Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 1100

Thwack!! A golden ray of light bursts forth in the void, resonating as it spins like a fierce engine.

The sixth form of the old world’s musket, the Terminus of Theremer, [Dragon’s Song].

This ability, which fires a bullet using the user’s partial image, is literally a power that imitates a dragon’s breath.

The Dragon Authority, considered the most powerful privilege of the dragon race, is a mental attack fired by ‘consuming’ the image.

The moment Lenox, who pulled the trigger of the musket, fired a bullet at Maleon’s corrupted body.

[Oooooooo!!!!]

The jewel dragon, letting out a menacing roar, raised its forepaw and struck the bullet fired by Lenox at tremendous speed.

Crackkkk-!!!!!

Even in the ancient eon’s space where everything is suppressed and collapsing, the kaleidoscope [a reference to the chaotic nature of the space] does not lose its light.

From Maleon’s right forepaw, his shoulder and back area are crushed and disappear.

At the same time as an indescribable, strange resonance, it pierced through the giant dragon’s right half.

Fwoooosh!!!!

[……!!!]

A golden ripple rotated over the giant dragon’s shoulder, and the touched flesh disappeared as if erased.

A direct hit. It was an attack that blew away almost half of the jewel dragon’s right upper body.

However, as soon as Lenox saw that half of Maleon’s body had been cut away, he threw his body sideways with all his might.

Splat-

At the same time, Maleon’s tail, swung at an invisible speed, struck the spot where Lenox had been standing.

Craaaash!!!!

A terrifying roar as if the space itself was being split.

Lenox, who was pushed back by the shockwave, knelt down and coughed heavily.

“Cough……!!!”

He should have used mana or blink [a teleportation-like ability] to assist his movements, but he couldn’t avoid the shockwave due to mana depletion.

That alone shattered all the shields he had around his body, and even the front of his shirt was soaked with blood.

“I didn’t expect it, a musket that fires Dragon Authority in the form of a bullet.”

Shuuu……!!

From Maleon’s massive body, who slowly lowered his forepaw, Seonjong said, shaking his head.

“The ‘image’ contained in that bullet. I don’t know what it is, but it’s not an ordinary ability. Is it a power that has a superiority in terms of ontology [the nature of being]?”

“…….”

“Even with the dragon race’s body manipulation ability, this is the extent of the damage. If your mana hadn’t been depleted, it might have been a disaster.”

Maleon did not avoid the magic bullet fired by Lenox, nor did he endure it by taking it with his bare body.

The moment he sensed the firing of the magic bullet, he rotated his body and simultaneously moved his bodily organs such as blood vessels, nerves, and organs to his left half.

He used his right half, which was only flesh and muscle, as a shield to receive the magic bullet, and then discarded it as if cutting it off.

A technique allowed only to the blessed dragon race, who can freely manipulate the position of blood vessels and bodily organs throughout their body.

Seonjong looked at Lenox, who was sitting down and bleeding, with an indifferent gaze.

“In that you can produce this much output with depleted mana, you are certainly worthy of being called a great mage.”

“…….”

That was wrong.

The reason Lenox tried to end the battle with one blow using Dragon’s Song was because he had no energy left in the first place.

The ascension ritual that took place in the Eighth Eon [a measure of time or a specific era]. The manipulation of the magic circle left by Jintun and the entry into the Ninth Eon.

He had scraped the last of his remaining mana and energy while breaking through to the end of the Ninth Eon.

Even after pouring all the mana he had drawn out with doping into the musket, he failed to produce a proper output.

As a result, even though he hit Maleon by using a part of Lenox’s image as a bullet, he failed to neutralize him.

“It’s a pity. I would have been able to entrust the ‘cutting’ and ‘joining’ of this head to you, with the help of a great mage like you.”

Thud!!

Seonjong spoke, borrowing Maleon’s body, who had stepped forward with his massive dragon forepaw.

“The delicate work of connecting the blood vessels of the human race and the dragon race cannot be entrusted to just anyone.”

“…….”

Cutting and joining.

Even in the midst of all this, Lenox was thinking about the two mages who specialized in those two techniques.

Was it really a coincidence that all the mages with such unique techniques were moving under the affiliation of the Alliance?

Even as his consciousness momentarily blurred, Lenox was lost in such meaningless thoughts.

“I tried to resolve this amicably, but if you come out like this, I have no choice.”

Crack, crackkkk……!!!

