Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 1015

The tidal wave of darkness engulfed the horizon.

The moment the massive black coffin appeared, the darkness dyed the world black without any warning.

Kugugugugu…!!!!

As the darkness flowed, the trampled bushes and vegetation instantly withered, losing their life.

Simply by casting a gaze within the darkness, it reaped lives and filled the space with death instead.

The meadows spread out in all directions of the gate city, and the humans swept away by the darkness without even resisting were no exception.

Mages of the Magic Tower, mercenary forces, the extermination squad of the Ability Awakening Corps, priests of the Order, and even the demonic creatures of the Head Warlord.

The moment all of them, as if by agreement, cowered away from the approaching darkness.

The formless storm of darkness completely covered the horizon, sweeping through the space-time of the entire gate city.

Kwaaaaaaa!!!!

The immeasurable waves of darkness cut away at their thoughts and relentlessly seized the lifelines of humans.

There should have been no sound, yet their ears went numb, and blood flowed from their eardrums.

“Kkeueup…!!”

The Alliance’s sorcerers, who had been holding out against the surging darkness, began to vomit blood and kneel one by one.

They abandoned even the spell formations they had been preparing, clutching their necks with both hands and burying their heads.

“The regular forces, cease the bombardment and convert the spell formations!!”

“All the enchanted sorcerers, advance forward. Spread your thoughts and protect your minds!!”

Recognizing the anomaly, the Alliance side immediately began to manipulate their magic power to transform the shape of the spell formations.

The spell formations that had been deployed to bombard the gate city curved into barriers, protecting the sorcerers.

A remarkable skill to alter the structure of already completed spell formations, switching from bombardment to defense.

“Heua, heuaaa…!!”

The moment an ability user who couldn’t withstand it staggered and fell, their body instantly turned into a skeleton and collapsed.

A bizarre sight, as if their skin and flesh had been stolen, leaving only their bones.

Was it an illusion that the remains of the dead, lying face down, overlapped with the corpses of the long-lived species that had been in this gate?

Seeing the horrific tragedy, other forces immediately took action.

“Foreign Prayer Verse 33. 13 seconds until the declaration of the temporary sanctuary!”

“All surviving members of the extermination squad, deploy the barrier. Connect the collective mental network. We will activate the consciousness weapon!!”

The Order side deployed a pale sanctuary, while the squad deployed a barrier and connected their mental network.

Mercenary forces, the Head Warlord, and the mages of the Magic Tower also took out their respective items or defensive measures, but it was not enough.

“Save me, save me…!!”

“Damn it, they said it was a magic item that could block black magic!!”

“Kkua, aaaaack!!!!”

People from the Alliance, the Order, the squad, the Magic Tower, and the mercenary forces were dying everywhere, swept away by the darkness.

A portion of the forces that had been surrounding the gate city and threatening Lenok collapsed, swept away helplessly.

A massacre without even a hint of warning. An overwhelming madness that changed the landscape of the central front the moment it appeared.

Lenok, who had been gritting his teeth and holding out, struggled to lift his gaze.

“Gabihaeng…!!”

It was said that the journey of preparation was called Gabihaeng [a ritualistic journey of destruction].

The destruction that Myung wandered the continent to perform was called the most vile and sublime ritual on this continent by the Doctor.

Why was the Gabihaeng, which had been said to be stopped for a while, starting again at this point?

And why did it head for the first gate where Lenok was located first?

Before he could even answer all those questions, the darkness that had appeared without warning twisted the space.

Kigigigik…!!!

It felt as if something very large was casting its gaze in this direction.

Just by directing that will towards the ground, the surging darkness gained mass and crushed the space.

Kurururung…!!

Beyond the horizon dyed with darkness, massive dark giants rippled and revealed themselves.

The giants, forged from darkness, moved along the endless waves of darkness.

Thump!! Thump!! Thump!!

The march of the dark giants, sweeping across the entire meadow from the end of the horizon.

Each time they slammed their feet down, a wave of darkness exploded, and hundreds of humans were easily swept away.

“Aaa… Aaaack!!”

“Krrreuk…!!”

“It’s hell, it’s hell…!!”

The giants, easily exceeding tens of meters in size, had no form, will, or emotion.

They simply trampled the ground slowly and surely, as if on a pilgrimage, following the darkness that had arrived in this meadow.

Everywhere the giants moved, withered leaves and skeletons piled up, creating a bizarre atmosphere.

Along with the thick smell of death, they pushed everything into hell and swallowed it.

Kwaaaaaaa!!!

“Uaaa…!!”

Angel, whose face had turned pale, trembled all over and bowed his head.

Bernard and Jebyeok were also focused on enduring the pouring darkness from the moment they recognized the situation.

