Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 337

“……What on earth is going on?”My lower back aches from sitting on the hard floor for so long.Rubbing his side, Lenok rose to his feet and cast his gaze around.At least Lapis’s face was visible, so the summoning ritual itself couldn’t have failed.The cold air, with its visible breath, indirectly proved it.Unlike the southwestern continent where the megacity of Balkan was located, the northern hemisphere had completely reversed seasons.Even though it was supposed to be the end of winter and the beginning of spring, unlike Balkan where winter was just beginning, it was this cold.Lapis, too, was wearing a fur scarf and a thick coat as if it were natural.The mittens on her hands only made the situation seem more bizarre.Thud thud thud!!!Lapis, who had ducked her head from the relentless impacts on the shield, quickly replied.”We were attacked.””……Attacked?””As various forces gathered in the northern highlands, the situation became much more complicated than we thought.”Lapis peeked out from behind Lenok’s shield and said, glancing around.”There’s chaos everywhere. So, while we were secretly scattering and moving our base, we ended up…””You’re saying that something went wrong and you’ve been running away until now.””Hahahaha!! Found you, you little brat-“Crack!!Lenok, who had pulled a fireball from his hand and shattered the head of a swordsman charging from outside the shield, said,”The summoning location wasn’t secured either, so you started the summoning here in a hurry to make the time?”The message Lapis had sent to Lenok was the kind where they had agreed on a time in advance before heading to an area where external communication was impossible.If she couldn’t make the time, it would have been impossible to summon Lenok at all.Anxious and chased by time, she had ended up risking being discovered and summoning Lenok here on time.Lapis lowered her head, her face faintly flushed.”I’m sorry. I’m really sorry.””Haa……”The time when he was endlessly marveling at the beautiful phases and principles of celestial magic felt like a lie.No, rather, should he praise her genius for successfully completing such a large-scale summoning ritual in this situation?Lenok, who had instantly returned to reality, rubbed his forehead and let out a deep sigh.Beyond the vast snowfield, at least dozens of presences were rapidly approaching.There wasn’t much time to ponder or ask questions. Lenok quickly made a decision and moved.First, he grabbed the person he needed to protect the most. It was dangerous like this.”Whoa?!!””Stay still. It’s hard to keep my balance.”He cast a weight-lightening spell on Lapis’s body and slung her over his side.Lenok, who had tied her waist with mana threads and lifted her like a messenger bag, stood up.Lenok, who had taken out two painkiller pills and chewed them, began to run through the snow.Whoosh!!”Kyaaaaak!!”The trick was the same as when he moved using sand in the desert.He pushed mana under the snow particles and pushed off, gliding as if sliding under Lenok’s feet.The superhumans who had surrounded the area began to chase after Lenok, who was shooting through the snowfield like an arrow from behind the shield.”Has the support force arrived!!””Kill him quickly before we run out of time!!””If we capture the lighthouse keeper, we’ll get the autonomous territory! Don’t let him get away!!”Lenok, who had been listening to the voices coming from all directions, asked.”What are the others doing? What about Grisha or Sunmyung?”Among the watchers Lenok had met in the autonomous territory, there were quite a few skilled individuals who assisted Lapis.If Lapis had headed to the northern continent, wouldn’t they have followed her?When he mentioned the names of the watchers he had exchanged names with, Lapis replied while dangling.”While the ritual was in progress, they were moving separately to draw attention. In the meantime, another force noticed the changes in the celestial sphere and intervened.””So, you unintentionally drew attention.””I also summoned a summon to protect myself, but while the ritual was in progress, I was alone and got reverse summoned…”Enemy force A, who had been trying to take over the Blue Eye’s base and had been tracking them, and force B, who had smelled the ritual and intervened while Lapis was performing it.If it was like this before things had even properly started, there was no telling how many more