At that moment, along with the sound of muscles and bones rupturing, the giant dragon’s form began to shrink.

A strange sight as the jewel dragon’s body compressed and crumpled in place.

From within, Seonjong’s head slowly disappeared as he whispered leisurely.

“From now on, shall we leave it to Maleon Gnosis himself?”

Crackle……!!!

The disguise ended, and the figure of a giant with a dragon’s head descended again.

Maleon’s original appearance, not much different from when they first met.

The clumsy disguise he had tried to maintain until the moment he was reborn as an Ascendant [a being that has transcended normal limitations].

However, there was no longer any gentle favor in his eyes as he looked at Lenox.

He merely glared at Lenox with unfocused eyes, his pupils flashing roughly with a cold light.

Kugugugu!!!!

As soon as he saw that, Lenox could sense it.

What was standing in front of Lenox now was Maleon, but also not Maleon.

The ruler of starlight, who had lost his mind while entrusting his body to the melody coming from beyond the outer sea, and freely wielding the techniques he had reached at level 9.

The most powerful and dangerous transcendent throughout Kundara [the name of the world or a region].

Bwaaaaaaang!!!

With Maleon’s gesture, intense starlight rose in the void and spun wildly.

The ‘starlight’ that rose above the two men’s heads intensified its heat and glowed with an eerie spinning sound.

Lenox frowned as he stared at the ominous mana.

“The output…….”

Maleon’s technique output, which had been continuously decreasing while crossing the Ninth Eon, had completely recovered.

Even the mana emanating from his entire body was being pumped out without a break.

“You activated the ‘Blood Contract’ that sealed the ten gates while coming here, right?”

As if answering Lenox’s question, Seonjong said.

“The Blood Contract, created by combining ten true bloods, reduces the suppression that true blood races receive in the Ninth Eon.”

“…….”

Was that why Maleon’s condition had improved rapidly after entering the ten gates?

“Maleon Gnosis and I are simultaneously reducing the spiritual pressure of the Ninth Eon on this body.”

Seonjong whispered.

“At this moment, only I and Eunseong are free from the pressure of the outer sea.”

Kiyuuuung……!!!!

The Primal Magic Saint Lotus Eight Extremes Style, which had never been directed at Lenox since he had known Maleon.

The starlight that had torn apart countless mummies and barriers, for the first time, flashed with a menacing intent towards Lenox.

Craaaash!!!!

The starlight, which was slammed down at tremendous speed, pierced and exploded exactly where Lenox had been standing.

An explosion that blurred his vision and deafened his ears.

His body was momentarily lifted and pushed back, then his whole body was battered with tremendous impact.

Kugwagwagwaga!!!

Even though he had thrown his body backward and adjusted his direction with mana, he could not avoid the aftermath.

A dry cough flowed up his throat, and then the impact that repeatedly struck his stomach stopped abruptly.

He was unable to even breathe properly, and was miserably rolling between the inner walls of the ten gates.

“Kuh……!!!”

“No matter how strong the dragon race’s body is, it cannot be compared to the unique techniques directly used by an Ascendant.”

Maleon’s new form, looking down at Lenox, who had fallen far away, with the devastation he had created before his eyes.

From within Maleon, whose pale eyes flashed, Seonjong’s voice echoed.

“It’s a pity that I can’t directly control this body yet, but Maleon is the only one who can use primal magic.”

“…….”

Did he hand over control to the rampaging Maleon in order to kill Lenox for sure with the Saint Lotus Eight Extremes Style?

Maleon was already rampaging, with all his senses submerged in the melody of the outer sea.

There was no way he could watch and expect Maleon to recognize Lenox now.

However, Lenox, upon hearing Seonjong’s words, was rather feeling a faint possibility.

‘He doesn’t know about the Life Vessel I have.’

The Life Vessel that Lenox had obtained with Maleon’s help in the Hall of the Eighth Eon.

Seonjong’s thought form was unaware of the existence of the relic that gave Lenox one more spare life.

If he knew that, he would not have tried to take Lenox’s life in this way.

That was also the reason why Lenox could not be sure of Maleon’s betrayal during the journey of the Ninth Eon.

He could not understand the case where Maleon would try to betray Lenox while clearly knowing the existence of the Life Vessel.

As a result, Maleon did not betray him, and in return, he was rampaging, corrupted, and hostile to Lenox-

But the fact itself was by no means simple.

