NOVEL WEB Chapter 724
Cast: Arabesque Knot – Moon
Kwa-kwa-kwang-!
The table snapped in half.
A long, thin mark was clearly etched into the floor.
“Gaaaah!”
Dozens of members from the organization fell like dominos after being lashed.
Cast: Linear Momentum Adjustment
Cast: Angular Momentum Adjustment
Whiiiiiiiiing-!
A whip stretching dozens of meters cut through the air, demolishing everything in the party hall.
Before long, the members of Los Calchona, who were returning fire, became quiet.
“Hmm?”
Crackling-!
The Arabesque Knot was suddenly severed.
The magic had been nullified by a scythe swung by Calchona’s boss, Alisa.
“Boss! Our members are clashing outside the prison too!”
“How could the military arrive at this hour? You…! You’re a government informant, NoName!”
“Not at all! It seems to be those Los Calres guys from Huárez!”
“Los Calres? Who are they… No wait, why are those guys, who were supposed to be monitoring the border, suddenly attacking us?”
Alisa turned to look at me.
“Seems like trouble has arisen…? Did guests arrive outside? By the way, I haven’t reported it yet. I’d like to fight more with you guys.”
I played dumb.
El Rizo had brought the army.
Alisa didn’t seem to expect any friction with other organizations in this situation.
“Seriously… You really came abducted? This is all one awful coincidence happening to me…?”
“Hmph, I’ve said it so many times. I was suffering from mana exhaustion and couldn’t do anything when my sisters dragged me to the shelter.”
“That’s nonsense! Do you think the Cartel would believe in such coincidences? Then what about that satellite communication device?”
“You guys keep stingily refusing permissions at the Magic Power Plant. So, I borrowed one from the United States.”
Alisa stared blankly.
I, too, found myself spinning lies effortlessly.
Somehow, it just seemed to fit together perfectly, huh?
It wouldn’t be easy for her to figure out I had sided with Los Catz.
And even if she did notice my lies, it didn’t matter.
“Boss, the longer we drag this out, the worse it gets for us. If the Calres guys notice that the NoName Wizard is here…”
“Shit… Damn it… If that opportunist El Rizo finds out, he’ll spill everything to the boss.”
“If that happens, the Sinaloa Cartel will arrive faster than the Mexican army…”
“…”
“Maybe we should ask Guzman for help—”
“Stop whining, you punk! I’m thinking too!”
Currently, Sinaloa was in a war between Zambada and Guzman.
Alisa was loyal to Guzman since she was his ex-girlfriend.
Then there’s the problem.
Who would be the first cartel Zambada would want to take down?
The justification.
Ironically, no organization values justification more than a cartel.
Since it’s a group where ‘law’ doesn’t exist, they obsess over justification and commit brutal acts without hesitation.
If the fact that Alisa touched me became known outside…
She’d probably transition to being an actress in a snuff film in no time.
‘It seems most of the abducted kids have escaped.’
No matter how great a paradise was made, a prison remains a prison.
El Rizo said having corpses escaping from the prison would be troublesome for them too.
What would be the reason to allow a killer who’s killed 150 people a policy of “freedom to leave under house arrest”?
It means, “Don’t go causing trouble elsewhere.”
I looked at the girl afflicted by the Medusa magic.
‘It should be wearing off soon.’
In this world, there’s definitely a limit to the power of erosion.
I approached the hostage, grabbed her now-soft hands, and put her on my back.
A strange standoff happened between Alisa and me.
If I killed the boss here, I couldn’t guarantee the safety of the civilians.
The organization members would scatter, taking the hostages with them.
On the other hand, Alisa couldn’t kill me and shouldn’t either.
“Oh? Is the Mexican police officer here to rescue me?”
I abruptly turned my head toward the window.
“Wait a second, you, don’t move…!”
In that case, my next actions became clear.
Cast: Glacis Styria
Crash-!
“Help me! Help me, I’m here! Help me!”
“Don’t let that girl get away! We can’t let her out of here!”
“Everyone, get ready to aim!”
“No, don’t kill her!”
“What do we do!”
“Capture her alive!”
“Screaaah! Hahaha!”
I jumped out of the third floor with the hostage.
Cast: Arabesque Knot – Gold
Bang-!
“Ow!”
I rolled over on the flowerbed.
My white clothes were in tatters.
I should have jumped into the net instead.
I couldn’t do it thinking the girl might get hurt.
“Ugh…”
The girl, who was caught in the net, gradually opened her eyes.
“Sis, if you’ve come to your senses, run!”
“Huh?”
“Quickly!”
“AHHHHHH!”
In the prison yard, several gruesome corpses lay scattered around.
Most of them were members of Calchona who had died from friendly fire while resisting fiercely.
400 meters to the prison’s main gate.
