Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 1082

9 Level (1)

A level 8 poison master and a long-lived species with true blood. Nibecks Orosia.

A skilled sorceress who had discovered how to process her molted skin into a [Gate], capable of connecting realms and territories simultaneously.

However, Padme, merely by placing her hand on Nibecks’ head, shattered the achievements she had accumulated throughout her life.

Immediately after Lenok realized this, he questioned it in disbelief.

‘That’s not quite right, it’s not an accurate explanation.’

Padme nodded with an expressionless face.

‘I simply forcibly lowered this long-lived species’ level by exactly three stages.’

‘…….’

‘Since I’ve diminished the level she reached through molting, it will take a long time for her to grow enough to be consumed by the curse again.’

Instead of absorbing Nibecks to resolve the molting curse, she forcibly lowered her level to the point where she wouldn’t be endangered by the curse?

Even if it’s because Nibecks’ existence is a lesser version of Padme, to be able to forcibly break another’s level was astonishing.

Moreover, Padme herself had even given the ink scales needed for disguise to Lenok.

While Lenok was reminded of just how monstrous a level 9 ascendant was, Nibecks wailed.

‘No!! Just kill me!! This, this is……!!!!!’

‘…….’

It would take a very long time for Nibecks, who had fallen to level 5, to regain her original achievements.

Even if she were to restore her original achievements, there’s no guarantee that she wouldn’t be caught by Padme again and end up in this state.

It was, in a literal sense, a fate worse than death for Nibecks herself.

However, even after lowering Nibecks’ level, Padme didn’t seem to feel any emotion about it.

Rather, as if she had finished everything she needed to do in this place, she began to erase her presence without any hesitation.

Faaaat……!!

The ascendant’s form, disguised as a human, quickly faded from that spot.

She gave the ink scales used for disguise and began to disappear from this space.

Padme’s expressionless face quietly turned to look at Lenok within Nibecks’ collapsing territory.

‘Madrea…….’

On Padme’s emotionless face, a faint hesitation momentarily flickered.

A hesitation that seemed to be pondering whether it was okay to say this to Lenok, an unusual struggle for an ascendant.

After hesitating, Padme opened her mouth quietly.

‘Madrea chose to postpone and delay the ending until the very end.’

‘…….’

‘She tried to give even a little more time to the life of this star, not herself.’

‘……Padme.’

‘If she didn’t change from the beginning to the end, and even a mere fragment of the Heavenly Hound desired it…….’

Kugugugugu……!!!!

The fading form of the girl slowly turned around.

Amidst the thick clouds and fog, the shadow of a snake, dozens of times larger than Nibecks, soared.

The majestic shadow, hundreds of meters in size, cast itself upon the ground, momentarily darkening the heavens and the earth.

[I, too, shall endure the delay of the seeds I have sown blooming.]

Whoosh!!

With an indifferent message, Padme’s presence vanished without a trace.

‘Does that mean that because she respects the Heavenly Hound’s ending, she accepted the delay I mentioned?’

Lenok, who had been staring up at the scene, lost for words, gave a hollow laugh.

‘It’s still absurd. Being an ascendant…….’

They look down on the planet as if it were their own home, they manifest their bodies with just their consciousness, and they overwhelm all creation with their mere existence.

They read the future that has not yet come, look back at the results, and observe the process.

Just by facing them like this in reality, one realizes their unapproachable transcendence.

They show and prove what a level 9 ascendant is, without having to flaunt or wield it.

Even if Maleon succeeds, could he be reborn as such a transcendent being?

Suppressing the skepticism that was rising in a corner of his heart, he was lost in thought when,

[She has only withdrawn her presence, not completely taken her eyes off you.]

Oliviera quietly answered from beside Lenok.

[The fact that she gave you that scale is proof that she respects your judgment. She won’t take her attention away until the matter is completely finished.]

‘…….’

[But that transcendence is still at an astonishing level. I heard she lost a lot of her memories, but she still wields unapproachable sorcery.]

He had guessed it from the moment he noticed the disguised Padme, but it seemed Oliviera also knew Padme.

However, even in Oliviera’s calm words, there was a faint awe that could not be hidden.

[Before she fell asleep for the last time, she was a being who paid no attention to herself or others…… Does the curse of oblivion even change an ascendant?]

