Became a Medieval Fantasy Wizard
Chapter 364

TL/Editor: raei

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'I won't let him escape.'

Ian relentlessly pursued Duke Fargar.

He knew full well that capturing the Duke now would mean victory in the war!

It didn't matter how many enemies remained.

"[Darkness!]"

Each time Ian cast his dark veil, the Duke's unit lost all sense of direction.

"Your Grace! Where are you?"

"Escort His Grace!"

"He's here! His Grace is over here!"

"Where the hell is 'here'?!"

A special characteristic of medieval armies - they cluster around their banner.

Anyone who's been in a crowded place knows this.

The more densely packed a location, the harder it is to see.

This is even more true on a battlefield where hundreds or thousands of people are jostling against each other.

That's why units need banners.

You need to know exactly where you are and who you're fighting with!

But Ian's darkness prevented the army from gathering effectively.

When you can't see where the banner is, it's impossible to regroup properly.

"Your Grace! Where are you?"

Ian's darkness didn't last long.

It wasn't easy summoning darkness during daylight.

And the Duke's unit was putting up some resistance using light-emitting magical items.

But in the chaos of battle, even that brief interference was effective.

"Your Grace!"

"He's over here!"

"Shit, when did he get all the way over there?"

Gather, disperse, gather, disperse...

Each time Ian's darkness appeared, the Duke's unit was forced to repeat this cycle.

As a result...

The Duke's unit, which had numbered several hundred men, was reduced to less than half without a single arrow being fired.

Not to mention how painfully slow their retreat had become.

"Damn it all! Wizards! Set fire to everything!"

The vassals watching the situation hastily mobilized their wizards.

They intended to use fire magic to shake off their pursuers.

But even that proved difficult.

"It's not easy. The flow of the mystery is distorted..."

"Shut up! Don't you see His Grace is in danger?"

The wizard warned of the risk, but the vassals refused to listen.

The nobles were burning with anxiety.

If the Duke fell, everything would be lost!

"If you don't use magic right now, we'll consider you a traitor and execute you."

"..."

The nobles finally resorted to threatening the wizard at swordpoint.

The wizard sighed inwardly and reluctantly cast the spell.

This was exactly why he hadn't wanted to get involved in noble power struggles...

When nobles become desperate, they care nothing for a wizard's circumstances and just try to wring magic out of them.

"[Mystery of Fire!]"

Magic was cast from Fargar's formation.

It was magic utilizing a magic circle.

The enemy wouldn't be able to counter it easily.

Magically created flames dropped into the middle of the battlefield.

The Fargar nobles watching the scene shouted:

"What?!"

The wizards' flames were, bizarrely, moving toward Fargar's own formation!

"Wizards! What are you doing?"

"T-the mystery is running wild!"

"What did you say?!"

The fire wizards had attempted to use fire to cut off the pursuers from Duke Fargar.

But the Mystery of Fire had already been harassed by the fire wizards several times.

[I can't take this anymore-!]

Having received yet another (in the mystery's opinion) meaningless command, the Mystery of Fire charged furiously toward the fire wizard who had summoned it.

Was it going to teach the nasty wizard a lesson?

No!

It was going to show this boring wizard what real fun was all about!

[Why do you keep telling me to burn and then stop! Fire should be set spectacularly! Everything should be burned to the ground!]

"[Calm down, my friend!]"

[Fire that doesn't spread is worthless! I'll show you! I'll burn the whole world-!]

The Mystery of Fire thought:

If I show our boring friend what real arson is like...!

He'll be so moved that he'll join me in burning the world! (Not really)

The Mystery of Fire, with pure goodwill, tried to teach the fire wizard the essence of flames...

But what was goodwill from the mystery's perspective was nothing but calamity for humans.

"A-aaahhh!"

"Run! The fire's spreading this way!"

"Roxlan bastards set the place on fire!"

The fire wizards were speechless witnessing the disaster.

"..."

They had warned about this several times!

The nobles were equally shocked.

"Your Grace!"

Duke Fargar, who had been retreating, found his escape route blocked by the fire his own men had started(...).

Left with no choice, the Duke had to face his pursuers.

The troublesome Black Knight and the wizard were closing the distance at a frightening speed.

***

"Ian! Kira must have done it!"

Belenka shouted excitedly.

But Ian tilted his head slightly.

'This doesn't seem like Kira's style...?'

Kira was a fire wizard born with natural talent.

As a wizard beloved by the mysteries, Ian could usually tell from how the mystery moved that 'this is Kira's magic.'

But these flames seemed too wild to be Kira's magic?

Ian sensed that the Mystery of Fire was completely worked up.

It wanted nothing more than to burn everything in sight.

