Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 121

There was no time to be lost in thought.

Du-du-du-du-du!!!

Falcion’s members, having confirmed that intruders had entered the underground through the massive crack in the road, immediately began to shower them with bullets.

“Shit!”

Even a superhuman who could enhance their body with magic would inevitably suffer damage if exposed to gunfire without cover.

However, as if proving that they were a group of experienced individuals, the freelancers around Renok quickly smashed nearby walls and floors to create makeshift cover and avoid the hail of bullets.

“Ban, get in here!”

“There’s no need for that.”

Pajijijijik!!

[Thunder Flower]

The mass of electricity that Renok threw into the air swept through the underground corridor and shot forward in one go.

The mass of electricity, which had stopped at the fork in the corridor that split into three directions, began to rotate in place, blooming into a flower of bright blue current.

Deudeudeuk!!

Kwaaaang!!

“Kuaaak!!”

“A, a mage is with them!! It wasn’t a bomb!”

“It seems that there are no magic users on their side yet.”

Everyone nodded at Chen’s muttering.

The fact that they thought Renok’s fireball was a bomb meant that anyone who could use magic wouldn’t even consider it.

Hina placed her hand on the long sword at her waist and said,

“Let’s quickly clear this up and push deeper inside. Our goal is to confirm the locations of Jaun Audis and Craig. Immediately after, we’ll clear a path for Cheisha and the rear guard to enter.”

There was no reason to wait idly by now that the attacks from both sides had subsided thanks to [Thunder Flower].

Chwaaak!!

“Aaaak!!”

“M, magic user!! Requesting support!”

Hina, drawing her long sword from her waist, rushed down the corridor with Squad 1, instantly wiping out the remaining Falcion members.

It was a strange and chilling flash, completely different from her previous sluggishness, that slashed through the dark basement.

As the distance grew, voices began to be heard through the earpiece.

[We’ll divide the forces of Squads 1 and 2 to focus on finding the targets as much as possible. Squads 3 and 4 will deal with any members trying to escape outside, so leave them be and focus on pushing into the main base. Let’s go!]

Chen’s tone was calm, yet fast and organized enough for anyone to understand at once.

The ability to rouse people appropriately was a rarer talent than simple superhuman combat power.

He was fully demonstrating his leadership in this chaotic situation.

Although the operation plan had been shared in advance, Renok knew well how important it was to remind everyone of their original goal from time to time before they got swept up in the excitement of battle.

Following Chen’s instructions, the freelancers formed groups of three or four and began to split off one group at a time whenever the path diverged.

Seeing them, Renok and Hina each chose a corridor and walked down it.

Watching the groups disappear down the corridors, Renok spoke into his earpiece.

“Find the path that goes the deepest underground, check any places where people are gathering, and then fall back. Don’t engage in unnecessary battles.”

According to his magic detection, Falcion’s main base was structured like an ant nest, with dozens of narrow corridors branching out, except for the huge underground cavern at the very bottom.

‘An ant nest, I can roughly guess the reason why.’

A structure that could maximize the use of limited resources to build underground space.

It also had the added effect of making it easier for the organization members, who were familiar with the layout of the main base, to carry out hit-and-run guerrilla tactics, while making it easy for intruders to get lost.

It was an optimized structure for a terrorist organization that might have to move its base at any time due to an attack, like now.

While Renok focused his mind to continue to pinpoint the locations of Jaun Audis and Craig by extending his magic detection.

A clear magical presence was felt in the distance, rapidly approaching this way through the corridor.

Seogeok!

“Kuek!!”

“Enemy!!”

“Blades… Ugh!!”

In an instant, blood spurted from the shoulders of two freelancers who were moving with Renok, and one’s head flew into the air, cleanly severed.

The remaining three quickly gathered around Renok, but they were helpless against the flashes of light that moved as if bouncing off the walls and ceiling of the corridor.

“……..”

Renok frowned and carefully observed the movements.

Tada-da-da-dak!!

Five leaps that were fired without regard for the ceiling, corridor, or floor.

With each step, the speed did not decrease, but rather accelerated even faster.

The flash of light, which ran without regard for direction or reaction, twisted three more times, and the moment it turned its head, someone holding a sharp blade landed right behind Renok.

“Ban!!”

Kwaaaang!!

As if waiting for it, Renok cast reverse gravity magic on the spot and collided impact magic on both sides, creating a huge wave, but the swordsman slipped through the gap and rushed towards Renok.

Renok pulled up a shield and drew his revolver, but the swordsman twisted his knee at that moment, as if he had been waiting for it, and instantly changed direction.

‘This is…!’

Only then did Renok realize the man’s intention, and he frowned slightly, but the remaining freelancers were already dead.

Staring at the swordsman who was slowly creating distance, Renok muttered.

