A Genius Gamer, Reincarnated as a Hero - Chapter 38



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A genius gamer, reincarnated into a famous hero episode 38

Graduation assignment (3)

Pagan, Maspov.

As a pagan who obtained magical energy through a contract with the devil, he was a madman who believed in the violent ideology that the strong would rule the world.

‘… … Are you crazy? It seems similar to Kaladun.’

Anyway, even if they were pagan demons, they kept changing their residence as if they were afraid of the Heresy Inquisitors, and they searched for a place where their influence would not affect them, and the place they arrived at was Garandel, the royal capital of the Herael Empire.

Harang, who was listening to Judge Reisen’s briefing, burst into laughter.

‘This is outrageous.’

Just by listening to that part, it was easy to see how stupid Maspov was.

Isn’t it like crawling into a tiger’s den to avoid wolves?

With the world’s White Night Castle and the Imperial Knights’ eyes wide open, they would not even dare to commit a crime.

“The security in the royal capital is certainly excellent. “It’s already been over a month since the heretics hid here, and there hasn’t been any news yet.”

“That’s a good thing for him.”

“… … “Are you lucky?”

“If you commit murder here, you will not die well. Especially if you are caught by the knights of the White Night Castle.”

Among the execution ceremonies for violent crimes presided over by Baek Ya-seong, the lightest punishment is the death penalty. Other than that, I heard that he carries out such terrible torture that some people even say that it would be better to kill him.

As Harang spoke with a cruel smile, the Inquisitors once again felt cold.

It was amazing that she could show such cruelty with such a pretty face.

‘No matter how young she is, Caladorn is Caladorn…? … .’

Haran carefully read every single profile prepared by the Inquisitors, while Castia barely read the profile and handed it over to the attendant who had followed her to assist her.

“As far as I know, I heard that the Inquisitor is learning magic to track down the demon energy of heretics. Why haven’t you found it yet?”

At that question, the priests looked at each other and looked troubled.

“Whew, originally, as Semi Folden Harang said, we would have chased down heretics using tracking magic, but in recent years, the number of people erasing traces of magic has increased. “Do the demons have some unusual abilities or something?”

“Erasing traces, does that make sense?”

As Castia, who was listening, asked, the expressions of the priests became increasingly hard. It seems that the existence of such heretical demons is much more numerous than expected.

“We’re having a hard time because of that these days.”

“Are you saying I have to run around looking for it? “It’s analog and nice.”

Despite Harang’s sarcastic remarks, the Inquisitors were unable to say anything.

‘It’s a tracking mission… … .’

Harang, who was quietly reading the profile, suddenly had a question and asked.

“It is said that pagans mainly commit violent crimes and carry out missionary activities, but there is no possibility of killing people and offering them as sacrifices, right?”

It was a question asked without much thought, just in case, but the Inquisitors’ expressions became even more serious.

“If a heretic offering a living sacrifice appears, the ‘Royal Inquisitor’ will be dispatched, not us.”

Although no further explanation was added, it was enough to explain how dangerous and great a crime it was for pagans to offer living sacrifices.

“… … Well, I understand for now.”

It’s not that there is no information at all. It is said that it mainly appears in the slums of the city, and that most crimes occur in deserted alleys, so I had a rough idea of ​​where it would wander.

* * *

That evening, Harang visited the city’s remote alleys and quickly learned why the Inquisitors were unable to find Maspov.

“Are you guys going to keep wearing that?”

Harang’s current attire consisted of a loose-fitting jacket that covered his shoulder blades and belly band.

In battle, they wore minimal protective gear and then covered it with a coat, so at first glance, it wasn’t much different from everyday clothes.

What about the Inquisitors?

He wore the white and brilliant combat priest uniform and openly displayed his sword.

It has ‘Makeless Inquisitor’ written in large letters on its back, so even if a passing snail sees it, it will be careful to avoid it.

Surprisingly, priests are actually noblemen.

Prince Castia proudly displayed the imperial knight’s uniform and even waved a cape with a large Herael royal family emblem engraved on it.

Perhaps he wanted to advertise the fact that he was a prince, but he had an abbreviated emblem engraved on his chest as well as his epaulets.

