Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 306

The clue about space transition obtained from the Eight Directions Fortress.

Even after successfully internalizing that sensation, Lenok continued his research to apply it without rest.

The important thing was that the more the spatial area included in the space transition increased, the more the mana consumption increased exponentially.

He had been researching to maximize its efficiency, but even after moving Lenok’s body, nearly half of his mana was still consumed.

However, Lenok had been racking his brain to use this space-based movement ability anyway.

If he couldn’t use this ability with his own body right now, he would try to contain this power by other means.

[Six-sided cubic space jump preparation.]

*Click!*

[Coordinate setting implemented. Movement path confirmed. Jump space secured. Activation begins simultaneously with firing.]

*Bang!!*

At the same time as the sniper rifle fired, the bullet that shot forward disappeared from its spot.

At the same time as firing, he pushed and transferred a space the size of a finger joint.

The bullet that was pushed out drew an unpredictable, deadly trajectory from a completely different position and angle.

*Thud!!*

Two archers who were running away from the electric net were simultaneously thrown backward as if they had been flung away.

[Yennis, Palm!!]

[Ugh…!!]

[Both have completely destroyed their upper body protectors; combat impossible!]

The sight of the two people rolling on the floor in pain.

It didn’t end with just one.

Every time he reloaded the rifle and pulled the trigger, bullets flew from completely different timings and trajectories, sniping the agents who were running away all over the city.

*Bang!!*

It was meaningless to hide in narrow alleys, escape into sewers, or hide under cars.

The bullets that flew by pushing through space soared through the air as if such obstacles and evasions were meaningless, finding the optimal trajectory.

[Agh!!]

[Damn it!! It’s impossible to grasp the trajectory!]

[The speed itself is similar to a normal rifle, but why…!!]

There was definitely a series of actions of firing, but the result and the process did not match, a bizarre phenomenon.

The moment Lenok raised his rifle, no matter how much they resisted, they could not escape his range.

Only after half of the rear agents were instantly taken out did the remaining ones begin to sort out the confused communication network.

[The shot that just stunned Eugene had a trajectory impossible from the stronghold’s coordinates.]

[It’s impossible to achieve this level of accuracy just by bending the trajectory. The stronghold never wasted a single bullet.]

[…Is it a magic bullet?]

Everyone fell silent at someone’s words heard through the communication network.

The pinnacle of designated shooting, which, once a target is set, will follow the target even by twisting the trajectory.

The agents also knew the rumor that bullets and technology that could realize that miracle existed.

[Are you saying that the magician has reached such a level with shooting?]

[If not, how else can you explain this ridiculous sniping ability?]

[……]

None of the people here noticed that Lenok was using the powerful ability of space jump by adding it to his shooting.

The space magic that Lenok created himself while glimpsing the cracks in the world was different from the generally known space-based techniques.

The agents had pondered the cause of this phenomenon in their own way, but they could not come up with any other interpretation than the conclusion that it was a magic bullet.

[They still don’t notice it.]

“If the agents who have been through the mill in the underbelly of Vulcan can’t recognize it, there won’t be any major problems in the future.”

Lenok reloaded his rifle, responding to Davi’s words from inside his coat.

*Click!!*

“About half are left. It’s about time they make their move…”

The agent rear guards were also people who had gained experience by working on various fronts.

They were flustered by the new technology Lenok showed and gave up half of their forces in an instant, but they must have realized that there was no chance of winning if they continued the sniping battle like this.

“Shall we give them some time and wait?”

[Is there really a need to do that?]

“If we crush the move they throw at us head-on, the rest will be much easier to deal with.”

Lenok answered, taking out a magazine from his coat after firing one more shot.

“Let’s pretend to reload and give them time to think.”

[That’s a nasty idea.]

“The training is half over from the moment we took out the front line in one go. There’s no need to drag it out.”

*Click, click!*

With his back to the mana power dummies lined up on the traffic lights, the magician with a cigarette in his mouth was constantly pushing rifle bullets in.

That unnatural scene itself proved how highly skilled and talented Lenok was.

Because there was an overwhelming difference in skill between the two sides, there were not many serious injuries.

All sorts of electric shocks, chains, shock waves, and ice pillars that burst out from that slender body knocked down the top-notch warriors in front of him, rendering them unable to fight.

The bullets fired through the rifle hit the target without a single mistake.

It was amazing that he was handling all of the series of attacks and defenses without a single mistake, but what was even more shocking was that Lenok had never used proper high-powered magic.

Against the dozens of field agents gathered here, Lenok had not felt the need for a single crisis or firepower.

A brief pause, neither long nor short, to reload the bullets.

It didn’t take long for the move pushed in from the rear to arrive.

