Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 286

“I’ve heard the stories, but you’re truly a madman.”

“…….”

Some warriors, who somehow managed to keep their balance and rise above the water, began to slowly close the distance to Renok, gripping their weapons tightly.

“To think you’d burst the sewers to target the mansion so precisely. Even if you calculated the flow within the pipes, it would have taken over a week to prepare. What kind of trickery is this?”

“I just cut out the unnecessary steps.”

Renok replied indifferently.

“Since I’m not a guest who uses the stairs honestly.”

Breaking common sense is always the mage’s job.

At the very least, the sewer flood that Renok had just unleashed was undoubtedly a move that Ivon’s side had never anticipated.

“…Even on the same water, it must be difficult for you, a sorcerer, to move around. You’ve reduced your own escape routes, yet you’re so composed.”

“Can you still say that after seeing this scene?”

“…….”

The warriors, speechless, quickly readjusted their weapons.

“Everyone attack at once…!! We must restrain him as much as possible!!”

“For the family head!!”

The sewer flood.

They are the ones who somehow survived the flood that filled the mansion’s courtyard and are burning with the will to fight.

They must be among the top-tier fighters under Ivon’s command.

Even while dashing across the swaying water surface, their balance doesn’t falter easily.

Even now, with the plan to overwhelm with numbers having collapsed from the start, there’s no need to explain how skilled they are, as they’re still figuring out ways to carry out their family head’s orders.

Saaaaaaaah!!

The trajectory of the blade cutting sharply through the air is precise, and the attacks that follow in timed succession are incredibly meticulous.

Even in this chaotic situation, the coordinated assault of the warriors rushing to attack the mage is excellent.

Sweeek!!

A six-hit combo simultaneously targeting the ribs, heart, shoulder, and carotid artery below the jaw.

Behind them, the others who survived are desperately aiming ranged weapons this way.

The pure murderous intent is so intense that it’s hard to believe they’re just carrying out the family head’s orders.

In response, Renok immediately rotated his magic power.

“Even with this much water, it’s still not enough to reach the top of the mansion.”

Weeeeeeeng!!

“Shall we go up a bit more?”

He slightly bent his waist and placed one hand directly on the water surface beneath his feet.

The magic power spread through his hand instantly took control of the ceaselessly gushing sewage, spreading beneath the impure water.

Renok, who had instantly assembled the desired magic power array within his body, swung his hand.

Unique Ice-type magic.

Nature Transformation Shaping.

[Ice White Pillar: Angular Brilliance]

Kwaaaaaaaaah!!

As he swung his hand, which was submerged in the water, towards the sky, the water that had been gathered beneath Renok’s feet rose like wildfire, forming a wave.

The wave, rising diagonally above his head, froze instantly with the condensation of magic power, turning into a massive ice wall.

A wave of ice that looked like dozens of ten-meter-tall horn pillars stacked together.

“Hwaaaaaaak!!”

“N-No way…!!”

“An ice spell of this scale without any prior preparation!!”

Even the shouts of astonishment from all directions are buried and disappear under the force of the ice walls that pour down like waves.

The ice path, rising diagonally, pierced through the vicinity of the mansion’s fifth floor and stopped.

Kooong!!

Renok didn’t hesitate and immediately stepped onto the ice path.

“Stop right there!!”

“We can’t let you interfere with the family head…!!”

“Grab his feet! Buy us some time, even a little!!”

The warriors who were still alive struggled and chased after Renok on the ice path.

It was an endlessly slippery and difficult platform to maintain balance on, but it was a much better situation than before when they had to keep their balance on the water.

However, Renok silenced them by planting a revolver bullet between the eyebrows of each warrior who was staggering but still burning with fighting spirit.

Tatatang!!

As he descended from the sixth floor of the mansion via the ice path that had pierced through the fifth floor, dozens of warriors inside threw themselves at Renok as if they had been waiting.

“Uwaaaaaaaah!!”

“Die, you monster!!”

