Chapter 159 – Hour of Extermination

[Wizard. It’s something I’ve said before, but I can’t carelessly help the mage. It’s free to teach magic theory, but you have to pay for everything else.]
“You’re barely answering questions? You’re just asking who your old owner was. The old man who handed you over to me.”
[That is very special information for mages. Information about an old master can cause great upset just by getting into someone’s ears. Mage Tower and Ningard. It means that the world in which many other magical societies are in balance may collapse.]

Is the old man’s true identity so special?
It is said that the wavelength is large just by knowing the identity of a nuclear bomb, not by pressing a button.
I spoke to Rumi, who was talking about the price even today.

“So let’s hear what the price is. What should I give you if I want to know information about you?”
[The price is the souls of the jotuns. If you can accurately decapitate a thousand jotuns, you can say that the price has been met.]

Jotun is a word for a giant. It was a strong enemy that I had to fucking roll with Rebecca even when I was a rookie wizard.
But having to kill a thousand jotuns isn’t like folding a thousand origami cranes, it’s just too much work.

“Instead of devoting my soul, could I fold an origami crane? I’m good at origami.”
[Of course not.]
“All right. I’m going to die trying to stop Mr. Giant. I’m curious, but I’ll just give up on finding out.”

I was thinking of finding out the identity of the old man from Rumi, but she got it all wrong.
It was when I was walking on the road with a sigh.

[Wizard. I can teach you at least one information about Odin.]
“What?”

Seeing that I was depressed, Rumi couldn’t help but speak to me again.
Even this AI-like Rumi seems to have a bit of affection.

[I’ll tell you this once, so remember it carefully.]
“Tell me quickly.”
[The founder of magic, Odin, has never experienced death. Contrary to tradition, he is still alive.]

What?
Didn’t Odin ever experience death?
What kind of Tassadar is Ji?

It’s a story that hits the continental people in the back!
If Rumi’s words are true, then I did not insult the deceased in Odin’s temple.
It was unfair that I was cursed at by the believers.

“Really?”
[It’s true. Odin’s remains stored in the Vatican are also magically manipulated fake remains. I’ll just tell you this far.]

A nobleman named Odin was also a very eccentric human being.
Countless believers mourn their deaths, but they are still alive and wandering the continent. In addition, he created fake remains with magic and even manipulated them. If I had been a follower of Odin, I think he would have been very upset when he realized he had been tricked.

But it doesn’t matter because I’m not a believer.

‘If I boast again that Odin is alive, I’ll be cursed at, right?’

I decided to find out about Odin’s survival by myself.
If I tell the people on the continent anyway, they will be treated as madmen who blaspheme. I’d rather keep my mouth shut.

After the conversation with Rumi, I hurried toward the port city.

*

As I walked down the road, I checked Nistrond’s functions.
The pure white quarter staff weighed 2 kg. If you think of it as a dumbbell, you might think it’s light, but it was a magic wand that I always had to carry around. After walking for a long time, the strain on the arms gradually began to build up.

‘Are you saying that rune mages always carry such a heavy staff? Somehow, everyone seems to have weak arm muscles.’

Of course, one function was awesome as it is a heavy device.
Carrying a Nistrond can be said to increase my power by 200%. The magical function of my quarter staff was largely twofold.

[Snowstorm]
[Quick Freeze]

Its first function is to spread artificial snow around its owner.
It was a blizzard that raged at such a speed that it was possible to cover the target with snow in an instant. It can turn an adult male into a snowman in just 10 seconds.

However, this alone was not enough to kill.
What I was paying attention to was [Quick Freeze].

‘A function that instantly freezes objects that touch the quarter staff.’

[Quick Freeze] Was, in effect, a heinous function that turned Nistrond into a murder weapon. Regardless of the target, it steals heat and freezes it in an instant. After using the function a few times, I was satisfied.

“Hagalaz! Freeze!”

Poof!

