Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 13

Dylan adjusted his mask and began walking briskly.

Following behind, Lenok was once again struck by how rare a profession a mage was.

The fact that he could freely exchange contact information with a mage he had just met today, whose background and skills he didn’t know, showed that the ability to wield magic was a rare and deadly talent.

Arriving near the manufacturing plant, the two of them slowly circled the perimeter, assessing the situation.

The number of guards stationed inside wasn’t particularly high, but each one had the number ‘888’ tattooed on their left chest.

“Triple Eight. They’ve hired the worst of the worst among security companies. They’re notorious thugs who only pick ex-cons and jump into anything for money…” Dylan said, picking his teeth with a bored expression.

“I wouldn’t feel any guilt if I accidentally killed one or two of them.”

“The security isn’t that tight.”

They were well-armed with submachine guns, bulletproof vests, and various auxiliary weapons, but their security posture itself wasn’t very strict.

It was obvious that they were just killing time while keeping a reasonable distance from each other.

“Who would be crazy enough to mess with a company like Charlotte? It’s a business that even the city government is involved in, so everyone is probably being careful. I wouldn’t have even looked at this job if it hadn’t been arranged by Valitz.”

“Does Valitz’s involvement make a difference?”

“In corporate battles, we’re just messengers. If Charlotte knows it’s Valitz’s doing, they won’t even care who we are.”

Lenok tried to remember every word Dylan muttered.

“Shall we start then? Do we need to cover our faces? Even so, there’s no need to have our identities exposed so openly.”

“Hmm…”

Looking at him now, there wasn’t a single part of Dylan’s outfit that exposed any skin.

Was he just trying to hide his identity, or was he hiding something more?

Dylan’s concern was valid, but Lenok wasn’t worried about his identity being exposed.

From the start, this face and the name ‘Ban’ were identities artificially created for working in this field.

Moreover, after having his magic pattern deciphered by an unknown woman in the market, Lenok had been subtly altering his magic pattern each time he used magic, eliminating any possibility of being discovered.

Even if things went wrong and the identity of ‘Ban’ was tracked, Lenok could simply change this disguise magic and start working under a new identity.

“It doesn’t matter. Let’s start.”

“No, I can’t have that. If your face gets known and you get tracked, I might get caught up in it too.”

“What do you want me to do?”

“Try this on.”

With that, Dylan pulled out another mask similar to the one he was wearing from a small bag at his side.

It wasn’t flashy, but it was covered in all sorts of patterns, making him look like a pro wrestler.

“……..”

“Hurry.”

Reluctantly, Lenok took it and put the mask on with a grimace.

It was a relief that the nose and mouth areas were loosely open; otherwise, he might have had to endure the unpleasant feeling of his face being constricted the whole time.

“Alright! I’ll start first then. Follow me.”

With that, Dylan instantly kicked off the ground and started running towards the back gate of the factory.

Thud thud thud!!

His footwork was extraordinary at a glance. Rather than maintaining a constant high speed, it was almost as if he was accelerating as he ran, making it even more threatening.

It was clearly beyond the running power of an ordinary human.

A warrior who enhances their body with magic and wields martial arts. They were a common type in the world of WORLD.

Lenok stood at a distance, put a cigarette in his mouth, and conjured a flame between his fingers.

“Sssip—”

He inhaled the smoke completely until his head felt dizzy, and as he steadied his breath, a bit of energy surged, and his center felt firm.

The accumulated fatigue was dully forgotten, and his body and mind awakened with a now familiar sensation.

Lenok felt the effectiveness of the one-time use drug he had bought for 70,000 cel [currency] as he cautiously began to run after Dylan.

Meanwhile, Dylan dashed like lightning towards the two guards guarding the back gate.

Whoosh!

He used the momentum of his run to hook one guard’s neck with the inside of his elbow and fell to the ground.

Before the guard, who had been unable to resist, could even roll his eyes back, Dylan spun around and kicked the other guard in the jaw with his heel.

Crack! Snap!

“Two down for now.”

