Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 182

Lenok met Grisha in the central corridor, and they quickly exchanged the necessary information.

The two sorcerers had subdued approximately three hundred deformed creatures.

It was a number that hinted at how many people had been sacrificed to keep the secrets of this place.

“They probably rounded up tourists who didn’t know about the shrine, or even passersby who got lost, and ‘used’ them,” Grisha said.

“The problem is who did this. The Drug Lord wouldn’t have done this himself, so there must be someone who was capturing people, turning them into those flesh monsters, and using them…”

If that person had blended into the crowd evacuating the 4th Floating Island, there would be no way to find them.

What if, when the Drug Lord arrived, that person’s subordinate, who was mixed in with the crowd, started causing chaos?

For Lenok, it was a terrible thought, but for the Azure Eye, who had already established a presence in this dominion, it would be a nightmare.

However, Grisha was surprisingly calm.

“The moment he touched the relic department, it became clear that the entire floating island cluster couldn’t be kept safe. The best way to minimize damage is to neutralize his scheme as quickly as possible.”

“…That’s logical.”

It was a sorcerer’s way of thinking.

“More importantly, we need to find the Juice Master’s vault first. We call it a vault, but it’s actually a storage area where he keeps his drugs.”

Grisha gave a wry smile.

“The larger the floating island, the better it could take advantage of the dominion’s unique environment, so they built plant facilities on these large islands. He’s quite something. He managed to store his drugs almost perfectly using only the power of others…”

“It’s probably not in the corridors or hallways.”

Lenok pondered and continued.

“I didn’t realize it when I looked at the map, but after coming here, I understand. It’s too exposed to the surrounding eyes, and it wouldn’t be safe from the deformed creatures that attacked us earlier.”

“You mean we should exclude the paths where the deformed creatures might roam?”

“All the corridors connected to the first-floor exhibition hall, which was designed for ordinary tourists, and the stairs should be excluded. That doesn’t leave many places.”

“Probably the rooftop and the underground control room, which are difficult for outsiders to access, and the administrative office on the second floor and the special exhibition hall on the third floor are the candidates.”

They quickly exchanged opinions while looking up at the map on the wall of the central corridor.

They skipped the reasoning and jumped straight to the conclusions.

It was a discussion where they kept the process in their heads and only exchanged the results.

Absurdly, Lenok was feeling something akin to satisfaction for the first time in this situation.

Was it this easy and simple to work with a sorcerer whose mind worked at a similar speed?

Grisha was also a powerful sorcerer who could easily protect herself, so she didn’t hesitate to speak her mind.

The fact that Lapis had assigned the best available force to Lenok at this point meant that she clearly understood the importance of this situation.

More than anything, they thought it was urgent to find the Drug Lord’s drug storage and trace his movements.

“We’ll exclude the basement and the first floor. Unless it’s a vertically long island like the 2nd Floating Island, it’s not easy to hide something underground. Considering the size of the museum and the Drug Lord’s bizarre tastes, the administrative office is probably unlikely too.”

“The rooftop and the special exhibition hall. It’s probably the exhibition hall.”

“Okay. Let’s go up.”

Grisha took out a rough wooden piece from her pocket and said.

She lightly activated her magic power and instantly reconstructed the wooden piece into a pipe, put it in her mouth, and stepped onto the stairs.

“I’m really curious about the face of the murderer who played with so many humans like toys.”

Lenok and Grisha cleared out all the remaining deformed creatures on the second and third floors.

It bothered them to think that these creatures were once ordinary humans, but if so many monsters were left trapped in the old building, problems could arise at any time.

The firepower of two sorcerers who had reached level 6 or higher was like a grinder.

Lenok deliberately used light magic to efficiently clear out the deformed creatures while observing Grisha’s sorcery.

She didn’t seem to need any triggers to use her sorcery; she just flicked her fingers and instantly cleared out the surrounding deformed creatures.

The green wind blowing from her fingertips, without any incantation or hand seals, instantly turned the deformed creatures into dust.

It was proof that she had completely understood and grasped the formulas she was using.

She was definitely one of the top ten strongest sorcerers Lenok had ever witnessed.

But would that be enough to win against the Devil’s Den?

‘It’s not impossible…’

Unlike the Azure Eye, which functioned well as an organization, the Devil’s Den’s organizational power was pathetic.

Even Kroken Asilus, the first member of the Devil’s Den he had met, was a prime example.

A seasoned and firm presence that could shake even Lenok’s mind, which had been trained with the spirit and reason of a natural-born mage.

The immense pressure that crushed anyone he faced and his heavy words.

The fact that even a monster who was undoubtedly a high-ranking member of the Devil’s Den was running his own business instead of following the organization’s orders proved how little he cared about the organization.

If the Azure Eye and the Devil’s Den engaged in an all-out war, it was clear which side would be annihilated.

However, what if they chipped away at the Devil’s Den’s power little by little through individual battles, as she had already done in the Western Resistance Front?

Before deciding which side was right or wrong, it wasn’t necessarily a disadvantage for the Azure Eye.

His thoughts were long, but the conclusion was one.

For now, he had to be content with observing the situation.

Of course, that was something he could only think about after resolving all these unexpected events and leaving the dominion.