Not an enormous distance but…
In a battlefield where bullets rain down, it’s not close at all.
“Guh…! What is this…! Ugh…”
“What’s your name!”
“I’m Regina…!”
“Regina, run! Just hold onto my hand tightly, and don’t look back!”
I shared part of the barrier with her.
Cast: Linear Momentum Adjustment
I stepped onto the acceleration magic circle.
Whooosh-!
Along with it, my field of view changed dramatically.
Outside the prison, there were two tons of equipment and armored vehicles brought by El Rizo.
‘This guy said he had no money, yet he has this kind of stuff?’
The tides were overwhelmingly in favor of Los Catz.
The difference between one equipped with full-body shields and one without.
Especially with the storage tower blocked, Calchona’s members crumbled down without a chance to react.
Cast: Light
Pah-!
I lit up a golden light in the air to signal my position.
Then the volley spells from Los Catz began to narrowly miss us one after another.
‘Just need to keep an eye on the back.’
Tatata-tat-!
Los Calchona had far too many weapons.
Even while continuously firing from machine guns, there was no sign of running out of ammo.
Tatata-!
“AHHH!”
Regina, hit by a bullet in the back, collapsed forward.
‘Her clothes are fine.’
She simply lost her balance from the shock.
I lifted her up and stepped onto the second acceleration magic circle.
Cast: Linear Momentum Adjustment
“Ahhh! It hurts!”
Looks like she rolled her ankle.
Even if her ankle twisted, I forced her hand and bolted the last 100m.
Swoosh-!
“NoName Wizard!”
“Huff, huff. Why are you so late…!”
“The operation was definitely set for tomorrow!”
“Anyways, what’s the current magic caster?”
“The boss is casting it directly!”
Joint Cast: Arc Discharge
Crackling-!
From the giant magic circle a few meters wide, electric current surged forth.
Five sub-wizards controlled the magic to incapacitate the snipers with five branches.
“That looks like a lethal spell no matter how I see it…!”
“El Rizo said splitting it into five means 30mA per person!”
“Hah, do you think you can follow IEEE standards with that kinda shoddy setup…? Regardless, while looking inside, I found a few civilians, so it seems I need to rescue them. For now, keep using non-lethal spells like this and have ten elite members follow me.”
“Wizard, here are your sword and crystal sphere!”
“What about my clothes?”
“I’m still drying them… in the hideout…”
“… Who asked for laundry? Let’s go!”
Wooosh-
I seized the bun-shaped item and rushed into the hotel.
This was my first experience of modern warfare, but it didn’t feel very different from my past life.
“Two on the left, four on the right. Provide support on the right.”
With a wand, all restrictions on casting disappeared.
Cast: Ignis Respícĭo
Joint Cast: Ignis Respícĭo
Joint Cast: Ignis Respícĭo
Triple casting.
I bombarded the triple magic cannon and smashed the machine guns.
Ting-ting-ting-!
“Ka-ha-ha! Keep shooting! Do you think we’ll die to that kind of toy?!”
“It can’t be real. The once impenetrable Los Calchona is so easily…”
“How did you manage to block the storage tower?”
“I don’t know. They just turned it off themselves.”
“Luck is also a skill. Impressive.”
“Let’s storm in.”
Bam-!
The organization members smashed through the main gate and broke into the hotel.
There, the non-combat executives had gathered closely together.
“Put down your weapons and surrender now!”
“Drop your weapons! Get down!”
Distinguishing between civilians and organization members was not easy.
While the members were incapacitated one by one by arc discharge,
I bound their arms and legs with the Arabesque Knot.
“Search that desk.”
“Underneath that desk! Drop your weapons and surrender!”
Suddenly a fairly young boy came out with his hands up.
“Huff.”
It was the moment when the organization members, relieved, lowered their wands.
“What an idiot…!”
I slammed the bun-shaped item on the floor.
Cast: Glacis Ion Trap Catellus
Swoosh-!
Ice chains sprang from the floor and bound the boy’s limbs.
“Ugh!”
I froze the whole boy solid.
Then I aimed at the grenade he was holding in his left hand.
Cast: Aqua Pillar
Bang-!
I barely prevented the explosion of the grenade.
“Can’t you focus!”
“I’m sorry!”
“Two go to the first floor, four to the basement. Four follow me.”
I obtained a map from a first-floor executive.
After interrogating him, it seemed they didn’t have the luxury to expand in the basement.
Since it was a cartel occupying only one city, there were many weak points everywhere.
“I’m going to search from the third floor. Two will guard the central stairs on the second floor, and two will follow me to the third floor.”
I took a moment to catch my breath and focused on my inner vision.
Cast: Cerebral Cortex Reconstruction
Higher Cast: Activation of Lateral Septum
Decryption: Neuropeptide Y Receptor 1
Unique Magic – Estasha’s 6th Style – Astarte