Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 1029

Signpost (17)

Above the outskirts of the giant city of Balkan.

The city, with its rows of high-rise buildings and skyscrapers, was now half-destroyed and in a chaotic state of collapse.

Sharp lightning flashed between the toy-like broken buildings, scattering at dizzying speeds.

A battle of techniques between two mages who had mastered the highest level of instantaneous output electric magic, among all spells.

[Everyone knows that old man Torburn is crazy after getting struck by lightning…]

Oliviera, who had been silently looking down at the ground, said with her arms crossed.

[I never thought he would be so obsessed with a mage of the same type.]

“……”

[It’s long past the point of being a mere amusement for the ceremony. How long are you going to keep watching quietly?]

It wasn’t the undertaker who was looking into the Bible that answered Oliviera’s cold question.

“It’s a matter of procedure, Oliviera.”

[……Heiberk.]

“Akendrias is the highest-ranking noble among us in the [Ceremonial Hierarchy].”

A woman with messy hair and thick glasses waved her hand with a languid expression.

Wearing a loose cardigan that covered her body, she sat on a church pew and tapped the air.

Each time, wave-like ripples spread out beyond the invisible void.

“He’s not a trustworthy person in human terms, but it can’t be helped that his opinion takes precedence in official settings.”

[Even though you, a member of the council, are here, you’re still adhering to such outdated customs?]

“I’m not here for fun, but to perform the funeral rites for Anathema.”

The woman said with a small yawn.

“It can’t be helped that the [Ceremonial Hierarchy] is determined in the undertaker’s domain. My role is just to record it.”

[Making excuses while talking about roles is no different now than it was before.]

Oliviera wore a cold sneer.

[You know that the priorities have become meaningless since the central government was destroyed. Are you trying to tell such clumsy lies in front of me?]

“Oh, would I ever do that?”

The woman chuckled and asked back.

“I can’t pretend in front of those responsible for destroying our golden land. Right?”

[…….]

“You don’t have to worry so anxiously. Even without doing so… the Fortitude’s capabilities seem quite excellent.”

The woman, avoiding the cold gaze, lowered her eyes to the ground.

Over the thick eyeglass lenses, the brilliance of the lightning unfolding on the ground was engraved.

Even with protective gear for her naturally poor eyesight, the sharp and chilling flood of lightning was hard to watch for long.

The woman, resting her chin on her hand, looked at the battlefield with interest.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a mage that Akendrias is so interested in. Considering the time he’s lived, he must have a talent that will surely go down in the history of the continent.”

[…….]

“I’ve heard rumors, but seeing it in person, I’m starting to doubt if he’s not from our bloodline. If I were still working as a scribe, I would have definitely put his name on the council’s list.”

As the woman muttered leisurely and the undertaker remained silent, the battle on the ground became even more intense.

Torburn’s roar as he directly received Lenok’s lightning, and the ever-increasing power of the lightning sanctuary.

And at the end, Torburn’s figure, who first unfolded his thoughts and deployed his self-domain.

Leaving the silent Oliviera behind, the woman tapped the air again.

“The discussion with the Council of Elders is over. We’ll take care of the damage caused by this incident. All that’s left is to explain it to Fortitude and pay the price…”

She stroked the air as if touching an invisible screen, then spoke as if she had suddenly remembered something.

“By the way, the search device I left in this city decades ago hasn’t been found. Do you know anything about it?”

* * *

“Celestial Lightning Body…?”

The name of the constitution mentioned by Akendrias El Torburn, the master of Torburn’s Magic Tower.

Before Lenok could react to the words he had uttered while saying he would forcibly expand his vessel.

The Tower Master’s self-domain unfolded before Lenok’s eyes.

Self-Domain Deployment

Principle Hierarchy Mental Image Manifestation

[Thunder God Guiding Flower Garden]

Wiiiiiiiiing!!!!!

At the same time as deploying the self-domain, an intense rotating sound echoed from behind the Tower Master.

