I Was Mistaken as a Genius Mage in a Game-Chapter 20

Ding ding ding ding!

The alarm bell that had been set up less than an hour ago began to ring loudly through the rain in the camp.

The soldiers stopped eating the bread they had been given and rushed out of the barracks, and the platoon leader standing in the center of the camp began to loudly explain the situation.

“A herd of Tauros has appeared! About 200 meters away! We have detected a leader!”

Under the sky filled with dark clouds, the usual starlight and moonlight were absent. Because of this, the forest was covered in pitch-black darkness, and the only sounds that could be heard were the soldiers hastily putting on their armor and the sound of raindrops falling on the armor.

“Are you saying there is a leader? Do you know how many there are?”

“The scouts reported that it was difficult to determine exactly because of the lack of visibility! However, since there is a leader, we can expect that there will be a considerable number!”

The leader.

Although there are differences depending on the individual, most monsters live in groups of 30 to 40, aimlessly wandering around, attacking and eating any wild animals or humans they see.

However, groups with a leader are different.

Unlike regular monsters who act entirely based on instinct, leaders have intelligence comparable to humans and can even converse at a certain level.

They command the monsters under their command and control hunting, so a group of monsters that simply acted based on instinct quickly transforms into an army with strategy and a system.

In addition, groups with a leader are incomparable in terms of numbers to other groups.

Groups usually consist of 300 to 400 monsters, and it was not uncommon for groups of over 1,000 monsters to gather together.

“Damn it... ... We’re in big trouble.”

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It was not unusual for the soldiers to sigh.

“All, prepare for battle in one minute! Move!”

Most of the soldiers were preparing to sleep in the cramped barracks, so they had already taken off their thick armor. They hurriedly began to fumble for the armor they had hung outside the barracks in order to get ready for battle as soon as possible.

“Lantern... ... Hey, Private! Bring the lantern inside the barracks!”

“Will the torch light up, you punk?! What are you doing in this pouring rain? Aren’t you awake?!”

“Hey, hey! That helmet is mine! It’s the wrong size, you idiot!”

The night, with no electricity and the moonlight and starlight obscured by dark clouds, was darker than I had imagined.

It was pitch black. In this forest where there was not a single corner for light to come out, the soldiers were desperately searching for lanterns and hastily putting on their armor, struggling.

“Orb.”

In the middle of the dark camp where confusion and fear had settled, Alter softly recited a spell.

At that moment, as if a pure white flare had been shot into the sky, light came to the world.

For a moment, the soldiers stared blankly at the pure white sphere rising high into the sky, then quickly came to their senses and began to gather their armor and weapons.

Only then did the soldiers show their usual unified appearance and quickly prepared for battle.

“... ... I’m indebted to you for this and that. I apologize for only showing you an embarrassing appearance.”

The platoon leader sighed at the soldiers’ foolish antics and thanked Alter.

“A Tauros leader has been found about 50 meters ahead! Their numbers have been determined to be around 500 to 600!”

Before Alter could even pretend to be nothing special, the soldier in charge of reconnaissance shouted.

The majestic hooves of the Tauros herd pierced the rain and pounded my heart.

The sound of the hooves grew closer and soon began to spread in all directions. The Tauros herd had formed a siege around the campsite.

The soldiers raised their blades quietly, careful not to sink their feet into the muddy ground, and soon the grotesque creature with its huge arms appeared between the trees.

“... ... .”

The monster, with its lower body that resembled a giant horse and its upper body that was as big as an orc, was wearing the armor of elite soldiers who had taken it when and how.

“You guys, the ones who killed my men.”

The leader shouted at Alter, who was standing right below the light, aiming his rusted spear tip, which was stained with blood.

... ... What is that guy talking about all of a sudden? Killing my men? Alter? When?

“Well, this seems like a good opportunity. Please take a good look, Bin.”

Alter turned his back to the Tauros leader who was aiming his spear at him and spoke to me.

“From now on, I will use three versions of magic. The first is a version where you don’t even memorize the name of the magic. The second is a version where you only memorize the name of the magic. The third is a version where you memorize both the spell and the name of the magic.”

To him, a horde of ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) monsters like this, whether 400 or 4,000, didn’t seem like a threat at all.

Well, considering the difference in level, it was only natural.

“Kill them!”

The leader shouted, engulfed in anger and humiliation, realizing that Alter was ignoring his words.

As soon as the leader’s order was given, the sound of hooves began to be heard all around.

