Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 1048

Excavators moved in all directions, and trucks carried steel bars.

Designers arrived for construction, and wizards assisted with the work.

Under the direction of the managers, hundreds of workers carried materials in perfect order.

Lenok, leaning on his staff, silently looked down at the construction site.

“……”

La Haven, a satellite city that was designed but abandoned during the city expansion development plan.

The massive pier was being built in real-time to match the War Magic Tower floating above the satellite city.

“It’s difficult for both you and me to find time for each other.”

Councilman Meyer, leaning on his staff, stood behind Lenok.

“It’s been several days since this incident was resolved, and only now do we have a moment to talk.”

“Councilman Meyer.”

“The War Magic Tower. As expected of friends who do business all over the continent, their work is efficient. They accepted almost all the investment conditions and ratios we proposed without even negotiating.”

Meyer, who coughed lightly, approached Lenok and spoke while looking at the pier.

“The only condition was to create a stopover near the Balkans within a week. The pier that is nearing completion is the result of that.”

“……”

“I didn’t put in much effort, but somehow I’m getting a reputation for being a good negotiator.”

The old councilman joked, but Lenok knew that the War Magic Tower was not a group insensitive to profit and loss.

There was no way that Lyell Thorburn, who was in charge of the war business, would have taken a soft stance in negotiations with the city council.

It would be more accurate to say that Meyer, who was in charge of the negotiations, quickly mediated the conditions of both sides and came up with a compromise.

However, instead of mentioning that fact, Lenok changed the subject.

“I didn’t expect that the place to receive investment from the Thorburn Tower would be a satellite city.”

“La Haven was a satellite city designed to function as a port in its entirety.”

Meyer replied.

“An environment that borders both the sea and land. An altitude relatively safe from the effects of magnetic storms. It’s a suitable place for various means of transportation to stop over, whether by land, sea, or air.”

“Do you intend to restore the facilities of the satellite city with this agreement?”

“That’s one intention, but it’s also to prevent Thorburn’s money from directly affecting the Balkans.”

Meyer’s eyes turned cold as he answered Lenok.

“The massive capital that the Thorburn Tower has earned from the war business. From the city council’s perspective, it’s definitely tempting money, but it’s also true that its source is unclear.”

“……”

“I plan to expand the scope of investment while monitoring the situation. No matter how large the domestic market of the Balkans is, the inflow of external capital is always welcome. But if any problems arise…”

“You plan to cut off the satellite city entirely.”

“Because there is only one magic tower that is ‘allowed’ to be directly established in this Balkan.”

At Lenok’s answer, Meyer turned his head and gave a sly smile.

“Wouldn’t that be helpful to your magic tower in many ways?”

“……”

Lenok smiled wryly at that point.

The reason for explaining the investment agreement of the War Magic Tower. The reason for redeveloping the satellite city La Haven as a port and using it as evidence of the agreement.

Was it to filter Thorburn’s capital while keeping their influence from becoming greater than Lenok’s magic tower?

“La Haven will be used as the official first stopover for external forces coming to the Balkans, like Thorburn.”

Meyer said.

“Now that Professor Evan Bailen has developed the anti-gravity engine and the skyways have opened, the demand for trade to the Balkans is higher than ever.”

“……”

“If things go smoothly, it may be an opportunity to restore the satellite cities that have been abandoned for decades, as you said.”

“That’s under the premise that things go well with the Thorburn Tower.”

“That’s right. Your role in the middle will become even more important.”

Meyer’s smile, as he looked at Lenok, became more benevolent.

“Just like it has been since I first met you.”

“……”

“So, please continue to do well in the future.”

A proud smile, as if looking at a safely hidden treasure.

John Meyer had not changed at all since they first met.

A power figure who openly reveals his greed and ambition in everything, but at the same time possesses the competence to match it.

As long as his goals and direction align, he is a person who is willing and able to accommodate Lenok’s convenience as he does now.

“The apothecary Yakson Yanushika Greenway is working as an apothecary in my magic tower.”

If so, Lenok had no choice but to pay the price in a reasonable way.

“I will prepare some health-boosting elixirs, so please visit the tower soon.”

After exchanging pleasantries with Meyer, Lenok headed towards the War Magic Tower that was landing at the pier.

The reason he visited the satellite city before departing for Kundara was not only to discuss Meyer and the city council’s intentions.

Beep- Beep-

Hundreds of guides holding red warning lights moved in perfect order, reaching out towards the sky.

Each time, the massive body of the War Magic Tower floating in the sky slowly lowered its altitude and landed in the center of the pier.

Chiiik-

Kwaaaaaang!!!!!

With a heavy shockwave, the massive steel fortress settled directly near the pier.

