Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 368

The One Who Awakens (3)

Even without deploying a domain, the continuous wide-area magic completely overturned the surrounding environment.

There was no time to be amazed or surprised by the overwhelming firepower that a mage who had completed their tier was assembling and deploying at full power.

Jaun, too, the moment he saw the horn pillars erupting from the front, scattered the remaining jewels as if shaking them off, and deployed his spell at full power.

[Singing Stone: Spell Resonance Multiple Deployment]

[Ten-Faced Jade: Catalyst Conversion]

[River Stone: Spatial Interlocking Exfoliation]

More than a dozen jewels scattered in all directions glowed simultaneously, and the light that burst out bounced randomly between the jewels, reflecting hundreds of times.

The space, shaved down to its limit by the brilliance of the jewel spell, peeled off like a shell and rotated in a spiral.

Kkkkkkkkk…!!

The cross-section of the peeled-off space rapidly restored, and the frictional heat generated caused the surrounding air to heat up and explode.

[Declaration: Great Advance Horn]

From the center of the cross-shaped light, a multicolored pillar of light mixed with primary colors slammed down towards Lenok.

Kwaaaaaaah!!!

A powerful firepower that covered a space spanning over a hundred meters and could evaporate everything in the area.

A 7th-level Saint-tier jewel spell technique created by processing the magic power contained in the jewels hundreds of times, then reflecting and amplifying it, and then adjusting the direction and power by peeling off the space in the process.

The tricolor light, rotating in the shape of a huge cone, burst out with the force to connect the white space’s sky and earth.

A fatal technique of three attributes created solely to erase a single mage from this place.

The endlessly rotating magic light of three attributes rotated with an overload to the limit, rendering all barriers and resistance meaningless.

Not only a 7th-level Saint-tier mage but even a monster beyond the tier could not escape it.

It was nearly impossible to withstand this barrage, which had even partially melted down the extreme realm of interfering with space as a result.

And, in the center of the endless barrage of light, Lenok raised his head.

Paahhh!!!

The essence of three magics rotating in the exact opposite direction to the tricolor rotation slamming down from the sky.

Lenok put a fraction of the experience and knowledge he had accumulated in his life into this one counterattack.

Creation-type Unique Magic: Alchemy Application

Triple Refinement

[Flame Sigh: False Star of Salvation]

A pale ice sphere rose into the sky from his clasped hands.

Inside, a purple chain, like a satellite, held down and suppressed the swirling hellfire, maintaining its form.

Charrrrrk!!!

It looked like a tiny model, as if creating a small planet.

However, the triple magic crystal created by refining three elements—ice, heat, and gravity—easily escaped the pillar of light slamming down from the sky and headed towards its light source.

The center of the huge cross-light created by the peeling space.

The moment Lenok’s magic, which had reached beyond, stopped rotating, the attractive force of the chain that had bound the flames inside the sphere reversed.

Kwaaaaaaang!!

The flames contained within the ice sphere shattered the surface and swelled, starting to devour Jaun’s magic in reverse.

The purple chain shattered, and the fire and ice contained within danced, shattering and distorting everything while pulling in the traces of destruction.

At the center of the shattered planet, a powerful attractive force rotated, pulling in and devouring everything nearby.

Kugugugugugu!!!

The sky, peeled off by the space, was restored, and the light horn that had been slamming down towards Lenok disappeared as if sucked in.

At the same time as the magic light, which had been flashing incessantly and painting different colors in the white space, faded, something slowly fell from the sky above.

Thud!!

“Damn it…!!”

Jaun stared at Lenok with an expression of disbelief.

Lenok slowly took a breath and moved his feet, seeing Jaun trembling and trying to create distance while not even able to stand up properly.

“You hid in the gap where the space was peeled off and reduced the firepower. Good judgment. There was nothing wrong with your judgment from the start.”

Lenok said, looking down at him with cold eyes.

“But it was too obvious.”

Jaun stammered as if he still hadn’t fully understood what had just happened.

“My spell was perfect… The moment it was activated, it was as good as over, but how the hell…!!”

It was not unreasonable for Jaun to be certain of victory the moment he activated [Declaration: Great Advance Horn].

