Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 1056

Rumble!!!

The massive natural passage, carved by the druids, stretched for tens of kilometers, its end reflecting off the barrier.

The Overmind, a grotesque entity, clung to and parasitized the barrier, surrounded by a dense horde of monsters.

The main force of the Headrow Warlords, completely dominating one side of the front line, stood as a formidable wall against any external intrusion.

Lenok gazed at the scene reflected on the other side of the passage, then slowly stepped forward.

Whoosh!!

Just by crossing an invisible line, the air felt instantly different.

The cool forest breeze transformed into a scorching heat. The refreshing scent of grass was replaced by a sticky, bloody odor.

Even the undergrowth beneath his feet was rotting, turning a sickly bright yellow.

The western front, dominated by monsters and being polluted in real-time.

“Currently, there are three legions of the Headrow Warlords stationed outside the barrier,” the deer-man, Azelan, said as he emerged from the passage, his hooves clicking on the ground.

“The Special Mutation Legion in the center. The Armored Firepower Legion on the right. And the Bio-Assault Legion on the left.”

“……”

Thud!!

Azelan, having pulled a spear made of woven branches from the ground, raised his mana.

“I’ll take care of the firepower and assault legions on both sides. I’ll ask you to hold back the mutation legion in the center.”

“Is just holding them back enough?”

“Currently, the Overmind is being protected by the central mutation legion and elite monsters composed of officer-level entities.”

Azelan said in a clear voice.

“Rather than breaking through the most fortified force in the center, it would be better to go around the relatively vulnerable sides and target the Overmind.”

“……”

“I want you to prevent the central force from dispersing to the sides. We’ll take care of opening the path.”

While drawing attention from the center and preventing the front line from expanding, the druids would open paths on both sides.

Passing the task that required raw power to the mage, Lenok, while the druids took on the high-risk breakthrough.

Looking at the swarming horde of monsters, Lenok slowly began to loosen up his body.

Chik!!

He took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and inserted a syringe into his forearm.

While exhaling smoke, he took out a pill from his pocket and chewed it.

“Y, you’re taking a lot of strange things…” the Corpse Demon Sorcerer, who had walked out of the passage behind Lenok, glanced at him and asked.

“I, if you take too much of that, it might be bad for your body…”

“It’s something that’s been mixed and prepared for consumption, so don’t worry,” Lenok replied, glancing at him.

“Elder Druid. What are you planning to do?”

“I will break through the Bio-Assault Legion on the left. Also, I must simultaneously check the intrusion of the subordinate sorcerer stationed on the left.”

Azelan answered.

“He is a human capable of establishing a front line on his own. He hasn’t moved much for the past few days, but we need to prepare for the worst.”

“……”

Beyond his helmet, Azelan’s heavy gaze turned towards Lenok.

“I’ll take care of dealing with the Overmind. I have a way to purify the barrier it has corrupted.”

“Purification…” Lenok muttered, slightly lowering his head.

Pzzzzzt…!!

From Lenok’s back, who had placed his foot on the hill and was looking down at the ground, blue electricity erupted.

The bright blue light flashed and intensified, then burst out, enveloping Lenok’s entire body without interruption.

Zzzzzzzzzzzing!!!

The view in front of him seemed to be distorted and shining white.

At the intense flash that seemed to blind his eyes, the druids who were watching unconsciously took a step back.

“Charging complete.”

Kiiiiiiing…!!!

Hundreds of lightning bolts that exploded out to the sides, bent in a circle and gathered in front of Lenok.

Hundreds, thousands of electrical particles rapidly gathered and concentrated at Lenok’s fingertips.

A terrifying and mysterious sight, as if gathering all the light existing in the sky and on the ground to charge.

Lenok, who had brought his index and middle fingers together, drew in mana and pointed at the ground swarming with monsters.

“Shall we start by feeding them one shot?”

[Heavy Tremor Flower]

[Lightning Siege Cannon]

The light of the Lightning Siege Cannon that erupted from Lenok’s fingertips swept across the ground, drawing a huge triangle.

The horde of monsters that had been swarming in the pouring heat of the lightning were swept away and evaporated without even reacting.

Bboooooooom!!!!!

[Kyaaaaaaak!!!]

[Kkeeeeeeeeee!!]

The monsters, realizing the mage’s presence a beat too late, screamed madly and released their thoughts.

They transmitted the fact that the legion had been attacked through the hive mind and began to prepare for battle on the spot.

Clank, clank!!

Drrrrrrrrk!!

They loaded the guns that were stuck in bizarre directions all over their bodies and turned the blood-vessel-covered cannons.

They raised their mana towards the source of the magic and let out screams mixed with curses and resentment.

