Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 199

Aid (4)

“The library, you mean?”

“Don’t misunderstand me,” Aris said quickly.

“It seems Renok won’t be able to do any meaningful research at school for a while. If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be better to discuss theories like we used to at the library?”

“……”

Renok turned his head silently, looking at Aris’s profile. She didn’t react, but he could guess her expression behind her flowing hair.

He knew why she was suggesting this. She was worried he might get caught up in unnecessary trouble and become exhausted.

It also occurred to him that Aris didn’t seem to view their time together back then as a bad thing.

Was he not the only one who enjoyed the sunlit library?

With a strange sense of satisfaction, Renok smiled and nodded.

* * *

Boom!!

“Uwaaaah!!”

“H-Hot, hot…!!”

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!!”

After getting his hands on the Blaber Magic Tower’s fire magic, dealing with thugs who picked fights like this had become much easier.

He applied a development of fireballs, using innate flames that clung to living things around them.

The more they were in groups, the more voraciously the flames devoured them, greatly reducing the things Renok had to worry about.

“Fire magic is surprisingly useful in situations like this…”

To be honest, in single combat, fire magic couldn’t keep up with lightning magic.

Lightning magic, with its high speed, high output, and high firepower, amplified exponentially depending on the user’s ability, was by far the strongest among elemental magic in terms of instantaneous power.

Fire magic, on the other hand, basically required some warm-up time to increase its scale and firepower, and it also needed steps to concentrate its power.

That was a great help in raising the ‘scale’ of magic beyond the caster’s ability, but it wasn’t very helpful in one-on-one combat.

If Renok hadn’t disguised himself as Weizen in the battles with the drug kingpin or the young drug addict from the Magic Tower, the battles would have been much easier.

Even so, he liked the vast scale of fire magic and the method of creating a sea of fire by himself.

If he continued to collect these kinds of magic and combine their characteristics well, it would be a great help in establishing a new magic system, just like the magic ‘Ten Thousand Prints’ that Renok created himself.

Thinking that, Renok passed through the dirty alleyway.

“Hoo…”

Even while walking through the muddy streets, Renok’s expression was calm. The sigh slowly faded, his thoughts sharpened, and his aura naturally spread around him.

Considering what he had to do today, he couldn’t afford to lose focus because of those guys.

His coat fluttered, and the artifacts hanging inside were faintly visible.

His magic recovery was fine, and there were no problems with his manipulation ability. His sensory range always covered this area far and wide.

Renok, having checked that his body was moving properly, even though he wouldn’t need to use it, slowly walked and checked his equipment one last time.

Click! Click!!

Both the magazine and the loading status were perfect.

The artifacts were also working smoothly, and Enakfil’s five fingers and the Archangel’s Compassion were working perfectly.

He had been preparing for this day for a long time. Considering who he was about to meet, even the slightest gap was not allowed.

While heading to the meeting place he had been informed of in advance, he suddenly turned his head at the presence he felt behind him.

A sudden life reaction in this area. But there was nothing left in the street.

“……”

Clearly, a distinct presence was felt, and someone’s breathing was caught in his magic detection, but nothing was visible.

Only after a moment did Renok realize that it was a work of art made by gathering intangible magic into the shape of a person.

At that moment, the presence scattered and turned into a line of text.

Renok chuckled as he realized the meaning of the words.

“Ha…”

It was a skill that was hard to believe even though he was seeing and feeling it with his own eyes.

Considering that no particular presence was detected in Renok’s magic detection, it meant that he was manipulating magic from at least several kilometers away to project his will to Renok.

Regardless of the amount of magic or the ability to manipulate it, it must be something that was only possible if the magic sensitivity had reached its limit.

With this level of magic sensitivity, it must be possible to feel magic from a thousand miles away as if it were one’s own body.

Renok’s steps immediately changed direction.

After walking for a while following the direction that the magic had indicated, he felt an intangible pressure slowly pressing down on his surroundings.

Kuuuuuuuu-

“……”

A strange phenomenon, as if the gravity of the area was getting stronger.

Was he deploying this much pressure in all directions with only his presence, without any magic or domain?

He had only heard of his reputation, but this was the first time he had seen him in person.