The two quickly broke through the monsters in the old building and reached the third floor.

Even though they had only climbed one floor, they could feel that the air had changed.

An unknown flow of magic power was flowing along the walls and floor of the third-floor corridor.

Lenok and Grisha simultaneously touched the wall and nodded.

“It’s a security formula that blocks external interference and detection.”

“It’s a method that interferes with the durability of the wall and magic power, with the condition that entry is only through the door…”

Was it a device to prevent people from breaking through the wall and entering the storage?

Did it mean that they were that concerned about the vault, or that the security of the door was that thorough?

The hall, which would have been used to display various relics and attract tourists during major events and anniversaries, was firmly closed with a thick iron door.

And in the center of that iron door, the figure of a person slumped down made Lenok stop in his tracks.

“…”

Unlike the creatures they had seen so far, he maintained a normal human appearance, but that made him feel even more out of place.

If someone was still in his normal form in this old building where all sorts of humans were turned into monsters and used as guards.

Then that person must be the culprit who created all this tragedy.

A naked man with disheveled black hair, slumped down.

At first glance, he seemed to have an ordinary appearance, but his expression was strangely empty.

Lenok and Grisha quickly exchanged glances and simultaneously closed their mouths.

If he hadn’t noticed that the two of them had come up to the third floor, even though he was clearly awake and breathing, he wouldn’t be very sensitive.

No, he would be far too insensitive compared to a normal magic user.

‘And he doesn’t have any clothes, but his body has no scars or even body hair. That’s…’

It seemed certain that he had a way to protect his body.

“Let’s blow his head off and go in.”

Grisha muttered and immediately pulled up her magic power.

The wind flowing from her palm quickly twisted and spun.

Grisha, who had placed a single strand of wind that had turned into a short spear the length of her forearm on her palm, blew on it, and at the same time.

The man’s head exploded.

Crack!!

She watched the headless body slowly fall, spewing out all sorts of indescribable liquids, and then she stood up.

Lenok strongly pressed her shoulder and made her sit down.

Kwaaaang!!

The fallen man’s arm stretched out to an abnormal size and pierced the spot where Grisha had been standing.

Grisha grumbled unnecessarily.

“I could have stopped it even if I had stayed still.”

“But it would have been good to see how it moves, right?”

“…How did you know?”

“The gatekeeper left by the Drug Lord couldn’t be that easy. To protect all the drugs he stuffed in here, he would have to be cruel or extremely loyal, regardless of anything else.”

Lenok muttered and stood up.

“He’s either incredibly strong or has an annoying ability that can make up for it.”

“…”

“Look.”

Grisha was about to say something, but she closed her mouth when she saw the man’s corpse slowly getting up.

The man’s neck, where his head had been blown off, began to bubble with blood, and then his head began to regenerate.

The speed was so fast that the eyeballs, which had been created in the time it took the two sorcerers to take two breaths, were dangling and finding their place.

Grisha cursed.

“That crazy drug addict criminal… What a taste.”

“…”

She was clearly cursing Dominic Cabaro, but it was no coincidence that Lenok also heard the curse.

Come to think of it, Lenok was also rummaging through his vault to make drugs.

To come and steal the Drug Lord’s treasure to get help from the Medicine Line [a group specializing in medicine and pharmacology].

Lenok was sick of the penalties holding him back.

Meanwhile, the man, who had quickly regenerated his head, slowly opened his mouth.

“Un, unfamiliar faces…”

His clumsy speech and strange tone.

It was only one word, but it was clear that the other person did not have normal intelligence.

The man pointed at Lenok and Grisha with his fingers and grabbed his chest with his other hand.

“If you’re not someone I know… I have to, eat this…”

As he scratched his chest with his five fingers, pieces of flesh fell off.

Even for a normal human body, it was an abnormal grip.

However, the sight of the flesh that had fallen off turning into black mucus and rolling on the floor was so bizarre that it made them forget the monstrous power.

Grisha muttered with a face that had lost all its laughter.

“Evan. That’s…”

“It’s probably right.”

Lenok took out a new cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and took a deep drag.

Until now, he had been holding back in case of an emergency, but from now on, it was clear that there would be no time to rest.

“He’s been feeding the flesh that fell off his body to the people who found this place and turning them into monsters.”

It didn’t make sense that the flesh that fell off randomly would turn into such bizarre mucus.

This was definitely a type of sorcery used by the Drug Lord.

And after seeing the mucus, Lenok finally realized the identity of the déjà vu that had been bothering him.

“We have to capture him alive.”

“What? Not kill him?”

“If my guess is correct, it will be difficult to capture him alive… but killing him will be much more difficult.”

Lenok continued, watching the man slowly inflate and walk forward.

“There’s no reason to waste our strength here. If we do it right, we can find out what kind of sorcery the Juice Master is using to direct all of this from such a distance.”

“…You’re just talking nonsense.”

Grisha grumbled and stepped forward.

“You know that we don’t have time, even if it’s not that pervert, right? Then I’ll take care of him, and you break into the vault.”

“No, that won’t work either. He’s probably-”

Tududududuk!!

“Not one body.”

The man’s body stretched out like a rubber band and then split into two.