Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 560

A torrent of fierce electricity poured down from above, engulfing Lenox’s body. Lenox, using Blink to dodge to the side, aimed his revolver and pulled the trigger. At that exact moment, the other Lenox facing him also pulled out a revolver from his coat, as if he had been waiting for it. Bang! Bang! Bang! The gunshots, almost simultaneous, sparked violently in the air before fading away. The opponent had reacted by using a rapid-fire technique with overlapping shooting-assist magic, almost perfectly. “I see. So, it’s a technique that materializes a conceptual image by reflecting the opponent’s mirror image…” Lenox, looking at the scene with interest, gently stroked his own face. “This must be a magic that can’t be realized without covering the entire space with a domain [a magical area controlled by a mage].” Lenox possesses a target designation resistance ability that prevents him from being the target of spells, yet Oliviera succeeded in summoning a mirror image of Lenox. This was likely not because she directly cast a spell on Lenox to create the mirror image, but rather because she materialized it by overlapping Lenox’s reflection in the mirror thousands of times. A being that gathered the concept of the mirror image within the domain and manifested it as a new law. A method of reproducing the techniques and abilities Lenox showed, as if reflecting them in a mirror on the spot. Lenox chuckled, realizing her intention. “You’re planning to stall for time on purpose. So, there was something you were aiming for?” When Lenox uses magic or techniques, the mirror image immediately follows suit, manifesting them with similar power. The more Lenox exerts himself to break through, the more fiercely the mirror image will resist. Oliviera had created the mirror image of Lenox using the mirror maze of the entire domain, aiming for exactly that. ‘Considering the domain’s capacity, it can’t be completely identical. But…’ No matter how vast Oliviera’s mental image is, and how large the domain’s capacity is, it’s impossible to fully replicate a high-level mage like Lenox. While the mirror image can imitate simple electric magic or shooting-assist magic, if the power is gradually increased, there will come a moment when the mirror image’s capacity cannot contain the magic’s power. The problem was that confronting the mirror image itself was a ploy created by Oliviera. After all, a mage is more helpless than a low-level physical combatant without magic power. Here, consuming magic power to defeat the mirror image and move forward is a significant loss for Lenox. However, avoiding the mirror image and searching for a path around the maze’s perimeter is also pointless, as he has already confirmed. Having discerned that Lenox’s condition is not good, Oliviera is also focusing on maximizing his consumption. ‘Magic power consumption or time saving… Either way, it’s a difficult choice.’ Click, click! Lenox, having reloaded his revolver, took a deep breath. ‘But there’s no need to think about it.’ Thud! As Lenox, gripping his white revolver, took a step forward, the mirror image also began to move. It fired electric magic continuously at his feet and scattered bullets above his head. Bang! Bang! Bang! Lenox didn’t hesitate either. He grabbed several streaks of electricity that the mirror image had sent out, twisted them in the air, and fearlessly plunged through the gap. At the same time, the roar of common magic bloomed from his fingertips. [Lightning Bound] Zzzzzap!!! He refrains from using unique magic with power that the mirror image can follow. He has no choice but to break through using only a few types of electric magic and his revolver, which he used to confirm the mirror maze’s principles. However, the mirror image’s reaction was far from ordinary. Thwack! It grabbed the lightning of the Lightning Bound rising from under its chin with both hands and spread them wide. Crack! The gap revealed on either side of the lightning, split by bare hands. In the brief moment when control of the common magic was lost, the mirror image ruthlessly kicked Lenox in the abdomen. Thud! “……!!” The mirror image’s kick, which perfectly mimicked his low physical abilities, wasn’t strong, but it was enough to make him gasp for breath. Lenox, gritting his teeth and swallowing a scream, rolled backward and pulled the trigger. The revolver fire, enhanced with shooting-assist magic, accurately targeted the opponent’s vitals even as his body’s balance was shaken, but the mirror image also blocked Lenox’s bullets with a counter-fire, as if it had been waiting for it. Lenox smiled wryly through the