Dylan, who had risen to his feet, dashed towards the factory’s back gate, leaving the two guards collapsing like limp chopsticks.

Infiltration.

Watching this, Lenok turned his body in a completely different direction from Dylan.

‘The plan we made at the bar was basically a diversionary tactic.’

While Dylan, who had infiltrated through the relatively unguarded back gate, drew attention, Lenok entered through the logistics warehouse, which was a bit further away from the back gate.

The warehouse, which received products from all parts of the three-story manufacturing plant and loaded them onto trucks, was, conversely, directly connected to all floors of the plant.

Perhaps because all the employees waiting in the warehouse had gone to the back gate due to Dylan’s commotion, there was no one inside the warehouse except for three large trucks.

Lenok took out a laser cutter from his pocket and pressed both buttons.

Zzzing!

The cutter, which was spewing blue flames, was inserted into the locked doorknob of the management office inside the warehouse, and the doorknob melted in an instant.

Lenok kicked the door open and stepped inside, extending one hand towards the stern-looking security guard who was staring at him with a surprised expression.

[Nature Sleep]

“Who..!!..Ughhh..”

The guard, who had screamed in terror and was drawing a pistol from his waist, instantly slammed his head onto the chair and collapsed.

Magic that interferes with the mind or biological functions like this doesn’t work well on opponents with magic, but conversely, it’s extremely effective for subduing ordinary people who have no magic.

He attached five strands of magic that extended from his fingers to the guard’s limbs and moved them.

[Marionette]

The unconscious guard’s body moved like a puppet with its strings cut, and began walking out of the factory.

With the unique magic system, the manual control type, he could do much more complex things than this, but with the [Marionette] used in common magic, making an unconscious person walk was the limit.

But this was enough. It was better than leaving a bad feeling in this factory that might explode soon.

He entered the passage inside the management office, and at the end of the somewhat dirty hallway, he saw a staircase.

Lenok’s face slightly clouded at the strangely familiar scene.

The image of the shabby factory where he first opened his eyes was still vivid in his memory. If he hadn’t resolved to escape and moved immediately after opening his eyes, he might have died of exhaustion.

In extreme situations, life and death are separated by a hair’s breadth.

Lenok’s situation was much better now than it was then, but he still couldn’t settle down.

He would just do his best every moment to survive in this unknown world.

He shook off his thoughts and moved.

The operations management office, which oversaw all the systems of the factory, was on the third floor.

But Lenok didn’t hesitate at all and ran down the stairs.

Thud thud thud!!

The sound of gunfire could be heard in the distance. The security forces had begun to take action to repel the intruders.

The sounds of the production workers in the factory screaming and running outside could also be heard clearly.

It wasn’t a bad thing. Unlike the security company Triple Eight, there was no reason to let the workers here get caught up in the explosion.

He had to finish his work while Dylan was buying time.

As he went down to the factory’s basement, the humid air disappeared, and a cold wind swept over his body.

The server room was located in the basement. The air conditioning was managed to prevent the power supply room designated for managing the system from overheating.

And the air conditioning facilities that managed that cooling were also located in this basement.

Dozens of gas pipes covered the basement walls like snakes crawling up the walls.

He opened all the valves on each pipe.

Cheeeeee!

One, two, three… When only one or two valves were opened, it wasn’t noticeable, but when all the dozens of valves were fully opened, the sound of gas leaking became clear.

Normally, just opening all the valves wouldn’t cause a gas leak.

Gas shut-off devices to prevent such safety accidents should be installed in two or three layers.

However, the manufacturing plant was newly built, and it had started operating without proper safety inspections due to the city government’s pressure. Charlotte Corporation was also not a company that spent much on such on-site safety, so this was possible.

And it was none other than Valitz Corporation that had gathered and passed on all this information, not Jenny or Dylan.

‘They even specify how to carry out the work… they’re so meticulous.’

The fact that Jenny brought the factory blueprints and specified the plan to them was also because Valitz wanted it.

Was Jenny good at her job for bringing a job from such a company?

