Magicless Extra: The Villain’s Survival Method – Chapter 61

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟔𝟏: 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐠𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 (4)

Meanwhile, as the imperial capital was engaged in chaos and war, the Kingdom of Britannia, located in the northwest of the continent, was also facing a new dawn.

Although the king and most of the royal family had died in the chaos’ attack, the fiefdoms still remained, along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Dragoons.

Of course. . .

“There was a large amount of debt. That’s why the fiefdom’s taxes have been mortgaged for the next two years. . . . . . “

“There must be a way, Your Majesty.”

“Treasurer Alarak, is there any solution?”

“We could subjugate one of the nations on the New Continent. The magic stones and gold that can be acquired on the New Continent will be enough to pay off the debt and then some.”

“But do we have the means to carry out an expedition?”

“The Royal Navy has a stockpile of supplies that can sustain a war without replenishment for a decade. “

“Didn’t the late king deplete those supplies?”

“No matter how tyrannical the late king was. . .he didn’t touch our national defense.”

“Hmm. . . In that case, which nation on the New Continent should we attack?”

“It should be a nation that is weak and has not joined the CID, so we don’t have to worry about intervention from other nations, and it should have the magic stones and gold that we desire.”

“By the way you’re phrasing it, you must have already chosen a place.”

“Yes, Your Majesty. It is the Earldom of Estalia, located in the northeast of the continent. They are descendants of nobles from the Duchy of Bohemia, which was annexed by the Empire and is now a mere earldom. They liquidated all their assets to escape the empire that was in the midst of a war of conquest, and moved to the New Continent, where they settled down and have been ever since. “

“They’re not very well-connected, so that’s good. But how strong is their military?”

“They have a force of one regiment, but only about 1,000 of them can be considered their personal guard, while the rest are mercenaries.”

“I see. On the New Continent, it’s more cost-effective to use mercenaries than to maintain your own troops, unless you have a lot of money.”

“Shall I order the troops to depart?”

“The problem is the Empire. They won’t just stand idly by while our kingdom, weakened as it is, takes action.”

” Don’t worry, Your Majesty. The empire doesn’t have the spare capacity to look outward right now. “

Currently, the Empire was suppressing the media in order to keep news of their attack from spreading to the outside world, but those who needed to know already knew.

“According to the Secret Service, a legion-level chaos dungeon has appeared in the heart of the imperial capital, and they’re busy dealing with that.”

“Oh. . . A legion-level chaos in the heart of the capital. . . Come to think of it, our own capital was attacked. Is it the Empire’s turn this time?”

“Furthermore, even the Empire wouldn’t dare to invade Britannia, where peacekeepers have been dispatched, without any justification.”

“Very well, Treasurer Alarak. I will follow your advice and occupy the Earldom of Estalia.”

A while later, Treasurer Alarak left the office with a sly smile on his face.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘳 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭.’

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Inside a modern-looking skyscraper in the chaos dungeon of truth.

Inside, high-ranking demons with titles gathered, including Cardga. Cardga, the highest-ranking demon, sat at the head of the table and spoke his thoughts while watching a holographic image.

【It looks just like the ancient war machine, Gigant.】

【But it was bigger and more powerful than Gigant. Even powerful magic or mana-based attacks couldn’t even scratch it. . . We had no way to fight back.】 

Then, the demon sitting to his immediate right spoke about the intelligence on the crimson Gigant.

【Furthermore, it seems to be quite heavy. . . Hmm. . . I’d like to explore that dog’s mind.】 

There was much that could be implemented with the Blood Daemon. However, it was not easy to simply imagine it and create something with such power. It was only possible to implement it as a Blood Daemon if one knew exactly how much power it could unleash.

【I would like to go and see for myself, but. . . it’s not going well. 】

This was because of Golden Wizard Valerian and Jupiter’s Champion.

Valerian, an archwizard who had reached near the 10th circle without reaching out the Truth. Of course, he had received assistance from an artifact called Dragon Heart, but since Dragon Heart did not impart knowledge, Valerian was the superior wizard when it came to pure skill as a wizard.

【Tsk. . .】

Cardga clicked his tongue and shook his head at the thought. This was not the time for useless thoughts. If this place were to be discovered. . . . . . the entire project would be shaken.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘥𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵. . . 𝘛𝘴𝘬.’

If they had had a little more time, they would have summoned an archduke and struck the heart of the Empire, but unfortunately, that was not the case.

While the chaos demons of truth were holding a meeting, the Empire was also holding a meeting at its headquarters.

The imperial army, with Oswald’s help, had succeeded in pushing back the demons’ first line of defense. But. . . . . . over 20,000 troops, or about two brigades, had already been wounded or killed. Furthermore, all of the wounded were seriously injured, so reinforcements were urgently needed. . .

