Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 1101

Thwack!!

The moment the ray of light, fired at an incredible speed, pierced Maleon’s wrist.

As Lenox, who had been grabbed by the collar, fell, Oliviera stepped forward.

“Ugh…!!”

Whoooosh!!!

Oliviera’s figure, her eyes flashing with arcane light as her ornate robe fluttered.

With a cold gaze, Oliviera looked at Maleon and spoke.

[I thought you were someone I couldn’t trust, but I never imagined you’d betray my expectations like this.]

Her gaze was directed towards the head of the Seonjong [a type of spirit or entity] hanging above Maleon’s neck.

[A dead head… Well, it’s quite pitiful, considering it was hiding its true form and devouring thoughts.]

“……”

Perhaps she grasped the situation the moment she saw Maleon’s appearance.

Each of Oliviera’s soliloquies was hitting the core of the moment.

[A body part that doesn’t listen is no different from a tumor, not flesh.]

Oliviera’s eyes shone coldly as she slowly turned to face the Ascendant [a being of higher power].

[I’ll cut it out.]

“It’s so scary, it’s making my non-existent knees tremble.”

The Seonjong asked with his limp head.

“Were you also a guest who came looking for the corpse stored in the Ten Chambers?”

[……]

Oliviera, even if she didn’t want to, would have no choice but to understand the meaning of those words.

Her gaze, which had quickly scanned the interior of the Ten Chambers, stopped at the throne.

The moment she saw the corpse sitting on the throne with its head severed, Oliviera’s breath hitched.

Oliviera, who had been silently staring at the scene, whispered softly.

[……Kaiser.]

“……”

Did she know, or did she expect it?

Perhaps she had been anticipating it.

Oliviera rarely revealed her emotions, and her purpose was unclear, so Lenox didn’t know much either.

However, he knew that she had been present at the moment the project was named.

He only knew that she had considerable lingering feelings about the project’s failure.

Therefore, it was still impossible to know how Oliviera would react now that she had faced Kaiser.

In the worst-case scenario, it wouldn’t be strange if Oliviera changed her attitude.

The reason why Oliviera dragged her exhausted body all the way here was-

[……]

However, Oliviera didn’t say anything more.

She didn’t get angry, she didn’t waver, she didn’t falter, and she didn’t sneer.

Instead, the light of her arcane eyes, which always represented her emotions, only dimmed slightly behind her veil.

It was the moment Lenox realized that it was a faint emotion of sadness, something he had rarely seen from Oliviera.

“That’s strange.”

Looking at Oliviera, the head tilted.

“She’s a powerful arcane eye sorcerer, but she uses Radiant Magic instead of her innate ability. That’s something that diminishes her talent in many ways.”

[……]

“Ah, I see what it feels like. It’s like changing channels, she’s transformed her own talents differently in each timeline?”

Just by looking at Oliviera for a moment, the Seonjong’s thoughts seemed to have grasped what kind of ability she was using.

This was probably because, even though the Seonjong wasn’t the real one, he possessed a consciousness and insight comparable to an Ascendant.

“Even considering the circuit change based on the characteristics of the arcane eyes, it’s not an efficient ability. If she’s forcibly drawing on past achievements, the backlash on her body must be enormous.”

“……”

“It’s like overlapping past spells onto her current body. The pain of grinding her whole body with iron sand wouldn’t be less than that. If she’s sacrificing efficiency to raise her peak, I can understand, but-”

The Seonjong’s eyes narrowed as he looked at Oliviera.

“That’s the way of an Ascendant. It’s not a method allowed to a mere mortal. Especially not to a short-lived species.”

[You know a lot more than I thought.]

At that moment, Oliviera turned her gaze towards the Seonjong.

[The very fact that you can speak that far is proof that you are not an intelligent being that exists in this era.]

“That’s not wrong. That can also be said to be my essence-”

[I’ve seen that twisted aura, closer to death than life, somewhere before.]

The arcane eyes that flashed behind the veil narrowed as if mocking him.

[Phaud Older. It’s been a very long time since I’ve called that name.]

“……”

Even without an explanation, Oliviera recognized her opponent.

She had noticed the twisted essence that was closer to death than life.

