Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 87

[Lightning Vortex] Whirrrrrrr!!! A torrent of blue electricity, rotating around his elbow, slammed directly into the monster’s abdomen. Crackling, sizzling!!! With a sound like a mixer grinding, the monster’s body was completely shredded by the vortex, turning into a handful of dust. Following that, bizarre, colorful monsters charged towards Lennox. As they approached, each emitting an unknown scream, Lennox shot his magic downwards in a long, thin stream. Swoosh!!! [Aqua Buster] The misty humidity instantly transformed into a massive amount of water, pouring down. [Ice Round] The puddle of water that formed instantly turned into ice, immobilizing the monsters. Twisting the gravity whip he pulled from there, the upper bodies of the monsters, whose lower halves were frozen, were bizarrely folded backward and ripped out. Crackling, snapping!!! Finally, towards a particularly large giant approaching from afar, he unleashed a unique magic of the Thorburn School. [Thunder Swarm] KABOOM!!! A sphere of lightning as large as a car fell onto the giant’s head, illuminating the surroundings and incinerating its body with overwhelming heat. A new barrage of magic, proving his efforts and growth. The monsters that had been rushing from beyond the hidden space were completely torn apart and burned down by that alone. Scene Encounter With an indifferent expression, Lennox wiped the bodily fluids from his coat and nodded in satisfaction. ‘It’s certain.’ A pleased smile spread across his face as he saw that the newly created magics, like Aqua Buster and Lightning Vortex, were working properly. Was this the feeling of an engineer confirming that a carefully crafted creation was working well? Moreover, the gains from delving into Eden’s research logs were not limited to that. ‘Especially the power of the electric-type magic has increased tremendously.’ For the past month, Lennox had not simply been following the magic in Eden’s research logs. He had been delving into the unique magic of the Thorburn School from its roots, grasping its foundation and principles, and attempting to incorporate it entirely into his own unique magic. As a result, Lennox succeeded in incorporating the imagery and techniques inherent in the unique magic into his own magic system without fully mastering it. The applied magic [Thunder Swarm] he had just used was proof of that achievement. Of course, as a result, the names of the magic were somewhat mixed with the existing ones, but if he could find an intuitive image from the name, it wouldn’t be a big problem. After sweeping the corpses to one side, Lennox finally looked up at the huge tower standing tall beyond them. A bizarre structure that seemed to be shaped like a human forearm. The pure white tower, shaped like five fingers stretched towards the sky, had no windows, and the only entrance on the ground was covered in blood. He didn’t know what had happened, but it was clear that the situation was not good for Lennox. He tried to use his magic sense to observe the interior, but surprisingly, the walls of the tower completely blocked magic, cutting off his surveillance. If it could block Lennox’s magic control ability, which had recently increased rapidly, it meant that the laboratory had been built with considerable effort. In the end, he had no choice but to go in and check it out himself. The moment he stepped inside the laboratory tower, a fishy smell of blood rushed in. Lennox frowned at the foul stench that had accumulated in the poorly ventilated space. Just then, a toothless corpse right next to him suddenly stood up and rushed towards Lennox. “Kaaaaa!!” Thud!! The monster, unable to break through even one of Lennox’s shields, was smashed headfirst into the ground by the following impact magic and crushed. Leaving the fallen monster behind, he quickly scanned the inside of the laboratory. Corpses scattered and mixed with the bodies of monsters. The warm heat he could feel on his skin. A cold and silent silence painfully struck his eardrums. For a moment, he could be certain. There was no one alive here. Lennox’s expression twitched slightly as he looked at the blood flowing to his feet. ‘The blood hasn’t even congealed yet. Does that mean they haven’t been dead for long?’ If so, the culprit who did this might still be in the same place as Lennox. The moment that thought crossed his mind, Lennox immediately pulled up his magic power, enveloping the entire tower and instantly assembling a magic spell. [Half Spacer] Whoosh!! A translucent, hemispherical barrier instantly enveloped the entire tower and began to rotate slowly. It didn’t have any special security or external attack blocking functions, but because it was made by increasing the concentration of magic, it was possible to identify living things entering and leaving the barrier. If the culprit was thinking of escaping, he would be able to notice it immediately. This was enough. Lennox immediately walked up the winding stairs of the laboratory to the top of the tower. The magic sense that didn’t work outside the tower worked smoothly inside. He checked that there were no signs of life as he walked up each floor and headed upwards. Scattered corpses. Faces distorted in terrible pain and unknown mechanical devices. The traces showing that this was a laboratory were scattered everywhere, but none of the people who worked in the laboratory had survived. As he walked around the inside of the tower, filled with the aura of death, Lennox finally reached the top floor and swallowed a groan. “Hmm…” Only the corpses of