I Became a Civil Servant Who Can Use Magic

Flash!
A dazzling flash exploded and spread, engulfing the area.

However, the knights and mages surrounding Loen’s group didn’t suffer any particular damage.
This was because they were protecting their heads with mana.
Their vision remained intact even in the flash.

“What!?”
“..!”

That’s why it was more shocking.
Because they had watched the entire process.

Who would have dared to imagine…

That they would witness the sight of hundreds of undead turning into particles and scattering into the air in an instant…

Everyone held their breath at the overwhelming power that returned existence itself to nothingness.

They had thoroughly investigated Loen before reaching the great plains.
They had already predicted the possibility that she was a light or dark attribute mage.
They had prepared thoroughly accordingly.

But this…
It was beyond expectations.

At most, isn’t it just a flash spell?
But to annihilate the very existence of the undead?
And hundreds of them, in one breath?

It was clearly beyond common sense.

“H-How…”

Even Bamos was shocked.
How could this be possible?

Suddenly, one possibility occurred to his mind.

Could it be?

A dual attribute holder?
And one possessing both light and darkness, opposite powers belonging to the higher attributes…

There’s no other way to explain the current situation.

“No way.. you were a light and dark attribute holder.”

Bamos tried to sound nonchalant as he probed Loen.
Loen showed no reaction to his words.
She just stared this way with indifferent eyes.

Seeing this, Bamos became certain.

“Why.. why would a 5-star mage come all the way to this frontier to interfere with us?”

He asked Loen in an angry voice.
Loen fell into contemplation at his question.

‘Reason for interfering? There isn’t really one.’

If I had to say, it’s because you’re a dark mage?
As an inspector in name, it would be a bit much to ignore a dark mage-

“Attack!”
“..?”

As soon as Loen showed signs of contemplation, Bamos immediately issued an attack order.
It wasn’t a question asked expecting an answer in the first place. It was just to create an opening.

Tap tap.
More than ten knights charged towards Loen’s group.

Fireballs, wind blades…
Five mages including Bamos poured attack magic towards Loen.

A surprise attack along with the question?
Loen, who was dumbfounded, responded quickly.

“Psyche!”
“Yes!”

Psyche firmly grasped Loen’s hand.
Then she spun her body around once, and threw Loen high into the sky.

Swish-
Bamos’s black blade narrowly grazed past Loen. The artifact blocked magic below 4-star.

The mages’ faces were tinged with bewilderment.
Avoiding attacks like this?

The knights were equally bewildered.
They suddenly became like dogs chasing chickens.
Because they had no way to attack her who had soared into the air.

Now it was Loen’s turn.
Loen, who had soared into the sky, stretched her hand towards a mage next to Bamos.

‘Leave defense to the artifact and focus only on attack.’

Loen decided to deal with the four guard mages protecting Bamos first. While keeping Bamos in check, of course.

“Chain Beam.”
“Judgment.”

A mana spear created in midair rushed towards Bamos. At the same time, a gray beam was fired from Loen’s hand.

The moment the gray beam touched one mage’s body.
The beam split into five branches and bounced towards the surrounding mages.

“Protect..”

They cast protection barriers belatedly, but it was already too late.
The beams penetrated their bodies. The mages fell to the ground powerlessly with large holes in their bodies.

Although it was a spell with lower power than a mana cannon, since the level of the mages hit directly was only 2 or 3-star…

This wasn’t the end.

The beams that had bounced off in five branches split again into several branches each and rushed towards the knights like chain lightning.

Sixteen knights were in danger of being hit directly by Loen’s chain beam.

“Don’t block, dodge!”

Someone urgently shouted after seeing the mages fall. All the knights threw their bodies, kicking off the ground. The beams grazed past where they had been standing.

Just as the knights were about to sigh in relief.

Crack.
An eerie sound was heard.

“Are you tempting me to step on you right now?”

At the dragon-kin girl’s words that followed, the knights hurriedly got up, breaking out in cold sweat.

The knights’ faces darkened with signs of defeat.
The gap between mages was too clear.

Despite taking the initiative, the opponent hadn’t suffered any damage. On the other hand, all of our mages except Lord Bamos had been annihilated.

However, they couldn’t just surrender like this.

Because they were the ones who had helped kidnap people and offer them as sacrifices following Bamos’s orders.

“We’ll die either way! Everyone attack!”

At the 4-star knight commander’s words, they charged towards Psyche again. The battle resumed.

Meanwhile, Bamos, who had barely blocked Loen’s Judgment magic and Chain Beam, bit his lip.

“Victory was right in front of us!”

If it weren’t for that bitch.
Everything would have gone according to plan.
I would have already become the ruler of the Barrier.

That insufferable bitch.

Bamos felt extreme anger at the reality of everything turning to bubbles.

Even after decades of effort, he was only 3-star at best.
To overcome his limits, he sold his soul to a demon.
Even that wasn’t enough, so he offered living people as sacrifices.

He forced himself to go on even knowing that ruin lay at the end. Because that was the only way.

After reaching 5-star like that.

Someone had reached 5-star at a young age, without any sacrifice, just because they were born with talent. Moreover, they had mastered dual attributes and double casting.

How unfair is this reality!

“I can’t die like this. I’ve thrown away so many things to get this far..!”

Judgment.
Mana shield!

Bamos’s eyes widened. Seeing the mana spear flying towards him, he hurriedly created a mana shield and twisted its angle.

“Argh!”

He tried to deflect the spear by twisting the angle, but because its power and speed far exceeded expectations, one of his arms was blown off.

In that case…

Bamos racked his brains while clutching his shoulder.

