Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 1281

Kugugugu!!!!

The wall of flesh that covered the interior of the terminal was engulfed in flames and vanished.

Red flames painted the space like a red dye, burning away the background entirely.

Soon, it was cleanly incinerated, leaving not a single speck of ash, returning it to its original form.

An unrealistic manipulation of magic, cleanly erasing only the traces of forbidden magic that covered it, without touching the internal facilities.

An overwhelming magical aptitude that freely controls and manipulates fire as if it were part of his own body.

The array device attached to the arm of the young man, who was looking down at the Apostle with an expressionless face amidst the scattering flames.

Aileen, who had been blankly watching the scene, slightly opened her mouth.

“…….”

There was no mistake.

The person he had fiercely debated with on the train, the one he had mentioned.

The very person Aileen had been searching for while thoroughly exploring the area near the 2nd Command of the East Continent.

Known as the owner of the first gate who killed the Apostle and the Sorcerer, and stopped the Gabi Flight [a type of airship or flying vehicle].

The transcendent being called the strongest flame mage of the East Continent was none other than-

[Kkyaaaaaaak!!!!]

Kwaaang!!!

The former 9th Apostle, who had been lying under the collapsed escalator debris, sprang up as if bouncing.

The figure of the Incarnate, engulfed in flames all over his body, writhing and screaming bizarrely.

[Kkyaaaa……!!! Kkya, Ahahaha!!! Puahahahahaha!!!!]

The scream turned into a groan, the groan into a laugh, and the laugh soon turned into a shout close to a roar.

He unleashed a heavy engine sound from his whole body, drawing up his magic power, and laughed wildly, pointing at Lenok.

[Chun-beon!! You are that Chun-beon……!! The mage who was targeted for assassination by the Pantheon!!!!]

“…….”

[No wonder, I felt a strangely irritating aura…… So you were the Apostle slayer. That’s why I wanted to tear you to pieces!!!!]

Clank!!

The Apostle, dragging his melting right upper body, took a step and sneered.

[They said you were a mage who killed the former 10 Apostles and gained a plausible false name? I heard your name was often mentioned in the Central, and the Saintess was uncomfortable!!]

“The current Saintess really likes recycling.”

Lenok stared at the Apostle.

“Is she trying to reuse even the highest-ranking Apostle who has fallen from the ranks? Well, it’s not strange if she has to see and judge everything with her own eyes.”

The Apostle, whose upper body was half melted in front of him, was originally the highest-ranking Apostle who held the ninth seat.

He had fallen and lost his power, but he was undoubtedly a monster who originally possessed such great power.

If the Saintess had tried to revive his power by fusing the Empire’s relics with the Apostle, it would make sense for him to be here, but…….

“Rather than that, I’d like to hear more about what you just said. What exactly does the final battle with the Alliance mean?”

[Ha, why should I? A mage who was defeated by Gyeon-ryoe and knelt down, how dare you not know your place……!!!!]

The 9th Apostle did not stop mocking, even while making a sound as if his whole body was boiling.

[I’ve heard all the rumors about you. You were afraid to fight that lightning again, so you kicked away your commander position and ran away at the parade, right?]

“…….”

When he glanced over, Aileen, who had been staring blankly at Lenok, averted her eyes without realizing it.

Only then did Lenok understand the Apostle’s reaction and was able to somewhat guess the situation.

It seemed that the events of the parade and the subjugation battle had become known to the world, and the evaluation of Chun-beon had fallen considerably.

If even a high-ranking Apostle who does not pay attention to the world knows this fact, it means that the rumors have already spread widely in the central front.

As if even more excited by Lenok’s reaction, the Apostle pointed his finger and shouted loudly.

[You loser!!! You’re a coward who ran away from the war, yet you have the name of an Apostle slayer!!! All the achievements you’ve built up must have been the result of good luck!!!]

“…….”

[You’ve suffered the humiliation of falling in the power rankings, yet you’ve been active in the Central!!! Aren’t you ashamed?!!!]

“You monster is talking nonsense……!”

Ignoring Aileen’s glare, the Apostle’s head turned to look at the flames surging from all directions.

