Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 1220

Kyunroe Subjugation (12)

Dark blue lightning explodes from a golden sphere, swirling and surging.

The moment the lightning, formed without any medium, struck the ground, the earth shattered and collapsed as if a bomb had detonated.

KWA-GWA-GWA-GWA-GWANG!!!!

Each time a pillar of lightning struck, dazzling ripples of electricity swept across the ground in a circle, spreading at tremendous speed.

Each time, the tanks and self-propelled guns that had been holding their ground were not even melted, but evaporated and annihilated on the spot.

[Fluttering Lightning]

Originally, these were lightning fragments used for close-range penetration, but now they were being chanted madly and haphazardly in succession.

A crude incantation that directly violated the purpose and design of electrical magic, as if it had never even been considered.

But with just that, infinite lightning flooded the ground, massacring the legion and creating a hellscape.

[#^$@@-!!!!!!]

[■Retreat!!!! ■■■■ Please!!! Kkuaa■■■-!!]

[A- A- Aaa-ack!!!!!!]

[……Ruin it!!! As far back as possible-!!!!!]

In the tidal wave of overflowing lightning, even communication was not properly maintained.

Only the intermittent screams and cries, cut off and echoing, proved what was happening outside the bulwark.

Under the dark blue curtain of death that had descended to the horizon, everything was burning and fading into the lightning.

Only the afterglow of the lightning, which had replaced the twilight of the sky, obliquely illuminated the world as if foreshadowing the end.

The communication network used by the legion’s command was in a state of panic.

[Is this, is this even possible!!!]

[This isn’t a war of attrition!!! We never anticipated such a massacre-!!!]

[The functions of the Enginium Fortress are down by 60%. Reorganization is needed…….]

[The output of the Flame Authority Temple has dropped by nearly half. 7th Legion Commander, at this rate…….]

[I will pray for the unbelievers who have reached death without believing in God.]

“This can’t be happening……”

Daymus, who had been watching the situation with a pale face, covered his eyes with a trembling hand.

“This is, no… We can’t handle this level of attrition in a short battle……”

From the very beginning of planning the subjugation battle, they had never underestimated or taken the mage Kyunroe lightly.

No, rather, it was because they had assessed Kyunroe as extremely dangerous that they had planned the subjugation battle.

They knew that he was a killer who had personally killed countless transcendents [beings who have surpassed normal human limits], and a victor who had never been defeated in the process.

Knowing that this war would not be easy, wasn’t that why they had gathered so much power and forces and returned to the bulwark?

[Lieutenant General Daymus!!! Are you listening? We need to pull back the front lines right now!!]

[Legion Commander. The soldiers of the surviving main force are wavering.]

[We need to move before the commanders of the forces participating in the subjugation battle start thinking differently.]

“……”

Chijik, chijijik……!!!!

From the point of inducing a war of attrition against Kyunroe, it was inevitable that the allied forces opposing him would also be consumed.

Of course, it was a given that the transcendents of each force had also participated in the subjugation battle, expecting to suffer some losses.

But even so, no one had expected that half of the legion’s main force would be massacred from the start.

The attrition of allied forces that they had considered inevitable. The speed and scale were far faster and greater than expected, causing them to waver.

“……All units under the command of the entire legion. From now on, we will reorganize the front lines and restructure the units.”

Click!!

Having made that decision, Daymus immediately turned on the communication network and opened his mouth.

“Now that Kyunroe himself has stepped forward, there is no reason to maintain a wide front line. From now on, we will compress our forces and create the densest possible saturation net.”

[Understood!]

Using the command system of the operation system, they identified the surviving forces and redeployed the units in real time.

They moved the front lines and modified the orders to minimize the damage to Kyunroe, who was rampaging on the other side of the outer district.

[Wouldn’t it be better to disperse the units to reduce the damage from Kyunroe’s bombardment?]

“If magic like that were to fall again, no matter how much we disperse, we won’t be able to escape Kyunroe’s spell range……”

Daymus’s expression changed to a somber one as he looked at the system screen.

“In that case, I will increase the density of the battlefield to concentrate our forces’ firepower and try to reduce the damage even a little.”

In fact, most of the survivors of the massacre that had just occurred were those who had gathered near the war machines of each force.