However, even though Oliviera called out his name, the Seonjong did not react.

The moment his answer was cut off, Maleon turned around, scattering arcane light as if responding.

The wrist that had been pierced by Oliviera’s light was already completely healed.

Maleon’s unique, almost miraculous regenerative ability as an Ascendant and a Dragonkin [a being with dragon-like traits].

Thump!!

The ground shook violently as he took a step forward.

At the same time, more than ten stars appeared above Maleon’s head and began to rotate fiercely.

Whoooosh!!!

The starlight, which was more than enough to fill the Ten Chambers with just one, rose from all directions and flashed.

The heat from the burning starlight was about to fall on Lenox’s head when,

Swoosh!!

Oliviera, who had landed next to Lenox with a sharp light, blocked the heat of the starlight.

Lenox, who was lying on the ground covered in blood, looked at her with difficulty.

“……Oliviera.”

[You are truly foolish.]

Oliviera said.

[If things had become this twisted, you should have run away without looking back.]

“……”

[You should be rushing to me, begging for your life, but instead, you were trying to do something on your own.]

Ironically, Lenox thought he could hear a faint smile in her voice.

[Even that aspect of you, not wanting to rely on others even after coming this far, is truly like you.]

“The situation… isn’t that relaxed.”

Lenox said, gritting his teeth and supporting his upper body with one arm.

If it hadn’t been for the dragon scale armor covering his skin, one of his limbs would have been severed long ago.

Lenox, looking at the blood dripping between the armor, opened his mouth with difficulty.

“The Seonjong’s consciousness and Maleon’s body are complementing each other and becoming complete. If we continue to fight in this realm, we’ll be defeated.”

[……]

“We need to regroup… or retreat. At the very least, we need time to withdraw from the Ten Chambers and recover from the damage.”

He had gained the upper hand in the 4-second battle using the elixir, but that was only possible because Maleon didn’t know about Lenox’s magic.

He had raised the peak with the explosive instantaneous output unique to lightning magic, forcibly breaking through the defense line set by Maleon.

From now on, Maleon’s defenses would become more solid, and he would be more cautious in dealing with Lenox.

Although incomplete, he was undoubtedly an Ascendant who had reached level 9.

It was difficult to fight him even in normal condition, but in this depleted state, it was impossible to even estimate their chances of winning.

“You can’t use Radiant Magic forever either.”

Lenox asked.

“Weren’t you already… at your limit?”

[……]

He didn’t understand everything the Seonjong had said, but one thing was clear.

It was not normal for Oliviera to be using Radiant Magic right now.

How much of a price would she have to pay to handle the Radiant Magic she had abandoned by lowering her rank and changing her system?

Lenox was aware that Oliviera had risked a great deal to intervene in the battle.

[You can’t always choose what to give up and what to gain.]

Oliviera, who had been silent, spoke as she slowly walked.

[The opportunity to choose doesn’t always come at the right time, and sometimes you don’t even have the right to choose it.]

“……”

[It’s the same for me. Abandoning magic and choosing the Magic Eye was my choice, but it wasn’t entirely by my will.]

“…Oliviera.”

[But you are different.]

Behind the veil, Oliviera’s cold face was slightly visible.

Her complexion was deathly pale as she turned her gleaming Magic Eye to look down at Lenox.

It was proof that she was enduring tremendous strain at this moment to use Radiant Magic.

The moment Lenox opened his mouth to say something instinctively.

[Even at this point, my decision remains unchanged.]

The expression on Oliviera’s face, as she looked down at Lenox, softened momentarily.

[If one of us has to move forward…]

“…!!”

[Extinction Star]

Kugwagwagwagwa!!!!

More than a dozen starlight fragments fell from above, their trajectories overlapping and growing in power.

The converging meteor accelerated as if piercing through the space where Lenox had fallen.

Oliviera turned towards the falling light and said.

[It should be you rather than me.]

Radiant Magic Unique Ability

Mirage

[Radiant Goddess Body]

Jjeoeoeoeong!!

At the same time as taking a step, Oliviera’s figure split into dozens of pieces.

A magic that disperses light to create illusions, and makes the created illusions into real clones.

Lenox’s eyes widened at the clone technique he had researched while facing the past Oliviera in the closed area.

