Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 491

The One Loved by the Gods (5)

“Bishop Border!!”

“What do you think you’re doing!”

The other Delegates protested vehemently, but Border paid them no mind.

“Tritan, I saw it with my own eyes. The divine essence of the Myriad Gods poured onto Izel was not a lie.”

“That’s…!!”

“Even if he wasn’t a member of the Order, it’s enough if he joins now…!!”

Ignoring the murmurs of the others, Border continued to speak without hesitation.

“Even if, by some chance, he was born as an incarnation regardless of His will, it wouldn’t matter at all if he became a believer of the same doctrine. Wouldn’t it?”

Border’s face was filled with a confident smile, his eyes gleaming.

“In the upcoming Holy War, your existence could be a greater power than anything else. If you can understand that meaning, you might accept my proposal…!!”

His expression showed not a hint of doubt about his judgment and decision.

Before answering Border, Lenok quietly looked around.

The battle between the monsters clashing on the altar, destroying each other. The unconscious figure of the Archpriest, collapsed on the ground.

Below the altar, the Correction Knights and priests were arguing and clashing, and an unknown magical power was raging wildly.

Finally, Lenok, who had been staring at the hand Border had extended, smiled lightly.

“I’ll consider it positively if you accept one condition.”

“What is it? If it’s a request within my authority, I’ll grant you anything…”

“I will take the position of the Pontiff.”

Border’s lips, which had been moving excitedly, closed tightly.

Lenok looked at his face and spoke calmly.

“Since you’re talking about divine essence and incarnations, it wouldn’t be a strange request.”

“……”

“Believing in the existence of a god and serving them are two different things. I wonder if you are prepared to take responsibility for that answer.”

It was an impossible request.

Lenok knew what the Pontiff meant to them, having directly faced the Pontiff’s memories himself.

There was no way that those who were among the core forces of the Order and held the position of Delegates would not know this.

It was obvious that Lenok’s request was not really to become the Pontiff, but rather a mockery of the undeniable vacancy of the Pontiff.

Even if he needed the power of the Order, there was no need to be bound to them in this way.

Ultimately, choosing their power had to be the result of Lenok’s own will and choice.

“……Heh heh.”

After a long silence, Border smiled bitterly.

“I said something unnecessary. There’s nothing more ridiculous than performing an obvious play for someone who knows the ending.”

“……”

“You must know what it means for the Order to bring up the story about Him at this point.”

The gentle expression that had been on Border’s face was gone, replaced by a twisted, demonic face as he muttered through gritted teeth.

“You heretical bastard, I’ll tear your limbs to pieces and offer them to Him!!!”

At that moment, the four Delegates surrounding Lenok, along with Gerbin, took their stances and transformed into five streaks of light.

The will to kill, which had turned into a clear murderous intent, rushed forward like an arrow, reaching the mage’s skin beyond the limits of the five senses.

Kagagagagak!!!

Numerous slashes passed by Lenok, who was standing still, almost simultaneously.

Immediately after, countless sparks burst out in the air, swirling around Lenok and dyeing everything in a pure white light.

A light exchange of blows that seemed as if no effective hits had landed on either side.

However, the faces of the Delegates who had gone through that fleeting moment were filled with undisguised admiration.

‘An overwhelming combat technique…!!’

A mage with no aptitude for direct combat had managed to receive all the attacks and defenses from five high-ranking superhumans without a single scratch.

Considering that all the Delegates present were warriors who had undergone arduous practical training to become Apostles, it was truly an unbelievable result.

It wasn’t just that he had fortified his defenses to deal with multiple opponents.

It was proof that he had instantly grasped the trajectories of the slashes and spells that were twisting and bending in real-time, and had neutralized them by dismantling them and countering with the same attacks.

It was as if to say that the mage with that cold expression was a superhuman who was more technically accomplished than anyone else present.

“Even if you say I’d be a force in the Holy War you speak of, it would only be about finding a substitute for the Pontiff.”

Lenok took a step forward and smiled.

“I don’t want to place much meaning on such an offer.”

Faaaaaaaat!!!!

At that moment, the magic circle drawn around the altar changed its form and began to glow with a bright red light.

It was as if the faces of hundreds of people were simultaneously turning red from the flames rising from below their chins.

The startled priests momentarily stopped their spells, and the Delegates also had their attention drawn to the strange sight for a fleeting moment.

Only Gerbin realized what Lenok was trying to do and his face turned pale.