[Your flames are not scary!!! It’s just a flashy power with no substance!!! Isn’t that how all flame magic is?!!]

“I don’t know.”

Lenok replied to the Apostle’s mocking roar.

“I’ve never had any special feelings about it since I first learned it. In the first place, obtaining flame magic was close to an accident.”

“…….”

“I’ve added various meanings while building up my rank, but most of them were impromptu results.”

Aileen flinched and turned her gaze, but Lenok quietly looked down at his hand.

“In the end, it means that it was not my top priority, no matter how I put it. So, maybe I’ve been using this ability like a mere tool all this time.”

[Puhahahahaha!!!! Now you want to come up with a plausible reason for your disgrace?!!]

“No. What’s the point of pretending that wasn’t the case now?”

Lenok chuckled.

“It’s just that I’ve decided to be a little more honest than before. After all, all magic is just a means to an end for me.”

[What, nonsense-]

“If it’s a tool, then like a tool. If it’s a weapon, then like a weapon. It’s enough to handle it thoroughly and reliably.”

Whir!!

At the same time as clenching his fist, heat surged out of the array device.

Lenok, surrounded by scattering flames, glared at the Apostle with red eyes.

“It’s more fitting for an Apostle to be crushed to pieces.”

[Khahahahaha!!!! You talk like a Sorcerer, you X-hole!!!!!]

The Apostle, bursting into laughter, drew up his magic power and rushed towards Lenok.

[I’ll rip out your tongue and crush your head right now!!!]

Kwaaaang!!!

Pipes and wings sprouted from the Apostle’s melted upper body, transforming him into a form beyond human.

The Apostle, transformed into an inhuman monster, explosively increased his speed with a heavy engine sound, becoming a dull light.

The monster, roaring as it shattered and crushed the air, reached out greedily towards Lenok in the accelerating time.

Swaeeeek-!!!!

The Apostle’s sharply raised hand distorted as if it would grab Lenok’s neck and tear it off without hesitation.

At the same time as piercing and crushing his throat, he would grab the human tongue that had grown on top of it and pull it out in one go.

In the accelerating consciousness, the Apostle gave strength to his whole body, confidently anticipating the result without hesitation.

“You didn’t understand a single word I said.”

The Apostle’s massive body, which had come right in front of him, was vertically pressed down on the spot and slammed into the floor.

Jjeooooooong!!!!

[Kahak?!!!]

As a red shockwave rose like a halo, his back was bent in the opposite direction, breaking his spine and twisting his muscles and bones.

The disgusting wings that had sprouted all over his body like a rash were all shattered and broken, scattering polluted blood.

A tremendous amount of impact that made the entire main building of the terminal shake as if it would collapse with a single spell.

The Apostle, who understood what had happened only after his head was buried under Lenok’s feet, vomited.

“From the beginning, the output and limits of magic were meaningless to me.”

[Th, this……!! Unbelievable……!!!]

“Enough, tell me what the Order is doing here right now.”

Kwajik!!

Lenok, stepping on the Apostle’s head, which was bent like a broken wing, looked down at him while smoking a cigar.

“This place is on the way to the Four Thousand Heavenly Demon Realm, even on the outskirts of the central front. It’s no coincidence that an Apostle like you is loitering around here.”

[Kulk!! Kuek……!!!]

“The final battle with the Alliance you mentioned seems different from the plan I ‘know’. That’s probably because it’s related to some ritual the Saintess is preparing.”

The planned conflict between the Alliance and the Order that Lenok knew was only the Order Alliance’s ‘2nd Apostle Hunt’ plan.

However, there was no way the Order would know that fact, so the battle this monster was talking about was clearly something else.

If the ritual that Ureka Naidri was leading was related to the aforementioned battle, it would be because the Saintess’s purpose was completely different from the Alliance’s.

“The war between the Alliance and the Order should have reached a stalemate a long time ago. Why are you moving to end the war now?”

Kugugugu……!!!

As Lenok glared at the Apostle with a cold gaze and applied force, the opposite upper body of the Apostle was crushed and smashed.

