Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 742

“You son of a bitch… Get out of my way right now!!” Jillian, with the syringe still stuck in his neck, twisted his shoulder violently. “Oh, I ended up sticking it in his neck instead of his butt. Oh well, I guess it doesn’t matter~” However, the clown chuckled at Jillian’s struggle, then stepped on his shoulder with one foot, burying him among the rubble. Kwaang!! “Kuhak…!!” The Grand Duke, unlike before, gasped in pain. Lenox, who had walked out from beside the clown, looked down at Jillian and said, “You canceled your inner universe right after deploying it to its limit, so the backlash must be considerable. It’ll be difficult for you to use magic for a while.” “Manipulator…!!” “The giant transformation ability you use is focused on deployment speed and explosive power.” Lenox, adjusting his mask beneath the sea of magic threads, said, “That’s possible because you weren’t fully deploying your inner universe, but rather dividing it up and wielding it in parts. If that’s the case, all we have to do is push you to the point where you have to force a cancellation after maximizing your mental image.” What Lenox had focused on most about Jillian’s inner universe ability was the speed and explosive power of his giant transformation. The deployment speed was so fast and agile that it was hard to believe he was expanding his own body. Through that, Jillian was able to freely wield his inner universe by repeating expansion and contraction. However, Lenox had guessed that this was the result of Jillian not fully deploying his inner universe, but rather partially deploying it to minimize the backlash. Therefore, after creating a situation where Jillian would use his full giant form to chase after him. He used the thread given to him by Agneta to release a large amount of magic threads. He bound the pre-manipulated corpse giants together, trapping Jillian in a form he could never escape from while in his giant form. Therefore, Jillian had to forcibly retract his inner universe, enduring the backlash to escape the immediate situation. The clown, taking advantage of the brief gap where the backlash intensified, had succeeded in subduing Jillian. “You know, no matter how I think about it, we’re a pretty good match, aren’t we?” “I spoon-fed you the information, and you still can’t grasp the situation. Don’t get the wrong idea.” “Being able to gobble things up is also a skill.” Lenox, having directly faced Jillian, grasped the weakness of his inner universe and the clown’s agility in exploiting that momentary gap without needing an explanation. After accelerating the battle so fiercely that it was difficult for Pio and Gio to intervene. He guided Jillian’s thoughts in the desired direction for a split second, seizing the desired gap in an instant with his combat execution ability. In the midst of all that, he released a large amount of Agneta’s magic threads, blocking any interference from the surroundings. There was not a single error in all of his judgments. “Damn it… This can’t be happening!!” “Pio, let’s go!!” The twins belatedly cut through the sea of magic threads and rescued the subdued Jillian, but Lenox and the clown, having already extracted the blood, willingly retreated from Jillian. Lenox, having received the ampule containing Jillian’s blood from the clown, applied the blood to the key he had obtained from the ruins. Saaah…!! The curse that had been lingering on the surface of the key was neutralized and disappeared as soon as Jillian’s blood was applied. Lenox, having confirmed that the key was properly inserted into the gyro’s groove, nodded in satisfaction. “So, neutralizing it with the target’s blood was the way. Not bad.” Originally, he had planned to stall for more time, but with the clown’s help, he had quickly subdued Jillian, and things had gone well. Now that he had succeeded in removing the curse on the key, all that remained was to escape safely from this place. As Lenox thought that and turned his gaze towards the outside of the fortress, a red curtain fell from the sky in all directions. Paah-ah-aht!! As if blocking the way out of the fortress, the curtain wrapped around the half-collapsed ruins, blocking passage. Lenox, having identified the source of the spell, shook his head as he saw the Sixth Prince panting from the other side of the collapsed ruins. “I’m going to kill you!!” “Oh, it seems he’s already woken up from the illusion.” The clown scratched his cheek, looking embarrassed. “I guess the hastily made illusion wasn’t as effective as I thought. Or maybe his spell resistance was stronger than I expected?” He was a member of the royal family of Kabahim and a messenger of the Order of Spells, who had come to the giant’s fortress. After smashing his face with an ashtray and hanging him on the wall of the fortress audience chamber, he had regained consciousness and rushed out in the meantime. “Enough with the excuses. My business is done. What are you going to do?” “Uh… I’m sorry, but could you wait just a moment?” The clown, rolling his eyes, raised the ampule containing Jillian’s blood with an awkward expression. “I need to finish processing it here and extract a sample.” “…” “Once this is done, we might be able to escape much more safely and amicably, what do you think?” When Lenox didn’t answer, the clown started to look around, pretending not to notice. The clown, slowly hiding behind the stone walls of the fortress ruins, fiddled with the serum. “Ah, I wish there was a cool and skilled manipulator to watch my back while I concentrate~” “Good luck.” “Oh, where could one be~~!!!” Lenox, ignoring the clown’s scream, tried to escape outside the fortress by spamming blink [a short-range teleportation spell] without any hesitation. At that moment, the Sixth Prince, looking at Lenox, gasped roughly, then snatched something from his chest. A necklace with ornate decorations hanging