They had already requested reinforcements from the Central Military District, but there had been no response yet. That was why Duke Bordello, the overall commander, had asked Oswald if he could use that incredible power he had shown them the other day to attack the cities above them with even greater force.

“With the help of the Saintess and the many priests, I think it’s possible.”

Oswald was thinking of a strategic nuke. A strategic nuke would easily blow away a city the size of Seoul.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 10-𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘢 10,000-𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘯. . . 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 0.01 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?’

The nuclear war simulation game came in handy at this moment. He could quickly recall how much power and how wide a range it could wipe out.

The problem was that he had nearly failed with a 10-kiloton, and now he had to create a nuclear missile 1,000 times more powerful than that. If he were to make it with potions alone. . . . . . it would be so powerful that it would drain him of blood to the point where he would simply collapse. . . The Saintess alone would not be enough, so Oswald said that he would need the help of many priests as well.

At his words, everyone looked at Minos, the Champion of Jupiter.

“Why are you all looking at me? I may be a champion, but I’m just a powerless old man. Of course, you all know that the power I’m talking about is not that kind of power, right?”

In short, it meant that he had absolutely no influence over the church.

‘𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩. . . 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦. . .’

Then, the gaze turned to Leon Benedict, the leader of the Knights of Judgment.

“I will ask His Holiness the Pope. It will probably be easier if we also request help from the CID and the Central Military District.”

Everyone nodded in agreement and expressed their willingness to cooperate.

“Then, the most important thing is to keep the front lines from moving until the reinforcements we requested arrive.”

He could blow everything up in one go, but it was also important to prevent the chaos forces from advancing any further until then.

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Meanwhile, Oswald began the painstaking task of purifying the thirty-seven demon’s essences one by one. As his holy power level increased, the purification time was shortened, and he was able to purify all the essences within three days.

In addition, there was good news. The Vatican had expressed its intention to provide support in the form of Saintess Estell and another Saint.

‘𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵. . . 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥.’

A saint and Grandmaster who had reached the diamond class.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴? 𝘈𝘩! 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘸. . . 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘣 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 60 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦? 𝘞𝘰𝘸. . .’

To be honest, this was the first time he had raised his ability stats purely through leveling up in a game to the point where his physical stats were this high. After all, he didn’t need this much strength since he could use body strengthening or metamorphosis using mana anyway.

‘𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭.’

Level 60 was mythical in terms of skill level. Of course, he didn’t have many opportunities to test his pure strength, so he didn’t really have a sense of how strong he was, but. . .

Oswald began to absorb the essences one by one. Most of the essences raised his mana level, and only a few raised his physical level.

However, as one would expect from those who researched the truth, these essences allowed him to acquire and level up various skills.

‘𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣, 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘨𝘢’𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦?’

Then, when his endurance level was the last to reach 60, and his strength, agility, and endurance levels were all over 60, he heard a notification sound.

Ting!

[𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧. 𝐎𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐝’𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐲.]

[𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎𝐏 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬.]

Ting!

[𝐎𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐬.]

[𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝟏]

[𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭.]

[𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞: 𝟏𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎𝐏]

[𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝟐]

[𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭.]

[𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞: 𝟏𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎𝐏]

[𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝟑]

[𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭.]

[𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞: 𝟏𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎𝐏]

“. . . . . .”

Oswald, who had no information on Giants, had no idea if this was a good thing or not. The last special privilege, in particular, seemed like a complete waste.

The only Giant Oswald knew was the giantess warrior from Jupiter’s mythology. Even his knowledge of the giantess was limited. He only remembered them as the mothers who gave birth to Thor. . .

‘𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘥-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭?’

Oswald thought about it for a moment. Gigantification might not be useful, but the Heart and Muscles of a Titan might bring about some incredible changes.

‘𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 205,510𝘗 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵.’

If he bought two special privileges, he would only have 5,510P left, but he felt like he couldn’t pass up this opportunity.

‘𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. . .’

Oswald purchased the two special privileges.

Immediately, he could feel another heart growing inside his body, as if the special privileges had been applied.

In addition to the Drake Heart in his left chest, the Troll King’s Heart in his epigastrium, and the Titan’s Heart in his right chest, he could also feel his muscles getting stronger.

He immediately opened his Status Window and checked his strength, agility, and endurance levels. . .

‘𝘖𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘥. . .’

[𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐯.𝟏𝟎𝟎]

[𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐋𝐯.𝟏𝟎𝟎]

[𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐯.𝟏𝟎𝟎]

His physical stats had exceeded 100. He even felt energized all over his body, and he felt like he could easily create a tactical nuclear weapon without the help of potions.

‘𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. . .’

Oswald absorbed the remaining twelve essences.

His total physical ability stats ended up being 101 for strength, 104 for agility, and 100 for endurance.

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