𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟕: 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 (2)
“It’s nice to see you again, Sir Oswald.”
“I. . . I didn’t expect you to come in person, Agent Arkhini.”
“To be honest, I’m a little disappointed. It seems you trust the CID more than our Hecaton.”
“Of course. The CID would be more helpful in dealing with Chaos.”
“Still, it’s unfortunate about the Penicillin earl case, isn’t it?”
“I believe that Hecaton, as an institution of the Imperial Royal Family, may have kept him alive for political purposes and necessities.”
“You’re not even trying to hide it.”
“There’s no need for us to play games and waste each other’s time.”
“Hmm. . . I see. Well, if we had intervened as you say, it’s likely that we would have exploited it politically. Anyway, here’s the map you requested.”
“Thank you.”
“And while you’re at it, perhaps you could help us boost our reputation a bit?”
“If the opportunity arises. . .”
After parting ways with her, Oswald entered the sewers.
‘𝘏𝘮𝘮?’
He sensed a familiar presence for a moment, but. . . Oswald didn’t bother to chase after it. After all, the place he was going to wasn’t that strange either.
After walking through the winding sewers for a while using the map, he finally reached a dead end. Of course, it was an illusion spell that made it look like it was blocked. . . Oswald passed through the illusion spell as if he was familiar with it and went inside.
This place, which was created with spatial expansion magic. . . The cries of beasts could be heard everywhere.
“More importantly, Elsa, how long are you going to follow me?”
Oswald spoke to Elsa, who was beyond the illusionary wall, and soon a small figure with a deep hoo
d entered through the wall.
“Since when did you notice?”
“Since I entered the sewers.”
“Are you finally showing your true colors?”
“What true colors?”
“You visited the black market in the sewers, which means you’re planning some kind of criminal conspiracy. . .”
She tried to say that, but she closed her mouth after looking at the scenery behind Oswald. This was a place that she knew well. It was. . .
“What kind of conspiracy would you do in the Familiar Black Market?”
It was a black market only because they didn’t pay taxes, but. . . Sword didn’t bother to clean up this place. This was because there were many nobles who obtained familiars through them.
And among them were also members of the Five Grand Dukes. If Elsa were to report Oswald, it would mean that she would have to admit that her own family was also a criminal.
“So, what are you here for?”
“I came to the Familiar Market to buy a familiar. What else could I be here for?”
“. . . . . .”
Elsa blushed at the obvious question.
“Of course, as a Winchester hunter, I also need a good hunting dog or some other kind of familiar that can assist me in the league more smoothly.”
Oswald wandered around the streets of the black market, looking for a Great Eagle. Even griffins, which were banned from being sold in the empire, were being distributed in this black market, and there were also creatures that had crossed over from the east.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦.’
Heavenly Horses were beings similar to divine Kirins, but they were not Kirins.
After wandering around for a while. . .
Oswald finally found a Great Eagle.
Its fierce nature was apparent in the muzzle that covered its mouth, as well as the iron restraints that held its neck, legs, and wings. Even at a glance, its feathers glistened and its eyes had a deadly glint.
“Welcome.”
“How much is this guy?”
“I can sell it to you, but. . . It will be difficult to tame. I’ll give it to you for 10 gold, including the compression magic artifact.”
“Okay.”
Compression magic.
Compression magic allowed one to reduce the size of large creatures or objects for a period of time, making them easier to carry. Some lunatics even created giant bullets, cast compression magic on them, and then fired them, releasing the compression magic to blow their opponents to pieces.
The problem was that to do that, one needed to know how to handle magic power. . .
‘𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦.’
It was impossible because he had zero magic affinity and a cursed body that was cursed with magic power.
‘𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤?’
Holy power was a power that could not exert physical force except on beings of Chaos, and demonic power or blood magic had to be avoided because they would lead to corruption and madness.
“Even aura would be helpful.”
However, even aura was based on magic power, so Oswald couldn’t use it. This was because aura was a form of magic power that had been refined by a cultivation method to exert even stronger physical force.
And this aura was called internal energy in the eastern part of the continent.
‘𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭.’
In the end, the only thing Oswald could rely on was his endlessly increasing physicality. He had already surpassed the level of a superhuman, and at this level, he didn’t think he would be pushed back even if he faced a Cyclops, the king of strength among monsters.
After that, Oswald left the black market with the cage containing the Great Eagle, which had been reduced to the size of a fist by compression magic, in his arms.
“Did you buy everything?”
“Yes.”
“Where are you going now?”
“Of course, I’m going to the outskirts of Central to tame it.”
“Can you do it?”
“Easily.”
“Hmph!”
After finally arriving at a wide field on the outskirts of Central, Oswald released the compression magic. Then, he used the Druid’s Necklace to use the basic familiar technique on the guy.
Tring!
[𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝.]
[𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞.]
“Hmm. . .”
Oswald pondered, trying to think of a cool name.
Then, he suddenly looked at Elsa.
“Why are you looking at me?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
He almost said Elsa, but he stopped himself.
“Okay, from now on, I’ll call you Jason.”
Tring!
[𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 ‘𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧’ 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮.]
[𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥, ‘𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠’.]
[𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥, ‘𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’.]
[𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥, ‘𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭’.]
[𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐯.𝟏]
[𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥.]
[𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐯.𝟏]
[𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬.]
[𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐯.𝟏]
[𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐮𝐩.]
[𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧]
[𝐍𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐭.]
[𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧]
[𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐞]
[𝟑 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝]
[𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐯.𝟐𝟓]
[𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐋𝐯.𝟐𝟓]
[𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐯.𝟐𝟓]
[𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐯.𝟏𝟎]
The reason he named it Jason was because it looked so powerful. On Earth, Jason was an immortal being who didn’t die easily, so he thought it was a strong enough name.
After removing all the restraints, the guy rubbed his beak against Oswald’s chest, showing his affection.
“No way, you tamed it so easily?”
Elsa, who had been eagerly waiting to see Oswald struggle, was shocked to see him tame it so easily.
“I’m a Winchester, so it’s normal.”
“. . . This is a scam.”
“Sigh. . . Really. . . Elsa, I think you’re under some kind of misunderstanding, so let me tell you this. . . I don’t understand why you’re saying that I scammed you when I tamed my familiar. I think you’ve had some kind of huge persecution complex since before.”
“. . . . . .”
“Tsk. I need to get into the top ten soon.”
“. . . . . .”
She felt even more humiliated by Oswald’s words.
After that, Oswald began to learn how to attack using familiar techniques while coordinating with Jason.
A few days later. . . The Imperius Academy League for freshmen finally began.
There were leagues for each grade and an academy-wide league for all grades, and there was even a league where academies from the western part of the continent competed. Even if you included the intercontinental leagues. . . There were countless matches waiting.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴.’
Those people were called ‘pro-leaguers’. They were a group of people who trained themselves solely for league matches. . . They were weak in real battles because they had only ever fought in places where they wouldn’t die.
Today was the opening day. . . The students headed to the league-only field in the training ground to play the preliminary matches. It looked like a small room from the outside, but it had a large field thanks to the spatial expansion magic.
“Hmm. . . . Why is the name of our team ‘Oswald’?”
“Of course, because Oswald, you’re the team leader.”
“Couldn’t you have come up with a better name?”
“Hey, our identity is Oswald. Of course, we have to use your name.”
“. . . . . .”
Oswald was speechless at Alicia’s confident words.
“Did you ask the other team members for their opinions?”
“Yes, Natasha and Royman agreed.”
“That means one person didn’t agree.”
“Originally, it’s over if the majority agrees.”
“. . . . . .”
Elsa glared at him with displeasure.
“Let’s go in now.”
As they opened the door and entered, a huge square greeted them.
This was the Blue Team’s base camp assigned to Oswald’s team. There were three gates in total, and combat golems wearing armor were waiting in front of each gate.
“First, we need to go to the main camp and equip our gear.”
The main camp, which was protected by an invisible transparent membrane, was equipped with various potions and healing equipment. If you returned to the main camp using an emergency escape magic right before you died, you could use these to heal and then go back to the battlefield after 1 minute.
“At least we can bring in and use our own personal weapons and artifacts.”
This was because outstanding weapons and artifacts were also recognized as the abilities of a leaguer.
After all the preparations were complete. . . A large upper body hologram of Professor Rosen was created in the center of the battlefield sky.
[𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧.]
Since it was being broadcast simultaneously to other league fields, she didn’t address anyone in particular.
[𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐧.]
Soon, Professor Rosen’s upper body hologram disappeared, and the upper bodies of the participants in each team and their other information, such as rank, began to appear. The opponent Red Team was from a different class, and one of them was someone everyone, including Oswald, knew well.
‘𝘈𝘳𝘸𝘦𝘯. . .’
She was a mid-laner. Her rank was Silver, and her specialty was psychic magic.
‘𝘕𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮.’
Oswald’s current mental level was 40. He had already surpassed the level of a superhuman, so it would be difficult to even deal a blow with a moderate psychic attack. The problem was the top.
‘𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘸𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮?’
Ethan Hawke, the eldest son of the Duke of Hawk, who was not one of the Five Grand Dukes but a founding family who had inherited the title of duke since the founding of the country.
He was the best tanker among the academy’s tankers, and he was a better tanker than Azel of the Five Grand Dukes. His current rank was Gold.
In short. . . Elsa was going to be beaten up like a dog.
“Royman will be the key.”
At least the opponent jungler was a nobody that Oswald didn’t even know, and his rank was Bronze, so he might be able to get the opponent’s buffs through counter jungling.
“Royman.”
“Yes?”
“Give all the personal buffs to Elsa.”
“Okay.”
“In team fights, you just need to be as good as a Silver rank, but I want you to do your best in the jungle.”
“Okay, I can do that much.”
Next was the bottom. The opponent’s ranged dealer seemed to be a Silver rank and used a bow as their main weapon. The problem was the opponent’s supporter.
“They’re basically another ranged dealer.”
It was a melee dealer who used a two-handed axe. Their rank was silver. . . Overall, Oswald’s team seemed to be at a disadvantage. The only way to turn the tables would be. . .
‘𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘳𝘸𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦.’
He wasn’t going to show her any mercy just because she was a princess.
‘𝘐𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥-𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦. . .’
This was because his sniping level had reached 40, and his sniping line had expanded to a radius of 5km.
The field consisted of a 1km x 1km square, and it was divided into three lanes and a jungle.
The jungle had three groups of buff monsters on each side of the formations, six groups in total, and the diagonal section from top to bottom to bottom, from top lane to mid lane to bottom lane, was filled with a river.
There were powerful aquatic buff monsters in the river. To go to the opponent’s camp, you had to cross the bridges on each lane, and if necessary, you could break the bridges to hold back the enemy and your team for a while.
“Now, let’s begin. Move to your respective lanes.”
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