‘He’s not reading all of Maleon’s memories. There must be a missing part.’

Lenox, who had stood up while breathing heavily, shone his eyes.

‘Then there’s something I can try.’

Fwoosh!!

He threw a potion that restored mana into his mouth, chewed it, swallowed it, and threw his body sideways.

[Blink]

The starlight spinning behind Maleon exploded where Lenox had fallen, and he slipped to the side.

Kugwagwagwaga!!

A giant silver pillar swept through the inside of the ten gates horizontally and exploded.

Local explosions followed dozens of times along the path of the starlight beam, drawing a magnificent nebula.

Hwaaaak!!

He slipped through the hot nebula that seemed to evaporate just by touching it.

He connected the little mana he had left to his whole body, bound it with mana threads, and adjusted his direction while rotating.

Lenox’s new form, flying low as if skimming the ground, headed towards the blood gate leading out of the ten gates in an instant.

“Oh, are you thinking of running away?”

With Seonjong’s voice, Maleon turned his gaze sharply.

As he waved his arm, his unfocused eyes shining, five ‘stars’ rose and bent, following his gesture.

They poured down like a bombardment towards the place where the blood gate was standing.

Fububububung!!!

The glass outer wall shook violently from all sides. The nebula was thickly laid around the area.

Maleon’s mana was mixed up chaotically, creating a cloudy battlefield where one could not see an inch ahead.

However, the Ascendant did not miss anything even for a moment in the nebula he had created.

Even if he was rampaging and had lost his reason, the Ascendant’s senses and intuition existed beyond such categories.

Even the slightest sign or mana could be captured and erased as soon as it was caught by his senses.

“I knew you’d come out like that.”

Hwaak!!

As if denying that judgment entirely, Lenox’s new form appeared from behind Maleon.

“……!!!”

“I thought you wouldn’t react to my mana or presence.”

In one of Lenox’s hands, who was smiling weakly, was a silver-shining wish-fulfilling jewel.

The wish-fulfilling jewel that Maleon had given to Lenox on the outskirts of the Ninth Eon.

Because it was filled with Maleon’s own life force, he did not notice that Lenox had hidden his presence with the wish-fulfilling jewel.

Realizing that fact, Maleon roared roughly, put starlight in his mouth, and turned his body sharply.

Dragon Authority: Eldritch Breath

The starlight spinning in Maleon’s throat was about to pour out towards Lenox without hesitation.

[Reverse: White Fall]

The pure white lightning that sprang from Lenox’s fingertips struck Maleon’s jaw and canceled the breath.

Bbeoooong!!!

“……!!!!”

A powerful technique operation that Lenox had never shown before.

The moment Maleon roared roughly at the eerie lightning wave.

Lenox dropped the elixir dilution bottle, which he had neatly emptied with his other hand.

Click!!

“Let’s go.”

The window of fixed mana current lasted approximately four seconds after consuming an elixir.

In the Nine Hells, where immense mana consumption was forced, Lenox was deploying a spell formation without limits for the first time.

Kiiiiiiing……!!!

As the Bagua formation [an eight-trigram symbol used in Taoism] rotated behind his head, time seemed to slow down.

The bright blue lightning swirling around his forearm tingled and dyed the surroundings.

In the extremely slowed time, Lenox and Maleon simultaneously stepped into each other’s space.

The Ascendant’s starlight and the mage’s lightning were unleashed almost at the same time.

[Dance Tremor]

[Heavenly Collapse Lightning Brand]

Seven Forms – Outer Law

[Star Net Cloud Spread]

Jjeojeojeojeojeojeojeong!!!

The seven streams of starlight rotating in Maleon’s hand and the lightning wielded by Lenox collided and danced.

Drawing a massive storm of light around the two, it spread in all directions.

Kugwagwagwagwaga!!!!!

The sounds of rupture and impact failed to follow each other, buried and overlapped by the continuous explosions.

With a single gesture, dozens of incantations were fired simultaneously, brushing past breaths and lines of sight.

Behind Lenox and Maleon, the light of stars and lightning intersected, rotating in a circle and burning everything.

‘But……!!!’

Lenox had only seen Maleon’s primal magic after he became an Ascendant [a being who has transcended mortal limitations].

Conversely, Maleon had never directly witnessed Lenox’s electric magic.

That minor lack of experience was exploited to the extreme within those four seconds, shattering the balance.

Pajik!!