rising smoke. “I see. Common magic…” It wasn’t that Lenox’s unique magic control had been transferred to the mirror image. Rather, even the electricity Lenox had just sent out was reflected in the mirrors surrounding the domain, turning into a concept that the mirror image could touch. Unlike Lenox, who had no environmental advantages, the mirror image was being fully reinforced within Oliviera’s domain. Since the mirror image was also being corrected by the concept of Lenox himself, simple techniques like common magic could not distinguish the owner of the control. Unique magic, which is powerful and complex, is likely to be free from this problem, but that would mean giving the mirror image another weapon. In this situation, guns are meaningless. Lenox, putting away his revolver, pulled out a few strands of electricity and stood up. The mirror image also walked forward, holding strands of electricity flowing from between its fingers. Zzzzzzz…!!! The two mages walked out in front of the mirror maze, scattering the dazzling radiance of lightning in all directions. The fragments of the mirror, shattered and scattered from the sky, elegantly reflected the figures of the two mages from various angles before disappearing. As the two Lenox gestured, the electricity that stretched out from close range intersected. Zzzzzap!! The roar of electricity exploding overlapped continuously, exploding towards each other’s vitals. They grabbed, twisted, and swung the electricity, not knowing whose it was, from all directions. Scores of strands of electricity, having lost control and changed direction and power, rotated around the two mages. The light of the lightning, colliding and reflecting between the shattered and scattered mirror fragments, slid aimlessly between the mirrors and exploded. Thud! Thud! Thud! While sweating profusely, they grabbed and detonated the lightning swimming in the air. They grabbed the electrodes that bounced off the scattered mirrors and swung them, reflecting them onto another mirror. With each gesture and swing, they reflected and bounced dozens of times, and magic power and intent intertwined amidst the dance of light that overlapped hundreds of times. Clack! Clack! Clack! A localized close-quarters battle, calculating not only the magic they were wielding but also the fragments of mirrors scattering from all directions and their angles of reflection, to execute their murderous intent. However, as time passed, the expressions of the two, who had seemed identical like mirrors, began to change slightly. “Even without the Mystic Eyes [a rare type of magical eyes], I can see it now.” “……!!” The mirror image gritted its teeth at Lenox’s whisper. Its actions were not simply reflecting Lenox, but as if it had its own intelligence. Lenox spoke without concern. “Eyes are mirrors that reflect possibilities… Even without using the Mystic Eyes, I can glimpse fragments of your mental image.” Zzzzzzzzz! He simultaneously seized the electricity flowing through the mirror image’s touch, turning all directions to the opposite side. The mirror image’s momentum was helplessly cornered. Conversely, Lenox’s gestures gradually slowed, and his steps came to a complete halt. The mirror image swayed as if dancing, following the electricity raging in the air. “No matter how much you reflect the same appearance, you can’t reflect the heart.” “Eek…!!” The mirror image’s eyes flashed as it gritted its teeth, and its body instantly disappeared from its spot. However, Lenox, far from being flustered by this, snapped his fingers as if he had been waiting for it. [Alpha Lightning] The lightning that flashed above Lenox’s head reflected off the surrounding mirror fragments several times, transforming into a massive lightning strike. As if it had been predetermined from the beginning, it struck down right in front of Lenox’s nose. A hollow bombardment that exploded, belatedly chasing the mirror image’s form that had already disappeared from that spot. However, in that instant when the lightning struck, Lenox’s will accurately struck the crown of the mirror image’s head, which had reappeared in that spot. Zzzzzap!! “Kkkyaaaak!!!” The mirror image convulsed, its eyes wide open, with an expression of disbelief. Lenox, watching the mirror image slowly kneel and slump down, pulled out his revolver from his waist and smiled. “Blink technique. You were saving it for the end, weren’t you? It’s obvious.” Bang! Lenox, having shot a bullet into the mirror image’s forehead, shook the barrel of his gun and muttered. “If you can only use the cards I’ve shown, then the patterns you can use are also limited.” Certainly, even though he had used