“Let’s go.”

While being astonished by the firepower that had swept away the monsters in front with a single incantation, the druids moved as if it were a signal.

Crack!!

As the old druid chanted a spell, living trees grew rapidly and entangled the monsters.

A druid who had transformed into a giant bear swung his claws, breaking the cannons and bursting the entangled blood vessels on top of them.

A storm of leaves scattered from the sky, tearing the skin of the monsters with sharp blades.

The druids, dividing their forces to the sides and chanting nature spells.

Confirming their actions, Lenok moved his steps towards the monsters swarming in the center.

Whoosh!!

Lenok’s figure, which had fallen as if falling off a cliff, disappeared just before his feet touched the ground.

With the lightning bolts that bounced diagonally, cracks appeared in the ground, and bright blue lightning soared.

Kwaaaang!!!

Lenok moved, riding the lightning that soared from the ground to the sky.

[Kkeueeeeee!!]

A fat demon, created by monsters combining with each other, vomited profusely towards Lenok.

The vomit, made of acidic liquid, surged like a wave, melting away even other monsters.

Taang!!

He slammed a lightning spear into the ground beneath his feet and kicked off, riding it upwards.

He spread the electricity widely by throwing it into the acidic liquid, then used blink to approach the demon.

With his left hand, he swept across the fat demon’s face.

[Fluttering Thunder]

Fwoooosh!!

The demon’s head exploded, scattering brain fluid on the spot.

The demon’s corpse, buried in its own vomit, melted and evaporated.

[Lightning Well]

Pzzzzzzzzik!!!

He pulled out the overflowing lightning from his whole body and stepped on the corpse, heading forward.

He grabbed the thick lightning that appeared and disappeared without direction or speed, and swung it.

[Ignition]

The burning lightning shattered in the air and exploded like shrapnel.

[Soaring]

The lightning held in Lenok’s hand twisted sharply, piercing and pushing back dozens of charging monsters.

[Revolving Creation]

Drrrrrrrrk!!!

He infused the lightning that flashed and disappeared meaninglessly with his will and incantation, twisting it into a real magic.

The lightning that surged from the lightning well became lightning magic the moment it was held in Lenok’s hand, lacerating the space.

[Kkiaaaaaaak!!!]

[Kkeureuk, grrrrrrrk!!!]

The monsters’ offensive, which had been throwing themselves as if they were not afraid of death, was gradually pushed back.

The tank barrels that had been firing shells melted, and the fighter jets that had been flying in the sky were struck by falling lightning and crashed.

Du du du du!!!!

The wreckage of the fighter jets that crashed and exploded, and the corpses of the monsters were crushed and annihilated by the lightning.

Lenok, single-handedly grinding down hundreds and thousands of monsters rushing from all directions.

The druids who were responding on both sides turned their gazes with blank expressions at the mage’s figure, who was advancing while constantly unleashing lightning.

“He’s breaking through the central mutation legion alone…!!”

“This can’t be. It’s not like he’s just holding back the front line, how…!!”

The reason why Lenok was entrusted with the central mutation legion was because the central force guarding the Overmind was the most fortified.

Therefore, they had planned to have Lenok hold back the legion’s forces from dispersing, and then open paths from the sides, but.

Lenok ignored the druids’ operational instructions and began to break through the center directly on his own.

The situation on the battlefield was changing due to the presence of a single person.

Azelan also seemed to sense it, and began to issue instructions while unleashing intense mana.

[All living druids, join the center!!]

As the Elder Druid, who had trampled on the monsters while wielding the green spear in his hand, raised his mana,

trees grew from all directions, creating walls and connecting paths to the center.

[The Lightning Spear is opening the way. Follow the strongest hunter!!]

Du du du du!!!!

Behind Lenok, who was advancing while firing lightning magic, the druids gathered one by one.

The monster legion dug in to cut off the path, but their heads exploded as they could not withstand the falling lightning.

A path was opened like a sharp awl in the center of the monster legion swarming under the polluted barrier.

Kwa kwa kwa kwang!!!

Each time he moved forward, the resistance grew stronger, and the number of polluted shells falling from above increased.

Monster fighter jets took off one after another from another aircraft carrier flying in the sky, and a rain of blood began to fall from the sky.

Swaaaaaaa!!!

“Kuh…!!!”

The druids grew trees and covered their heads like umbrellas, but they melted down after a short time.

At the same time, demons with dark red skin, closer to human figures than monsters, appeared from all directions.

“Officer-level entities…!!”

The elite entities with strong mana among the monsters began to step forward as the center was breached.

Monsters who maintained their intelligence even after being corrupted and obeyed the warlords with their own will.