In the extremely slowed time, it was Lenox who gained the upper hand first.

Breaking through Maleon’s chaotically shaking starlight, sharp lightning landed on the dragonkin’s shoulder.

Maleon’s left collarbone area exploded, scattering scales in all directions.

[Strange Thunderclap]

Bbeoeoeoeong!!!

“……!!!”

What instinctively flashed across Maleon’s face, which was in a frenzy, was not pain but surprise.

How many battles had he fought in the Nine Hells after being reborn as an Ascendant?

All that battle experience made Maleon’s body move flawlessly.

Maleon’s martial prowess was already perfected in a realm separate from his own mind.

Yet, in a mere four-second exchange, Maleon had momentarily been pushed back by the human before him.

The innate instincts of a dragonkin and the intuition he gained as an Ascendant paused before that incomprehensible result.

Pajik!!

Lenox, gripping sharp lightning, dove into Maleon’s chest.

Having neutralized his right shoulder with a magic bullet and his left shoulder with lightning.

He attempted to close the distance at this moment, having momentarily rendered both of Maleon’s arms useless.

The moment he took a step towards the Ascendant, who had momentarily lost his balance as his shoulder was shattered,

Hwaak!!

As the four seconds gained from consuming the elixir ended, everything returned to its normal speed.

The slowed time from rotating the Bagua formation and the lightning raging in all directions.

The temporary barrier and shield that had been protecting Lenox’s body scattered and disappeared as if they were lies.

However, a single strand of lightning in Lenox’s hand remained until the very end.

Pajijik!!

Forcing his staggering body to twist, he plunged the gripped lightning into Maleon’s solar plexus.

The lightning that Lenox held in reverse turned into a dazzling lightning key the moment it touched Maleon.

[Heavenly Thunder Key]

As the lightning key was slammed onto the scales, a shockwave of lightning erupted from behind Maleon’s back.

Jjeoeoeoeong!!!!

“…….”

Maleon’s massive body, which had stopped all reactions and stood still the moment the key was inserted.

However, Lenox calmly opened his mouth without panicking.

“Maleon. If you’re conscious, answer me.”

The Heavenly Thunder Key that Lenox had pulled out last was a relic from the Thunder God’s Hall, obtained from the Thorben Magic Tower.

It was an artifact containing the Thunder Emperor’s Thunder Disassembly Technique, a transcendent being from the First World.

A transcendent artifact that could unravel all things with lightning and, conversely, lock them away.

Therefore, Lenox intended to forcibly subdue Maleon’s rampage using the Heavenly Thunder Key.

“I’m going to seal some of your senses and forcibly awaken your consciousness. Are you listening?”

“…….”

“If you don’t regain your senses now, there’s no turning back. Your body-”

“Remarkable.”

“……!!!!”

Wajak!!

At that moment, Maleon’s disguise partially dissolved, revealing the head of the Seonjong [a term referring to a type of immortal or enlightened being].

A gruesome sight, with his mouth wide open and his throat pierced by the lightning key.

“The operation of the artifact and the spell. The ability to initiate combat and the judgment to finish it. There’s nothing that isn’t astonishing.”

Even in the midst of all this, Seonjong could not hide his admiration and spoke to Lenox.

“Against an Ascendant who has regained his full power, is it possible for a mage who has depleted his mana to accomplish this much?”

“…….”

“Most of the great mages of my era were not like this. Is it simply that you are special?”

“The key-”

Kwaaang!!

Before he could finish his sentence, Maleon raised his hand and struck Lenox’s side.

With a circular ripple, Lenox’s body was flung like a toy, crashing into the inner wall.

“……Ha……!!”

Lenox lowered his head, unable to even groan properly.

If it weren’t for the divine barrier that replaced his internal organs with mana, he might have died from that single counterattack.

Even the barrier that had been helpful in the battle against the Grafting Sorcerer was now impossible to maintain due to a lack of mana.

If he allowed even one more attack, he would truly reach death.

However, Seonjong didn’t seem particularly interested in Lenox’s condition.

“Four seconds? No, it’s a bit shorter than that. You cut off your mana usage precisely at 3.9831 seconds. Right?”

“…….”

“Within that time, you completed 88 incantations and casts, turned the tide of the battle, and even prepared a means to seal Maleo Gnosis’s rampage.”

Seonjong, bursting into laughter, said,

“Amazing. This is truly… amazing. How can a human have such judgment and execution ability at the same time?”

