Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 1271

The Fourth Paper (5)

“So, is that bookworm the scholar with the greatest intellect in the history of the Valkans?”

Central Council Annex Auditorium.

The seating area on the 6th floor, reserved for the most important VIPs.

Most of the level 8 transcendents who entered the hall following Kyunroe were seated there.

Click!

The gunslinger, Arthur Mason, flicked his shotgun and glared at Bailen on the platform.

A strong smell of alcohol wafted from his heavily bearded mouth.

“To think he’s better than that Kaiser guy, I can’t believe it. Aren’t these young punks these days overhyping the past too much?”

“Shut up, you alcoholic. Why are you talking to yourself for no reason?”

Upi, who had been listening intently to the questions and answers, snapped.

“The presentation is starting. If you want to make noise, go watch from outside like the other lumps.”

Among the transcendents who participated in the victory parade, those with naturally large physiques were unable to enter the auditorium.

Unless they were transcendents capable of shapeshifting like Slane, even a large space like the auditorium was not suitable for giants or spirits.

“I’m already in a bad mood because I couldn’t bring my Hoya, and you’re telling me to go outside and play?”

“Don’t talk nonsense, you tamer.”

But even after hearing Upi’s words, Arthur let out a foul-smelling laugh.

“What do you know about Kaiser? You’re just a moron who only knows how to run wild with your pets… You don’t know anything about fighting.”

“Are you done?”

“There were plenty of guys stronger than Kaiser. But there were hardly any smarter than him, even if you searched the whole world.”

Arthur Mason was a bounty hunter who killed the most superhumans who sided with Kaiser during the civil war.

Among them were several geniuses and monsters that Kaiser had personally recruited and nurtured.

Even after reaching that level, he still chased bounties, but he was skilled enough to stay alive while living that way.

A monster who was called a specialist in one-on-one combat, among all the superhumans who were active in the civil war, within the top three.

Even after the war ended, his name remained, and there were still people who remembered him.

But conversely, that was why Arthur knew well what kind of person Kaiser was.

“He was crazy enough to design projects while fighting in the war and still produce results. I saw exactly how broken that bastard was while smashing the research labs he built all over the city.”

Arthur, who stuck his middle finger into the shotgun barrel and showed it to Upi, said.

“We lost to a psychopath who was secretly building his own empire while fighting with all our might in the civil war. It’s been decades, and you still haven’t realized how absurd that was.”

“Don’t get the wrong idea, Mason. The reason you were able to run wild in the civil war was because my main unit was setting the stage for you.”

Upi scoffed and sneered.

“You’re a nobody in anything other than one-on-one combat because of your ability’s limitations. You’d get beaten like a dog if you fought my Hoya, so why are you talking nonsense?”

“Ha! That low-intelligence beast, I’ll make it into a tiger skin rug right now. Bring it here!!!”

[I’m sorry, both of you, but could you please be quiet for a moment?]

Olinic, who had a metal sphere instead of a head, sighed.

He rested his hand on the part of the sphere that corresponded to the chin and looked down at the platform.

[The presentation is about to begin. It’s a very important part, so I’d like to concentrate.]

“Considering the methods Evan Bailen has shown so far, this demonstration will be a process of summarizing and showing the core theory of the paper.”

Kiriya said, looking down at the platform with an icy gaze.

“He’s not the type to prefer complicated things, even for an expert researching high-dimensional magic theory. The demonstration process will probably be very concise.”

“He wasn’t a researcher who showed the necessary demonstrations repeatedly.”

Slane, who was sitting next to him, tilted his head with the emotionless face unique to a phantom beast.

“We’ll probably only see the professor himself participate in the demonstration once.”

“Ha, in the first place, Kaiser wasn’t the type to go around bragging about his research results like this-”

[Mason. You’re trying to compare Kaiser’s and Bailen’s capabilities, but the two are, if you have to say, researchers at completely opposite ends.]

Olinic said.

[Kaiser wasn’t someone who would bother to explain what he wanted in words. He wouldn’t even try to talk to those who didn’t understand the theory.]

“……”

[He was a seeker who would go to any lengths to achieve the results he needed. He didn’t care about efficiency or opportunity costs in the process.]

“Hee, that’s an interesting story.”

Upi, who had been bickering with Arthur Mason, turned his gaze.

“Are you saying that there’s a fundamental difference between the two in the way they pursue things?”

[As Professor Bailen himself admitted, he is a meticulous researcher who cares about the efficiency and process of the project, to the point of considering the commercialization and development speed of the technology even before publishing the paper.]

