Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 1059

The Order Alliance’s plan was for their leader to confront the Second Apostle directly while they rebuilt the Great Connection.

However, to achieve this, they needed a celestial spell capable of temporarily altering the laws of physics.

To acquire this celestial spell, the leader intended to kill its owner and extract it.

“The leader knew from the start that I was heading to Kundara,” Lenok stated.

“And a transcendent of that caliber wouldn’t be unaware of the method one would need to use to reach Kundara.”

“……”

“You have to use the celestial spell to twist the barrier and access the Outer City hidden on the other side. If the leader knows this fact…”

In the dimly lit room, Lenok’s eyes gleamed with a cold intensity.

“The Yeha Sorcerer’s presence was a surveillance tactic to confirm whether I possessed the celestial spell.”

The leader had apologized for summoning Lenok to the Glass Garden, claiming he would send the Yeha Sorcerer to assist him on his journey to Kundara, but Lenok suspected that wasn’t the leader’s true motive.

It was merely an excuse to place a watcher on him, to see if he had the means to twist the barrier—to see if he possessed the celestial spell.

“From the moment I began heading to Kundara, they suspected the existence of the celestial spell and contacted me,” Lenok said, raising his gaze.

“Simultaneously, they brought up the Second Apostle’s matter first to divert attention, and only at the very end did they attempt to test me.”

“……”

From the moment he first met the leader, was all that conversation meticulously planned?

Lenok thought it highly likely.

From the alliance’s plan, which began with the shocking proposal to bring down the Second Apostle, to the connection with the celestial spell.

Even the intention to gauge Lenok’s reaction by mentioning the celestial spell just before parting.

Looking back, every moment was so meticulously and precisely designed, as if it had been carefully woven together.

Lenok was convinced that even the existence of the Yeha Sorcerer, which had been mentioned in passing, had been arranged in advance.

“There are three facts that have been confirmed from the moment the leader actually sent the Yeha Sorcerer to you,” Oliviera said, raising a finger.

“First, the Order Alliance suspects that you have the celestial spell, but they are not certain.”

“……”

“If they were certain of the existence of the celestial spell, they wouldn’t have sent just one sorcerer. They would have dispatched more personnel to extract the spell for sure.”

“What’s the second?”

“The Yeha Sorcerer knows what the celestial spell is and has the insight to discern it for sure.”

Oliviera folded one finger.

“He must have been dispatched as a watcher because he can tell for sure whether the celestial spell was used the moment the barrier opens.”

“……”

“In addition, it is highly likely that he has the means or ability to get out of the situation if necessary. Maybe both.”

The fact that the Yeha Sorcerer was dispatched alone for this matter was because he had the ability to sense the celestial spell.

Oliviera was saying that this fact itself was a reason to be wary of the Yeha Sorcerer.

“If that’s the case, it seems difficult to refuse the Yeha Sorcerer’s joining after all…” Lenok mused, falling into thought.

“The leader didn’t hide his suspicion that I had the celestial spell. Rather, he openly implied it and tried to pressure me.”

“……”

“If I refuse to accompany him at this point, it’s more likely that they will use that fact as a basis to intervene more actively.”

It wouldn’t be surprising if they tried to hinder and monitor Lenok’s journey, rather than guiding him to Kundara as they were currently doing.

“Because of that fact, the third fact becomes all the more important to us.”

“The third fact?”

The three confirmed facts that Oliviera had mentioned earlier.

When Lenok turned his gaze, she leisurely stroked her chin from behind her veil and said, “The fact that the Yeha Sorcerer is highly likely to be of real help to us on the way to Kundara.”

“That’s… true.”

Lenok, who immediately understood the meaning of those words, quickly raised his gaze.

“Even to confirm the existence of the celestial spell, they will try to actively guide us near Kundara no matter what?”

“The leader must have dispatched him directly because he actually has the ability and knowledge to do so,” Oliviera replied, leaning against the bed.

“It is highly likely that he has been to Kundara several times or knows the long-lived species of the city. If we use him well, we might be able to access the Outer City much more easily.”

“……”

“However, he will try to lure you into a situation or environment where you must use the celestial spell someday.”

Oliviera’s magic eye flashed sharply from behind the veil.

“If we have to make a gamble against the Order Alliance leader, that will be the time.”

“……”

Whatever his true purpose, the leader had placed the Yeha Sorcerer by Lenok’s side under the guise of a guide.

This would be impossible unless the Yeha Sorcerer himself actually had the ability or knowledge to guide them to the Outer City.

Oliviera was suggesting that they should make the most of that fact.

“If we have a conclusion, let’s simply organize what we need to do,” Oliviera said.

“First, we will move with the sorcerer’s guidance. He will guide us to the best place to use the celestial spell.”