A noise that sounded like a heavy engine or turbine turning, a noise that seemed like it would burst eardrums just by listening to it.

Pajijijijik!!!

Along with a resonance that violently vibrated the atmosphere, the shape of a giant brain floated into the air.

A huge electronic brain made by compressing lightning resonated while emitting a crazy light.

However, even with the lightning that filled his vision, Lenok felt a sense of incongruity and raised his gaze.

‘The domain is…’

Even though he had deployed his self-domain, the scenery around Lenok and the Tower Master did not change.

Only a blue electronic brain was floating above the half-destroyed city, brightly illuminating the surroundings.

Is the domain deployment a bluff, and has he created a new object using the material shaping of electricity?

No, Lenok realized that it was not the case after thinking that far.

It’s not that he didn’t deploy the domain. The existence of that giant electronic brain was the domain itself.

Could it be that Akendrias El Torburn’s self-domain is-

“A domain that doesn’t overwrite reality?”

A self-domain is the power to overwrite the root mental image onto reality. In the first place, that process is not something that the caster can choose.

The moment a domain is deployed, the caster must show their root mental image to the opponent in some way.

However, the domain that Torburn used was not like that.

Without changing the scenery of reality, he completed the domain just by manifesting that giant electronic brain.

It’s not a partial deployment of the self-domain, nor is it a form of borrowing a part of the mental image.

Is it possible to deploy the domain in a complete form while existing without changing reality?

However, in this state, he would not be able to expect any advantages such as the environment and compatibility, or the enhancement of magic that can be obtained by deploying a domain.

“The more you know, the more complicated your thoughts become. But Bonno’s domain is not like that.”

Torburn made a hand seal leisurely while looking at Lenok’s hardened face.

“Changing reality is the effect of the domain itself, so it just doesn’t change reality immediately after deployment.”

“Changing reality itself is the effect of the domain?”

“The Thunder God Guiding Flower Garden is a power that symbolizes an endlessly rising well of lightning.”

Torburn, who had put his hands together and made a hand seal, slowly raised his gaze.

“That ability is… to forcibly turn all matter within the domain into lightning.”

“…What?”

Pajik!!!

At that moment, dozens of blue lightning bolts shot out from the electronic brain floating behind the Tower Master.

The lightning, intricately intertwined like nerves connected to the brain, touched the debris of the collapsed buildings and the ground.

At the same time as a sharp resonance, all the matter in the surrounding area began to transform into lightning.

Tsu tsu tsu tsu tsu!!!

The buildings that had lost their foundations collapsed and transformed into electricity in their broken forms.

The electricity created by turning matter into lightning flowed into the electronic brain and became a new source of power.

The domain, which had grown in size on the spot, began to turn everything into a handful of lightning.

Kugugugu!!!

“…!!!”

Even the ground is turned into lightning and collapses in an instant. If he doesn’t retreat, he will only be caught in the storm of lightning.

Lenok himself would not be turned into lightning, but he cannot ignore the damage he would take from being swept away by the aftermath.

“The power to force a change in the properties of lightning on all matter within the domain!!”

Pabat!!

Lenok, who had retreated dozens of meters using Blink, muttered.

“I can’t believe it. Just with the domain’s own effects…!!”

It’s not about deploying a domain to change the environment, but the effect of changing the environment itself is the domain’s ability.

Because it needs materials to turn into lightning, the Thunder God Guiding Flower Garden does not change the surrounding environment immediately after deployment.

However, after completing the domain, it changes the surrounding environment directly with its own power.

It uses matter turned into lightning as power, and the generated power is used again as power to maintain the domain.

Since the effect of the self-domain becomes the power source, there is no magic power consumption after the initial deployment of the domain.

After completion, it independently scatters the domain effect in all directions, endlessly increasing the range and targets of capture, and turning them into lightning.

In the process, all the power except for the power needed to maintain the domain is supplied to the caster himself.

