Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 1113

Aftermath (2)

Five days had passed since the outer-god city, Kundara, crashed into the central front’s border region.

Lenox, who had been focusing on treatment at the Blood Shadow Palace, was finally able to get out of bed on the fourth day with the help of the Blood Puncture Master. [A master of manipulating blood flow for healing.]

It wasn’t that his condition had improved, but rather that the Blood Puncture Master had taken measures to enable minimal movement by assisting his blood circulation.

Even so, Lenox still had things to do to completely resolve the matter of the Nine Calamities.

Before moving in earnest, he took a look around the shattered facilities and areas of the outer-god city.

The eight calamities that made up Kundara were now split into layers and scattered throughout the border region.

However, even amidst this, the long-lived species were working hard to rebuild the city, moving between the separated facilities and areas.

Thud!!

The long-lived species, revealing their massive forms, were moving construction materials and packages from all directions.

Newspapers and posters were scattered everywhere in the streets.

A frail crane coughed as it read a newspaper, and a turtle blinked as it listened to the radio.

[Kundara, the outer-god city, advances to the central front. Why are the long-lived species taking the lead?]

[It is reported that the living areas are fragmented and scattered near the western front’s border region-]

[There are fierce reactions from various places regarding the super-large city that crashed into the central front…]

[It is reported that both the Order and the Alliance are preparing to make official statements-]

[There are concerns about changes in the power structure due to the long-lived species’ advance to the central front…]

On a screen set up in the street, several long-lived species gathered to listen to the news being broadcast.

“I didn’t know that the short-lived beings of the mundane world were so interested in us.”

“We must understand. From now on, they are our partners with whom we must coexist.”

“Coexistence? I’ve heard that even short-lived beings don’t get along well with each other.”

A plump lizard. A deer sitting elegantly with its legs together. A toad with a grumpy expression.

The long-lived species, boasting their massive sizes, were sitting side by side, watching the news.

“What is coexistence? They live and die in a few decades. If we can wait and endure that amount of time, that’s as good as coexistence.”

“You should be working for the Eight Dragon Kings, not the Council of Elders.”

“The Eight Dragon Kings and the Council of Elders can’t even get along, so there’s no reason to lump the short-lived beings together.”

The old crane stroked its wings and said,

“It’s an unavoidable situation, but we have invaded their land. It would be good to interact with an open mind.”

“Hmm, I’m not uninterested in the habits and behaviors of the short-lived beings, but…”

“Now that things have turned out this way, can we bring a short-lived being as a pet? I’m confident I can cherish it until it dies of old age.”

“……”

The long-lived species’ conversation seemed strangely out of sync.

Lenox, who had been listening to their words from behind, turned away with a wry smile.

There were many long-lived species with gentle natures, but there were also many who were ignorant about the short-lived beings.

With attention and excitement pouring in from all over the continent towards the outer-god city that had crashed into the central front.

Even though many maintained a composed attitude despite being suddenly dragged out from behind the curtain.

The interest that the long-lived species showed towards the short-lived beings was quite bizarre, even to Lenox.

“…That way.”

The plains of the central front’s border region stretched out beyond the fifth calamity’s staircase.

Even as he moved his steps with the help of his staff, the scenery beyond the horizon did not change at all.

The overwhelming area of the central front’s border region was not much different between the eastern and western continents.

At that moment, as Lenox was lost in thought while looking at the surrounding scenery.

A huge beast engulfed in flames fell from above Lenox’s head.

Koo-oong!!!

A huge salamander, covered in hot flames, was licking its tongue and looking at Lenox.

The salamander, staring intently at Lenox, slowly opened its mouth towards Lenox.

“Teacher.”

With the voice, the salamander, engulfed in light, transformed into a red-haired boy on the spot.

The boy, who had been silently looking at Lenox, bowed his head to Lenox.

“I have been waiting.”

“Angron.”

The leader of the Fire Blossom species, and a high-ranking long-lived species who had learned the Five Hundred Paths from Lenox.

