Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 511

“I’m not exactly a fan of grunt work.” Lenok scoffed, but still checked the number of members still standing. In this situation, fighting with the river flowing under the bridge, it was undeniable that the environment favored Soryu, the ice manipulator. There was no reason to refuse when he offered to take care of the troublesome powerhouse. Soryu’s figure, hidden among the scattering ice shards, vanished in an instant, colliding with the black visor nodding at the end of the bridge. Ignoring the cold air and black waves erupting from behind, Lenok immediately turned his head. [The black spirit is bound.] [The mage remains. Are they trying to tie us down?] [It’s absurd to even consider their chances…! Subdue them!!] The Aegis responded swiftly. Thud thud!! A green visor emitting a thick poison from its blade, and a yellow visor releasing two dogs to charge forward. Even members wearing gray and jade visors, casting spells towards Lenok from both the front and rear. As the five figures intersected, magical threads began to dance wildly in fierce curves from all directions. Kwaaaang!! Dodge the rain of arrows falling from all sides, push back the murderous intent piercing through, and continue the endless tightrope walk between the senses running wild and the chill rising up the spine. Using the intuition and near-prophetic perception rushing through his mind as a support, he simultaneously tightened and released magical threads from his fingertips hundreds of times. Chwarararak!!! Using the stakes located between the main roads, the arrows shot by Ivelyn and embedded at an angle, the nearby roadside trees, and the wrecked and overturned car bodies. He strung threads of magic between all the obstacles, continuing the tug-of-war between reality and the ideal. [Damn it, this is!!] [We can’t reach him. What kind of distance control is that…!!] They were merely dancing in a trance amidst the waves of threads that couldn’t even be properly grasped by their senses. Realizing they couldn’t reach the masked mage who was standing upside down at the center, waving his hands as if conducting, the members gritted their teeth and pulled up their magic. [They’re trying to use our attacks against us. Control your power.] [The opponent is a manipulator-type special ability mage. They’re thoroughly avoiding mid-range combat and engaging in close-quarters.] [Stop-and-Come spell bombardment ready. Sequential firing, occupying the entire space!!] [We heard from the spirit that their presence is very different. Everyone, keep a close watch on their movements…!!] “You think too much.” Paat!! Lenok, who had teleported into the midst of the members who were rapidly communicating, smiled behind his mask. “Knowing something vaguely is often worse than knowing nothing.” [……!!!] The members, who hadn’t expected the opponent to approach them first, were shocked, but their bodies reacted immediately like machines. The blade held by the gray visor and the dagger of the green visor crossed diagonally. The heavy iron mace held by the yellow visor swung, accurately targeting the back of Lenok’s robe. A perfect coordinated attack, with a subtle time difference considering Lenok’s magic thread manipulation ability. However, Lenok didn’t use magic threads at such a close range where he could hear the members’ breathing. Instead, he used teleportation three times in a row, reversing his body’s direction, and simply placed his hand on the shoulder of the gray visor behind him. “That helmet.” Chiiik……!! The glass tube in Lenok’s hand was mercilessly jammed into the goggles inside the visor. “Let’s see how tough it is?” [……!!!] Kwaaaang!!! The chain explosion of the mana resonance incendiary that had almost blown off Rogier’s jaw. Using the force of the explosion, he blew away the abdomen of the yellow visor charging from behind, and glanced at the green visor sprinting from the side. He then fell backward, dodging the dagger the visor extended. He subtly adjusted the magic threads at his fingertips to catch his falling body, and conversely, bound and twisted the blade the opponent extended. Ududuk!! An absurd magic thread manipulation that twisted his own position and the opponent’s attack simultaneously. Lenok’s manipulation ability, honed by handling magic threads in all sorts of situations, was sharp enough to allow for zero-range combat with a superhuman. The blade swung at subsonic speed twisted as if folding, grazing the visor’s own helmet. Chik!! A droplet of liquid falling from the tip of the dagger melted half of the helmet, revealing the haggard face of a young man. Even as the bent blade of the dagger was aimed directly at the young man’s neck, he didn’t panic. Instead of struggling to stop his arm, which was twisted by the magic threads, he struck his own shoulder with his other hand. Cheolpeok!! The young man, who had cut off his left arm without hesitation, pulled out the dagger without flinching. The distance between the two was so close that there was no room to extend another arm. With the handle of the dagger clenched in his mouth, he swung his head, scattering poison on Lenok’s mask. Such a close range that there was no time to extend new magic threads. But the moment he thought the poison had reached Lenok’s face. “Not a bad choice.” The shadow robe Lenok wore flipped over, and his figure vanished completely. Immediately after, the shape of a carapace shield slammed down on the young man’s back. Kuuuuuung!!! The young man, for the first time, let out a stifled groan. Lenok smiled, pressing down hard on the back of the young man’s neck. “To be able to give up a real arm, not a prosthetic, without hesitation, that’s quite a sense. If it wasn’t a real arm, I wouldn’t have been caught like that.” At those words, the young man opened his mouth for the first time to reply. “…From the start, you knew… what…!!” “That’s right. I had a feeling.” Lenok said, slowly turning his head. “I just came from a very difficult battle recently. It seems my