Every time the Apostle resisted and convulsed, the undersea terminal shook as if it was sharing the damage, but his body did not move at all.

As Lenok drew up his magic power, cutting off his words one by one, the muscular Apostle was crushed and slammed into the floor.

“Is the Saintess looking for a way to erase the Order Alliance in the Four Thousand Heavenly Demon Realm?”

[Th, Aaaak……!!!!]

This was dangerous.

This was not the flame that the Apostle knew.

A terrible sensation that seemed to burn the soul of the broken and insane 9th Apostle from the root.

Like a tangible flame, it crushed his Incarnate body and mind to the very bottom, crushing his pride along with it.

It was something that could never be imagined from the false name of Chun-beon that the Apostle had heard, something more overwhelming than the Order’s divinity-

[I don’t know, you son of a bitch!!!!]

Paang!!!

The Apostle, who was crushed under Lenok’s feet, convulsed and struck the ground, his magic power spreading out of the terminal along the ground.

A tremendous propagation power comparable to the speed of consciousness. At the same time, the ground began to vibrate violently from outside the terminal.

Kugugugugu……!!!

“Wait, could it be……!!”

A creepy sign that something huge was rushing towards the terminal from afar.

Dozens of trains covered in flesh were derailing from the tunnel tracks and rushing towards this way at tremendous speed.

Kwagaaa!!!!!

Woodudeudeuk!!!

[Kieeeeek!!]

[Kkeureureureuk!!!]

The trains, covered in mutated creatures screaming bizarrely, accelerated powerfully and charged towards the terminal.

Metallic masses weighing hundreds of tons collided from all directions, scattering debris like machine guns onto the building.

Soon, they accelerated at tremendous speed and pierced through the main building where Lenok and the Apostle were standing.

Kwaaaaaaaang!!!!

[Kkhahahahahat!!! You pathetic bastard, did you think I would tell you that?!!]

The Apostle, who had climbed onto the train debris that had crashed into Lenok and exploded, laughed wildly.

Even at this moment, he was quickly moving his body onto the trains rushing towards the terminal and running.

[You seem to be good enough to show off as an Apostle slayer, but that’s it!!! You can’t kill me!!]

Dudududu!!!!

The Apostle’s massive body, barely missing the terminal building, was speeding through the wide-open undersea tunnel.

Aileen, who had kicked off the collapsed terminal building debris and rushed out, shouted urgently as she ran.

“We’re running away!! We need to intercept……!!!”

The surrounding area was an undersea tunnel that stretched for thousands of meters. There were no suitable means of transportation nearby.

If the Apostle succeeded in escaping here, it would be difficult to track him down except by intercepting him with magic.

Aileen, who had made a quick decision, turned her body around.

“There should be intact cars left in the annex parking lot or garage. I’ll bring one, so you should hold him back-!!”

“No.”

At the same time as Lenok snapped his fingers, he released flames and pushed away the collapsed wall debris.

Lenok, who had walked out of the tunnel where the tracks were connected, nodded his head as he looked at the object in front of him.

“This is enough. Get on.”

“……Are you kidding me right now?”

A forklift that had been abandoned near the tunnel for the purpose of transporting train cargo.

It was not a proper vehicle, and the structure was completely open on all sides, allowing the wind to pass through.

Aileen, looking at the forklift, which was not suitable for speeding up in any way, asked in disbelief.

“How are we going to catch up with that monster on this? That monster is already about to accelerate…….”

Click!!

With a sound like flicking a lighter, a red magic circle rotated in Lenok’s hand.

At the same time as placing his hand on the forklift, flames exploded from the rear of the vehicle.

Unique Flame Magic

Property Change Manifestation

[Ignition: 48 Overlaps]

[Red Wheel Drive]

[Flying Flame Swift]

Kwaaaaaaaaa!!!!

At the same time as dozens of red flames exploded from the rear of the forklift, they pushed the vehicle forward like a booster.

The small figure of the forklift, accelerating from its position with a roar, using the recoil as explosive power.

