Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 999

“I was planning to finish before the patient’s anesthesia wore off, but that ability user’s power was stronger than I thought.”

Lenok was bound on the operating table, and the Conjunction Master was turned away, organizing his surgical tools.

The Conjunction Master, who was washing scissors and forceps, muttered with a thoughtful expression.

“Gravity types are so tricky. The concepts of attraction and repulsion, space distortion, and time compression are so complexly intertwined that they’re difficult to analyze.”

“……”

“It was obvious things would turn out like this the moment I failed to kill him with the first pattern, but I was being lazy and messed up the schedule… How annoying.”

The Conjunction Master, instead of taking immediate action after binding Lenok in the operating room, was reviewing the battle that had just occurred.

He seemed fine on the outside, but this man was also a deeply twisted madman.

However, instead of focusing on the Conjunction Master, Lenok turned his gaze to survey the scenery of the operating room.

The operating table in the pink operating room. Various work tools prepared for the Conjunction Master’s surgery.

Lenok did not miss the fact that the light pink walls and ceiling were writhing as if they were alive.

“So, the ‘life domain’ is literally a domain that is alive.”

“Hmm?”

“This operating room. It was a living being itself.”

Lenok, lying bound on the operating table, looked down at the Conjunction Master and said.

“It exists as a domain, but because it’s a living being, it was also treated as a summon. That’s why it was possible to do something absurd like summoning a domain.”

The last technique used by Balak O’edon was a divine feat that manipulated the entire gravity field to lift it up.

It was a destructive act close to a strategic weapon that changed the terrain and slammed it down.

It was such a monstrous power that even Lenok, who had been watching, was speechless, making it immediately understandable why it took so long to adjust the ability.

However, the Conjunction Master did not directly confront Balak O’edon’s power.

He summoned a special type of installation-based life domain, the operating room, and received all the debris.

The domain acquired upon reaching level 8 is not a power that can be freely deployed and dismantled like a magnetic field.

The reason why the Conjunction Master could summon a domain, which is built in a specific area and used as a base or fortress, as a shield.

It was possible because the operating room, a living being, was originally a target of summoning magic.

“Well, yes. If someone wants to die, I tend to grant their wish, but I had to stop in the middle of surgery to come out here.”

The Conjunction Master, nodding his head, turned around and said.

“For me, who has sworn the oath of a medical immortal, the well-being of the patient is an important matter. If I don’t finish the surgery as promised, there will be annoying restrictions.”

“So, you avoided killing Balak O’edon and left?”

“There was no reason to gamble on whether I could kill that gravity-type psychic within the surgery time.”

The Conjunction Master answered while wiping each of the surgical tools he had finished washing.

“Psychics are the type that react most extremely to the shackles of Geass [a magical contract or vow]. If he had placed a Geass on me to boost his abilities, I wouldn’t want to fight in a field that was advantageous to him….”

In the silence of the operating room, so quiet it was deafening, the Conjunction Master continued.

“A Geass using target designation doesn’t stop once it’s activated. The moment I summoned the domain and forcibly released the target designation, that psychic would have started suffering from the backlash of the Geass. Even the attack he powered up at the end was nullified, so he’s probably a rag now.”

“……”

“He’s not worth killing, and if he’s unable to interfere for a while, that’s good enough. Above all….”

The Conjunction Master, gently stroking the blade of a scalpel, stepped aside and said.

“Now that I’ve secured a valuable specimen, I don’t want to waste any unnecessary techniques.”

“……”

On another operating table across from Lenok, the Blaber Tower Master was lying bound in the same way.

He had barely opened his eyes, as if the anesthesia the Conjunction Master had given him had not worn off, and remained silent.

It was as if time had stopped in that place, and even his breathing was extremely faint.

While Lenok was looking at the Tower Master’s unconscious face, the Tower Master, who had gathered all the surgical tools, stood in front of Lenok.

His inorganic gaze behind the mask pierced Lenok’s face.

“Evan Martinez. I knew you were a unique magician, but seeing you in person is even more intriguing. A very attractive specimen.”

“……”

“You’re clearly captured as a target of my technique, but I can’t project into your interior at all. Normally, the moment you enter my operating room, I should have already finished scanning you down to the cellular level.”

When he was in the identity of Evan Martinez, he deliberately released some of his target designation resistance.

This was because target designation resistance itself could be considered a talent that was akin to fortitude.

However, even if he released the resistance, reading Lenok’s inner self or origin was ultimately not allowed.

The Conjunction Master had noticed the sense of incongruity that came from that subtle difference, and he had intuitively realized that it originated from Lenok’s ‘specialness.’

“Indeed, I don’t think I can understand without touching your body directly.”

“If you’re interested in my body, I have a proposal for you.”

