Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 1211

“Sajil.”

After surveying the golden throne where the tower’s power source should have been, Lenok led the group to inspect the living quarters, research facilities, and office areas, including offices and conference rooms.

The layout and structure of the facilities weren’t significantly different from existing magic towers, but the scale and area were greatly increased.

After finally checking the common areas assigned to the cooperative businesses that came and went inside the tower, Lenok walked down the tower’s corridor alone with Torben.

“Your newly built magic tower. After looking around, there are quite a few interesting parts.”

Torben, who had been walking behind Lenok with his hands clasped behind his back, said, dusting off the hem of his robe.

“Thanks to you, I had an interesting tour at this age. You drew inspiration from various places, didn’t you?”

“…You seem to be in a good mood.”

Lenok, who had been staring at Torben, chuckled and turned his gaze away.

“Could it be that you’re relieved because you didn’t become the tower’s engine?”

“…Well, I can’t say I don’t feel guilty, considering how many batteries I’ve pilfered from your magic tower over the years.”

Torben cleared his throat and asked with a serious expression.

“But, is it really okay?”

“What do you mean?”

“It clearly has a framework and a form, but it’s still an unfinished product.”

Torben asked.

“Isn’t this tower too incomplete to go to war as it is? It would be impossible to guarantee your safety in such a magic tower.”

“……”

“Why are you looking at this old man with such an expression?”

“…No. It’s just a little unexpected.”

Lenok said, placing an unlit cigarette in his mouth.

“I knew you were planning to use this magic tower in the war. I thought I would have to explain it separately.”

“No, did you think this old man was so senile that he couldn’t even think of that?”

Torben frowned and snorted.

“Certainly, the space distortion and expansion magic on this magic tower are amazing. The stability of the gates connecting the internal facilities and the area that oversees the system is also impressive.”

“So?”

“But that only means that the basic construction was solid. It doesn’t mean that this magic tower has powerful combat capabilities or defensive functions on its own. Don’t you understand what this means?”

“……”

“You’re trying to throw this huge, shiny magic tower onto the battlefield without any means of resistance. If you go to the battlefield like this, it will only be a shield. If that happens, eventually-”

“The guardian spirit protecting the tower could be seriously injured too?”

“……”

The tower lord, momentarily at a loss for words, closed his mouth.

Lenok said casually as he walked ahead.

“I know what you want to say. As someone who is connected to the guardian spirit as its shikigami [a familiar spirit in Japanese folklore], it’s natural for you to be concerned.”

“No, this old man is more than that…”

“You’re not just worried about the guardian spirit.”

Lenok, who had calmly interrupted Torben, smiled.

“You’re worried that the guardian spirit, who has been given the mission to protect the tower, will become the only means of resistance for this magic tower in the upcoming war, aren’t you?”

“…Knowing that, why do you bother asking?”

“Of course, it would be lacking in many ways compared to Torben’s war magic tower.”

Lenok smiled as he looked at Torben, who couldn’t be honest and was grumbling.

“An aerial battleship using the Thunder God’s Sanctuary as its engine. It can’t be compared to a war magic tower armed with thousands of magic cannons, tactical weapons, guardian spirits, and thunder.”

“……”

“But not completing the tower’s armaments is not a mistake.”

Lenok turned to look at the tower lord.

“In order to wield the ‘power source’ contained within the tower as it is, some of the internal facilities of the tower must be left intentionally empty.”

“……”

“It’s just that it has taken this form and structure for the upcoming war.”

“Pure power… I see. What you’re trying to say must be related to that.”

Torben’s expression turned serious.

“Your magic tower does not have the structure of a generally accepted magic tower. Rather, it feels much more metaphysical.”

“……”

“You didn’t try to create a magic tower similar to this old man’s war magic tower after seeing it. Rather, to this old man, it seems like…”

Akendrias, who was uncharacteristically hesitant, said.

“It seems like you’re trying to implement a concept of an ideal world, like the Thunder God’s Sanctuary.”

Thunder God’s Sanctuary (雷神殿).

A sanctuary that serves as the power source of Torben’s war magic tower, and a hall where the knowledge and wisdom of mages who possess the causality of lightning gather.

