I must draw my sword immediately!

Chapter 49 Imaginary Number Magic
The sun slowly sank behind the mountains, while the stars and moon rose high in the sky.

South of Sol, in front of Pendenburg

Morgulin.

Large swathes of ash tree roots pierced through the skeleton and grew, the burls resembling a pained human face. And in this eerie ash forest, a calm and confident chanting voice suddenly rang out.

"Deconstruction—"

"Material cause, formal cause, efficient cause, final cause."

"Based on the 'On Heaven', constructed with the 'Pre-Analysis', and intervened with the 'Refutation of Errors'."

"The transformation of destiny, earth, water, fire, and wind, is balanced by the phases of truth."

"The boundary of the syllogism is manifested, and the ascension follows the law of causality."

Three figures stood in the center of Morblin. Two of them, knights in half-armor, stood behind a magician wearing a dark blue scholar's robe inlaid with star charts, holding a bone staff, and with long gray hair tied in an ancient Greek braid. They watched the latter continuously draw intricate magic symbols on the ground and pour out various magic materials from his pouch.

"Magic: Imaginary Number Maze".

As the final incantation faded, the magic circle on the ground emitted a soft white light.

The lead magician, a man in his early thirties, nodded in satisfaction and let out a sigh of relief.

"In this way, we only need to establish three more nodes to complete the construction of the great barrier."

He turned his head to look at the two knights who were guarding him on one side and cooperating with him, and asked the last and most crucial question:
"Then, gentlemen, I need to confirm whether the information given by Commander Hector is accurate?"

"Does the cavalry unit we're about to hunt really have at least one master-level professional and nearly a hundred basic materials?"

"Setting up the barrier will cost 253 gold pounds in materials. If it's just an ordinary hundred-man cavalry unit, then this trip has been a waste."

The two knights exchanged a glance and chuckled.
“Fisherman Porgos, you shouldn’t think that way. Hector has no reason to deceive us, and anyone who can escape from him is strong, not weak.”

"You should consider, what if the one who comes is a half-hero, or a true hero?"

Porgos, whom the two knights called 'fisherman,' scoffed and looked at them with the disdain one would give a country bumpkin, saying indifferently:

"Once the barrier is fully established, with what I have learned at the Lucien Magic Academy, even a true hero will only become a stepping stone for me to reach the truth here."

The knight shook his head and chuckled: "You really dare to say that—"

“However, we need to speed up the establishment of the barrier. According to Hector, that team will arrive at this location the day after tomorrow. After all, it is a hundred-man cavalry regiment. Without the barrier, it will be difficult for us to stop them, let alone hunt down the professionals hiding in it.”

Porgos nodded, pondered for a moment, and then predicted:

"The four barriers will be completed by tomorrow afternoon at the latest, completely sealing off the four directions of Morbul Forest."

"This time, the reward will be divided among you three."

However, before Porgos could even reveal his plans for dividing the spoils,

A knight suddenly frowned and raised his hand.

"and many more--"

Pergos frowned, thinking the knight was trying to bargain, and said impatiently, "You want forty percent? Don't forget, I paid for all the materials for the barrier."

"Shh!"

"There are footsteps!"

The knight raised his index finger to Porgos's lips, glanced at him with a frown, his ears twitched slightly, and he continued listening to the strange noises from the bone forest that Porgos had just heard. Then he slowly turned his head to his right, his brows furrowing deeply.
"It's urgent, very soon!"

The other knight's eyes flickered, and he immediately raised his hand to grip the spear on his back, looking cautiously toward the right side of the squad.

sieve!
A dark figure leaped out from behind the ash trees and quickly jumped to the other side.

Inspired by the reactions of the two knights, Pergos's expression hardened as he looked closely, only to discover that the suddenly appearing dark figure was actually a black hyena the size of a calf.

"Black dog?"

He couldn't help but chuckle. "Elliot, you're being too reserved."

"Perfect, this dog is worth about 20 gold pounds, so let's keep it."