“A proposal?”

“I heard you’re a very skilled doctor, even in the Central.”

Lenok, tilting his head while bound to the operating table, met the Conjunction Master’s indifferent gaze.

“I have a very old chronic disease. In exchange for examining my body and obtaining data, could you treat me?”

“……Evan Martinez. You’re misunderstanding something.”

The Conjunction Master shook his head as if he was dumbfounded, adjusting his mask.

“It’s not like I’m volunteering when I set up an operating room at the gate and take patients. In the first place, I’m very picky about the patients I take.”

“……”

“In that sense, you don’t look like a patient who needs my help. Above all, as I’ve already said-”

The Conjunction Master’s eyes, looking at Lenok, flashed with an inorganic light.

“You’re not my patient, but a specimen. A specimen that might become a very unusual case in my technique research.”

“……”

“So, until the surgery is over, keep your mouth shut and wait quietly.”

The Conjunction Master, slowly approaching Lenok, said with a blank face.

“There’s one more guest we have to welcome from Vulcan, even if it’s not you.”

“How can I trust you when I don’t know what you’ll do after the surgery?”

Lenok asked with a smile.

“It would be better to settle things here and now.”

Whoosh!!

At that moment, black-green flames bloomed from Lenok’s fingertips.

The Conjunction Master’s expression changed slightly as he confirmed the form of hellfire.

“A dimensional flame. To use a technique while ignoring the restraints, the integrity itself is certainly intriguing.”

The Conjunction Master, as if he had understood the identity and principle of the technique as soon as he saw the hellfire illusion, rested his chin on his hand.

“An idea that bypasses a specific concept through a loophole. Most of it is a power close to black magic. Come to think of it, there was a transcendent who collected such black magic….”

The Conjunction Master, muttering with a thoughtful expression, then chuckled as if he understood.

“I see. So, you met an Ascendant from the Old World?”

“……What?”

Lenok was at a loss for words at the Conjunction Master’s words, who called out that name without any hesitation.

Was the Conjunction Master not bound by the words that others were even careful to utter?

The Conjunction Master, as if Lenok’s reaction was not surprising, crossed his arms and tilted his head to the side.

“It’s not that surprising from the Alliance’s point of view. But now there are only a few left, and I heard there are hardly any who can communicate, so you were lucky.”

“……”

“But that kind of talent is not my concern. What I want to see is a more… special kind of talent.”

Thud!

The Conjunction Master, naturally pressing down on Lenok’s shoulder to tighten the restraints, said.

“So, let’s take our time to see what’s sleeping inside that body.”

Having said that, the Conjunction Master picked up his surgical tools and turned his back on Lenok without any hesitation.

“Where are you going?”

“I told you. The surgery for the patient I’m in charge of hasn’t finished yet.”

The Conjunction Master said indifferently.

“The important processes are all done, and all that’s left is to finish suturing the incision. I’ll have some time when it’s done, so wait.”

“……”

The Conjunction Master said that and left the operating room with the surgical tools he had finished washing.

After opening one side of the wall as if cutting it open, his presence disappeared into one side of the writhing corridor.

He was leaving Lenok and the Tower Master captured and bound, without taking any action, to finish the surgery.

Even after seeing Lenok use hellfire, he didn’t seem to have any sense of caution about it.

That was probably because he thought that the victory or defeat was meaningless from the moment he met Lenok in this operating room.

However, Lenok was thinking about the meaning of the words the Conjunction Master had left behind while bound to the operating table.

The Ascendant of the Old World.

Except for the Commander and the Cult Leader, the Conjunction Master already knew about that being, which even Lenok had only recently become aware of.

Was it because of the Order Alliance’s goal of weaving together all the spells in this world, or was it an intuition stemming from the Conjunction Master’s own specialness?

“Heh, heh heh….”

At that moment, the Tower Master’s shoulder, who was bound on the opposite operating table, heaved with difficulty.

The Tower Master, who had regained consciousness, lifted his head and gave Lenok a cold smile.

“It seems you brought hellfire from Nox Biblio. You’ve obtained a treasure that doesn’t suit you.”

“……”

“Seeing that the owner of the library allowed you to have that flame, it seems he took a liking to you?”

“There’s no reason to tell you how I obtained the flame.”

Lenok replied with a blank face.

“However, I know that this flame has that much value.”

“Puhahaha!! That’s right.”

The Tower Master, unable to hold back his laughter, said.

“Let’s make a deal, Evan Martinez. If you share that hellfire with me, I’ll help you survive in this operating room.”

“……”

“It wouldn’t be a bad deal for you either. Surely you don’t believe you can survive in this domain with your own power alone?”

The Tower Master said, pointing to the operating table that bound his body.