black mages who had been brutally murdered were visible. Still, there was no sign of the culprit who had committed all of this. Perhaps the only distinguishing feature of the black mages on the top floor was that they were relatively older and wore more luxurious clothing. Standing next to the cold corpse, Lennox calmly pondered. Assuming that the culprit had not yet left this place, where would they be? A place that could avoid Lennox’s magic sense inside the tower, but also not be detected by the barrier he had set up outside the tower. Of course, it was also possible that the opponent’s level was high enough to ignore all of this, but since considering it was meaningless in the first place, he boldly dismissed it… There was only one place left. Lennox, with magic in his left hand, immediately drew a huge magic circle in the air. [Flame Buster] A pillar of bright red fire erupted and soared directly above Lennox’s head. KABOOM!!! When he smashed the ceiling of the top floor, what he saw was still the sky filled with fog. At the same time as he floated his body with levitation magic, Lennox, certain that something had been caught by his magic sense, nodded. A laboratory shaped like a human hand. At the tip of that huge finger, a person was standing with their back turned, waiting for something. “Huh?” Untidy, dull gray hair. Somewhat loose eyes. A long, drab gray cloak covering his entire body. And even the bloodstains splattered all over his face. It was certain. This sloppy man, who looked like he was on drugs, was the culprit who had massacred all the black mages in the laboratory. The man scratched his head when he saw Lennox, then got down from the finger he had been sitting on. “Wow… I was wondering who put up such a barrier in the sky, and it was you?” “…” Instead of replying, Lennox took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. The man’s lips stretched wide to his ears as he saw him leisurely puffing out smoke. “Yeah, yeah. It’s not bad to have a smoke on the way. Why did you crawl all the way here to commit suicide? I would have let you live if you had just stayed hidden.” The man began to walk towards him, as if it was only natural to kill a witness. Lennox, staring intently at his staggering gait, blurted out a question. “There’s one thing I want to ask.” “What is it?” “Why did you kill fellow black mages?” Even after rechecking the magic flowing from the man’s body, it was clear. The man standing in front of him was undoubtedly a black mage. Considering that this man was the culprit who killed those working in this laboratory, it meant that mages of the same type had engaged in fratricide. The man laughed in disbelief at Lennox’s words. “Friend. Not all black mages are on the same side. Or are you so ignorant of the world that you don’t even know that?” “…” “Well, I’m in a position where I have to be careful with my words, so it’s hard to tell you the details. But if I were to be kind to a dying man for a moment…” “It must be because of the city government’s inspection.” At Lennox’s indifferent mutter, the man blinked quietly. “…You’re right. How did you know?” “Has there been any other change among black mages recently besides that?” Lennox, replying indifferently, took a step forward. “Well, whatever.” He muttered, letting out a stream of smoke. “I guess it wouldn’t be too late to cut off all your limbs and then ask what I’m curious about.” “Hey.” The man let out a wry smile at Lennox’s nonchalant words. “I don’t know where you get such confidence…” Glug…!! Glug…!! With those words, black liquid flowed down from under the man’s cloak, soaking the floor. The surging liquid gathered in the air as if drawn by an invisible force, transforming into the shape of a huge mouth. “I don’t know if you properly saw the dead guys on the floor below.” The man grinned. “I did all of that. There’s no one here to help you.” Kaaaaaaa!!! At the same time, the liquid mouth, sliding across the floor in an instant and sweeping as if floating, opened its maw wide and swallowed Lennox. Lennox replied. “I know.” KABOOM!!! A flash of blue electricity sparkled, and a tremendous gust of hot wind swept through, shattering the liquid mouth like a bursting balloon. Beyond the scattered remnants of the liquid, the man’s dumbfounded face was clearly visible. [Electric Field] Crackling, sizzling!!! A huge wave of lightning, spreading out from Lennox’s body, swept through the surroundings, instantly evaporating even the remaining black liquid. Only then did the man’s complexion change completely, and he hurriedly moved his hands to form hand seals, and a pitch-black magic circle appeared behind his back. Clicking, grinding!! Three eyes appeared from the empty gap of darkness, tearing through the air as if gnawing at it. It constantly changed its appearance while maintaining only three pairs of eyes, and kept Lennox in its gaze. Knowing that ‘seeing’ has considerable meaning in the magic of this world, Lennox slowly moved to the side, wary of whether it contained any special magic or techniques. Seeing that, the man, regaining his composure, sneered. “There’s nowhere to run.” “…” “The barrier you set up. I’ll squeeze out your blood and smear it on the walls there. Since the work I had to do is over, I guess I can enjoy that much.” “I don’t know much about black mages.” Lennox said, dusting off his coat. “Is your faction full of crazy guys like you?” “What? Uh… I don’t really know. Maybe it is?” “That’s not a very helpful answer.” Crackling, sizzling!!! Lennox, emitting a blue flash of light from his slightly lowered left hand, took a step forward.