Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 293

In the common magic system, Dexter also has a movement magic called Blink.

However, rather than a true space-time movement, it’s based on the principle of filling one’s body with magical power and pushing forward at high speed.

It’s an unstable technique where, if you used it with a wall blocking your path, it wouldn’t be surprising for your body to be crushed and burst.

Furthermore, the aftereffects of mana addiction, which involves filling all the muscle tissue in the body with magical power, must be endured throughout the entire body.

That’s why, even after securing enough magical power to use the common magic [Blink], Renok didn’t bother to learn it.

But the space jump Renok is thinking of now is different.

Like Enakphil’s five fingers moving Renok, it’s a method of accurately capturing the space where Renok exists and moving it as a whole.

With this method, there’s no need for magical power to reside in the body, so it’s possible to move without worrying about mana addiction.

“There are still many problems to solve… but I’ve definitely taken the first step.”

It doesn’t mean that he can use Blink using space jump right away.

Considering that a huge amount of magical power and mental strength were consumed with just very localized space manipulation, it will require considerable research and time investment in the future.

However, the fact that he can clearly recognize space as a concept and manipulate it as a system of techniques, rather than a mere coincidence relying on intuition, had a huge meaning for Renok.

From the time he first opened his eyes in this world, when even making a flame on his fingertip was difficult.

How many things had happened until he finally recognized the components of the world.

He can go further. He can still grow much more.

He senses that the path of ascension in front of him has not yet been cut off.

He was able to confirm it through this one proof just now.

The moment Renok was about to return the fragments of distorted space while lightly sighing.

Swoooosh!!!

The space in his hand rapidly returned to its original state, and a huge amount of heat began to be emitted.

KWA-AAANG!!

The flames that burst from Renok’s hand pierced through the corridors of the abandoned building and shattered everything around.

Renok, who quickly raised a shield and withstood the backlash, scanned the traces of destruction with surprised eyes.

Davie, who had quickly climbed onto Renok’s head, finally opened her mouth.

[The frictional heat due to the side effects of space manipulation has condensed. It seems to have exploded.]

“…Frictional heat?”

[When I secretly hacked into the access rights of the fortress lord, I found and recorded a similar case. Would you like to see it?]

Davie said that and raised her front paw, displaying a transparent hologram in front of Renok’s eyes.

The rooftop of a building. A space that was originally supposed to be used as a helicopter landing pad is cracked open, and people walk out from inside.

Large-scale space transfer. A technology commonly called teleportation.

However, just before the space crack closed, the crack twisted strangely and emitted a strange heat.

The enormous heat emitted from it began to melt the human body as it was.

“……”

[The cause is presumed to be the frictional heat between the isolated spaces that occurs when the distortion of space cannot be controlled.]

“I see…”

[A mistake by a space mage with enough skill to handle not just personal coordinates but also central coordinates. It seems that such cases remain very rare.]

Side effects caused by errors of space mages who have the ability to handle even the coordinates of the world line, not just themselves.

It was understandable that the data was extremely rare, as it was difficult to find even those who handle space-based techniques in this city, let alone those with that level of skill.

Renok, who quickly found a similar phenomenon in his memory, nodded.

“That’s why the condition of the Yvon family head and the missionary looked bad. If they were exposed to this level of firepower with their bare bodies, it wouldn’t be strange if their combat abilities had drastically decreased.”

A technique that moves space by sacrificing the same life, the scales of Amrita. He thought there would be a problem if the technique itself was overloaded, but he didn’t expect this kind of phenomenon to occur.

“Looking at it this way, it feels like my understanding of space is still not sufficient. The sensation of using it as an artifact and the sensation when directly interfering are different…”

[I think the direction itself is not wrong, but more data may be needed to reduce trial and error.]

“Certainly, I can’t learn the technique while enduring this kind of frictional heat with my body…”

However, rather than thinking about such dangers, Renok came up with a completely different idea and clapped his palm.

“If I do this right, I think I can use it as a weapon.”

[……]

“The power itself is weaker than flame-heat magic, but if it’s for exploiting the gaps in perception, it seems quite useful, don’t you think?”

To forcibly fail space manipulation and use the aftermath as a weapon.

An idea that a mad magician, not a mad scientist, would come up with.

Davie silently moved her tail and slapped the back of Renok’s head.

* * *

After that, Renok left the abandoned building only after demonstrating space recognition and manipulation a few more times.

It took some time to clean up the traces so that no one would recognize the frictional heat caused by the failure of space manipulation, but there were no problems.

The sky had already darkened. He walks through the dark streets, looking at the low-slung moonlight.

Even while walking, Renok continued to talk with Davie about space manipulation.

As a digital spirit, Davie was able to directly access various databases in the megacity and was also good at collecting and organizing the given information.