The light of the Extinction Star wielded by Maleon swept away and erased Oliviera’s clones.

Kwaaaaaaaang!!!

The space of the Ten Canons shook and trembled madly.

The starlight surged, burning away everything around it and even melting the inner walls of the Nine Calamities.

The intense heat was enough to overwhelm even the space station made from the remains of the Long-Lived Species.

But Oliviera did not back down from the bombardment of starlight falling from the sky.

The intense light emitted by the clones that were being swept away and extinguished by the wave of the Extinction Star.

Gathering that light to create a bridge, she stepped behind Maleon, surpassing the original magic.

Paat!!

Lenox, who was lying on the ground covered in blood, was with her.

“…Cough!!”

Lenox, who had been thrown to the ground by the impact, coughed heavily.

If he hadn’t released the target designation resistance in time, he would have turned to dust without receiving the spell’s effect.

But Oliviera ignored Lenox’s reaction and immediately reached out towards Maleon.

Kiiiing!!!

Waves of light flashing from all directions surrounded Oliviera and rotated as if dancing.

The moment she tapped the lumps of light with her hand, the waves of light began to shine brilliantly, changing colors.

Radiant Magic Unique Ability

Star Net Divine Radiance

[Pleiades West Light]

Paat!!

The light patterns, connected like constellations in the night sky, accelerated sequentially, and Maleon immediately turned around and spread his hand.

The moment the two great sorcerers’ thoughts collided diagonally almost simultaneously.

Oliviera’s spell collided with the stars falling from the sky, creating a tremendous shockwave.

Kugwagwagwagwagwa!!!!!

Maleon’s Saintly Lotus Eight Extremes, which creates and drops ‘stars’ with unique magic power.

Oliviera’s Radiant Magic, which bends and manipulates the light attribute to its limit.

The spells of the transcendents, who control different lights, clashed at a speed of hundreds of times per second.

The waves of light and starlight, which were dyed in a splendid spectrum of colors and then disappeared, were mixed in a chaotic manner.

The sight in front of them turned completely white, and then became a light so intense that it burned the optic nerves.

All sound disappeared momentarily along with the heat that burned the whole body.

Kwaaaaang!!!!

“Kuh…!!!”

Lenox, unable to withstand the collision, was thrown against the inner wall and tumbled.

But even with the pain of his arm being twisted, Lenox raised his trembling hand and pushed it into his chest.

At first glance, it seemed like an equal spell duel, but it was just a postponement of the conclusion.

He didn’t doubt Oliviera’s skills, but he didn’t know how long her body, which was forcibly using Radiant Magic, would last.

While she was buying time by fighting Maleon, he had to somehow recover his magic power and join the battle.

As Lenox thought that, he hesitated and grabbed a very small vial.

The moment Oliviera’s figure crossed the wave of starlight and landed in front of Maleon.

Peobeobeobeong!!!

Oliviera’s body was constantly exploding from the starlight that Maleon was holding and detonating.

But her clones replaced the empty spaces, gradually increasing in number.

The moment hundreds of clones made hand seals and reached out towards the rampaging Ascendant.

The light surging from all directions connected in a huge hemisphere shape and began to press down on Maleon.

Paaaaaaaat!!!

Radiant Magic Unique Ability

Great Light Seal of the Supreme

Numerous lines of light connected between Oliviera’s clones, making all the clones the focal point for constructing the barrier.

The ultimate of Radiant Magic, which traps different spaces simultaneously by overlapping the focal point of the barrier hundreds of times.

[Wheel Fortress Construction]

“Oooooooo!!!!”

At the same time as Maleon roared in a rough voice, his body was swept away and erased by countless lines of light.

Jjeoeoeoeong!!!!

A bizarre resonance as if forcibly connecting and closing space-time.

At the same time, Maleon’s roar stopped abruptly, and a strange silence fell over the space of the Nine Calamities.

Only then did Oliviera, who had withdrawn the Radiant Goddess Body, slowly descend to the ground.

“Wheel Fortress Construction…”

Lenox, who was blankly watching her from behind, muttered.

“Did she… seal Maleon’s Gnosis?”

[It’s only a temporary measure, it won’t last long.]