The war machines, which possessed strategic-level output of hundreds of meters in size, were able to preserve some of their subordinate forces at the cost of significant performance and functional losses.

Even so, transcendents of lower ranks were either instantly killed or were dying in agony from severe injuries that had already taken their lives.

[Lieutenant General Daymus. It is not that our side has no chance of winning at this point.]

The staff of the command, who were still maintaining communication, calmly began their analysis.

Even after facing the brilliance of the lightning that had spread to the horizon, they were trying to figure out its principles and limitations.

[The Fluttering Lightning that Kyunroe just used is a zero-range bombardment magic that is relatively low in the hierarchy of electrical magic systems.]

[It is presumed that it was an inappropriate spell to chant at this time, just before the start of a large-scale battle.]

“He didn’t use high-level magic, but deliberately inflated and rampaged a low-level magic and fired it……”

Daymus said in a cold voice, looking at the golden sphere rotating elegantly in the sky.

“Are you saying that there is a meaning to Kyunroe’s actions of activating a large-scale strategic-level spell in that way?”

[Isn’t it possible that he couldn’t use complex high-level concepts or spells because he excessively inflated the spell output?]

The staff replied.

[Could this be the result of Kyunroe trying to become a transcendent by recklessly using his own domain before the subjugation battle……?]

[If so, we can also explain why Kyunroe is acting so broken and rampaging at this point.]

“The first was an instant kill… the second was an area-of-effect attack… he doesn’t use the same pattern twice……?”

[If we move the high-ranking generals of the legion who have not yet stepped forward, and target this part-]

“No. There is no guarantee of that on this battlefield.”

Daymus, who had suddenly come to his senses, cut off the staff’s words and connected to the communication network.

“All legions. Immediately pull back the front lines and retreat!! I repeat. Immediately pull back all forces-”

[Fluttering Lightning][Fluttering Lightning][Fluttering Lightning]

[Fluttering Lightning][Fluttering Lightning][Fluttering Lightning]

[Fluttering Lightning][Fluttering Lightning][Fluttering Lightning]

Flash!! Flash!!

Dudududududu!!!!

They gathered the rampaging lightning and floated a dark blue sphere of lightning into the air.

With the rotating golden magic tower as the center, compressed bodies of lightning orbited around the tower like satellites.

Each time, dark blue lightning fell to the ground, trampling the city in the outer district and sweeping the sky, causing all the aircraft to fall.

Kwang! Kwakwakwang!!!

A fighter jet that had lost its center and crashed exploded and disappeared without even colliding with the surface of the magic tower.

Before the pilot in the cockpit could even turn his head, his body evaporated and scattered into the air.

“Hmm.”

The hull deck of the 7th Legion’s mobile fortress was shaking incessantly.

Ermong, who had been watching the massacre unfold from all sides with his arms crossed, turned around with a smile.

“Well then~ I’ll be going now.”

Sarin grabbed Ermong by the scruff of his neck as he tried to slip away from the deck like a loach.

The vampire, who was much taller than Ermong, looked down at him with a sinister smile.

“Dark mage. Where do you think you’re going?”

“Do you really not know, mosquito?”

Ermong said with a smile.

“Everyone here is going to die. And I don’t want to die to that crazy monster.”

“Oh my, oh my. Look at him talking back.”

“Kkyaaaek!! Get out of here!! I don’t think begging for my life will work this time, so I need to run away now to live a little longer!”

Ermong, who had revealed his true colors and was struggling after being grabbed by the scruff of his neck by Sarin.

The tall vampire was looking down at Ermong with an expression as if he were looking at a disobedient pet.

“Ermong. Don’t be so dramatic.”

But the Doctor spoke calmly, even as he heard Ermong’s screams.

“The members gathered for this subjugation battle are all capable people who can take care of their own lives. You, Chebien, and Hairea didn’t come here with your real ‘bodies’, did you?”

“Doctor. What nonsense are you talking about? Didn’t you see that Townsend or Sandwich or whatever get killed by a single lightning strike?”

Ermong struggled while being held by the scruff of his neck by Sarin.

“Even if I use the ritual transfer spell [a spell to transfer one’s soul into another body], I can still die, so what’s the point? I’m going to enjoy this new life I’ve worked so hard for until the very end!!”