Olinic’s metal sphere glowed with a strange light.

[If he were the type to prioritize results like Kaiser or to end his research with self-satisfaction, he wouldn’t have taken the time to come out and present publicly in a place like this.]

“……”

[Rather, he is closer to the side that tries to ensure that as many people as possible understand the theory during the presentation process. Many researchers have been inspired by him, and they try to follow his methods.]

“…Brainiac. I didn’t know you liked Professor Bailen that much. Are you some kind of sasaeng fan?” [A sasaeng fan is an obsessive fan who engages in stalking or other intrusive behavior.]

[As a scholar who once studied metal processing technology, I simply have some personal empathy for him.]

Olinic muttered slowly at Mistra’s disgruntled question.

Even then, his gaze did not stray from Bailen, who was moving around on the platform.

[That’s why I’m even more excited about this fourth paper. What kind of theory did he complete that made him abandon even the keynote he had been pursuing…]

“Well. I don’t know that much… No matter how outstanding a researcher he is, he’s still a human, whose inherent hierarchy is much lower.”

Mistra tilted her head.

“Is it possible to create theories or technologies close to the essence of this world without transcending the hierarchy?”

“At least, the fact that he has done such things so far is an undeniable fact.”

Marcus Tranquiller, the head of the Mirror Diver, murmured quietly.

“It’s starting.”

The first official event that the Central Council is holding since the end of the Kyunroe subjugation war.

A schedule that began with the victory parade and is being held to establish the status of Kyunroe alone.

There are those who consider it a relatively important matter, and there are also superhumans who think it’s just a passing event during the victory parade.

Just like the transcendents gathered here, the impressions of experts and officials from various fields are also bound to differ.

However, there was no one who thought that the presentation of the paper was more important than the victory parade that welcomed Kyunroe.

It didn’t take long for all of those impressions to converge into one as the demonstration began.

* * *

The gazes poured onto the platform where the presentation began.

Everyone was watching this moment with great tension.

Expectation, worry, excitement and curiosity, or even fear.

Various emotions swept through the auditorium, but Lenox did not get excited.

He simply organized his thoughts while arranging the broken microphone fragments on the platform.

Considering what he had to do from now on, Lenox also had to concentrate a little.

Chijijik…!!

In the silence where the faint noise of the microphone cutting out echoed.

People who recognized Aris, who had pushed the workbench and walked out from the back of the platform, whispered.

“Aris Richelieu? Is that the person from Sinclair? The one who developed the elixir…”

“I heard rumors that she was reinstated… Is she taking on the role of an assistant in this presentation?”

Aris Richelieu was a professor at Lavatenon and a magician whose name was already well-known.

After successfully developing the elixir at the Sinclair Magic Tower, there were not many people in academia who did not know her name.

People’s attention immediately turned to Aris, but she did not care and focused on adjusting the workbench.

Test tubes containing samples and catalysts were placed in a row on the workbench.

She precisely adjusted the ratio and distance between the test tubes and then retreated behind the curtain.

The moment everyone watching closed their mouths and the atmosphere around them became quiet.

Lenox, who had turned his body toward the workbench, said.

“The research topic of the fourth paper will not be a very complicated story.”

Even though he did not hold the microphone, his voice clearly echoed throughout the auditorium due to the pre-activated amplification device.

“If the previous papers were about changing or connecting existing concepts or laws, this time it’s the opposite. So there’s not much to explain.”

Click!!

Woo-woo-woo-woong!!!

At the same time as connecting the wires and turning on the power, the test tubes placed on the workbench began to vibrate faintly.

A camera installed next to the workbench zoomed in and filmed, and the screen was broadcast directly onto the auditorium screen.

Lenox, watching the scene, brought both hands closer to the workbench and said.

“Basically, the necessary preparations are samples to stimulate and project charged particles, and to visualize and highlight them. To be precise, it’s closer to preparing to make the work process clearly visible.”

[……]

“The catalysts used are a bit rare, but I’ve specified the samples used in the preparation process in the paper, so it won’t be difficult to reproduce later.”

The researchers who were listening to the explanation whispered quietly.

“Charged particles… If he’s using electricity as a material, was it related to the first paper after all?”

“There must be a reason why he scouted Professor Raphael to the lab. He’s a well-known expert in magic theory.”

“Look at that excited expression. Does that look like the expression of someone who knows the contents of the paper in advance?”

“……”

While the other researchers who saw Raphael, who was shining his eyes like a child, closed their mouths, Lenox placed his hands on the workbench.

The moment Lenox, who had placed both hands as if overlapping them below the workbench where the test tubes were lined up, slowly activated the power.

