Genius Warlock

Chapter 175

The Black Shields swiftly surrounded the host, sealing off all six sides in anticipation of the explosion.

Everyone was stunned by the sudden turn of events. Exclamations of surprise and alarm filled the room.

“Shit...!”

“Fuck!”

“Security...”

BOOM——!!!

And then, with a loud boom, the host exploded.

Despite being contained within the Black Shields, the force of the explosion was still substantial, capable of causing significant damage if the Black Shields were not properly maintained.

‘It’s not normal black magic.’

All eyes turned to Oliver as he grasped the opponent’s attack.

Oliver, who had acted quickly to control the situation, was the center of attention.

People were in awe of his quick thinking and response.

But the admiration was short-lived.

As the reality of the situation set in, the guests at the auction began to stand up, disturbed by the close call with what appeared to be a suicide bombing.

It was a strange irony that in a city plagued by violence, the supposed predators were almost victims themselves. Such is the unpredictable nature of life.

“Fuking shit. I’ve got to get out of here! How in the world did you guys run this place?!”

“Sir, please calm down and follow our guide...”

“... Shut up, now!”

A hefty middle-aged man shoved aside an auctioneer and tried to leave with his bodyguard in tow.

He was in a state of utter panic.

“Um... you can’t.”

“Why not?”

“Because...”

Before Oliver could finish his sentence, he saw why.

As soon as the man opened the door, something swift and nimble brushed past him.

“What the...?”

The man, unable to react due to the speed of the figure, made a bewildered noise before his head fell to the floor with a thud.

SPLASH!

A deathly silence descended upon the room, accompanied by a damp, squishy sound.

It wasn’t until someone screamed that the silence was broken.

“Kyaaaa!”

“Bossssss!”

The bodyguard, who had failed to protect his employer, was flustered and angry.

He prepared for battle by gathering mana and pulling out an ax and a heavy knife.

Looking at his Life-force and mana, Oliver could see that the bodyguard was capable of putting up a good fight, even against a formidable opponent.

“Sssssya...!”

With a soft hiss, a man stepped inside and swung both of his hands swiftly.

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

The man was wielding a pair of sharp French knives.

In just a second, the bodyguard’s head and body were separated, just like his employer’s.

The sight caused the guests in the auction house to scream even louder.

Fortunately, the dedicated employees at the auction house sprang into action, with a portion of them efficiently leading the customers to safety through a secret door, while the rest prepared to defend them with machine guns.

“Customers, this way!”

SLASH

Dudu dudu dudu!

The employees shouted, as they aimed and fired their weapons with precision.

They were well trained, not just a typical street-level gang.

However, the intruder was no ordinary being. With reflexes heightened to an inhuman level, the intruder gracefully dodged the bullets, effortlessly evading the staff’s fire.

But the employees were not deterred. They quickly shifted their aim and continued to fire, but the intruder was too quick. With fluid movements, he sliced through the auction house employees one by one.

SLASH!

SLASH!

SLASH!

“......!”

“Kkeu!!!”

“Ahhhhhhh!”

Employees were cut like meat on the cutting board in line with the knife as fast as a bullet.

Nevertheless, the employees were sincere in their work.

“Guests, please evacuate this way!”

While some of the employees shouted, directing the guests to safety. Others quickly swallowed a potion, ready to face the intruder.

Looking at the energy contained in the potion, it seemed like it was black magic, and it also seemed to be a disease-type related potion.

As expected, as soon as they drank, their clothes swelled to the point of tearing, and callus-like scales formed on their arms, legs, neck, and chest.

The employees who drank the potion rushed towards the intruder with their strengthened bodies.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

They waved their drug-stained hands like a beast, making a roar.

The intruder wielded the French knife to cut the flesh, avoiding the attack of six people rushing in, only to get scratched and failed to give a fatal blow.

Speed was an obvious advantage, but it seemed that his compatibility was not good.

“I’m glad you’re here.”

The man standing at the back of the intruders chanted.

‘Is he a wizard?’ Oliver wondered. Although he possessed mana inside his body, it was different from normal wizards.

In any case, the intruders managed to escape Oliver’s shadow grip by cutting it off with the help of light magic.

They stepped back, wary of Oliver’s movements.

Oliver surveyed his opponents, studying their abilities.