“You weren’t planning to target me from the start.”

“I’ve been waiting for the day we’d meet again.”

The swordsman muttered as he calmly adjusted his grip on his sword.

The night they met at the Trade Center.

It was that guy who had cried over the mage and ran away with the encryption key.

Renok checked to see if the effects of Feather Fall were working well on his body and slowly raised his magic power as he asked.

“Your running skills have improved since then. Do you have any special secrets?”

He had used the limited environment of the narrow corridor to kill all the other freelancers except Renok, but his movements were completely different from what Renok remembered.

If the swordsman’s speed at the Trade Center had been that fast, the battle that had taken place then wouldn’t have ended so quickly.

The swordsman was silent at Renok’s words before speaking.

“How did Devon die?”

“Devon? Are you talking about that mage?”

“…..Yes.”

“What a sticky friendship.”

“Tell me!!”

“Just like you guys kidnap and sell people. I ripped open his belly, twisted his intestines, and sold all his organs.”

Renok smiled faintly, letting out puffs of smoke.

“Seriously. Did you expect a comfortable death while being loyal to a terrorist organization?”

“Eeeeeeek….!!”

The swordsman’s eyes turned black, and the blood vessels near his face began to bulge out.

At the same time, Renok raised his eyebrows as he felt the magic power emanating from his body increase abnormally.

‘Doping…..’

He had seen a similar phenomenon somewhere before.

The operation to recapture the building occupied by the Scavengers with Dray Creamgal.

The branch manager of the Scavengers in District 50, a retired soldier, had used drugs to produce a similar effect.

Considering that it was also a doping drug using dark magic at that time, the swordsman must have used similar means.

It was not strange considering that they had joined hands with Craig, a practical dark magic user.

Furthermore, the abnormally increased agility could also be explained in connection with that.

As Renok thought that, he was about to slam the current he had pulled out from between his fingers into the floor.

At that moment, the swordsman’s body disappeared as if it had been turned off.

Huuk!!

“…….!!”

It was a speed that was too fast to follow with the naked eye, but Renok, who was watching the movement with magic detection, flinched.

Kaaaaaang!!

The swordsman, who had reached Renok’s eyes in an instant, swung his blade down, piercing the shield and quickly reaching for Renok’s neck.

[Upper Ground]

Renok, who had stepped back, pulled up the ground under the swordsman’s feet and quickly deflected the blade into the air.

Seogeok!!

The corridor made of iron plates was indiscriminately cut, and metal scraps fell from the ceiling.

Renok reached out his hand towards the rain of iron scraps scattering above his head and immediately used magic.

[Magnetic Control]

[Metal Tempo]

Chwararararak!!

He grabbed the metal fragments that were falling down in the air and scattered them as they were.

The fragments, which were scattered into the air as if an invisible hand was sowing seeds, glittered and instantly filled the corridor.

In the meantime, Renok’s electricity flashed and pierced through it.

[Chain Lightning]

Pajijijijijik!!!!

The resonance of metal and electricity.

The flow of electricity, which would have originally split into dozens of branches, turned into a dense net of electricity with more than hundreds of branches, riding on small metal fragments.

No matter how fast the swordsman moved, there was no way he could avoid this attack unless he shrunk his body to smaller than a fingernail.

Or, if he had honed his magic manipulation skills beyond simply wielding a sword, it would be a different story, but if he had that much skill, he wouldn’t have borrowed the power of drugs.

Pajijik!!

“Kahaak..!!”

The way he used magic was no different from before, but its power was worlds apart from when Renok first learned Chain Lightning.

The swordsman, surrounded by a net of electricity, convulsed madly and twisted his body as he was scorched by the massive firepower.

“T, this way!!”

Judging by his expression, it seemed that he didn’t feel much pain due to the effects of the drug, but there was nothing he could do about the burden accumulating on his body.

He forcibly swung his arm, which would not move as he wanted, and somehow threw the sword in his hand at Renok.

Kaang!!

Renok, who had grabbed the sword that had bounced off without even piercing a single layer of the shield with telekinesis in the air, grabbed the handle and walked towards the swordsman.

He looked down at the swordsman who had fallen, bleeding all over his body, and silently raised his sword.

He accepted the hateful gaze and brought the blade down.

The swordsman, whose whole body was tattered, could not resist at all and allowed his own weapon to pierce the center of his heart.

Puk!

“Kkeu…euk!”

The swordsman’s eyes, which had been trembling and glaring at Renok until the end, slowly blurred with a thick groan.

Blackened, protruding eyeballs. Blood vessels bulging all over his face.

With that much speed, he could have run away if he wanted to.

His choice to meet his end here was entirely his own.

If so, Renok had no regrets either.

He would leave behind only the emotions he had tried to cherish and move forward again.

“……..”