He swung Nistrond into the air while reciting the starting language.
At that moment, the moisture in the air froze and the ice cubes fell. If combined with water magic, which is my main focus, this function turns into a weapon of mass destruction.

“Liquid ring!”

After summoning a wave of magic, it hit the road.
It was the moment when Nistrond was pushed onto the water-soaked road.

Awesome!
The ice that stretched from the tip of the cane covered the road in an instant. It took just 10 seconds to turn a 10m long road into ice.

If you point this wand at a person, they will become a frozen person.
It was truly a rare bamboo spear.

“If I get hit by my staff, I can’t move!”

It was possible to defrost ice if I instilled magic into it, so there was no need to worry about cleanup. I thawed the icy road and put it back to its original state.

As I froze the surroundings to my heart’s content, I felt a chill run through my body.
Ancient magic, unlike general-purpose magic, recoils to the caster himself.
In the case of me, my body temperature drops due to the cold, and I experience a rebound.

Of course, there was no need to worry too much.

‘Alcohol.’

Because the dreamers can control their body temperature to their heart’s content by drinking alcohol.
When I left the temple, I took a few bottles of bootka with me.
I took out a bottle of alcohol from my backpack and took a sip.

“Big…”

Thanks to the alcohol, the body temperature that fell was restored in an instant.
Some people say that alcohol is harmful, but for me it was a medicine.

“Kuheueueugh! Keuhukheuk!”

Of course, like a restorative medicine, I feel sore after using it, but I have to put up with it.
It was when I was frowning.

The shouts of strangers echoed from the front of the road.

“Chururrrr.!”
“The Warchief wants us!!”

It was the shouts of fishermen.
On the continent, the only ones who let out an unpleasant breathing sound like Churrrr are the young fish. I ran forward to find out what was going on.
Soon, I saw dozens of fishmen advancing toward the port city.

‘What are you doing here? Are you going to start a war?’

From the moment I first saw the fishmen, downy hair stood on end. This was on a different level from the boatman and fisherman I met on the riverside. Unlike the guys I’ve met so far, the fishmen who have appeared now are like trained soldiers.

An iron helmet, studded leather armor.
He is holding a trident in his hand.

Although the number was only twenty, it was impossible to belittle them.
The fishmen with tridents quickly discovered that I had caught up behind them.

“Churu Leu! It’s a dream!”
“Captain! What can I do when I’m not human?”
“Just kill them! Excluding fishmen, we must annihilate the different races! That’s the warchief’s order!”

It was impossible to resolve it peacefully through dialogue.
Of course, I have no intention of having a conversation with the young fish that ooze from their mouths.
Plus, it’s a racist fish, so icing on the cake!

I wanted to annihilate fishmen from the continent.

“Warchief? Who is that?”
“Chururu-! You don’t need to know! Die!”

The fishmen holding tridents rushed towards me. If you collide head-on with the fishermen with their spear points forward, you’ll end up in a beehive. I decided to test Nistrond’s performance here.

“Hagalaz! Unleash a blizzard!”

He pushed Nistrond forward and recited the starting language. The moment a violent blizzard erupted from the tip of the staff, I was pushed back. The blizzard that spewed out at full power was like a storm, blowing away everything in front of my eyes.

Whii-i-i-!!

The fishmen who came close to them were pushed away by the ridiculous wind pressure. The endless blizzard obscured their vision and dulled their bodies.

“Ughhhhh!”
“It’s a wizard! The wizard is firing his eyes! Kehehe!”

It is not easy to open your mouth in the extreme cold. Twenty fishmen were slowly covered in snow.
It means that I became a snowman just like the enemies in the classic game ‘Snow Brothers’.

“If people ask, you have to answer, fish kids! Who is the warchief you guys are talking about?”
“Go, I can’t teach you aaaaa…!”

The fishmen endured the cold with mental strength, but their pronunciation trembled.
I strode toward the frozen fishmen.

“Chulyaaaaak! You’re careless wizard! We fishmen can withstand the cold!”