“Everyone, step back!!! This isn’t the spell that the Saintess used…!!”

Flame-type Unique Magic: Alchemy Application

Triple Synthesis.

[Linked Flames]

[Innate Flames]

[Piercing Crimson Path]

[Sea of Flames of the Corpse Mountain]

A sea of flames flowing over a mountain of corpses.

This magic, which is one of the most powerful wide-area spells even among flame-type spells, boasts an enormous capacity that even Lenok finds difficult to cast.

It requires a vast amount of magical power, as well as a long period of preparation to create a suitable environment, and, above all, a constant supply of materials to burn.

Originally, it was a type of collective ritual magic used by several flame-type mages gathered together in a large-scale battlefield that satisfied all these conditions.

However, Lenok had transformed the magic circle that Izel had drawn around the altar and single-handedly implemented this wide-area magic.

The reason why he had stayed in that spot, even listening to the Delegates and accepting their preemptive attacks.

Lenok had intended to manipulate Izel’s crown as a control code to transform the magic circle itself, using it as a stepping stone for a new magic.

The perfect understanding of magic circles he had built up while researching the barrier magic of Jintun.

The powerful energy that had accumulated to overflowing levels when the will of the Outer God visited.

And even the presence of the Order members, who were scattering their murderous intent towards Lenok, filling the surroundings.

A technique that forcibly fit the conditions necessary for the Sea of Flames of the Corpse Mountain, and forcibly summoned its power to this place.

It wasn’t simply about using magic in a set order, but about focusing all his efforts on applying the facts he had understood and realized from beginning to end.

A feat that could not even be attempted without the transcendent talent to touch and alter the logic and principles of magic with one’s own hands.

Behind Lenok, who was looking down at the ground below the altar with an expressionless face, a flash of light that would engulf all the flames in this place burst out.

Whirr!!

The flames that rose from his feet instantly brushed past his ankles and shins.

The moment he recognized it, his skin and muscles were already melting from the hellish heat.

The surging flames rose from all directions, swelling in size, and surged like waves, sweeping in all directions.

The huge waves of flickering flames swept around the altar, burning and melting everything they touched.

“Oh, no…!”

“Everyone, take off your clothes and step back!!”

“Keep your distance!! If you stick together, you’ll get entangled…!!”

“Kkyaaaaaaak!!”

The huge altar and the temple’s chapel, engulfed in flames, were burning entirely, scattering heat indiscriminately.

“How dare you…!!”

“Hold your positions!!”

Border shouted, preventing the other Delegates, who were consumed by anger, from moving rashly.

“We must stop him from reaching the 10th Apostle. We must not forget what is most important…!!”

“……”

The four Delegates, glaring at Lenok, began to slowly gather their strength instead of rushing in recklessly.

Instead of engaging in a direct exchange of blows, they intended to suppress him with force and block his path to Amrita.

Lenok frowned, fully sensing the collision of magical power that was rapidly rising from all directions.

‘It’s not ideal to respond with a domain in this situation….’

The most powerful response he could make was to deploy his Self-Resonance Domain and suppress the Delegates, but there was a possibility that the situation would worsen at that point.

The domains of the Kaleidoscope that Lenok had used so far were mostly powers used in decisive battles against powerful enemies, where life and death were at stake.

The domains of the Kaleidoscope and the unique magic allowed only in that space-time were one of the most powerful weapons in Lenok’s arsenal.

The problem was that if he deployed a domain and failed to settle the matter when the number of opponents had increased to three or more, it wouldn’t be strange if the tables were turned.

If he couldn’t suppress the Delegates gathered here and kill Amrita beyond them, there was a chance that Lenok’s head would be hung in the middle of the Order’s temple.

If it were the [False Commandment Star], which dismantles a specific spatial design in the imaginary dimension, or the [Black Sea Demon Lock], which had reached the extreme of flame-type magic, it wouldn’t be difficult to temporarily turn the situation in his favor.

However, even Lenok couldn’t guarantee whether he could safely conclude the situation after using up all the magical power he had saved up.

Also, to bring out a new domain at this point, he would inevitably have to reveal the scenery of the Kaleidoscope to all the Delegates.

He had to think carefully.

Whether Lenok could have the strength to survive even after winning against the enemies in front of him. Whether the situation would guarantee his survival after achieving his goal.

“……”

A cold silence.

In the midst of a hair-trigger confrontation that seemed as if it would explode at any moment, the Delegates were gradually closing the distance.

