Knights, Let’s Smash Them

Chapter 62

62 – People all over the country are shouting, what is that monster body?

In this world, dragons are untouchable.

Live through the supreme years, you can destroy at least one small country or territory by yourself.

An existence close to a god.

That’s why at the word dragon, whether it’s Elder Id or Mayor Stale, they shudder.

Even Count Rupel jumped up when he heard that it was a dragon’s rare that was connected to the mine in Tiffen Village when he brought Lucy back.

However, in this world, there are monsters similar to dragons but slightly different.

For example, like Virhak’s Wyvern, Lucius.

It has strong wings like a dragon’s, sharp claws, and flies freely in the sky.

As some individuals are known to breathe fire and use their own unique magic, they were able to show off their dignity as a member of the Dragon clan.

That’s why people called such monsters by the name of ‘sub-dragons’, saying that they were beings comparable to dragons.

‘Worm’ was one of those sub-dragons.

A monster that crawls underground rather than flying, preying on everything on the ground.

“With this, Thunder Bear could run away…” ….”

Lillia opened her mouth with a serious expression.

Worms are the most primitive and have the lowest intelligence among sub-dragons.

At the same time, it is almost invincible in the ground, and its average size is unmatched by other sub-dragons.

It’s about the size of a thunder bear that goes to sleep, so you can easily gulp it down with the feeling of a delicious gummy bear.

In fact, there is a reason why it is feared by giving it the name Toryong, even though it looks somewhere close to a snake or an earthworm.

“It is also in line with the reason why earthquakes occur. But why in the northern mountains?”

“That is my question as well. It is a common sub-dragon that lives in the western desert area or the eastern highland.”

When I added a word, Bernard’s eyes flashed.

“That’s why I was dispatched. Isn’t that a task worthy of being dispatched by a wizard from the Larva Ecological District?”

“But why didn’t the news spread to Rupel or Hebron, which were actually suffering?”

“Well?”

The guy shrugged as if he didn’t know.

Damn it, this is why mages.

Because they are so preoccupied with their work and research that they always forget the most important thing.

“Still, if you are Administrator Rupell, then Rupell is also known. If this is Princess Lilia, it will soon become known in Hebron.”

“You don’t mean that now…… !!”

Lilia also scolded Bernard in a strong tone, as if she couldn’t get over this one easily.

However, Bernard did not seem to care much about her scolding as a princess and the leader of the knights.

“If you are going to argue, I think it would be better to ask the Larva Ecological District Managers… ….”

Aren’t you rather scratching your insides?

“You…… !!”

“Princess Lillia, please calm down first.”

From noble mtl dot com.

I tried to calm her down as she slowly started to blush.

Wow, that angers a northern princess who is famous for not showing her emotions in public.

This guy is also naturally gifted at building a crush.

If I hadn’t been stuck in that remote ecological district, I would have been beaten up a long time ago.

“Still, the fortunate thing is that you were dispatched among many, many wizards, Bernard.”

I said looking straight at the beautiful guy with the shiny forehead.

“Because it means that I have come up with a plan to 100% eradicate this damn sub-dragon.”

***

It was common for ordinary wizards to use five attributes represented by fire, water, wind, earth, and lightning.

Aka Elemental Magician. Now, it is more difficult to find a wizard who is not an elemental magician, but they are divided anyway.

But not all wizards are masters of elemental magic.

Because the Bernard in front of me was a wizard who handled ‘space’, not elements.

Although they are collectively referred to as space, their main specialty is ‘teleport’.

In modern novels and games, teleport is a magic that all wizards use.

Unusually in this world, teleportation was treated almost as the pinnacle of magic.

‘In fact, if you think about it carefully, the teleport technology from the beginning is f*cking fraudulent.’

A wizard who can easily evade all attacks and move dozens of steps in the blink of an eye.

In short, the cooldown of Blink is 0 seconds!

If you can use the front blink, side blink, and back blink unlimitedly, you should be able to pick up a beggar’s bronze or platinum pot without difficulty.

In addition, not only the simple powers possessed, but also the title of space wizard is not something anyone can get for free.

Bernard should have come with a solid countermeasure.

Wizards are not a people who are strong in improvisation like knights.

No matter what it is, it is a job that specializes in moving in a state where every possible situation is laid out in favor of the seat.

It’s not because the story that never fights a wizard who is fully prepared is spreading throughout the knights.

And Bernard, among others, is a real madman.

It’s Jintobaegi.

Unfortunately, there were warlocks who tried to hit the rear during the expedition, but when they said they had already expected this far and burned the tourists with a dispel, they had no choice but to stick out their tongues.

“Even if you know me well, you know me too well.”

When I said it with confidence, Bernard laughed dejectedly as if it was ridiculous.

“I have prepared a countermeasure. It’s not perfect though. Because the opponent is the opponent.”

“Why does the space wizard of the world have such a long tongue? Tell me quickly I will make up for that operation.”

“I… ….”

While saying that, Bernard unfolded the coordinate plane once again. Unlike earlier, which was just a flat plane, the three-dimensional shape of the Ardaros Mountains appeared before my eyes like a 3D image.

Lilia and Xianne’s eyes widened at the sight they saw for the first time in their lives.

“Wow.”

“How did you do it?”

“Confidential, dear ladies.”

Bernard giggled and continued his explanation.