It was also largely thanks to her that Renok’s magic was classified, and the amount of magical power consumed and the chanting speed were specifically measured and quantified.

Even though it was impossible to have high-level discussions about magic through debate like with Aris, it was enough to help compare the efficiency of the concepts and theories that Renok had in mind.

[The mana consumption is much more severe than I thought. If you compare it only by instantaneous output, it’s comparable to the highest-level destruction magic used by the master.]

“It’s difficult to worry about efficiency right now. I need to focus on expanding the range of space that can be manipulated first.”

[If you increase the manipulation range to include the master’s body, even with a simple calculation, 94% of the magical power will be consumed in two activations.]

“…If that’s the best, then there’s no other way.”

The first goal is to increase the range of space manipulation enough to contain Renok’s body.

Once a goal that seems achievable is set, and the standard is exceeded, it is necessary to invest in the efficiency of reducing mana consumption and manipulation speed.

Once an explicit system is established and one becomes familiar with the process, the mana consumed and the chanting speed will naturally decrease.

“The space movement itself is not aimed at such a long distance.”

He just wants to resolve the lack of mobility that he hasn’t been able to address even after reaching the realm of a Saint.

Moving a few meters at a time is enough. With that level of mobility alone, Renok’s combat ability will advance to a different dimension.

The important thing is to compress the process to the point where such short-range space jumps can be used in actual combat and to reduce the amount of mana consumption.

If he can reduce it to about the consumption of a 6th-level high-level magic, it might be possible to use it as a final move during combat.

If he can further improve the efficiency, it might not be impossible to use Blink dozens of times during combat.

It’s close to a delusion right now, but it’s something that might be possible.

Before researching the ruins of the fortress, it was something that had no possibility at all, but now Renok was dreaming with clear hope.

“Should I have paid more attention to collecting time-based artifacts…”

At least if he had manipulated time little by little with items, the harvest wouldn’t have been so small even after going to the ruins.

It wasn’t that the possibility he had in his hands was insufficient, but he couldn’t help but feel regretful.

Perhaps the power of time could play a decisive role in solving the penalties that Renok inherently possessed.

[The master’s artifacts right now weren’t really collected intentionally, were they?]

Davie replied in a clear tone.

[It would be better to accept the statistical data that items related to time are extremely rare.]

“……”

Renok silently reached into his coat and rubbed Davie’s small snout back and forth.

Davie tried to protest, twisting her body inside the coat, but suddenly came to her senses and said.

[Master. A message has arrived.]

“What?”

Originally, Renok had turned off all notifications on his phone and had Davie respond only to a few truly important emergency contacts.

He couldn’t afford to ruin his work because of phone notifications while working in this field.

In the end, the fact that Davie responded after breaking through all those settings means…

[Voice message: Evelyn Marcia]

“……”

Renok’s gaze, looking at the name, naturally lowered.

He was planning to visit Evelyn soon anyway, but he didn’t expect her to leave a message like this first.

Now that he knows about the secrets of the ruins and the existence of the apostles through Walter Martinez, it would be best to share information with her.

Now that they both know that they belong to the Blue Eye, he thought that a more serious discussion would be possible…

Thinking that, Renok put his phone to his ear and pressed the message playback button.

[Ban, are you listening? I’m sorry to leave a message like this.]

Evelyn’s smooth voice flowed out immediately.

[I heard about what happened at the Eight Directions Fortress. Originally, I was planning to enter the fortress around the time you finished the proxy battle, but I had to leave the city suddenly, so I couldn’t even explain the situation. But it was such an urgent matter that I couldn’t help it.]

She hesitated slightly and continued.

[The Blue Eye has issued a summons. Lapis is directly gathering watchers from all over. It seems like they’re going to do something big in the North Continent, but I’ll have to hear the details to know for sure.]

[I’ll be entering the lighthouse soon, and I don’t think I’ll be able to contact you properly after that, so I’ll tell you now.]

A moment of silence flowed, and Evelyn said.

[Recently, the movements of the city council have been unusual. Judging by the fact that information is not reaching my ears properly, it’s probably a matter of national defense or diplomacy, but I don’t know exactly what’s going on.]

“……”

[Maybe it will be difficult for you to get out of the city before the summons reaches you. Delete this message as soon as you confirm it, and if that’s the case-]

Beep-!

Renok, who was walking with his phone in his hand, stopped walking at that moment.

Davie, who understood the meaning of his unusual movement, immediately raised her magical power, and Renok quietly raised his gaze and stared around.

Dark night streets where only colorful neon signs flickered.

There were no people passing by, and only a cool breeze brushed past his thick coat.

Only then did Renok lean his body against one side of the street wall and shake his head.

‘They were waiting from the beginning.’

