Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 793

The fact that the remains of an ascendant, hidden beyond the Abyss, were a new body prepared for the cult leader.

The moment he heard those words, Lenok felt a chill run down his spine.

That one sentence, spoken by the myriad ghosts guarding the Abyss as they looked at the priestess, connected the series of events Lenok had experienced on this journey.

Why was the cult’s priestess heading to Yorta as a spirit after her death at this point?

When he used the power of revelation to peek into the Abyss, why did the myriad ghosts mention a failed savior?

Why did the cult leader mention that he would encounter his ‘failure’ again in the past video he had seen?

The fundamental questions about the cult that he had postponed while dealing with the problems he faced after entering Yorta.

Lenok now realized what the priestess, Seina Naidri, was looking for beyond the Abyss.

“I thought you would obediently retreat if you understood that we were watching you, but the cult’s lackeys are truly persistent.”

A white-haired young man wearing a pure white robe stepped forward as he spoke.

The transparent young man’s gaze, which had been on the priestess, slowly turned towards Lenok.

“Or were you thoroughly hiding that fact from this sorcerer who has entrusted his soul to you?”

Whoosh!!

Lenok’s consciousness was pushed back, following that step, and he emerged from the void beyond the Abyss.

The myriad ghost’s form, which had somehow pulled itself out of the Abyss and was now standing before Lenok, as if to show off.

One person and one ghost faced each other across the wide corridor of the darkly descending Spirit Tower.

Behind the young man, an incredibly dense spiritual energy was swirling intensely.

Kugwagwagwa…!!

“It’s not hard to understand. The Gui-Do cult never easily reveals its ugly inner workings to anyone.”

The young man sneered, with his hands behind his back.

“Long ago, we didn’t fully understand that either. Not knowing that we shouldn’t trust the cult, we were intoxicated by the immediate prosperity, believing we could embrace heresy…”

“…”

“Even after all attempts at ascension failed, that one mistake remains, tormenting the ghosts of this city terribly.”

From all his words and actions, which seemed empty at first glance, a deep-seated hatred and murderous intent towards the cult were clearly evident.

The myriad ghost, guarding the Spirit Tower of Yorta, still maintaining his intellect without falling into ruin.

A monster who once dedicated himself to the ascension of Yorta, now burning with a dark hostility as he joins the Night Parade of Ten Thousand Ghosts [a procession of spirits].

But Lenok was inwardly certain that the myriad ghost’s words were not false.

Come to think of it, the priestess had only said that she had something to do in Yorta, but she never said she was looking for a curse.

Unlike Lenok, who was looking for the curse of metamorphosis and traces of Kaise in the Abyss, she must have been looking for something other than a curse within the Abyss.

Not the flow of curses that could be observed within the Abyss, but a secret that existed as a more definite form and substance than anything else.

Something that no one who didn’t know the specific circumstances could ever guess its identity or existence.

A new body prepared for the Gui-Do cult leader’s incarnation.

Moreover, how could anyone have predicted that the vessel was prepared using the remains of an ascendant?

That the cult leader, who only existed in the memories and records of others, had prepared a body for his incarnation.

That the new body for the incarnation was prepared using the corpse of an ascendant.

That the deal made with Yorta long ago was still hidden in the most important secret place of the Spirit Tower.

“So I ask you, sorcerer of the Devil’s Den.”

The myriad ghost, with white spiritual energy surrounding his body, stepped forward and asked.

“Are you also making the reckless mistake of thinking you know everything about the cult?”

“…Well, I.”

Lenok opened his mouth to say something, but then he chuckled and raised his head.

Because he knew that his sharp and agitated words were all true.

“I don’t even know what I don’t know.”

[……]

“Maybe I was mistaken from the beginning.”

Yes, he had been mistaken from the beginning.

As much as he guessed about the cult leader’s identity, he thought he understood him.

What kind of time he spent in the old world, what kind of cause and effect he went through to reach the end of the world.

In this third world he reached after successfully ascending, what he yearned for and why he still maintained his existence.

