The Mage Will Master Magic Efficiently In His Second Life

Translator: Jimi Editor: Ryunakama

Azalea-san!?

Hey, its been a while, Milly-chan, and Zeph-kun.

Azalea is one of the dispatched mages. We helped one another out in various ways in the past, during the case of Grain, a former dispatched mage.

Usually, dispatched mages would be traveling all over the place, but it seems like she would be in the capital of Prolea this time.

Her sudden appearance is bad for the heart though.

Its been a long time, hasnt it?

Oh, dear me! Ive been rather busy recently. In truth, I had wished to pay Zeph-kun a visit too, but I apologize that I was not able to show up earlier.

The association has been in a flurry of activity because of the uproar regarding the black monster.

That reminds me, I think Milly mentioned that she visited me several times when I was unconscious.

Well, its fine. More importantly, are you sure you have the time for idle chatter here?

Youre harsh as usual Anyway, look over there.

When Azalea pointed at Tiamat, numerous magic lances appeared and flew towards it.

As the giant dragon was about to step out onto the street, its body was pieced by the magic lances, and the surrounding air froze and glistened.

The lances robbed Tiamat of its body heat, and gradually dulled its movements.

That was Blizzard Lance, one of the unique spells for use against large monsters, which the Magic Association prides itself on. Its a spell that takes away the targets body heat, greatly limiting its movement speed.

When I looked in the direction from where the magic lances were shot out, I saw several dispatched mages.

Probably because it takes some time to activate the spell, the mages were activating Blizzard Lance at staggered timings to ensure that they were being shot continuously.

Its quite a boring spell, isnt it? Its powerful, not only does it take a long time to cast, but its area-of-effect is also small and it consumes a lot of magic power too. Thats why it is difficult to use it against people, but it is pretty convenient against big monsters.

Azalea smiled at me, as if telling me not to worry.

Well, its indeed a strong spell and it is plenty effective.

If there are that many dispatched mages, things might turn out to be fine.

Well, Ill do as I please.

Hey hey, are you saying that were not trustworthy?

Dont tell me youve forgotten what you people have done before.

Oh, dear. Thats embarrassing.

Azalea let out a strained laugh. Bringing up Grains case seemed to give her a headache.

As a matter of fact, the combat power of the dispatched mages is nothing to scoff at.

However, the black monster is abnormal in various ways, and I cant bring myself to leave the job to them completely.

At the very least, I ought to protect what I can defend on my own.

I do have some confidence in your abilities when it comes to combat, but I just want to be able to protect my companions. Ill leave the townspeople to you. Thats what dispatched mages are for, right?

Mm, we will do our best. You all should be careful too.

Of course. Lets go, Milly.

Oh, wait for meee.

Azalea let out a sigh of resignation, looking like she didnt have a choice. We bid her goodbye and left for our home, amid the escaping throngs of people.

Tiamat was headed towards our home.

So that we would arrive before it, Milly and I rode on Uruk and moved through the skies.

Beneath us, people were in a flurry to escape.

Fufun If we didnt have Uruk, we would have taken a long time to get there, wont we?

Bururu!

As Milly stroked Uruks mane, he snorted proudly.

Its true that youre a useful familiar, but dont get cocky though.

Well, whatever. More importantly, we have to help Lydia escape.

Lydia! Hey Lydia, wake up!

From a while ago, I have tried many times to contact her by telepathy, but there was no reply.

Pulling consecutive all-nighters seemed to be taking its toll even on Lydia.

Theres no other way but to go and help her.

Although Azalea and the dispatched mages tried to stop us, when it comes to a gigantic monster like that, no one can predict what would happen.

Ohhh Ohhhh

The roar from Tiamat caused the air to vibrate.

I realized that the number of ice lances raining down on Tiamat was decreased from before.

Even though several people have joined forces to cast the spells consecutively, they have been firing off the unique spell ceaselessly.

They may be dispatched mages, but its not as if their magic power was limitless. It was probably about time they started running out of steam.

Ooo

With its red eyes glowing eerily, Tiamat moved along little by little.

Clouds of dust rose up, and the sounds of buildings being crushed could be heard from a distance.

Damn it, Azalea. Leave it to me, you said? You guys are already in trouble, arent you?

Tiamat was still a distance away from the town area, but at this rate, things would turn tragic.

Zeph, we can see the house from here!

Ah, lets hurry Hm?

Here and there, black, squirming shadows could be seen on the streets.

The black monsters, which looked like round lizards, destroyed the buildings and attacked the people who were slow to escape.

Lets land, Uruk.

Bururu

I tapped Uruks side with my heel, and Uruk reluctantly flapped his wings as we gradually descended.

As I couldnt wait for us to land, I jumped off halfway through.

H-hold up, Zeph!

Milly, you protect the townspeople from those black monsters! Ill do something about Lydia!

G-got it!

Dont overdo it! As much as possible, only take on those monsters that are heading towards the house!

The black monsters were spread throughout the city. If they attacked in large numbers, even I would have a hard time.

Theres no way we can rescue everyone from so many monsters.

However, I would at least like to help my neighbors.

Giruru!

Youre here early, huh?

With a groan that sounded like the pulling of a saw blade, a round lizard with hard, densely packed scales on its body emerged from the shadows of the tall grass in a houses yard. I would say its a smaller version of the Tiamat.

I cast Scout Scope on it.

Mushussu

Level 76

Magic Power

937266937266

Well, I can tell that its tough, but in addition to that, its even more troublesome this time because there are so many of them.

Moreover, this guy has a name.

Its written in an ancient language, like Tiamat If Im not wrong, I think it meant something like baby dragon or something like that.

Giruruaaa!

But I have already fought you black monsters many times. I have ways to deal with you.

Mushussu jumped at me with its talons extended. I blocked it with the prosthetic and pushed back while I cast Time Square.

While time is frozen, I cast Red Crash, Blue Crash, and White Crash.

The result is the tri-fusion magic, Vanishing Crash.

With a heavy boom, Mushussu was blown far away.

The recoil was transmitted through my prosthetic hand and up to my shoulder, but it wasnt bad enough to hurt.

Vanishing Crash, which blows away the opponent with a strong shockwave, would immediately hurt my arm if I used it bare-handed. However, if I shot the spell through my artificial arm, the spell is certainly useful. I should still be careful not to damage the prosthetic from the recoil, though.

I watched as the Mushussu that I had blown away brushed past Uruk who was hovering in midair.

Wha-! Hey, Zeph! That was dangerous!

Sorry, I wasnt aiming there though.

Of course, you shouldnt be! Geez, be careful!

I just blew it away in a random direction though It seems that Milly is as unlucky as ever.

Anyway, the monsters have even reached this place. This is extremely bad.

I hope youre safe, Lydia!

I reached home and while uttering a prayer in my heart, I turned the doorknob. However, the door opened without any resistance.

Its not locked..?

The door was not destroyed either which means that it cant be the act of a monster. Dont tell me there was an intruder?

There might have been a burglar who took advantage of the monsters attack to enter our house.

Its not a big deal if he just takes our things, but Lydia was sleeping inside.

If the intruder were a man, I dont want to imagine what sort of things he would do to the sleeping Lydia.

If thats the case I wont let him get away with it!

I squeezed my fists tight in rage.

I quickly calmed my unsettled heart, then stepped into the house stealthily.

In the living room on the ground floor there was no one.

When Lydia was tired, sometimes she would sleep on the sofa here, though it seems like this time she chose to rest in her room.

Suddenly, a clatter was heard from the hallway.

The intruder!