Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 261

Missionary Walter (1)

A few minutes before storming into the Necromancy Department’s research building.

[I’ve finished talking with the department’s administration. They also want to handle things quietly, so we were on the same page.]

[They’ll turn a blind eye to whatever happens in the Necromancy Department’s research building for the next two hours.]

“Good.”

Lenox nodded immediately after hearing from Archwood.

It was indeed fast, probably because Archwood had close ties with the school’s internal personnel.

The Lavatenon University administration wouldn’t want things to escalate into a commotion either.

It roughly aligned with Lenox’s desire to quietly get his hands on the Guido Order member.

“U-Um, Associate Professor Evan… is this really going to be okay?”

Priscilla’s eyes darted back and forth, while Mila, wearing a terrorist-like mask, grinned.

Lenox sighed softly and said,

“I’ve said it repeatedly, but you two don’t need to help. I told you I’d handle it myself.”

“But, how can we leave such a thing to you alone, Associate Professor…”

“Haa…”

They were trembling, but they wouldn’t back down. It was probably out of Priscilla’s good intentions, but honestly, Lenox found it more of a hindrance.

“Alright. Then, from now on, listen carefully to what I say, and promise to move accordingly. Understood?”

“…Yes.”

Priscilla nodded with a tense face. Mila, who was watching her from the side, snorted with a displeased expression.

“I told you to stay and watch from a safe place, but you never listen.”

Priscilla was obviously not going to be helpful, but Mila, a mercenary who had been through thick and thin, was different.

Aside from the possibility of accidentally killing someone involved, she was a useful vanguard for Lenox.

“Well, I only managed to grab this one on the way out… but it should be enough to meet our little brother’s friends.”

Mila twirled a dagger with a ring on the end of the handle, and Priscilla was horrified, trying to stop her.

“Don’t you dare touch the students. What if something goes wrong!”

“They’re both from a cult, right? I’m sure the commander will take care of it.”

Lenox ignored her nonsensical words and immediately summoned Davi.

“Ready?”

[Is it time to show my power to the humans again?]

“…”

Lately, Davi’s personality seemed to be resurfacing… It was hard to tell whether he should be happy about the spirit’s personality becoming more unique.

Lenox sighed silently and pushed her into the breaker box next to the lecture hall.

The baby fox, in the form of lightning, turned into an intangible flow and blended into the power lines.

Vast amounts of information flowed into the power room of the area where the Necromancy Department’s research buildings were located, quickly taking over the network.

The Lavatenon Magic University naturally prohibited outsiders, but its defenses were primarily focused on magical formulas.

The power supply rooms connected to each department’s research building also had basic security, but it was woefully inadequate to stop Davi’s intrusion.

That was probably because there wasn’t much to gain from accessing the department’s database.

Lenox didn’t intend to go that far either.

Right now, it was enough to just take away the light from the area where the Necromancy Department’s research buildings were located.

Woo woo woo woo…!!!

A rough engine sound came from below, and the surrounding streetlights dimmed rapidly, plunging the street into darkness.

As shadows fell on Mila’s face, her expression changed completely.

“Don’t worry.”

She muttered, touching Priscilla’s shoulder.

“I’ll make sure nothing goes wrong with your college life, no matter what.”

With those words, Mila threw herself into the darkness without hesitation.

Stealth movement without a sound.

Her gaze, as she ran with quick footwork, was directed towards the dilapidated research building among the Necromancy Department’s research buildings.

An old school building that was no longer used as a practice area. The problem was that the dormitory where the Necromancy Department students stayed was located right next to that research building.

There must have been a reason why they chose that place as the altar for the ritual.

Mila, holding a dagger in reverse, ran past the front gate of the research building and to the side.

She kicked off the wall with her combat boots, slammed the dagger into the wall, and quickly climbed to the second-floor window, running down the hallway.

She avoided the traps that might have been near the first-floor entrance and quickly penetrated the building, running up the stairs without hesitation.

Thud thud thud!!

The smell of blood grew stronger from the moment she entered the building.

And the signs of panic due to the sudden blackout.

At this close distance, Mila could also roughly guess their location through magic detection.

Third floor of the lecture hall.

A storage room located in the most secluded place, yet taking up a lot of space.

Mila waved her hand a few times at the door, which was tightly bound with thick chains.

Blue cutting marks appeared between the chains, and they collapsed.

Kwaaang!!

Mila kicked the door open and stepped inside, seeing a female student hanging in the air.

Mila threw a dagger to cut the chains binding her body, caught the falling student, and asked.

“Penia?”

“…How?”

“You’re Penia, right?”

“Yes…”

Since there was no information about her identity, it was difficult to confirm even if she sensed her presence or life reaction without seeing her face directly.

Mila’s sharp gaze scanned her.

A stab wound in her abdomen. A pale complexion and parched lips.

There were signs of a large amount of blood loss, but there was no blood to be seen anywhere in the room.

There was only one answer.

“Evan, are you listening?”

Mila spoke without waiting for a reply.

“The Guido escaped. They’re planning something somewhere else. Can you check the direction?”

[There’s no need to look anywhere else.]

The voice came from Mila’s cell phone, absurdly enough.

[Why else would that guy choose a place close to the dormitory?]

* * *

“Haa, haa…!!”

Lanfei ran, clutching a glass bottle filled with red blood.

The blood was much heavier than she had thought.

She had many opportunities to handle blood while studying necromancy, but this was the first time she had carried such a large amount at once.