Aileen’s figure, instinctively grabbing the accelerating vehicle, was pulled forward and flung out.

Paang!!!

“……!!!”

Kugwagwagwaga!!!

The forklift, which had unleashed tremendous flames, sped through the vast undersea tunnel at an incredible speed.

The pouring wind pushed Lenok and Aileen, who were hanging onto the forklift, as if slapping them.

It was not like they were riding in the vehicle, but even though they were holding onto the frame, the recoil was so strong that they felt like they would be thrown off at any moment.

‘The propulsion is……!!’

A speed that could catch up with a subsonic sea train in a few seconds and tail it.

Was it possible to obtain this level of propulsion just by igniting the flames as a booster?

Even before Aileen, who was directly on board, could be shocked by the unrealistic speed that she could not feel, Lenok said.

“I’m going to throw it. Jump.”

“Huh?”

There was no answer.

At the same time as Lenok released a shockwave and pushed the woman out of the forklift, he also escaped.

At the same time, he manipulated the flames and threw the forklift up.

Kwaaaa!!

The forklift, wrapped in flames like a booster, gained speed and flew into the sky.

The forklift, which had soared due to the lift it received from not being able to withstand the acceleration, was headed for the wheels located under the train.

At the same time as the forklift was sucked into the furiously spinning wheels, the entire vehicle exploded.

Kwaaaaaaaaaang!!!!

The train body, covered in flesh, collapsed and tumbled around the tunnel with a roar.

The sight of mutated creatures screaming and falling out among the scattering train debris.

In the midst of it, the Apostle, who had transformed his entire body into metal, jumped up and roared.

[Puhahahahahat!! It’s over, you idiots!!!]

Kwaaaa!!!

Every time he rotated the engine embedded in his chest, pipes and wings sprouted all over his body, transforming him into a monster beyond human.

The Apostle, who had screamed, accelerated alone, emitting a fierce engine sound from his whole body.

His appearance as he freely traversed the tunnel, making the escape up to this point seem meaningless.

However, even while falling, Aileen’s expression hardened as soon as she saw that figure.

‘He wasn’t planning to run away from the beginning. Then the reason he deliberately stalled for time is……!!’

Kwagwagwagwaga!!!!

The Apostle’s massive body was madly speeding through the ceiling and walls of the undersea tunnel, trampling and smashing them.

On top of the cracks along the tunnel’s outer wall, the train debris that had collided and exploded added to the impact.

Through the cracked tunnel’s outer wall, seawater began to burst out explosively and flow down.

Swaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

A tremendous amount of seawater began to pour down onto the vast undersea terminal main building.

The moment Lenok and Aileen simultaneously recognized the omen and raised their eyes, the Apostle moved without hesitation.

He initiated low-altitude flight at tremendous speed and made a half-turn. Using the acceleration up to this point as power, he crashed into Lenok, who was falling.

At the same time as a strong resonance, Lenok’s figure was slammed into the terminal annex building at tremendous speed.

Jjeoooooooong!!!!

The pillars and steel frames supporting the annex building broke, and the building collapsed in place.

Sports cars in the VIP parking lot near the annex were thrown forward by the impact.

[The end I serve is a withered wing. It is the manifestation of a calamity that has become a god with a body that has swallowed the sun and burned dry.]

Bang!!

The Apostle, who had landed in front of the collapsing building as dust exploded, wriggled his body with pipes and wings protruding from it, and spoke.

[I eat what is burning, and I accelerate faster than anything in exchange for losing my wings.]

“So you’ve been playing tricks on humans as toys here since earlier.”

Kung!!

Lenok, grabbing a falling steel bar with one arm, retorted.

The Righteous Barrier and the Divine Barrier activated simultaneously, protecting his body and strengthening his strength.

Lenok, slowly grabbing the steel bar and throwing it aside, threw away his extinguished cigar and said.

“Was the ritual of offering you performed by using the terminal as a stage to draw out the power of the Outer God you serve to the maximum?”

[Kekekek, so what if it is?]

The Apostle, bending his body, shrugged his shoulders as if sneering.

[Now your flames will no longer be a great threat to me.]

