Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 158

콰아아아아앙!!

The villa’s first floor collapsed, and a massive shockwave erupted.

Exploration team members instantly lost their balance, stumbling and falling downwards.

“Aaaaargh!!”

“F-from the floor!!”

“Could it be, she was hiding down here all this time, avoiding the Captain’s notice?!”

From below, Mila, her hair disheveled, burst into maniacal laughter.

In her dust-covered hands, two heavy shotguns glowed, brimming with fully charged magical power.

“Kuhahahaha!!! Die, you bastards!!”

Taang!! Taang!!

At the same time, Dylan, having drawn his swords, plunged two daggers into the necks of the team members, wildly cutting through the unbalanced exploration team.

A brief opening was created by the two of them. While Irina bought time, Lenok unleashed the most powerful move he had prepared.

Was this the first time he was showing it to the Antares mercenary group?

It didn’t matter anymore.

With a powerful will, he slammed his magic into the empty air.

Domain Activation.

Faaaaaaaah!!!

At the same time, a colorless wave spread out in all directions like a ripple.

It didn’t end with just one reverberation, but echoed two, three times, constantly shaking the space.

Finally, he brought the entire area under Lenok’s control.

A sense of exhilaration, as if all the magic in the space within his senses was coming into his hand.

Within the domain, he twisted his magic manipulation ability, amplified to its limit.

He could feel it.

The limit of the ability granted to him. The sound of Lenok’s talent shattering and completely demolishing that boundary.

[M-Master.]

There was no time to listen to Davi’s flustered words.

He simply borrowed her ability as if it were a natural thing.

The powerful processing power and hacking ability to directly interfere with electronic equipment, taken directly from the artificial intelligence.

He grasped that concept and molded it at will, turning it into a single wave.

He manipulated the range of interference and applied it directly to reality.

What he wanted was the interpretation and runaway of the magic contained in the artifacts.

Paang!

At the same time as he wished, a very faint dark green wave swept through the surroundings.

At the same time, the artifacts held in the hands of the team members began to overheat.

Pajijijijik!!!

“O-oh no!!”

“No!!”

“Everyone, get away from him!! This is…!!”

Those who had confirmed the backflow of magic erupting from the artifacts in their hands changed their expressions belatedly, but it was already too late.

Electric-type common magic

Chain Lightning property change

Yeoncheong (Linked Blue) [A magic technique that links electrical currents]

Jijijijijik…!!

Even the smallest current from each other’s artifacts was enough.

Within the domain, the magic wielded by Lenok became the starting point, enveloping and connecting all the electricity within the area like a conductor.

The backflows from dozens of artifacts connected like a dense spiderweb, resonating. It turned into a massive chain reaction.

At that moment, the weapons that the team members had been holding more precious than anything else turned into double-edged swords, aiming at their owners and causing a grand explosion.

“Aaaaaaaargh!!!”

The larger the capacity of the artifact they were holding, and the more desperate the concept contained within it.

Also, the more vast the magic, the more powerful the explosion.

It didn’t end with simply losing their weapons. The impact of Lenok’s magic at close range instantly incapacitated the team members and robbed them of their consciousness.

The formation that had been surrounding Lenok with such vigor collapsed in an instant.

A scene so futile and miserable that it was hard to believe even with one’s own eyes.

This was the power of domain activation, which was only granted to a select few among high-level mages.

This was a realm that designated a space, completely reversed its properties, and pushed the mage’s control to the limit, going beyond the boundaries of spells and beginning to interfere with common sense and laws.

However, the fact that he handled this powerful and bizarre power in such an unconventional way was entirely due to Lenok’s talent.

Who else in this place could have come up with the idea of overloading an artifact that was completed as a weapon, and then connecting the backflow that flowed out of it into a chain explosion?

It wasn’t just about overpowering with force, but about being able to intuitively find the most perfect way to pierce the opponent’s blind spot at every moment.

The ability to wield the cards in his hand more perfectly than anyone else, while simultaneously grasping every moment with perfect judgment.

That was the most powerful talent that Lenok possessed as a gambler.

Dylan, who had been cutting down the exploration team members like crazy, couldn’t hold back and shouted.

“You crazy bastard!! You’re really a madman!!”

“Kyahahahahaha!!”

Even Mila, who was laughing along with Dylan while firing her shotgun.

Lenok’s power, which transcended common sense, made it seem as if the two of them had completely lost their minds.

“Dieeeeeee!!”

A fat man, scattering tears of blood, rushed towards Lenok.

His expression was a complex mix of deep regret, self-loathing, and anger at not being able to stop this situation, but what good was it now?

The heavy hammer in his hand emitted flames and swung at the mage with all his might from below.

However, with his reason clouded to the point where he couldn’t even properly see the purple chains that had been thickly laid out beneath his feet, he couldn’t even touch Lenok’s clothes.

Chwarurururuk!!

The fat man, his legs bound by five gravity-type binding magic [Gravity Chain] that increased binding power in proportion to mass, knelt down, his fierce charge rendered useless.

Two revolver shots were fired into his eyes as he stared blankly up at Lenok.

“Aaaargh!!”

Four streaks of electricity were slammed directly into the fat man’s head, who was screaming.

The fat man tried to gather his magic to respond to Lenok’s attack, but at this close range, the magic in his body was no longer his own.

The magic that was boiling throughout his body turned into a blade that stabbed its owner.

He accepted the approaching death with all his defenses wide open.

