Episode 50 – Genius Mage

There is a beast called Earth Worm that swims through the land and damages farms and villages. It was a monster that could be dealt with by veteran adventurers as long as they were careful about the fact that it suddenly popped out of the ground and that its shell was a bit hard and thick.

However, that was only the case when Earthworm was a body. The shortest of those bodies are monsters with a length of over 6m, but the adult body is a monster with a length of over 20m and the strength of its shell is close to that of a rock. However, even this could have been subjugated sufficiently if the Knights stepped forward.

But Earthworm, which has been around for over 1,000 years, is different. It was over 200m long, the strength of its shell was superior to that of steel, and its thickness was as thick as that of a fortress wall.

And it was only two people, an old man and a boy, who rolled up their sleeves at the news that this earthworm had appeared for more than 1,000 years.

An old man with a long white beard began tapping the ground with his palm.

“It’s a gigantic earth dragon… There are always many mysterious creatures on this continent…”

The boy next to him sighed and walked away.

“Tell me how many times Grandpa the Heavenly Demon! It’s not a spirit creature, it’s a witch beast! Are you by any chance senile?”

Then the old man’s fist struck Werner on the top of his head. It was an educational hawk full of admonition and love. Of course, from the point of view of the person concerned, it was just a dirty, painful fist thrown by an old man.

“Gal! Didn’t I tell you to respect my elders! And what a demon! If you’ve reached the age of 1000 or more, even if you’re a small creature, a spiritual creature is a spiritual creature!”

I started rubbing my hair, frowning at the bitter pain of being hit by the spicy attack.

“What kind of frozen to die…”

He may have thought he would not be able to hear it, but the Heavenly Demon’s ears were clear, and the educational auditory circle resulted in a direct hit to the crown of Werner’s head.

“Ah, it hurts so bad, really. No, if you harm people, it’s 1,000 years, it’s nabal, and it’s just a monster. A spiritual creature is a spiritual creature that freezes to death…”

“Gal! If so, aren’t humans the ones who hurt people the most? Then, can humans be called monsters too!”

“Crackling… soon the old man who is about to paint the walls brown grows soft-throated…”

Hearing Werner’s self-talk, the Heavenly Demon broke the branch of a nearby tree. It was clear what the branch would be for, so Werner started to run away in order not to lose his tail. Even an ordinary tree branch becomes more menacing than an iron club when the Heavenly Demon old man holds it in his hand.

“I honestly didn’t say anything wrong!”

“You won’t look up to the sky until you have the beautiful word etiquette nailed into your head!”

Werner ran to live, and the Heavenly Demon to kill. Did the two of them run about 5 km like that? Suddenly the ground started to rumble with a roar. The sudden shaking stopped Werner and the Heavenly Horse from running.

Werner spread his magical powers, and the Heavenly Demon old man began to search for the source. Something huge was approaching them, and very quickly.

“Look, Grandpa Heavenly Demon, thanks to me, it saved you the trouble of finding it, right?”

“Don’t be conceited while catching a mouse while walking backwards. And…”

At that time, a huge earth worm appeared through the ground. Close to 250 meters long and shiny hard shell. It was the target they were looking for. Not a speck of dust adhered to the hem of the clothes of the Heavenly Demon old man who was hit directly by the dust wind caused by the earth worm.

From the perspective of Earth Worm, the Heavenly Demon was not doing anything. However, the Heavenly Demon’s sleeves fluttered violently. The movement of the hand reaching the speed of light did not allow the wind of dust to reach the Heavenly Demon.

The Heavenly Demon old man opened his firm mouth.

“Didn’t you hear that I was admonishing the youngest child? Even if I endured a thousand years of age, a little thing is a little thing.”

The Heavenly Demon old man put his palm on the cold and hard shell of Earth Worm.

“The sin of cutting off the principal and scattering dust is very heavy.”

Then I turned my wrist, and with my middle finger I brushed the Earth Worm’s shell. I just wrote carelessly and simply from bottom to top…

The body of the giant earth worm flew into the sky.

“Imoogi is said to ascend to heaven after attaining enlightenment, but I just changed the order, so ascend to heaven and realize your foolishness.”

The Earth Worm, feeling for the first time in its life the feeling of not being able to touch the ground with its 250m tall body, roared wildly.