“All the materials in this operating room are connected to the domain. The bed you’re lying on, the belt that binds your body. The air and moisture you breathe… all of it is the life itself that belongs to the operating room.”

The Tower Master’s face suddenly darkened as he said that.

“You’re under the surveillance of this domain everywhere. Even the air that has penetrated your respiratory system already belongs to this domain. This disgusting operating room is a huge museum built for that very ‘purpose.’”

“A museum, you say.”

“Hellfire. I’ve only seen it in the literature of the Old World, but I heard it’s a power that repels thoughts and ideas through the nature of the negative.”

The Tower Master’s expression, looking at Lenok’s hand, turned greedy.

“It’s a flame that has many uses. If you give it to me, I will also cooperate in keeping you alive.”

“Just keep me alive and make me worse than dead?”

“……”

“Just like when we first met, you keep enjoying pointless wordplay.”

Lenok said as he slowly rose from his position.

Clank, clank!!

He stood up, ignoring the belt and restraints that were binding his body as if it were a lie.

“That’s because you’re sure you won’t die in this operating room.”

“……Wait.”

The Tower Master looked at Lenok, who had risen, ignoring the restraints of the operating table, as if he couldn’t believe it.

“How did you….”

“Was this the anesthetic the Conjunction Master used on you earlier?”

Lenok opened a cabinet and took out a vial, then took out a small ampoule from his pocket.

He pushed the medicine into the ampoule and stuck it into the Tower Master’s neck.

“Kuhak!!”

“Stay quiet. It’ll be a problem if you go around making unnecessary noise.”

“No, way….”

Even while blinking his eyes due to the effects of the anesthetic, the Tower Master gritted his teeth and muttered.

“The restraints of the operating room are a conjunction of thoughts and magic… It’s a power that can’t be escaped by the caster alone….”

The way the Conjunction Master had bound Lenok’s body was a restraint using a conjunction technique.

If so, Lenok could escape the restraints by simply activating his target designation resistance for a moment.

The fundamental reason why Lenok had entered the operating room of his own will.

It was possible because he was sure that the Conjunction Master would not be able to kill him right away, based on his words and actions.

“Indeed, you know an unusual amount about the Conjunction Master’s abilities.”

Lenok stared at the Tower Master with a cold gaze.

“I’m curious as to why you have such knowledge, but… this isn’t the time to be asking that.”

Lenok touched the wall of the operating room as the Conjunction Master had done, and one side of the wall opened as if it had been cut open.

After confirming that there was no one in the corridor that was writhing like intestines, Lenok immediately took a step forward.

According to Bernard’s explanation, the operating room was a domain installed to surround the entrance of the gate.

And the fragments of the barrier could only be obtained near the entrance of the gate.

Although the plan had changed a lot, he had entered the operating room without arousing the Conjunction Master’s suspicion.

“Ah.”

At that moment, Lenok turned back towards the Tower Master, just as he was about to step out of the operating room.

The Tower Master, who was staggering from the effects of the anesthetic, gritted his teeth and lifted his gaze.

“Wh, at….”

“Come to think of it, there’s one thing I have to do.”

Lenok said that and placed his hand over the Tower Master’s solar plexus.

“It’s a bit rushed, but I have to do what I have to do.”

Whoom!!

As Lenok tapped the Tower Master’s solar plexus and made a hand seal with one hand, heat began to gather on Lenok’s hand.

It was a strange phenomenon, as if he was forcibly inducing and extracting a specific energy from the Tower Master’s body.

Whoosh…!!

The flame that flowed out of the Tower Master’s body eventually turned into a light green flame with a warm aura.

The Tower Master, who was staring blankly at the scene, screamed in terror as if he had gone mad.

“Wh, what are you doing!!”

“The healing flame you were using earlier.”

Lenok whispered softly, placing his hand over the Tower Master’s chest, who was panicking.

“It looked very useful.”

“You dare…!!!!”

With his innate attribute control being overwhelmed, it felt as if the [flame] residing in the Tower Master’s body was being forcibly discharged.

Only then did the Tower Master realize Lenok’s intention, and his face was horribly distorted with a mixture of anger and drowsiness.

“No, no…!!! I’ll kill you. Don’t do it!!!!”

“I’ll make good use of that flame.”

“Ugh… Aaaaaaah!!!”

Pyrogenetic Unique Magic

Property Change Plunder Manifestation

[Attribute Control]

[Flame Absorption]

The light green light flashed intensely, and after even the Tower Master’s screams subsided.

Lenok walked out through the half-open door of the operating room.

“Well, then….”

Lenok, looking at the light green flame that was faintly burning in his hand with satisfaction, moved his steps into the corridor.

“Let’s get started.”