Lenox, remembering the unusually impulsive fire salamander, smiled with a pale face.

“You must have heard from the Council of Elders about what happened to this city.”

“……”

“And yet, you still want to call me teacher?”

“…I know that today’s accident was caused by Eunseong himself.”

Angron looked at Lenox with a complex expression and answered calmly.

“I also heard that you didn’t urge Eunseong, but rather tried to stop him.”

“……”

“The orders to hunt you down in this city have already been lifted. No one will resent you anymore.”

“Resentment, huh.”

Lenox asked.

Because the target of the emotion had changed, but the emotion itself remained in Angron’s answer.

“Do you resent Maleon?”

“…I don’t know.”

Angron trailed off.

Unlike the boy who was always hasty and angry, the answer was endlessly quiet.

“I know that Eunseong did not do it for personal gain, but the result is so miserable.”

“……”

“Even if the intention was good, if the result is bad, can we really say it was right?”

Angron raised his gaze.

“Either way, Eunseong’s name will never be called with glory in Kundara. I am sad about that.”

“…I see.”

Lenox couldn’t answer and closed his mouth.

Even in the face of unexpected hardships, Maleon did his best until the end.

He did not abandon Lenox until the end, and even after being possessed, he helped Lenox.

In the end, he even entrusted his own ending to Lenox and left.

In a situation where he couldn’t even maintain his ego, he tried to be himself until the end.

But how could he explain to Angron that Maleon had tried his best?

How much he had tried to pick up the pieces of his failure until the last moment.

How could he tell Angron that his efforts were not in vain?

“Follow me.”

Seeing the silent Lenox, Angron turned his steps.

“I will guide you to the epicenter where the Nine Calamities fell.”

“Has there been anyone approaching the vicinity of the Nine Calamities for the past few days?”

“My children are blocking access within a 5km radius of the epicenter and preventing external access.”

Angron answered as he walked ahead.

“The surrounding environment is so harsh that no one, including myself, has been able to enter, so please rest assured.”

“……”

“That way.”

Following Angron’s gaze, Lenox was finally able to properly understand the meaning of those words.

Kuhwaaaak…!!!

Above the massive, half-destroyed glass structure, flames were endlessly burning.

The black lightning mixed in with the flames was endlessly supplying fuel to keep the flames from going out, adding to the heat.

The flames engulfing the remains of the Nine Calamities were burning the vegetation of the plains and turning the surrounding area into a desert.

“The flames and lightning are mixed, burning the space itself.”

“……”

“The investigation team has been dispatched several times, but they couldn’t even approach the outer walls, let alone investigate the internal facilities.”

Angron glanced at the silent Lenox.

“Unless it’s the person who created that hellscape, entry won’t even be allowed.”

“I see.”

Lenox said as he moved his steps.

Lenox, who had been looking at the remains of the Nine Calamities burning in the distance, glanced back at Angron.

“I want to be alone. Can you have the people move away?”

“I received a message from Regnus to respect your wishes as much as possible.”

Angron bowed his head.

“Me and my children will all return to the Fifth Calamity area.”

Krrr…!!

At the same time, the surrounding ground slowly heaved and shook.

A sense of unease, as if dozens of heavy presences that had been in the ground had started moving at once.

Were those presences that had been heavily pressing down on this area the long-lived species of the Fire Blossom that Angron had mentioned?

At the same time as he turned his gaze, even Angron’s presence disappeared cleanly.

Lenox silently moved his steps towards the remains of the Nine Calamities, which were burning fiercely.

Whioooo!!!

The flames and lightning that were engulfing the Nine Calamities and tearing apart everything that approached.

However, the moment Lenox approached, the black lightning slowly began to subside.

Even though the power had already left Lenox, the black lightning itself seemed to obey Lenox’s will.

Tap, tap…!!!

At the same time as the fragments of black lightning disappeared, the heat of the flames also weakened to the point where it could be withstood with a shield.

Only then did Lenox step inside the remains of the collapsed Nine Calamities.