One of them was a disease-type warlock who made his arms enlarge, while the other was a wizard who utilized magic in a peculiar way. They were both experienced in combat, evidenced by their seamless coordination.

“Two of you,” Oliver spoke.

“Three,” corrected Intruder 1, surprisingly still alive despite being defeated by Oliver earlier.

His head was bizarrely bent, with bones sticking out, and flesh reforming.

“You didn’t die?” Oliver asked, surprised.

“Fucking bitch, once dead,” Intruder 1 growled as he charged at Oliver with a French knife in hand.

With his extreme athletic ability, he charged toward Oliver like a bullet.

“Dodged?” Invader 1 exclaimed, surprised and angry.

“I’ve dealt with someone faster than you,” Oliver remarked, swinging his quarterstaff. “Oh, don’t get me wrong, you’re not slow.”

The intruder swung around in acrobatic movements, narrowly avoiding them, and rushed back to Oliver.

“Minion.”

At Oliver’s call, a minion popped out of his pocket and spat out a barrage of hate bullets at the approaching intruder.

Tututututututuutu

The bullets of hatred poured out at an unexpected time, landing two shots in the intruder’s chest and two shots in his head.

“This kind of attack......!!”

Despite being hit, the intruder managed to revive due to an unknown regeneration ability.

Just as Oliver was about to use Las Bullet to finish him off, Intruder 2 enlarged his arm and swung it at Oliver.

“Um...!”

—Bang!

Oliver was struck by a massive fist, but he quickly reacted by increasing the output of his quarterstaff and black suit to block the blow. He only took a slight step back as a result.

“This fucker is not ordinary. Blow him all at once with the money bugs!”

Invader 2, and Invader 3 moved at the cry.

Intruder 3 raised his arm and increased his mana output. At that time, the deformed, distorted figure hiding under the robe caught Oliver’s eye.

A disgusting appearance, as if several people were entangled together.

He gathered an unusual amount of mana in his arm befitting his bizarre appearance.

His mana-handling skills were crude and rough, but the amount of mana was the real deal.

He was at a level where he would blow up the whole interior.

Bump! Bump! Bump! Bump!

His arms swelled like balloons due to the excessive gathering of mana.

‘Um? Didn’t they come here to steal the auction?’

But that was a concern for later.

Oliver looked back. Jane was not there and it seemed she had escaped unharmed. Still, there were several customers who hadn’t run away yet.

“Hmm...”

Oliver took off a layer of the black suit he was wearing, put it on the quarterstaff, and reshaped it like a javelin.

[Black Javelin]

Remembering the fight with Merlin, he threw the quarterstaff tied with the Black Javelin at the Intruder 3.

Peung—!

The quarterstaff, which flew at high speed, collided with the mana just before the explosion, and the compressed power overwhelmed and neutralized the opponent’s mana.

It was so quick that no one saw it properly.

All they saw was Invaders 3 whose upper and lower bodies separated.

Intruder 3 wanted to revive like his colleagues, but a lump of human-like flesh popped out of his body and collapsed with an unknown scream.

“Um... What was that just now.”

Oliver asked the other two intruders, genuinely curious.

It seemed like black magic, but it didn’t seem like normal black magic.

“You fucking pigggggg...”

[Outcry]

Oliver used Outcry at Intruder 1, who had no intention of answering and charged toward him.

Black smoke quickly approached the intruder, merged into countless faces of angry people, and let out a roar of rage.

The shock wave, which was raised to the maximum output, not only shook the surrounding area, but also hit the inside and outside of Intruder 1 at the same time, damaging his senses.

The blood gushing from the eyes and ears was proof of that. He would recover again, but it brought some time.

“You’re not normal either...!!”

Intruder 2, who used disease-type black magic, enlarged his arms like a giant and swung at Oliver again.

He seemed to have thought that it was more advantageous because Oliver did not have his quarterstaff.

“Um...”

Oliver put on black armor over his black suit, remembering the last time he was training with Joe.

Honestly, he was a little curious.

Based on the black magic used, Intruder 2 also seemed to be a considerably good disease-type Warlock, and he was curious which was stronger, his fist or the Intruder’s.

A brief but long moment passed and the strengthened fists clashed.

“.... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

With a terrible sound of exploding flesh, one arm was torn, and intruder 2, whose arm bursted, screamed lying face down.

Oliver said, looking at him like that.

“I guess this side is better.”