However, Porgos's words did not make the two knights lower their guard, and they continued to look to their right.

Soon, under the stern gazes of the two knights,

The ash tree trunk trembled slightly.

A thunderous sound of horses' hooves suddenly rang out from outside the dense forest!

"Looks like there's no time to prepare your trump card that can take down a hero, Pergos, activate the barrier—" "Prepare for a night raid!"

After using his reconnaissance expertise to determine the number and strength of the enemy, Elliot's lips curled into a slight smile, his gaze gradually turning cold.

"As you wish, the enemy consists of only one master-level mage, one ordinary magician, and ninety-nine lowly fodder who are not even advanced professionals."

"But we are a 'headhunter' composed of three masters!"

Upon hearing this information, the other knight, whose face was slightly plump, immediately relaxed his tense expression and let out a strange laugh.

"Jiejiejie~!"

“Never had such a great start!”

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the other side,
Outside the Morblin Forest,
The group was less like knights and more like cooks, a cavalry regiment carrying a large number of pots, pans and other supplies, arriving at this place with swift steps.

Leading this cavalry regiment were Sua, Meli, Lucan, and Dagonit.

"Was that the black dog just now?"

"It can run faster than a warhorse!"

At this moment, Suya stared at the spot where the dark figure had disappeared, somewhat eager to try.

Ever since he ate a magical and high-calorie black dog meat this morning, he's been acting like he's on drugs, full of energy and it feels like he can't wait to grab someone and start a fight.

He turned his head and looked at Lukan beside him, who had a smiling expression on his face.
"Lukan, what's the next step? Should I just go in and fight it one-on-one?"

The black dog is faster than an ordinary warhorse, has strength comparable to a lion or tiger, and a bite force comparable to a crocodile. Although it is a monster, it is still within the range that humans can understand.

Meanwhile, Suya, who couldn't help but glance at her own panel, needed a battle of sufficient skill to adapt to the changes in her body.

Real name: Suya

[Attributes: Strength: E, Agility: F, Durability: F-, Magic: F, Noble Phantasm: C. 】

[Main Job Position: Awaiting Employment]

Although I haven't officially stepped into the professional realm to become a senior professional with a job title, I haven't developed any 'qi', nor do I have the blessing of a job title or the expertise that only masters possess.

However, his basic physical stats had already far exceeded the requirements for becoming a high-level swordsman, and his strength had even defied common sense and broken through the limits of human beings, reaching the standard of a master.

Combined with the power of Noble Phantasms, the four class classes, and Magic Crests,

Even Suya herself couldn't comprehend just how strong she was at that moment!
At this time,

Lukan nodded.

“That’s right, just go straight in. The black hound will attack those weaker than itself, and your current level is just right so it won’t feel threatened. This is much easier than us capturing it. However, the cavalry will have to stay behind.”

"This battle can only be taken on by a few of us professionals. The cavalry must maintain their current size in order to provide us with a continuous supply of magic resistance to resist the Detective Eye."

Suya nodded, dismounted, and prepared to step into the forest.

And at this moment,
Since approaching the Morblin Forest, Meryl had been silent and reserved. Suddenly, she turned to look at a strange, winding mark on a white ash tree beside her, her brows furrowing slightly, and said:

"Wait a minute, don't you guys sense that something's wrong?"

Suya, Lukanda, and the other two exchanged bewildered glances. Not being magicians or possessing magical vision, they had no idea what Merry had seen.
"Is there anything wrong?"

Mary dismounted, grabbed a handful of sand from the ground, and shoveled it aside.

The sand that should have been crushed into dust inexplicably turned into a pool of yellowish-brown muddy water, which gushed from my palm and splattered onto the ground.

Upon seeing this, Meryl exclaimed in surprise:

"Is this...imaginary number magic?"

When she realized what this phenomenon meant, Mary's expression changed drastically. She turned to look at everyone and exclaimed:

"Damn it, we're being watched!"

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