Indeed, the flames were devouring everything around them at a terrifying pace.

"Run! Get as far away as possible!"

War or not...

In the face of this sudden natural disaster, human squabbles seemed like children's games.

Both Roxlan's army and Fargar's forces scattered in all directions to escape the massive pillar of fire.

There was no way the battle could continue in this situation.

"It seems the matter is settled."

Belenka pointed her sword at Duke Fargar and approached slowly.

It was exactly as she said.

If the Duke didn't surrender now, he would be caught in the flames and burn to death.

Ian also approached the Duke.

"Surrender, Your Grace."

"..."

Duke Fargar stood motionless as a statue.

He was clearly filled with deep regret.

"When did you prepare such a trap?"

Ian shrugged his shoulders.

This wasn't my doing at all.

But regardless of Ian's response, the Duke was already firmly convinced this was the work of Roxlan's wizards.

...Ian himself had thought that Roxlan's wizards had prepared some kind of magic.

"Huh."

Duke Fargar sighed and then said:

"I surrender."

He sheathed his sword.

"If you surrender without resistance, I promise treatment befitting your station."

Belenka also sheathed her sword as she spoke.

Duke Fargar was defeated.

It was the result of multiple variables piling upon each other.

If the Duke hadn't pushed so aggressively, if Ian and Belenka had been defeated by the Duke, or if Fargar's wizards had succeeded with their magic, this outcome wouldn't have occurred.

But the battlefield is a realm of chaos where countless variables run wild.

Without the ability to foresee the future, it's impossible to always make the correct judgment.

"Belenka. Take the Duke to the castle."

"What about you?"

"I need to put out this fire before I return."

Belenka nodded slowly.

"Alright. Don't be too late coming back."

***

While extinguishing the magical fire, Ian realized what had happened.

'The mystery went berserk.'

It was self-inflicted.

Fire is a mystery that naturally burns.

When artificially restricting its burning range, it would naturally feel constrained.

Moreover, Fargar's fire wizards had been continuously using fire magic throughout several battles.

Yet when Duke Fargar was at a disadvantage, they forced the use of magic anyway.

It was absurd, but not incomprehensible.

After all, not all wizards successfully cast magic every time.

[Burn! Burn everything!]

"[Yes, yes. Come this way, and I'll give you plenty to burn.]"

[Oh! I rather like you!]

Ian took the Mystery of Fire and climbed a nearby hill.

As if it had been waiting for this moment, a downpour began.

"Impressive victory, Ian."

"I thought you'd run away, Stera?"

The one who had summoned the rain clouds was Stera, the air wizard.

She had watched the entire battle from this hill.

"Now we should escape."

Stera said, looking down at the battlefield.

"Do you know how terribly chaotic the south has become?"

"Because of the war?"

"No. Because a dragon appeared."

Ian hadn't known, but he could easily imagine it.

When a dragon appeared in the north, several domains were destroyed overnight.

Wasn't that why Talian had become a refugee haven?

Now that a dragon had appeared in the south, it wouldn't be strange if several domains had been destroyed.

"From what I hear, the dragon is being controlled by an evil entity."

"An evil entity?"

"A black wizard, I mean. So be careful."

Ian never expected to hear such words from Stera of all people.

'A dragon, huh...'

Ian had defeated a dragon once before.

Though it had been a tough battle and a narrow victory.

And now he had to fight that damn dragon again.

'Fuck it, let's do this.'

Ian thought as he watched the dying flames.

He didn't want to keep having enemies at his back forever.

Now that the southern war was ending, there would be plenty of manpower available.

It was time to finish off the black wizards and the dragon once and for all.

"I'll see you at the university later. I'll buy you a meal then."

"Looking forward to it."

After parting with Stera, Ian returned to Roxlan Castle.

Roxlan Castle was in a festive mood.

"Good work, everyone!"

"That we won... I can't believe it!"

In a word: ecstatic.

No one had expected to defeat Duke Fargar so easily.

As a result, Roxlan had become a crazy army that had defeated a stronger force with fewer soldiers...!

"Long live Roxlan!"

"Long live the Duke's proxy!"

The smiles wouldn't fade from the nobles' faces.

Belenka, Kira, Maria.

Everyone was enjoying the victory together.

"You've all worked hard."

Count Francis said.

"There's a mountain of work ahead of us... but for today, let's forget about it."

"Ohhh!"

"Eat, drink, and rest well."

Everyone in Roxlan Castle took a day to rest and wash away the fatigue of battle.

Ian also relaxed with ease.

...Until that evening.

When a sudden voice called out:

"Enemy raid!"

"Shit."

Ian grabbed his sword and staff as he left his room.

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