Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 203

The blood seeping from his side had hardened into a scab, and his hands and feet were discolored purple from being bound for so long.

‘Damn…’

Renok took out a warped dagger, cut all the ropes binding him, and lightly shook his shoulder.

His eyelids fluttered, and Jordan opened his eyes with difficulty.

‘Jordan, you need to get up.’

‘B-Bastard…’

Jordan smiled weakly.

‘A useless old man has become a burden… I have no face to show you.’

‘Let’s talk about that after we get back alive.’

Renok retorted, taking out a medical kit from his pocket.

An emergency medical kit he had received as compensation for dealing with the agent before.

It was a state-of-the-art product used by field unit personnel, injecting a potion concentrate directly into the body to quickly restore energy.

He never thought he would use the kit he had taken separately after dealing with Craig in a place like this, just in case.

Jordan seemed to recognize the item as well, immediately shaking his head.

‘Isn’t that… an agent’s item? Save it for yourself.’

‘I got more than ten similar items from Evelyn Marcia. Just take one.’

‘……’

When Renok said that much, he didn’t refuse any further.

Renok tilted Jordan’s bruised neck back and inserted the injection into his collarbone, the potion concentrate flowing directly into his body.

Seeing Jordan’s complexion rapidly improve, Renok immediately got up.

‘I’m sorry, but we don’t have time to rest for long. While Wayan is buying us time outside, we need to get out of here.’

‘……Of course. I understand.’

Jordan took a deep breath and struggled to get up.

Even with the medical kit, he had been tied up for more than half a day, unable to move.

Renok could feel Jordan’s arms and legs trembling, but he gritted his teeth and showed no sign of it.

He was determined not to be a burden in this situation.

Renok liked his strong will.

Jordan, who had left the infirmary, stiffened his face at the smell of blood that permeated the hallway.

‘Give me any task. What should I do?’

‘Can you jump out of the window?’

‘If it’s your word, I can do it right now.’

When Renok pointed to a window in the hallway,

Jordan didn’t hesitate and immediately ran down the hallway and jumped out of the window.

Whoosh!!

‘……’

Renok quickly ran to the window and cast a levitation spell on Jordan’s falling body to stop him.

After confirming that Jordan had landed safely in the old flower bed just below the hallway, Renok sighed and immediately followed him down.

‘……You don’t even question my words.’

‘I thought my life was over the moment I was kidnapped by those guys anyway.’

Even at Renok’s dumbfounded expression, Jordan’s face was calm.

‘If I don’t trust you in this situation, who else would I trust?’

‘……’

Logically, it seemed reasonable, but it was a truly remarkable decision.

Even if he understood it in his head, to be able to respond without hesitation to the words to jump out of the window with that trembling body, how much trust must he have in Renok?

Surely, the trajectory of Jordan’s life was not an ordinary one either.

‘That’s the most pleasing compliment I’ve ever heard.’

‘It’s not an empty compliment. Now, what should we do?’

‘It’s not difficult,’

Renok replied, raising his magic power.

Crackling…!!

[Lightning of the Remnant Body]

A single streak of pure white electricity extended from his fingertips and flowed directly into the top of Jordan’s head.

‘When I give the signal, you run at full speed across the field and get out of the old school building.’

‘Th-This is…!!’

Jordan looked down at his arms and legs with a shocked expression at the sudden surge of power in his body.

Even he, who had a lot of experience, seemed to be experiencing this kind of physical enhancement magic for the first time.

But Jordan didn’t hesitate for long.

At the same time as Renok gave a nod, he kicked off the flower bed and began to run across the middle of the old school building.

Thud thud!!

A sprint so fast that it was hard to believe it was from an old man with not much magic power.

There was no hesitation in Jordan’s full-speed dash.

Even though he knew that other Cartel members were still behind the old school building, and even though he knew that Renok might be using him as bait.

He threw himself into the enemy’s line of sight without any hesitation, following Renok’s words.

[The hostage is escaping…!! Stop him…!!]

They were so urgent that they even turned on the communication they had agreed to cut off, desperately making contact.