*Poof!*

Lenok smiled faintly when he saw the face of the agent who suddenly appeared in front of him.

“That’s a face I saw on the way to the volcanic zone.”

[……]

It was one of the agents who had watched the duel between Lenok and Ibelin and gained many insights.

He seemed to be a mage who handled manipulation-type techniques, but seeing him come to this place himself, he must have had some thoughts.

[We won’t go down easily…!!]

As he said that, the agent pulled out mana threads from between his fingers and stretched them all at once into the sky.

*Whirr!*

Immediately after, arrows fired by the rear archers from all directions soared high into the sky,

The mana threads that stretched out over their heads accurately grabbed the fletching of the arrows that rose from all directions and changed their direction.

The goal was to gather the exploding arrowheads in one place and concentrate their power. To break through Lenok’s defense with a single point breakthrough.

At the same time, all the rear agents who had popped out rushed towards Lenok, interfering with the concentration of his shield and confusing his senses.

[Go!!!]

The agent’s scream-like shout as he gripped the mana threads. A shout full of fighting spirit that matched it echoed loudly through the communication network.

Immediately after, a huge explosion of flames surged like a wave, erupting in all directions of the firing range.

*Kugugugugugu!!!*

The vibration was so intense that the entire mock training ground shook.

Hina and Pallard, who were watching the situation in the control room, both jumped up from their seats at the same time.

“Damn it, this is unexpected.”

“Marie’s manipulation technique is much more advanced than before. I think she forced the arrowheads to explode at the last moment to resonate the explosion…”

Marie, who had been with Lenok near the volcanic zone, was even more decisive in her actions.

Once she made a move, it had to be certain and powerful. She had to move quickly and decisively enough to make it impossible to resist.

She knew better than anyone that she could not be sure of victory even if she made such a move.

Hina, who had stood up with a nervous face, cast a worried gaze, but fortunately, what the two were worried about did not happen.

Lenok appeared unscathed in the firing range that had been washed away by the crimson flames.

“Haa, haa…!!”

In the meantime, the other agents were collapsed and breathing heavily.

It seemed that they had suffered considerable damage by being caught in the explosion that they had jointly detonated.

Lenok looked down at Marie’s exhausted face, who had used mana threads to lead this explosion, and said.

“It wasn’t bad to gather the exploding arrowheads and cause mana thread resonance, but you chose the wrong moment to try it.”

“Ugh…!!”

“No matter how much you rush in all at once to confuse my senses, it only increases the opportunity for a mage to wipe you out at once.”

No matter how powerful an explosion they caused, it was meaningless to Lenok.

The explosion of mana that erupted in front of his eyes. In other words, it was nothing more than the release of mana without any manipulation or restriction.

For Lenok, who already had mana manipulation abilities that had surpassed the human realm, it was not difficult at all to slightly deflect its direction and heat.

Rather, if it was an explosion that was detonated indirectly like this, it was possible to return the damage to the enemy.

Lenok, who was looking down at Marie, who was faintly shaking her hand, turned his gaze to the other side of the city.

“It was a good decision to recognize that you couldn’t gain an advantage in a shooting battle and to prepare for a short battle.”

*Click!!*

Lenok, who had raised his reloaded rifle again, smiled and said.

“Then it’s time to hunt down the remaining designated shooters.”

Being chased by the electric wolves and nets, unable to settle in one place and constantly moving.

In the process, could they draw Lenok’s attention in place of the annihilated front line, avoid his sniping, and hold out until their mana ran out?

At this point, most of the front-line agents and rear archers had already been taken out.

There was no breakthrough anywhere.

[Damn it…]

A low curse echoed through the communication network.

It was nothing more than a sigh from someone who had foreseen the future and the results that would come.

* * *

“Good work.”

“You don’t look too happy.”

Lenok chuckled at Pallard’s sullen face as he came out of the training ground.

“…Well, honestly, it’s unexpected.”

Pallard reluctantly nodded.

“Even though the team leaders of each field response team didn’t participate in the training, I didn’t expect it to be this bad…”

It was just an excuse to divert a reasonable amount of power while avoiding the city council’s surveillance.

Therefore, the team leaders of each combat response team were not allowed to participate in order to avoid the training from becoming too intense.

However, even considering that, the results of this mock training were nothing short of shocking for all the agents.

All of them were level 5 or higher.

Some of them were level 6 agents who had awakened to the nature of change, but their numbers were meaningless.

It was not just that they could not counter Lenok’s attacks, but that the archers and shooters were eventually hunted down by Lenok. This was a great shock to Pallard.

Lenok also understood the meaning of those words and quietly shook his head.