“Keeeaek!”

“Because it is a small creature, it is very annoying to listen to it because its cries are shallow.”

The Heavenly Demon old man turned his gaze to Werner who was next to him and said.

“You will finish it.”

“Anyway, all the troublesome things are mine…”

Werner sighed and mate! sighed and joined together. And he memorized the magic spell he had developed.

“My darkness that devours evil! Now, manifest here! And guide my foolish foe who knows no bounds to the end of the abyss! Abyssal Guide of Darkness!”

It was not the longed-for dirt that greeted the falling giant earth worm, but the endless darkness. The earth worm desperately resisted, but the more it struggled, the more it was consumed by the darkness. When it moved, the darkness began to eat away at Earth Worms like a swamp.

Earth Worm only then realized what form the darkness was taking. The darkness in the shape of a huge mouth trying to devour itself was laughing at itself as it desperately resisted. And when most of the body was eaten, I realized how huge the two beings in front of me were.

Oh Heavenly Spirit, the Heavenly Demon, reached the pinnacle of nothingness in the Eastern Continent.

And the greatest wizard in history, Werner Alton.

Eventually, the darkness completely devoured the Earth Worm, gradually shrinking in size to the size of a glass marble. Even if the name of the technique was childish, great magic was great magic. Werner began to play with the marbles with magic.

“Now, one thing is solved. There is a delicious restaurant on the way back, so let’s eat at least there and go back.”

“You’re at a level where you wouldn’t have had any problems. It’s just foolish to involve the principal in a trivial matter like this.”

Originally, it was Werner’s job, but he begged and begged the old man to accompany him.

“But it’s fun to go with Grandpa the Heavenly Demon.”

“If Camellia was there, I would have rushed to her, but she speaks well.”

“But Camellia-nee is busy. There needs to be an old man who can talk to her as a substitute…”

The Heavenly Demon’s eyes were smiling, but the Heavenly Demon’s hand was breaking a thick branch from a nearby tree. Seeing that not a branch, but a branch close to the club broke, Werner smiled and asked a question.

“Are you going to hit me with that?”

“Isn’t that obvious? What is the purpose of asking the principal even though you know?”

“ha ha ha…”

“Heh heh heh.”

Werner and the old Heavenly Horse began to laugh at the same time. No matter how much he laughed, Werner desperately started running again. The old man of the heavenly horse started chasing with a wooden stick and . The endless chase ended with Werner buying a meal for the old man, the Heavenly Horse.

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Werner returned to the capital and was the first to return to the mansion. It is a mansion where Zeke, Mediah, and their daughter, Airi, live, but Werner is located in the mansion as a military family member.

It was the former saintess Medea who greeted Werner. She had a face similar to Airi, but with gorgeous blonde hair and sparkling green eyes.

“Are you Werner?”

“My sister, come to pick me up. I’ll just wait inside.”

“How is my sister relaxing inside while our youngest is coming back from a dangerous job?”

“It’s dangerous, I did everything. Grandpa the Heavenly Demon just hit me in the head.”

Werner over-reduced the role of the Heavenly Demon for his saga.

“Okay, let’s go inside and talk about the details. I’ve prepared your favorite whole roasted goose.”

“hahahaha… I’m in tears…”

“Do you know that Airi has been waiting for you to come back?”

“What about the baby who is still babbling…”

Werner laughed awkwardly and opened the door to the mansion. Ornate furniture and ornaments. If he was an old Werner, he had a sight he could not have imagined, but now it was his home.

“By the way, it’s been a while since everyone came to the capital, right?”

“Yeah, this time they’re coming to Melchior Melissa. My daughter said she didn’t want to come this time and refused.”

“Sorry. I want to see you at least once.”

“It’s the child’s birthday in a few months, so won’t it come up then?”

“Really?

While the two were talking harmoniously, a commotion broke out on the second floor. A murmur of voices mixed with panicked voices, and Werner and Mediah turned their gaze to that direction, and before long, the head maid came running with a pale face.

“Madam! Master! Trouble has occurred!”

“What’s wrong? What’s going on?”

Werner asked the question, thinking it would be nothing special, but the maid delivered the news like thunder from the sky.

“Miss Airi… The lady has disappeared!!!”