“Angel, get a grip!! This isn’t a spell that’s directly attacking us!!”

Bernard shouted, gritting his teeth.

“It’s just radiating murderous intent mixed with black magic without limit…!! If the mental network is consumed, it’s over!!”

The darkness that filled this meadow was not an intent to attack anyone in particular.

It was merely the overwhelming remnants of transcendence, scattering formless murderous intent mixed with magic power.

But because of that, ability users with sensitive mental networks were more susceptible to its influence.

“Haa, hahahat…!!”

Angel, who had been panting, let out a hollow laugh with a pale expression.

“It’s crazy…!! This is Pandemonium’s…!!!”

Kwauuuuung!!

At that moment, something that surpassed the size of the gate city soared from within the darkness.

A magnificent dark pavilion rising from behind the dark giants who had begun their massacre by trampling the ground.

It was made of pitch-black darkness, and it looked like a black coffin or a ship floating in the darkness.

It floated in the sky above the gate city, tilted at an angle, riding the pavilion of darkness that was flowing down.

Huuuuu…!!

At the apex of the massive pavilion floating in the darkness, something took on a blurry human form.

Half-melted in the flowing black magic, it flickered faintly without even revealing its face.

Without any interest in the death that had bloomed on the ground. As if even the darkness that had dyed the horizon was just a prelude.

The black magic, boiling up as if it had been scooped from the end of an abyss, was declaring its identity to everyone here.

A great mage at the pinnacle of black magic.

A monster who had reached the door of transcendence just by existing.

A destroyer who had been broken at the end of a journey spanning the entire continent.

The Underworld King of Pandemonium.

“Has Gabihaeng started again…”

Bernard said with difficulty, sweat dripping down his face.

“I can’t believe it. To target the central front from the start, could it be…!!”

Jeojeojeok!!!

The tidal wave of darkness pressed down on the ground, and the mountains, rivers, and vegetation withered, their lives taken away.

Above the withered meadow, black branches began to sprout.

A forest of dead trees, with only bare black branches, was created.

Just by Myung arriving at this place, the life and death of the central front were reversed, creating a new environment.

“Kkeu, keugeuk…!!”

“Kkeok…!! I can’t breathe…!!”

The sorcerers of the Order Alliance couldn’t hold out and collapsed one by one, their lives taken away by the darkness.

The ability users of the Ability Awakening Corps also couldn’t last long in the surging darkness and knelt one by one.

Without using any special spells or magic power, just by scattering that darkness around them.

Magic power users who had undergone countless training were dying so easily that it was absurd.

The moment Lenok, who had been watching the superhumans dying everywhere, took a step.

“That crazy bastard…”

Tuk!!

Jebyeok, who had been panting behind Lenok, grabbed his arm.

“If you don’t want to die, don’t move…”

“Barbaria.”

“Can’t you see? That… is not in a state to communicate.”

Jebyeok’s face was pale, and he was breathing roughly.

His condition had deteriorated significantly due to the surgery of the grafting technique [a surgical procedure to transfer tissue].

It was obvious how hard Jebyeok, who was already close to death, was holding on.

But he pointed to the corpses lying around with bloodshot eyes.

“If we hold out like this, the Underworld King will pass… The Alliance and the squad guys will die in our place…”

“…”

“If we wait, an opportunity will come… Are you thinking of committing suicide?”

Lenok knew what Jebyeok wanted to say.

Most of the forces currently surrounding the gate city were potential enemies to Lenok.

Now that the grafting technique user was dead, it was clear that they were forces that had moved to gain a meaningful advantage at the first gate.

However, the power struggle surrounding the gate city had completely lost its meaning and fallen into chaos with the appearance of Myung.

If the darkness led by Myung trampled the gate like this, the damage to other forces would also increase exponentially.

Rather, the situation after Gabihaeng passed was likely to be more advantageous for Lenok.

But-

“If not now, there might not be another chance.”

“…What did you say?”

Lenok stood up from his spot, looking down at Jebyeok with a frown.

Lenok, who had crushed the darkness that flowed between his fingers like sand, said.

“This darkness. It’s not just a substance made of black magic. If you have to categorize it, it’s closer to a mixture of magic power and deathly thoughts.”

“…”

“The materialization of thoughts… Do you not understand what it means that the Underworld King has reached this level?”

Surely, this was one of the most dangerous secrets that Myung possessed.

The vast amount of deathly thoughts that Myung alone could never construct.

An incomprehensible rate of transcendental growth, and black magic that had become so large that he could not control it himself.

He was waiting, stopped at the door of transcendence.

Lenok had been sensing it since he faced that darkness, that it was no coincidence that Myung, who had started Gabihaeng again, had appeared before Lenok now.