A sanctuary in another world that does not exist in reality, and a hidden realm that even Lenok can only enter using the key of the Heavenly Thunder Sword.

The scenery of an ideal world where the power of lightning, which has reached enlightenment by transcending the world, resides.

Akendrias had noticed that Lenok’s magic tower was closer to the archetype of pure power than any other magic tower.

“There wouldn’t be a structure or facility as suitable for containing pure power as this.”

Torben looked at Lenok with a serious expression.

“Sajil. What kind of power are you trying to handle as the engine of the tower?”

“There was something I had to do first to explain that.”

Whoosh!

In the middle of the wide common area, Lenok, who had distanced himself from Torben, opened his coat.

The moment he raised his hand and lightly scratched the air, dark blue lightning burst out, tearing through the atmosphere.

KWA-AAANG!!!

The dark blue current surging between his fingers violently rotated, crushing and burning the space.

A divine skill where, just by raising his will and holding it in his hand, the magic power in his body is transformed into lightning and goes berserk.

“…This is.”

“You should be able to recognize it easily.”

“Sajil.”

Torben’s expression instantly hardened.

“The causality of the lightning you possess… has reached a more dangerous level than before.”

“……”

“I expected it, but this is beyond that. Are you forcibly applying a ‘change in nature’ to space-time just by existing?”

The lightning that began to go berserk in Kundara reached an irreversible level after looking into the memories of Bangung in Kabahim.

Because he understood that Bangung’s existence was Lenok himself and not himself, and that it was the ’cause’ of Lenok.

The moment he realized that the cause was always behind Lenok, Lenok’s lightning reached enlightenment before Lenok himself.

The tower lord realized just by looking at it how different the dark blue lightning had become.

“To be able to force a change just by wielding a spell, your lightning no longer exists based on the power and principles of the material world.”

“……”

“I don’t even know if I can still call it ‘lightning’… Did you really find a way to control this lightning?”

“It would be faster to show you than to explain.”

Lenok nodded towards Torben.

“Let’s spar like last time, tower lord. Is that okay?”

“…I see.”

Torben, with a wry smile, slowly unfolded his arms and stepped forward.

At the same time, his entire body scattered into a flurry of blue lightning, flickering and flashing.

Fzzzt…!!!

“Was this what you wanted to ask this old man from the beginning?”

“You’re the only one who has directly experienced my lightning going berserk.”

Kugugugugu!!!!

In the middle of the golden common area, black and blue lightning intertwined and collided violently.

Each time, with a terrifying roar, space disappeared, and light and darkness alternated and subsided.

Beautiful lightning that sparkled like stars in the storm of lightning that instantly darkened the surroundings.

A confrontation between two great mages who temporarily made the surroundings close to the outer sea just by drawing up magic power.

“Let’s keep it short.”

Lenok, standing in the center of the wildly fluctuating common area, said.

“I can’t keep it out for long anyway.”

“It looks like that at a glance.”

Torben, looking at the ominous black-blue lightning that enveloped Lenok, smiled wryly and drew up his magic power.

Even though he had once faced a surge of electric magic that had broken through its output limit, he still couldn’t grasp its bottom.

The shape of the dark blue lightning, which was losing its form and collapsing more ominously than before.

It was clear that the lightning had deteriorated and changed much more than when Akendrias himself had faced it.

He could understand the moment he saw it what Lenok wanted from the spar with the tower lord.

Then, Torben had no choice but to respond with all his might to his wish.

“Then this time, this old man will teach you a new application of lightning!!”

With a hearty smile, Torben made a hand seal with one hand and drew up his magic power.

At the same time, Torben’s body completely transformed into lightning, and its size instantly swelled.

Torben’s figure, which had flashed fiercely in place, expanded explosively, amplifying its presence and power.

Soon, it transformed into the form of a giant thunder god, filling almost half of the golden common area.

Electric-type unique magic

Nature change Thunder Dull (雷鈍) [a technique to dull the impact of lightning]

[Thunder God Transformation (雷身化) Deployment]

Kugugugugugu!!!!!

An overwhelming sight as if summoning the god of thunder from mythology to this place.

What would it look like if Torben’s appearance was magnified dozens of times and then completely transformed into lightning?

When he slowly tilted his head, it felt like the entire common area was tilting to match his presence.