‘…….’

Even when she said goodbye to the Heavenly Hound in her youth, Padme showed no reaction to it.

He thought it was the result of losing her memories after living for hundreds of years, but even Padme had her own feelings about the Heavenly Hound’s ending.

But as a result, thanks to that, he was able to buy time to persuade Padme and decide on her cooperation.

Lenok thought so and quietly looked down at the ink scale in his hand.

This scale, darkened like ink, was proof that Lenok had gained a brief reprieve against the ascendant.

However, there is a reason why Padme came to Lenok at this point, hoping for the birth of a new ascendant.

Until he finds out that fact, it would be impossible to accept Padme’s cooperation with peace of mind.

He can’t know anything right now. But even so, if there is something he has to do-

‘Y-you bastards……!!!’

‘…….’

The sight of the pure white snake trembling in front of Lenok and Oliviera.

‘R-return me to my original state right now……!! Right now!!’

Lenok, looking down at Nibecks, who was threatening with her tongue flicking, with narrowed eyes, reached out his hand.

‘Aaaack!!’

Swoosh!!

The snake, whose head was caught by the magic thread, was easily grabbed by Lenok’s hand.

Oliviera burst into a snicker.

[You’ve become quite a sight to see.]

‘I have no choice but to express my gratitude for the great ascendant’s consideration.’

Nibecks Orosia, who had been reduced to level 5 by Padme’s hand.

Her achievements gained by shedding her skin and molting had fallen, and she had escaped the curse of molting.

Conversely, her original achievements and power had fallen to about one-hundredth of what they were before.

For sorcerers like Lenok or Oliviera, it was as if they could literally play with her in one hand.

Clench!!

Lenok, who was holding the trembling little snake tightly, asked.

‘We still have a lot to talk about, right?’

‘U-uh, aaaa…….’

‘Just because your level has dropped doesn’t mean your knowledge of poison or how to make it has disappeared.’

Lenok smiled as he looked at Nibecks, who was in despair.

‘Let’s talk more seriously about the true blood you have and the antidote for the elixir.’

* * *

[True blood is the totality of mysteries passed down through direct lineage from the progenitor of a species.]

Clatter, clatter.

The poison master Nibecks Orosia’s blood palace. The manufacturing room located in the inner corridor.

In a space usually used by Nibecks herself for researching and manufacturing poisons,

Lenok was having a conversation with Oliviera.

[Life is designed to have genetic traits mixed and expressed differently over generations.]

Oliviera said.

[But species with true blood have ignored such natural laws and have preserved their genetic characteristics and traits intact. Because the true blood they possess is the essence and identity of the species.]

‘…….’

[As their power grows over time, most true blood species are long-lived species that live for hundreds of years, and some…….]

Oliviera’s voice momentarily changed to a strange tone.

[There are also true blood species that have been passed down not through generations, but across worlds.]

‘…….’

[Therefore, true blood itself is a top-tier catalyst and symbol, one of the top five in this world. Using true blood is like making an oath on the origin of the species.]

‘A catalyst that ranks in the top five…….’

In this world where all sorts of mysteries and miracles run rampant, it is not easy to rank specific objects or formulas.

Because there are so many exceptions and counterexamples that even Lenok doesn’t know, there are too many things to consider to simply rank them by numbers.

However, Oliviera was asserting that the value of true blood was a catalyst with a value that ranked in the top five in this world.

That must be because the true blood possessed by the long-lived species of the Outer City was a rare and valuable power that was difficult to find a comparison for.

Nibecks, who was shedding tears of blood and vomiting in front of Lenok, was clearly showing that fact.

‘Kuhak, haaak……!!’

The white-scaled snake, coiled up, opened its mouth wide and bit into a glass cup.

Each time, the bluish liquid that leaked from the snake’s fangs dripped down the wall of the cup.

‘She mixed and stored her true blood in her own poison glands.’

Lenok, who was watching the scene from the side, asked with an interested look.

‘Is that why you didn’t try to show me the poison you made yourself earlier?’

‘Cough!! Is it, enough now…… human…….’

Nibecks, who had extracted her true blood from her poison glands, looked much more emaciated than before.

‘As you said, I have extracted my true blood, which is more precious than my life. Isn’t this enough?’

The sight of Nibecks, who seemed to have lost all her will to live in that short time.