“This might be the last time. So I have to go.”

“Thousand. I don’t know what you’re thinking, but it’s not possible here.”

Bernard tried to stop him with a firm expression.

“There has never been a single case of successfully communicating with the Underworld King during Gabihaeng. Maybe he’s already lost his mind.”

“…”

“In the worst case, you could die as soon as you approach him. Can you resist the Underworld King’s power in your current condition?”

“…I have a method in mind. I can at least approach the Underworld King.”

Lenok said that, but slowly turned his body around.

“That’s enough.”

“You’re out of your mind. What are you trying to-”

“Evan…!!”

Ignoring Jebyeok and Angel’s shouts, he raised his magic power without hesitation.

Hwareuk…!!

The moment the wings of flame that had extended from his back flapped strongly.

Lenok’s figure soared vertically through the darkness from his spot.

Paat!!

He broke through the pouring tidal wave of darkness, relying on his flame wings.

Flying through the darkness that was being crushed along the horizon, Lenok struggled to exhale.

‘The density of deathly thoughts is unbelievably high…!!’

The darkness that had dyed the world the moment Myung appeared was not simply a phenomenon caused by black magic.

The thoughts of the dead. Deathly thoughts and black magic were mixed and swelled, running wild without end.

Deudeudeuk…!!

The flame wings that Lenok had constructed were helplessly worn down in the darkness and lost their light.

In an instant, they lost their propulsion and drag, and were torn away in place of Lenok in the surging darkness.

The tidal wave of darkness led by Myung was not a formless phenomenon, but a force with a tangible substance that materialized thoughts.

It could not force death upon Lenok, but it constantly forced and poured out physical power comparable to it.

Kagagagak!!!

“…!!!”

Just by increasing his altitude, a sharp pain surged as if his whole body was being torn apart.

Was this the pain that the grafting technique user, who had been endlessly incinerated within the Thousand-Mile Fragrance’s domain, had felt?

Nearly half of his recovered magic power was being worn away at an incredible speed, and the sensation of his body was disappearing in real time.

If he forced himself to endure, his body, which he had barely recovered, would worsen and his injuries would become more severe.

But Lenok, knowing that fact, rotated his magic power with all his might and twisted his body in the air.

The reason why he had approached this far, even while guessing Myung’s condition.

The reason why he had flown into the sky, close to the heavens, breaking through this magnificent darkness.

It was because he wanted to use the power of the Thousand-Mile Fragrance, which was burning the barrier in the sky, with Lenok’s will again.

Kwareureureung…!!!

Beyond the black sky that erased everything, only the flames that Lenok had ignited were shining.

The ring of fire that was burning the barrier and rotating was glowing like the trace of a solar eclipse in the darkness.

Lenok, who had reached out his hand towards it, murmured quietly.

“…Come.”

Yeo(餘) : Thousand-Mile Fragrance [a unique magic ability]

Open the Gate(開門)

Kigigigigik…!!!

The self-generating domain Thousand-Mile Fragrance that had burned the grafting technique user Avesta Chapman and his life domain.

The flames that had bloomed, with time as a constraint, were still burning the barrier in the sky.

The flames that had reached the pinnacle of the thermal system, permanently altering the environment by burning the barrier above the gate city.

By manipulating the flames that had become a new [Gate] in place of the long-lived species’ corpse, he created a new door that pierced through the darkness.

Jeojeojeok!!!

The ring of fire that had not lost its light even above the black sky rotated violently.

The newly inherited [Gate] was forcibly activated and moved according to Lenok’s will.

The flames split apart on both sides in the sky, spreading out into the shape of a massive [Door].

Kuoooooo!!!

As the fiery gate that was burning the sky spread out on both sides, it pushed back the burning darkness.

A makeshift method of opening the door by activating the gate’s function, and forcibly pushing back the darkness led by Myung as a result.

The superhumans of the Alliance, the Order, and the squad, who were watching the scene from the ground, widened their eyes as if they couldn’t believe it.

“Thousand has collided with Gabihaeng and changed its direction…!!”

“Is he going to have a spell duel with that Underworld King?”

“He’s crazy for wanting to die. How long has it been since he fought the grafting technique user…!!”

He accelerated as if pushing his body through the flames of the wide-open gate.

The tail of the flame that had crossed the darkness curved long, falling like a meteor shower.

He accelerated through the ranks of the dark giants and fell directly onto the floating pavilion of darkness.

Kwaaang!!

The darkness that formed the black coffin surged and scattered from the impact, revealing a path in front of Lenok’s feet.

“Haa, haa…!!!”

Lenok, who had exhaled a breath mixed with flames, finally looked at the pavilion of darkness that had unfolded before him.