Lenok also realized that he couldn’t just stand idly by and began to slowly gather his magical power.

Woo woo woong…!!

The moment Border, Tritan, Gerbin, and the other Delegates were about to clash again, a huge, long object suddenly fell from the sky and embedded itself in the center of the temple.

Kwaaaaaang!!

The object that had fallen with a roar was the shape of a huge old tree, completely out of place in this setting.

Surprisingly, its leaves were fresh and its roots were moist, as if it had just been pulled out from somewhere.

The moment Lenok and all the Delegates were surprised by the appearance of the incongruous tree and looked up at the sky.

Thud thud thud thud!!!

As if waiting for that moment, countless old trees fell from the sky, embedding themselves in various parts of the temple and creating shockwaves.

The old trees that had fallen from all directions took root in the four corners of the Crystal Palace and firmly embedded themselves.

At the same time, soil and grass quickly filled the ground around the rooted trees, creating a completely different landscape in the open space.

The cold, salty sea breeze was no longer felt. Instead, there was a humid, sultry heat of the south.

Bushes grew everywhere, damp soil covered the surroundings, and heat haze swirled between the tall trees, completely engulfing the entire space.

The overwhelming speed and range at which the domain was being constructed was astonishing, but what was even more surprising was the direction in which the domain was being created.

Thud thud thud…!!

It wasn’t about covering the entire space by using the ground as a support.

Rather, it was a huge Self-Resonance Domain that seemed to be deployed from the sky and falling down towards the ground.

Shuuuuuu…!!

The sky darkened, and the magnificent jungle scenery that had appeared above his head replaced the vast emptiness of the sky.

The unidentified sorcerer who had just decided to intrude into this place was absurdly deploying a domain while falling upside down from the sky above the island.

He was dropping the entire jungle Self-Resonance Domain he had created onto the middle of the Far East Branch temple.

“No way, this is…!!”

A land running through the sea. A domain deployment of an unbelievable scale that was covering the ground of the Order’s Far East Branch island from above.

The diameter and width alone were thousands of meters, and the area was hundreds of thousands, all of which were being transformed by his own mental image.

A miracle that was covering the endless jungle scenery on a scale that changed the map.

How much vast energy must he have within his body, how vast a mental image must he have engraved in his mind to make this possible?

And Lenok knew one sorcerer who could do such a thing.

“Evan, are you watching?”

Grisha, hanging from the center of the upside-down jungle, smiled while sweating profusely.

“I’ve arrived.”

As if taking Lenok’s Sea of Flames of the Corpse Mountain as a signal, reinforcements had finally arrived from the Azure Eye.

Self-Resonance Domain Deployment.

Secret Sect Rank Mental Image Imprinting.

[Southern Vine Sea Scenery]

Kugwagwagwagwa!!!

A huge semi-sphere of jungle created by connecting the ground of the island and the land of the sky.

The huge jungle domain that was deployed as if covering the entire land of the Far East Branch was a barrier that prevented everyone in this place from escaping.

At the same time, it was a fatal restraint that completely blocked the movement of the island itself.

The moment the jungle scenery, which should not have existed, was drawn on the sea and firmly held the two lands together, waves surged violently from all directions, creating waterspouts.

Faaaaaaaat!!

At the same time as large splashes of water soared into the sky, new figures fell from various parts of the jungle, landing on all sides of the island.

Lafford, clutching a thick stone pillar, fell recklessly towards the outskirts of the island, and two identical twins were panting with pale faces.

“Hek, hek…!! Wait a minute, this is a bit different from what I expected…!!”

“Ah, damn it. My stomach is turning…”

“Are you going to be a Watcher and whine like that!!”

Lyza, wearing silver gauntlets, shouted energetically and grabbed the necks of Pio and Gio, who were falling next to her.

“Oh, Lyza!! Are you going to catch us instead!!”

“Alright, let’s go!”

“What nonsense.”

Lyza snorted lightly, lowered her stance, and stopped in place, twisting her shoulder to one side.

Crack…!!

A strange noise was emitted as the muscles of her entire body relaxed and contracted in an instant.

Pio and Gio’s faces turned pale the moment they saw Lyza’s tightly pulled shoulder muscles.

“……No way?”

“If you’re going to whine like that, go ahead and help first!!”

She spun around like a top with both hands and threw the twins she was holding by the scruff of their necks.

Faaaaaang!!!

“Kkyaaaaaaak!!”

“Damn it, save meeee!!”

