Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 1223

Kyunroe Subjugation (15)

In the heart of the front lines encircling the outskirts of Vulcan, the black iron mobile fortress accelerated madly.

Each time its massive hull slid and gained speed, the impact crushed tanks and armored vehicles.

Self-propelled guns lost their aim as they shook, and rocket launchers and supply vehicles lost their balance and toppled over.

The flagship’s new model advanced indiscriminately, sweeping away the machine soldiers that had been damaged by the EMP [Electromagnetic Pulse].

Kugwagwagwagwagwa!!!!

[What the hell are those crazy bastards doing!!]

[Pandemonium has seized the 7th Legion’s mobile fortress!!]

[They’re trying to break through the front lines and move independently!!]

[Intercept them!! Bombard the fortress and blow up the engine!!]

The main forces of each legion, swept up by the flagship controlled by the Doctor, turned their cannons from all directions.

They finished loading and fired, aiming for the engine of the flagship that was tearing through the center of the front lines and disrupting the formation.

Kwagwagwang!!!

However, the bombardment from the legion’s tactical weapons failed to directly hit the Pandemonium’s mobile fortress.

The moment a steel-faced man standing on the deck raised his mental power, a huge armored tail surged from under the flagship, intercepting all the shells.

Puhbuhbuhbuhbuhng!!!

[……!!!]

The shells exploded, creating a dazzling blaze, but the tail covered in armored scales only suffered minor scorch marks.

The black-haired man standing on the deck merely frowned slightly, showing his displeasure.

“Iron Chain Dragon King.”

“Since I’ve set foot in this Pandemonium, I’ll cooperate as much as necessary.”

The Iron Chain Dragon King, glancing back at Lenok with indifferent eyes, said as he lightly dusted off his hand.

“If you want to cause chaos on this battlefield, I’ll help you.”

[Damn it……!!]

Just as the enraged commanders were about to order their legions to concentrate their attacks, a dark blue lightning bolt struck the battlefield near the main forces.

A golden flying object, rotating gracefully in the sky, unleashed dark blue lightning at everything that approached.

The main forces of the legion, now less than half their original strength, along with the magic towers, fleets, druids, and superhuman members of the church participating in the subjugation, began to be torn apart.

Kwagwagwagwagwa!!!!

[Aaaaaaak!!!]

[We can’t, can’t turn the cannons!!]

[If our fire weakens, lightning will strike!!]

[Those damn lawless bastards……!!!]

If they tried to restrain the Pandemonium’s flagship, the legion’s forces, with their front lines collapsing, would be swept away by Kyunroe’s lightning.

If they held their ground to keep their distance from Kyunroe, the Pandemonium’s flagship would tear through the front lines from behind and destroy them.

No matter how well-trained an army is, it was inevitable that they would fall into chaos when faced with a life-or-death dilemma.

Lenok watched from the deck as the subjugation operation designed by Daymus fell into irreversible chaos.

“Your piloting skills are better than I expected.”

[That’s because large objects like this move more in the realm of calculation and prediction than in the realm of sense.]

The Doctor’s relaxed voice echoed through the speakers on the deck, as if responding to Lenok’s words.

[Because it’s so large and heavy, once it starts moving, it’s hard to change direction easily.]

“Excuse me, but isn’t this not the time to be having a leisurely chat?”

Tutatatang!!!

Ermong, who was crouching on one side of the deck, dodging the bullets raining down from above, shouted.

“The barrage of fire pouring down on us is constantly increasing. What are we going to do about this?!”

[The increasing fire isn’t the problem, Ermong. Rather, we should be worried about other things.]

“Other things?”

“By now, the top commanders of each faction will have understood the situation.”

Lenok answered in place of the Doctor.

“Once they realize that we’re causing chaos on the front lines, the asymmetric forces of the battlefield will move.”

“……Wait a minute. Asymmetric forces, you don’t mean…”

At that moment, Ezekiel, who had been standing still on the deck, moved for the first time.

“Get out of the way.”