Oliviera said in a cold voice.

[As you know, Wheel Fortress Construction is a spell that imitates the Supreme Seal of the Immortals. Anyone who sees the spell structure for the first time will inevitably be caught.]

“I know about the power of Wheel Fortress Construction. It shouldn’t be a spell that ends as a temporary measure…?”

[But the opponent is an Ascendant. What resides within him is the old thoughts of the Seonjong [a religious sect]. Once he understands the structure, it won’t be difficult to break it with force.]

Oliviera turned her gaze towards Lenox and whispered quietly.

[So, remember Maleon’s appearance well.]

“…What?”

[Maleon’s Gnosis is a Dragon Species born with the blessing of silver. Naturally, his abilities and talents will follow his origin.]

Oliviera explained.

[Silver is the most conductive material of all metals, so it’s clear that his talent is based on that, using spells specialized in heat conversion.]

“…”

[Next time you face him, you should be aware of this fact and find a way.]

“Next time? What do you-”

Lenox’s words did not continue any further.

Because Oliviera immediately passed by Lenox and moved on.

The moment Lenox realized that she was heading towards Kaise’s throne, which had not been affected by this battlefield at all.

The moment Oliviera, who had approached the throne, removed the veil covering her face.

The brilliantly shining Magic Eye of the Seven Treasures, the moment it directly faced Kaise’s corpse, which was being supplied with true blood.

[Seven Colors Seven Laws: Magic Eye Sympathy]

[Immutable Buddha Power: Causal Fixation]

[True Stop]

Jjeoeoeoeong!!!!

At the same time as a resonance that seemed to freeze space-time, everything stopped in its place.

The pipe flowing through the throne, and the true blood being supplied through it.

Even the remains of Kaise Bajur, emitting a powerful aura despite being decapitated.

Everything was ‘fixed’ in place, as if frozen.

Lenox turned his head with a surprised expression.

“The Magic Eye…!!”

[I just used my Magic Eye to ‘fix’ the causality of the corpse.]

Oliviera, slowly lowering her veil with a slightly trembling hand, said.

[Now that I’ve stopped the change in causality, it will be impossible to tamper with the corpse in any way for the time being.]

“…”

[Since there’s been a change to Kaise’s corpse, the blood contract will activate and expel any ‘being without true blood’.]

Oliviera said, turning her gaze towards Lenox.

[That way, at least one of you can escape the Gugeop safely.]

“…No way.”

Only then did Lenox realize Oliviera’s intention, his face hardening.

Why Oliviera was able to match spells with Maleon, even for a moment.

He understood what she was ultimately aiming for through that process.

The one who would be expelled from the Gugeop due to the blood contract was a being without true blood.

If so, Oliviera had already-

[You’re right, Gyeonroe. At this point, it’s impossible for the two of us to win against that Ascendant.]

“…”

[It would have been different if we had started the battle in normal condition, but there’s no need to discuss such meaningless assumptions for long.]

“Oliviera…!!”

[So, you should go down from the Gugeop and find a way to resolve this situation.]

Oliviera smiled.

[I’ll hold off the corrupted Ascendant.]

“No. It’s impossible.”

Lenox gritted his teeth and replied.

“Maleon is insane right now. If you try to hold him back, your Magic Eye and your life will be wasted!!”

The Magic Eye of the Seven Treasures was powerful, but it was a congenital ability that caused a huge backlash on the body.

She had struggled just using it briefly during the ascension ritual, so there was no way she could use the Magic Eye for long.

Moreover, holding off Maleon while maintaining the Magic Eye’s power was something that couldn’t even be considered in the first place-

KWA-AAANG!!!

At that moment, the barrier created by the Wheel Fortress shook violently, as if it would explode.

The Ascendant trapped inside had already grasped the structure and started to break it with force.

[I told you before we came up to the Gugeop.]

Oliviera said, looking at the scene.

[If only one of us had to go, it should be you rather than me. It’s the same this time.]

“Oliviera!!!!”

KWA-AAANG!!!

The barrier shattered, and the massive, blood-soaked body of the Dragonkin walked out from within.

Maleon’s new form, his eyes gleaming in the acrid smoke, as if he had been burned by countless waves of light.