At the same time as a magical glow flashed from beyond the old school building, a barrage of artillery fire poured down behind Jordan’s rapidly running back.

Fwoosh!!

Wayan, who appeared right next to Jordan, immediately picked him up and threw himself out of the old school building.

‘You are…?!’

‘You’ve worked hard, let’s go home now!!’

Wayan, grinning as he carried Jordan, was running at a speed that was incomparable to before.

Renok, who had confirmed the two of them moving away from the old school building in an instant, was about to nod when.

A flash of light that flickered like a painting right next to the school gate struck Wayan directly.

KWA-A-A-ANG!!

A powerful impact that made Renok’s expression slightly change.

The two people who had been about to run out of the old school building were thrown backward and crashed into the school building.

It was clear that magic was used, but there was no systematic structure felt.

A physical enhancer. Proof that a top-level warrior was blocking the way.

‘Cough…!!’

‘Wayan, get a hold of yourself…!!’

Even in that situation, Wayan somehow managed to pull out the tonfa [a type of Okinawan weapon] from his waist and deflect the first blow.

The reflexes he showed by reacting to the surprise attack that was launched the moment he picked up Jordan were astonishing, but that didn’t mean there was no impact.

He grabbed his abdomen and struggled to get up, pulling out the other tonfa and standing in front of Jordan.

The focus returned to his shaking eyes, and only then did Wayan’s vision properly see the person who had struck him.

A woman in a suit, slowly lowering the foot she had raised, staring at them.

Her sharp eyes and the burn scar covering half of her face were striking.

The tightly closed mouth added to her fierce and resolute impression.

‘It’s the first time we’ve seen each other’s faces like this.’

She said abruptly, looking at Renok who was approaching Wayan.

‘Nice to meet you. I’m Iola.’

‘……’

‘The ‘Ban’ of District 49 [a high-ranking enforcer or leader]. I’ve heard rumors about you for a long time. You’ve been working as a freelancer for less than two years, and there’s no one who doesn’t know your name.’

‘What do you want?’

When Renok took out a cigarette from his pocket, Iola’s mouth twisted slightly.

‘That’s not the right question in this situation. We’ve already conveyed everything we wanted to say.’

‘……’

‘If you’re a talented and resourceful person, you should know how to live within your means. Why are you being greedy with your insufficient abilities?’

‘Greedy, you say.’

‘I admit that it’s a pretty plausible business for a magician and a broker to come up with. So, we drew a line. We thought that if we didn’t make a dying old man a cripple, he would understand our words.’

Was the security guarding Jordan so lax because they weren’t interested in him in the first place?

It seemed that they thought it was better to keep him alive if they could lure Renok out directly.

Renok listened to her words, or rather, didn’t listen, and slowly scanned the surroundings.

Iola was blocking the front of the old school building, and there were two other, less distinct but still quite clear presences in the rear.

Did they intend to finish everything in this school from the beginning?

‘I won’t make it long. Hand over all your business assets and go back to your lives as freelancers and brokers.’

Iola said, putting her hand on her shoulder and turning her neck with a relaxed expression.

‘Our boss is a very generous person. The movements of the friends gathered at Jenny’s bar can all be overlooked as childish rebellion, if it’s now.’

Thud thud thud thud!!

At the same time, the remaining members of the organization who were still alive inside the old school building came down in large numbers and began to surround the field.

Only then did Renok understand why the Cartel wanted to confront him in this way.

They wanted to take over the entire business plan that Jenny had prepared, not just stop her business.

Was the underground logistics business that Jenny was trying to start such a promising business to them?

Iola’s words only served to confirm the business prospects that Felix had told Renok.

Instead of answering, Renok silently lit a cigarette and took a deep puff.

At the same time as Iola’s eyebrows rose, Renok chuckled.

‘Are you pretending to reach out after trashing the bar?’

‘……’

‘I understand that you’re very greedy for the business we’re trying to start. But if we’re going to quit with just this kind of threat.’

The next words came from behind Iola.

‘We wouldn’t have started in the first place.’

