Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 220

“……Very well.”

Avid slowly raised his head.

His face, which had lost all of his subordinate units due to a single mistake, was instead filled with an unknown sense of relief.

“I made a mistake.”

“……”

“It’s been so long since I’ve faced a talented sorcerer like you that I arrogantly forgot. I should have laid the groundwork more thoroughly and calculated every possible move with extreme tenacity…”

Immediately after, all the blood that had been scattered in the area gathered around him, once again forming a huge vortex.

“Considering that it made me realize that, my subordinates’ lives weren’t in vain.”

The blood that had seeped into the ground, as well as the bloodstains that had dried up all over the factory site, melted and swirled behind Avid’s back.

Only then did Lenok realize what Avid was doing and clicked his tongue.

“…Using the blood of dead subordinates as fuel, huh? Considering how little he was shaken… was this your plan from the start?”

“Blood imbued with pain and despair contains a higher density of magical power.”

Whirrrrr!

In the midst of the swirling blood storm, Avid’s face gradually turned expressionless.

He was processing calculations in his head one after another, making it difficult even to control his body.

“From now on, my judgment will not be wrong.”

A spell artificially constructed by creating an environment and drawing in the blood of dead subordinates.

There was no need to calculate what a high-level sorcerer would show for the first time.

As Avid raised both hands and formed hand seals in a trance, his mouth opened.

“Domain Expansion: Magnetic Field.”

Whoosh!

Splash!

There was no colorless wave that occurred when a domain was expanded. Instead, thick blood suddenly began to overflow from Lenok’s feet.

It flowed to the sides without directly touching Lenok’s body due to the shield, and quickly took over the entire space.

A river of blood was created, instantly covering the entire abandoned factory site and beginning to flow.

Lenok realized what Avid had done at that moment and let out a hollow laugh.

“So, this is how a blood magic domain expansion works… I guess it’s not exactly the same.”

“Oh, you can tell?”

Thwack! Thwack!

Contrary to Avid’s cheerful words, dozens of thorns that sprang from the river of blood simultaneously struck Lenok’s shield.

Thud! Thud!

Lenok scattered bolt magic, clearing the surroundings, and walked forward without hesitation.

“Since you’ve manifested a physical phenomenon, it’s not an ordinary magnetic field. But if you had properly completed the mental imprint, it would have been much larger and more intense than this.”

“…”

Avid closed his mouth at Lenok’s words that hit the nail on the head, and Lenok drove the wedge in further.

“Your inner image is complete, but if you can’t project that image into the domain, this is what happens.”

In a way, it was the complete opposite case of Aris Richelieu.

Aris had already been given enough personal talent and qualifications, but she had not been able to reach level 7 because she had not yet determined the image she wanted.

However, Avid had succeeded in forcibly realizing his perfectly drawn inner landscape by sacrificing the blood of his subordinates.

At that moment, the memory of meeting the mage of the Blaver Magic Tower flashed through Lenok’s mind.

The mage’s desperate struggle to reach the magnetic field, even by sacrificing others without hesitation and using the power of drugs.

It was no different.

The only reason why sorcerers who had reached level 6 were so desperate to reach the magnetic field was because of one thing.

It was a simple story.

It was simply because the difficulty of unfolding the magnetic field itself was too high.

Wasn’t it because a wall that was on a different dimension from succeeding in changing the nature of magic was placed in front of them?

The corners of Lenok’s mouth twisted faintly as he looked at Avid.

“Indeed… magic is so interesting. Even though we walk the same path, the way we interpret and implement it differs so much depending on the individual. No, if you think about it… is this just reaching a limit?”

It was not strange to look for another path when there was no way to go further.

The fact that sorcerers who felt a wall at level 6 began to interpret magic in different ways was surely because their own individuality was mixed in while they were lost.

Lenok thought that such an attempt was not wrong at all.

After all, magic was a way of interpreting the laws of the world according to one’s own standards.

Wouldn’t it be natural to return to one’s own standards in the end?

However, it was clear that Avid had not chosen the right answer in the process.

Avid, unable to hold back, shouted.

“What are you talking about like you know everything!!!!”

Whoosh!

At the same time as a fountain of blood erupted around Lenok, a huge hand of blood enveloped him and slammed down.

At the same time, using the hand that slammed down as a support, a red giant rose from the storm of blood.

Crackling…!!

Immediately after, the giant’s arm was blown away by the electric current that Lenok grabbed and swung, but the blood flow that had returned to liquid drew a sharp arc and flew towards Lenok again like a wedge.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Blood flow magic that indiscriminately struck the shield and aimed for the sorcerer’s life.

Basically, blood flow, which acts as a catalyst with viscosity and strong magical reactivity, may have less versatility than water-based magic, but its manipulation ability overwhelms sorcerers of the same level.

Moreover, at the point when the sorcerer expands the magnetic field and pushes the spell control to the limit, the thoughts that come to mind are the same as attacks.

Under this river of blood, which was expanded by sacrificing the lives of his subordinates, he could surely stand on equal footing with Lenok.