He didn’t expect to be ambushed like this as soon as he came out of the Six Directions Fortress.

Moreover, this street is much closer to the city center than the outskirts of Vulcan.

He didn’t think they would be lying in ambush in this area, which is more than enough for the city government to reach…

The moment he thought that far, a man wearing goggles popped out from between the walls Renok was leaning against and swung a dagger in his hand.

Kaga-ga-gak!!

Sharp magical light flickers like friction between the daggers with jagged edges.

A move to tear through the gaps in Renok’s shield and directly strike his main body beyond.

However, Renok’s hand, which approached through the shattered shield, grabbed the man’s lower jaw first.

[Bolt]

Zzzzzzzzzzz!!!

“……!!”

The man’s whole body trembled and then slumped as an intense current seeped directly into his lower jaw.

Terrible endurance without even uttering a single scream.

His forearm tingled as he forced his hand to move quickly. Renok quickly bent down and searched the man’s chest while shaking his wrist.

Renok’s expression slightly hardened as he checked the unidentified full-body suit the man was wearing.

‘It’s not an ordinary item. Is it military?’

Not only is a faint magical circuit flowing throughout the suit, but the built-in special elements are still preventing the man’s appearance from being captured by the naked eye.

In addition, considering that he popped out from behind the wall Renok was leaning against, he must also have the ability to pass through solid objects.

It’s difficult to know whether this is purely the man’s ability or the power of the suit.

If one sample is not enough, he has no choice but to collect additional data.

Renok, who quickly turned his gaze, projected his magical power into the empty street. Faint signs are felt within his heightened sensory range.

The number is more than ten. They are holding their breath and waiting for their target in various buildings and streets.

They are creating a siege by keeping their distance so that they are not wiped out at once and diversifying their altitude. They are evenly distributing the front and rear guards and thoroughly dividing the lines.

Renok put his hand inside his sleeve and pondered.

‘The space preemption is very meticulous and precise… It’s impossible without high-intensity training.’

Regardless of the strength of their main body, training is essential for superhumans to form a group and have organizational power.

This is because learning the combat method of a group, regardless of individual combat ability, has little to do with the talent of a warrior.

The faint murderous intent that echoes in this street right now was nothing more than that of hunters emitted by those who have undergone such training.

Chik!

Renok, who took out another cigarette and put it in his mouth, grabbed his revolver and walked.

Six steps forward. The moment he passes one closed shopping block, the sewer hole under his feet explodes, and two people rush out from below.

A preemptive attack that grabs and clings to his legs from below.

Immediately after that, support fire pours down from the upper floors of the buildings located in the front and rear, simultaneously cutting off his retreat.

Dudududududu!!!

[Support fire complete. Impact confirmed. Requesting post-mortem review.]

[Visibility impossible. Base sign disappeared. First line vanguard annihilated!]

[……!!]

The light of the shattered neon signs fades, and the street is plunged into darkness.

Those who had hidden their appearances put on infrared projection goggles and illuminated their vision, but all they could see across the street were the figures of their fallen comrades bleeding.

[……Target coordinates lost. Preparing to deploy the third line vanguard. What is the data acquisition rate?]

[Less than 10%. It is judged that the operation cannot be carried out with the remaining forces.]

[Proceed.]

A resolute voice echoed over the radio.

[There is no place to retreat. No matter what, secure the data of the fortress here…]

TAAANG!!

[Foxtrot…!!]

The radio network becomes chaotic as a comrade falls, blood splattering from his forehead.

Renok, who was listening to the echoing voices through Davie, muttered.

“Found it.”

He kneels on one knee, puts a sniper rifle on his arm, and puts his eye to the scope.

[Scanning of structures within a 50m radius complete. Implementation of 3D design. Entering calculation of firing angle. Securing automatic firing algorithm.]

[Confirmed that all captured shooters can fire at the current time.]

Click…!

At the same time as slowly pulling the trigger, a faint dark-colored light descended on the long barrel of the rifle, assisting the firing action.

[Aim correction]

[Trajectory correction]

[Ricochet fire]

[Projection magnification]

[Friction reduction]

…….

Charrrrrrrr!!

Numerous firing assistance magic, more than eight types, poured down on the rifle.

Despite the assistance that far exceeds the capacity limit, the rifle’s barrel does not shake at all.

[Silence]

At the same time as the silence magic, the bullet that rushed out of the muzzle without a sound was stained with the aura of a deep shadow.

The bullet, fired at a speed that surpassed sound, bent into the drain on the ground as it was.

TUTUTUTUTUTUTUNG!!!

The ricochet, which bounced more than a dozen times inside the drain without losing any of its speed, went backwards to the roof of the building.

Immediately after that, the head of one of the shooters who was concentrating with a rifle to find Renok tilted forward.

Crack!