“Everyone! Make protecting the magicians your top priority!”

The wizard can unleash powerful firepower and a wide range of attacks, but his survivability is poor.

Most wizards do not have the strength to block the enemy’s weapons with their shields, and they do not have the agility to dodge attacks.

That is why soldiers had to protect the wizards in most battlefields.

However, the wizard who was smiling kindly at me right under the light here was a high-ranking wizard who had reached the level of the 8th circle.

The word ‘normal’ does not apply to a being who is clearly outside the standard.

“Eww!”

With shouts from all directions, soldiers began swinging their blades at the Tauros horde that was rushing toward them. They took a stance, placing their shields on the tips of the enemy’s spears with the sole intention of protecting me, Alter, and Lir.

Alter stood still, getting hit by the heavy raindrops falling from the sky.

He slowly raised his finger in the center of the noisy battlefield... ... .

Hooung-

He immediately brought a blue beam of light to the battlefield.

“That thing just now, a bolt that doesn’t even remember the name of magic.”

The raindrops that were falling became fog. The wet trees caught fire and a hole appeared in the siege formation consisting of hundreds of Tauros.

“... ... Uh.”

The Tauros leader finally realized that the situation was wrong and began to stumble backwards, making a hoove sound.

“Bolt.”

As if not giving his opponent a chance to fully understand the situation, Alter then detonated a huge ball of electricity that had gathered at his fingertips.

Bam!

A huge ball of energy that tore through the air created a huge hole in the back of the siege formation.

With a loud explosion, over 60 Tauros were reduced to ashes.

The Tauros surrounding the ashes were also shocked by the spreading electricity and lost their lives in an instant.

With just two bolts, over a hundred Tauros disappeared.

“... ... Retreat! Retreat!”

Only then did the leader realize that he had chosen the wrong prey, shouting at his subordinates and immediately turning around, stamping his hooves loudly.

The Tauros herd, who were about to start a battle, followed the leader without a word despite the sudden order to retreat.

“That was just now, you only recited the name of the magic. And... ... .”

The hooves that had been disturbing his ears from all directions gathered into one point. Alter lifted his finger to where the hooves were gathered and slowly opened his mouth.

“One point. Absence. Unity and compression.”

Pass... ... !

Electricity surged around his body, and the raindrops that had been falling began to boil.

“Bolt.”

With a loud noise, a sphere of electricity compressed into a single point stretched out from Alter’s wrinkled fingers.

Light.

A gigantic light, incomparable to the small sphere floating above his head now, enveloped the rain-soaked forest. The hot heat could be felt from all directions, and the rainwater turned into fog and settled on the battlefield.

There was nothing left where Alter’s fingertips were pointed.

“As I explained earlier, reciting a spell increases the casting time of the magic, but it also increases its power by a large amount.”

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The Tauros group and their leader who had been fleeing with their backs turned, as well as the trees that had filled the forest and the ground where their roots had stood, were reduced to a handful of ash by the massive amount of electricity.

“This is what I mean.”

I let out a soft exclamation as I looked at the battlefield where everything had disappeared and the fog that filled the air.

I never dreamed that ‘Bolt’ could be this powerful.

‘... ... If I had known this would happen, I would have become a Bolt wizard.’

A meaningless regret flashed through my mind.

Of course, I must not forget that Alter was a high-ranking wizard of the 8th circle, and I must not forget that the Tauros were monsters in their 20s or 30s, far below his level.

Even so, the power of Bolt that he had just shown me was enough to fascinate me.

“By the way, do you also know the spell of flowering? I understand that you have to develop the spell yourself, but I thought it would be helpful if you referred to it.”

If you use a spell while using flowering, its power would be much stronger. I looked at Alter with my eyes sparkling at the unexpected opportunity to increase my specs.

“I’m sorry, but flowering is a spell that has been studied by almost no one among our school of magicians for a long time. If you look through the old books, you might be able to find out what spells your seniors recited... ... .”

Alter spoke while tidying up his static-damaged beard.

The Tauros herd just now seemed like less than a meal to him.

“As you know, it’s best to develop spells yourself. Not all humans have the same way of thinking and calculation structure. Rather, it might be an opportunity to not be influenced by other people’s spells. Just now the spell I recited was also something I personally developed when I was twenty-one... ... .”

“Ha... ... !”

“We really went with over-the-top magicians.”

“This expedition was a total waste from start to finish.”