“I’ve had a lot of opportunities to face forces at the unit level recently. I’ve gotten a little used to dealing with multiple opponents. I was lucky.”

Confronting the Ivon family, one of the eight families of the fortress, the attack of the defense force’s special forces, and the destruction of the Bardish Brotherhood.

After carrying out this level of group battles in a row, one could not help but become accustomed to dealing with many people alone.

Moreover, Lenok was a magician who thoroughly organized and theorized his combat experience and tried to internalize it.

It was no exaggeration to say that he was already a master at suppressing many people with his own power.

Rather, dealing with the agents in this mock training was more difficult in some ways.

This was because Lenok had been actively using the fear of his opponents when he had been suppressing the momentum of many people with his individual power.

He had been ruthlessly sweeping through the area and trampling on his enemies’ emotions, but it was difficult to be so decisive even in this kind of training.

However, the faces of Pallard and Hina, who were listening to Lenok’s words next to him, changed even more strangely.

“…You don’t usually call that lucky.”

“……”

Lenok realized that he had added unnecessary personal feelings and shut his mouth.

For Lenok, who had survived as a freelancer in the back alleys of Vulcan, luck was just that, and there was no need to tell them here.

“Well, okay. I understand roughly. With that kind of mindset, it’s no wonder that a monster like you came out of that hellhole?”

Pallard, who had quickly sorted out the situation, clapped his hands and immediately patted Lenok on the back.

“Anyway, thank you for today. If we leave this much evidence, it won’t be difficult to make excuses to the old men of the city council that they were injured during training.”

Pallard’s eyes shone sharply as he said that.

“We can’t let this organization be run according to the whims of those old men. If we can set aside this much available force, it will definitely be a variable when things get chaotic.”

“Even if you become hostile to the city council?”

“Of course not. But making excuses and bowing our heads is not that difficult, actually.”

“……”

“It’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission, and that’s true in this city too. Of course, I can’t avoid taking some responsibility… but am I supposed to be afraid of that and watch missiles fall on the 30th district?”

“I see.”

Lenok nodded.

Pallard’s actions, which seemed to be skilled in politics and tightrope walking at first glance.

However, his last words just now seemed to give some idea of what kind of person he was.

There must be a reason why Ibelin Marcia, who has a great interest in the order and security of the city, is still working as an agent.

At least, the future that this man was looking at did not seem to be more desolate or gloomy than Lenok had thought.

As far as this matter was concerned, it was enough to confirm that.

“Get some rest, and let’s meet again at dawn the day after tomorrow. By then, we’ll have finished the necessary preparations and gathered the people.”

* * *

[Personally, I don’t understand it very well.]

“What do you mean?”

[I’m talking about why you’re getting involved in this, Ban.]

“……”

[It’s ridiculous that the defense force generals are now taking the lives of citizens hostage, but we need to assess the situation calmly. This situation is more likely to benefit us than harm us.]

Virgil, the head of the cartel’s board of directors, and now the head of the board, spoke leisurely over the phone.

[It’s unlikely that the city council will stand idly by until the 30th district is bombed. Would those old men leave something that could affect their own safety alone? If you had waited until the city council bowed down to us, you could have gained a considerable amount of profit.]

“I understand what you mean.”

Lenok roughly understood what Virgil meant.

He was thinking that the city council would try to reach out here and there before the 30th district was attacked, and then he could just slip in and make a profit.

“But some of the city councilors seem to have other ideas.”

[What do you mean…?]

However, Lenok, who was directly receiving internal information from the city council through the agents and Mayor, could not agree at all.

Contrary to Virgil’s words, some of the city councilors were planning to lift the ban on the gold standard, using the fact that the 30th district was attacked as an excuse.

It was hard to say that the cartel’s information network had become lax.

The information that the city council, which should prioritize the safety of the city, might be waiting for the mobile fortress to fire was not something that could be easily dismissed.

“If the city council starts to take action as you said, the method or process will be quite different from what the cartel thinks.”

Lenok said that and put down the phone and got up from his seat.

“That’s also why I’m moving now.”

[Wait, Ban. Could it be that there’s a split in the city council-]

*Click!!*

There was no need to talk to Virgil for long.

Even if the cartel got involved in this matter now, it would only complicate things further.

The board of directors, including Virgil, were powerful figures that even Lenok could not easily ignore. If an uncontrollable force intervened in the operation, it would only be a hindrance.

Especially if this operation was themed around the gold standard.

Jenny, who had been waiting for the call to end right next to him, said.

“Are you really going to move alone?”

Inside the bar after closing time, with the shutters down.

Inside the darkened bar, more than a dozen superhumans were all standing and looking at him.