He was a prince when viewed from the front, a prince when viewed backwards, and a prince when viewed from above.

Although he is not one of the three great swordsmen, the second prince of the imperial family, who is known to be great at swordsmanship, walks around proudly, so what criminal in the world would show up?

Of course, there were perspectives based on cultural differences here.

Because Harang lived in modern times, it was thought that it was right for the police to hide their identities, conduct investigations, and go undercover to arrest criminals. However, the people here guarantee the safety of the areas they pass by by proudly revealing their identities.

The primary goal was to show the authority of the imperial family or the church to prevent criminals from daring to act and to reassure citizens.

At the same time, the Magic Investigation Unit was released to track them down, so this method must have worked well so far.

“The priestly vestments are a sacred resting place and grace bestowed by the Holy Father, and a window to the heart that connects with the Lord. No matter what happens, you cannot take them off.”

However, what use is that method now that the tracking magic has failed?

The safety of citizens is important, but ultimately finding the heretics is what solves the root cause.

“Let’s act separately. “While you protect the safety of the citizens, I will secretly search through another route.”

“… … “You say so.”

As Harang easily leapt and disappeared into the distance, the Inquisitors looked very disapproving.

“You are full of spirit.”

They clicked their tongues and spoke to Prince Castia.

“Let’s go. If you investigate with us, you will be able to find the heretic in no time.”

“yes. “Let’s do that.”

Castia snorted. I admit that he has achieved great things at such a young age, but what can he do on his own when he has no experience in tracking down criminals?

‘They say geniuses show their courage and then die early. ‘It was true.’

He grinned, confident of victory. It was his turn to prove his skills to his father by defeating Harang, who had become famous for his honorary swordsmanship.

* * *

Although the sacred spells that traced the pagan’s dark magic failed, the ordinary magic that examined the scents and footprints left behind by people and traced the memories of the land still worked.

Moreover, because the Inquisitors were very skilled in the pursuit system, they were able to show quite significant results in only half a day while working with Castia.

“There are traces left. “The infidels have hidden themselves here.”

Although the traces were broken in some places, it meant that he was not able to move quickly and moved carefully to break the traces.

Moreover, seeing as there were quite a few broken traces, it was assumed that they had stayed in this place for quite a long time.

“Why are you hiding in a slum? … .”

The place we arrived was a slum formed outside the walls of the royal capital. Castia clicked her tongue as she looked at the slums of the slums, which had been sloppily built into shantytowns with stairs made of rubble on the mountain.

‘It lowers the dignity of the royal capital. ‘It will have to be demolished soon.’

It was located a little away from the royal capital and was hidden by a sloping mountain, but I did not like the fact that such a slum was nearby.

“I have to go on patrol in the early morning.”

“Are you saying I have to wander around this slum all night?”

“That’s right. Although it is a slum, everyone here receives life from God and lives on this land, so protecting it is the right thing to do. From now on, let’s divide into groups of two and move.”

The prince’s expression crumpled.

‘It’s not elegant.’

Castia reluctantly nodded, thinking that if she was assigned a mission from now on, it would not be a mission to chase down heretics in the slums, but a mission to subdue monsters like a mythical hero.

Anyway, it seems like listening to them will help us catch the heretics before Harang does.

Patrols continued throughout the night. In addition to inspecting the alleys, priests sometimes visited shacks to pray for the injured.

‘We will quickly track it down.’

As he was tapping his forearm with his finger and looking at the priest’s useless practice with a serious expression, the priest asked back.

“You have a serious expression. “Did you find anything?”

“No, rather than that, it’s because of Calladan’s semi-folded.”

He said it as if he was worried that he would find out first, but the young priest laughed and said that it was indeed the prince.

“You’re worried that Night Harang will get hurt. it’s okay. “With his tracking skills, we won’t be able to find the heretics first.”

“… … “Of course, right?”

* * *

At that time, Harang had already discovered the base of the heretic Maspov and was hovering nearby.

It wasn’t difficult to find.

A person’s weight and height could be measured by the height of their footprints in the sand, and by looking at their strides and steps, one could roughly know which martial arts they had mastered and their level of skill.

As the number of footprints increased, we learned that people often wandered around crowded places. By specifying the places where the footprints frequently headed and narrowing down the suspects one by one, we were able to find Maspov’s base in just a few hours.