Pio and Gio’s bodies, which had been thrown like cannonballs, suddenly slowed down in mid-air and fell straight down.

Kooong!!

“Cough!!”

“Kkeuk!!”

Pio and Gio, who had crashed onto the top of a majestic statue standing near the altar, staggered and raised their heads.

The twins, who had risen with spinning eyes, saw the magnificent shape of the altar before them.

They saw hundreds of Correction Knights standing in the way, the Delegates blocking Lenok’s path, and beyond them, the Apostles devouring each other like madmen.

Pio scratched his head.

“Uh… somehow, we look worse than Evan.”

“Hey, we’re in big trouble.”

Gio glanced back at the jungle sky where they had fallen and muttered with a sullen expression.

“I can’t even see the others.”

Kwaaaang!!

At that moment, a dazzling sword light flashed above the heads of the statues where the twins were talking, and the statues exploded.

Gerbin, who had landed on the ground, gritted his teeth as he looked at the two Watchers who had easily jumped up and avoided the attack.

“The Azure Eye’s Watchers…!! How did they get reinforcements of this strength so quickly…!!!”

Border was trying to resist Grisha’s Southern Vine Sea Scenery while concentrating.

Next to him, Tritan raised his scythe with a gloomy expression and muttered.

“It’s alright, Border. This is better for us.”

“……”

“If it’s decided who the enemy of the Order is, that’s enough. From now on, it’ll be like it always has been…”

Tritan glanced up at the sky and began to gather his magical power.

“Let’s both go all out.”

Kiiiiiiing!!

At that moment, a chilling coldness that seemed to freeze everything burst out from the scythe Tritan was holding, freezing everything around him.

Gerbin’s double-edged sword, which had been standing with a distorted expression, also seemed to twist its blade in place, transforming into a spiral drill.

The two Delegates, who had surpassed the Saint Rank, were beginning to use the nature of their magical power and their microcosms at the same time.

Click!!

Tritan, who was standing in front of the twins, scattering cold air, smiled.

“Gerbin, I’ll take care of these two. You take care of the others crawling from behind.”

“……Are you sure?”

Instead of answering, Tritan suddenly stabbed his finger into his carotid artery.

Thud!!

He put his bloodied hand inside his neck and stirred it, and the complex tattoos engraved on the surface of his skin began to wriggle and slowly fade.

[Delegate Output Assistance]

[Binding Spell Stage 2 Release]

Kugugu!!!

The magical power flowing from Tritan’s body exploded in an instant, and it didn’t stop there, but began to spread wildly through his body.

An enormous magical power that amplified the power of an already completed rank several times, even if it didn’t raise the rank itself.

It wasn’t just that he had hidden power within his body.

As a being who represented the Northwest Branch of the Order to which he belonged, it was the power of the function that synchronized the doctrine and faith in this place.

Through a spell called the Binding Spell, which was treated as a special class even within the Order, Tritan intended to annihilate the Watchers in front of him with all his might.

Gerbin looked at Tritan’s appearance, nodded, and turned his body towards the Watchers who were descending from the distant sky.

However, the two twins were not flustered even when they saw Tritan’s magical power, which had begun to increase rapidly.

“I didn’t expect that we would be the ones to start, but I guess it doesn’t matter?”

“Well, what we had to do was decided from the beginning.”

Pio and Gio simultaneously formed hand seals as they watched Tritan walking towards them.

Transformation-type Unique Technique.

Synchronization-type Unique Technique.

[Physical Reaction Assimilation Transformation]

[Blood Flow Reaction Unification Synchronization]

Gio’s magical power flared up purely white, and Pio’s magical power reversed to pitch black, rotating as if they were mixing.

The shadows of the two people, which had been separated in different directions, overlapped exactly at some point, and at that moment, they were completely unified into one.

Dual-Type Complex Resonance Unique Technique.

[Super Fusion]

Cheeeeeek!!!!

A huge amount of smoke that burst out from between the two twins covered Pio and Gio’s bodies and engulfed the surroundings.

What stepped forward through the smoke was no longer two people.

A young man, half of his body painted pure white and half pitch black, was looking around with an expressionless face.

His body, which was emitting billowing white steam, was a muscular physique that was completed unlike that of the twins, who had not been trained much.

“Evan, we’ll take care of the Order’s forces, so just focus on killing the Apostle Amrita.”

The young man, who slowly raised his body, swept his mouth.

“We’ll clear the path from now on.”