Besides the undead he had just summoned, he had also prepared to summon beings called death knights. But even if he summoned them, they would just be annihilated quickly by that bitch’s magic.

However, it was too unfair to meet death like this.

At least, I must see that bitch’s face contort before I die…

Bamos closed his eyes.

“What’s this?”

Loen narrowed her eyes at this. Closing his eyes in this situation?

At that moment, an eerie aura incomparably more sinister than before began to flow from his body.

Soon after, Bamos’s body slowly rose into the air.
Dark red patterns spread along his skin. His eyes also turned black.

Even Psyche and the knights stopped fighting and stared blankly at Bamos as the ominous aura engulfed the surroundings.

It was the same for the infantry and cavalry engaged in fierce combat in the distance.

That crazy bastard.
Is he summoning a demon here?

Only Loen came to her senses and cast magic. She stretched out her hand and fired a mana cannon and mana bullets.

Boom!
Bamos’s heart and part of his upper body evaporated from the magic.

“It’s been so long since I made a deal with Him. Half of my soul. It’s practically His. The connection has been made.”

Despite part of his body being blown away, he opened his mouth as if nothing had happened. However, his speech was extremely slurred.

“Please use my body.. What? No, wait! Argh!”

Bamos’s flesh exploded, scattering blood and chunks of meat.

A moment later, a huge eyeball appeared in that place. A vertically long, slit pupil – the eye of a demon containing the abyss.

The gaze that had been slowly rolling soon fixed on Loen.
The moment Loen met its gaze.

“!!”

She lost consciousness with the feeling of her soul being sucked somewhere. The world turned to darkness.

Flash!
She opened her eyes again in less than a second. She looked around hurriedly, blinking her eyes…

“Crazy.”

The surrounding scenery had changed 180 degrees in that short time.
From the great plains where war was raging, to the interior of some lavishly decorated mansion.

She hurriedly approached the window and looked outside, and the sky was dark red.

“No, this.. is this possible?”

Loen fell into panic for the first time in her life.
She couldn’t help it.

The dark red sky meant that this was hell.

Suddenly transported to hell without any warning just by meeting eyes with an eyeball once?

It doesn’t make sense.
Come to think of it, the sensation in her body was strange too.
How should I put it, like floating in the air?
Could this be?

“What’s there that’s not possible?”

A deep male voice was heard from behind Loen, who had fallen into panic.

Loen hurriedly turned around to check the owner of the voice. And in that moment, her heart sank.

‘Ah, really..’

There stood a demon with red skin and dark red wings.

‘A red-skinned demon..’

This meant that he was a demon lord ruling one of the layers of hell.

All her senses stood on end and a chilling tension spread to her fingertips.

“There’s no need to be so tense. I just happened to discover such an eye-catching, charming soul through the eyes of a toy I was playing with.”

He said as he slowly walked towards Loen.

“So I just invited you to the mansion for a moment. I have no intention of harming you, so rest assured.”

Despite his friendly tone, Loen’s expression didn’t relax.

Because the words uttered by demons were always full of lies and deception.

Loen carefully rolled her eyes. Observing the corners of the mansion, she noticed fine cracks spreading.

The sensation in her body was strange too, could it be. An illusion?
Loen calmed her mind and thought of a way to escape from here.

Meanwhile, he reached right in front of Loen and stopped, placing a hand on her shoulder. Loen flinched at this.

Meeting Loen’s eyes, he opened his mouth.

“Won’t you make a contract with me?”

No, absolutely not.
Contrary to her thoughts, Loen’s mouth remained tightly shut.
He gave a faint smile and continued speaking.

“If you wish, I can share power with you without any cost. And not just power. Money, authority, honor, just name it. I’ll grant you anything. You just need to do me one small favor someday in the future. How about it? Isn’t this a good enough condition?”

The cracks that had appeared in the corners of the mansion were now clearly visible, having grown larger.

Sensing that the time had come, Loen smiled and answered his proposal.

“I’d rather take my own life than make a contract with a demon.”

Shockwave.
Flash.

The surroundings turned pure white from the magic filled with light attribute pressed down tight.

Soon after, there was a strong feeling of the soul returning to where it should be.

Just before losing consciousness, his last words stuck in Loen’s ears.

“I’ll be watching.”

When she opened her eyes again, she was back on the great plains.

With the feeling of having just had a short dream, Loen blinked her eyes a few times when.
Psyche’s face suddenly popped out.

“Loen! Are you okay? I was so surprised, you were just standing there blankly without saying anything!”
“Ah, I’m fine. I just had something to think about for a moment.”
“Are you really okay?”
“Yes. More importantly, how’s the battle?”
“The battle.. it’s essentially over.”

As Psyche said, the plains were now enveloped in silence.

The shock brought by the demon’s eyeball was indescribable.
Even from a distance, the ominous aura could be felt throughout the body.

With undeniable evidence revealed to all, further battle was meaningless.
Bamos’s soldiers and knights laid down their weapons and expressed their intention to surrender.
It was the same for his guard knights. Continuing to fight in this situation would be madness.

“Psyche. You said the Traditionalist nobles are staying in Brinut, right?”
“Yes.”
“We’ll leave the battlefield cleanup to Count Lidyte and move straight to Brinut. Get ready.”

I was planning to just execute Bamos and put the rest of the nobles in prison, but.

‘To think I’d come face to face with a demon lord.’

Loen gritted her teeth.
If he had intended to do something to me from the start…

Moreover, it was unimaginable how many people Bamos must have sacrificed to reach that level.

There’s no room for compromise now.
Loen decided.

The nobles who joined hands with Bamos will pay the price in blood.