organizations and monsters they would have to face in the future.Lenok, looking down at Lapis who was blushing as if embarrassed, immediately pulled up his mana.”Let’s get out of here first. Where are the others?””They’re scattered, so it’ll be difficult to find each individual’s location. There’s a pre-determined gathering point, so it’s best to head there first…””Indeed… my mana is a bit more sluggish than usual.”Lenok’s sensory range, which should have covered several kilometers, felt much blurrier than usual.The only things he could sense were the enemies within a few hundred meters who were emitting murderous intent towards Lenok.Familiar mana signatures like Grisha or Sunmyung couldn’t be sensed anywhere.It wasn’t just because Lenok’s senses had dulled, but rather because the special environment of this snowfield was interfering with the sensing of mana.Lenok, who had glanced at the distant mountains far away from the snowfield, narrowed his eyes.”To think it would have an effect even from this far away… The power of a transcendent is truly beyond common sense.””……Evan, did you know?”Lapis, who was dangling on his side and shaking her blue hair, suddenly raised her head and asked.Lenok calmly nodded.”I heard some stories before coming here. I know there’s a reason why this northern snowfield is receiving so much attention.””……””Let’s talk about it later.”Lenok said that and stretched out his empty right hand to the side.Whoosh!!The spear of fire that had bloomed in his hand pierced the chest of a charging man, burning his entire body.”Hwaaaak!!”A truly bizarre sight of a fireball rolling across the snowfield.Even as he rubbed his body against the cold ice, the flames that had stuck to him did not subside and continued to burn his flesh.Lapis slightly opened her mouth and marveled at the sight.”Flame heat magic. It hasn’t rusted at all.””……”Come to think of it, the last time he had directly shown Lapis his magic was when he dealt with the drug lord in the autonomous territory.It had already been over a year since he had used flame heat magic and gravity-based spells to crush the floating island by slamming it down while killing Dominic Cabaro.It was natural that Lapis didn’t know much about his main magic system, apart from needing Lenok’s power.”Close your eyes.””Yes?”There was no reply.[Flame Forging]The sphere of fire that Lenok had thrown up rotated dozens of meters above, instantly scattering spear shafts made of flames in all directions.Thud thud thud!!!Dozens of spears of fire that had been slammed into the middle of the snowfield melted the nearby snow, increasing the speed at which Lenok’s feet were sliding.Lowering his posture slightly and balancing with mana threads, he pulled out his revolver towards the superhumans charging from all directions.Tat tat tat tang!!!The aimed shots, aided by shooting assist magic, did not miss a single shot even in the swaying trajectory, and pierced the foreheads of the pursuing enemies.”Ugh…!!””Black!”The sight of superhumans collapsing, scattering bright red blood on the pure white snowfield.Those who had their attention diverted to avoid the rain of fire falling from the sky lost their lives as easily as if they were hollow.Those who had immediately noticed Lenok’s attack methods quickly exchanged information.”They’re bullets, avoid them!!””Is he a designated marksman? His skills are unbelievable…!!””Look at the mana flow. He’s receiving help from an unknown spell!””Hoo.”Lenok, who had been weaving through the snowfield, killing enemies non-stop, turned his head at those words.Swoosh!!Ice crystals that had risen from the snowfield under his feet instantly grabbed and froze the man’s two legs.”Wait…!! Damn it!!”Tuck!!Lenok, who had approached like a slide and grabbed the chin of the man who had recognized the shooting assist magic, asked.”Not many people have recognized that so far. How did you know?””Ugh…!!”Lenok, who had examined the man’s pale face, soon found the answer and smiled.An unidentified tattoo engraved in a circle around the man’s left eye.The unknown wave flowing from it was filtering the man’s vision, showing things that shouldn’t be visible.”Interesting. I don’t know what the assist magic is, but to have a tattoo that can detect its existence. It’s quite impressive for a post-natal procedure.””Hey, isn’t this not the time for this… isn’t it?”Lenok, who had neatly ignored Lapis’s voice, pulled up his mana between his fingers and muttered.”The northern hemisphere of the continent… It’s far from Balkan, so there are quite a few spell systems I’m seeing for the first time.”Weeeeeeeng!!”Ughhhhhh!!”The man, who had sensed his end, desperately struggled to escape from Lenok’s grasp, but it was already too late.The ice crystals that had been binding the man’s feet instantly grew, covering his entire body and freezing it solid.Immediately after, a spear of fire that had fallen from the sky pierced through his head, shattering his body into pieces of ice.Crack!!Lenok, looking down at the frozen pieces of the corpse, muttered.”Then, shall we check a little while escaping?””