Passing through a narrow alleyway and turning towards the place where the pressure was getting stronger, the surroundings suddenly widened, and a huge junkyard appeared.

Thousands of broken cars were discarded like trash.

Under the moon in the dark night sky, rusty excavators and container boxes were scattered around.

A man sitting on top of a pile of countless car corpses, with his legs crossed, was looking down at Renok.

“Nice to meet you.”

The man, who had been resting his chin on his hand, smiled softly.

“It’s the first time we’ve met face to face, right?”

A black shirt and slacks. A coat with thick fur was impressive.

Even though he had casually swept back his long hair, his impression was surprisingly neat.

His calm expression and gaze calmed him down even in this chaotic junkyard, but the enormous magic raging around the man was the opposite, extremely violent.

An overwhelming magic power that was not inferior to Grisha’s.

It was the first time they had met face to face, but he could tell with just one exchange of glances.

The leader who had the most powerful mercenary group in the giant city of Balkan in his hands.

Antares was standing right in front of Renok.

“I’m a little sorry for making an appointment like this.”

Antares said that and slowly got up from his seat.

A taller physique than he had thought. He was a tall man who easily looked over 190cm [approximately 6’3″].

“But you must have thought this would happen too. Isn’t that right?”

“I don’t know,” Renok replied indifferently.

“Your image is very different from what I expected.”

When he heard about him from Dylan or Mila, he imagined a burly and large warrior, but it was completely different from what he had expected.

He was a man with an unfathomable smile and a soft tone, which was quite unusual for a mercenary.

“Hahaha!! Just like Dylan said. He said you were a man with thick nerves, and he wasn’t wrong.”

Antares said that and nodded from behind Renok.

“……”

A distance of at least several hundred meters. Detecting that leap was only a fleeting moment even with Renok’s magic detection.

If he had launched a preemptive attack from a blind spot, it would be difficult to gauge whether even Renok could react.

It was obvious, but the opponent was definitely a monster.

“Well, that’s how it is. Originally, I should have finished the story much sooner than this… I made a mistake because I was busy.”

“What do you mean?”

“If I had known you would rise this quickly, I would have made a clean conclusion on the day I heard the story from Dylan.”

Crack!!

A loud noise was heard at the same time as he spread his fingers.

Antares, who had loosened his body by lightly turning his neck, said, “That’s why I have to find out who you are now.”

“I don’t care.”

Renok also took out a cigarette from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and turned his back.

At the same time as he lit it and inhaled the purple smoke that spread out, a vitality that was clearly different from before bloomed in his body.

The first prototype created by combining alchemy research. It wasn’t completely finished yet, but it was a perfect time to test its performance.

“I’m also curious about which side you’re on.”

“Hmm?”

If it hadn’t been for the various stories he had heard from Dylan and Mila, Renok would have thought of him as just a mercenary leader.

But the implication that he was somewhat involved in the Black Consumer Project that took place outside of Balkan.

After learning that he was often away from the mercenary group, Renok had one question in his mind.

“Antares.”

Whoosh!!

Looking down at his face, Renok asked, “Are you perhaps affiliated with Pandemonium?”

There was no answer.

Antares, who had closed the distance in one step, lightly clenched his fist.

A movement that seemed to lightly tap the air. However, with just that one gesture, a purple wave burst out, the ground twisted, and the cars in the area jumped up from their places.

Kwaaaang!!

A bizarre blow that seemed to shake gravity itself.

However, Renok also took a step back in the meantime and threw the lightning he was holding into the sky.

The atmosphere, which had grabbed the idea created in a fleeting moment, reacted in the air.

The darkened sky flashed, and a bolt of lightning fell straight into the junkyard.

[Thunder Calling]

Kwaaaaaaa!!

An enormous amount of firepower poured down towards Antares, but he was already gone from the point of impact.

Renok also didn’t care and immediately moved his magic in succession.

In a mage’s battle, what’s important is not to be obsessed with hitting the opponent.

Especially if the opponent is focused on close combat, it’s about designing a moment where they have no choice but to hit by setting up the board directly.

It was a field that Renok was more confident in than anyone else.

“Found you.”

Under his powerful magic sensitivity, it was meaningless to penetrate the blind spots of his vision.