Ezekiel stepped through the hail of bullets, passed Ermong, and raised his hand. At that moment.

A silver-white slash fell from the sky, striking the deck of the mobile fortress at an incredible speed.

Jjeoooooooong!!!!!

“……!!!!”

The protective barrier that had spread out from Ezekiel’s hand collided with the silver-white slash, creating a tremendous shockwave.

The shock was so great that the mobile fortress shook violently, almost toppling over, and the surrounding land was completely overturned.

Kugugugugugu!!!!

A crazy wind blew, causing the clothes of those standing on the deck to flutter.

The cloth covering Ezekiel’s face, which had blocked the slash head-on, fluttered, about to reveal his face.

Ezekiel, without any hesitation, withdrew the hand that had been blocking the slash and grabbed the cloth.

“Hey, you jerk!!!”

Just as Ermong shouted with a dumbfounded expression, a pure white shadow pierced through the protective barrier and landed at an incredible speed.

Huuk!!

A pure white blade, appearing without any regard for the other members’ senses, slammed down on the front of the mobile fortress’s deck.

The silver-white slash plunged vertically, piercing the huge mobile fortress into the ground and bringing it to a halt.

Kkiiiiiiiiik!!!!!!

The mobile fortress, which had been accelerating at full speed, could not overcome the resistance and stopped, tilting forward.

The black iron ship tilted as if it were about to fall over, and the equipment fixed on the deck crashed down.

Kwagwagwagwa!!!!

“Uwaa! Uwaa! Uhyat!!”

Ermong’s figure, making bizarre noises as he dodged the cannons and shells falling from all directions.

However, the other members’ gazes were all fixed on the ‘something’ that had just crashed onto the front of the deck.

A bizarre yet overwhelming sight, as if a huge silver-white blade was pressing down on the deck of the mobile fortress.

In the center, a white-haired youth in a pure white coat stood up, holding the blade that had pierced the deck in reverse.

The other members also knew the seemingly carefree face that was smiling languidly.

“Nachal.”

Sarin muttered with a cold expression.

“So you were here after all.”

“I’ve been here all along, Sarin.”

Songha, slowly raising his gaze, said with a smile.

“Originally, I wasn’t supposed to be dealing with you guys right now, though.”

“Then you should have just stayed quiet and kept out of the way.”

“I can’t do that. You Pandemonium guys broke the contract first.”

Click!!

Songha, slowly sliding the blade into its sheath, turned around and said.

“The battlefield has become a complete mess. Even so, how can you guys have all the fun at this point?”

“The contract ended a long time ago when your headquarters was disgracefully destroyed. Why are you asking?”

Sarin giggled and stepped forward.

“From here on out, we’ll do as we please, so get out of the way. I need to meet Kyunroe as an envoy of the Blood King’s Castle.”

Chwaak!!

As Sarin lightly clapped her wrists together, red blood spurted from both of her hands.

The blood that had spurted out rotated at high speed, transforming into the shape of small swords the size of forearms.

Huuk……!!

Sarin, holding the two reverse-grip swords, leaned forward as if she were about to fall over.

The moment Songha, who had stepped forward without drawing his blade, raised his magic power with a smiling expression.

Three streaks of sword light exploded and intersected at incredible speed on the tilted deck.

Kagagagagang!!!!

“……!!!”

Sarin’s figure, which had disappeared with a red flash, accelerated and scattered hundreds of sword lights per second.

The sound of the air being struck, as if she were firing a machine gun rather than wielding twin swords, was deafening.

The barrage of attacks that poured down with explosive speed was so shocking that the members watching were momentarily stunned.

“No, what kind of swordsmanship is that… Are you even human?”

“Vampires are demi-humans, but strictly speaking, they’re not human.”

“Damn it, Highlea. That’s not what I was asking. How can you not accept a simple exclamation like that?”

Lenok, ignoring Ermong’s nonsense, quietly shone his eyes behind his obsidian mask.

‘Her instantaneous acceleration and reflexes are incredible… Is that what happens when you reach the pinnacle of blood flow manipulation?’