“Hoo…”

Pajik, pajik, pajik…!!!!!

Over a thousand lightning bolts struck Torburn’s entire body, supplying his body with an endless amount of power.

With that alone, his body repeatedly materialized and turned into lightning, blurring the boundary between matter and electricity.

He began to transform, emitting light like an incarnation of the Thunder God.

Pajijijijik…!!!!!

Torburn, who had filled his entire body with bluish lightning, raised his gaze, scattering his flashing eyes.

[I said I would make you into a Celestial Lightning Body and expand your vessel.]

The Six Harmonies Resonance, which can only be used by resonating a massive amount of magic power, flowed from his mouth as if he were breathing.

However, at that point, Lenok realized what ‘method’ the Tower Master was trying to use and hardened his face.

“No way…”

[From now on, I will turn your body into lightning, then shape it at the cellular level and materialize it.]

The Tower Master, who had risen from the storm of lightning surging from all directions, looked down at Lenok and smiled kindly.

[It’s a process of adjusting the blood vessels and circuits in your body, expanding the size of your vessel, and solidifying it.]

“…”

[In the process, I will have to tear and reattach your flesh, but if you’re a mage like you, you’ll surely- where are you going?]

“It was my mistake to listen seriously for even a moment.”

Without a moment’s hesitation, Lenok turned his back and began to flee at an incredible speed.

Lenok’s figure, who was rapidly creating distance from Torburn’s domain by spamming Blink.

Torburn, who was looking at his back in a bewildered manner, soon laughed heartily with a good-natured expression.

[Well, this isn’t a very good place to carry out such an important procedure.]

The Tower Master, who had raised one hand towards Lenok, whispered as he slowly tilted his head.

[If you want to move the location, I will follow your guidance as well.]

Uuuuuuung…!!!

Just by lightly tilting his will, all the surrounding matter was forcibly transformed into electricity and disappeared.

As Lenok retreated, the speed of lightning increased, turning everything in the outskirts of Balkan into flashing lightning.

[Heavenly Lightning Transformation]

Kugwagwagwagwagwa!!!!!

The electronic brain floating behind Torburn absorbed and emitted the surrounding lightning endlessly, increasing in size.

It turned even the ground to step on into a handful of power, and floated in a bluish sphere of lightning, advancing towards Lenok.

It was a magnificent and bizarre form, like a huge well of lightning, constantly producing and drawing up power.

It advanced, trampling and grinding the outskirts as a living engine and turbine.

Kugugugu!!!

Since the space was not specified when the domain was deployed, the domain also moved along with the movement of the caster and the electronic brain, chasing after Lenok.

A self-domain that had reached the extreme of property change, forcibly turning matter into lightning.

Through this, the domain was made self-sustaining at the same time as deployment, and power was supplied semi-permanently.

Even though it was a domain not specialized for combat, it had tremendous destructive power with its own effects, and it gave the caster an explosive increase in power.

Among all the types of self-domains that Lenok had seen so far, this was practically the first domain with such powerful special effects.

The power of the self-domain deployed by a level 8 electric-type archmage, the grand master of the Torburn Magic Tower.

The Tower Master’s gaze, which had been moving along with Lenok as he retreated, flashed sharply as he saw the magic tower soaring high in the distance.

[I see. That is the territory you have built in this city.]

Uuuuuuung!!!

The Tower Master, who had stretched out one hand towards the tower, slowly clenched his fist and said.

[If it is a territory that reflects the ideals of a respondent like you, I must also witness its power.]

“…You’re still misunderstanding something.”

Chwaak!!

Lenok, who had stopped inside the territory that had unfolded around the magic tower, turned around with a cold expression and retorted.

“I didn’t deliberately drag the battlefield all the way here to show you my territory.”

Torburn’s absurd idea of forcibly turning Lenok’s body into lightning and reconstructing it into a Celestial Lightning Body.

Of course, Lenok had no intention of accepting the Tower Master’s kindness, which was not kindness.