[Soundwave]

KWA-A-A-ANG!!

The words Renok muttered casually turned into a powerful shockwave, hitting Iola.

The impact was so intense that the spot where she was sitting was shattered, and pieces of cement scattered everywhere.

Iola, who walked out from the hazy dust, silently brushed the dust off her suit.

Incredibly, she had taken that much impact head-on and was still without a scratch.

It was proof that Iola was also a skilled fighter of considerable level.

She wiped the soot off her face and chuckled, looking at Renok.

‘Yeah. That’s right. Actually, I didn’t think that such a ridiculous threat would work.’

‘……’

‘But the procedure is quite important, and there are a lot of things to do before the organization moves. Just think of this as part of that.’

Iola said, taking a step forward.

Whoooom!!

While slightly narrowing the distance, she didn’t give them any room to escape.

At the same time, the intense magic power she generated enveloped the surrounding space without any gaps.

Just as Renok was about to step forward, seeing her unwavering momentum, Wayan, who had risen from behind, stood in front of him.

‘……Wayan?’

‘You, a magician, will have a hard time using your power against such a brute warrior.’

Wayan said, spitting out the blood he had in his mouth.

‘Just protect Jordan somehow. I’ll make a path.’

With that, Wayan pulled out two blades from his waist.

Shhhhrrr!!

He readjusted his grip on the hilts.

He held one blade in his left hand in the orthodox way, and the other blade in his right hand in reverse, lowering his waist and trying to dash towards Iola when.

Someone who had suddenly fallen from the air roughly struck Wayan down.

KAA-A-A-ANG!!

‘Huuuph…!!’

‘Young friend. It seems like you don’t understand the situation.’

A man with a hunched back looked down at Wayan, who had blocked the falling single-edged sword by crossing the blades he held in both hands.

A bushy beard. Greasy eyes. A posture that looked somehow unbalanced.

‘Our sister wants to play with that magician over there. Let’s be smart and get out of the way.’

‘Smart, you say?’

Wayan gritted his teeth, looking at the sword the hairy man was holding.

A double-edged blade with two edges.

The same type of wound that was clearly left on the bodies of those who had guarded Jordan.

‘What are you saying, you dog-like murderer…!!’

‘Oh, did you find out?’

The hairy man smiled and stepped back, and Iola said indifferently.

‘Devon. Don’t interfere and get lost. Why are you provoking such a kid?’

‘Hehe… Sister. Don’t rush. Wasn’t this whole thing originally to get an estimate? Even if it’s impossible to kill that magician here, it seems possible to kill the others.’

The hairy man, called Devon, stroked the blade with his bushy hand.

‘If I kill that young brat while you’re marking the magician, his expression will be quite something to see… I really want to see that face.’

‘……I’ll give you five minutes. Finish it within that time.’

‘Did you hear that?’

The hairy man grinned and turned his gaze to Wayan.

‘Even if that magician is good at one-on-one combat, he can’t protect you while protecting that old man. I didn’t have time before, so I just cut off your limbs… This time, I’ll peel off your face skin little by little.’

Renok, who was watching Deron’s expression as he muttered happily, secretly whispered to Wayan with magic-infused telepathy.

[How long can you buy me time?]

‘……’

[My condition isn’t that good. I need to prepare to end it in one go.]

Because of the consecutive doping, his body’s stamina itself didn’t feel that lacking, but the problem was with his magic power.

He had rushed here because Jordan’s situation was urgent, but Renok had just finished a full-power battle with Antares.

The aftereffects of taking multiple magic-related elixirs to fight Antares and the amount of magic power consumed while deploying the magnetic field meant that he couldn’t say that it wouldn’t interfere with the battle.

A way to turn the tide of the battle in one go with his remaining magic power.

Renok already had the answer, but he needed some time to overcome the current situation.

‘If it doesn’t work, I’ll have to use Enakphil’s artifact, but that’s a last resort…’

‘You don’t need to hold out that long.’

Wayan muttered, gripping the hilts of his swords.

‘I’m going to kill that murderer myself.’