Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 205

“Th-this is… Unbelievable…!!!”

Iola possessed a mystic eye that could accurately observe the flow of mana, so she was certain Renok hadn’t played any tricks. Yet, it was as if he was toying with her from above.

At the same time, the figures of Jorden and Weyan, who had been lying behind Renok, dissolved into a hazy mist and disappeared.

As Iola stood there, having unleashed a full-power blow, a bolt of lightning crashed down in front of her.

Fzzzzzt…!!

A rotating sphere of electricity, no bigger than a finger, appeared from within the illusion. Iola reacted almost instantly, creating distance.

“With just this much mana?!”

The moment Renok began to draw up his mana, she had gone into full alert, but the mana he sent out was ridiculously weak.

The first attack was a simple feint. Realizing that a follow-up attack was likely to come immediately, she quickly shifted her senses elsewhere.

Because she possessed the mystic eye, she could quickly scan her surroundings. However, that was why Iola was a step too late in noticing the moment the lightning bolt swelled up behind her.

As her terrified face turned around, a bright blue light illuminated her.

“Wait, this is…!!”

[Fluttering Thunder]

Kwajijijijik!!!

A lightning arrow, whose speed and mana had explosively increased at point-blank range, pierced through the giant’s figure.

The intense flash of light that erupted in the middle of the open space blinded everyone.

In the place where the light faded, blood was dripping down.

Thud!

It was only the first time she had directly faced Renok, but her judgment to leap away, realizing that a counterattack or evasion was impossible, was sharp. However, the indelible mark of Fluttering Thunder was already clearly visible on Iola’s left shoulder.

She tried her best to maintain her posture, but her forearm was completely pierced, and blood was gushing out.

Renok’s unique magic, ‘Fluttering Thunder,’ was a projectile with the highest penetration power among his unique magics. It was powerful enough to stop all the functions of Daron, a terrorist who had modified his entire body into a machine, in one blow.

Iola was clearly a mana user above level 5, but she couldn’t be unscathed with one arm completely destroyed. Moreover, as the aftereffects of Fluttering Thunder penetrated her body, it would begin to cause severe confusion in her nervous system.

Only then did Iola, realizing how Renok had been toying with her, clench her left shoulder and mutter with difficulty.

“A unique magic of this level… with a time difference…!!”

“Did you notice? You seem to know quite a bit about magic.”

Only then did Renok, who had walked out from near the school gate, smile.

“Even with a mystic eye, you can’t see the truth.”

“…!!!”

The immense fatigue that had accumulated in Renok’s body after his meeting with Antares, the enormous amount of mana and mental power consumed while activating the magnetic field with all his might—even though he knew he was in no condition to continue fighting, Renok calmly and completely deceived Iola.

The skill with which he openly deceived her in front of her eyes was beyond the level that could be explained by common sense. Conversely, the moment Iola opened her mystic eye, Renok was certain of victory.

“Judging by how you stopped Weyan, it must be a mystic eye that observes and interferes with the flow of mana. From the moment you opened it, you won’t be able to rely on basic vision… You’re stepping into the trap I prepared myself.”

Renok placed a mana flow of the same shape as his in front of Iola’s eyes, disguised his appearance with illusion magic, and concealed his life reaction with Nix’s emblem. He had already moved his body the moment he advised Weyan, who was struggling against Deron, but Iola was so focused on his voice that she didn’t notice.

Moreover, the plan was to cancel the illusion the moment she charged in head-on, and at the same time, activate the time-delayed unique magic hidden inside to kill Iola with one blow of [Fluttering Thunder]…

“Still, you’re much better than that swordsman from before. To think you’d react in that moment and try to end it with just one arm.”

“……”

“But the moment you’re hit, it’s over. You already know that, right?”

As Renok said, Fluttering Thunder was not a magic that simply maximized penetration power. Just like how it had neutralized Daron, who had turned his entire body into a machine, in one blow, the residual current would penetrate the victim’s body, paralyzing their entire system.

The positions had completely reversed from when they first met. The situation of the two people had also changed completely from before.

“Th-this, like this…!!”

Iola, gritting her teeth, also raised her mystic eye towards Renok, who was slowly approaching. The flow of mana that had been surging around Renok suddenly solidified, trying to interfere with the activation of magic.