“……”

Ermong, who uses the ritual transfer spell to steal bodies. Chebien, who uses a doll instead of his real body. The Doctor, who chose a human vessel to incarnate, and Hairea, who possesses the talent of duality [the ability to exist in two forms or states].

All four of the existing members had either separated their bodies and consciousness, or were born with such talents or aptitudes.

He had felt a sense of unease since Hairea was on the scene, but had they prepared insurance to prepare for death before the subjugation battle?

The Doctor shrugged his shoulders and turned his gaze.

“In that regard, what do the others think of the current situation?”

Sarin, who had released Ermong’s scruff, shrugged her shoulders, and the Iron Chain Dragon King ignored him.

Ezekiel, who had covered his face with a cloth, lifted his head and looked up at the dark blue lightning that was spreading in the sky.

Even after listening to the Doctor’s words, Ezekiel, who had been staring at Kyunroe’s lightning for a long time, muttered.

“Beautiful.”

“……”

As expected, this side was also not in their right minds in many ways.

But Ezekiel ignored the gazes of the members who were looking at him as if he were absurd and turned his body.

“It was the right decision to come here today to meet an old acquaintance.”

Ezekiel said in a voice that did not convey any emotion.

“Move. Let’s go meet Kyunroe as you all wish.”

“There is some truth to his words.”

The Iron Chain Dragon King, who was sitting with his arms crossed on the opposite deck from Ezekiel, said.

“If you humans move to fight Kyunroe, the Dragon King will also cooperate.”

“It’s not a problem that can be easily said at this point, when half of the legion’s main force has been massacred.”

Hairea said with a pale face.

“First of all, we have to completely re-evaluate Kyunroe’s power after today. To think that he has reached this level in a human body……”

“……”

“I knew he was a powerful transcendent, but this is… how can a mage who has learned electrical magic do this much alone?”

Electrical magic is a firepower magic that belongs to the highest level in terms of instantaneous output among pure spell-based attribute magic.

It is virtually limitless in both speed and power, but because of that, it consumes a lot of magic power and has poor fuel efficiency.

It is among the highest level of all spells in terms of instantly increasing power and detonating it, but conversely, it was not outstanding in terms of sustained firepower.

And it was clear that sustained firepower was a much more important issue in a war where a large-scale legion was clashing, as it was now.

Of course, they had assumed that Kyunroe himself, as a transcendent archmage, would be somewhat free from such problems, but they never imagined that he would be at the level of unilaterally massacring half of the legion alone.

Hairea had belatedly realized that the premise of understanding and assuming Kyunroe’s power was wrong from the start.

“It cannot be denied that a monster-like transcendent has been born into the world through this war……”

Chebien’s doll clicked its jaw.

“Doctor, so what are you going to do…… are you going to force the subjugation battle and become the variable that the legion wants……?”

“Before that, I think we need to figure out what kind of being Kyunroe has become.”

The Doctor said, looking down at his wristwatch.

“We don’t have much time, but it’s a necessary explanation, so I’ll proceed. Can you see the magic that Kyunroe is unleashing right now?”

“What do you mean… are you talking about the lightning he’s firing like a madman right now?”

Ermong asked with an absurd expression, looking at the golden sphere that was rotating violently.

The form of a magic tower that compresses and detonates dark blue nebulae, rotating like wings, flying over the battlefield of the outer district and massacring the survivors.

It was majestic, elegant, and eerily like an angel of death that made one’s skin crawl just by looking at it.

“Look at the sky. He’s using the lightning as a booster to fly around, isn’t he?”

“That’s right.”

The Doctor said.

“But the lightning that Kyunroe is using now is the same magic as the Fluttering Lightning that he first used to massacre half of the legion.”

“Huh?”

“If he had fired the Fluttering Lightning with the output that massacred half of the legion, we would all be long gone by now.”

The Doctor explained calmly.

“But Kyunroe is destroying the battlefield by firing Fluttering Lightning with a relatively weaker output than at first. Why is that?”

“The output of the spells he uses fluctuates.”

Sarin tilted her head with a smile.

“But that’s a huge difference between the high and low points… was the magic Kyunroe used to use like that?”

“There’s no way. The Kyunroe I met before was completely like a machine.”

Ermong shook his head sharply.

“There was no fluctuation in spell output, and his control was perfect. Above all, he was so adept at strategy and psychological warfare that it was impossible to respond.”

