## Chapter 1605 – The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated Into The Baek Family
The enemy camp ceased their attack. Then, someone on horseback slowly rode forward.
It was an old man with a long white beard. An old man and a battlefield. It was an unlikely combination. I knew at a glance that he was a mage. He was wearing the robes that mages usually wore, so there was no way I wouldn’t recognize him.
“A mage dares to come so close to the castle walls? What a bold old man.”
“I am Caliburd Lauren.”
Elaine glared at the old man and spoke.
I still didn’t know who he was. I was hearing his name for the first time today.
Perhaps sensing my thoughts, Scarlett spoke.
“He is one of the seven Archmages of the Magic Union. He is the oldest of the seven Archmages and the Master of the Caphiros Magic Tower.”
“Caphiros Magic Tower? What kind of place is that?”
“It’s a magic tower that specializes in the study of fire magic. It’s famous for selling magical tools that create small fires. Because they could easily start fires, adventurers and ordinary citizens preferred the magical tools from the Caphiros Magic Tower.”
“Not anymore, I guess.”
“I understand they suffered a major blow from the lighters and gas burners sold by the Korea Trading Company. I heard they lowered the prices of their magical tools after that… but they are still ridiculously expensive compared to lighters.”
“Ah.”
It was one of the magic towers that had lost out to the Korea Trading Company.
Especially the lighters, which were sold for 1 silver each. Lighters were small and easy to bring over in large quantities from the modern world, so they were used to increase market share rather than to make a profit. Of course, even selling them for 1 silver was still profitable.
“Count Pruker! I am Caliburd Lauren, the representative of the Magic Union! I don’t know how you got into the castle, but I advise you to surrender! Disarm yourselves and open the castle gates!”
Caliburd opened his mouth. He didn’t seem to be shouting, but his voice echoed loudly. He was using magic.
“He’s calling my name like that, so I can’t help but answer. Mother, could you use some voice amplification magic?”
“It’s not a difficult task.”
Elaine used magic.
“Ah, ah.”
I spoke as if testing a microphone. My voice echoed throughout the battlefield. I liked it.
“I’ve received reports that your Magic Union kidnapped Princess Eileen! You rebellious thugs! Do you think you’ll get away with this?! Even if the heavens forgive you, I, Eugene Pruker, will not forgive you!”
“Rebellious?! Don’t play tricks! Everyone knows that you are the rebel! Do you think we don’t know about your ambition to dispose of Princess Eileen and manipulate this country from behind Prince Aiden?!”
“You smelly old bastard! You’re making up a scenario! You should have died quietly when you got old, but it’s pathetic to see you craving power and wealth at your age! It’s not too late. Go back to your hometown and prepare for your death while watching your grandchildren! Don’t you know that mages should die when they get old?!”
Caliburd’s face turned bright red. He gripped a staff decorated with special jewels and thumped it on the ground.
“You crazy bastard! You’re showing your true colors! Grandchildren? Yes! I had grandchildren too. If you hadn’t started the war, I might have spent my remaining years watching my grandchildren, as you said! My grandchildren died, and the mothers and fathers who died in the war! All of them! It’s all your fault! If you hadn’t existed, this world would have been more peaceful!”
“This old man is completely senile! If you took off his clothes, he’d be wearing a poop diaper! Listen carefully, you senile old man! I didn’t start the continental war! I am the hero who ended the war! I have raised the honor of the Rapelli Kingdom and brought peace to the continent! Old man! Did you say your grandchildren died in the war? Your grandchildren died because you didn’t manage them properly! It’s a shame! If your grandchildren had lived, I would have personally exterminated their entire lineage as the family of a traitor!”
“Is that what a nobleman and a ruler should say?! You are not qualified to be a ruler or a hero! I advise you one last time! Surrender! If you offer your guilty neck, I will spare the citizens of Thebra! If you have even a shred of conscience, open the castle gates and surrender!”
“That’s what I should be saying, you old man! If you have even a shred of conscience, release the princess and surrender! I will show mercy and spare some of you!”
“Count Pruker! We all know how you treat prisoners! We will fight to the end rather than surrender! The repair of the magic weapons will be completed soon! We will show you the true power of the magic weapons that we couldn’t show you in Pters!”
“Magic weapons? Are you talking about the trash you got in exchange for licking the dragon’s asshole? Aren’t you ashamed as humans?”
“Shut up!”
Caliburd shouted. He looked even more furious than when his own flesh and blood were insulted.
“Don’t insult the great one! He is the master of magic, the coordinator and guardian of this world!”
“Heh. It seems you got a lot for sucking the dragon’s asshole? Let me tell you the truth. You are just toys of Leosio.”
“No, we are mages who have received his grace! Now this world will turn according to his will, and magic will become the center of the world!”
“The dragon’s asshole must have been very sweet!”
“I can’t listen to this anymore! Our conversation is over!”