Without knowing any of that properly, he had carelessly assumed that he was the same.

That attitude that seemed strangely favorable to Lenok himself.

Those exquisite encounters that seemed to have been arranged after reading his journey.

Because he believed that no matter what path he took, no matter what world he looked back on, he would not change.

He had thought that the cult leader would be the same.

The first coincidence. The second inevitability.

Even though he knew that the ghost of the old world, who had passed through two ascensions and reached the third destiny, could not possibly be in a normal state.

“In the first place, is what I know about him even true? I can’t be sure of anything. But…”

Therefore, at this moment, Lenok once again accepted the fact that he knew nothing about the cult leader.

That he did not intend to exist only as a memory of inflammation in the third world.

That he had prepared the body of an ascendant as a vessel in this old military city for the intersection that would come someday.

That what the cult leader wanted and desired might already be completely different from Lenok himself.

But even so, Lenok did not immediately interrogate the priestess or get angry at her and take off the ring.

Rather, he slowly raised his magic power and only watched the approaching myriad ghost.

“You know that’s not what you should be worrying about right now.”

“Wise. You make the most correct judgment even in the midst of overflowing ignorance.”

The myriad ghost laughed loudly, as if he had expected it.

“You are right, sorcerer of the Devil’s Den. Whether you know something or not, you must die here.”

The reason why the myriad ghost, who had recognized Lenok’s existence beyond the Abyss, was willingly explaining the secret.

It wasn’t just because the myriad ghost couldn’t control his hatred for the cult and was babbling.

From the moment things had turned out this way, he had no intention of letting Lenok live in the first place.

Kiiiiiing…!!

At the fingertips of the young man wearing a pure white robe, intense spiritual energy was concentrated and swirling.

The myriad ghost, fearlessly grabbing it and approaching Lenok, asked.

“If you ignored the mercy offered at the Soul Calming Hall and peeked into the Abyss, you must be prepared to take responsibility, right?”

“That’s a pointless question, ghost head.”

Lenok laughed.

“If you were hiding such a flaw in the Abyss, the method offered by the Soul Calming Hall wouldn’t have been a normal one either.”

“Hmm.”

“If you’re trying to kill me just for peeking at the corpse of an ascendant, wouldn’t opening the Abyss following the Soul Calming Hall’s proposal end in a similar way?”

Lenok quietly asked, looking at the myriad ghost’s twitching mouth.

“Or are there already several corpses inside that were given the same deal as me and then abandoned…?”

“Hahaha!!”

At that moment, the myriad ghost couldn’t help but burst into loud laughter.

The myriad ghost, who had stretched his mouth to his ears and laughed wildly, muttered coldly.

“You’re too quick-witted to let live, heir of Onion!!”

The moment the myriad ghost swung his arm, a shockwave of pure white spiritual energy expanded at an incredible speed, striking the corridor of the Spirit Tower.

Kwaaaang!!

The dark corridor was illuminated by the impact, revealing the surfaces of the ceiling, walls, and floor.

[Kkyaaaaak!!]

The military spirits that made up the Spirit Tower. The spiritual energy that burst out from all sides of the tower, made of the faces of screaming souls, let out a terrible scream.

[Kkeuaaaaaa!!]

[Aaaaaaaa!!]

As if warning of an intruder, the military spirits that had become parts of the tower screamed in unison, letting out loud shrieks.

As if the entire Spirit Tower, which had been asleep, was waking up, the waves of military spirits flowing from all directions surged, shaking the tower greatly.

A majestic roar of military spirits, as if to announce Lenok’s intrusion to the entire tower and imprint his existence.

The myriad ghost, standing in the center of the ghosts, smiled with a gloomy expression and said.

“So, sleep quietly here with the cult’s priestess, sorcerer of the Devil’s Den.”

As he slowly raised both hands, the military spirits trapped in the Spirit Tower were drawn out and began to be caught in his hands.

A strange and overwhelming presence, as if he were grabbing a wave of living ghosts with his bare hands.

“Your body and the priestess’s soul will also become valuable assets of this city and be together.”