“……”

“When we fought him at the Anathema Temple, even that Maya had a hard time, so why did he become like that… did he eat some strange fruit or something?”

“By now, you all understand what I’m trying to say.”

While everyone ignored Ermong’s words, which had unknowingly hit the nail on the head, the Doctor spoke.

“Right now, Kyunroe is so broken that he can’t even perform his unique, perfect spell manipulations. That’s why his magic fluctuates so much, even when using the same spells.”

“……”

“In other words, Kyunroe’s mental state is not just unstable, but severely shaken.”

“That means…”

“From here on, it’s mostly speculation, so take it with a grain of salt.”

Leaving the speechless members behind, the Doctor raised his gaze.

“I believe Kyunroe has increased his spell output by merging with his own magic tower. To be more precise, he has fused his existence as close as possible to his own domain.”

“……”

“If Kyunroe gave up existing as a sentient being and used that as a geas [a magical compulsion or binding] to merge with his domain, it would explain this situation to some extent. It would explain why Kyunroe is wielding spells of that magnitude without directly emerging from the magic tower, and why his so-called companions haven’t stepped forward.”

“Indeed… that’s a plausible theory.”

“Are you saying that he has to act alone, inevitably excluding his companions?”

“The essence of humanity is always based on actions, not words.”

Having said that, the Doctor turned his gaze directly to Lenok, staring intently.

“Don’t you think so, Victor?”

“…I wonder.”

Lenok, adjusting his obsidian mask and raising his gaze, smiled coldly.

“But that’s an uncomfortably sharp guess.”

A berserk avatar, having drunk Edan’s blood, consumed Jinwa’s fruit, and wielding a level 9 lightning.

The golden magic tower, thoroughly unleashing the power of such an avatar in the form of wide-area bombardment.

The Doctor observed the situation of the subjugation battle with astonishingly keen insight and made a guess that was incredibly close to the truth.

It was not only much faster than Lenok had intended, but also a conclusion that was sharper and more insightful than he had expected.

The intellect and judgment of the architect of the Ascension Gate project. Even the bold intuition that grasped the essence without relying on evidence.

Indeed, he was too dangerous an opponent to accompany in such a place.

And that was why he was a person worth being with in this subjugation battle.

“Victor, now that I think about it, your gauntlet is something you stole from Kyunroe, right?”

Ermong clapped his hands as if he had remembered something and turned his gaze.

“You’re practically the only spellcaster here who has faced Kyunroe and not been defeated, so don’t you have any good ideas?”

“……”

As soon as he said that, the other members’ gazes all turned to Lenok.

It was probably because the new members had realized that the manipulationist, who had not offered any opinions since the start of the subjugation battle, was a transcendent being stronger than they had thought.

Especially the Iron Chain Dragon King, who knew Kyunroe personally, was showing interest in Lenok for the first time.

“You’re under a strange delusion. I joined this subjugation battle to find that method.”

Lenok sneered.

“I think I already explained why I’m here.”

To obtain the level 9 lightning, it was necessary to completely exhaust its power once.

However, instead of doing that work himself, Lenok intended to use the power of the legion and various forces participating in the subjugation battle to handle it.

From the moment he attended as Victor, Lenok was also standing here as someone who was attacking the berserk avatar.

Lenok was moving to attack the power of Kyunroe that he had built up.

Therefore-

The Doctor massaged his neck.

“If we have a conclusion, it’s not difficult to set a direction. I think the legion command will have the same idea.”

“The same idea?”

“I’m guessing that Kyunroe has completely gone mad starting with this subjugation battle. If so, then what we have to do is-”

[We have no choice but to separate the maddened Kyunroe from his domain and face him.]

*Paaht!!*

A communication network opened next to the Doctor, and Daimus’s subdued voice echoed.

His pale face looked up at Kyunroe’s magic tower, with the system displaying the death logs on the screen.

[The Doctor is right. This subjugation battle is a war where attacking Kyunroe directly leads to victory. We must absolutely break Kyunroe’s status to an irrecoverable level.]

“…Separate Kyunroe from his domain?”

Ermong turned his gaze with a sullen expression.

“Are you saying we should go through that storm of lightning?”

