Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 418

The cold rain, scattered by the shockwave, seeped between the bodies of the two giants.

The vibration that started from his throat slowly spread through his collarbone, shoulders, and arm muscles, awakening his upper body.

At the same time, the glass tubes that had been erected all over the giant’s body shook one by one before embedding themselves into his flesh.

Pshooo!

As he injected the long glass tubes attached to his body one by one, Madrich gradually regained his vitality.

[Gwoooooooo!!!]

The water giant reacted to this sight, roaring loudly, and struck Madrich’s jaw at a speed that was impossible to see.

Kwaaaang!

The arm made of navy-blue waves transformed into a massive water cannon. A circular shockwave erupted above the vast deck, drawing a huge vortex.

The powerful stopping force, which was hard to believe came from compressed water, caused Madrich’s massive body to stagger greatly.

The fierce wave that erupted swept across and struck Madrich’s upper body.

Swaaack!

The glass tubes placed all over the giant’s body shattered one after another, dropping green liquid onto the deck with a patter.

Wajangchang!

“Kuhak!!”

“Shit, what is this!!”

“It’s cold…!!”

“……”

The soldiers who had fallen on the deck began to rise one by one as soon as they inhaled the liquid.

A completely different scene from the one where they were crying out in pain without being able to say a word just a moment ago.

The liquid inside the glass tubes attached to Madrich’s body had partially restored not only the dying giant’s body but also the soldiers’ minds.

[It’s the essence of condensed and refined spirits.]

Madrich spat out blood-tinged saliva, as if he knew Lenox’s question.

[A soldier is someone I control by giving spirits to a body. Then, it’s not difficult to replace the spirit in an already existing body.]

“Are you saying you intentionally released the soldiers’ control and replaced their spirits?”

Lenox laughed.

“They’re already beings that can hardly be called human.”

[You’re not much different. I, who controls soldiers, can see your essence.]

“……”

[You’re as sharp and precarious as glass. You’re a dangerous bomb that could break at any moment and scatter its fragments everywhere.]

Madrich burst into laughter as if mocking him.

[You wouldn’t be standing here so calmly in front of me without being aware of that. Haven’t you already accepted your own contradictions and discrepancies as part of yourself?]

He should have scoffed at such a preposterous statement. However, Lenox was aware of his own inability to readily respond to that absurd conclusion and shut his mouth.

Lenox also knew that what Madrich had muttered was, in a way, accurately piercing his own essence.

If a being with the same talent and capacity as Lenox were to lose their purpose and direction and break down, what would the aftermath be?

What kind of scenery could a life with the talent and potential to reach the sky achieve by offering its origin to Gias [likely a reference to a deity or powerful entity]?

He had been forcibly denying and trying not to think about it.

It was an undeniable fact that the talent Lenox had created with his own hands was as dangerous and precarious as it was great.

[It was our duty to properly guide monsters like you who are aware of the duality within.]

Madrich had already released the hand seal he had been forming with his other hand.

Did he quickly judge that focusing on controlling the soldiers would not be of great help in facing Lenox?

[I will make you realize that now.]

“What, what is it… What are you talking about!!”

“To be facing two giants as soon as I get out of the mental prison…”

“So, which one is the warden who was keeping us locked up?”

There were quite a few who were trying to figure out the situation, even though they had just been trapped in a prison where even their senses were restricted.

Some of the soldiers who had just regained their senses were already slinking away to the corners of the deck without being told to do so.

Madrich glanced down at the soldiers and slowly raised his right arm.

With that light gesture, the chains piled up like mountains all over the deck moved in unison, throwing the soldiers between the two giants.

Thud!

“Aaaak!!”

“Sh, Shit… Could it be…!!”

Only then did the prisoners realize that the giant sitting in the center of the deck was trying to use them to fight the water giant in front of them, and their faces turned pale.

Almost at the same time, the two giants, who had raised their arms, twisted their waists.