Even if Torburn had a liking for Lenok, it was not guaranteed that he would return properly from the point of turning his body into lightning.

No, considering the target designation resistance, it was not even certain that Lenok’s body would be completely turned into lightning by others.

Above all, to solve this problem, Lenok had to reveal the penalty engraved on his body to the Tower Master and find a solution.

Whether he could trust the Tower Master that far, and whether there would be any problems even if the penalty was solved in this way.

Even if he could change his body into something called a Celestial Lightning Body, he could not follow it without hearing an explanation about that part.

However, Lenok had no intention of explaining any of those things to the Tower Master.

“It’s a waste of time to try to persuade a human who is incapable of constructive discussion or explanation.”

Lenok, who had made a hand seal with both hands, sighed and said.

“I’ll stop you first, then we’ll talk again.”

[You don’t trust Bonno’s skills. Well, it can’t be helped.]

Torburn nodded and took a step forward, starting to roll the domain of the Thunder God Guiding Flower Garden forward.

[Sometimes, one action is more impactful than a hundred explanations.]

Kugugugugugu!!!!

The huge well of lightning that had unfolded around the electronic brain was approaching, turning everything in the sky and on the ground into lightning.

[I must show you directly that Bonno’s judgment was not wrong.]

The storm of the self-domain, which was about to collide head-on with the magic tower’s territory and swallow it whole.

Lenok ignored his colleagues from the magic tower who had begun to rush out, and focused his mind.

The reason why he had lured Torburn all the way to the vicinity of the magic tower’s territory was because there was an alternative that could only be tested here.

Lenok’s territory was a territory of ideals created based on the Ouroboros magic system.

Therefore, within the territory, he could use the power of Ouroboros to draw out possibilities for a moment.

What Lenok was about to present in front of that self-domain that was turning the world into lightning was the black magic that he had directly received from Myung-

Click!!

The moment he touched the air with his bare hands, he felt the cold sensation of a chain at his invisible fingertips.

Lenok, who had grabbed the invisible black chain, pulled his hand down as it was and opened his mouth.

“Come forth.”

Charrrrrk!!!

At that moment, black magic power gushed out like a fountain, as if being pulled by the chain that Lenok had grabbed.

Bizarrely twisted fingers popped out through the cracks, revealing an arm bound by a black chain.

A giant demon giant with thick black chains appeared, tearing through space, and floated behind Lenok.

Kuooooooo!!!

Once Myung’s summon, and now a demon specialized in the use and manifestation of black magic that existed in Lenok’s possession.

And a summon that had the ability to manifest an undefeated contract according to the deal with hell.

The moment Lenok made a hand seal, the demon giant began to follow the hand seal that Lenok was making.

Kiiiiiing…!!!!

The moment the demon giant’s hand seal was completed, a black, distorted magic circle floated up and began to rotate slowly.

“Black Law System Unique Magic.”

Chiiiik…!!

Black tears began to drip from the huge black magic circle that had unfolded.

A sticky, dark light that dyed the surrounding space as if darkness was overflowing.

[Hahahahahah…!!!]

Perhaps he had recognized what kind of magic Lenok had taken out from the other side of the territory.

At the same time as Torburn’s booming laughter echoed, the domain of the Thunder God Guiding Flower Garden rotated violently in the distance.

Uuuuuuuuuung!!!

A violent resonance that was grinding through space-time. Torburn’s domain and Lenok’s territory touched and overlapped.

The moment the demon giant with black chains on both hands rotated the huge black magic circle.

Lenok and Torburn’s expressions changed almost simultaneously.

[Hmm?]

“…Wait.”

Kwaang!!

A whitish figure smashed through the floor of the tower and jumped out, starting to run across the ground at an incredible speed.

[Kuaaaang!!]

A familiar cry. A figure running with a swaying belly.

The moment Lenok, who had realized the identity of the thing that had rushed out first in his place, turned his gaze with a flustered expression.