Kuung!!

Maleon, with a fierce glint in his eyes, grabbed Lenox by the collar and lifted him up.

“Is this what it feels like when transcendent talent is combined with sufficient time? I think I understand why Maleon was shaken by you.”

Seonjong said, slowly spitting out the Heavenly Thunder Key from Maleon’s chest.

“But, it’s your failure that you couldn’t kill Maleon at the last moment. You know that, right?”

“…….”

Lenox also knew.

That even if he used the power of the Heavenly Thunder Key, he might not be able to stop Maleon’s rampage.

However, at this point, it was the most probable method he could try with his remaining mana.

The only way to resolve the situation in the absence of the elixir’s effects.

However, Seonjong had also read Lenox’s intentions, even if he didn’t know his methods, and reacted at the last moment.

The damage from being hit by the Heavenly Thunder Key would be significant, but he wouldn’t have let Maleon regain his senses either.

“I thought I had found the perfect collaborator, but as expected, nothing goes as planned.”

Kkung!!

While Seonjong clicked his tongue, Maleon, gripping Lenox by the collar, began to move.

He stood with his back to the darkness of the outer sea visible behind the throne.

“There’s no reason to keep a mage like you alive and give you any more chances.”

Kiiiiiiing!!!

The form of starlight began to intensely gather in Maleon’s hand.

Seonjong, clinging to Maleon’s chest, said,

“There will be no pain. I’ll blow your head off in one go.”

“…….”

‘Should I use it?’

He could still choose.

Whether to rely on the Life Vessel he had never used, or to use another artifact to escape this moment.

But even if he struggled here, could he gain the upper hand against the current Maleon?

Even if there was no chance of victory, he wouldn’t hesitate if it was necessary to risk his life on a low probability.

Lenox had not come this far to stop Maleon’s rampage.

“…….”

In Lenox’s eyes, which were fixed on the corpse of Kaise Bajur sitting on the throne, a light returned for a moment.

As if recognizing and reacting to the existence of a completely unexpected variable.

“……The real Seonjong, you said he became an Ascendant after experiencing death.”

Lenox said with difficulty.

“I could also achieve a similar result with this death.”

“…….”

Could it be that he hadn’t expected Lenox to say such a thing?

“……Unfortunately, that won’t happen.”

Seonjong, who had been silent, replied a beat late.

“Phaud Older… the ascension that the dead ‘me’ experienced was not something that was achieved by the laws of this world in the first place.”

“The… laws of this world?”

“Imagine filling both sides of a coin, one with new and the other with old, each differently.”

Seonjong said quietly, with a voice devoid of emotion.

“It’s impossible, but if it were possible, every time you flipped the coin, it would exist in both the past and the present simultaneously.”

“…….”

“You, who are a being of this world, cannot understand, but in reality, ‘I’ found a being with the same wish in the vanished past…”

Seonjong’s voice turned eerie.

“And as a result, I remain here.”

“……I see.”

Uuuuuuung!!!

With those words, the heat of the starlight in Maleon’s hand flared intensely.

The moment he grabbed Lenox’s head, Lenox’s very existence would evaporate as if it had been erased.

But even knowing that, Lenox forced his gaze away.

“Was it enough to buy some time?”

“……What?”

Behind Maleon’s back, a beautiful radiance of light flashed.

Radiant System Unique Magic

Single Point Cannon Shot

Kiiiiiiing……!!!

The pulsation of photons, as if gathering and firing the surrounding light.

The moment Lenox felt that he had definitely seen that spell, which manipulated the properties of light, somewhere.

A beam of light, moving at a speed that could not be perceived, accurately pierced Maleon’s wrist.

[Radiant Pierce]

Paahhhhaaaang!!!!!

“……!!!!”

Although it came from a blind spot, it was fast enough to snipe an Ascendant who was operating a spell.

Lenox already knew about this spell.

Pure spell system elemental magic. Among them, the radiant system, which boasts the fastest speed.

This magic that manipulates light was once the symbol of a level 8 great mage-

[You’re a troublesome partner to the very end.]

Beyond the door made of blood, a cold voice echoed.

[I’ve said it many times, but when I’m with you, nothing ever goes according to plan.]

The level 8 Eye Magic Sorcerer, who had temporarily left during the journey through the Nine Hells.

Oliviera Ron Maze had arrived on the battlefield.