I Became a Gallery Newbie Beloved by Transcendents Chapter 14

I Became a Gallery Newbie Beloved by Transcendents

Chapter 14 

Siege Battle (6) 

I grabbed Yunez’s right hand and stood her beside me.

“Let’s go catch the sorcerer.”

“…I, I was ordered to follow Sir William.”

Looking at Yunez’s penetrating gaze, I said:

“You just saw. He can’t use his power.”

Yunez looked at me while her arms trembled slightly.

“…If I’m considered to have deviated and get punished, can you take responsibility?”

I shouldn’t let the thought of ‘Why would I do that’ out loud.

“Just think about the result. If we catch the sorcerer, there won’t be any punishment. I have a definite method.”

Yunez’s eyes opened wide.

“Do, do you really have a certain method?”

As if that’s possible.

I’m just trying to make her follow along somehow.

According to my Archmage senior, half of it depends on the wizard’s own capabilities.

“Yes, we will definitely succeed.”

“…Okay, then.”

Oh, it worked.

A lie infused with spirit.

SWISH-

I opened my inventory and took out a potion bottle containing the orc legion commander’s blood that I had collected in advance yesterday.

After hearing from the Archmage in the gallery about how to track the orc sorcerer, I immediately asked Risellin where the legion commander’s corpse was placed.

I was able to extract blood from the corpse that the soldiers had transported to the warehouse using a cart to prove they actually killed the commander.

The orc legion commander’s blood and flesh.

This was all the preparation needed.

“HIHIK!”

A strange sound came from Yunez’s mouth when she saw the bottle filled with thick flesh and blood.

“W-where are you going to use those…?”

I could see her lips trembling.

“Do you know tracking magic?”

Yunez nodded ambiguously.

“I would say basic… I know blood magic at the 3rd tier called Ascus Levelare that can track an entity with its own blood, but it can only track the exact same blood. Tracking an entire race with one type of blood requires high-tier magic of the 5th or 6th tier.”

This was also something I heard from the Archmage.

“It’s possible, regarding the orc sorcerer.”

“What?”

“If we properly use a magic that awakens the magical traces inscribed in the blood, we can track the orc sorcerer who cast the spell through tracking magic.”

Yunez stared at me with a blank face.

“I heard that only orcs leave magical traces in their blood even after death. A legion commander would have been quite marked by an orc sorcerer.”

A strange face mixed with stupidity and seriousness.

“H-how could that be? How could just one race…!”

Same as before.

It was the same reaction the Archmage senior had predicted and commented in the gallery yesterday.

– Archmage) They’ll claim there can’t be such specific exceptions in the magical realm.

“There can’t be such abnormal and special exceptions in magic!”

– Archmage) But that’s precisely why it’s magic. It’s in the realm of the inexplicable. Asserting otherwise is mere arrogance.

ㄴ Ah, but this seems familiar. Wasn’t this from a post during tower climbing? Seems like it was pinned as a notice.

ㄴ Archmage) Yes, I collected information that non-magic humans wouldn’t know right after I reached the 30th floor and got the Climb Gallery terminal. To prevent meaningless deaths as much as possible.

Honestly, the Archmage senior looked very cool back then.

Until the next comment was posted.

ㄴ???? Wait, were you that person?

ㄴ So you were ‘Undefeated Bloody Magic Girl Ophelia’? Where the hell did she go?

ㄴ HAHAHAHAHAHA Undefeated Blood, what? After carefully washing your nickname, you got caught boasting after decades HAHAHAHA

ㄴ HAHAHAHAHAHA This is hilarious N – “The kind of human who used that, ‘Archmage’, KYA, simple and clear. I realized that ‘simple is best’, and this is a great leap forward, HAHAHA. And they even reported themselves, causing a scene wwww”

N – “Pioneer) These hard mode players would have all noticed something, but they were pretending not to know. Why are they suddenly self-destructing like this?”

N – “Marong King) Bell Two also knew about it.”

And the Archmage senior did not leave any posts or comments until I pulled the gallery.

She did not express either positive or negative feelings, but his senior’s disappearance was like adding a huge weight to the positive side.

“Stop just saying you can’t believe and try it out.”

Yunez still had a half-believing, half-doubting expression on her face.

“…Okay.”

Oh.

I couldn’t help but think it was unexpected when I saw Yunez holding the magic staff immediately.

This was contrary to the Archmage senior’s expectations.