Thick chains flowed down from the stern of the War Magic Tower, hooked onto the fixtures, and tightened to maintain balance.

“The balance of this main gun is off.”

“It looks like we need to replace the entire power line of the deck.”

“I’ve been all over the Balkan black market, but I couldn’t find the parts.”

On the deck, wizards with bandages all over their bodies were repairing the damaged equipment with tools in their hands.

They welded and repaired the broken gun mounts, opened the deck, took out the wires, and sorted out the damaged ones.

There were also wizards who redrew the magic circles intricately engraved on the parts or chanted new spells to infuse them.

The Thorburn wizards skillfully repaired and restored the damaged parts of the half-destroyed War Magic Tower.

“He’s here.”

“Ah, Mr. Ban. It’s been a while.”

The wizards who discovered Lenok on the deck turned their gazes towards him.

“If you have time, could you please review the last battle?”

“I would like some advice if you have any tips on the efficiency of property transformation.”

The wizards, who seemed to have already forgotten the victory or defeat of the battle, approached him casually.

Even after being unilaterally beaten by Lenok, they spoke to him without hesitation.

“Hey, hey. Everyone go back to work. What are you doing?”

Suddenly, a woman with a dignified appearance stepped in between the wizards and blocked the way.

When the woman carrying a lightning blade blocked the way, the other wizards grumbled and stepped back.

After confirming that, the woman finally turned her head towards Lenok.

“I didn’t hear anything from the higher-ups about you coming today. What brings you here?”

“Where is Lyell Thorburn?”

“Engine room.”

The woman turned her back as if she expected it.

“Follow me. I’ll guide you.”

“Harlin, was it?”

Lenok, remembering the woman’s name, recalled the battle he had with her and asked.

A war mage who had pushed her reflexes to the limit and specialized in combat.

She was a lightning mage who also used a weapon called a lightning blade, so she remained in Lenok’s memory.

“It seems your body has recovered enough to move already.”

“……Isn’t that something the person who beat me up shouldn’t say?”

Harlin frowned and grumbled.

“I couldn’t even move my fingers for three whole days, so please understand that I just got up today.”

“What about the other Saint-level wizards who fought me?”

“Still groaning.”

Harlin said with a nonchalant expression.

“I had fewer aftereffects because I was injured during the engagement, but the others had their domains directly trampled by you.”

“……”

“The only one who’s relatively okay is Giselle, and Albert and Lazart haven’t even gotten up yet. It’s absurd.”

Harlin’s expression changed to troubled for a moment as she gripped the handle of her blade.

“I thought that if we were from the same lineage, we could withstand it with lightning resistance, but it turned out we were devoured instead. From the start, you were the superior version in all magical capabilities.”

“Considering that, you don’t seem to have any particular grudge against me.”

“You must have heard the explanation from Lyell.”

Harlin retorted at Lenok’s question.

“It was something we started willingly, and we have no complaints about the result. Rather, if we were thoroughly defeated to this extent, we have no choice but to accept it.”

“……”

Harlin, who was walking ahead, turned her gaze towards Lenok.

“Above all, you didn’t kill a single one of us in the end. Even our magic tower’s auxiliary battery knows that’s a much more difficult thing to do.”

“Are you joking right now? That wasn’t for you guys, but-”

“Ah~ I know. It’s not for us, but for the tower lord, right?”

Harlin said.

“But that’s also proof that you’re considerate of the tower lord. That’s fine too.”

“……”

“So, please take good care of that senile old man even after we leave.”

She quietly spoke as she slowly sheathed her lightning blade at her waist.

“Our master. He’s crazy, but he’s not such a bad person.”

“……I see.”

Lenok also knew.

The tower lord, who abandoned everything except the power of lightning and tried to be virtuous, was actually not such a person.

The old man, who acted as if he was arrogant and stubborn, was a being bound by connections and attachments like a guardian spirit.

He was a wizard who was as bound to the world as he tried not to be.

Why was Lenok able to see that so easily?

It was probably because he was reflecting a side of the tower lord onto himself like a mirror.

Lenok, looking at Harlin’s back, smiled bitterly and shook his head.

“The tower lord has good disciples.”

“……You’re definitely different from that old man in that you can say such things.”

Harlin, who turned her gaze with a sullen expression, eventually turned her body and stepped aside.

At the huge door leading to the power room, Harlin nodded and said.

“Lyell is inside. Go in.”

After nodding briefly to Harlin, he immediately opened the door to the power room.

Chiiik!!

A small sound of air being compressed echoed as the door slid open.

The engine room was filled with hazy steam. Blue lightning swirled and flashed everywhere.