*Flash!* *Kugugugugu…!!!!!*

Missiles launched at subsonic speeds were swept away by the lightning and evaporated without even being allowed to explode.

The lightning striking through the cloudy sky forced countless property changes in space-time, altering the phenomena.

It shattered the strategic magic and spells chanted by the legion’s main force, creating bizarre cracking sounds.

*Tzejeok!!* *Kki-ki-ki-ki!!!*

The thousands-of-meters-wide spell formations and blessings spread across the sky were distorted and collapsed around the golden sphere.

The surrounding scenery was bizarrely distorted and broken, as if the space was being forcibly pulled and warped by the sphere’s gravity.

An overwhelming sight of wiping out the pouring spells and bombardments, while conversely massacring the legion’s forces entering the outer areas.

The golden sun rotated elegantly in the rain of lightning that felt one-sided and even cruel.

A form that proudly displayed its figure, regardless of the crude lightning it was chanting and firing.

Everyone now understood how dangerous that magic tower was, both as a power and an existence.

[The reason we needed Pandemonium’s power in this subjugation battle is not for any other reason.]

However, Daimus calmly answered Ermong’s question.

[It’s because Pandemonium is a specialized force that is specialized for such special situations. Don’t you know that yourself?]

“Daimus. I think you’re mistaken, but I’ve never committed suicide like that.”

[Even if others don’t know, Victor, you would know.]

Daimus turned his gaze from beyond the communication network.

[Don’t you think the situation when you faced the insane ascender in the Well of the Compendium is somewhat similar to now?]

“……”

Only then did the members understand the meaning of Daimus’s words and turn their gazes.

[Forcing a war of attrition on Kyunroe as planned has failed, but there are other options. I didn’t know Kyunroe would be this mad, but the legion command has a few alternatives in mind.]

“……”

[The commanders haven’t stepped forward yet, and the high-ranking generals who survived Kyunroe’s bombardment are still alive. The war machines of each force have also greatly decreased in performance, but they haven’t completely lost their function.]

At the same time as Daimus’s calm words, several operation reports and engagement records appeared on the system screen.

[We have traded with the Order that participated in the Well Operation and received the engagement records from that time. Based on that data, we will reorganize the operation to attack Kyunroe and drastically modify the movement of the front lines.]

[The surviving main forces will replenish their firepower, and the high-ranking transcendents will move to attack the magic tower. The legion’s war machines will lead the way to draw attention and narrow the distance so they can approach Kyunroe.]

*Kuuung!!!*

As soon as those words ended, a huge aerial fortress wrapped in shadows began to move forward.

At the same time as the legion’s 3rd Command, Primo Alert, which had been holding its position since the start of the subjugation battle, moved, the main force that had been in place advanced.

The entire front line surrounding the outer area moved forward together, beginning to narrow the battlefield.

*Kugugugugugu!!!!*

It was a measure to compress the front lines and concentrate firepower as the main force, which formed the core of the subjugation battle, moved.

In fact, the magic power flowing from the huge aerial fortress floating in the sky swelled up massively and began to envelop the entire battlefield.

It was a sign that the legion’s 3rd Command, Primo Alert, an aerial battleship from the old world, was about to rotate its engines in earnest and unleash its own abilities.

However, Lenok was lost in thought even as Daimus’s briefing continued.

‘I see what their intentions are. But….’

The main forces that survived Kyunroe’s bombardment were mostly units stationed near the war machines of each force.

Therefore, Daimus’s response of using the war machines to draw Kyunroe’s attention and changing the direction to focus on high-ranking transcendents was not bad.

Even though he wasn’t a person involved in facing the Compendium in the Well, Lenok was impressed by his idea of using Pandemonium as a variable by referring to the engagement records from that time.

However, would the avatar that had merged with Lenok’s magic tower not notice these signs?

Even if he had completely lost his intellect and gone mad, he was still an avatar that projected Lenok’s lightning magic.

As a mage, he was a transcendent being as good as Lenok in terms of intuition and combat sense.

If so-

“…Wait a minute.”

At that moment, Ermong’s expression, who had looked up at the sky, froze stiffly.

“That thing, it looks like it’s changed a bit…?”

“What?”

*Kiiiiiiing!!!!!*

The form of the golden sphere, which had been flashing while wrapped in a dark blue nebula, was slightly distorted compared to before.