“Are you saying that when the time comes, we should leave the Yeha Sorcerer behind and use the celestial spell to enter Kundara?”

“Leave him behind? That’s not like you,” Oliviera sneered at Lenok’s words.

“He’s a thief who covets the treasures borrowed from the Answerer’s Archive [a repository of knowledge]. It wouldn’t be enough to pluck out his presumptuous eyes and ears.”

“……”

“The Order Alliance’s Yeha Sorcerer will die an unfortunate death on the way to Kundara.”

Her jewel eyes gleamed coldly from behind the veil.

“That is the future I have confirmed with this magic eye.”

***

Crack, crack…!!

The young man wearing a blue mask bowed his head over the workbench and carefully moved his hands.

Each time a transparent leaf bent and was inserted into a small pendant, a majestic magical power swirled.

Behind Carnis, who was concentrating on his work with lightning wrapped around his fingertips, Lenok was massaging his neck with a tired look when.

“Here.”

Carnis, who raised his head, held out the pendant to Lenok.

“Is it done?”

“I succeeded in coating the World Tree’s leaf with magic power and preserving it.”

The pendant was made by processing the World Tree’s leaf into a necklace.

When Lenok received the pendant and put it around his neck, Carnis said, adjusting his blue mask, “I compressed the life force of the leaf into the form of a necklace. You will be able to fully enjoy the effect while wearing the necklace.”

Carnis, the extreme mage of the Torben Magic Tower, was an ability user who could process the lightning he extracted into a spell weapon.

That’s why Lenok had asked Carnis to process the World Tree’s leaf into an artifact so that it wouldn’t wither.

“Thank you for your cooperation. It was helpful.”

“It’s not something to be thanked for.”

When Lenok expressed his gratitude honestly, Carnis shook his head.

“I only refined the life force contained in the leaf; I didn’t directly touch the nature of the leaf.”

“Was there a problem with the leaf?”

“Rather than a specific problem… it’s because of the characteristics of the World Tree.”

Carnis glanced at the pendant from behind his mask.

“The life force contained in that leaf is unbelievable. It’s not alive, but it’s practically close to that level.”

“……”

“It would be one thing to simply compress the life force, but touching its nature is as difficult as making a forbidden weapon.”

According to Jutiya, the World Tree’s leaf was offered as a central offering at least decades ago.

It had been so long since it had fallen from the main body of the World Tree, yet such a powerful life force remained in the leaf itself.

As Lenok felt the cold touch of the pendant against his skin, he turned around, and Carnis asked, “Are you planning to go to the Outer City right away?”

“Yes. There’s no need to hesitate in front of the barrier.”

The very reason he came to the Western Continent on the War Magic Tower was to twist the [Barrier] located on the Western Front and head to Kundara.

The only important thing was where to use the celestial spell on the [Barrier] to head to the Outer City hidden on the other side of the barrier.

From there, he would have to receive guidance from the Yeha Sorcerer to determine the appropriate place and time.

Carnis nodded at Lenok’s answer.

“I see. It’s been a long way around, but I hope you don’t forget what I said.”

“Are you talking about your father, the Eight Dragon King?”

“No matter where you approach Kundara through the barrier, you will definitely encounter him at least once.”

Carnis nodded.

“The ‘dragon’ of Kundara is not just a word that refers to a species. Be careful of his deep-sea domain.”

“……”

A Dragon King who protects the sea area of Kundara.

Just by that title, he could guess the power of his true form, but Lenok was not moving to kill the long-lived species.

Since there were facts he needed to know in the hidden Outer City that had escaped destruction, he had to refrain from conflict until he entered the city.

“This War Magic Tower will now tour the Western and Northern Continents to settle the urgent civil war,” Carnis said in a calm voice, looking at Lenok, who was lost in thought.

“I think the issue of the Tower Lord’s whereabouts will be settled by then.”

“……”

“So, I hope you will be alive until the day we meet the Tower Lord again.”

Carnis looked at Lenok and slightly lifted the blue mask on his face as if to greet him.

“It seems that he has already designated the next Tower Lord of Torben.”

Kugugugu!!!

Lenok, who left Carnis’s personal laboratory, headed straight for the deck of the War Magic Tower.

Lyle and his subordinate mages, who had been waiting on the deck, approached Lenok when they saw him.

“Mr. Ban. Our Magic Tower is ready.”

Lyle, who had come over the neatly repaired deck, pointed to the ground with one hand.

“We have the Yeha Sorcerer detained, so let’s go together. Ayuta will be waiting.”

“I heard that the War Magic Tower still has business in the Western Continent,” Lenok asked as he descended below the deck with Lyle.

“Are you going to continue touring the Western Continent beyond the barrier like this?”

“As you have already heard from Carnis,” Lyle replied in a calm tone.