Fiiiiing-!!

At the same time as mana of the exact same color erupted from Renok’s left eye, everything collapsed.

“…!!!!!”

Renok looked down at Iola, who was unable to even scream and was just opening and closing her mouth, and said.

“Is this what it felt like?”

The ability of Iola’s mystic eye was to interfere with the movement of mana in the space within her field of vision. That was why Iola was able to use her mystic eye’s ability to paralyze Weyan’s mana sensitivity and land a direct hit.

But then, how should one explain the slow rotation of the pupil in Renok’s left eye? Renok was reversing the hardened mystic eye’s ability in the same way that Iola had used it.

“If you show it for that long, it’s possible to imitate it on the spot. Giving meaning to what you see is harder than you think… I memorize the flow of the already activated mystic eye and reverse calculate it. Then, like this…”

“Kuh, keok…!!”

Iola, who had grabbed her own neck with her good arm, started to struggle. Her face turned pale as if she was suffocating, and she began to struggle weakly.

“Have you been killing everyone who has met that eye in this way?”

Renok smiled.

“I don’t know how you got your hands on the mystic eye, but it’s not something that people like the Cartel should be using. I’ll end it here-”

Renok, who was about to reach out to Iola’s eyes, stopped abruptly. An unbelievably powerful presence suddenly began to be caught in Renok’s sensory range. He simultaneously realized where the impact point of the force descending from the sky was.

He clicked his tongue and took a few steps back. At that moment, something of an unknown form slammed down in the middle of the field at an incredible speed.

Kuuuuuung!!!

Considerable weight. And incredible speed. Durability that easily withstands the impact. All the damage caused by it was directly transferred to the ground of the field, turning the bare ground upside down and creating a huge wave of earth.

Thud thud thud!!

A huge wave of soil swept mercilessly around and crashed into Renok.

[Upper Ground]

Renok, who had raised the ground to block the aftermath in advance, glared at the culprit who had caused this catastrophe.

“Sorry for the late night.”

A giant whose massive physique was noticeable even in the dark night streets. An unusual outfit with his arms bulging as if they would burst even though he was wearing a shirt. His appearance, with sunglasses on even in the middle of the night and his hair all swept back, was more like that of a businessman who had quit the organized life than a gangster.

However, unlike his appearance, the mana that emanated from the man’s entire body was a monster in itself, without any exaggeration.

Gooooo…!!

The inaudible sound of mana rotating swirled in his ears. The heavy pressure of powerful mana pressed down and spread out, dominating the space. The dust swirling around him rotated in accordance with the man’s will, drawing a slow circular wave.

Just standing there, he had the powerful aura to overturn the surrounding mana. Even at the lowest estimate, he was a level 6 or higher. He was definitely a skilled person.

The man raised his head, looked at Renok, and opened his mouth. Red eyes glowed behind his sunglasses.

“I heard that my subordinates were doing things they were never ordered to do.”

“……”

“Sorry for the late introduction. You probably don’t know my name, so shall we talk after you see this?”

The man said that and flicked a business card from his pocket. Renok, thinking that he couldn’t show himself losing even in this situation, calmly let the business card fall.

The letters on the business card that fell to the ground were clearly visible.

[Virgil O’Rayden]

[CEO of Planning and Business Department]

A flimsy business card with no company name or number properly written on it. However, the title of CEO was definitely real.

Virgil O’Rayden. One of the top executives of the Cartel, a member of the board of directors, was standing right in front of him.

Renok once again checked the mana emanating from his body and its solidity, and then slipped his hand into his pocket.

‘There’s no chance of winning right now.’

He would only know his specific skills after fighting, but no matter how he looked at it, he was far more skilled than Iola. The possibility of a similar plan working as the one he used on her was not high.

If he fought in perfect condition, Renok wouldn’t be at a disadvantage, but fighting right now was clearly suicidal. Although the other side was proposing to stop the fight first, he had to prepare to use Enakphil’s five fingers [a powerful artifact or technique] in case of an emergency.

While Renok was gauging the location where he had hidden Weyan and Jorden, Virgil spoke again.

“I know very well how powerful of a magician you are.”