– Archmage) If I suddenly say to find traces of witchcraft, nine out of ten would ask what magic they should use.

But she did not ask that question.

She was bowing her head as if she knew what magic to use, looking at the corps commander’s flesh and the blood sloshing in the potion bottle.

“Do you know what magic to use?”

Yunez slowly nodded her head.

“Exploration is part of my major magical field… I know at least that the magic to use in this situation is called Arcana Levelare.”

It was the same magic and name that was in the senior’s comment of ‘Undefeated Iron-Blooded Magical Girl Ophelia’.

She’s smarter than I thought, this person.

Yunez sprinkled blood on the flesh as I told her and then cast the magic.

Yunez’s mouth slowly opened.

“I will reveal the secret.”

At the end of those words, a dark and strange color bloomed on the orc corps commander’s flesh.

Yunez’s complexion was gradually changing.

“…There really are traces of witchcraft engraved in the blood. I really can’t tell why this is a characteristic only for the orc race.”

Now, the perplexity and distrust were gone.

“Originally, when a spell or magical protection is received, the traces disappear when the recipient dies, but only the orc race has traces remaining like this.”

Her expression now looked like that of a wizard filled with research curiosity.

“I’ve never tracked a witchcraft caster before, but I think I can approach it the same way as tracking a magic caster.”

The 3rd-tier knight who came as support was a failure, but fortunately, the wizard seemed to be a useful person.

SIZZLE!

After another spell was drawn and manifested, a blue light flickered before Yunez’s eyes for a moment.

“…I can see it. The direction appears as a blue line. But it seems to be a line only visible to me.”

As she was speaking, Yunez suddenly returned to her previous foolish expression.

“HIHIHI! I-if it comes to this, I’ll have to directly follow and guide you!”

I was not surprised at all.

Because I was going to take her along anyway.

“Please guide me.”

“HEEK!”

“I won’t just let you die.”

While I was focusing on reassuring and luring Yunez, Risellin, standing next to me, butted in.

“I’ll go too. If it’s about cutting off the orc sorcerer’s neck.”

I can leave Yunez’s personal protection to Risellin.

I’m becoming a worse human, but I can’t help it.

Risellin said she would gather potions and simple food, and we would depart in 20 minutes.

“AHEM!”

3rd-tier knight William, with a completely crumpled face, glared at me while clearing his throat, and that was the full extent of his expression of dissatisfaction.

“I cannot completely trust their words, so I will focus on dealing with the visible orcs.”

Was it because he was openly embarrassed? Was it because he was beaten a few times? His chosen action was not particularly problematic. It could be considered quite normal.

Someone had to focus on protecting this fortress wall.

Because if it breaks, my quest breaks too.

“That’s a very good idea, knight.”

William suddenly shuddered at my words. Why is it like that.

“Please take good care of it.”

I then took Yunez, Risellin, and one mercenary from the 2nd tier named Lukerna and moved out.

Towards the fortress wall.

‘At least by tomorrow, I need to defeat the boss and go to the 3rd-tier waiting room to participate in the exchange meeting without any problems.’

Quick and decisive.

I decided to swiftly deal with the orc sorcerer.

KWAAAAAAK!

An orc-like scream struck my ears.

Seeing that this guy also had an overly red gleam in his eyes, he was undoubtedly blessed with a magical protection by the orc sorcerer.

According to Risellin, these were orcs in a state of frenzy.

There were no orcs with such eyes at the forest’s entrance.

We encountered and started fighting when we reached the middle of the forest.

[Magic Body Enhancement Lv.2 – Skill Activated.]

I felt magic spreading through the mana heart.

With a black javelin, a black short spear, I crushed the head of an orc running from the left vertically.

I sliced off the heads of two orcs running from the right with a straight sword in one strike.

Blood and flesh stuck to my armor in clumps.

Currently, my level had risen from 8 to 9.

Unlike the starting point of the 2nd stage where I would level up after killing five or six, even after slaughtering more than twenty orcs, my level did not increase.

However, what definitely felt like it had improved was my combat sense.

Just as Light’s Sword had said, the sparring with Golem mk.2 was certainly a great nourishment for me, but an even steeper growth platform was real combat.

After killing two frenzied orcs who charged without hesitation after seeing three of their companions die.

I heard Yunez’s trembling voice awkwardly standing beside me.

“We’re almost there. We’re getting close to the entity predicted to be the orc sorcerer.”

Finally.