A pure white baby dragon fearlessly thrust its head into the domain of the approaching Thunder God Guiding Flower Garden.

[Hururururup!!]

Chop chop chop chop!!

It sucked in the surging lightning from all directions with its nose and mouth as if drinking water.

It grabbed the thick lightning with its thick forepaws and crunched it down.

The baby dragon’s figure, which was ‘absorbing’ all of it without any damage, as if it was too familiar with Torburn’s electric magic that was burning the world.

[…Eeeeng?]

Even the Tower Master’s expression was filled with astonishment at the baby dragon’s intrusion, which was eating up the domain made of lightning.

The baby dragon, which had spread its forepaws and hind paws, broke through the domain in an instant and stuck to the electronic brain.

[Ah-]

The baby dragon, drooling and smacking its lips, opened its mouth wide.

The moment a golden magic circle rotated fiercely inside the baby dragon’s mouth, which was far too small compared to the electronic brain.

The flashing giant electronic brain began to be sucked into the baby dragon’s mouth as it was.

Oooooooo!!!!

[Ah, no, you can’t do that!!]

Ignoring the Tower Master, who was unusually flustered, the beast opened its mouth wide and swallowed the entire electronic brain.

Gulp!

The baby dragon, which had patted its belly with its thick forepaw, slumped down on the spot.

[Burp.]

At the same time, the domain that had been running wild, turning the surrounding area into lightning, began to disappear.

The scenery of the domain, which was disappearing as if nothing had happened, was in stark contrast to the fierce momentum that had been about to collide with the territory.

Shuuuuuung…!!!

Only the scars that had swept and ground the area remained long above the outskirts, changing the terrain.

The thunder that had been flashing incessantly gradually subsided, and soon a quiet silence settled around the magic tower.

“…Heh heh.”

The old face of Torburn, who was looking at the baby dragon with an unbelievable expression.

Torburn’s body, which had let out a hollow laugh, slowly fell backward on the spot.

He fell down and did not move, as if the antique dignity he had been wearing was meaningless.

Kooong-!

He lightly shook his shoulders, then slumped down and did not move.

A faint that was hard to believe was simply the reaction of having his domain canceled.

A sense of incongruity, as if he was now finally receiving the damage and reaction he had received from the battle so far.

“…?”

The demon giant, who had lost his opponent in an instant, was bewildered and clenched and opened his hands.

Lenok, who was staring blankly at the scene, and the guardian spirit beast, who was sitting down and dozing off.

The absurd ending felt as if all the moments he had met and fought with the Tower Master were meaningless.

[Cool…]

“Ban…?”

Tatianna, who had a tense look on her face, approached Lenok, who was speechless and silent.

She was equipped with artifacts, including a staff and a magic book, and was ready for battle.

Tatianna, who had been looking at the fallen old man with a hardened expression, asked as if she couldn’t believe it.

“Could that be… Torburn?”

“…”

Tatianna, who had worked in the central government, could not have been unaware of this old man’s face.

Tatianna, who had been looking at the fainted Torburn, quickly regained her senses and asked.

“By any chance, were we supposed to kill him here?”

“No, I don’t think we need to kill him…”

Lenok took out a cigarette from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and sighed.

The transmission of extreme lightning magic. The knack of lightning escape and lightning transformation. The awakening of the Celestial Lightning Body.

But what Lenok had gained was not such techniques or opportunities, but a lightning-crazed old mage who was trying to shove them into Lenok.

The sudden intrusion of the guardian spirit beast. The unrealistic ability to eat up a domain.

Even the reason why Torburn, who had shown transcendent power even after being pierced through the heart, had fainted so easily.

There were still many things to check, but Lenok exhaled smoke and raised his gaze to the sky.

“First, lock him up in the underground vault of the magic tower. I’ll take care of the rest and come back later.”

The nobles of the central city who were watching this chaos from the sky above Balkan.

He was going to make them take full responsibility for the current situation.