Crunch!!

He walked through a corridor littered with glass shards and ashes.

Even though it had fallen to the ground from thousands of kilometers above, its shape itself remained faintly.

This was because the facilities of the Nine Calamities were sturdy enough to withstand the outside of the outer sea, and because what was ‘left behind’ inside was supporting the facilities.

Because of that, Lenox was able to reach the entrance of the Tenth Palace simply by clearing away the debris that had collapsed between the corridors.

“……”

A basin that had been broken into several pieces. A pipe that had dried up from not being able to withstand the heat.

And in front of it, the scenery of the Tenth Palace, shattered and revealing its interior.

Kugugugu!!!

In the endless flames, a tilted throne could be seen.

The remains of Kaise Bajur were sitting on that throne.

Amidst the fall and shattering of the Nine Calamities, and the heat that was burning the space, the remains were maintaining their original form.

“……”

For some reason, he knew the reason.

That throne was something that Makina’s Fire Hearth Shield had created by borrowing the principles of the Ascension Gate. [A device that connects to other dimensions.]

It was a coffin itself to preserve Kaise’s death even beyond the world.

If it borrowed the power of the Ascension Gate that was connected to the old world, then that corpse was the same as having a foothold in the second world.

The material damage or impact of this world would not damage Kaise’s death.

The Seonjong also knew this, so after killing Lenox, they tried to get their hands on the corpse without worrying about the aftermath of the battle.

That was why Lenox also knew that Kaise would remain here even after all the fighting was over.

That Lenox himself had to personally take care of the death of Kaise Bajur left here.

Click!!

Lenox, who had approached through the flames, touched the control panel behind the throne with a familiar hand movement.

He had memorized the blueprints and principles of the Ascension Gate from the mechanical city of Makina.

He knew how to operate the throne.

He also knew how Lenox should send him off.

“Kaise.”

Click, click!!

Every time he manipulated the control panel, the parts connected to the throne fell off one by one.

Each time, the function of the throne was lost, and the surrounding flames narrowed the distance.

As he turned off the functions of the throne that had borrowed the principles of the Ascension Gate one by one, the flames approached the epicenter.

Whirr…!!!

The flames engulfing the throne slowly began to burn Kaise Bajur’s body.

Lenox leaned against the burning throne and manipulated the control panel until the end.

Click!!

Lenox, who had completely turned off the function of the throne and stood up, said,

“There’s no reason to cling to leaving your death in material form now.”

Kuhwaaaak…!!!

The flames grew stronger.

The flames that engulfed the space-time of the Nine Calamities melted the glass and partitions, and gently engulfed the throne.

“I will continue to pursue the conclusion of the project.”

Lenox closed his eyes as he looked at Kaise’s remains slowly burning inside.

“If I find the one who touched your death… I will be able to uncover the whole truth of this matter until the end.”

The ending of Kaise that Lenox faced at the end of the Nine Calamities was something that Lenox had not expected at all.

But rather, Lenox was certain that it would be an incredibly powerful clue.

The person who knew that Kaise Bajur’s neck had been cut off and his head had disappeared.

The person who could come up to the Nine Calamities and reach the end of the Tenth Palace and face Kaise’s corpse.

The person who could ignore the power of the throne designed by borrowing the principles of the Ascension Gate and ‘cut off’ his head.

There were not even five transcendents in this world who could satisfy all those conditions.

Surely, that person would be waiting with all the conclusions and failures of the project in their hands.

The meaning of the name Alcaide.

The reason why the Pope and the Commander were involved in the project.

The reason why Kaise Bajur failed and died.

He had traveled through three cities and finally arrived here.

That was why Lenox was able to decide how to send off Kaise’s remaining corpse.

Whhaaaaaaaak!!!!

Kaise’s corpse disappeared, buried in the flames.

At the same time, the facilities of the Nine Calamities, which had been maintaining their form, melted and collapsed one by one.