“After settling the necessary business, we plan to repair the engine unit and recharge the power at the ‘Extreme Point’ located in the Northern Continent.”

“……”

“Thanks to Mr. Ban replenishing the magic power by summoning the War Magic Tower, we have a little more leeway.”

Lyle smiled as he looked at the huge warship floating in the air.

“It seems that we won’t have to keep the high-ranking mages of the tower tied to the power room for the time being.”

If it hadn’t been for Lenok’s request in the first place, the War Magic Tower wouldn’t have had to force its way through the airspace of the Western Front.

“If you are thinking of traveling with the Yeha Sorcerer, please be careful,” Lyle said, looking at the Yeha Sorcerer standing among the mages of the tower in the distance.

“According to what I’ve heard, there seems to be a rumor circulating within the alliance that he has received some kind of ‘authority’ from the leader.”

“Authority?”

“It seems to be something that goes beyond a simple increase in spell power and can affect even other sorcerers.”

“……”

Lenok’s eyes sank deeply as he pondered Lyle’s words.

If it was information that the commander of the War Magic Tower, who roamed the entire continent, had heard, it wouldn’t be a false rumor.

Considering what Oliviera had mentioned, that the Yeha Sorcerer was working to balance the alliance-

“Does that mean he might be in charge of audits within the alliance?”

“At least it is true that he has authority equivalent to that.”

Lyle’s gaze turned cold as he looked at the Yeha Sorcerer.

“As a result of dealing with the Order Alliance several times, the same sorcerers have often shown more wariness of the Yeha Sorcerer.”

“……”

“I don’t know the details, but the authority he received from the leader is probably not ordinary.”

The moment Lyle said that and approached the Yeha Sorcerer, the war mages who had been surrounding him all stepped back and broke formation.

The Yeha Sorcerer, who was left alone on the desolate battlefield and was leisurely stretching, and dozens of mages on the opposite side.

“Lyle Torben. It’s been a while.”

The Yeha Sorcerer, seeing Lyle, waved his hand with a smiling face.

“Seeing you appear in person like this, it seems that the matter of the Western Front has been roughly settled.”

“I heard that you are focusing on external activities outside the Central Front.”

“There was something that had to be dealt with urgently with the old city-states.”

The Yeha Sorcerer gave a sly smile at Lyle’s cold reply.

“No matter how important the central affairs are, we can’t ignore the big shots involved in the ascension ceremony.”

“……”

“If you’re done with your business, would you please leave?” The Yeha Sorcerer said leisurely with his hands behind his back.

“I’m not reckless enough to handle the alliance’s important matters in front of the War Magic Tower.”

“That was my intention, but there is one last warning I want to give before leaving.”

“Warning?”

“The current War Magic Tower Lord is very fond of a mage named Kyunroe.”

Lyle said with a smiling expression.

“If something happens to him, the Tower Lord will definitely try to find out the circumstances himself.”

“…….Oh ho.”

The corners of the Yeha Sorcerer’s mouth stretched out like a ghost.

“Are you threatening the alliance right now?”

“I’m glad you seem to understand correctly.”

While the sorcerer was speechless at that honest answer, Lyle’s gaze turned cold.

“We shouldn’t unnecessarily increase our enemies during this important time of war with the cult, should we?”

“……”

Lyle’s sharp words, which made the Yeha Sorcerer, who had never lost his composure, shut his mouth.

The Yeha Sorcerer shook his head with a bewildered expression, and Lenok, who was listening, also smiled wryly.

To mention something that hadn’t even happened to the Order Alliance and rather put pressure on them, even though he had directly experienced the belligerence of the War Magic Tower, he couldn’t get used to it.

However, it was also true that it was helpful just to have such a tower on Lenok’s side for a while.

“As a result of this War Magic Tower observing the alliance, it seems that they often make choices that are fixated on the subject of the Great Connection.”

“……”

“I hope you make a choice that you won’t regret. That’s all I have to say.”

Lyle, who neatly ignored the Yeha Sorcerer, then turned to Lenok and bowed his head slightly.

“Mr. Ban. We’ll be on our way now. Please take care of yourself until the day we meet again.”

“…Okay.”

They had met through the meeting with the Torben Tower Lord, but they had been traveling together for quite a long time than he had thought.

It was also true that he had borrowed their abilities and assets while traveling from Balkan to the Western Continent.

Although they would part ways because their paths were different, they would meet again someday since they had signed an agreement with Balkan.

“I’m sorry about the Tower Lord’s matter.”

“It’s okay. As I said before, my grandfather is the type of person who would never do something he doesn’t want to do.”

Lyle shook his head with a smiling expression.

“It’s a life engraved with the cause and effect of lightning. Just as my grandfather does what he wants, we are just doing what we want.”

“……”

“So, Mr. Ban, please do what you want until the end.”