It was a strange shape, as if it was faintly resonating in place, scattering the golden light that formed the sphere.

The other members frowned slightly at the sight.

“What is it…? It’s suddenly disassembling itself.”

“Is it trying to reduce its weight? If it was forcibly maintaining its weight for the first attack…”

“That’s not it. All the parts that made up the magic tower from the beginning are all…”

At that moment, the Doctor, who had stopped speaking, widened his eyes for the first time as if he couldn’t believe it.

“No way. That spell is…!!”

It was one of the possibilities that Lenok had obtained long ago in the mechanical city of Machina.

The great journey to save the second world. The failures and frustrations he faced at the end.

The lingering attachment of the ascender who believed that the answer of the Godslayer was right, not his, was here.

The will of the transcendent who had been called the War Proxy, repeating creation and destruction to find the answer.

The possibility of the great failure who ascended only his answer to the third world.

Believing in salvation until the end, leaving only that will to Lenok.

And now, finally able to handle it, Hermes Oroknier’s-

Mass Hierarchy Unique Spell

Creation Modification Material Shaping

[Shape Transformation Start]

*Chwararararararak!!!*

Hundreds of thousands of golden parts, flashing and disassembling, expanded explosively and recombined in real time.

A magnificent sight of transforming the shape of a sphere spanning hundreds of meters across the battlefield, reassembling the parts of the tower in mid-air.

A spiral drill rose from the center of the huge sphere, transforming into a thin, elongated projectile.

Golden wings, tens of meters long, spread out on both sides of the sphere, and dark blue lightning flashed beneath them.

[Creation: The Draconic Cavalry of Chan]

[Formation: First Flying Object Star-Linked Flower]

*Cheolkeok, Cheolkeok!!!* *Kukwagwagwagwaga!!!!*

The entire magic tower, which had been maintaining the shape of a sphere, was agitated and unfolded into an extremely elaborate and elegant shape transformation.

The moment Daimus realized that its form, which had transformed into the optimal shape for running through the sky, was similar to the legion’s fighter jets.

A huge golden flying object, hundreds of meters long, pulsed fiercely in place, scattering a chilling engine sound.

Only then did the various forces realize what kind of ability Kyunroe’s magic tower possessed, and cries of astonishment erupted.

“It transformed the shape of the tower and remodeled it into a completely different form…!!!”

“Wasn’t the ability of Kyunroe’s magic tower just amplification of spells?”

“No way. To move a mass of that size so easily…!!!!”

“It’s completely ignoring the laws of physics. Is he really becoming a god!!”

Kyunroe’s magic tower was a metallic object close to hundreds of meters, comparable to the legion’s 3rd Command, Primo Alert.

It was one of the largest sizes on the battlefield, and its weight was at least tens of thousands of tons.

To be able to float a mass weapon of that size in the air and transform its shape by reassembling hundreds of thousands of parts in real time.

No matter how much magic power and vast will one possessed, such a thing could not be possible.

It was literally a level of transcendent spell that directly manipulated and transformed mass itself-

*Kwawoooooooong!!!!!*

The wings, tens of meters long, trembled and flipped the fuselage of the fighter jet in place.

The moment the golden flying object, which had risen into the air without any propellant, rotated in place and unleashed dark blue lightning.

The golden fighter jet, using the chanting of the Fluttering Lightning as a booster, disappeared from its spot.

*Hwook!!*

“……!!!!”

The dark blue lightning disappeared across the horizon of the undeveloped district where the curtain of death had fallen.

The golden flash, accelerating at an incredible speed, traversed the plains between the outer area and the satellite city.

It broke through the airspace guarded by the legion’s main force without any hesitation, transcended space-time, and reached the front of the 3rd Command.

The huge golden fighter jet pierced through the legion’s 3rd Command head-on at an incredible speed.

*Tzeoooooooong!!!!!*

“No…!!!”

The huge black pyramid was pierced and penetrated by the dazzling golden aircraft.

No one could even react properly after seeing that unbelievable sight with their own eyes.

A sight that shattered the legion command’s plan to attack Kyunroe by using war machines before it even started.

With a pale, stiff expression, before even letting out a properly completed death cry.

The 3rd Command, Primo Alert, which was in charge of this subjugation battle, began to collapse and fall miserably.

*Kwaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!*