Looking at Maleon slowly approaching, Oliviera reached out her hand towards Lenox.

[You’re right. Maybe it should have been you from the beginning.]

“…!!!”

[So, don’t misunderstand.]

Splat.

The blood that had fallen under the throne, not ‘fixed’ by the Magic Eye, drew a complex blood magic circle centered around Lenox.

Lenox, realizing it was the power of blood magic, immediately tried to get up.

Thud…!

Oliviera pushed Lenox’s shoulder down with a firm gesture.

The moment Lenox’s body, which had no strength left, slumped down, the blood magic circle activated.

[This is not a sacrifice or a whim, but a conclusion I’ve reached after long deliberation.]

Oliviera whispered with a smile.

[It’s my own way of putting an end to the failure of the project.]

CHWAAAAAK!!!

The figures of Maleon, who had come right in front of her, and Oliviera, who had turned her back to him, were obscured by a dazzling light.

At the same time, Lenox’s body floated up as if descending to an infinitely low altitude.

KU-GWA-GWA-GWA-GWA!!!!!

“-!!!”

A nauseating sensation as if all the organs in his body were losing their place and floating around, mixing together. All he could do was close his eyes and endure the shaking impact.

The hellish heat vaguely felt from the outside, the ear-splitting sound of the wind.

Would this be the feeling of riding on a meteorite falling from outer space?

Instinctively recalling such a thought, he bit his lip to maintain consciousness.

SPLAT!!

At the same time as hot blood poured out, Lenox’s body fell onto an old sidewalk.

“…!!”

He crashed shoulder-first and rolled a few times before stopping.

He felt a dull pain all over his body, but he didn’t have the strength to open his mouth.

With difficulty, he pushed his eyelids open, and a familiar alleyway came into view.

He had descended through blood magic from the space-time of the Gugeop outside the Outer Sea.

Had he returned to Kundara, the outer city existing on the other side of the veil?

“Haa, haa…!!”

If he closed his eyes while collapsed, he felt like he would pass out.

Lenox, breathing roughly, gritted his teeth and leaned his back against the wall.

With a trembling hand, he took out a cigarette and lit it. He inhaled the smoke to the end of his lungs and exhaled.

With the cigarette, which had burned to the end of the filter in an instant, still in his mouth, he raised his gaze to the sky.

“…That’s…”

KURURURURUNG!!!!

The mists that had filled the sky of Kundara were moving at an incredible speed.

The universe of mist surrounding the outer city of Kundara.

The countless mists were rushing past Kundara at an incredible speed.

Lenox was staring blankly at the sky at the incomprehensible sight when-

“Kundara has broken away from the other side of the veil and has started moving!!!”

A loud shout echoed from the far end of the alley.

“There’s a problem with Maleon Gnosis-nim. The Outer Sea plan is suspended!! Suspended!!!”

“If this continues, Kundara will fall into the middle of the central front. We have to stop it!!!”

“All the long-lived species who can move, move to the air-raid shelter!!”

“All eight Dragon Kings have moved. Find the short-lived species called Gyeonroe. Kill him immediately!!!”

“…”

Kundara was breaking away from the other side of the veil and falling into the center.

The Eight Dragon Kings were moving to hunt down Lenox.

Lenox, with a hardened expression, held his breath as he listened to the voices.

A quiet girl’s voice echoed in his ear.

“It ended up like this after all.”

“…!!!”

On the old wall, a black-haired girl was sitting and looking at Lenox.

The vampire, her blood-red eyes shining as she stared at Lenox, said.

“If Maleon became an Ascendant, I thought we might be able to avoid the worst-case scenario.”

“…Po Hyulgong.”

The girl didn’t answer and jumped down from the wall.

Warning sounds and shouts were approaching from all directions. The fierce auras of the long-lived species were rampaging to find Lenox.

But even in the midst of all that, Po Hyulgong calmly adjusted her clothes and asked.

“You know, this is the third time we’ve met like this, right?”

“…”

“And like this world, this should be the last time.”

CHWAAAK!!

She opened a door leading to her palace in a pool of blood and gestured.

“Follow me. If you intend to bring the end of this outer city with your own hands.”