……Evan?”There was no reply.Instead, the speed at which Lenok, who was carrying Lapis, moved became even faster.Whoosh!!”Kyaaaak!!”Acceleration, deceleration, sudden stops, and changes in direction were all as free as if he had lived on the snowfield for decades.The important thing was to adjust the friction and speed of the snow sliding under his feet to create a trajectory, and to maintain it delicately so that his balance was not lost.What made this possible was, of course, not Lenok’s clumsy sense of balance, but the idea of controlling his body one step ahead with his head through thorough calculation and mana manipulation.While delicately adjusting even the sense of balance within Lapis’s body so that she wouldn’t get nauseous, Lenok began to kill the members of the organization that had been chasing Lapis.”An indirect spell that uses a wish as a medium. It doesn’t seem good for use in this kind of battle.””Hwaaaak!!”Crack!!”A language user based on the shape of the lips. It’s unique, but the form isn’t fixed. Was it self-taught?”Thud thud thud!!”A uniquely shaped blade. Why is the end of the blade facing himself even when he’s holding the handle?”Swoosh!!He recorded unique spells in the database through Davi, and after hitting artifacts he had never seen before with mana, he only recovered the ones that were intact.Lenok, who had been observing various mana flows while capturing and killing all kinds of sorcerers and warriors for several years, had the insight to gauge the potential of a spell just by glancing at it.”A simple barrier. And it’s the type that instantly changes the target and scope, covering both himself and his opponent.”Lenok’s eyes flashed as he was about to cut off the head of an opponent after quickly grasping the spell they were using.Bang!!Lenok, who had slammed a shock magic into the chest of an elderly man with wrinkles around his eyes, stomped on his head with his boot.”Kuhak!!””This… it’s much higher level than I thought. It’s designed to adjust amplification and deceleration just by changing the framework of the barrier.””H-How…””It’s an unbelievably sophisticated design for a sorcerer like you to have created. Tell me the name of your school or magic tower.”If the barrier was rotated clockwise and applied to himself, it would be a buff. Conversely, if it was reversed and applied to the opponent, it would be a debuff.The method of use was simple, but the principles contained within were by no means simple.The internal components were meticulously designed to reverse completely and perform the opposite role the moment the axis of rotation of the barrier was reversed.If a sorcerer had the talent and wisdom to design a barrier of this level, they wouldn’t have been defeated by the wave of fire that Lenok had casually thrown out.It was a natural deduction that there was another owner of the barrier spell that the man had learned.”I, I don’t know either…!!”The elderly man, whose head was being stomped on by Lenok’s foot, desperately shouted while trembling.”I learned the spell from a book I accidentally found in a temple abandoned somewhere in the Chedrai Mountains…!!””You learned it by accident?””I, it’s true… Please spare me… I promise here that I will never lay a hand on the Blue Eye again-!!”Crunch!There was no need to hear more.Lenok cut off the man’s breath by slamming his shield down, then rummaged through his clothes and pulled out a small booklet.Lenok, who had taken out the booklet and flipped through a few pages, clicked his tongue and closed the cover.”The pages needed for the barrier configuration have been deliberately damaged. It’ll be difficult to restore them right away.””