from it. He plunged the sharp end of the necklace directly into his chest like a dagger. Puk!! “Kkuek…!! Aaaak!!” The Sixth Prince writhed in pain, looking strangely distressed. However, even so, he had no intention of removing the necklace he had stabbed into his chest. The moment Lenox realized that the meaning was in the act itself that the Sixth Prince had attempted, rather than the necklace’s ability. The red curtain that had spread across the sky began to converge and overlap in one place. Hwaaak!! Like a spotlight shining under a dark theater, a beam of light fell precisely from the sky, obscured by clouds. The Sixth Prince, who was holding the necklace while shedding tears of blood, blankly raised his gaze to the sky. A whitish figure that had fallen from the sky instantly crashed down on the Sixth Prince’s body. Paah-aht!! “Kkuaaaaak!!” The Sixth Prince writhed in agony, screaming in pain. It was clear that he was trying to do something, but there was no need to wait for the spell to be completed. The moment Lenox pulled up his magic to escape without any delay. A concentrated red light in the air was shot precisely at the spot where Lenox was standing. Kwaaaang!! A tremendous speed that even Lenox could barely react to with blink. Lenox, barely managing to regain his balance by manipulating magic threads, glanced back. A chilling voice echoed through the red mist that had spread out in all directions. [What a messy and noisy place this is.] The Sixth Prince, writhing in pain, finally managed to pull out the necklace that had been stuck in his chest. Someone who had landed in front of the Sixth Prince patted his head and said, [That’s why I told you to be prepared when using spell binding.] “Kk, euup…!!” [Well, still, your decision to choose me and summon me was excellent.] He muttered contentedly, looking around with his hands behind his back. [There aren’t many opportunities to join such an interesting game. I’ll be sure to reward you handsomely later.] Lenox was finally able to see the figure of the being who had slowly walked forward. An appearance that defied age, with a slender physique. He was dressed neatly, which was out of place for the location. He wore thin glasses on the bridge of his nose and was smiling as he stared intently at Lenox. The aura of red magic swirling beneath his feet was incredibly sharp and explosive, but There was one thing that stood out more than those intense features in the man’s appearance. “…An incorporeal being?” The man’s clothes, skin, hair, and skeleton. All of it was flickering faintly like a hologram. He was clearly present in this place as a tangible entity, yet his form seemed to be an ambiguous presence that was not completely fixed as matter. Without answering Lenox’s question, the man suddenly stretched out one hand to the side. [Jillian, are you going to keep standing there like a fool?] Kiiing…!! A red sphere was created in the man’s hand in an instant, and then it transformed into the shape of a giant hedgehog. [Get up quickly.] Kwang!! The moment the hedgehog created in the man’s hand rolled once over Jillian’s body, all the bundles of magic threads that had been binding him were severed. Lenox, who had quickly distanced himself and was observing the scene, narrowed his eyes as he recognized the nature of the red magic. A strange feeling, as if hundreds of thin magic strikes, like needles, were being fired in overlapping layers. It was as if the nature of the magic had been forcibly specialized to cut through the magic threads that Lenox was manipulating. However, the hedgehog didn’t stop there, it rolled once more and exploded right in front of Lenox at an incredible speed. Kwaaaang!! While creating a curtain of fire by exploding the incorporeal being he had created, the man turned to look at Jillian. “Cough, cough!! Naiyab…” [You look pathetic, Jillian. What on earth is this mess?] The sorcerer called Naiyab mocked Jillian. [If you had accepted the Alliance’s offer and bowed your head earlier, you wouldn’t be in this state. Your pathetic appearance is still the same.] “…Shut up.” Jillian glared at Naiyab and got up from his spot. “We can talk about the details after we catch that guy.” [Well, let’s do that.] Naiyab also gathered the red light in his hand again and replied. [But I intend to receive a proper reward for this.] “…” Instead of answering, Jillian silently glared at Lenox. He realized that he couldn’t guarantee victory, let alone capture him alive, by just spamming giant transformations. Against a manipulator, recklessly increasing firepower would only increase the gaps he could exploit. Pio and Gio also took their positions at close and long range, respectively, blocking Lenox’s escape routes. Four superhumans surrounded a single sorcerer, and hundreds of knights surrounded them once more. Everyone was aware that they had to capture that sorcerer in this place. In the middle of a web of murderous intent that seemed to have no way out, Lenox crossed his arms and glanced upwards. The red light that had fallen from the sky just before Naiyab appeared. He could now roughly understand why it had appeared. “It’s summoning magic.” “What?” [……] Pio frowned, not understanding the words, but Naiyab looked at him with an interested expression. Lenox ignored Naiyab’s reaction and continued. “You designated yourself as a summon and manipulated it so that you could be summoned through someone else’s consciousness.” [Ho ho.] Lenox’s eyes, hidden behind the mask, had already transformed into the shape of a magic eye. “The fact that you appeared as a magical projection rather than your true self is probably for that reason.” What the Sixth Prince had done to summon Naiyab was an act close to a ritual. A summoning ritual that used the act of stabbing the necklace into his chest, something he would never normally do, as a trigger. Through that, the powerful high-ranking sorcerer of the Order of