Torben, who looked down at Lenok with a glance from the end of the common area, grinned.

[Here I come.]

Kwarururung!!!

The tower lord’s voice, echoing like thunder.

At the same time as he raised his muscular arm made of lightning, space tore apart and a huge lightning spear was grabbed in his hand.

[Giant Thunder (巨雷)]

Flash!!

A divine skill that seems to grab lightning striking from a clear sky with bare hands.

The tower lord, holding the blazing lightning spear in reverse, leaned his shoulder back and aimed it at Lenok.

Lenok also lightly clenched and opened his hand as he watched.

Pajijijik!!!!

The dark blue lightning was compressed in Lenok’s hand and placed between his index finger and thumb.

A simple hand seal as if he was holding a small coin and flicking it between his fingers.

The result of compressing a part of the lightning without proper chanting and without output control.

[Hahahahahat!!!!]

The thunder god, who occupied half of the common area with a radius of several tens of meters, swung his shoulder at supersonic speed and laughed wildly.

The moment Lenok, who was standing on the opposite side, twisted his thumb and index finger and flicked the compressed lightning, Torben’s lightning spear, which had torn through the tower’s common area, collided with Lenok’s black-blue lightning in the air.

Jjeoooooooong!!!!!

An oval galaxy exploded around the two mages and expanded diagonally, distorting.

A bizarre reverberation that crushed and distorted space-time, distorting the entire visible field of view.

The moment even Lenok and the tower lord, who had shot magic at each other, were momentarily blinded by the recoil.

Kwa-jik!!

Torben’s lightning was completely dyed black and scattered like an explosion, shattering and disappearing.

Immediately after that, even Torben’s form, which had transformed his entire body into lightning, was dyed with dark blue lightning and began to ‘change’ and collapse.

[Oooooooo!!!!]

Torben, who had confirmed that his left arm, which had transformed into a thunder god, was dyed black, discolored, and disappearing, roared madly.

The moment Torben summoned the lightning spear again, stabbed it into his left shoulder, and twisted it to explode.

The black and blue lightning that filled the common area surged, disrupting the tower’s domain and revealing the empty universe.

Pa-aaaaaaaat!!!!!

“Kuh…!!”

Due to the recoil, the shield protecting Lenok’s body was quickly worn away and broken, and the protective magic and defensive spells were broken one after another.

How much time had passed in the storm of shockwaves that kept hitting his body, with the sound of glass breaking in his ears?

After a long time, the light faded, and even the void rotating above the hollowed-out common area of the magic tower regained its original light.

Lenok was able to find Torben lying on the other side of the common area.

“……”

His whole body was charred and injured, but on the surface, he looked like he had all his limbs intact.

He looked fine except for the fact that his face was pale and he couldn’t breathe due to the great consumption of magic power and mental strength.

[Do you usually call that looking fine?]

Lenok, who ignored Davi’s rebuttal, moved towards Torben.

“Cough, cough.”

“Thunder God Transformation (雷身化), huh.”

Lenok said, looking at Torben, who was forcibly coughing to breathe.

“Is it a technique that explosively expands the lightning-transformed body to lower the ‘density’ of existence?”

“……”

“It’s not just about increasing the scale or power, but a spell that can completely separate the impact of the thunder god and the main body.”

Lenok, who took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth, said, looking down at the tower lord.

“It’s a very useful spell, but in the end, you won’t be able to use it if you don’t master lightning transformation (雷化).”

“…That’s right.”

Torben replied, struggling to cough and get up.

“But with your achievements, you should be able to find a way to use it in some way.”

“Let’s talk about lightning transformation later. How is it?”

Lenok, who had calmed down the dark blue lightning, asked, rubbing his arm.

“I’ve shown you how to solve the berserk lightning. I’d like to hear your opinion, tower lord.”

“…This old man’s opinion, huh.”

Akendrias knew the level of power of Lenok’s berserk electric magic, as he had directly experienced it.

Moreover, he had guessed that there would be a change from the previous time when Lenok asked for a spar.

That’s why Torben had used the Thunder God Transformation (雷身化) spell, which could reduce the damage, while facing Lenok head-on.

The fact that he was able to withstand Lenok’s lightning and end up like this, even if it was only once, shows how powerful a mage Torben is.