The ferocity of the magic power and momentum imbued in their blades.

If they were ordinary humans, they would not be able to withstand the charge of these superhumans for even a moment and would be turned into unrecognizable pieces of flesh.

As Renok lightly shook his hand, a bright blue flash of electricity flickered from his sleeve.

[Chain Lightning]

[8-Layered Repulsion]

[Hexagonal Concentrated Fire]

Pajijijijijik!!!

Dozens of currents that raced through his hand intertwined and exploded, creating a dazzling flash.

Each of those flashes flowed fiercely through human skin, burning blood vessels and melting flesh.

Kwagaaagak!!

“Kuaaaak!!”

“Damn it!!”

“It hurts!! Help meeee!!”

A wave of electricity flowed through the long wooden corridor.

Renok advanced, holding the intense light in both hands and swinging it without hesitation.

The battle that unfolded after he ascended to the seventh floor was no different.

Those who blocked his path were mercilessly burned, and those who tried to restrain him were crushed underfoot.

Every time Renok’s hand brushed his sleeve, a double-barreled modified charging shotgun and a sniper rifle were swapped out, pushing back approaching enemies and intercepting those who tried to create distance.

Every time he folded and unfolded his fingers, storms of electricity and ice swept in all directions, and fireballs that erupted from beneath his feet exploded, clearing a path.

Kugwagwagwagwa!!!

The violence created by a single mage against one of the most powerful families of the Eight Great Fortresses caused desperate screams to echo from all over the place.

“Aaaaaaaaah!!”

“H-He’s not a mage…!! How can that be a mage!!!”

“Were the people outside facing such a monster…!!”

The heat and impact that no living human could create.

No one in this place could even fathom the extent of the power that was grinding down hundreds of magic users single-handedly.

Even the fearless warriors hesitated to step forward at his cruel methods.

However, Renok, noticing their hesitation, did not stop manipulating his magic power.

He knew well that the most effective way for an individual to deal with a group was to trigger the emotion of fear.

These were the people who had risked danger to receive a piece of the pie, even while being aware of the atrocities their family head was committing.

There was no reason to hesitate.

After shooting a shotgun blast into the chest of a warrior who was clinging on until the very end, the noise that had filled his ears finally subsided, and silence descended all around.

“Kuh, ugh…”

“Ugh… Kahaa…”

“Cough…!!”

“Ughhhh…”

Those who were still groaning in pain, not yet dead.

And those who had completely lost their will to fight and had laid down their weapons.

“…….”

As Renok took a step forward, those who were still alive silently retreated.

The people parted along the wide wooden corridor, opening a path for Renok.

Their eyes no longer showed any desire or will.

Renok stared at them for a moment and then immediately stepped onto the stairs leading to the eighth floor.

Among the fortresses filled with various styles of roof tiles, the high-rise tiled mansion stood out.

The top floor of the eight-story mansion.

“Welcome.”

In the inner quarters, where only the family head could enter, Ivon, dressed in a fluttering priest’s robe, smiled at Renok.

“I have been waiting for you personally.”

Although the origin of the attire was unknown, it was obvious when considering who she had joined hands with.

Renok, staring intently at Ivon, chuckled.

“You’re not even trying to hide it anymore. Are you planning to boast to the whole city that you’ve devoted yourself to the demonic path?”

“Of course not.”

Ivon replied leisurely.

Her skin, without a single wrinkle, and her jet-black hair.

Her face, which even looked youthful, seemed younger than Renok.

She leisurely swept her hair back with a gesture and said,

“He gave me what I wanted, so I’m just paying him the appropriate price.”

“…….”

“If I can stop the passage of time by offering my faith to the cult, what’s the big deal? I’m rather regretful that I didn’t recommend this method to others sooner.”

“Your lies are becoming a disease. You never had any intention of sharing that secret with anyone.”

Renok let out a cold sneer.

“…….”