senses haven’t dulled yet.” The 10th Apostle Amrita, who had taken over Izel’s body and been reborn. An Apostle, a mage hunter, a skilled warrior, and a precognitive, she was a more difficult and dangerous opponent than any enemy Lenok had faced recently. Lenok’s nerves were sharper than ever, having fought a spatial battle against her, calculating dozens of exchanges at once. Even though he knew he could dodge the young man’s poisoned blade with teleportation, he had used magic threads to respond on the spot. Kkwaak……!! Lenok, who pressed down hard on the back of the young man’s neck with his boot, said. “I don’t think there would be much complaint if I killed you here?” It took 3 seconds for the green visor to charge, reveal his face, and cut off his arm to counterattack. And it took less than 5 seconds in total for Lenok to subdue and pin down the young man with a single counterattack. Too short for the other Aegis members to intervene and change the situation, and too ambiguous to provide help. From the beginning, Lenok had thoroughly targeted that gap, choosing one and subduing him before the other visors could intervene. […….] However, despite Lenok’s nonchalant threat, the other Aegis members didn’t rush towards him rashly. They were merely watching Lenok’s actions carefully, as if they didn’t care if he killed the young man. As expected, what was important to them wasn’t the life or death of their captured comrade. They were only thinking about one goal in this place, moving with their thoughts and emotions completely cut off. He had thought so when they had met before, but they were not an ordinary special operations unit. “I don’t know where you guys came from in the giant city of Vulcan.” Udeudeuk!! Lenok said, twisting and breaking the other arm of the fallen young man with magic threads. “The fact that several special operations units were created as soon as the Yulryeong [a type of restriction or law] was lifted means that the city government had made some preparations.” [You know a lot about Vulcan’s affairs.] The gray visor chuckled lowly. [Considering you know about the Yulryeong and the creation of special operations units, are you perhaps from Vulcan?] “……” [If a mage like you had been in the giant city, no matter how vast Vulcan is, there’s no way rumors wouldn’t have spread.] The visor’s tone was strangely odd. It was a strange attitude, as if they were more interested in Lenok himself than the captured young man. But if one could read the underlying situation, one could roughly guess what that fact meant. Lenok thought so and quickly pulled the magic threads several times. Kireek!! The tightly drawn magic threads twisted, binding the young man’s limbs. He then broke the young man’s remaining two legs and spine, leaving him in a near-paralyzed state. Tudududuk!!! [……] “…….!!!” The other members hesitated at the unusual yet skillful movements. What did it mean to break the limbs of a high-level physical ability user with a clear mind, without blocking their magic, using only the movement of magic threads? It was proof that he had accurately seen through the flow of magic and energy within the young man’s body, and precisely targeted and exploited the gaps. He wasn’t just specialized in magic thread manipulation, but a veteran who was used to fighting against humans. They hadn’t expected him to be left in a near-crippled state, even if he had died here. The young man, who had been silently frowning as if he was insensitive to pain, also showed a clear change in his expression. Lenok chuckled at the sight of the Aegis. “Why, did you think I was going to kill him?” […….] “If I keep him alive, he’ll be a great burden, there’s no need to kill him right away. He also seems to have a strong will to survive.” The decision to cut off his own arm without hesitation was considerable, but Lenok could read a strong desire for life in that action. If he could preserve his own life, limbs were a luxury. It was an audacious gamble that would be impossible without a mindset that didn’t dwell on things that could be replaced. Because Lenok could read such a psychology in the young man’s actions, he intended to keep him alive and force the Aegis members to make a choice. Whether they would continue to push Lenok, even if it meant killing their own comrade, or retreat to regroup and save their comrade. [We’ll keep going.] The gray visor’s choice was the former. [Siabel, don’t resent us.] “Ha, what’s the point now….” As Lenok was about to pull up his magic again amidst the swaying bridge, a fleeting moment. Huuk!! A lukewarm wind brushed his spine. A single strand of intent shot from the outermost edge of the satellite city, so far away that the end was not visible. The strand of black-green intent, shot from such a low altitude that it was difficult to even guess its location, became a more eerie and sharp flash than any other attack, racing across the ground. Swaeeeeeeek!!! As the thick black flash raced across the asphalt, the impact tore up the road surface, causing it to rise. The flash, which had exceeded the speed of sound, had reached a power that transcended the concept of archery. As if not interested in the four people engaged in a fierce battle on the main street in front of the theater, the arrow that raced across the ground pierced straight through the theater’s main entrance. It pierced through the hallway, the auditorium, and the main hall in one shot, reaching even the objects inside. Kwaaaaaaang!!! An unbelievable explosion, as if a missile had been fired. At the same time, a swirling black sphere erupted from the epicenter. Lenok, seeing the two arms of the statue shatter and fall off beyond it, slightly opened his mouth. “…That’s dangerous.” The pinnacle of archery, shot with all her might by the divine bow Ivelyn Marcia. The ultimate art of penetration, completed by containing her small universe in a single shot. Ivelyn, putting her heart into the rain of arrows, had succeeded in damaging the statue with a single shot that even Maiya could not react to.