Avid, who was convinced of that, pulled up his magical power with all his might.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As the two sorcerers, who were glaring at each other, waved their hands, two streams of magical power rotated violently, transforming into waves of electricity and blood flow.

In the fleeting moment when their eyes met, dozens of blood bullets shot towards Lenok’s vital points.

He blocked them by simultaneously deploying the concentration, compression, and rotation of the shield.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

A tightrope walk where a single mistake could lead to death.

However, Lenok did not stop there, and scattered the electricity he had gathered in his hand into the sky, scattering a huge wave of electricity.

The wave of electricity that spread throughout the rain-filled sky was precisely divided and differentiated according to Lenok’s will, becoming long blades that fell like rain.

[Swift Net of Earth]

[Multiple Falling Extremes]

[Flying Azure]

Boom! Boom! Boom!

At the same time as they hit the blood-red giant’s body, they caused a powerful explosion.

The giant’s figure, which was collapsing while distorting its own shape to protect Avid’s body, which existed beyond it.

Even in the midst of that, he was struggling to break Lenok’s attacks by constantly throwing punches and blood-made bullets.

Lenok, who was constantly scattering blue light from his eyes, also grabbed the flow of electricity that was running down from the sky and swung it, burning the ground with heat.

Kugugugugu…!!!

The destructive aftermath of the two mages’ attacks shook the factory site, and it slowly began to sink.

In the confrontation that was being dragged into an all-out firepower battle, it was Avid, not Lenok, who started to move first.

“Ugh…!!!”

Sticky blood dripped from Avid’s nose as he gritted his teeth.

The hand that was constantly moving and forming hand seals became dizzy, and the head that was constantly calculating coordinates and magical power flow became hazy.

A battle between level 6 military mages who were able to use the change in the nature of magical power and were able to expand their own domains with their own talents.

It was originally very rare for sorcerers, who rarely stood on the front lines, to remain on the battlefield until the end and compete with spells, but Lenok’s absurd battlefield control ability made it possible.

There must have been a reason why Avid expanded his magnetic field by gathering the blood of his subordinates instead of retreating.

It was a calculation that the magical power consumed by the large-scale wide-area magic that started with Lenok’s preemptive strike was considerable, and that it would have consumed a huge amount of mental power to apply and manipulate such a unique magic on the spot.

In addition, the sharp insight unique to high-level mages, which recognized that a considerable amount of effort had gone into the illusion that was deployed to send Kilian away.

Under these conditions, it was judged that he could secure at least more than half of the chances of winning, assuming that he expanded his magnetic field first and pushed forward.

However, absurdly, Avid Yonsen, who had expanded his magnetic field first, was being helplessly pushed back in the firepower battle with Lenok.

The magical power that still lingered at his fingertips mixed with the blood that was scattered everywhere and moved freely, and the giant in front of him faithfully slammed down heavy shockwaves according to his will.

However, the attacks of Lenok, who stood there indifferently at first, did not break through, and conversely, it was only felt that the blood flow under Avid’s control was rapidly decreasing.

The blood flow, which was facing firepower beyond its limit, was evaporating as it exceeded Avid’s manipulation ability.

Shudder! Shudder! Shudder!

And the moment he realized that, Avid’s hand began to tremble like crazy.

His head recognized that there was still time to make a decision, but conversely, it meant that it was Avid himself who had to create a variable.

And the fact that he could not find his composure at this moment was the same as the difference in time that Lenok and Avid had spent.

The time that Avid Yonsen spent as the head of the execution squad, purging the cartel’s enemies, and

The difference in time that Lenok had accumulated by crossing the line of death against strong opponents who exceeded his limits.

What did it mean to compete head-on with a mage who had faced countless wonders that transcended human perception in the boundary between life and death?

Avid Yonsen’s body, not his head, knew the answer.

“Hoo, hoo…!!”

But even so, Avid was a level 6 military mage.

He was one of the veterans who had been steadfastly holding his position in the field for decades.

Apart from the fact that his body was not adapting to the current crisis, his head was steadily calculating profits and losses and starting to find answers.

At the same time as slightly slowing down the speed of the attacks and defenses with his stiffened magical power, he reached into his chest from beyond the hidden blood mist.

What was grabbed from his trembling fingertips was a dagger about the thickness of a wrist.

Merrilda’s fang, which he had secretly received from his direct superior, McQueen.

If it was her molar with magical resistance, it would be able to shatter Lenok’s shield at once and sink its teeth into his heart.

And in order to create a conclusion that would lead to that, there were several things that Avid had to sacrifice.

Unique Blood Flow Magic: Augmentation.

[Reverse Blood Gate]

Creak! Creak! Creak!

“Ugh…!!”

The most powerful blood magic was the sacrifice chant that used one’s own blood.

By reversing the flow of blood flowing through Avid’s entire body, all the potential that existed in his emaciated body was converted into motor ability at the same time.