Kwaaaaaaang!!!

The water arm and the tattered fist collided and exploded.

The punching power that erupted as the weight and size, which far exceeded human strength, rotated at full power.

Even though it was a simple manifestation of physical force, the result was so sublime that it was difficult for any magic to easily approach it.

The huge wave that erupted from the two giants fell directly onto the deck, shaking the ship greatly.

Woo woong!

The ship, unable to withstand the shock, shook violently, and was hit by the waves that were crashing down in front of it.

The ghost ship maintained a precarious balance as if it were about to capsize at any moment. The soldiers were screaming madly from all over the deck.

“Aaaaaaak!!”

“You crazy bastards!!! We’re on the sea, please!!”

Ignoring all the commotion and chaos, the two giants focused solely on their opponent in front of them.

Each time they rotated their shoulders, the arm made of waves collapsed, unable to withstand the force, and the tattered flesh scattered into the air.

Kwakwakwakwa!!!

A desperate battle between the two giants, who were collapsing on their own, unable to withstand their own immense power.

Only the shockwaves that erupted as they continued to attack each other’s upper bodies made their eardrums buzz.

Without dodging the fist that was right in front of him, he took it head-on with his forehead.

Puh-uhng!

The water giant’s head exploded and turned into a handful of waves, and then reassembled as he lowered his head.

The water giant’s counterattack, with his fist raised downwards.

Kwajik!

It landed accurately on the tattered jaw, twisting the jaw joint entirely, and teeth popped out from between his missing lips.

The giant’s teeth, scattering right in front of them, fell onto the deck and shattered the soldiers’ heads.

“Kuaaaak!!”

“No, I finally came back to the world, not like this…!!”

“I don’t want to go back, please!!”

Madrich closed the distance, not caring that his shoulder blade was falling off from the water giant’s attacks.

In an instant, he grabbed the water giant’s neck and pressed down with one hand, causing the giant’s head to lose its shape and turn into water.

Madrich did not miss that moment and pressed down on the giant’s shoulder with his other hand, then swung his arm out.

His goal was not to kill the water giant immediately, but to knock the mage who was riding on his shoulder off.

Bang!

The grip in his gesture was enough.

The water giant’s shoulder exploded, and cold seawater scattered in all directions.

It was only natural that Lenox’s figure, who had been riding on it, would also fall down.

Chareureuk!

He managed to maintain his balance by pulling out a magic thread and hanging it on a nearby mast, but it was true that he had moved away from the battle between the two giants.

As soon as he confirmed Lenox’s position, Madrich snapped his fingers.

[Kill the mage.]

[Offer your spirits and bodies to me.]

[Those who are aware of the duality of freedom and restraint, open your minds.]

Three powerful commands that instantly penetrated the soldiers’ minds. The soldiers could not even resist the commands that shook their spirits and obeyed them.

Those who had been screaming and shouting just a moment ago all closed their mouths and began to draw immense magical power from their bodies.

“It is his command.”

“We found the mage. Let’s make him our comrade.”

“He’s a powerful man. He has the qualities to be a captain.”

“The Ella Horn needs a captain.”

“Offer your hearts.”

Clang!

Using the chains hanging around their necks as weapons, picking up the blades that were lying haphazardly on the ship’s deck, and summoning magical power into their bare hands.

Madrich’s soldiers, who had regained their full minds, rushed towards the mage who had fallen onto the deck.

Thududududududu!!!

Above their heads, the two giants were grabbing each other’s shoulders and necks, constantly pounding each other’s upper bodies.

The shockwaves and roars that erupted from all over the place made it difficult to even make proper judgments and think.

The water giant, who was far from his master due to Madrich’s fierce offensive, could not easily cope and began to collapse.

Woodudeudeuk!!

Not missing that moment, he unhesitatingly pierced the water giant’s chest with his hand and grabbed it.

The water giant, who had lost his strength and was drooping, began to lose his form and collapse little by little.