At the same time as the remains of the Nine Calamities, engulfed in flames, collapsed, a powerful vibration burst out along the ground.

Kugwagwagwagwa!!!!

Endless, deafening roars that seemed to burst the eardrums continued.

The huge graveyard built by piling up the deaths of the long-lived species, the outpost that had been floating outside the outer sea, burned and disappeared.

Lenox slowly moved his steps, stepping on the ashen partitions and catching the falling debris.

The moment he walked out of the remains of the Nine Calamities, leaving behind the rapidly collapsing facilities.

Lenox stopped walking as he faced a woman wearing a splendid robe.

“…Oliviera.”

[……]

Oliviera did not answer.

She only quietly raised her gaze and stared at the Nine Calamities burning and collapsing behind Lenox.

The magic eye that flashed behind the veil no longer revealed her emotions.

She watched the remains of the Nine Calamities burning and disappearing until the end.

As if watching Kaise Bajur, who was cremated together inside, she stood there for a long time.

[…I see.]

Even though he had burned the Nine Calamities as he pleased, she did not get angry.

She did not object to Lenox’s decision, nor did she question him.

She just asked as if she was accepting this moment, as if she was agreeing.

[Did you decide to send him off?]

“Even if Kaise’s corpse was left here, other transcendents would only try to exploit it.”

Lenox answered.

“But that doesn’t mean I’m going to use or study Kaise’s body. Human experimentation is not the way I want to go.”

[……]

“If you remember, that’s enough.”

Lenox muttered as he slowly walked past Oliviera.

“All that’s left is to confirm if I was truly right.”

[……]

Tap, tap…!!

The flames burning the Nine Calamities soared into the sky and turned into a huge pillar of fire.

Scattered sparks poured down from the sky like red rain, darkening the surroundings.

Oliviera, who had been staring at the scene for a long time, said,

[I knew that you met Kaise himself in the closed area.]

“……”

Lenox stopped walking.

[I noticed that you had taken over the unfulfilled wish that Kaise had dreamed of before he changed.]

She slowly turned her body and said, looking at Lenox’s back.

[So it is right for you to decide the ending. That would have been the way Kaise wanted it.]

“……”

[But there is one last thing you must keep in mind.]

Oliviera said quietly.

[That Kaise ultimately failed. Even if you are seeing yourself in him, you must not follow his path.]

Oliviera knew that Lenox had taken over Kaise’s wish in the closed area of the past, and that he was empathizing with him.

Because the path that Kaise had walked might be the path that Lenox himself would walk.

Because the failure he had experienced might be another ending that Lenox would face.

Oliviera had noticed that Lenox was empathizing with his actions and wishes and seeing himself in him.

“Even if you don’t say it like that, I won’t try to become someone else.”

Lenox smiled.

“I don’t have the talent for such a reversal. I don’t have the ability to look back on all the failures of the world.”

[……]

Lenox was always given only one chance.

That was why Lenox tried to illuminate infinite possibilities by taking the opportunity to choose as an answer.

If the path that Lenox was pursuing was to embrace even Kaise’s wish, apart from empathizing with it.

“The Seonjong’s thought told me.”

Lenox said, looking back at Oliviera.

“That he was trying to combine his own powers of recursion and correction with Kaise’s reversal to obtain ‘infinite opportunities’.”

[……]

“That he was trying to obtain the eternal opportunity that even the dead himself did not have and challenge the ending of this world.”

Lenox closed his eyes.

“I could tell even without hearing the explanation.”

Recursion, returning to its original place.

Correction, fixing what is wrong.

Reversal, going against providence and reversing the laws.

The one miracle that is reached by taking those three powers as the mystery of the Trinity.

The Seonjong did not explain, and Lenox did not answer, but he could understand.

What the ‘infinite opportunity’ that was obtained by combining those three talents was.

“The power of regression (回歸) that even reverses the timeline of the world.”

Lenox asked, looking at the silent woman.

“Was that how Kaise Bajur uncovered all the failures of the world without leaving anything behind?”