Spells, Naiyab, had suddenly appeared in this place. Lenox, realizing that Naiyab’s body was not a physical entity, had realized that this entire process was similar to that of summoning magic. “You messed with the system to transcend time and space. Is that the way of the Order of Spells?” [That’s right. You’ve grasped the essence very accurately.] Naiyab smiled and raised his hand. [To gather all the spells in this world and connect them into a single meaning. That is the perfect answer and ideal that our Order pursues.] It was difficult to accurately grasp the spells that Naiyab was manipulating, but it was certainly not of the summoning magic system. Nevertheless, the fact that his appearance and manifestation were taking place in the form of a summoned being. Through that, Lenox had immediately seen that the Order of Spells was repeating attempts to transcend the system of spells. [To think you could grasp that, you are not an ordinary sorcerer either. How about joining hands with the Order?] “Order of Spells. What the hell are you talking about!” Gio, horrified, shouted at Naiyab, but he didn’t even raise an eyebrow. Instead, he took a step forward and nodded towards Lenox. [The Order is always open to sorcerers with rare talents. Sorcerers who mistake their talents for curses. Bizarre spells and techniques whose purpose and meaning are unknown. All of them are processes that lead to the next meaning.] Naiyab pointed to himself. [The important thing is not to be bound by the system, but to take what is excellent and discard what is inferior!! Doesn’t my current appearance accurately represent the will of the Order?] “…” [If you join us, you will be able to do the same. If you have felt the limits of the spells you wield, if you have felt new possibilities from other systems of spells!] Naiyab said to the silent Lenox with a confident tone. [You are already in agreement with the Order’s intentions.] “Your tongue is very smooth. Are you trying to proselytize me now?” Lenox chuckled and slowly unfolded his arms. “I understand what you’re saying, but the way the Order of Spells exists seems too crude to be persuaded.” [Crude… you say?] Lenox, leaving behind the seemingly flustered Naiyab, slowly moved his feet. The superhumans surrounding him tensed up and watched him, but Lenox ignored them and opened his mouth. “The idea of manifesting as a summon, transcending space, is novel, but its limitations are as clear as its advantages.” The purple light that flickered behind the mask was suddenly directed at the Sixth Prince, who had fallen behind Naiyab. The prince, who had barely escaped the pain of swallowing the necklace with his bare body and was now regaining his senses, flinched as he was wary of Lenox. “A manifestation that cannot even begin unless the summoner performs the ritual directly. And-” At that moment, Lenox’s body sank like a shadow on the spot. It was as if he had disappeared, flickering in the empty air without using any magic at all. In that moment of unreal disappearance, when the others were unable to react and froze, Lenox appeared behind the Sixth Prince and tapped his shoulders. “During the manifestation, you have to rely entirely on the summoner’s magic and existence, don’t you?” “…!!” A sudden approach without any warning. Even Naiyab, who had been watching the prince, had not noticed his appearance at all, and the others immediately moved. Naiyab, quickly drawing a red bird with his fingertips, threw it at Lenox, and Pio jumped forward. The Sixth Prince, who had been grabbed by the shoulder by Lenox, also twisted his body and tried to counterattack, spitting out magic from his mouth. The projection of magic and strikes poured out from three directions almost simultaneously. However, Lenox, knowing that, calmly extended his magic threads towards the Sixth Prince. “Heavy but slow. It’s boring to watch and react.” Chwarararak!! With just a few strands of magic threads, he pulled and stripped away all the attacks of the Sixth Prince, who was rushing in with magic wrapped around his body. He read all the magic and thoughts that the prince was extending three breaths ahead and suppressed them before they could even begin. The Sixth Prince’s limbs, which had been staggering like a puppet, were instantly bent in the opposite direction and completely crushed. “Kkuaaaak!!” He bound Pio’s spear with magic threads and slammed it into the ground, and dodged Naiyab’s spell once more with a blink in place. Lenox, grabbing a dagger that had fallen from his robe sleeve with magic threads, said, “Order of Spells. If you are a being who appeared in this place by borrowing the principles of summoning magic-” He held the dagger with the blade twisted in reverse and plunged it straight into the top of the Sixth Prince’s head. Puk!! The Sixth Prince’s eyes rolled back as his head was pierced without any resistance. A more futile death than those he had tortured and killed in the fortress basement. Lenox, pulling the dagger out of the Sixth Prince’s corpse, asked, “What happens when the summoner dies?” […You baseless manipulator, how dare you!!] “Victor, it’s done!!” Right after Naiyab’s incorporeal being shook violently and staggered, the clown rolled out from between the stone ruins. The clown, wiping the blood from his mouth and smacking his lips, looked around and put his hands together. “Let’s get started right away!!” The moment he twisted his broken fingers to form a hand seal, a colorless ripple began to burst out in all directions. Paah-ah-aht!!! After a giant roulette in the shape of a clown with his tongue sticking out popped up in the sky above the fortress. The clown’s tongue began to spin the roulette vigorously. Charrrr-rr-rr-rr-rrk!! At the same time as the intense spinning sound of the roulette, which was loud enough to be heard by everyone, the clown, having finished the hand seal, chuckled and muttered. “Magnetic field deployment.”