreshingly.

****

‘Twenty one.’

The Grand Duke looked at the magic beast’s corpse placed in front and shook the axe.

A magic beast of twenty one was rare. One could see as the highest among recently caught.

‘Won.’

The Grand Duke was certain of his own victory.

A magic beast surpassing twenty one was hard for even the Grand Duke to find.

‘Hmm?’

At a subtle feeling the Grand Duke’s gaze returned.

A somehow unpleasant feeling was felt. The Grand Duke believed his own sense. At that he gave up the magic beast and turned back.

Then, red mist approaching from afar was seen. That was not a simple mist. It was red mist full of gloominess.

The mist spread as if eating the white snow mountain.

The Grand Duke narrowed his eyes and largely swung the axe.

A fierce wind fully pushed the mist. Formless wind roughly tore the red mist. The red mist was largely pushed back.

However, that was momentary. The red mist spread again.

‘It is a highest-rank demon race.’

The Grand Duke rather advanced toward the mist. The red mist swallowed the Grand Duke.

The skin stung. Although at a glance just red mist, unusual power was felt inside that.

‘Is it a high-rank demon race.’

The Grand Duke long breathed. Sweet blood smell fully filled the breath.

The corners of the Grand Duke’s mouth rose more.

Thick hunger shook the mind.

Suddenly recalled Galahad. Perhaps what the opponent is aiming at might be Galahad.

Although the vision was blocked by red mist all around, the Grand Duke walked without hesitation.

The closer the more the stinging became severe. The sense became clear.

‘Aimed at the guy.’

Then—.

Sharp sense was felt from the front. The Grand Duke swung the axe.

The red mist roughly split.

What flew was a sharp spear. Made of ice—.

The Grand Duke felt something strange.

Because that ice spear was the magic Galahad used—.

Then, as the red mist split the situation was seen.

There was a huge red picture. From that huge picture clearly drawn with blood red mist was continuously spraying.

It was the meaning that the high-rank demon race who made this situation is there.

The problem was that high-rank demon race—.

“Ah, I thought it was a magic beast.”

Was Galahad.

“This time it is a real mistake.”

“This time—?”

The Grand Duke’s eyes narrowed. At that Galahad laughed and waved his hand.

The red mist around the Grand Duke retreated.

“It is magic using the principle of the magic beast trainer’s magic circle. Ah, although it will sound a bit strange, if thinking of snatching the enemy’s knife and using it will do.”

Galahad long explained.

Covering the mountain with mist made of blood—. it was an act a high-rank demon race would do.

Of course, as the guy’s words it might be magic.

However—.

“You, the heart is two?”

The heart could not be deceived.

The Grand Duke turned the axe obliquely.

The guy was still a leisurely face.

Then, Galahad raised his hand.

“Do the question after winning in the bet.”

Firmly a crazy guy.