Caliburd uses magic. As he swung his staff, hellfire appeared in front of him. It wasn’t ordinary hellfire. It was swirling hellfire. The hellfire rotated and compressed. The fist-sized compressed hellfire flew towards the castle gate and exploded.
KABOOM! The barrier shook.
“You old bastard!”
I couldn’t just stand by after being attacked.
‘Lightning.’
Whoosh.
The mana inside me flowed out and rose into the sky.
Immediately after, a blue lightning bolt fell towards Caliburd. Caliburd didn’t dodge, but he was unharmed without even a single strand of his beard singed.
A barrier had protected Caliburd from the lightning. It was as expected. The old mage of the magic tower, who had been through thick and thin, wouldn’t have come to the castle gate without any preparation.
“A magical tool… no, is it a relic? You have quite a remarkable item. But it’s like a pearl necklace on a pig. Count Pruker. Your life is running out. Two days. In two days, the repair of the magic weapons will be completed, so enjoy your pathetic life until then.”
Two days.
It was exactly the time when the reinforcements were supposed to arrive. Even so, it didn’t matter.
“Are you asking me to kill you in two days? Fine, old man. I look forward to hearing your screams in two days.”
“I can already see your face full of regret in two days.”
Caliburd turned and left.
Click.
I snapped my fingers.
Lightning fell from the sky. Not on Caliburd, but around him. The mages who were escorting Caliburd quickly deployed barrier magic.
Rumble! CRASH! CRASH!
The mages’ barriers were shattered by the continuous lightning, and the mages were electrocuted to death. Even in the midst of that, Caliburd was unharmed. The lightning hadn’t even made a scratch on his barrier. An Archmage. He was definitely one of the best.
Caliburd turned around and glared at me as if he wanted to kill me. He nervously ordered something to his subordinates. The enemy’s attack magic, which had stopped for a moment, began again.
“Are you angry?”
Scarlett asked.
“No. I just thought it would be easier if I could kill him now, so I attacked… but it’s not easy.”
“If you wish, I will prepare for battle. Even if it’s not head-on, we can go through the port and attack their sides or rear. The possibility of a successful surprise attack is less than 10% since they are watching the port.”
“There’s no need to go through such a difficult path. Let’s just wait two days.”
Suddenly, I felt a presence. It was Yuria.
“Yuria, Scarlett. Prepare the remaining missiles. I’m bored, so let’s have some fireworks.”
Unfortunately, the mushroom cloud fireworks, the pinnacle of fireworks, could not be used. The distance between the enemy’s army and the castle walls was too close. If I used it, we would get caught up in it too. I couldn’t plaster my front yard with radiation.
“Let’s start with an anti-tank missile show first.”
I chuckled and took out my smartphone. I would have to go back and forth to the [Vampire Prosecutor] world, so it would be a bit of a hassle.
But it was okay. I could endure this much trouble since I could give those bastards a big middle finger.
The combat maids came up to the castle walls. In their hands and on their shoulders were anti-tank missile launchers, Hyungung. Not the modern Hyungung. It was the advanced Hyungung of the future world. It was a missile that could destroy tanks. It couldn’t be blocked by any ordinary barrier.
“Free fire.”
The anti-tank missiles flew towards the enemy. The sight of over 50 missiles flying was spectacular. The enemies were preparing barrier magic, but it was useless. It couldn’t be blocked by an ordinary barrier.
An earth-shattering explosion occurred. The smell of gunpowder and screams were carried by the wind.
The enemy’s mage group stopped their attack. Instead, they all deployed barrier magic at once. It became difficult to have fun with missiles.
I glanced back. Below, the M270 multiple launch rocket system was ready.
‘Damn it. I should have fired the M270 first when there was no large-scale barrier.’
I had the Hyungung fired to let the maids have some fun. If I had used the M270 first, I could have inflicted more damage.
‘M270… I even used points to bring that.’
The limit of items that can be put into the inventory is weight. If I can lift an item, it goes into the inventory no matter how big it is. Conversely, even if an item is small, it doesn’t go into the inventory if I can’t lift it.
The M270 weighed 25 tons. It was impossible for me to lift it even now.
‘But I have the perfect item.’
[0.3 Scale Sticker
Attaching the sticker reduces the size and weight of an object to 30%. Removing the sticker returns it to its original state. The sticker is disposable.
Price: 500 points
※Caution
The reduced item is highly likely to not function properly.
Consider the space when removing the sticker.
Does not work on living creatures.]
’25 tons becomes 7.5 tons.’
With 7.5 tons, I could lift it using mana.
“Master. The barrier is weak on that side.”
Yuria pointed to a spot with her finger. It was where the barrier was deployed. Honestly, I couldn’t tell even when I looked directly at it.
“Weak?”
“Yes. The pattern of the spell is unstable. Perhaps the mages in charge of that area are less skilled. And… that area over there is also weak.”
“Hmm. Good. We’ll focus on those areas! Fire as soon as you’re ready!”
Missiles flew in a line into the sky.