Srrrring…!!

Blood-stained sword-guns and thick axes. Bumpy anti-tank guns with bulging blood vessels.

The moment the demons, combined with all sorts of ominous war weapons, approached this way.

“It’s time.”

Lenok took out a golden glowing vial from his pocket.

Kiiiiiiing…!!!

[…!!!!]

The moment they recognized the beautiful golden liquid swirling inside the vial, hundreds of monsters turned their heads at once.

The intense feeling of greed that arose in their eyes, regardless of whether they were mindless monsters or demons.

It was as if they instinctively understood how precious that was, without any explanation.

But before the monsters could react, Lenok unhesitatingly opened the vial and brought it to his lips.

The elixir that Aris Richelieu had gifted to Lenok. A diluted solution of the ‘elixir’ that had been diluted several times.

A miraculous product with the ability to forcibly ‘fix’ Lenok’s maximum mana for approximately 3.98 seconds.

The time he could use it freely without worrying about mana consumption was only 4 seconds.

But that was more than enough for Lenok.

“Come.”

At the same time as pouring the vial into his mouth, he reached out and grabbed the air.

[Thunder Key]

Kwaaaang!!!

The space split open, and a dazzling lightning key was caught in Lenok’s hand, and soon it swelled up dozens of times and was planted on the ground.

The huge key, tens of meters in size, glowed as it was planted diagonally on the battlefield like a lightning spear.

“…!!!”

Even the druids who were following Lenok momentarily stopped, at the overwhelming size of the key that had been driven into the battlefield.

[You insects.]

At the same time as the cold message of the Thunder Emperor, hundreds of monsters were crushed to death by its weight.

Flesh and eyeballs burned, and nerve fibers were pulled out and crushed in the vortex of electricity flowing through the key.

[Kkigeggegek!!]

[Eugeugeuk…!!]

The demons, convulsing, tried to run towards Lenok, somehow avoiding the Thunder Key.

But instead of swinging lightning while looking at them, Lenok put his hands together.

The reason he had taken out the Thunder Key at this point was not to use Lenok’s lightning magic or domain.

The technique that Lenok was trying to use at this moment, even with the mana support of the elixir, was-

“Summoning magic.”

Pzzzzzzzt…!!

Above the blood-red sky, a huge lightning eye was engraved.

The appearance of the eye opening, as if a giant was pushing up his eyelids, opening its eyes through the blood clouds.

Immediately after, a war tower wrapped in lightning appeared, breaking through the space from the other side.

Kwaaaaaaaaaa!!!

“Did he summon the Thorben War Tower to this place with summoning magic…!!!”

Azelan, who had been trampling on the monsters with his hooves, widened his eyes as if he couldn’t believe it.

“That’s impossible. It’s not an amount of mana consumption that one person can handle…!!!”

The amount of mana required for summoning magic is proportional to the distance where the summoned object is located and the amount of mana it possesses.

The Thorben War Tower, which would have been at least tens of kilometers away from this battlefield.

Even if he had enough mana to summon a tower with hundreds of war mages on board without a summoning contract, how much mana would he need?

Even if he met the required amount of mana, it would not be strange if he fainted from the backlash of consuming that much mana at once.

“It’s the right time to summon it at this point.”

Lenok took his hands off and looked up at the sky.

“I’ll leave the rest to you.”

Wiiiiiiiiing!!!!

As if answering his words, the war tower wrapped in lightning activated the propulsion devices on the rear of the hull at full power.

The moment it flew low, skimming the ground, with its engine roaring as if to burst the eardrums, carrying all the power of the tower.

Just by that, the monsters that had been rampaging on the ground were swept away like dust and began to die.

Kugwagwagwagwagwa!!!

[Kkeureureureureuk!!!]

[Kkyaaaaak!!! Uwaaaaaaak!!!]

Only black blood remained in the place where the war tower had swept through, repainting the western front.

Like erasing the monster horde with an eraser, it massacred and opened a path for the monsters in every path it moved.

The firepower of the Thorben War Tower, which pushed and swept away the central front that had temporarily stalled, as if piercing through it at once.

Kwaaaaaaaa!!!!

As the central force was breached, a path opened over the corpses of the monsters.

Beyond the light of the Thunder Key that had been driven in diagonally, the Overmind clinging to the barrier could be seen convulsing.

Its huge head pressed tightly against the barrier, its mouth open, desperately spewing out monsters.

“The path is open. First, we need to secure the Overmind-”

At the far end of the open battlefield path. The moment Lenok was about to move towards the Overmind.

A heavy spear blade that had rotated from behind pierced Lenok’s chest.

Thwack!!

