I Created Scientific Magic

Chapter 29: The Imprisoned Devil Believer

Translator: Lonelytree

Seeing that Lin En and Ivana were so frightened that they did not reply for a long time, Baron Pedro comforted them after thinking for a while.

“You don’t have to worry too much. According to Bishop Antioch, most of the devil worshippers have been executed. The Holy Court has also secretly mobilized three thousand guards to garrison the port town.”

“Three thousand?” Lin En frowned. This was too much.

Generally speaking, in times of non-war, a small city like Harbor Town would only have a few hundred soldiers stationed there. Now that the Holy Court had secretly transferred so many troops here, this was suspicious.

Lin En couldn’t help but suspect that the identity of the cripple, Lauder, had been exposed, and the Church was planning to destroy the entire Boat Gang.

“Father, what is Archbishop Antioch’s intention? Is there going to be a war?” Lin En asked tentatively.

Baron Pedro shook his head. “It should have nothing to do with the war, but I don’t know much. I only heard that Bishop Antioch caught the Mage-Apprentices who had escaped on his way back to the port town. They are now imprisoned in the port town and will be executed in public soon!”

Upon hearing this, Lin En’s expression immediately became very solemn.

Could it be that Joni and Pigeon were captured?

When he sent the two witches away, they were in a very bad state. He couldn’t even be sure if they were forced to separate in the rapid current.

If the Holy Court had immediately organized a large number of people to search for them after the battle, it was possible that they would have been captured.

“Father, do you know who those devil worshippers are?” Lin En could not help but ask.

After saying that, Lin En immediately realized that he was too anxious and quickly added. “I heard that mages are usually very beautiful. I don’t know if it’s true.”

“Ridiculous! Who told you this? It’s just rumors!” Baron Pedro reprimanded in dissatisfaction. “Listen up, no matter what, you can’t have anything to do with these devil believers!”

In the Saikas Empire, mages were an absolute taboo. These devil believers possessed many strange witchcraft spells, causing chaos everywhere. They were simply living disasters!

Under Pedro’s angry rebuke, Lin En could only temporarily suppress the doubts in his heart. Now was obviously not the time to ask.

After reprimanding him harshly, Baron Pedro started talking about serious matters again.

“This time, in order to deal with those devil believers, two priests, unfortunately, died in the battle. This is indeed sad, but it is also our opportunity!

“In other words, there will be at least five spots open for this year’s Knight assessment!”

At this point, Baron Pedro looked at Lin En with great anticipation. The official assessment would be held in two months. If he could successfully pass it, the Pedro family might have a chance to rise again.

“After eating, you and Ivana will practice sparring again. Let me see how much you’ve improved over the past few months.” Pedro said straightforwardly.

Sparring?

Lin En couldn’t help but turn to look at Ivana, who was sitting across the table.

The girl was wearing a long black dress, revealing her fair neck and collarbone. Her shoulder-length hair was tied behind her head, leaving only a red ribbon hanging on her shoulders. She looked very capable, but her eyes were extremely cold, as sharp as a knife.

‘It will be better for me to pretend to lose later…’ Lin En thought to himself. After all, in Lott’s diary, he had never beaten Ivana once, except for when they were young, when he had the absolute advantage in strength and stamina. On the contrary, the gap was rapidly expanding.

Currently, the best result was defeat within 23 moves…

..

“Let’s do it here!” After dinner, Pedro led the two to the training ground in the backyard of the manor and signaled for them to start.

Lin En changed into the wooden sword he used for training and assumed a standard sword-holding posture.

However, the moment Pedro spoke, Ivana had already rushed over.

So fast!

Lin En’s pupils constricted. He only had time to raise his sword horizontally to block the attack before the wooden sword in Ivana’s hand slashed down from the sky!

“Clang ~”

The wooden swords collided with each other and unexpectedly produced a sound similar to that of metal colliding.

The young girl turned her body, and as her dress swayed, a whip-like kick was already coming.

Lin En dodged to the side, but Ivana was even faster. With a swing of her sword, she sent Lin En’s wooden sword flying. Then, without stopping, she swung her sword down toward Lin En’s head.

The sharp sound of the wind made Lin En feel a hint of danger. This also meant that the girl had not held back in her attack!

Getting hit wasn’t as simple as getting injured…

[Raise your right hand at a 37-degree angle, grab your wrist, and snatch the sword with your backhand…]

Lin En’s gaze became very serious. Under the analysis of the artificial intelligence, he almost instantly saw the flaw in the girl’s swordplay. Facing the vertical slash from above, he did not avoid it and faced it head-on.

“Enough!” Pedro shouted and interrupted the battle between Lin En and Ivana.

The two people on the field stopped at the same time. Lin En stretched out his right hand, and the wooden sword was already hanging above his head.

Pedro glared at Ivana before looking at Lin En angrily. “Lott, what’s wrong with you? If you’re still in this state after two months, I’m afraid that you won’t even pass the first round of the knight assessment!”

Lin En silently retracted his hand, knowing that he had underestimated the other party’s strength.

Although Lott called himself useless in his diary, he had actually trained hard for more than ten years. Ivana, who could easily defeat him, would only be stronger!

“Move back to your original position and continue!” Baron Pedro said gloomily, his expression extremely ugly.

Ivana stood still as if she had not heard what Pedro said. On the other hand, Lin En took a few steps back and took the initiative to put some distance between them.

At the same time, the AI’s notification sounded in his mind.

[Do you want to activate Overload Mode?]

No!

Lin En refused without even thinking. This wasn’t a life-threatening battle, so there was no need to waste energy here.

Moreover, although the analysis function of the artificial intelligence was useful, how much the info could really be used still depended on his own ability.

Ivana wasn’t like the Antioch or the Mage Hunter she had met before. She was far from being able to crush him.

This was a suitable training…

The battle soon began again. With the foundation laid down by the original Carl and the experience of many life-and-death duels, Lin En successfully blocked Ivana’s surprise attack this time.