Now that the gas was released, all that was left was to set the fire.

Lenok placed his palm on the cold basement floor and immediately used magic.

[Ignite]

A very basic ignition magic. It was the magic Lenok often used to light his cigarettes.

But now, he had to create it in a different way, not just conjuring a flame between his fingers.

There was a time when Lenok had neglected his research, feeling complacent that he had come to use almost all common magic.

However, after finding a new breakthrough through his encounter with the woman at the vegetable store, he had repeatedly tried to modify and apply the magic he already knew, and he had achieved results recently.

Ssshhh..!!

He released the magic imprinted in his mind in a formalized way, like a formula.

Through dozens of experiments, Lenok had clearly recognized how absurd his own talent was.

Beyond the level of using and applying magic, he naturally reached out to unknown knowledge and threw himself into the sea of the unknown.

The creativity stat of 30 he had when creating his character. The intellect that had reached the threshold that could be called talent was bearing fruit.

Fwaaaaat!!

Lenok’s right hand shone brightly, and a small circle was drawn around the magic he was drawing, and then unknown shapes began to fill it densely.

Beyond the level of using magic without magic circles or hand seals, he had begun to draw new magic circles that he didn’t even know, just by chanting.

Inside the circular magic circle, shapes and symbols that Lenok didn’t even know were arranged, and just before the ends of the fence surrounding that world were about to meet, Lenok withdrew his magic.

He had withdrawn his hand just before the magic circle was completed.

“……”

There was no point in completing the magic circle of Ignite right now and creating a flame.

To explode the factory, he had to ignite it only after the basement was sufficiently filled with gas.

And Lenok already knew how to complete the magic with a time difference.

No one had taught him, but countless variations and applications were swirling in Lenok’s mind.

Beyond keeping and following the established order, he opened up new terrain and drew another law on it.

He was bending the framework of common magic to its limits to create new tools.

‘Of course, even if I do this, it will be difficult to completely catch up with the expertise of unique magic…’

At least he could imitate it similarly.

The timer was set for 5 minutes.

The moment the completed ignition magic circle activated in the middle of the basement after 5 minutes, the factory would be destroyed from the basement.

If he could just get out of the factory with Dylan before that, they would split the 50 million cel success fee.

Lenok, who had come out of the basement, had another cigarette in his mouth.

Just as he was about to step inside the factory’s first-floor manufacturing room to find Dylan,

KWAANG!!!

A powerful roar and a shockwave swept through the area.

Lenok’s body was thrown backward by the completely unexpected impact.

Even as his head was throbbing from hitting the back of his head on the floor, he quickly processed the situation.

‘An explosion? Did the basement already explode?’

Lenok suspected the magic circle he had engraved on the basement floor, but he immediately dismissed that possibility.

The magic he had created was perfect, and if the server room had exploded, the entire factory should have collapsed. It couldn’t have ended like this.

The only remaining possibility was that something had happened inside the factory where Dylan was.

The impact didn’t stop with just one, but slowly came with a weaker intensity.

As he listened to the eerie sounds coming from inside, Lenok slowly opened the door leading to the first floor.

Bang! Kwaang!!

The first thing he saw when he poked his head into the manufacturing room was a barrage of gunfire filling the air.

Bullets flew with flashes of light from all directions, and the acrid smoke that rose with them completely covered the first floor of the factory.

And in that storm of ammunition, Dylan was dancing like a madman.

He was constantly switching between the swords, spears, and daggers he had hanging all over his body, leaping and cutting down the security guards.

The movements of a superhuman who had enhanced his body with magic were not something that the employees standing with just one gun could contend with.

Even to Lenok, who had no knowledge of actual combat techniques, Dylan’s movements were fluid, and he would often disappear in the midst of the hail of gunfire, only to reappear behind his opponents.

The moment the magic that was swirling around his entire body and actively moving focused on the weapon he was holding, shining a deep blue light, the powerful shockwave that Lenok had felt earlier swept through the area, and the employees were thrown in all directions.