The explosive acceleration to reach maximum speed from a standstill. Reflexes so outstanding that she can perfectly control that acceleration.

Considering that a superhuman with that kind of speed would generally not be able to control their own speed, it’s quite unusual.

As soon as Lenok saw Sarin’s battle, he understood that her ability was based on the blood flow manipulation unique to vampires.

‘She’s increasing her speed with blood flow acceleration and strengthening her reflexes to respond to movements. That’s what a vampire specializing in martial arts is like.’

The high-ranking vampires Lenok had seen so far were only transcendents like Madam and Pohyeol, whose innate abilities were not specialized for close combat.

Therefore, Sarin’s style of wielding twin swords and rampaging with Songha as her opponent was quite different.

The way she manipulates blood flow is interesting, but what’s more surprising is her skill in perfectly wielding twin swords at that speed.

Twin swords are the most difficult weapons to handle among all weapons, and only superhumans with special magical properties can wield them.

Transcending the aspect of wielding two swords, using them as a strength in superhuman combat is impossible without a somewhat twisted nature.

Among the superhumans Lenok knew, the only one who wielded twin swords was Wei An, who had a sensitivity comparable to Lenok’s.

A talent of a style so rare that it’s treated as a special trait for superhumans who wield weapons.

It must be possible because Sarin Trivier herself has trained in martial arts for a long time as a true blood vampire.

A very unusual technician even among high-ranking superhumans. A specialist in close combat, thoroughly specialized in killing.

Having thought that far, Lenok realized why Sarin Trivier had been recruited into Pandemonium.

‘She was a new member recruited to replace Maiya Lenslit. If that’s the case, then the other members must also be…’

Kaaaang!!!

On the tilted deck, Songha and Sarin’s figures flashed and scattered at incredible speed.

The moment Sarin jumped over Songha, who had slightly lowered his body, the two simultaneously swung their swords.

Hundreds of sword lights exploded between the two swordsmen, who were standing with the sky and the ground reversed.

Tadadadadadang!!!!

A fierce collision sound, as if they were firing bullets rather than swords.

In the midst of the scattering sword lights, Sarin’s eyes flashed red, and Songha’s face, smiling, alternated.

“Ha……!!”

Sarin, sneering, raised her magic power and swung her twin swords. At that moment, the sword light of Songha’s blade flashed like an explosion from his fingertips.

A powerful shockwave erupted, pushing her figure all the way to the opposite side of the deck.

Paahhhng!!!!

Immediately after, the deck, which had lost its balance and was tilted, regained its balance, and the mobile fortress landed on the ground with a heavy roar.

Kuuuuuung!!!!

The ultra-fast sword dance that began and ended in the brief moment when the tilted deck regained its balance.

Sarin, scattering a chilling crimson light, and Songha, casually touching his blade with a nonchalant smile.

Ermong, who had been watching the battle from the side, gaped.

It was because he belatedly understood that Songha had blocked all of Sarin’s flamboyant and bizarre sword dance in place.

Proof that he had countered the ultra-fast sword dance of a vampire who had increased her speed through blood flow manipulation with a pure human body.

“What kind of monster is that… Is that person also some kind of vampire?”

“No, that’s a human.”

Highlea said with a pale face.

“He’s just a human who was said to have reached an uncharted realm in swordsmanship… That was the evaluation from decades ago, though.”

=Everyone.

Woong!!

At that moment, Sarin’s voice quietly echoed in the minds of the other members.

Sarin, spinning her twin swords, conveyed her will without looking back.

=I’ll hold him off. I’ll leave the next task to you.

“……Are you sure you can do it?”

=If someone doesn’t hold him here, this flagship will be destroyed in an instant. He must have intervened with the intention of destroying the flagship from the start.

Click!

Sarin, holding her twin swords in reverse and raising her magic power, replied.

=I’ll try to buy as much time as possible. Please do what you need to do in the meantime.

“…….”