“…!!!”

Lenok’s figure, pierced without even reacting, was lifted into the air.

Lenok, who had not even put his feet on the ground, looked down at the spear blade that had pierced his heart.

“You said you had business with the barrier, but you keep focusing on securing the Overmind instead of killing it…”

Azelan, who was holding the spear shaft firmly, looked down at Lenok with a blank face.

“As expected, you noticed what’s inside the Overmind.”

“……”

“You have an excessively dangerous intuition. No, should I say it’s a sensory ability closer to foresight?”

Azelan said, twisting the spear shaft with a face that showed no emotion.

“There won’t be another chance unless it’s now that the war tower is far away. Thank you for your cooperation, but human-”

Azelan’s gaze towards Lenok was extremely indifferent.

“No one should know about the secret of the World Tree.”

“I guess so.”

Lenok replied.

“The World Tree leaf that the Overmind holds is not originally yours.”

“…What?”

“A tribute offered to the central city of Ars Nova.”

Lenok, who slowly raised his head and met Azelan’s gaze, smiled.

“If you want to be precise, that’s Ars Nova’s property, not Larabelle’s.”

The reason why he could use nature magic to jump over the forest, but deliberately started the operation outside the barrier.

The reason why he deliberately entrusted Lenok with holding back the central legion, keeping him far away from the Overmind.

The reason why he mentioned what was hidden inside the Overmind, but never mentioned its identity.

That was because the World Tree leaf hidden in the western front barrier was no longer Larabelle’s property in the first place.

The druids were hiding that fact and trying to reclaim it as their own property,

and the moment they sensed that Lenok knew about it, they immediately tried to kill him to silence him.

“…Human.”

Azelan’s expression as he looked at Lenok changed to an extremely cold one in an instant.

The moment he gritted his teeth and twisted the spear shaft violently, violently stabbing Lenok’s wound.

Fwaaang!!!

Lenok’s body shattered on the spot, turning into fragments of bright blue lightning.

“A clone…!!”

Azelan belatedly realized the fact and widened his eyes.

“Impossible. A form so precise that it could deceive my druid eyes…!!”

“I thought your intentions were obvious from the moment you were hiding the leaf-”

“…!!!!”

Before he knew it, Lenok was standing right in front of the Overmind, having crossed the path that the war tower had opened.

“You’re being so honest that I’m not even angry.”

“No!!!”

Azelan shouted fiercely, and the moment the other druids raised their mana towards Lenok.

Lenok smiled and pushed his hand into the Overmind’s throat.

Pzzzzzt!!

Lenok’s hand, wrapped in electricity, tore through the throat and stirred inside.

[Kkuaaaaaak!!!]

The Overmind screamed desperately with its eyes wide open, but its skin was already pierced by mana threads and could not move at all.

With its gaping lips fixed with mana threads so that they could not close, he took something out from its mouth and grabbed it.

Thwack!!

The shape of a small leaf, about the size of a finger joint, was dyed with transparent light.

But the moment it was held in Lenok’s hand, the vitality of Lenok’s body, which had been sagging due to the backlash of the drug, rapidly surged.

The tremendous power, as if forcibly injecting endless life force into the holder’s body just by holding the leaf.

Is this the power of the World Tree’s leaf itself, called the navel of the star?

It seemed that he could understand why the Overmind had crawled out to the barrier to obtain this, the moment he got his hands on it.

“Lightning Spear!!!!!”

Azelan, enraged, pounded his hooves roughly in the distance and accelerated at an incredible speed.

But Lenok, looking at the World Tree leaf, opened his mouth without even turning his head.

“Corpse Demon Sorcerer.”

“I, I’m ready…!!”

The Corpse Demon Sorcerer, with a pale complexion, appeared above the Overmind’s head, riding the compassion of the archangel.

The moment she, who had raised magic circles in both hands, pushed the magic circle into the Overmind with all her might.

The monster manipulation technique that the Corpse Demon Sorcerer had extracted from the general-level entity was activated.

Using the Overmind’s existence as a medium, it completely covered the minds of all the monsters remaining on the battlefield.

Fwaaaaaaaat!!

Silence.

The monsters’ screams stopped abruptly, and the Headrow Warlords’ legion, which had been rampaging wildly, lowered their heads.

Thousands of monsters that had been scattered around the barrier slowly turned towards the druids.

The druids, who were located in the center of that gaze, swallowed their breaths with pale faces.

“Well, it doesn’t matter since the original purpose has been achieved.”

Only then did Lenok turn his gaze towards Azelan and speak.

Lenok, looking at the horde of monsters that had come under his control, nodded his head towards the druids.

“From now on, kill each other.”