Lyle, who slowly raised his head, met Lenok’s gaze.

“That’s the way of life I learned from my grandfather.”

Kugugugugu!!!

The War Magic Tower, which had been agitated with a chilling flash of lightning, slowly rose, scattering flames over its propulsion system.

After turning the huge steel fortress around, it accelerated along the Western Front barrier, bursting with lightning.

Soon, it disappeared, leaving behind thunder, as it quickly increased its speed far beyond the horizon.

Kwarururung!!!

The Yeha Sorcerer, who was listening to the thunder with a frown, shrugged his shoulders.

“I didn’t want to get involved with the War Magic Tower, but it’s become troublesome.”

“……”

“They act like they have nothing to lose, but they are surprisingly cautious sorcerers, so it’s always difficult to deal with them.”

The Yeha Sorcerer said that and asked Lenok, who was looking up at the sky with his arms crossed, “Then, from now on, can I take charge of guiding you to Kundara according to the message the leader gave me?”

“What are you going to do with that woman?” Oliviera, who was standing next to Lenok wearing a fancy robe, turned her gaze.

“You wouldn’t leave that corpse here either.”

“Oh, no…” The pale-faced corpse sorcerer protested with a wronged expression.

“I, I don’t have any business in Kundara, so why…”

“That’s not wrong,” The Yeha Sorcerer, ignoring the corpse sorcerer’s words, nodded with a convinced look.

“I don’t mean to belittle you, but if we leave her here, she will be a corpse somewhere within two days. Oh, was she already a corpse?”

“Y-you’re just belittling me from the start…”

“Enough with the pointless wordplay, let’s talk about what we need to do from now on,” Lenok opened his mouth, looking at the corpse sorcerer, who was trembling with shock and anger.

“If you are in charge of guiding us to Kundara, you must have something to do. Can you explain how to get to the Outer City from here?”

“You already know that the Outer City Kundara is currently hidden on the other side of the barrier,” The Yeha Sorcerer nodded obediently.

“That’s a trick that the long-lived species devised to avoid the approaching destruction, an act of standing outside the calamity… it’s literally a city that has reached the outer calamity.”

“……”

“Therefore, to go to Kundara, you must uncover the other side of the barrier and reach its boundary.”

The Yeha Sorcerer raised his hand towards the [Barrier] that Headro’s warlords had occupied in the border area of the Central Western Front.

“You have to uncover the shadow of the star that exists in the middle of the outside and inside of the barrier and head inside.”

“……”

After hearing the explanation, Lenok exchanged glances with Oliviera without a word.

If he was trying to test whether Lenok had the celestial spell, there was no reason to explain the method in such detail.

Rather, he would have thrown out vague words and tried to see how Lenok was planning to go to Kundara.

However, the Yeha Sorcerer’s attitude in explaining how to uncover the other side of the barrier seemed to be without any hesitation.

“If we have to uncover the shadow of the star, what methods are there?”

“It’s simple,” The Yeha Sorcerer smiled.

“We just need to ‘cut’ the barrier itself and forcibly uncover the other side of the barrier.”

“…What?”

“The Yeha Spell (刈荷術式) [a spell to cut burdens] I use is, as the name suggests, the power to cut the burden you carry.”

Having said that, the Yeha Sorcerer began to rapidly draw up his magic power.

“Since I wield an invisible blade, I can also cut what is invisible.”

The sorcerer, who had not shown any signs of using a cutting spell, was now drawing up his magic power for the first time and chanting.

Lenok realized that it was aimed at the [Barrier] in front of him, and his expression hardened when.

The Yeha Sorcerer pulled his hand down as if he were grasping an invisible sword in the air.

Swoosh!!

Along with a chilling cutting sound, the veil of the [Barrier] that had been swaying in front of the Yeha Sorcerer was cut vertically.

A clear sense of incongruity, as if a translucent curtain had been torn vertically to reveal the gap inside.

“Come closer,” The Yeha Sorcerer gestured to Lenok.

“I have opened a path here.”

“……”

Following the sorcerer’s gesture, Lenok looked inside the torn barrier and closed his mouth.

Through the crack in the transparent veil, a narrow path with white mist could be seen.

The border area of the Central Western Front, where the polluted forest was located.

However, the moment he ‘cut’ the barrier and looked inside its boundary, a completely different landscape was unfolding.

A distant landscape that seemed to have been there for an immeasurable amount of time, as if it were a depiction of the Taoist paradise of the immortals.

While Lenok was speechless and looking at the misty path hidden beyond the other side of the barrier.

“The other side of the [Barrier] surrounding Ars Nova. The city of the long-lived species hidden behind the shadow of the star,” The Yeha Sorcerer gave a strange smile.

“It is the entrance to the space-time where the Outer City is hidden.”