It was a forbidden technique that would have killed an ordinary mage by simply spraying blood from all seven orifices, but for a blood mage, it was just a trump card left to be used in a moment of desperation.

At the same time as a huge amount of power flowed from his entire body, he clenched the fang in his hand until it broke.

The blood in his head was spinning backwards, and the center that should have been working to feel fear went haywire.

The trembling hand stabilized, and at the same time as he took a step with a more peaceful mind.

Avid’s body disappeared from that spot.

Whoosh!

A single moment of miracle performed by a mage who had little to do with physical ability.

At the same time, the giant swelled up its entire body and began to form hand seals with its huge arm.

“Is he entrusting the proxy chant to a summoned creature? I know it’s theoretically possible, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it in person.”

Lenok, who was about to blow away the giant’s arm by swinging the lightning in his hand, paused, checked the situation, and said.

“As expected, there’s a lot to learn from high-level sorcerers…”

“Dieeeeeee!!”

Swoosh!

Avid, who had popped out of the giant’s chest, swung Merrilda’s fang he was holding.

The hand seals using the giant were just a smokescreen. The real thing was Avid’s stab, which had hidden inside the giant’s body at a speed that Lenok could not even see.

A single gamble that he was attempting by throwing away all the cards he had laid out so far.

There was no need to say how desperate Avid was in that.

However, the moment he recognized Avid’s appearance popping out of the giant’s body, Lenok’s head reacted before his body.

The magical power flowing from his hand instantly materialized under a single will and transformed into a new magic.

The compatibility between common magic, unique magic, and alchemy that had been scattered haphazardly within Lenok was achieved, and a single concept that transcended concepts was slammed down from Lenok’s fingertips.

Crackling!!!

The blue flame that bloomed in Lenok’s hand burned with a sound that could never exist in reality.

Unique Creation Magic: Alchemy Application.

Dual Transmutation.

[Azure Flame]

It was a contradiction created by forcibly hammering a law that could not exist in this world into reality for a very short time.

A forced connection between two completely opposite spells, [Building Fire] of the heat system and [Ice Wheel] of the freezing system, using only the taboo of alchemy in the 1st world.

The concept of alchemy, which was originally used to combine two different substances, was used to combine two streams of magic and transmute them.

It was a miracle that Lenok, who had not been able to be confident of success even after expanding his magnetic field with all his might in the past, flowed out of his rain-soaked fingertips so naturally.

As a law that could not exist in the first place was forcibly implemented in reality under Lenok’s talent, the space gradually began to distort.

It was a cold fire.

Instead of eating the atmosphere as fuel and rapidly increasing in size and burning everything around it, the blue flame that endlessly froze everything hit Avid’s forehead.

Clang!!!

Everything in this place that had been moving violently came to a standstill.

Silence descended on the factory site, where a roar had been constantly echoing.

“Off…”

The scream that flowed from Avid’s throat did not continue.

In the same posture as he had popped out of the chest of the giant made of blood, even the giant’s huge body that had pretended to form hand seals.

All the flows of blood that had been so vivid as if they were alive froze in place.

Thud! Thud!

The raindrops that had been pouring from the sky, unable to withstand the cold air that filled the space, froze and turned into hail.

Due to the dull impact of the hail hitting the vicinity, the slowly frozen blood giant slowly collapsed.

Kugugung…!!

The giant’s fragments shattered as it slammed its head into the ground like a statue being smashed.

Avid, who had laid his head on the ground with the impact, finally looked up at Lenok weakly.

Lenok silently bent down and grabbed the fang that was in his hand.

Avid smiled weakly.

“Heh, heh…”

“It was a good fight.”

It was a word that was not even a comfort to him, but Lenok sincerely thought so.

“There aren’t many opportunities to fight a sorcerer of your level like this. I only realized that after coming this far.”

Lenok knelt down and met Avid’s gaze.

He was a guy who used other people’s corpses, as well as his subordinates’ blood, without any hesitation.

Nevertheless, his magical talent was genuine.

It had been a long time since Lenok had fought a mage of this level with his life on the line.

He had competed with Grisha once in the Autonomous Territory, but it was only part of proving his qualifications.

How long had it been since he had faced a high-level sorcerer who had given everything and desperately rushed at him in a desperate situation?

The application method of blood magic used by Avid Yonsen, and the various miscellaneous techniques he used to overcome the situation, were more than enough for Lenok to gain inspiration.

And also, to confirm exactly where Lenok was standing now.

“To connect… other systems… like that… you’re not… sane…”

Avid struggled to pull up his frozen lips.

At the same time, the energy of life rapidly disappeared from his eyes.

Even so, Avid did not stop speaking.

He was a cruel and unpitying villain, but he was also a mage.

He knew that there were still lessons to be learned even when death was imminent.

“So, that’s… it… already… such a sight… heh heh, already…”

Lenok’s figure was no longer reflected in his dazed eyes.

The chill of death enveloped his consciousness and led him into a moment that even Lenok could not know.

Lenok was silently looking down at the scene, taking the hail that was pouring down on his shoulders.