“You’re saying disgusting things. I don’t want to be preserved in a refrigerator for ghosts.”

Lenok scoffed at those words and grabbed the magic thread with his gloved hand.

“Besides, I can’t believe everything you’ve said, so I’ll have to see for myself.”

“Who do you think you are…!!”

The myriad ghost slammed the wave of ghosts down onto the corridor, but Lenok’s figure was much faster, leaping through space and disappearing.

Chwaaaak!!

Avoiding the military spirits that were screaming and pulling from the floor by a hair’s breadth, he hooked the magic thread on the walls and ceiling and pulled himself.

Lenok’s figure flew low across the corridor, accelerating in an instant and leaping towards the window on the outside of the tower.

“Stop him!!”

[Kkwiik…!!]

But the moment Lenok tried to escape through the window, the military spirits that made up the outer wall of the tower moved in unison, blocking the window and twisting the wall to prevent his escape.

“This is annoying…!!”

Lenok twisted the magic thread in mid-air to change direction.

Without ever stepping foot on the ground, he turned his body at a right angle and bounced to the opposite side of the corridor in an instant.

[Kkigeggegek!!]

The hands of the military spirits trying to grab Lenok’s robe as he passed through the middle of the upper corridor of the Spirit Tower.

While Lenok was escaping at high speed, avoiding those gestures and the waves of military spirits, the priestess’s spirit, who had followed him, said urgently.

[Your Grace. I will explain this matter later. First, let’s prioritize getting out of the tower-!!]

“No. I’ll hear it right here and now.”

[…Yes?]

Eudeudeudeuk!!

As he flew and bounced in mid-air, pulling the magic thread, the collapsing walls of military spirits moved forcibly, completely concealing Lenok’s figure.

The myriad ghost tore apart the remains of the tower with both hands and rushed in, but Lenok’s presence had already completely disappeared from that spot.

“Where are you!!!”

While the enraged military spirits let out a roar of spiritual energy, Lenok, who had casually walked out into the lower corridor of the tower, took out the ring.

Staring at the priestess’s spirit residing within, Lenok asked.

“The remains of the ascendant kept in the Abyss. Is it true that it’s a new vessel prepared by the cult leader?”

[……]

Apart from the realization he had gained from his conversation with the myriad ghost, there were still parts of this matter that he could not understand.

Why would the cult leader try to make the corpse of an ascendant his new body?

And knowing that, why would he keep the remains in the Abyss of the Spirit Tower?

Lenok was intuitively aware that the gap created by that small sense of incongruity was related to the core of this situation.

“Answer me. What does your cult leader want?”

The priestess quietly closed her eyes at Lenok’s questioning.

Was she contemplating how much she could tell Lenok, whether it was an action that conformed to the principles of the cult?

Perhaps because the priestess also knew that there was no time, her contemplation did not take long.

[It is true that the remains of the ascendant hidden in the Abyss are the result of his arrangement.]

“…”

The moment Lenok’s gaze turned cold, the priestess calmly spoke again.

[However, it is not a new body for him. The spirits of Yorta seem to be unaware of that fact.]

“…Not a body prepared to be the cult leader’s new vessel? What does that mean?”

Even though the cult leader himself had kept the corpse of an ascendant in the Abyss, was she saying that it was not a body prepared for the cult leader?

The moment Lenok’s expression hardened at the subtle cause and effect that didn’t make sense.

The priestess slowly nodded, then hesitated again.

[Yes. That is…]

No matter how much she resolved herself, was it difficult to say it easily at this moment?

That was because she had to explain the fundamental reason why the priestess had come to Yorta with a dead soul.

Even though she had decided to answer, the priestess continued to struggle, as if colliding with something inside her.

And then, she opened her mouth quietly.

[It’s not a new body, but an old vessel that he has already used once.]

“…”

[Its name is Ascendant’s Advent (道來) [a term referring to the arrival of an ascendant]. It is the existence that was called a berserker who obtained the qualifications…]

The priestess said, facing Lenok through the mask.

[It is the old body that he once used in this world, in the distant past.]