“…….”

Swaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

The cracks in the tunnel’s outer wall that the Apostle had broken were spreading rapidly, and seawater was pouring down.

The water that had been falling from the ceiling became stronger and turned into a downpour, mixing with the heat that was burning all around.

The Apostle’s real purpose, who had chosen to escape by creating distance from Lenok.

It was to partially collapse the entire undersea terminal and bury the two of them here.

[The characteristics of flame magic are diffusion and amplification through heat. It lies in the amplification of output and scale through it.]

The Apostle said leisurely.

[Even if the surroundings are covered with water, you won’t be unable to use flame magic, but unless you burn the entire sea, the diffusion of the heat you boast about will inevitably be suppressed. Then your options will also be extremely limited.]

“…….”

The Apostle also did not think that Chun-beon’s flames could be completely suppressed by just this much change in the environment.

That monster of a mage would try to ignite hellish flames even in the water and burn his soul.

However, the seawater flowing into the terminal would continue to increase, and it would continue endlessly unless the entire sea of understanding was evaporated.

No matter how talented a genius he was, if he tried to burn both the seawater and the Apostle with magic at the same time, he would inevitably wear down his nerves.

[The structure of the terminal is still holding up, but soon the entire tunnel will be filled with water, and there will be no space to breathe. How long will you be able to hold out then…….]

The Apostle cracked his shoulders and let out a sinister laugh as if imagining a rosy future.

[After I rip off your neck, I’ll take it to the Pantheon. If I bring the head of the Apostle slayer who killed Amrita, I can repay the favor I received from the Saintess.]

“…….”

[I will also get back the ninth Apostle seat that I lost while being broken. I’ll be more useful than that crazy centipede. Khahahahahat!!!]

“……I see.”

Lenok took a step.

“The rumors that are spreading in the world. It seems to be better than I thought.”

[What?]

“You came all the way here and instead of running away, you’re trying to kill me… If the other Apostles are like you, things will be a little easier in the future.”

Swaaaaaaaaa!!!!

As he was hit by the seawater that began to fall like a waterfall above his head, he spread out his hand with the flames flickering.

The flames caught in Lenok’s hand did not lose their power even in the falling water, but burned even more fiercely and shone.

Whirrrrr!!!

[Wh, what is that.]

“If you’re so afraid of my flames, I’ll show you something else.”

The Apostle, who had felt a faint fear of Lenok’s flames from the previous battle, flinched for a moment.

Lenok, who had extended his hand wrapped in blazing flames, closed his eyes slightly and concentrated his mind.

“It seems like a good stage after all.”

Whhhhhhh……!!!

The flames that had bloomed in his hand increased the heat to the limit and burned dazzlingly.

The flames that had surpassed the limit and reached transcendence soon lost their original nature and ‘were shaved off’, leaving only the opposing attributes.

Unique Flame Magic

Property Change Detachment Manifestation

Jjeojeojeok……!!!

What had become stronger at the point of regaining control of the rampaging electric magic and gaining transcendence was not only Gyeon-ryoe’s status.

The possibility he had obtained at the point of restoring his ability to control the output of magic and gaining a deeper understanding of spells.

He would once again realize the extreme art of the spell he had learned from Myeong at the first gate in this place.

A transcendent miracle that is achieved by reaching the extreme of one attribute, shaving it off, and refining and processing only the opposing properties.

The power that can only be handled by reproducing the art of detachment, which had only been used with black magic and electric magic, with flame magic.

Bearing the possibility of a dead Outer God, a cold comet-

[……Coldness?]

Saaaaaaak!!

Before he knew it, a bluish coldness was swirling and flowing out of Lenok’s hand.

At this moment, when the backlash from the rampaging Incarnate and magic had disappeared, and there was no need to save his strength for the subjugation battle.

At the point of hearing Chun-beon’s evaluation and guessing the Order’s purpose, the only thing left to do was to try out the new spell on the monster in front of him with all his might.

“Come.”

Lenok took a step, clutching the coldness.

“I’ll show you the power of the god that your Order likes so much…… for a moment.”