A powerful current burst out from the workbench, and the surroundings began to darken.

Pa-ji-ji-jik!!!!

“W-what is this…!!”

“It’s not a spell… How?”

Even though a very powerful light source was spreading, the surroundings were not getting brighter, but rather endlessly darker.

The phenomenon was clearly visible on the camera screen as well, to the point where the screen was starting to turn completely black.

While others were speechless at the unbelievable phenomenon that seemed to directly violate the laws of physics.

“By projecting and cutting out charged particles, we convert the decomposed matter into magic particles and make them coexist.”

Lenox opened his mouth in the overflowing lightning.

“At the same time, we control the diffusion speed of the scattered mana array to stop any physical laws from existing.”

“…That’s.”

That explanation was an explanation of a theory that those who were watching the presentation knew very well.

Three research theories that everyone who came to attend Lenox’s paper presentation would know.

“If you remove the existing rules and order and forcibly create an empty space, then like this, like this…”

Lenox whispered.

“You can temporarily create an environment similar to the Outer Sea.”

Go-o-o-o-o!!!!

In the darkness that had turned dark above the workbench, a faint light began to shine like a star.

The magnified image through the camera screen was like illuminating the other side of the universe, containing a dark and endless void.

Even the investors who were waiting for a chance to ask questions with the microphone, even Bridges who was exchanging glances with the advisory committee while watching the situation.

Even Ormeon, who had not taken his eyes off Kyunroe, began to watch the scene with a stiff expression.

In the quiet silence, Lenox gently stroked the overflowing light.

Pa-jik, pa-jik…!!!

In the first paper, he changed the rules of power by converting the concepts of magic and electricity.

In the second paper, he aimed to reproduce specific physical laws by controlling the mana array.

In the third paper, he created a common magic system by giving order and rules to formless concepts.

Therefore, this time, he was simply reversing all the research he had done under the name of Evan Bailen.

He converts charged particles into magic particles, stops rather than reproduces physical laws, and removes rules and order to create a void.

From the other side of the artificially created void, the challenge that Lenox had to attempt for the fourth time was clearly-

Kiiiiiiing!!!!!

The darkness of the Outer Sea and Lenox’s light blend and mix in one space-time.

Completely different, opposing concepts coexist while maintaining a state of superposition, entering a gray area that cannot be defined by any concept.

It is a miracle that can never be established in the macroscopic world, but only in the microscopic world that exists in particle units.

Existing through observation, becoming a law through will, and converging into order after the alignment of infinite chaos.

The next thing that comes only after everything is finished.

A beginning, not an end.

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-!!!!!

“K-kuh…!!”

“Wo-o-o…!!!”

There is no shock, no recoil, no earthquake or roar.

Only a silent resonance shakes the soul as if foreshadowing the miracle to come.

Neither the camera screen that flickers and sinks, nor the space-time above the workbench that illuminates him, can be properly captured in the eyes.

The moment thousands of people sitting in the auditorium, with pale faces, unable to breathe, trembled and uttered indescribable sounds.

The entire auditorium was filled with white light, and everyone’s senses and time were swept away and disappeared.

Pa-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah!!!!

“……”

Soundless silence. A silence as if time had stopped.

Beyond the broken amplification device, the sound from the platform could not reach, and the moment it became quiet.

But everyone who was there could not take their eyes off the workbench.

Pa-jik, pa-jik…!!!

On the workbench where the test tubes were broken and all the samples and catalysts inside were consumed.

In the blue lightning and intense sonic boom that lingered over Lenox’s hands, which were placed as if overlapping.

Something was taking shape and being ‘created’.

“…This can’t be.”

Crack, crack-crack-

Having will in the void, becoming law and order, it transforms into a substance that cannot originally exist in this place.

The moment particles located at the boundary between the macroscopic and microscopic worlds are stacked and biased, and begin to have a specific pattern and be observed.

The people who realized that the substance ‘created’ on the workbench was in the shape of a microphone trembled.

“No… way…”

“Creation… matter, creating… matter…”

“The research topic of the fourth paper is to bring the rules of the microscopic world into the macroscopic world in the environment of the Outer Sea and create matter.”

Unlike the broken equipment on the platform, the newly created result maintains its intact form.

Lenox picked it up, turned on the power, and tapped it lightly with his hand.

Woo-woo-woong-

Holding the microphone that worked naturally as if it had been prepared for today’s presentation from the beginning.

Lenox’s voice echoed through the auditorium’s speakers, clearer than ever.

[I call this particle sculpting.]