……”Lapis silently looked around, hanging on Lenok’s side, and closed her mouth.It wasn’t for nothing that Lenok had spent so long dealing with the barrier user.All of the superhumans who had been tracking, surrounding, and trying to kill her were already dead or incapacitated.Only the smell of blood and dust was scattered in the middle of the vast snowfield.”Evan, sir. I, I’d like you to put me down now…””Wait a moment.””If you were planning to fight like this in the first place, wasn’t there no need to move around carrying me?”If he was going to run away to the gathering point to avoid the others, it would have been right to move around carrying Lapis, but instead, Lenok had killed all the pursuers who were chasing him.Lapis protested in a small voice, but Lenok chuckled and shook his head.”I’d prefer to hide and fight if I could, but the situation is a bit different now.””Yes?””If I lose focus for even a moment, you could die.””What does that…”Instead of answering, Lenok reached out towards the dozens of spears of fire that had been slammed into the ground.The spears, responding to his will, resonated in unison with the flame sphere still floating in the sky, creating a huge gust of hot air.Whoooosh!!A wind of fire blowing in the middle of the snowfield, where the temperature was endlessly low.The heat haze rose greatly, distorting the open view, and as the cold air between the snow and the wind subsided, a presence that had been hiding in between revealed itself.A young man with a sharp face and long tattoos covering his entire skin.Intense mana flowed from the rings between his fingers.Only then did Lapis’s eyes widen as she belatedly discovered the mana source hiding in this place.”A, a Saint…!! How did he avoid my eyes…!!”As a direct descendant of Cheon-gyeon [the Ascendant, a legendary figure] and the one who had inherited her power most closely, she had reached a level that surpassed the hierarchy when it came to seeing.It was virtually impossible for her to avoid her eyes with ordinary stealth techniques.But Lenok had a rough idea of how the opponent had been hiding until now.”You knew that the mana flow around here was changing strangely. You hid your presence in that flow and avoided Lapis’s eyes?”Lenok’s gaze naturally turned to the tattoos covering the young man’s face.”And the tattoos themselves are specialized in hiding presence.”In a way, it was a method of preventing the leakage of mana by filling the entire body with mana sealing devices. Although he had borrowed the power of a spell, it was a very rough method.”Oh, you’re much more perceptive than I thought.”The young man looked up at Lenok and smiled as he rose from his spot.”I thought that even if he was a lighthouse keeper, he was just a child who hadn’t even lived to twenty. I thought it would be easy to capture him alive if I hid my presence in the Ascendant’s mana…”The young man’s eyes narrowed as he looked at Lenok.”This is definitely unexpected. To think you’d summon such a skilled person as backup.””……””If I had known this, I would have hurried more. It seems I’ve wasted more mana than I expected.”Lick.The long tongue that flowed out of his mouth lightly swept under his chin.The young man looked at Lapis’s face as she frowned at the bizarre sight, as if he was enjoying it.”They say that the eyes of Cheon-gyeon are more beautiful and valuable than any jewel. The boss will be very happy if I bring them to him.””Is your boss a collector of human bodies or something?”The young man obediently shook his head at Lenok’s indifferent words.”He’s a gem sorcerer. The eyes of outstanding humans are close to beautiful jewels in themselves… The boss will definitely like them.”The young man’s two eyes rotated outward, drawing a blurry spiral.The pupils vibrated rapidly, overlapping to the point where it was impossible to track his gaze, and then they displayed an unknown pattern in his eyes.Lenok immediately realized that it was a type of magic eye and chuckled.”Is it because you’re a magic eye holder yourself that you’re saying that? I thought it was nonsense, but it was a truth coming from experience.””……””Before coveting other people’s eyes, how about giving your eyes to your boss first?””Keep talking.”The young man brought his hand to his ear and slowly lowered his posture.”Soon, you won’t even remember what you said.””That’s a lot of confidence. Then I’ll show you something interesting too.”Lenok said that and brought his finger to his left eye.”It just so happens that I can do something amazing with this eye now.”The eye he opened again was dyed with a clear violet light.