“The price you paid wasn’t just for you alone. Wasn’t it an illusion you obtained only after resolving to offer virtually all the lives and property of the fortress?”

If she had truly obtained everything she wanted, there would be no reason for Ivon to remain in this fortress.

She still had an unpaid debt, and because Walter’s wish was also included in that deal, she had been desperately trying to buy time while anticipating Renok’s visit.

Ivon’s eyes gleamed coldly.

“…If you know that much, then there’s no need for further words. The Three Young Family Heads have given too much information to a young one.”

“Where is the bishop who was with you?”

“Do you think I’ll tell you?”

“I suppose so. By now, he must be working hard on something in the secret place you’ve hidden.”

“…….”

Renok, taking out another cigarette from his pocket, said,

“I’ve been guessing that there must be a reason why the cult is targeting the ruins. However, I was bothered by the fact that I didn’t know the exact reason.”

“…I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“If you’re facing the same truth but your answers are completely different… then there must be more secrets you’re hiding.”

Renok, sighing and exhaling smoke, raised his head, and a chilling glint flowed from his eyes.

“I’ll have to confirm the details here today.”

“Ha.”

Ivon scoffed and began to draw up her magic power.

“Try it if you can, you little brat!!”

Kwaaaaaaang!!

At that moment, the vicinity of the mansion’s eighth floor exploded, and two figures fell towards the ground.

The two superhumans, landing on the huge, diagonally inclined ice wall, regained their balance almost simultaneously and clashed.

Kuuuuung!!

What followed was Ivon’s preemptive strike.

Despite having nothing in her bare hands, her hand gestures, slashing through the air without hesitation, were filled with arrogant confidence.

With her magic power drawn up, she swung her fist down powerfully.

Following her gesture, thick tree trunks that sprouted from the ground instantly gathered and transformed into the shape of a giant hammer.

Renok, also watching the movement, drew up his magic power with all his might and deployed a shield.

It was not an impact that could be blocked while being mindful of magic power efficiency.

He compressed and overlapped seven shield layers, then rotated them to deflect the impact point and reduce the shock.

Kugugugugu!!

The shockwave that spread immediately after the collision echoed loudly through the huge ice wall.

As a result, the diagonally extended ice wall shook back and forth, scattering ice crystals in all directions.

“You must have something to believe in, coming all the way here alone without fear?”

Kwajik!!

Ivon, grabbing Renok’s shield and sticking her head through it, smiled menacingly.

“Show me your magnetic field, mage.”

Ivon shouted, struggling to pry open Renok’s shield by forcing her way through the tree trunks.

“I want to see for myself how much power you have that makes you so arrogant-!!”

Pubeobeok!!

At that moment, ice spikes that had risen from below the ice wall Ivon was standing on pierced through her body.

“Keheok!!”

A speed that was difficult to see and react to.

However, it wasn’t that her reaction was too slow to avoid the counterattack.

The moment she was putting force into opening the shield head-on. A gap in consciousness like a fleeting light.

Renok, even while facing that murderous intent in front of him, accurately pierced through the gap between the body and mind that were exerting their full power.

Renok, who had instantly grasped the full extent of Ivon’s power with that one counterattack, said,

“Your momentum is fierce, but you lack substance, and your reactions are slow. It seems you’re not in perfect condition either?”

A blue light rotated, and his left eye shone with a clear violet color.

“There’s no need to play along, even though I know you’re trying to buy time.”

Kiiiiing…!!

The ice horn that had pierced through her body began to emit a brilliant light.

Not stopping there, the surging magic power spread throughout the entire massive ice wall, which was dozens of meters in diameter.

Ivon, finally realizing what Renok was about to do, hardened her face.

“Y-You madman… You’re still maintaining the magic power of this ice wall…!!”

It wasn’t just using the remnants of magic.

A density of magic power that would be absolutely impossible without holding onto the remaining power from the moment the magic was used.

From the moment he burst the sewers, Renok had been planning to use this massive ice wall as a bomb.