The opponent was a transcendent so powerful that he had single-handedly infiltrated Pandemonium’s flagship and was hindering their movements.

He was, in the truest sense, an asymmetric force, one of less than five on this battlefield.

A cautious message to endure and buy time, instead of trying to win against such a swordsman.

However, Songha did not show any interest, even though he knew that Sarin and Highlea were talking.

Instead, he turned his gaze to the masked manipulator who was standing behind the two of them with his arms crossed.

“Manipulator. Long time no see?”

Songha smiled at Lenok.

“It seems like it’s been a while since I saw you in Yorta. You remember me, right?”

“We’re not on terms to be exchanging greetings.”

“Ah, that’s true.”

Songha chuckled at Lenok’s sneer.

“You really screwed me over back then. I remember it vividly, even with this bad brain of mine.”

“…….”

“I’d love to get revenge for what your clone did to me back then, but… there’s something more pressing right now.”

Brushing back his disheveled white hair, Songha abruptly turned his gaze.

Looking at Ezekiel, who was standing quietly on the deck, Songha asked,

“Hey, you there, what are you? You blocked my strike head-on earlier, and the aura you’re giving off isn’t human.”

“…….”

“I met someone similar to you while traveling the continent with Ethan.”

Swoosh…!!!

The moment he gripped the hilt of his katana in reverse and revealed the sleek blade, a sharp killing intent exploded.

With a face devoid of laughter, Songha looked at Ezekiel and asked,

“Are you from the Imperial Palace?”

In an instant, the air on the deck turned cold.

It was a question that the members had been suspecting but hadn’t dared to voice, and Songha had blurted it out without hesitation.

However, Ezekiel seemed to find the question strange, letting out a soft sigh.

“…The Empire, you say.”

He slowly raised his gaze, quietly muttering from behind the cloth covering his face.

“It’s been decades since the fall of Ars Nova [a fallen empire], yet they still use that name.”

“What are you talking about?”

“If clinging to the past is the only way to live, then perhaps the Emperor was right after all.”

For a moment, a faint hint of laughter seemed to mix with Ezekiel’s voice.

“It’s a trivial matter.”

“…….”

Undisguised cynicism. But the emotion seemed closer to self-deprecation than contempt or disdain.

Even his unique arrogant yet imposing dignity was strikingly similar to Oliviera’s.

Just as Lenok realized this and glanced away, Songha shrugged.

“Ah, I see.”

Clank!!

Perhaps he felt the same thing as soon as he heard Ezekiel’s words. For the first time, Songha gripped the hilt of his katana tightly.

“You’re royalty, aren’t you? A Venda?”

“As one who stands above, I have no intention of avoiding the punishment I deserve.”

Ezekiel turned his gaze with a nonchalant voice.

“Didn’t you already have a guest?”

“What?”

Kiiiiing…!!!

In an instant, the flow of time around Ezekiel seemed to slow down infinitely.

In the agonizingly slow time, the Eight Trigrams Formation [a magic formation] resonated, and Lenok reached almost the same timeline.

A divine skill that allowed one to infinitely divide consciousness and fill it with time, permitted only to transcendents who had reached a certain level.

The moment Lenok recognized it and began to draw up his magic power, Sarin, gripping her twin swords, disappeared.

“Now…!!”

Whoosh!!

With a crimson flash, Sarin’s accelerated figure landed in front of Songha at an incredible speed, spinning like a top.

The red magic power spun along the reverse-held blades, rising up to form a massive crimson slash.

KWAHAAAAANG!!!

A burst of sword light exploded on one side of the mobile fortress’s deck.

Once again, the clash of Sarin and Songha’s swords flashed in all directions, and the ship began to shake violently.

The wildly swaying flagship quickly regained its balance, then picked up speed and began to move forward.

Kwarurururung!!!!

“Hahaha!! You guys are really interesting.”

Only then did Songha, realizing the situation, burst into laughter.

“You’re going to keep causing chaos while keeping me trapped on this flagship? Are you guys really sane?”

“It’s not like our goal here is to kill you.”