“First of all, Worms are active around the Ardaros Mountains and the Heteiah Mountains in the Hebron Territory further north.”

“Certainly, this is an area where earthquakes have frequently occurred recently.”

Even Lilia, who didn’t like Bernard, was fascinated by her coordinate plane before she knew it, and nodded her head.

“It seems to go around Ardaros and Herteiya at regular intervals. The guy who was making a fuss in Herteiya a few days ago came over to Ardaros this time.”

“Why are you wandering around the mountains?”

“Why? It’s a hunt for food.”

Bernard answered my question as if he was losing steam.

“I don’t know how the worms got into the mountain range, but these guys originally hunted while roaming around dozens of kilometers. That’s why there are almost no villages or cities near the worm spawning area.”

“Yes, it was.”

It was as he said.

In the deserts of the west or the highlands of the east, where worms usually live, the number of towns and cities was overwhelmingly small, and the distance between the cities was very wide.

I vaguely remembered.

At that time, you said it was to protect the city safely from the attack of worms.

“If this guy messes up once in Ardaros, whether it be a monster or a beast, he will run away in surprise, right?”

“Yes.”

“Then move to the next mountain range and play around there for a while.”

When Bernard moves his finger, his coordinate plane flips over, revealing a scene that appears to mark the basement of a mountain range.

A snake-like object that moves freely underground.

A picture of him digging through the ground, chewing on a rock in front of him or whatever it may be.

“If you finish hunting there, the monsters will soon return to Ardaros, so come back and eat them.”

This is an absurd pattern of behavior.

You’re just an alley boss thug who goes around messing around.

“Okay. I know roughly what the habits of worms are. If the thunder bear situation is like this, it makes sense. Now, to the point, how to get rid of it?”

I came up with a lot of ideas on my own.

First of all, we’ll have to lure him out of the ground, and then we’ll mobilize wizards and pour fire on him.

You must have contacted the Imperial Battle Magic Division and the nearby Mage Tower owners in advance, right?

But again, Bernard gave an answer that clearly exceeded my expectations.

“No, I didn’t bring the Knights or the Imperial Wizard. There is no need in the first place.”

“What???”

“You think you can catch worms with them? Besides, if it’s big enough to cause an earthquake every time it moves, it’s no joke, right? He’s not something the knights can catch just because he wields a sword.”

It was not difficult for me to imagine knights wielding Bung Zi Bung Tzu swords against the huge dragon.

Restless things aside, it’s perfectly fine to be annihilated. From the worm’s point of view, it’s a situation where a bunch of delicious protein lumps are gathered.

Even the terrain is steep.

In a situation where they cannot maneuver as quickly as on the plains, it must be difficult for the knights to deal with sub-dragons crawling on the ground.

“Then how… ….”

“These guys should be killed right away rather than halfway injured.”

Bernard waved his hand once more, and this time a huge canyon next to Bordeaux appeared.

“There is a huge glacier upstream of this canyon. It’s actually a glacier that flows every year.”

“I know what I heard.”

Originally, when the ice caps of the mountains are consolidated into glaciers over time, the glaciers have the property of moving along the canyons.

Especially around this time of year when the weather is starting to warm up, the northern canyons are often filled with glaciers from the mountains.

“It’s still early summer, so it hasn’t completely melted yet. Hard enough Enough to lightly crush the head of a wurm.”

“Hey crazy… ….”

Bernard said that and snapped his finger! Bounced.

The glacier disappeared before his eyes, and it landed on Worm’s head, turning Worm into a rat.

A strategy that makes people say that they are crazy. Sianne and Lillia’s reactions were not much different.

A glacier called Meteor?

Have you turned?

“Ugh, it would be embarrassing to be surprised already~.”

Bernard smirked as if my reaction was amusing.

“But even if you blow it, the worm has to come up to the ground, right? Then what do you need?”

“…… Bait.”

“That is correct. Undo what you said earlier! I haven’t lost my sense of the black fox yet~!”

Bernard crackling in a hoarse voice. Cognitive dissonance came because I felt like my grandfather, who was almost old, was doing this on purpose.

I thought she was getting used to it, but she wasn’t.

“The bait is…… A thunder bear would suffice.”

“That’s okay too, but one thing’s for sure, it’s a fixed lure. You’re not going to catch Thunder Bear.”

That was also true.

You have to lure the Thunder Bear, which is the lure to lure the Worms.

This is absurd.

Besides, we’ll have to get another prison to hold Thunder Bear.

Worms might run into the city right away, so there’s no point in continuing to drag out time.

“Besides, there is one more problem. I mean, this guy is very sensitive. He must have been scalded by a mage like me before, and he reacted wonderfully to mana.”

What, if not a wizard or a knight?

Bernard added with a laugh, but he wasn’t laughing at all.

“So that’s it. Bait can’t be in the state of awakening mana. You should be familiar with it.”

“Of course it is.”

Of course, no matter how sub-dragons they are, they won’t come to the target they are wary of.

“Lou, Lubern Magistrate…… ?”

“??”

That time when I was thinking of a strategy little by little in my head.

I suddenly felt a strange look on my face, so when I looked up, Lilia and Xianne were looking at me.

It’s kind of a pitiful look.

Hey, why are you opening your eyes like that…… ?

As soon as I was enveloped in an ominous mood, Bernard put on a sly expression and released the coordinate plane that was spread out.