“They all died, right?”

“Would anyone have survived the same spell just now? It’s a total annihilation without a doubt.”

Behind Alter, who was continuing his explanation, the soldiers’ empty laughter erupted.

It was understandable. The power of the magic Alter had just shown was truly beyond the realm of the absurd.

The sight of the Tauros horde completely disappearing from the world with just a few simple words, and the rain that had been falling splitting the earth and turning into fog would never fade from their memories.

“... ... This is ridiculous.”

The platoon leader also stared blankly at the path Alter’s bolt had passed through, making a similar face as the soldiers. He soon gave another order to rest, and as soon as the order was given, the soldiers all put down their swords and began to take off their armor.

“... ... What are you all doing? Aren’t you all leaving work too early? Isn’t safety not yet completely secured?”

Then, the high-ranking magician of the 8th Circle, Alter Heindel, who brought silence to the battlefield, said with a bewildered expression to the soldiers who had taken off their armor and started to return to the barracks.

Leisure and carelessness.

Normally, the well-trained elite soldiers would not have ended the battle so easily. Normally, they should have been on guard for any monsters that the magician had not yet finished off, and should have completely secured the safety of this area.

But they didn’t.

Because they had faced such an unconventional and powerful blow, they hastily concluded that they had eliminated all threats.

And then.

Dangdang.

The faint sound of hooves could be heard through the sound of the rain. “... ... Uh.”

The Tauros leader must have been hit by Alter’s bolt and turned into a pile of pure white ash.

The place Alter’s finger was pointing was the leader’s back.

This must be the clear result.

And most of the Tauros that the leader had summoned would have been shocked by the tremendous lightning created by the bolt and would not have escaped the same fate as the leader.

But wouldn’t there have been even a single survivor among those many monsters?

Even though it was a ‘volt’ that was so beautiful and powerful that it was blinding.

Volt was basically a magic created for one-on-one situations.

No matter how powerful it was, believing that it could annihilate over 600 monsters with just three shots, without a single survivor... ... .

was the realm of optimism.

“Manifestation.”

When my thoughts reached that point, my mouth reacted on its own. The yellowish powder burst through the skin and soon took the shape of crystals near the shoulder blades.

Dagdak.

The faint sound of hooves echoed once more.

It was so faint and faint that I thought I was hallucinating because I was oversensitive.

Dagdak.

Dagdak!

The faint sound of hooves began to become clearer and clearer.

“... ... !”

Only then did the platoon leader come to his senses, pulling out the sword at his waist and rushing towards us.

“What are you all doing! The leader is dead! Prepare for the aftermath!”

The leader ordered his subordinates to ‘retreat’ right before he died.

However, the leader was reduced to ashes by Alter’s bolt, and the huge group lost their commander.

The monsters whose leaders disappeared turned into monsters who were only true to their instincts. The ‘instinct’ that had been overlaid with ‘commands’ took control of their bodies.

Their instincts always scream at humans to pounce on them.

No matter how strong the humans were, how great the magicians were, or how powerful their previous attacks were.

Fear is not a word that exists for monsters.

Whew!

As if to prove my worries, the giant Tauros’ body burst through the burning trees and appeared.

Most of the soldiers had returned to the barracks and were taking off their armor, so the formation was in disarray.

There was nothing blocking the monster and our magicians.

The monster, whose entire body was completely blackened, was in a state where it would not have been strange if it had lost its breath.

However, as if it did not know the pain, the monster came out with a magnificent hooves and ran straight to where Lir was standing.

The infantrymen who saw this sight began to run towards us late.

However, no matter how fast they ran, they could not keep up with the speed of Tauros, who had the lower body of a horse.

It was a moment.

The time it took for Tauros to emerge from the forest and thrust its pitch-black spear tip at us.

Tauros was after Lir.

Monsters without a leader choose their prey randomly. Lir was the last Tauros left, and it was just bad luck that she became the target.

“... ...!”

Lir quickly raised her palm and gathered electricity in her hand.

It was an agile reaction worthy of an elf, but there was too little time for the magic power in her body to change into electricity, and for that electricity to be reconstructed into magic and unleash its power.

The giant monster’s spear had already reached the tip of her neck.

The moment when the word death was engraved in the eyes of the genius magician Lir, who reached the 4th circle at the age of twenty-one.

Kkirik!

The sound of mechanical devices meshing echoed from the yellow-red crystal ball floating above my shoulder.