Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 95

“I’m listening.”

[There’s one thing I didn’t tell those three earlier.]

“What is it?”

[Don’t protect the encryption key until the end; fight moderately and then retreat.]

“……..”

[You need to let them escape with the encryption key.]

At Hina’s words, Lennox didn’t answer immediately but paused to consider.

If it was just a simple task like this, they could have used any other freelancer instead of him.

But the reason she’s adding this now is because what she’s saying has an important meaning for the operation.

“You’ve already tampered with the encryption key, haven’t you?”

[That’s right. Since I couldn’t confirm which data was the encryption key, I’ve overwritten the entire database of this building. You’re quick on the uptake.]

“You’re planning to use the decoy as a clue to track the enemy’s main base and wipe them out.”

[If a powerful magician like Van is guarding this place, the enemies won’t even suspect the authenticity of the encryption key.]

“From the moment you got the information, all the plans were already set. Is this how agents always handle things?”

The ability to infiltrate the enemy’s organization and gather information directly. The amazing execution to overwrite the database of all the servers in a 20-story building.

It was so skillful and amazing that it was hard to believe they were using an outsider to carry out the operation.

Is it because they are experts in this field from the start? It was thorough, on a different level than Dyke’s work.

And as much as that, Lennox’s vigilance was also increasing little by little.

‘I shouldn’t be mistaken.’

The agents were never allies from the beginning, and they can’t be allies.

They just happened to collaborate because of a peculiar connection called Evelyn.

The city government’s hounds were definitely not the kind of friends Lennox could get close to.

‘For now, let’s focus on the job.’

Opening the rooftop door, he goes down and immediately passes through the narrow hallway.

The floor where the common office that Hina mentioned was located was the 17th floor.

Walking down through the cold, empty spaces where no one was visible, Lennox slowly raised his magic power.

Woo-oong…!

The slow rotation sound coming from inside his body.

Like slowly warming up an engine, he pumped up his magic power and instantly covered the entire building, sweeping up all presences.

Whoosh!

“……..”

Lennox, who closed his eyes for a moment and processed the information rushing in, nodded.

“About a dozen people are coming up the upper floors through the 3rd-floor emergency exit.”

[It has begun.]

“Seven are on the stairs, four are in the elevator, and the other three… are climbing the outer wall of the building. Is there really a need for this?”

Even from the enemy’s point of view, dividing the forces and secretly targeting this side while climbing the outer wall is a bad move.

There’s no benefit to showing themselves clinging to the glass wall like leeches.

It’s impossible unless the benefit of going to the 17th floor by climbing the outer wall is greater than the loss…

“Ah, I see.”

Before Hina could answer, Lennox quickly figured it out.

“It was camouflage. Are they blending their appearance with the surroundings by some method?”

[……..]

“The movement of magic power itself is smooth, so I don’t think they used a spell… Then it’s probably magitech [a fusion of magic and technology].”

Lennox, who finished his self-questioning, opened the window in the hallway wide and muttered.

“It doesn’t matter anyway.”

Click!

At the same time as that word, a long, metallic object popped out from his waist.

It was in the form of a revolver, but its muzzle was much longer and thicker than the one Lennox used before.

The modification of the revolver that he had entrusted to Palmer was finally finished, and he had obtained a new auxiliary equipment.

He had no choice but to receive only the revolver first because the modification of the shotgun was not finished yet, but it was enough to test the new equipment.

Whoosh!!

While directly facing the cold wind pouring in from outside the window, Lennox loaded bullets into the cylinder and built up his magic power.

[Aim Correction]

[Heat Tracking]

[Three-Point Burst]

Woo-oong!!!!

At the same time as finishing the incantation, three red lines extending from the muzzle swept across the outer wall of the building.

As the red lines locked onto their positions, Lennox pulled the trigger.

Ta-ta-tang!!

One shot. But the flames that came out of the muzzle were three.

The three shots, each split into different trajectories, moved along the red heat lines, piercing the invisible air.

Crack!

The sound of flesh and muscle being crushed.

As blood was scattered in the air, Lennox, who confirmed three corpses falling from the outer wall of the building where nothing was visible, immediately turned his body.

“Three down for now.”

[Smooth. The other side has also succeeded in blocking the initial entry.]

There was no need to say which ladder to kick down next.

Lennox, who was standing in front of the elevator that was rapidly increasing in numbers, placed his hand on the button.

If he didn’t have any knowledge or experience, Lennox would have had some trouble, but with the understanding of magitech he gained from opening the Ciger Bank’s vault, manipulating the elevator was not difficult.

The magic power that flowed from the button approached along the power lines and instantly cut off the power.

In the process, even the backup power of the safety device that should have automatically activated was destroyed, and the elevator, which had stopped at the 15th floor, began to fall straight down.

Lennox, who confirmed three life signs banging on the door in panic inside the elevator, nodded.

If they were physical ability users, they would break the elevator door and escape, but if they were mages, there wouldn’t be many ways to get out.

Now, all that’s left are the seven people coming up the stairs.

Perhaps they realized that their comrades had been attacked, their speed had become quite fast.