Lyell, who was standing in front of a massive mechanical device that was intricately designed to the point where it was difficult to understand its purpose, turned his gaze.

“My partner said he had something to say about the investment agreement of the Thorburn Tower.”

“I already discussed that with Jenisia Bajur this morning.”

As Lenok approached Lyell and opened his mouth, Lyell nodded readily.

“We will revise the treaty so that the purchase of the site in District 49 will not happen even after we leave the Balkans.”

“Did Jenny already contact you?”

“There are many shrewd negotiators in the Balkans, both in the light and in the shadows.”

Lyell replied nonchalantly.

“It wasn’t a condition that was difficult to accept, so I agreed. Is that why you came?”

“……No, it’s another issue.”

Lenok asked, putting his hand in his coat pocket.

“I heard you’re planning to leave the Balkans soon.”

“Now that my grandfather’s whereabouts have been decided, I can’t stay here forever.”

Lyell, who was adjusting the heavy machinery in the power room, said.

“There’s also the issue of the engine’s reduced output due to the overload of the Thunder God’s Shrine, so we plan to leave within a few days to carry out the previously scheduled itinerary.”

“It seems that there are not enough suitable parts to properly repair the Arsnoba’s strategic mobile warship?”

“It seems my grandfather has already told you that much.”

Lyell replied without being surprised.

A casual answer as if he expected it.

“The duel ritual where you forcibly summoned my guardian spirit when we first met. When you said it was a reinterpretation of the central imperial tournament, I wondered what you meant… It was possible because the War Magic Tower itself was a modified version of the central warship.”

“That’s why it requires such special parts and resources, and my grandfather gave me something that is very difficult to manage.”

Lyell, who stood up from his seat, turned towards Lenok and asked.

“Is that all you were curious about?”

“No, I want to know where the War Magic Tower’s next destination is after leaving the Balkans.”

“……”

Lyell, tilting his head at Lenok’s incomprehensible words, said.

“Currently, we are directly or indirectly involved in more than 15 battlefields across the continent.”

“So?”

“Including not just manpower but simple capital investment, we are involved in more than 40 battlefields. It’s not a schedule where we can decide on one destination and move at once.”

In this continent where all sorts of superhumans and monsters run rampant, the war business is a field with truly endless potential.

The schedule of the Thorburn Tower, which moves at the forefront and supplies elite war mages and war equipment, is always bound to be busy.

However, even after hearing Lyell’s explanation, Lenok shook his head.

“It’s enough if I know the direction. Where are you going?”

“……We are planning to move towards the Western Continent for now.”

“Good. That’s enough.”

“……?”

Lenok smiled at Lyell’s puzzled expression.

“I have some personal matters, so I need to visit near the barrier.”

“……”

“But, the area around the Balkans or the Eastern Continent is not good. I’m trying to avoid the vicinity of the first gate as much as possible.”

Lyell crossed his arms.

“What are you trying to say?”

“If we’re going in the same direction, wouldn’t it be possible to travel together until then?”

Lenok said with a smile.

“If you’re going to give me a ride, I’ve decided not to refuse.”

“……”

* * *

A research lab located near Lenok’s private residence.

A workbench located in the deepest part of the research lab, which was separated and isolated.

Lenok, who had piled up something on the workbench, handled a heavy lump of iron with both hands.

Clank!!

The old musket smoothly rotated and finished loading.

The moment he infused magic power and manipulated it with his will, the shape of the gun flipped and transformed into a shotgun, a flamethrower, and a rifle.

The ancient magic gun from the mechanical city of Machina, the End of Theremer.

A transforming magic gun with six forms and a treasure that has the ability to load the spell itself into a bullet and fire it.

And a tool that Lenok knew was once used by a magic gunner.

“……”

Lenok, holding the musket in both hands, carefully inspected it with a serious gaze and put it down with a satisfied look.

Click.

On the widely spread workbench, rings, staffs, rosaries, keys, papyrus, and pocket watches were densely placed.

Gauntlets, monocles, eyeballs, and pentarects, along with dozens of other artifacts, quietly emitted light on the workbench.

Useful tools that Lenok had collected and acquired from various parts of the continent since he opened his eyes in this world.

A time to check the equipment with unique and individual abilities that he could still use even after reaching level 8 for the last time.

“The Curse Jaw is still with Felix…”

Click, click.

One by one, he put the organized artifacts back into his possession.

The pocket watch and staff were placed at his waist, the rings and rosaries were placed on his wrists and fingers, and the papyrus and eyeballs were pushed into the subspace.

He pushed them into the pockets and sleeves of his shadow coat, organized them, and remembered their locations.

He divided the elixirs and pills into the socket belt that was invisibly attached to his waist, and stored the pre-made cigarettes in their case in his inner pocket.