This was the reason why Lenok needed Torben’s help.

“Consumption, huh.”

The tower lord, who had been lost in thought, said.

“I felt your power rapidly stabilize the moment the spells collided. The reason why the tower’s domain didn’t collapse even though we fought is probably because of that.”

“……”

“I guess what you want is to push the output to the limit and force the consumption of magic power and mental state…”

Torben, who had struggled to get up, asked with a serious expression.

“Instead of suppressing your lightning, are you trying to make it go berserk to the end and explode?”

“I realized something while trying various methods to control electric magic.”

Lenok nodded.

“The more I ‘consume’ my lightning by colliding it with other magic power, the more the output starts to stabilize little by little.”

A fact he realized in the process of forcibly consuming magic power to suppress the berserk incarnation after drinking Ethan’s blood.

Whenever Lenok’s magic power was consumed by colliding it with other wills or magic power, the output stabilized and he regained control.

“It seems that in order to control electric magic, it is necessary to go through a process of cutting it down once through fighting and completely consuming it. I have some idea why this is necessary, but…”

Lenok said, lightly clenching and opening his hand.

“Once I push the output to the limit, it seems that it will be possible to reverse-calculate the consumption rate of electric magic and re-acquire the senses from the beginning.”

“I understand what you mean, but… it’s truly unbelievable.”

The tower lord said, unable to hide his surprise.

“Your lightning has already surpassed your own level and reached the boundary of level 9. It’s natural that it’s impossible to control, let alone adjust. And yet, you’re re-learning the senses from the beginning in that state…”

“……”

“But if that’s the case, it won’t work just by idling the spells or pouring them into an empty space. That’s not controlling the berserk, but just digging in the air. You’ll need a stronger opponent.”

The tower lord asked worriedly.

“Wouldn’t there be a lack of time to do it before the legion’s work?”

“Tower lord. You’re mistaken.”

“Hmm?”

“From the beginning, I had no intention of putting aside the subjugation battle to solve the berserk of electric magic.”

“Then…”

“I said that in order to control the berserk of lightning, it must be thoroughly consumed against a powerful enemy.”

Lenok smiled, glancing sideways.

“And right now, a very suitable ‘opponent’ is coming from the other side of the Eastern Continent, isn’t it?”

“……”

At that moment, Torben couldn’t answer the question and just opened and closed his mouth.

Not because he didn’t understand Lenok’s answer, but because he understood it the moment he heard it.

“Sajil, could it be…”

The lightning tower lord, who had lived for hundreds of years, asked in a rare, bewildered voice.

“You’ve already foreseen the subjugation battle up to this point-”

“Unless you’re a god, you can’t plan by calculating and assuming everything.”

Lenok shook his head.

“But there’s one thing I’m best at.”

During his journey as a freelancer, through Makina, Yorta, and Kundara, nothing ever went as Lenok had expected.

But the reason why Lenok was able to survive and get what he wanted was because he always planned while fearing the worst, not the best.

What Lenok is good at is not assuming and calculating everything, but assuming the worst-case scenario and leaving room for opportunity.

The alliance of Deadrise and the Ability Awakening Corps, which is surrounding the entire Balkans and coming to kill Kyunroe.

In the midst of that, the electric magic and the incarnation that are losing control and going berserk on their own.

Even in this situation where Lenok’s most powerful ‘power’ is not listening to him before the war.

If you just flip the idea a little, there is always a way.

“If it is necessary to consume it against a powerful enemy to solve the berserk…”

Lenok smiled coldly, looking at the field outside the tower’s window.

“There’s no reason why I have to do that myself.”

If the berserk lightning has to be completely cut down and depleted in battle.

There is one being that is perfectly suited for that task, even more so than Lenok himself.

The incarnation that has become the lightning itself, reaching the boundary of level 9, and is going berserk after drinking Ethan’s blood.

The ‘power source’ that Lenok had marked at the same time as building the new magic tower.

One method that he had been thinking about since the moment the incarnation began to escape Lenok’s control.

Dealing with the berserk lightning incarnation will be the legion’s job, not Lenok’s.

“I plan to use the legion in this subjugation battle to perfectly obtain the level 9 lightning branching point.”