Chapter 101 (1/2)

Isaac 101

“That! Was that your doing?!”

“Of course! You can summon monsters! Ahaha! That’s it! We can disrupt the Expeditionary Forces if you summon these monsters in the middle of their camp!”

Noxvil approached Isaac armed with a b.l.o.o.d.y sword and a murderous glare. But the menacing expression on Noxvil’s face changed immediately after hearing Mazelan’s revelation, and Noxvil nodded with a much softer expression.

“Of course. We can put up a good fight if we can reinforce our numbers with monsters instead.”

Isaac scratched his head, listening to the two jump to conclusions. This was just a test to see if his theory was correct. Although the idea of summoning monsters to fight the Expeditionary Forces seemed plausible at first glance, Isaac wasn’t confident that these monsters could withstand the firepower of the Expeditionary Forces.

Even now, the startled agents’ gunfire pierced through the wyvern’s scaly skin with ease. An ordinary soldier’s strikes would have bounced off these wyverns’ thick scales.

What would happen if Isaac threw a bunch of them in the middle of the Expeditionary Forces? They would be surprised at first. But they were an army, and armies were trained to respond quickly in the face of unexpected events.

These monsters would quickly turn into swiss cheese under the concentrated fire, and their dead bodies would only be valuable research material.

Isaac remained silent. He didn’t want to sour the mood by correcting them; if he did, they were most definitely going to pester him with questions.

“It’s opening!”

The gusting winds quickly turned into a tornado, and even the weighty Humvees began rocking back and forth. When the tornado suddenly disappeared, Mazelan shouted.

With a jarring ambient noise, a translucent blue ball of plasma appeared with a spark. Sparks of electricity scattered from the ball of plasma at first, but the discharge began to focus towards Isaac’s hiding spot. The discharge focused into a laser, and the tip of the laser slowly expanded.

EDN: Here’s a visualization drawn by Moyo.

“… Looks fitting, although it’s different from what I’d imagined.”

The gate looked like a large cone laid onto the ground. Mazelan, who was in the car next to Isaac’s, shouted.

“Their reconnaissance will come out soon!”

“Get in position, quickly!”

Although they knew where the Gate was opening, there was no way to predict which direction the Gate was going to open. So the moment the Gate opened, all of the cars immediately raced toward the entrance of the Gate.

“All cars are to watch their distance! Stay a little further back!”

The humvees lined up facing the gate, and the agents poured out of the humvees.

“Get ready.”

Isaac ordered as he got out of the pa.s.senger’s seat. Rivelia nodded and signalled the agents.

“Here it comes!”

Even before Noxvil finished shouting, the blue ball of plasma oscillated, and a single aircraft emerged. It faltered for a moment, then attempted to rise to the skies. But it was met with a rain of fireb.a.l.l.s and shards of ice.

Bang!

The UAV shattered to pieces in an explosion, and the agents let out a triumphant roar. Isaac looked at the debris falling to the ground apathetically when Rivelia reported.

“We can only use ranged magic attacks two more times now.”

Sadly, the magic of this world only traveled in a straight line or a parabola. It could not follow its enemy once launched. Such guileless attacks, befitting their guileless casters. And since they needed to recharge their mana with mana crystals, it heavily strained their stamina, limiting their use. Then again, this was probably the reason they had no choice but to charge head on with their swords.

“That’s enough. Start. Tell them to throw everything.”

“Everything?”

“You got a problem?”

“… No sir.”

Rivelia hesitated at Isaac’s order for a moment, but she then nodded and ordered the agents.

“All agents, throw all the mana crystals you have!”

With the order from Rivelia given, the agents shuffled to grab the mana crystals distributed to them in advance. They looked at the crystals with eyes of pity at first, then shut their eyes as they threw the crystals toward the Gate.

“What! What are we supposed to do if you throw it already?!”

“This is too early! At this rate, we are just throwing away the mana crystals!”

Both Mazelan and Noxvil rushed over to Isaac in a panic when the agents threw the mana crystals. These two joyfully thought of a plan beforehand when they learned about Isaac’s secret weapon. It was a plan to delay the enemy from start to finish. First, they would shoot down the UAV to cut off their intel source and then skirmish with the advance party as they retreated.

As they retreated, they would throw mana crystals on the way and summon monsters. They predicted this would buy enough time until reinforcement arrived.

So they distributed the mana crystals to the agents and repeatedly briefed the plan to the agents’ . But one word from Isaac and they just threw the mana crystals away. Every single one of them.

“You! What are you plotting!”

Noxvil glared at Isaac, ready to cut him down at a moment’s notice. Rivelia stepped in between them cautiously, partially blocking Noxvil’s path.

Noxvil’s brows squirmed, dissatisfied by Rivelia’s actions. Just as his blood-red eyes s.h.i.+fted from Isaac to Rivelia, Isaac lit a cigarette and spoke.

“Hey, old man. It just came to my mind, but what the Expeditionary Forces wants are these mana crystals right? Won’t they go back satisfied if we shower the ground with them like this?”

Noxvil was dumbfounded at Isaac’s ludicrous explanation at first, but he quickly shouted back in anger.

“Are you seriously…”

“You’re right. There’s no way they’d be happy with only that amount of mana crystals.”

“No, that’s not what I was…”

“As they say, there is no end to human greed.”

“… You b.a.s.t.a.r.d!”

Noxvil’s face turned bright red, a.s.suming that he had been ridiculed. But before he could let out his anger, Isaac crawled onto the humvee’s roof.

“And it’d also be a problem if they were satisfied and just withdrew. It always p.i.s.ses you off when you see someone else make a fortune.”

Isaac drew out the pen from his right index finger, and his left eye glowed, drawing the magic circle Isaac wanted.