A few fishmen grabbed the spearhead and swung it at me as I approached. However, the speed of movement was very slow because it was covered with snow. I easily dodged the attack and swung Nistrond backwards to hit the fishmen.

Poo-!

The fisherman who rushed in first was beaten with a staff. The moment he hit the stomach skin exactly, his whole body froze around his belly button.

“Freeze!”

Eoin, whose body was bent over as a giyeogja, could not straighten his back again. His whole body was covered in thick ice and stuffed as it was. As I moved forward, I hit each one in succession.

Puck-! Puck-! Puck-!
It took 1 second to freeze each one. The fishmen’s scaly bodies were already covered in snow and damp. As long as it’s wet, it’s safe to say that if an ordinary person touches Nistrond, the death sentence has been dropped.

“Ah, aaaaa!”

He swung his staff nineteen times.
The last surviving fisherman peed while watching his fellow countrymen trapped in the ice. A foul smell of urine mingled with the smell of fish vibrated around the fisherman who fell to the ground covered in snow.

“Sah, save me. I’ll tell you anything.”

I said while aiming my staff at the fishman’s forehead.
Every time I spoke, white breath leaked out.

“Who is the warchief you guys were talking about?”

Besides wanting to know who the Warchief is.
I think it’s a really special thing.

Until two years ago, I was the one who couldn’t even use side to fish-man bastards.
I put up with it even when I smelled the fishy fishy smell, and I endured when they gossiped about me saying that I was a dreamer. In the days when I couldn’t learn magic, I had to endure everything.

But now it was different.
I threatened, and the fishmen crawled in front of me. Seeing the racist baby fish bowing their heads made my whole body tingle, even in the cold.
I no longer had to endure in front of the fishermen.

“I, the warchief of us fishmen, is Neptune!”
“Did I ask for your name? Tell me what the warchief ordered you guys to do, and what purpose he has.”
“I-I can’t say that…!”

Took!
I deliberately touched the fishman’s forehead with the tip of my staff.
I didn’t use [Quick Freeze], So I simply touched it, but the effect was clear.

“Chulyaaaaa!!!!!”

The fisherman rolled over the snow-covered road with a terrified expression on his face. He must have thought that if he touched the cane, he would freeze unconditionally. Of course, [Quick Freeze] Could have been turned off.
This means that it can be used as a threat as it is now.

“Okay, I’ll tell you. Please look at me. I’ll do anything if you let me live. What does our warchief want…”

The fisherman got up from his seat and sighed against the chieftain.
It was the moment when I finally got all the information I wanted.

“…That’s all. I’ve told you everything I know. Nightmare, you’re saving me now, right?”

The last surviving fisherman smiled servilely and looked at me.

Yeah, it’s good to laugh
People should always live with a smile.

“I want to save you, but I smell it!”
“Yes?”
“Your mouth smells fishy. You dirty fisherman.”

But the smell was so bad I couldn’t stand it.

I straightened up and sent a full swing of my staff at the head of the fish-man. Like golfers swinging a golf club, the cane hit the head in a perfect parabolic arc.
The sound of the blow rang out loudly.

Baaaaagh

“Jebaal!!”

Baaaaa~~~!!!!

“Wash up!! You little fish!! If I run into you guys in the inn hallway, I won’t be able to stand it because of the smell!!

Aaaaa!!!!

I hit it with a staff with quick freeze activated.
The bleeding fish man could not even scream and froze. His whole body was frozen solid like dinosaurs in the ice age and turned into a statue.
I dealt the final blow to the fish man, shattering his frozen body.

Pasasac!!
The frozen fishman was completely smashed and collapsed into pieces of ice.
Inside dozens of pieces of ice, the fishman’s corpse was broken up and contained.

I stopped swinging my cane and wiped the sweat from my forehead with the back of my hand.

“After-.”

My stomach felt relieved.

But not when he was relaxing.
Because the chieftain of the fishmen was more dangerous than I thought.

It can be seen as the Hitler of another world.
I had to beat him to death with a cane.