That’s why Antares must also be trying to exploit the weaknesses of Renok’s senses.

Renok, who sensed Antares’s presence from the rear diagonal, turned his body while reaching his hand towards his wrist.

Weeeeng…!!

He attached magic threads to both shoulders and twisted his body, instantly grabbing a shotgun in his hand.

At the same time as releasing the shrinking magic, he deployed shooting assist magic.

Renok’s finger moved after completing all those processes in the blink of an eye.

Kwaaang!!

He fired at Antares, who was swinging his arm down in front of him, with a deafening noise.

Ta-ta-ta-ta-tak!!

The shotgun, which was scattered at the same time as it was fired, was completely embedded in the target.

However, everything was in vain at the same time as Antares tapped his arm in the air.

“Is it all over?”

Thud!!

At the same time as he spread his fist, the remains of the broken bullets fell from his hand.

“……”

He had met quite a few superhuman beings who were not like humans, but it had been a long time since he had met an opponent who so calmly committed acts that were beyond common sense.

That was probably proof that this man named Antares was a skilled person who had far surpassed the boundary that Renok thought of.

A strongman beyond the norm. A monster who could overturn the board by himself.

He was definitely one of the best warriors Renok had ever met.

“No.”

Renok answered with a smile.

“It’s just the beginning.”

Renok, who had thrown more than five kinds of pills into his mouth from his pocket, moved immediately.

They were all elixirs that had been prepared for this event to enhance magic assistance and recovery.

With a sense of emptiness as if all the magic in his body was draining away, he slammed the gathered magic straight down under his feet.

Faaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Activation of the magnetic field.

A colorless wave spread out, covering the area, and instantly transformed into Renok’s domain.

The secret of a 6th-level military mage who changes the nature of space itself and creates the optimal environment for the caster.

Antares, who sensed the existence of the domain that had instantly covered the area, smiled.

“As expected.”

The radius of the domain was a whopping 100m [approximately 330 feet].

The fact that Renok, who had only deployed a domain of a few tens of meters in the past, had activated a domain of 200m in the battlefield, proves how thoroughly prepared he was for this meeting.

Taking elixirs like this was helpful in amplifying the amount of magic at the moment, but Renok did not hesitate even though it would inevitably leave aftereffects for a few days.

The opponent was definitely a top-level martial artist above level 7.

A monster who was clearly looking at the extreme of physical ability, especially martial arts.

If he didn’t go all out from the start, it wouldn’t be strange if the match ended in an instant.

Kwaaaaaaa!!

The magic that had exceeded the limit that Renok could handle raged inside the domain.

Beyond simply deploying magic around himself, he dominated the magic of space itself and reversed the laws.

However, Antares stood in the center of the domain, calmly looking around and repeatedly admiring it.

“Is it natural? It wouldn’t make sense if you couldn’t handle the magnetic field while playing with the nature of magic so freely.”

“Hoo…”

“But you haven’t even properly completed the mental imprint yet, and you have this level of control… you’re definitely one of the most talented people I’ve ever seen.”

Antares, who said that, looked at Renok for the first time and took a stance.

He slightly extended his left foot forward, turned his upper body, and slightly raised his right arm.

“That’s why I need to make sure to settle things here.”

“Settle?” Renok answered with a smile.

The magic swirling around him glowed faintly, scattering a blue light in his eyes as he followed his gaze.

Whoooong!!

“How about showing me your skills first before saying that?”

[Reverse Gravity]

[Magnetic Control]

[Electronic Field]

The moment his will is expressed, it changes into an anomaly.

The movements that had been raging in space without magic spreading out were combined as they were, and they plunged down as a manifestation of powerful will.

More than hundreds of scrap metal pieces piled up in the junkyard floated into the sky and swirled around.

Jjeooooong!!

[Current Flow Domain]

It began to flash madly after being hit by the storm of lightning that fell inside the domain.

The reverse flow of metal and lightning combined, and at the same time, a powerful magnetic storm raged.

At the same time as Renok raised his hand and slowly lowered his arm, the scrap cars that had been electrocuted by a powerful bolt of lightning began to fall from the sky.

Du-du-du-du-du!!!