It was no wonder, since she had tried to regain the elixir of ascension, but instead, her level had fallen and her true blood had been taken away.

However, even after hearing Nibecks’ words, Lenok shook his head.

‘No, there’s still one more thing left.’

‘What?’

‘The antidote that can detoxify the elixir of ascension. Didn’t you agree to make it yourself?’

Lenok said, taking out a purple vial.

‘The situation has changed a lot since then, but we have to do what we have to do, right?’

‘Y-you…….’

Lenok’s answer made Nibecks, who seemed to have no strength to be angry anymore, convulse.

Oliviera looked at Lenok with a dumbfounded expression from the side.

[It’s absurd. You’re very skilled at extracting even the marrow from your enemies.]

‘Just because her level has dropped doesn’t mean she’ll forget how to make poison or antidotes.’

Lenok retorted.

‘She’s the one who tried to use me with the elixir as bait, and tried to kill me as soon as her intentions were revealed. If it weren’t for Padme, she would have turned me into a pile of poison.’

[You weren’t planning on being taken advantage of, were you?]

‘Moreover, she kept her mouth shut about the antidote and pretended not to know until I mentioned it. She never intended to keep the deal from the beginning.’

Lenok said with a smile at Oliviera’s indifferent answer.

‘No matter how I think about it, I don’t think there’s any reason to show unnecessary mercy at this point.’

[Hmph, I don’t care…….]

Oliviera asked, watching Nibecks, who was convulsing, spitting out true blood again, and making the antidote.

[Then what do you plan to do with Nibecks Orosia? Are you going to kill her here?]

‘Well. According to the deal I made with Pohyeol, I should have literally cut off her head here…….’

Lenok chuckled as he looked at Nibecks’ flinching back.

‘It’s a bit much to kill someone that Padme herself spared right here, isn’t it?’

‘…….’

Although she tries not to show it, Nibecks, who is making the antidote, feels relieved.

Nibecks’ thoughts, which would have been perfectly hidden originally, were being read by Lenok as they were, as her level had dropped.

However, Lenok did not actually intend to kill Nibecks right here.

It was also because she was currently making a true blood antidote that was comparable to the elixir of ascension.

He thought that there was room to use her authority and status in a different way.

Nibecks Orosia is one of the five highest-ranking members of the Eight Calamity Council.

Naturally, the influence she can exert on Kundara would be truly enormous.

If he uses this well, he might be able to shorten the time or process to reach the Ninth Calamity even faster.

In the process, Nibecks’ knowledge of poison and the existence of the blood palace would naturally fall into Lenok’s hands.

Moreover, now that Nibecks’ own level has dropped by as much as three stages, there is no need to take any particular risks in the process.

[That’s an unlike you decision.]

However, Oliviera glanced at Lenok as if his answer was unexpected.

She, who was wearing a fancy dress and a veil, shone her magic eyes sharply.

[She is a long-lived species who has lived for hundreds of years. Even if her level has dropped right now, you never know when she might recover her level with some strange sorcery.]

‘…….’

[In terms of not leaving any future troubles, this snake’s existence is a variable that should not be left alive above all else.]

‘Of course, I’m not saying that I’m going to let Nibecks Orosia go without any measures.’

Lenok said, taking out a rough piece of paper from his pocket.

‘It wasn’t something I had thought of and prepared for, but there is an artifact that can be used very appropriately in this situation.’

[A long-lived species summoning contract……?]

Oliviera, who read the words written on the paper, stared at Lenok as if he were a madman this time.

[It’s absurd. Are you planning to put a summoning contract on this old viper and put a leash on her?]

‘No, I’m not the one who will make Nibecks Orosia a summon.’

Lenok smiled and looked at Oliviera.

‘That’s what you have to do.’

[What?]

‘This summoning contract is a product made in Kundara’s workshop, and if the other party agrees, the contract can be maintained even outside of Kundara.’

Lenok said, handing the contract to Oliviera.

‘In other words, it means that Nibecks Orosia can be used as a summon even outside the Outer City.’

[…….]

‘I thought it was a perfect gift for your taste.’

Lenok smiled as he looked at Oliviera, whose sharp aura had subsided.

‘Isn’t using an acquaintance who has now become an enemy as a summon a perfect trophy for a schemer like you?’