Chapter 94

[Concept: Aagh Aagh, Town Attack…jpg]

(Large fish body with human arms GIF)

(Merfolk invading the town square GIF)

(Merfolk approaching with a blurry focus GIF)

That damn fish is running way too fast!

I need to run, so I can’t answer questions!

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– (Elf Con startled)

– What the hell is that monster?!

– It’s unnecessarily slimy and even more disgusting, damn it!

– At that level, isn’t it more “Aagh Aagh” than “Damn Damn”?

Monsters attacked the town.

Just looking at this, it seemed like a common occurrence in another world.

The problem was that monsters emerging from the water was something completely new in this incident.

– We didn’t have these kinds during the Great War.

– Looks like they’re trying to achieve invasion by whatever means with all kinds of monsters.

– Aren’t those just low-level monsters?

Yeah, they’re low-level, but we can’t deal with them, damn it!

Merfolk were treated as low-level monsters, barely distinguishable from zombies.

Extremely stupid and aggressive, yet their defensive and physical powers were no different from an ordinary person.

They were low-level monsters that even an average villager could handle if they fought well.

The problem was that a rift could form underneath that water.

[Title: Update on the Town in the Outskirts…jpg]

I’m leaving this additional post, as Galls are curious.

(A ruined town filled with a stench GIF)

(Town folks protesting against dispatched soldiers GIF)

As you can see, it’s utterly messed up, yeah.

We killed all the Merfolk, but there’s no response to the destroyed town or the rift, haha!

So now the town women are grabbing soldiers by their collars, yelling for them to take action, haha!

If you’re taking taxes, you should work for it, haha!

But the soldiers look really pitiful.

(Showing the rift seen at the bottom of the pond GIF)

How the hell do they even go down there?

If they go in wearing armor, they’ll just change their race to merfolk, haha!

Anyway, I have to save the precious Beastfolk GIFs, so I’m out, bye bye!

– Why is this guy so positive?

– Just looking at the GIFs makes the stench unbearable.

– But what if the merfolk come back up?

– Then we just play tag again!

– (Screaming Elf GIF)

According to the investigation, the rift didn’t just appear overnight.

It had been forming beneath the pond for a long time, but nobody noticed until it burst out.

“But why doesn’t the water decrease?”

If it at least absorbed all the water, we’d have something to work with, but the rift quietly hid beneath.

This made things trickier.

It’s like a ticking time bomb sitting in the town pond.

Moreover, there was a real problem.

– Where the hell did the fish go?

– Our pond’s fish disappeared?!

– (Disturbingly-shaped merfolk GIF)

– This is your fish.

– What the hell, give it back!

The fish were swimming near the portal at the bottom of the water, getting sucked into the portal.

After a while, when the wave bursts, they return in the form of merfolk.

This led to financial issues as well.

– Where’s my means of livelihood?

– (Merfolk with body hair GIF)

A crisis swept through the fishermen.

They could no longer sell fish, which naturally led to economic fallout.

– What are the knights doing with our taxes!!!

– Hurry up and go catch some merfolk!

– You’re out of your mind.

– You think I’ll dive into the water in full armor?

– This seems like something the magicians should solve, right?

– Yeah, magic can do anything from electrocuting to underwater explosions.

Above all, a rift formed underwater.

This spread anxiety, as it could appear anywhere with stagnant water.

But since knights couldn’t handle it, expectations grew high that magicians would solve it.

But the problems were similar.

[Title: Damn Damn, Reality of Malicious Civil Complaints to the Magic Tower’s Low-Level Magicians…jpg]

(GIF of being grabbed by collar in the dispatched village)

(Elderly townspeople spitting with protests GIF)

I managed to get a job as an apprentice in the Magic Tower in my mid-30s after being a jobless bum, yeah.

But suddenly, merfolk-related complaints arise!

So I, as an apprentice, was dispatched, but I really have no idea what to do.

Even after calmly explaining earlier, they keep telling me to just use lightning; it’s like a loop.

Damn, if I could use lightning magic, would I be wasting my time in the Magic Tower?

And who even uses lightning magic these days?

It’s already hard enough just trying to learn fireball, but now I want to quit, damn it!

– Being a magician must really be a tough job, haha.

– Wow, I’m getting pissed just watching them protest with veins sticking out!

– (Respectful term of the head of the gallery) I envy your fireball!

– (Author) ?

– ??

– As a Great Magician, don’t pull any tricks on me!

Magic is generally divided into combat and non-combat.

Among combat magic, there are countless types such as fire, water, earth, lightning, and so forth.

Especially, lightning magic belongs to the high-tier of advanced magic.

Even if you shout “Million Volts!” at a low-level apprentice magician, there will be no change.

– Seriously, who even learns lightning magic?

– Damn, it’s tough just learning fire magic, why would anyone learn lightning?

– For real, is there even anyone like that?

– (ZL Storm Magician) ^^ Damn it!

Fortunately, one such person existed.

A non-mainstream lightning magician.

In fact, they were skilled enough to establish a Magic Tower.

“Indeed, can we resolve this with an electric discharge?”

Climb out of the water?

If I discharge electricity in the water, it’ll turn into grilled fish before I can crawl out!

I thought the solution would be simple, but reality was tough.

