Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 271

If you can successfully gauge the limit where there’s no strain on the body and no aftereffects, the rest isn’t difficult. If you gradually narrow the gap between the ideal movements Lenok envisions and the actions Chen can perform, the number of options available will inevitably increase. While recording and checking the results of all those judgments and intuitions with his purple magic eye, he subdues Hojer in a way that thoroughly minimizes risk.

Fwip fwip fwip!!

The movements of the magic threads extending from Lenok’s fingers quickly become more streamlined. At the same time, Chen’s movements, which were chaotic when he started rushing towards Hojer, become concise, while the variety of the curved swords being hurled increases. While manipulating Chen, he observes Hojer’s movements and predicts the next action. He patterns them and inputs the prepared actions in sequence with a time difference.

As if executing a command, Chen’s curved swords dart around Hojer’s close range without hesitation.

Tatatatang!!

Every time he tries to use a powerful technique by changing the nature of his magic power, his breath is cut off and his timing is disrupted as if his intentions were read. Only then did Hojer, who felt something was wrong, begin to turn pale.

“T-This is…!!”

He can’t anticipate the attacks and defenses of an opponent he thought was far below his level. Unlike Hojer, who was flustered by that fact and whose club speed slowed down, Chen’s gaze deepened. This is because he realized that all these strategies did not exceed his athletic ability, and that he could face an opponent with a difference in skill by simply constructing the patterns of attack and defense precisely.

The combat logic of a mage. If you only hear about it, it’s easy to dismiss it as a pipe dream that claims you can turn absurd armchair theories into reality, but Lenok’s combat method of directly manipulating Chen’s body like a puppet is completely different. Even in the moment when he was holding curved swords in both hands and dodging the heavy club swinging in front of him, Chen could clearly feel it.

The important thing is to never lose the initiative in battle. Even if you can’t completely control the battlefield yourself, the point is to never miss the opportunity to choose at least a minimum of strategies. To realize that logic, the most important thing is the premise of minimizing the moment of retreating. In fact, it contained the desperation of constantly rushing forward and climbing until he broke down the thick wall that was Hojer.

From the moment he realized that, Chen cleanly abandoned his pride and entrusted his senses to the magic threads that were wielding his body. Instead, while clearly confirming the attacks and defenses that were being realized by moving his body, he was struggling to learn his combat logic. A freelancer who has been in this field for three years. He acknowledges and accepts that a mage, who has no connection with all-out war, has a sharper and more sensitive warrior talent dormant within him than himself.

Instead of dodging the shockwave of the club slamming down on his shoulder, he rushed forward.

Kwaak!

He slams the curved sword in his left hand into the dirt floor of the yard, pulls his arm, and rolls his body forward. Chen, who slipped out next to Hojer’s left leg like lightning, flipped his body and threw the curved sword in his right hand.

“…!!”

Clang!!

The moment he twisted the handle of the club and knocked away the blade of the flying curved sword, he cut into the back of Hojer’s knee with the remaining one.

“That’s enough!!”

But the form of the follow-up attack that would follow the moment he threw the curved sword must have been decided. Hojer also naturally anticipated the next move and kicked Chen without hesitation.

Thud!

“…!!”

What caught Hojer’s foot was a heaviness that was far different from what he had expected. Hojer’s face hardened at the repulsive force that was unbelievable for Chen’s strength he had experienced so far. There are not many cases where combat ability changes to this extent in a fleeting moment. Based on Hojer’s experience as a warrior, there is only one possibility.

“…You, could it be?”

The curved sword of Chen, who withstood the kick and stood up, was faintly glowing with a light green magic power. The basic color of magic power is a pale blue light. What does it mean that the transparent blue color, which is said to reflect the human soul, has begun to change? A change in nature that occurs when one reaches the realm of mastery. Is it possible that he has raised his level in endless battles like the legendary warriors?

“…”

Chen silently picked up another curved sword that had fallen to the ground and re-gripped both curved swords in reverse. In his eyes, which were slowly lowering his body, there was no longer any hesitation. Behind him, Lenok, who was fiddling with the magic threads, just scratched his cheek with a troubled expression.