“……”

“I heard that beyond just the level of magic, your innate senses are completely different from ordinary mages. What happened here is probably part of that.”

Renok’s left eye, which was staring at him, was still glowing with a strange purple color, but Virgil didn’t care.

“If I had my way, I wouldn’t mind experiencing that power myself…”

Virgil glanced back at Iola, who was being carried. She was desperately trying to maintain consciousness, but she was convulsing as if she would pass out from shock at any moment.

“I’d like to stop here for today. What do you think, Ban?”

“I don’t like it.”

Renok replied. Accepting the offer here would only reveal his weaknesses. Since he had a way out, he needed to be a little stronger.

“You started the fight first, and now you’re just going to let the executives get away unscathed?”

“Well, I can understand how you feel… Okay.”

Virgil shrugged his shoulders and replied.

“I promise, in my name, that I won’t touch the bar for the next fifteen days.”

“……”

“Is that acceptable?”

Virgil, who was looking at Renok who had nodded slightly, took a light breath and turned his back. He slowly lowered his body and took a leaping stance, and said without turning his head.

“To be honest, this incident is a bit strange to happen at this time.”

“……”

“At least if I had been in charge, I wouldn’t have handled it like this. Even now, the report about this incident is only just reaching the chairman.”

“…Vir, gil…”

Iola tried to stop him with a faint voice, but he didn’t care.

“So, you should be careful. Things have been a bit chaotic so far… but it won’t be like that after it reaches the chairman’s ears.”

Virgil said that and immediately raised his mana. Without waiting for an answer, his figure, which had leaped up, soared more than tens of meters and disappeared into the night streets.

While Renok was staring up at his back, Jorden’s voice was heard from behind.

“Ba, Ban… you…”

“It took a little longer than expected.”

At Renok’s words as he took out a cigarette from his pocket, Jorden let out a hollow laugh.

“…There’s no freelancer who can say that to the Cartel’s members. They’ve been in this business for at least a decade, how did you do it so easily…”

“If they can’t handle the change in the nature of mana, I can always have the upper hand in psychological warfare. After taking the initiative, all I have to do is gauge the timing to end the fight at once. It’s not difficult.”

Renok answered nonchalantly, but Jorden shook his head because he fully understood how absurd it was.

“Is there a mage who can fully capture such a gap in psychological warfare in a life-or-death battle? It’s like you don’t have the nerves to feel fear…”

“……”

“I understand how used you are to this kind of battle. Is that why the Cartel is being so cautious?”

“Well… to be honest, it’s a bit difficult to think that the Cartel has seriously intervened at this level.”

The only enemy that bothered him in this incident was Iola. If they knew Renok’s reputation, they would know that pushing in a large number of low-level people was a waste of effort, but the fact that they set up a trap like this was…

“It’s more reasonable to see it as a preliminary battle to gauge my abilities.”

“Hoo…”

“It doesn’t seem like things will go smoothly.”

The fact that a director-level executive had stepped in to clean up the mess was proof that their opinions were not unified. It was a good sign that he could find out about the opponent’s internal strife beyond the promise not to touch the bar for the time being. However, it was somewhat shocking that all of this had happened without the chairman’s approval.

Renok took out a cigarette from his pocket, and then smiled bitterly as he saw the traces of the mystic eye still lingering in his left eye.

‘I was being reckless because I thought I wouldn’t be able to acquire it if it wasn’t now…’

It was a good thing that he had opened a new talent by reverse-calculating the flow of the mystic eye that Iola possessed. However, pouring mana into the eyes, the most sensitive part of the human body, had a completely different meaning for Renok.

Mana poisoning. Renok also knew that if he used the mystic eye, he would have to suffer from this terrible penalty again, but it was difficult to miss the opportunity that had come.

Mystic eye holders are very difficult to meet unless they are born with a natural constitution, and most of them hide or refrain from activating their mystic eyes. The mystic eye that Iola possessed was somewhat unstable and was a half-baked one that had been forcibly implanted in one eye.

However,

He couldn’t give up the possibility of becoming stronger.

‘I should contact Yakseon when I get back. I don’t want to rush her, but…’

Since he had gone all the way to the Autonomous Territory to fulfill her conditions, it was time for results.