“…”

It felt as if he was sinking into an immeasurable sea of darkness.

Was it an illusion that he was recalling the memory of the cold outer sea in the darkness that was suppressing his five senses?

In the darkness that was chilling his whole body, Lenok was looking at a man.

The back of a black magician who had become one with the massive darkness.

Gooooooo!!!

With a strange resonance, Lenok’s gaze sank deeply as he confirmed Myung’s figure standing in the swaying darkness.

‘His condition is much worse than I thought. Is he beyond hope…?’

He had guessed that Myung’s mind was in an extremely unstable state, as he had started Gabihaeng again, but this was beyond his expectations.

He seemed to be beyond the level of not recognizing Lenok, and he didn’t even seem to notice his approach.

He, who had the darkness that was pressing down on the horizon beneath his feet, no longer looked down at the ground.

He was just looking forward, searching for a reason to keep moving.

Was he properly aware of the tragedy that was unfolding below the gate city?

Perhaps he was still wandering in an endless dream called death.

That was why Lenok knew what words he should say to him first.

“You said that we needed even more talent before the end of the world.”

Lenok said quietly, looking down at his figure from behind.

“A lot of time has passed since then. Hasn’t it?”

“…”

He still remembered the early days when he worked as a freelancer in Vulcan.

The days when he fought against criminals who had settled in the shadows, wielding a poorly reproduced common magic.

The figure of the black magician he had encountered in the vault after killing the electric magician of the Cigar Bang gang.

How many things had happened from that day until now, it was now too distant to even count.

But Lenok had never forgotten the depth of that darkness for even a single moment.

Hwareuk!!

Lenok, who had ignited a flame in his hand, slowly moved his feet.

The darkness, recognizing the presence of an intruder, instantly began to engulf all directions.

Leaving Myung, who did not turn around, the darkness that had spread out from all directions crushed Lenok’s body in space.

He burst out flames to drive away the darkness. He pulled up his magic power, avoiding the rotating dark spheres.

He broke through the tidal wave of darkness that had gained will and form head-on, and received the backlash as it was.

Deudududuk…!!

“Kulk…!!”

Even with magic power and thoughts, he was short of strength and his breath was cut off.

The last boundary line where his body would not be fatally harmed. From here on, Lenok might have to risk his life.

If Myung did not recognize Lenok until the end, if he had become so broken that there was really no hope.

All of these moments might become meaningless efforts.

But Lenok, knowing that, took another step forward.

Jeojeojeok…!!

The darkness that was consuming his body covered and consumed his thoughts and mind.

Feeling Lenok’s firm reason and mental barrier, it pressed down and pounded his body even more fiercely.

The shield, the small barrier, and the wall of flames were crushed helplessly and wrapped around his body.

In the darkness that was pressing down, Lenok, who was standing behind Myung, said.

“I met the Commander.”

“…”

“And I made a decision.”

Without waiting for Myung’s answer, Lenok tilted his head back.

“I thought I should tell you. Because I don’t think I can give you the definite answer you want after all.”

From the moment he first met Myung, to the point where he joined Pandemonium with his help.

He had received his help several times, and Lenok did not want to deny that favor.

No matter what kind of existence Myung was known to be in the world, he was a great helper and supporter to Lenok.

But because of that, Lenok also knew that there was something he had to say the moment he made his decision.

“As you said at the beginning, my role is…”

Lenok, who had been gasping for breath in the surging darkness, trailed off.

If the future that Myung was drawing was not contained in Lenok’s answer.

If the Gabihaeng he had started was an answer that did not match Lenok’s intentions.

He had to tell Myung that he might have to part ways with Pandemonium someday.

How much time was left for him, who had started Gabihaeng again?

How much time was left until the end came for Lenok and Myung?

Since he didn’t know when the last time would be, Lenok didn’t want to waste the opportunity given to him.

That’s why-

“Hehe…”

At that moment, a quiet laugh echoed from within the darkness.

A low voice that was slow and drawn out, yet contained laughter that was out of place.

“…Myung?”

“You’re right, Ban.”

Myung’s answer that came out was so clear that Lenok couldn’t believe it.

Myung, who slowly lifted his gaze, answered without turning to look at Lenok.

“Many things have changed since the first time we met.”

“…”

“But your role has not changed at all from what I first thought.”

Myung, who slowly turned towards Lenok, said.

The darkness that was consuming his face and surging. A figure where even parts of his body had become one with the darkness and were flowing down.

“I’m sorry for the late reply.”

But the eyes that were looking at Lenok were as clear as they had been at the beginning.

“It’s been quite a while since we’ve seen each other directly, hasn’t it?”