I Am The Anti-Mage

Chapter 90: Tricked

Argh! Hargh!

Thud!

The sound of the Magic Crystal falling to the floor signaled that the magic trap had begun. The two hunters that managed to take out one Magic Crystal immediately got pierced with blue elemental arrows from the ceiling. Their bodies were electrocuted and shaken, then fell to the floor foaming at the mouth. Their faces also showed signs of poisoning as their skin color turned purple.

The other four hunters who were behind Ji-woo got flabbergasted. They rushed to get closer and to find out what was going on. But, they suddenly stopped their steps just like that. They instead confronted Ji-woo, and one of them grabbed him by the collar.

“What the f*ck has happened!”

“What did you do!?”

The hunter kept shaking Ji-woo by the collar. However, it had no effect. Ji-woo continued his innocent act and feigned ignorance about what was happening.

“I-I don’t know. T-They just went over there and suddenly fell to the floor! I-I swear!” Ji-woo said while trembling and stuttering.

The hunter released his grip and stared at the spot where the two hunters had died horribly. He looked back and forth between the corpses and the Magic Crystals on the wall. He didn’t know how many Magic Crystals were on the wall because the path didn’t have much light.

“Hey, newbie! Go over there. Check the corpses and take out the Magic Crystal by yourself.”

Ji-woo acted flawlessly by gulping, showing his frightened state. He reluctantly nodded his head and went to the place where the Magic Crystal was on the wall. Of course, he was still acting. After all, the magic trap had been guessed by him from earlier because his Mana sense was better than most hunters.

“Hey! There’s foam in their mouths and a little bit of electrocution on their bodies. Em, their faces look pale and purple too!”

“F*ck this newbie! Why are you speaking informally to me! Am I your friend, huh? Also, don’t shout in the narrow streets. I can hear you clearly from here!”

Ji-woo nodded his head repeatedly like a child getting orders. He took the sword from the hunter’s corpse and stabbed it into the wall without the other four hunters noticing because he had his back toward them. So, his actions were not in sight at all. Then, he broke the sword’s hilt to avoid getting caught and allowed the blade to sink into the wall.

What Ji-woo did was cut off the mechanism of the magic trap that connected the Magic Crystal to the blue arrows in the ceiling so as not to trigger it.

Ji-woo still had his back to the four hunters and began to remove the Magic Crystals one by one from the wall.

Four of the nine Magic Crystals on the wall got stolen by him. He tapped the Magic Crystal three times to his left wrist weight.

Zzing–

He did one more to his left wrist while the remaining two Magic Crystals were for the weight on his right wrist.

“What sound is that!?” The hunters heard the sound of Ji-woo tapping the Magic Crystals.

“Nothing, senior. It was just the sound of Magic Crystals falling to the floor.” Ji-woo lied and pretended to squat like he took all the Magic Crystals but only picked up the one that fell at the start because of the two dead hunters.

There were six Magic Crystals in Ji-woo’s hands, and he brought them over to the four hunters.

“What happened? How could you be okay when they both died there?”

Ji-woo tilted his head. “Don’t know, senior. Should I die there too?”

The hunters averted their faces from Ji-woo’s gaze and clumsily replied while diverting the conversation. “Erm. Anyway, right. Where’s the Magic Crystal? Give it to us. I’ll share it with you later.”

Ji-woo stretched out his hand and handed over the six Magic Crystals. The four hunters were not aware that they got mocked by him. He knew they planned to use him as cannon fodder from the beginning when they entered the path.

Unfortunately, the hunters used the wrong people to take advantage of it.

“Let’s go. We have to keep going. Leave the corpses alone. We’ll get them when we get back later. Hey, newbie. Lead the way again like before.”

Ji-woo took a deep breath, acting like someone who was exhausted.

The group walked for another half hour but found nothing. Ji-woo also felt disappointed that there were no more magic traps or anything worth the money. There were no Magic Crystals or Magic Stones either.

The group then found a stone door. Ji-woo was get ordered to check and open the door. He walked to the door and tried to open it while acting like a weakling.