At that moment, when his only ally, whom he had summoned, was helplessly collapsing and the situation was becoming extremely unfavorable.

Lenox, his face soaked in rain, looked up at the night sky and nodded.

“This should be enough.”

Swaaaaaaa!

At that moment, a wave that had sprung from the edge of the deck leaped over Lenox and struck and pushed away the other soldiers.

Ignoring the soldiers who were splitting the waves with the blades in their hands and rushing forward without hesitation, Lenox leaped through space.

Paat!

The body of the mage, who had completely deceived the senses of dozens of soldiers gathered in this place, in both spirit and body.

Was slowly floating in the night sky where the moonlight had risen.

The soldiers stared blankly at the sight for a moment, and at that moment, Madrich, who was aiming for that gap and trying to give strength to completely destroy the giant.

Lenox formed a hand seal, and at the same time, the water giant, who had been drooping with his chest pierced, began to form a hand seal at the same time.

[…!!!]

Dual chanting with a summoned creature.

It was a technique resonance that could only be used by those who had reached the pinnacle of skill in controlling not only the caster himself but also the summoned creature.

Madrich, his face stiffened, gathered the essence of spirit in one hand and tore off the water giant’s shoulder, but even so, the giant’s two arms did not collapse and followed Lenox’s hand to form a hand seal and activate the technique.

Water-type unique magic

Nature transformation multiple resonance

Convection stress overload: Tidal convergence

“Come.”

Woo woong!

He gathered his senses towards the dark horizon that flowed endlessly from the back of the ship, and pulled it in as much as possible.

The powerful will that had risen to its limit and the firmly established mental image resonated at the same time.

It combined with the magical power rotating within Lenox’s body and transformed into a miracle that pierced reality.

With just that gesture, cracks that seemed to distort space spread in all directions, and the straight horizon that could be seen in the distance bent strangely.

Kuuuuuung!!!

It wasn’t just that the horizon was distorted and bent.

A huge series of flows that were rushing in from the distance were running through the gap between the water surface and the land, further amplifying their power.

A natural disaster that amplified and emitted the will that had been heightened to the limit, using the concept of the moon’s gravity as a medium.

Kugugugu!!!!

A huge tidal wave, large enough to cover the entire island where the ghost ship was tilted and embedded, was approaching from the far end of the sea.

At the sight of the disaster, which was hard to believe even with their own eyes, that the horizon in the distance was rising up and approaching, even the other soldiers were stiffened.

Only Lenox and the giant, facing each other, were focused on forming hand seals without stopping.

[Man-gyeong Changpa (Vast Blue Waves)]

Kwaaaaaaaa!!!!

Swept away and disappeared.

It swept away everything that existed, to the point where it was hard to remember what had existed before.

The sound of cold seawater and fierce torrents. The pain that struck his whole body was all a matter of time.

The first thing he felt was the shock of his vision turning white, and the sensation of disappearing as if washed away.

After a blank time of white, he felt a strange pain after burying his face in a fluid mixed with water and soil.

Kwaaaa!

[Uweeeeek!!]

It was not just a tidal wave using seawater.

In reality, it was a conditional wide-area water manipulation magic that was activated using the moon’s gravity, which was insignificant, as its source of power.

It was strongly influenced by the environment and time, and it only took the form of a tidal wave. It was, after all, the magic itself that was generated under the caster’s powerful will.

The moment they could not escape the tidal wave, no matter how powerful a superhuman they were, they had no choice but to roll around in the water and vomit like any other ordinary human.

Immediately after that.

Kuuuuuung!!!

A roar that made everyone’s ears buzz echoed, along with a shock that seemed to turn the world upside down.

The shock was so great that even the prisoners who had been rushing towards Lenox lost their balance and floated in the air.

Screams poured out, deafening their ears. The shock of the ship being smashed and the scattering debris.