“Just a little, just a little more…!!”

She arrived at the backyard of the dormitory, not far from the research building, panting.

It was the place where she always spent time after finishing her studies.

She opened the sewer door hidden between the bushes and went down to the basement, where a neatly organized open space came into view.

She had originally wanted to create her own laboratory here, but she wouldn’t have been able to avoid the eyes of the necromancy professors.

It was just a matter of clearing the space in advance for what she was about to do.

With trembling hands, she opened the lid and turned the bottle upside down.

The oily blood flowed down sticky, but now was not the time to worry about such things.

“I have to hurry, hurry…!!”

She didn’t care that her clothes and face were turning bright red, and she drew a huge magic circle on the floor of the open space with her bare hands.

She scribbled unknown strange words on the huge square formation made of blood.

“If I can’t do this, I won’t be able to reach paradise…!!”

The blood was not enough. She should have extracted much more from Penia.

She never imagined that someone would notice her plan in that short amount of time.

Gulp.

Lanfei, sweating profusely, chose to stab her left forearm to replenish the missing blood.

“Done!! Now…!!”

She formed hand seals and chanted.

A faith bordering on fanaticism acted as a powerful thought, turning a simple drawing into a gate of heresy.

Faaaah…!!

A bright yellow light rose from the center of the dark sewer open space.

It was the same light that had always guided her to paradise every time she prayed.

“Ah…”

As Lanfei knelt down with a blissful expression, a brilliant light descended before her.

An alien voice was heard from within the light that gently stroked her head.

[You are very late in your preparations.]

“I’m sorry!”

[It’s alright, my believer. If you have prepared enough offerings, there will be no problem.]

“Yes, I’m ready!”

Lanfei raised her head and said triumphantly.

“I have prepared hundreds of offerings right above the magic circle. If the bishop performs the ritual, the gate will surely open!!”

[My believer, you have done very well.]

The voice whispered warmly.

[Now you can rest. I will take care of the rest.]

“Huh?”

Crack!!

At that moment, a pale arm extended from the light and pierced Lanfei’s chest.

She couldn’t even resist, and a death cry escaped her lips as her heart was pierced.

Something whitish that had emerged from the light entered Lanfei’s body and crushed her head.

Kkkkkkkkk…!!

At that moment, the personality of the human Lanfei completely disappeared, and a powerful will took its place.

The human way of existence, where the body and mind must interact, was twisted, and as the body changed to follow the powerful mind, Lanfei’s body began to transform.

What emerged from the blood-soaked clothes was a young boy with pure white blonde hair.

He looked down at his body and chuckled.

“The transformation wasn’t done properly because the vessel is what it is.”

The boy muttered, looking up at the light he had emerged from.

“It doesn’t matter… it’s just a temporary body anyway. As long as I can achieve my goal.”

He reached out and slammed the light floating in the air into the magic circle drawn on the ground below.

Kooong!!

At that moment, the magic circle created by Lanfei split open, and a huge beast’s maw began to open wide.

A huge crack created below the open space swept away everything underground and threw it into its maw.

The boy stared blankly at the crack that had quickly sprung to the surface and was gnawing at the dormitory building.

The magic formula created in this place was one of the large-scale movement formulas used by the Guido Order, the Scales of Amrita [a space-time transfer formula].

It was a space-time transfer formula that transferred the same amount of life as the amount of life and magic power it consumed.

Originally, it would have been impossible to activate such a large-scale transfer formula with such a hastily made magic circle, but if humans were used as expendables, the efficiency of the formula would increase dramatically.

Hundreds of students from the Necromancy Department would surely be more than enough offerings to activate the formula.

The boy nodded in satisfaction and was about to hide in a secluded place in the underground waterway when.

Fzzzt!

A streak of lightning that struck from the darkness pierced the boy’s body.

“…!!”

The boy, slightly surprised, turned his body flexibly, and the flash of light that had missed its target quickly pierced the space beyond.

Right where the crack had been open.

“This is…”

The boy then realized that the attack was not a surprise attack aimed at him, and frowned, but it was already too late.

The unknown will contained in the lightning quickly analyzed the structure of the magic circle and rapidly dismantled the structural formula needed to open the crack.

Even if he didn’t fully understand how the formula worked, it was enough to find the point where the magic power was strangely changing inside the magic circle and paralyze it.

Zzzzzzzzt!!

It was like touching the solder between the circuits of an electrical circuit and deliberately breaking the power source.

It was not a check that a crack that had not yet swallowed a single life could withstand.

Kkkkkkkk…

“Hmm.”

The boy swallowed a groan as he watched the crack lose its power and fade away.

To others, it might have seemed like the magic circle was simply canceled by accumulating shock, but the boy was one of the people who knew very well how excellent the durability of that transfer formula was.

As it was a formula favored by high-ranking officials in the order, it was a proven formula with no doubt about its safety and stability.

It was needless to say how high the opponent’s understanding of the formula and intuition were to break such a magic circle with just one magic power interference.

Looking at the blue light flashing in the darkness, the boy said calmly.

“Indeed, there seem to be many talented people in the megacity. I didn’t expect there to be such an excellent mage even in this model garden that the city government made as a toy.”

“…”

“That’s why I had to get an estimate at some point. I hope today can be that opportunity.”

“That’s very interesting.”

Lenox, who slowly walked out of the sewer, smiled.

“I’m also very curious about what you guys are thinking.”