Kwajijik!!

Powerful warriors. Skilled archers. Talented spearmen. Or capable mages and search teams.

All those who had shared life and death with Irina Fesfield were unable to properly handle even the magic within their own bodies, and one by one, they fell.

In the center of the villa, where the screams subsided and a terrible silence settled.

Only she stood there, her face as if her soul had left her body.

Clash (4)

“Hoo…..”

Lenok, with a tired expression, took out a cigarette from his pocket and slowly withdrew his domain.

It was good to amplify magic control through the domain, but the exhaustion that came with magic consumption was immense.

This backlash, where the head became dizzy and thoughts became dull, was the price for the feat of aligning the entire space with one’s own senses.

Implementing a property change with a concept in a specific area required a tremendous amount of mental strength and will.

Perhaps to buy Lenok time to recover.

Beyond Dylan and Mila, who stood in front of him as if blocking his path, he saw Irina, who was left alone, meeting his gaze.

Lenok spoke, staring directly at the sight of the tip of the greatsword she was holding trembling faintly.

“Looking at that thing you’re holding, I can guess what kind of injury you sustained to end up here.”

“………”

“That disgusting, wriggling magic sword. It’s actually something that can’t be used without sucking the blood of others, right?”

If it was an artifact that could withstand Lenok’s magic backflow using the domain, it must be a high-end product. At the same time, it was something that satisfied the performance that Irina could use directly.

The moment she ambushed Lenok from the basement with the fat man.

All the fine cracks were probably caused by her sword strikes in an instant.

Cutting power that could cut through several meters of concrete at once. And destructive power that would never be pushed back even if it clashed head-on with Lenok’s magic.

How much of Irina Fesfield’s skill did that blood-drinking greatsword account for?

“I can understand why you wanted to be treated by the Medicine Master. The fact that a promising exploration captain was actually using a magic sword that sucked people’s blood and fell into its harm would have been a secret that you couldn’t tell even if your mouth was torn apart.”

Lenok grinned, watching her flinch.

Lenok continued to talk, his cold eyes watching her reaction.

The important thing was not to find out the facts and causal relationships.

It was enough if he could shake her up even a little before the final battle to come.

“How many did you kill?”

“………”

“How many of your team members did you kill to use that damn sword?”

If it was a cursed piece of equipment that only worked by drinking human blood, it was a natural conclusion.

Especially since Irina Fesfield was an exploration captain who made it her business to explore remote ruins.

It was not at all strange that she would borrow the power of the magic sword to her heart’s content, but then run into a situation where she ran out of fuel.

And who she would have sacrificed to overcome that moment was obvious.

As Lenok continued to speak, his thoughts followed one after another.

The moment something he had vaguely guessed in his head was spoken in concrete words, it instantly turned into a clear conviction.

His innate intuition and observation skills. His perfectly established logical thinking led Lenok to the answer in an instant.

“…There were rumors that the exploration team had a considerable number of artifacts that had not been released, despite their outstanding performance. But what if it wasn’t just to keep the treasures to themselves, but because they were artifacts that couldn’t be easily disclosed to the public?”

“……..Stop it.”

“If all the results were disclosed transparently, and if the ‘unpleasant incident’ that occurred during the exploration of the ruins was accidentally revealed—”

“Shut your mouth!!!!”

Irina’s voice, having lost her composure, echoed throughout the villa.

“………”

“Hoo…”

Irina ignored Lenok, who had closed his mouth, and slowly walked to the side.

Towards the back of the exploration team member who had collapsed from the previous battle. Towards the back of the person whose chest was still heaving faintly, as if they were still breathing.

Thwack!

She plunged the greatsword in with all her might.

“Ugh?!!”

At the same time, the greatsword began to gulp down human blood, gurgling loudly like a living creature.

“Ugh… Disgusting bastard…”

Mila frowned.

A seasoned mercenary wouldn’t be disgusted by something like this, so her words were a commentary on Irina’s actions of using her comrades as nourishment to build up her strength.

However, Irina didn’t even bat an eye and opened her mouth without hesitation.

“It’s a shame. If I had killed just one of the three of you, things wouldn’t have turned out like this… I’ll have to be a little more careful when creating the next exploration team.”

“Every word you say is like a gem. Is this your concept or something?”

Her attitude, as if this wasn’t the first time, was so nonchalant that even Lenok was speechless.

He thought he had gotten involved with a cold-hearted exploration captain, but it turned out she was almost a psychopath.

Was the composure and coldness she had shown so far actually a disguise to hide her almost fanatical mind?

“Well, it’s not like I’m doing this kind of thing because I like it. It’s just that there are things I have to recover, and I’ve been digging around old tombs for that purpose.”

Flap!

At the same time as a simple cloak that had fallen on her shoulder fluttered, a silver staff appeared from her waist.

As Irina, who had pulled out the staff with a pair of wings attached to its head, quickly chanted, light suddenly descended from the sky.

Kwaaaaaa!!

A massive amount of holy light falling like a waterfall from the clear sky.

There was no action of any magic or spell, but it was not difficult to recognize that it was a very powerful level of self-support spell.

“Come to think of it, everything was twisted from the beginning. Failing to search the auction house to obtain the Medicine Master’s talisman, and conversely, having the separated relics stolen… Now I’ve lost all the power of the exploration team.”

“………”

“It’s time to cut the knot that has become too tangled to untie.”

Kooong!!