‘I got too carried away. I hope Chen isn’t disappointed…’ The idea of directly manipulating Chen’s whole body and using him as a vanguard was not bad, but Lenok was too engrossed in it because it was more effective than he thought. The change in the nature of magic power that Chen is using now is not entirely his achievement. After Chen realized that his strategies and intuition far surpassed his own and cooperated with the manipulation without hesitation, Lenok got too excited and ended up directly interfering with Chen’s magic power.

The change in the nature of magic power that Chen is using now is closer to the change in nature that naturally followed as he used magic power as Lenok moved, rather than his own growth. After Lenok’s manipulation is over, that light green magic power will also disappear. ‘It could be dangerous. Should I stop?’ The act of directly interfering with another person’s magic power and manipulating its flow and usage. It would be a good experience for Lenok, but it is impossible to guarantee Chen’s safety. The sensation of magic power that Lenok wields is different from that of other mages. If he manipulates that magic power arbitrarily without considering the limits of Chen’s manipulation ability, Chen’s body could explode.

“Ban.”

But Chen quietly called out to Lenok as if he knew it too.

“Keep going.”

“…”

“I can still do it.”

A desperate expression. In the end, Lenok began to move the magic threads again instead of pulling him back. Chen also knows that the level he has gained now is close to a momentary miracle where coincidence and chance overlap. But even so, in order not to forget this miraculous sensation he now has in his hands, he is rushing towards Hojer without fear or anxiety.

“Hah!”

Hojer, who had been staring at Chen with a blank expression, laughed.

“Good. Let’s see it through to the end!!”

Thump!

At the same time as he strongly gripped the club, Hojer’s magic power surrounded the heavy metal and rotated, changing its color. The true power of the blunt weapon, which had not been properly drawn out due to Lenok’s precise checks, was revealed. The torrent of magic power that rotates magnificently around the iron club is a heavy brown. The two warriors who have awakened the change in the nature of magic power face each other and rush in without hesitation. Hojer, who sensed that he was at a crossroads in the match, also shouted sharply and burned his fighting spirit.

“Uooooooo!!”

Before he knew it, Chen was also letting out a rough shout with his face flushed red. The moment Chen’s figure being shot out and Hojer’s movement of swinging his club towards the sky overlap.

Kuuuuung!!

A heavy roar shook the ground a beat late. But it was not Hojer’s massive body that fell. The handle of the heavy club he had been holding until just now was cut off, and the head fell off as it was.

“…”

The expression disappeared from Hojer’s face, who realized that he had been completely defeated not only in the strategies of a warrior but also in a head-on confrontation. The head of the Paldoon family, who had been watching the scene, shouted.

“Everyone attack at once!!”

“Haaah!!”

At that moment, the Paldoon warriors, who had been surrounding the three of them with fierce gazes, began to rush towards them as if they had made a promise.

Kaaaaaang!!!

[I knew it, you cowardly bastards!!]

Manson, who hurriedly drew his sword, blocked Lenok’s path and began to spew out all sorts of curses. Behind him, Lenok looked up at the head of the family and gave a cold sneer.

“Is this how it ends? Well, if you were scared by just this much, you would have been destroyed long ago.”

“Do you think I would give up the authority to represent the family so easily…!!”

The head of the family, trembling his beard, jumped up from his seat and shouted at the top of his lungs.

“The opponent is a mage!! If we deal with him before he uses his spells, we can make it as if nothing happened!”

Looking at the fact that they intervened as soon as Hojer’s defeat became apparent in the duel that seemed to have a higher chance of winning, their intention is obvious. From the beginning, they had no intention of giving the proxy qualification as it was. Manson quickly swung his sword to secure space and buy time for Lenok, but it was already too late. Other warriors, who had slowly approached Lenok, easily broke through the range that Manson could cover and began to reach out to Lenok. Blunt weapons with a large cross-sectional area. Weapons that easily occupy an area and reduce the space to escape when swung once are surging from all directions, narrowing the retreat route as it is.

Kugugugugung!!!

Strikes that explode one after another. Dust and whirlwinds rise one after another, covering the yard with a hazy dust, but there is no trace of hot blood in between. Even with all ten fingers connected to the magic threads, Lenok divided and deployed five layers of shields covering his body, twisting the strikes from all directions and slamming them into the nearby ground. The ability to divide his thoughts and protect his own body without a single wound while guiding Chen’s movements against a warrior like Hojer. Before the other warriors could admire the exquisite distribution of power, Lenok, who had cut off the magic threads in his left hand, lightly dusted off his coat sleeve.