Sarin smiled amidst the scattering sword light.

“And it’s not just me here. We have a new ally with us.”

“What?”

Kugugugu!!!

At that moment, a massive armored tail shot up from below the deck, spinning behind Songha.

The club-like tail struck the spot where Songha had been, unleashing a heavy shockwave.

Puh-uh-uh-ung!!!

A deafeningly loud roar that seemed to split and crush the air.

Songha, who had even momentarily abandoned his fight with Sarin to evade, turned his gaze with a surprised expression.

A black-haired man with a steely, emotionless face stood at the far end of the deck, looking this way.

He realized that this man, whose aura was as unfathomable as Ezekiel’s, was the owner of the armored tail.

Not manipulating objects or spells, but purely using ‘mimicry’ to exist in two spaces at once-

“I see. It seems we have a lot of distinguished guests for this subjugation battle.”

Songha lowered his stance slightly, placing his hand on his katana, and said with a smile.

“In that case, as the one who prepared the stage, I should properly entertain you.”

“…….”

The Ironclad Dragon King did not respond to Songha’s words.

He seemed lost in thought, looking at the golden flying object in the sky, before turning his gaze to the side.

Whoosh!!!

[Death Squad under the 6th Legion. Commencing entry into the 7th Legion’s flagship occupied by Pandemonium.]

Members of the special forces under the legion, riding in heavy armored vehicles, approached the mobile fortress.

[5th Vanguard Annihilation Squad. Commencing engagement with Pandemonium.]

The vanguard annihilation squad, wearing unique visors, quickly descended onto the deck without a sound.

[Mage Tower’s Heavenly Punishment Unit. From now on, we will focus on blocking the flagship’s path and slowing it down.]

A flame giant born from fire roared, blocking the front of the flagship and raising its hand.

Kugugugu!!!

At the center of the battlefield, chaos continued to escalate in real-time with Pandemonium’s departure.

Powerful superhuman forces from all directions were rapidly catching up to the flagship and invading.

At the end of the flagship, which was accelerating and shaking incessantly, three people simultaneously drew up their magic power.

Sarin, gripping her twin swords, bit her hand, drawing blood and chanting blood magic.

The Ironclad Dragon King moved his armored tail, sticking close to the side of the speeding mobile fortress.

Ezekiel, having stepped back, watched the situation as if he might intervene, with his arms crossed.

As Songha smiled and gripped his katana, facing the three transcendents each wielding different powers.

“…Huh?”

Songha’s expression turned blank as he saw the shadow cast in the sky.

* * *

KWAHAAAAANG!!!!

“Doctor!!”

At the same time. Highlea, running through the shaking fortress corridor, hurriedly arrived at the control room.

Looking at the doctor who was operating the control panel, Highlea said with a pale face.

“Now is not the time to be operating the mobile fortress. The legion is…!!”

“I know. Songha has intervened.”

The doctor said without turning to look at Highlea.

“If the commanders have started moving, it means the legion is desperate. It means our plan is working effectively, so it’s not a bad thing.”

“Doctor, it seems like this war has gone too far to say that…”

One of the dolls sitting in the control room clicked its jaw and spoke.

Chebien chuckled with his characteristically gloomy voice.

“Nearly 70% of the legion’s forces were annihilated in the previous battle. At this point, the subjugation battle will be a loss for the legion no matter how it ends…”

“…….”

“With the damage requiring the reorganization of more than four legions, do you think the legion is calmly assessing the situation…?”

At the same time as the subjugation battle began, half of the main forces were lost, and the remaining forces were rapidly being depleted.

Even at this moment, the legion’s units, pushed back by Pandemonium, were being forcibly torn apart by black-blue lightning.

If the commander himself had moved at this point, it meant that they had essentially resolved to eliminate Pandemonium.

But even knowing that, the doctor’s expression showed no agitation or fear.

“The reason we called new members to the subjugation battle was to prepare for this kind of situation. They should be able to buy time against Songha.”