‘It’s amazing.’

Maspov was increasing his power in a short period of time in a small village located a little away from the slums.

Maspov, who conquered a gang of gangsters in a small town with one fist, borrowed their back alley power and swallowed up the entire church. Then, he used a pagan prayer to give the gangsters a whopping 2-star ability in a short period of time, and upon hearing the rumor, even the nearby gangsters came to visit!

For them, who had nothing to learn and all they knew how to do was cut on the street, being able to learn magic must have seemed like a coincidence.

‘I heard that Magi will eventually eat away at your reason and your soul will be taken away by the devil… … .’

It was even said that if the pagan gods did not periodically perform the desired sacrifices or rituals, their souls would be painfully squeezed out.

In other words, instead of gaining strong power in a short period of time, you end up losing your entire life to the devil.

‘The number is almost over 50… .’

I don’t know where he learned it, but the gangsters who previously had 1 to 2 star strength became 3 stars, making him a considerable force.

Indeed, they say they are heretics, but their missionary work seems to be shocking.

‘Can I deal with it alone?’

Honestly, it seems a little burdensome. No matter how much I tried to strengthen my magic power, it was absolutely impossible to deal with such a large number alone.

‘Furthermore, it seems like there are ordinary believers mixed in as well.’

After thoroughly examining the church and nearby landmarks, Harang climbed up to the ceiling of the church. If Maspov was truly a four-star warrior, it was an act so bold that he might have noticed it long ago, but we still don’t know.

Not stopping there, Harang plans to do something even more daring.

“Whoa… … .”

After taking a deep breath, I put my fingers together and formed a triangle.

‘I’ve only been practicing at the White Night Castle. This is my first time using magic in real life… … .’

When I drew a circle with my right hand and spread my left palm, a small magic circle appeared above it.

“From dot to dot, with the colors of a wandering artist who draws constellations… … .”

As he slowly chanted the spell and made a hand sign, the magic circle was gradually completed and spread out on Harang’s palm.

Buzz!!

A collection of powerfully shining magic power.

Harang looked at the finished product, sweating profusely.

‘This might not be enough to pierce the aura of a 2-star drone, but it might be enough to cause some confusion.’

Over the past few years, Harang has studied magic steadily. It was really easy.

All you have to do is invest a few minutes once a month and [acquire] the magic book to learn each spell!

‘The only thing I lack as a wizard is experience.’

Now is the time to make up for that lack of experience. Harang did not use the completed magic circle, but recorded it on the ceiling of the church.

It was a ‘memorize’ that if you recorded it in a specific place in advance, you could take it out and use it whenever you wanted.

Memorise, which involves investing magical power in advance to form a magic circle, had the advantage of being able to use a lot of magic at once, but had a clear disadvantage.

Not only is the mana efficiency not more than twice as good, but the duration is at most 3 hours. Even the power is halved!

What wizard would love Memorize? It is a common belief that memorizing without magic stones is nothing more than an act of discarding mana.

However, Harang, who had previously received Lauren Chegan’s arcane spellbook, linked it with Memorize’s Silver Heart and greatly increased its use.

The duration was increased to 6 hours, the halving of power was somewhat reduced, the efficiency of magic consumption was slightly increased, and even the magic that could be stored through Memorise was almost doubled.

‘If only I could decide the exact time and place of battle… … As someone who can use magic and swordsmanship at the same time, this is the best strategy.’

Long 5 hours.

Harang, who installed 10 magic circles with Memorize, smiled with satisfaction even though he was sweating profusely.

“Whoa.”

Thanks to memorizing a level of magic higher than his own, Harang even felt severe dizziness, but as he comfortably used the magic with his eyes closed, his mind gradually became clearer.

He filled his magical energy and made plans for the future.

‘How should I approach Maspov? No matter how much I set up a magic circle, if I join forces with the gangsters and fight, I won’t be able to win on my own. But if I could somehow get him away… … .’

at that time.

While making plans, a scream was heard from inside the church.

Argh!! Wow! Well, that’s not true!!

Harang opened his eyes and quickly got up from his seat.

‘what… … ?!’

An unexpected incident occurred inside the church.