Blink once when dodging the mirror image’s first attack, the mirror image had not followed suit. Lenox realized that it was not because the mirror image could not follow Blink, but that it was intentionally hiding it. Even the Blink that the mirror image used at the last moment was ultimately a trick. Lenox had read even the reaction of it pretending to go behind Lenox’s back and then reappearing in the same spot. Crack, crackle! Lenox, watching the mirror image fall, scattering glass fragments instead of blood and brain fluid, raised his head. The massive hemispherical glass dome that had been constructed around the two of them shattered entirely, scattering a grand rain of glass onto the ground. Charrrrk!!! [You’ve kept me waiting for a long time.] In the rain of beautiful glass fragments, the hem of a flamboyant robe fluttered. A wave of light, reflected and bursting out from the thousands of shattered mirror pieces, gathered and surged as if to support and worship a single person. The figure of Oliviera Ron Maze, who had descended upon the domain, shaking off her shell like a butterfly, radiating powerful magic in all directions. Her two eyes, whose veil had been completely lifted, were emitting clear, seven-colored radiance, unlike before. [Did I spend so long to obtain these eyes?] Her eyes, gazing at Lenox with magnificent rainbow-colored Mystic Eyes, curved slightly into a small smile. [Yes… these are indeed the Mystic Eyes of the Seven-Colored Treasure.] “……!!!” A chilling tone that not only awakened the Mystic Eyes but also clearly recognized their name. Only then did Lenox realize why Oliviera had stalled for time within this domain, even going so far as to use Lenox’s mirror image, and his face hardened. She wasn’t simply trying to stall for time and hold him back to prevent Lenox from reaching Kaise. A faint sense of unease that her mental image had been deciphered in the previous battle. Without missing even that small clue, she had realized that the Mystic Eyes Lenox had shown were fundamentally connected to her own power. Was she waiting for the signs to awaken her Mystic Eyes by trapping Lenox inside the domain through that? The one step short of the untrodden path that Oliviera had mentioned immediately after entering the domain. That was a reference to herself, who had realized the existence of the Mystic Eyes of the Seven-Colored Treasure but had not been able to reach them. Watching Oliviera, who was scattering brilliant seven-colored radiance, Lenox clicked his fingers. ‘This is the worst. There’s no room to consider conserving my strength.’ The Mystic Eyes of the Seven-Colored Treasure are not just powerful Mystic Eyes, but a power that can interfere with causality itself and distort space-time. What does it mean that the past Oliviera, who had reached her peak in terms of skill, had obtained that power, which she could originally only obtain decades later? Before admiring that absurd talent and intuition, he was more than worried about Oliviera’s power, which would be amplified by the Mystic Eyes of the Seven-Colored Treasure. This is no time to hold back and conserve his strength. If necessary, he must immediately deploy his Self-Domain and confront her with all his power- Despite Lenox’s reaction, who was watching her movements with sharp eyes, Oliviera stood still as if time had stopped in the rain of falling mirror fragments. She gazed at Lenox with her dazzling rainbow-colored Mystic Eyes, then quietly smiled and opened her mouth. [Don’t rush. What you’re thinking won’t happen.] “…What?” At her words, Lenox unconsciously stopped his magic power and asked back. Oliviera, raising one hand, stabbed her finger into her temple. Thwack! A simple mental image amplification technique created using a spell trigger. [I have something to show you through these eyes.] The moment Oliviera’s two Mystic Eyes stared directly at Lenox’s two eyes and flashed, Lenox’s vision was covered in a pure white light, and then it began to show a completely different scene. Whoosh!!! The moment he realized it, Lenox was standing in the middle of a complex laboratory. Dozens and hundreds of people were constantly moving about, creating and discarding things. Kaise’s figure was mixed among the center of those people. His face looked a little older than what Lenox had seen in this area. He was constantly exchanging opinions with others, writing something down, giving instructions, and moving about. People who were in the same space as Lenox but could not recognize his presence. A somewhat faster flow of time, separate from actual perception. Only then did Lenox realize that this moment was showing Oliviera’s memories.