He put the respirator in his mouth and inhaled the vaporized potion elixir, put on his gloves with both hands, and straightened his clothes.

Lenok, who finally picked up the shadow coat with its flickering shadows, turned his gaze, looking at the empty workbench.

[Fate’s Scale Extreme Art 5 Methods]

[Hermes’ Mass Formula]

[Black Law Unique Magic]

Research themes of formulas and phrases that Lenok himself came up with were densely written on one side of the research lab’s blackboard.

The makeshift ascension gate, also known as the random box, which was constantly storing and emitting all sorts of things even at this moment.

“……”

Lenok looked back at the research lab, which contained the time he had lived, for the last time and quietly closed the door.

It was also true that he had thought of organizing his own belongings while browsing through the elixir warehouse and the Thunder Library of the War Magic Tower.

The value of all the formulas and artifacts that Lenok alone had collected was by no means less than what the entire tower had accumulated.

However, the reason why he was organizing this as the last thing was none other than-

Paat!!

He arrived in District 49 and checked the basement of the training hall located at the back gate of the magic tower.

Felix and Peisha were engrossed in sparring, surrounded by red magic power. Innocence was leisurely giving advice from behind.

In the training ground, the mercenaries were engrossed in training, and in the rear, Cyrus was playing Othello with someone at the Funeral Ghost Ship.

Workers were constantly carrying items from the lower levels of the tower, and wizards were frantically writing down quantities and passing them through.

Jenny was on the upper levels, talking on the phone with someone, and Jutiya was yawning and typing on the computer next to her.

Even the guardian spirit was dozing off in the tower’s underground chamber, and the tower lord was patting his belly next to it.

He took all of that into his eyes and passed by.

Whioooo…!!!

Standing alone on the roof of the magic tower, Lenok looked down at the scenery of District 49, which was functioning perfectly even without him.

At that moment, someone’s voice echoed from behind.

“You’re planning to leave.”

“……Clarice Richelieu.”

The long-lived species with her arms crossed was already standing behind Lenok.

Lenok glanced at her and then gave a faint smile.

“Thanks to you. The preparations are complete.”

“……”

“I’m going to confirm the end of Kaise Bajur. I’m going to find the ending he met in Kundara.”

Lenok said.

“Because it has become clear that the people I know are involved at the end of the Black Consumer Project. To understand them, I have no choice but to dig into the secret history myself.”

Was what Lenok was saying now to reassure himself?

Or was it because he wanted this message to be conveyed to someone through Clarice?

What Lenok wanted, what he was moving for.

The reason why he didn’t think it was necessary to verbalize it, he was going around and trying to convey it again.

“I’m planning to return to the Sinclair Magic Tower soon. Everything I had to do here is finished.”

As if understanding Lenok’s words, Clarice opened her mouth with a calm expression.

“And someone will return to this city again in my place.”

“……”

Clarice smiled as she looked at the silent Lenok.

“If you have something to say, come back and say it yourself. Don’t borrow someone else’s mouth.”

“……I see.”

Lenok slowly took a step forward.

Lenok, who stepped over the boundary line of the rooftop and into the air, turned his head and smiled bitterly.

Flash!!!

At that moment, an enormous amount of lightning fell beneath Lenok’s feet and turned into a path.

The moment a bright light flashed from the top of the magic tower, Lenok’s figure traversed the area of District 49 at supersonic speed.

He passed through the outer districts and undeveloped areas and headed out of the huge city in an instant.

Whioooo!!!!

As if waiting for the lightning that flashed in the distance, the War Magic Tower was rising from the pier of La Haven.

The steel warship, wrapped in sharp lightning, rose roughly and emitted a powerful engine sound.

Thud!!

Lenok stepped onto the deck of the tower, which was constantly vibrating.

[You’ve come.]

Oliviera, wearing a flamboyant robe and a transparent veil, stood at the end of the deck with her arms crossed.

Oliviera, who was staring at Lenok, eventually flashed her magic eye with a cold laugh.

[Unlike you, you’ve made it on time this time.]

“They prepared the transportation, so it wouldn’t be polite to be late.”

Lenok straightened his body and looked down at his feet.

Kwaaaaaaa!!!!

The engine of the War Magic Tower pulsed and drew power, and the rotating thrusters at the stern glowed madly.

Each time, the massive body of the tower floating above the satellite city rapidly increased its speed.

The scenery on the ground distorted and then blurred into a line as it accelerated.

Paahhh!!!

Lenok, who was looking at the satellite city moving away and the scenery of the Balkans unfolding behind it, turned his gaze forward.

“We’re departing for Kundara.”