At this rate, they would open the emergency exit door and rush into the hallway within 30 seconds.

He stared intently at the firmly closed iron door and fell into thought.

As Hina said, in order not to give the suspicion that the encryption key has been changed to dummy data, he has to fight moderately and then hand over the encryption key.

‘It’s a difficult task.’

It would be easier to just overpower them head-on, but it’s hard for Lennox to gauge how to control his power and pretend to have the encryption key stolen.

How much acting would he have to do for the other side to be fooled?

Hina probably gave the job to Lennox, a mage, over other freelancers because of this, but…

It seemed like he could do something only after confirming the opponent’s face.

Kwaaang!!

No sooner had he finished thinking than smoke rose from inside the iron door, and the door burst open as if exploding.

At the same time, seven people rushed into the hallway.

The two in the front had sturdy builds, one with a shield and the other with a large-caliber energy gun, and behind them, three riflemen supporting the breakthrough.

And at the very back, one mage and one swordsman.

They were all wearing masks to hide their faces, but they couldn’t hide the momentum of the magic power flowing out.

Except for the two superhumans at the very back, the rest were not at a level that needed much attention.

Rather, the others who saw Lennox’s appearance raised their senses and began to carefully form a formation.

The mage standing at the very back spoke quietly.

“Everyone, focus.”

“……..”

“He’s an incredibly high-level gunner. Judging by how he hacked the elevator and made it fall, he’s probably receiving support from a hacker. We need to deal with him as quickly as possible and take the encryption key before he tampers with it.”

Lennox, who was preparing for battle, unconsciously chuckled at the completely different words than he had expected.

Bait.

It wasn’t strange that they didn’t know that Lennox had done all of that alone, but the fact that they misunderstood Lennox as a gunner was quite amusing.

It seemed that the mage had seen Lennox dealing with those clinging to the outer wall, though he didn’t know how.

The new shooting support magic, [Heat Tracking] and [Three-Point Burst], must have felt that threatening to them.

As he raised the revolver in his hand, he could feel the opponent flinching noticeably.

Lennox chuckled at the sight and twisted the muzzle, pulling the trigger as it was.

Not towards the people maintaining the formation in the front, but towards the floor and walls of the hallway.

[Ricochet Shot]

Ta-ta-tang!!

One collision. The bullets that bounced off with that recoil rotated randomly, piercing the flesh of humans, not the head.

There was no need to say who the target was.

“Ah, aaaaack!!”

“M-my leg…!!”

They had confirmed the flames of the muzzle rising in the darkness, but they didn’t expect Lennox to use ricochet.

In an instant, the three riflemen standing behind the two giants each grabbed a part of their bodies and collapsed.

On their bodies, cold ice was rising as if white flowers had bloomed, slowly freezing their bodies.

The enchantment magic [Freeze Order] engraved on the bullets.

The ricochet with the added freezing effect had already far surpassed the power of a simple shot.

The eyes of the mage and swordsman, who had lost three forces in an instant, changed completely.

As if aiming for that moment, the two giants standing in front rushed towards Lennox at the same time.

“Kuaaaaaa!!!”

The giant wielding the shield like a blunt weapon, and his comrade charging the energy gun behind him.

Behind them, the mage began to mutter an incantation, and the swordsman slowly began to walk while holding his sword.

Lennox, who captured the images of the four in one glance, moved immediately.

[Upper Ground]

Kwaaang!!

“Keuk…!!”

The floor of the hallway suddenly rose from under the feet of the giant who was charging the energy gun, slamming him into the ceiling.

The energy gun that fell from his hand fell behind the giant wielding the shield, burning the giant’s shoulder.

“Aaaaaaaack!!”

The moment the struggles of the giant who was rolling on the floor while screaming in pain and the two people who were dangling from the ceiling with only their necks attached became quiet.

The swordsman, who appeared through the chaotic atmosphere, unleashed a straight flash towards Lennox’s chest.

Saaak!!

A clean and accurate strike.

He didn’t know much about swords, but it was sharp enough to see that there was no excess.

But that’s why it wasn’t difficult to break it.

Woo-oong!!

When he put pressure on the swordsman’s wrist with magic power interference, the trajectory of the blade twisted strangely, narrowly avoiding Lennox who was standing right in front of him.

The swordsman’s shoulders shook noticeably at the strange sensation of his two hands moving on their own.

Kwaaaang!!

Lennox, who did not miss the gap, planted an impact magic on the swordsman’s back.

Turning his head back, leaving the swordsman who had flown to the other side of the hallway behind.

How quickly that series of processes was completed, the incantation that the mage was preparing was not even finished yet.

Lennox, who was staring at the mage, asked.

“You don’t seem to be a black mage, what’s your faction?”

“Sh, shit…..”

The glow of magic power rising from the mage’s hands was clearly different from the sticky dark magic power that Lennox knew.

He said he had joined hands with a terrorist organization, is he a mage working for that organization?

Actually, he wasn’t that curious, but there was a reason why Lennox suddenly stopped fighting and started talking.

The mage also noticed that fact, and quietly canceled the spell and obediently answered the question.