“That’s-”

“Above all, the reason I wanted to cause chaos on this battlefield wasn’t just that.”

The doctor adjusted his glasses and looked up at the sky.

“The ‘last’ thing that the adamant fortress, who has been repeating excessive slaughter on this battlefield, is aiming for… I wanted to artificially bring it forward.”

“…What?”

Flash!!

At that moment, the lightning of the battlefield began to rotate simultaneously, centered on the adamant fortress’s mage tower in the sky.

From the vast plains encompassing the outer areas of Vulcan to the center of the ruins that used to be the city.

They began to gather, absorb, and compress all the lightning that had been fired from the sky and the ground.

Kugugugugu!!!!!

The ‘prelude’ to the mass manipulation spell that the doctor had mentioned regarding the adamant fortress.

Immediately after the other members sensed it and looked at the sky with stiff expressions.

The brilliantly shining golden flying object began to change its shape in place.

Charrrrrrrrk!!!!!

The flying object, resembling a fighter jet, rotated gracefully, and tens of thousands of parts began to disassemble simultaneously.

Soon, it transformed into nine huge golden wings, spreading wide in the sky above the battlefield.

“That’s…!!”

“Wings… are they?”

“The shape is different from the wings of the flying object it showed earlier. It’s like…”

It was as if they were the wings of an angel.

The moment someone was about to say that, the golden wings spread in the sky moved simultaneously and began to curve into a circle.

KWAHAAAAA!!!!

The majestic nine wings, each tens of meters long, overlapped, intertwined, compressed their shape, and transformed into a form that seemed to be holding something.

Enveloping the adamant fortress with golden wings, it instantly calmed its aura and even absorbed the lightning.

The moment the members realized that it looked like a [cocoon].

“Once in the form of a sphere right after the subjugation battle began. Once again, changing from a sphere to a flying object.”

The doctor looked down at his wristwatch and replied.

“If you calculate the delay required to transform the mage tower’s shape using mass manipulation, that is probably the third and final form of the adamant fortress’s mage tower.”

“…The third and final form, you say.”

“Is that form with the huge wings the last resort that the adamant fortress has prepared for the subjugation battle?”

“Currently, the adamant fortress is fused with its mage tower, completely insane, and slaughtering the opponents of the subjugation battle.”

The doctor turned his gaze.

“But would a transcendent with such talent completely abandon his reason just to successfully carry out this war?”

“…….”

“He’s not just moving to slaughter the legion. His power was unnecessarily excessive, enormous, and cruel. Seeing that form, it’s becoming clear.”

Gooooooo!!!

The doctor muttered, looking at the huge cocoon with nine wings floating in the sky.

“If wielding lightning to kill opponents, changing the shape of the tower to dominate the battlefield, and even the form of a cocoon with nine wings… were all just ‘processes’ to become an Ascendant.”

“…Doctor.”

The doctor slowly turned around, looking at the frozen members.

“If the adamant fortress intended to use this war as his ‘ascension ritual,’ wouldn’t everything make sense?”

“…….”

The brawl of transcendents on the deck. Even at this moment, superhuman forces were climbing onto the flagship and invading.

But no one could say a single word amidst the chaos raging in all directions.

The existence of the adamant fortress, which had transformed into a bizarre and majestic form in the sky and remained silent. The doctor’s explanation and questions that followed.

Because everyone understood that all of those things naturally fit together, pointing to a single conclusion.

The doctor turned his back on the silent members and grabbed the controls.

“Let’s move. Now that the adamant fortress has begun preparations, we need to hurry to arrive on time.”

“Arrive? Where are you going with that thing in the sky…”

“There.”

The doctor raised his hand, pointing in the opposite direction of the horizon.

Those who naturally followed the doctor’s gaze fell silent as they saw the area covered with a thick, dark blue nebula.

“Wait a minute.”

“Could it be…”

“There is only one method that can be attempted at this moment when the adamant fortress has entered the ascension ritual.”

The doctor said.

“From now on, we will ignore the adamant fortress’s mage tower and directly enter Area 49.”