In the chaotic confusion that made it difficult to even come to one’s senses, someone who had buried their head under the bitter soil belatedly realized the situation.

“L, Land…!! It’s embedded in the land…!!”

“No, this is… not just land!!”

[Could it be, you…!!]

Madrich, who had been focusing on fighting the water giant that Lenox had summoned, also realized what Lenox had done and began to glare at him.

“Madrich. The extent of your domain’s influence was quite an important factor in determining the battlefield.”

Lenox looked up at Madrich and panted, perched on a mast that was tilted to one side.

Even for Lenox, it was not easy to use magic that could cause a tidal wave of that magnitude.

It was a miracle that he was barely able to achieve after pushing the amplification rate of the water-type unique magic and the technique resonance using the water giant to the limit, along with the environmental conditions of the sea.

However, the price was so significant that even Madrich himself could not have anticipated it.

“Of course, you have control over this ship, but as long as it’s floating on the sea in the form of a ship, it’s not like I can’t do anything about it.”

The huge ship, which had been constantly cutting through the stormy sea, suddenly stopped moving forward.

The ship, unable to even stand properly, let alone maintain its balance, was tilted to one side and collapsed.

The bow of the collapsed ghost ship was half-overturned and embedded in a structure.

The vast sandy beach that stretched out in all directions from the structure and the sight of broken ships that were carelessly abandoned everywhere.

Madrich’s ghost ship, which had been cutting through the sea with a noble appearance until just a moment ago, had suddenly crashed into the middle of a sandy beach and collapsed.

Lenox calmly accepted the giant’s gaze looking down at him and turned his gaze towards the bottom of the ship.

“If it’s possible to interfere with the direction or flow of the currents, then it would be possible to guide the domain in the direction I want, regardless of the ship’s capabilities.”

[…I see. Could it be that you went through all this trouble just for that…!!]

Only then did Madrich realize why Lenox had created a huge giant using seawater and launched a preemptive attack.

It was not only to create an ally to fight Madrich on the deck where there was nowhere to go.

For Lenox, the existence of the summoned creature made of seawater was proof that Madrich’s domain did not extend to the sea itself.

At the same time, he was making it difficult to realize that the direction of the ship was heading towards a specific land with a reckless melee using the summoned creature.

He had been strangely focused on enduring without using any magic or techniques, but he had been interfering with the flow of the seawater itself.

However, that alone was not what had made Madrich so flustered.

“The location of the naval cemetery that Strument told me was somewhat different from the coordinates I had found. But if the ossuary [a container or room where bones are kept] where you resided was located in a different place from the storage where the useless soldiers gathered, it would make sense.”

On the wall, which was covered in rust, moss, and seaweed, as if it had not been maintained for a long time, the mark of an anchor, representing the navy, faintly shone.

“A naval base used by the navy directly under the city government. It was hidden in a place like this?”

[Are you saying that you not only caused a tidal wave but also adjusted the direction of my domain…!? That’s impossible… How can a human make such delicate adjustments…!!]

What truly shocked Madrich was not that Lenox had caused a tidal wave, but the fact that he had used the tidal wave to accurately guide the ship’s direction to the coordinates of the naval base.

It was impossible to do unless he calculated the direction of the power that made up everything, down to the particle level, beyond the level of resonating with natural phenomena to create a disaster.

Even if he was a transcendent mage who had surpassed humans, how could he have had the time to do such calculations during a fast-paced battle?

Lenox smiled as he looked at the giant’s stiff face.

“You were using the abandoned naval base as a place to store your soldiers. Once I get rid of your power, I can interrogate you to my heart’s content without worrying about the penalties of the prohibition.”

Click!

He took out a thick ampoule from his pocket and injected it into his shoulder without hesitation.

Lenox nodded as he felt the sensation of the rapidly escaping contents seeping into his body.

“The reason why the central city was destroyed. The secret of Alcaide [likely a place or organization]. Let’s talk about that next.”