Ji-woo sat at the door after struggling to open it. The hunters saw no traps and immediately advanced toward the inner room. It was a room that was quite spacious and at the same time as the end of the path. There were many artifacts of good quality and some Magic Crystals as well as Magic Stones.

“Hey, newbie. Come here. Take out the Magic Crystals on the wall and the Magic Stones on the stone platform over there.”

Ji-woo got up and massaged his neck and shoulders while the four hunters were busy looking through the weapons and armors in the room.

“You will regret this.”

“Huh!? What do you mean, newbie!??”

The room vibrated, and the door instantly got closed as Ji-woo took out one of the Magic Crystals.

“What the h*ll!”

“What is happening!?”

“Calm down! Stay on your guard.”

Amidst the panic of the hunters, seven small sandstorms were appearing in the room. A sandstorm had the same size as a hunter. Before long, seven mummies got formed from the sandstorms.

The hunters were flustered for a moment and took out their weapons and wooden shields. The battle began with four hunters versus seven mummies.

Meanwhile, Ji-woo, on the other hand, as the cause of the magic trap got triggered, just watched while taking out the rest of the Magic Crystals. He used it for his wrist weights.

The ten Magic Crystals finally got swallowed by the Obelisk weights on Ji-woo’s wrists. He now had a total weight of 80 kg on his body. It slowly returned to the weight that previously was borne by him.

He also took three Magic Stones from the stone platform along with two golden armor and stuffed them into the Spatial Bag. He then took two daggers from another stone platform and would wield the weapons instead of putting them in the Spatial Bag.

The four hunters were already busy dealing with the seven mummies and forgot about Ji-woo’s whereabouts.

“Magic of Fire, Flames Ring!”

The seven mummies were caught by the rings of fire, restricting their movement and burning their linens. It creates an opportunity for other hunters to jump in and slay them in the head.

However, even though the seven mummies lost their heads and burned on the floor. Their Mana could still get felt by the hunters. It made them restless. And they didn’t know what was wrong.

“Magic of Fire, Flames Explosion!”

Boom!

Boom!

The seven mummies on the floor exploded in a small explosion in the room, causing wind pressure inside. But, that was not enough to ease the hunters’ worries.

Suddenly, the wind from the small explosions returned to the spot where the mummies were burning on the floor.

The hunters’ eyes widened in surprise and prepared to strike again with another magic spell. Nevertheless, Ji-woo appeared behind one of the hunters and spoke in a cold tone while thrusting his two daggers into the neck.

“Thanks for the guidance, senior.”

Ji-woo’s voice distracted the other three hunters from the mummies. And saw their comrade get stabbed in the neck and struggle while spitting blood from the mouth.

“What is this!?”

“What are you doing!?”

“Are you crazy!?”

Euraggh–

Errgg–

The mummies came back to life and were fiercer than before. The hunters contemplated fighting against Ji-woo and those creatures simultaneously.

“Too much hesitation.”

Instead, Ji-woo took the initiative and controlled the pace of the battle. He swung the dagger in his left hand to aim at another hunter. But it got blocked.

The other two hunters want to jump in and attack Ji-woo but get interrupted by the seven mummies.

“Magic of Water, Bubble Wrap!”

“Magic of Electricity, Current Arc!”

The seven mummies get wrapped out in small water circles, followed by streams of lightning.

The two magic spells caused smoke and steam to heat up in the room. Thus, the cloud of dust blocked the vision of everyone inside.

One of the hunters then used another magic spell to dispel the dust cloud.

“Magic of Wind, Wind Blaze!”

The room was clean again from the smoke, and the surroundings were clearly visible. The two hunters thought it was over. They even thought Ji-woo was dead at the hands of their friends. In fact, they instead saw their friend get stabbed with a dagger over the head by the newbie.

The two hunters got furious, and their eyes became red. One of them charged forward and slashed Ji-woo with the sword.

Ji-woo spun around to dodge the slash and then ducked before finally stabbing the hunter in the chin from below.

The last hunter flinched and quickly cast a magic spell. “Magic of Electricity, Current Arc!”