[Title: Well, I’ll give it a shot, yeah]

Author: ZL Storm Magician

Don’t expect too much.

(GIF of approaching the infamous pond)

(GIF of stretching out arms towards the sky for a long time)

– ?

– What are you doing?

– You’re supposed to use lightning!

– For real, why are you suddenly worshipping the sky?

– (ZL Storm Magician) Damn, don’t talk to me, I’m casting!

– ???

As expected from advanced magic, the preparation time was long.

Even after gathering mana while staring at the sky for a while, there was a problem.

(GIF of a huge lightning bolt striking the ground)

(GIF of an immense roar with trees burning)

– No!

– Sir, the pond is right in front of you!

– (ZL Storm Magician) Damn, haha!

– ???

– You’re kidding me… Do you think I’m a dumb lightning magician whose spell can’t even control the strike point and has to pray to aim it? You think you can do better?

– No one said anything!

– Haha, the level of lightning magic…

– (ZL Storm Magician) What did you say?

“No.”

It turned out I couldn’t control the hitting point at all.

“Then you mean it could drop right on my head?”

Besides, due to the excessive mana usage, I collapsed from exhaustion.

It was truly a risky magic.

“Looks like it’s hard to rely on a magician.”

But I wasn’t going to give up.

Fortunately, before my reincarnation, there were numerous galleries covering various themes.

I had been through just about every gallery and picked up pointless information.

“Among them, there was a fishing gallery.”

And in that fishing gallery, there existed a legendary insane bait thread.

Though it was immediately downvoted, reported, and disappeared, I had seen it clearly.

[The Fishing Gallery]

[Title: Are there still loser fishing folks? Haha]

(GIF of using electricity to stun fish)

(GIF of using battery fishing to haul fish into the boat)

I’m currently fishing comfortably with battery fishing~

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– You idiot!

– That’s illegal!

– What the hell is wrong with this lunatic!!!

– Shouldn’t this be reported to the authorities rather than just blocking?

“Thanks, Disruption Teacher…”

It was a video regarding battery fishing, which had become illegal in Korea.

*

I had seen a video about battery fishing.

It quickly disappeared after being bombed with downvotes and reports, but as a gallery ghost, I couldn’t resist watching it.

When some kind of stick was put in the school of fish, they just floated up like crazy.

The person filming just scooped them all up with a net.

“This is cheating.”

It was truly fishing on the level of a scam map by the room owner.

Due to concerns about water pollution and ecological destruction, it had been banned in Korea.

But here, in another world.

Where laws were closer to fists and survival, it was different.

“Let’s get those merfolk.”

Fishing methods? There was no such thing.

[Capacitor] – 70p

[All-in-One Fishing Rod] – 50p

I purchased a high voltage battery from the shop to use for battery fishing.

“Usually, they’d use a car battery or something…”

There were fish here as big as humans.

So, I bought dozens, even hundreds of high voltage batteries instead.

Lastly, all I needed was one rod to connect the battery, and I was done.

After buying all the items, I sought out the electric discharge sorcerer who was previously causing problems at the pond.

– (ZL Storm Magician) Damn, so what’s your rank?

– Rank? Haha, fool!

– You’re saying a lightning magician is of no use, huh? Haha!

– (ZL Storm Magician) You’re nothing but a low-level fire magician making me pissed off.

– Until your next lightning spell, haha!

– (ZL Storm Magician) Damn.

“Are they still fighting?”

The electric discharge magician was still having a heated discussion with illegal magic enthusiasts.

[‘Capacitor’, ‘All-in-One Fishing Rod’ have been delivered to ZL Storm Magician!]

– (ZL Storm Magician) ?

– (Respectful term of the head of the gallery) Hi!

– Whoa, is that you, head of the gallery?

– (Respectful term of the head of the gallery) Why am I the head of your gallery?

– (Respectful term of the head of the gallery) Anyway, I’ve included the instruction manual, so try it out.

It was unnecessary to explain what a battery was.

They likely had a rough idea since I had given Fron a generator before.

– (ZL Storm Magician) So this is the lightning magic condensation device that the Great Magician from Fron imparted to you, whoa!

– Whoa, you actually got that?

– So jealous, lightning magician!

– (Respectful term of the head of the gallery) It’s different from that, but it’s somewhat similar.

“Actually, I don’t really know; I’m not a sciences person.”

Within the gallery, while I was technically a pervert, I had an oddly loyal Affectionate Konik Electric Discharge magician.

The Electric Discharge magician quickly went to the pond and posted.

[Title: Haha, Illegal Ones, do you not have this?]

Author: ZL Storm Magician

(GIF of making a thumbs up while smiling next to the capacitor)

(GIF of the merfolk hiding at the bottom of the pond)

So, inside here contains the magic of the Great Magician, right? Haha!

I feel like I’ve just become a Great Magician, and my heart is racing like crazy, haha!

Thank you, head of the gallery!

I’ll try it out right away!

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– Damn, this is crazy!

– (GIF of a crying cat in a hat)

– Head of the gallery, why do you only favor the electric magician!

– Give me a portable Great Magic too!!!

Thrilled, the electric discharge magician left a post about three minutes later.

[Title: Damn, what the hell is this?]

Author: ZL Storm Magician

Before long, a post full of bewilderment appeared in the gallery.