Click!!

Immediately after, a metallic object with a bluish luster popped out of Lenok’s left hand and emitted a pale flash. A double-barreled shotgun with two barrels. Moreover, it is a charging type that charges magic power from the vicinity of the trigger and pushes it into the barrel.

Kiiiiiiing…!!!

Along with a noise that sounded like something was rotating violently inside, the crystal on the side of the shotgun was dyed a strong blue color. Due to the enormous pressure leaking from the barrel, it even feels like a faint attractive force is being created in reverse. The scent of magic power that is too dense to be ignored as a mere blunt weapon. The warriors, who had a terrified expression, tried to retreat hastily, but Lenok was much faster in pulling the trigger.

Beeeep-

There was no sound. Only the ears of everyone in that place went numb. Lenok’s magic power, compressed to the limit, pushes the bullets out of the two barrels with force. The remaining output is twisted and explodes in the air, resonating with another magic power that rotates exactly in the opposite direction. A huge storm was unleashed around the shotgun’s bullets. The bluish magic power is gathered into the wind and rotates in the opposite direction, and it is embedded in the inner courtyard of the Paldoon mansion as it is. The moment the head of the family, who had been watching the distorted fight with an anxious expression, jumped up from his seat.

Kwaaaaaaang!!

The floor of the mansion was crushed and exploded as if it had been eaten by a huge beast.

“Uwaaaaaaaak!!”

“Kkeoeok…!!”

The burly warriors who had been rushing towards Lenok groaned in pain under the wreckage of the exploded mansion. Unable to withstand the violent shockwave of magic power, they were blown away to the walls of the mansion and became spare bullets that destroyed the wooden structure.

“…!!!”

“What is this… How can a gunpowder weapon have this much power!”

“Is it possible that he still had this much power left…!!”

As someone muttered in a daze, it is impossible for a double-barreled shotgun to emit this much power, no matter how good it is. Even Mauzer, who gave this shotgun to Lenok as a gift, would not have expected this much power. It is not possible just by amplifying the firepower. Even if it is a charging shotgun, there is an allowable limit that can be charged, and if that limit is exceeded, the structure of the shotgun itself will not be able to withstand it. However, Lenok ignored such limits through shooting assistance magic and preheated the shotgun by charging magic power from time to time. It was the result of compressing and charging magic power for a long time through continuous stimulation and preheating, and thoroughly protecting that firepower with shooting assistance magic. The amount of magic power consumed in that shot was only slightly more than Lenok’s total magic power. It is impossible to use such a powerful charged shot in succession, but there is no need to mention how much merit there is in being able to extract magic power in advance and convert it into real physical force. In that fleeting moment when everyone was stunned, Lenok did not miss the gap and quickly shouted.

“Manson!!”

[I know!!]

Manson’s hand, which had been holding other warriors in place with a single charged shot, was freed, and he, who understood Lenok’s words, rushed towards the head of the family without delay. The head of the family, who noticed Manson’s pursuit from among the shattered piles of wood, struggled to avoid his grasp, but there was no one to help him anymore. Moreover, Manson is a freelancer who receives top-notch treatment even in Vulcan [A city known for its mercenaries and fighters].

[Annoying old man. Come here!!]

“Ugh!!”

The outcome was instantaneous.

“You cowardly bastards!! Let my father go!!!”

Hojer, whose face was flushed red, shouted at the top of his lungs, but no one responded to his words.

Swoosh!!

Chen slipped through the split club and deeply cut Hojer’s thigh. Lenok, who confirmed Hojer’s appearance kneeling down while bleeding, immediately took out the Archangel’s Compassion [A magical artifact] from inside his coat and activated the transfer spell. A lit grenade was stuck in Hojer’s wide-open mouth.

“Aga gagagagaga!!”

Fzzzzzzzt!!!

Hojer’s body, which was glowing with a grenade in his mouth, flashed blue. Hojer, with his eyes rolled back, slammed his head into the ground and collapsed.