A technique of spatial exfoliation that pushed the characteristics of jewel spells, which crossed various attributes, to the limit.

What did it mean to rotate three attributes while adding them to resonance, which was the simplest yet most difficult aspect of magic power’s property change?

The idea of adjusting the amplification and emission of power to an uncontrollable level, and then using the spatial exfoliation that occurred as a result to find the zero point.

It was nothing short of a miracle that allowed him to wield a weapon that far exceeded his own capabilities, even for a moment.

A technique of spatial exfoliation firepower projection completed with the knowledge of the voice. That was why he had felt that the battle was over the moment he fired the Great Advance Horn.

Yet, this mage, instead of being reduced to ashes in the middle of that firepower, had conversely activated his magic a beat later and crushed Jaun in a power struggle.

“No matter how many precious jewels you have, the number of jewels you can use is limited.”

Lenok smiled as he crouched down towards the fallen Jaun.

“Your magic power recovery rate itself won’t be much different from mine… At best, less than half of the total. Then you’d try to win before you ran out of cards.”

“…”

“Regardless of your and my intentions, this battle was bound to end in a short fight from the start. That’s why I was preparing too.”

Lenok was easily swayed by Jaun’s diverse abilities and attacks, but he did not waver from his essence as a jewel mage.

No matter how versatile and powerful the force he used, the basis of that power was the existence of rare and special minerals called jewels.

If the jewel filter could not fully unleash this power, wouldn’t he try to win before all the jewels ran out?

That was why Lenok had been patiently enduring Jaun’s attacks, waiting for the moment when he would pour out his full power.

The fleeting moment when he exerted his full power. To reverse the situation by devouring that attack.

The reason he used the triple refinement magic, which he had never used even once because he thought it was relatively inefficient, was also for that reason.

“If you know that you are forcibly resonating three attributes to amplify the power, you can also know the solution. If you rotate the three attributes in a completely different direction from your rotation and insert them, the strands of magic power will fit like a key, and it will turn into a battle of magic power rather than the principle of the spell…”

Because Lenok was confident that he would not lose to anyone in terms of magic power manipulation or sensitivity.

Jaun guessed the meaning of Lenok’s unspoken words and distorted his expression.

“That’s, that’s impossible… Such a human, how…”

Was it even possible to analyze the principle and rotation of attribute resonance and create a magic to reverse it the moment the spell was completed?

A realm of luck that only those with innate intuition, who had far surpassed the realm of calculation and experience, could miraculously reach.

This mage was freely crossing such a realm with his own will and power.

Jaun was frustrated by that absurd result, the fruit of talent that felt awkward, and at the same time, he remembered that he had felt this emotion before.

“…Huh?”

Before coming to the Western Continent and becoming the head of Elderbane. Before he met his current partner and gained new power.

The decisive moment that made him forget his past when he was leading the terrorist organization Falchion in the great city of Balkan.

The figure of a certain freelance mage he had encountered at the end of his plan to summon the Avatar of Annihilation by joining hands with the black mage Craig Tillian.

“Ban… Evan…?”

Somehow similar names. A relationship that seemed to be well acquainted with Ibelin.

Abnormal calmness and a sense of judgment that was strangely close to the correct answer.

And even the overwhelming talent and experience that he could not believe even while watching from the side as a fellow mage.

All those facts were pieced together in Jaun’s mind, and at the moment he was about to reach a single answer.

“No.”

Lenok, who grabbed his chin and lifted it up, brought his hand to his left eye.

Wiiiiing!!

“Don’t think.”

At the same time as the purple magic eye rotated violently, the crack engraved in his pupil faintly increased in size.

The moment Jaun couldn’t take his eyes off Lenok’s constantly rotating pupils.

Lenok, who had hammered the magic eye’s vision sharing into Jaun’s brain, immediately began to hammer meaningless information into his head.

“Oh… no, no…”

Even in the midst of that, Jaun noticed what Lenok was trying to do and shook his head, but Lenok forcibly grabbed his chin and between his eyebrows and made him look into his eyes.

“Look into my eyes. Recall your memories.”

“Baa, Evan… you, this…”

Magic eye’s vision sharing, powerful illusion implementation, excessive information injection.

A new ability of the magic eye that cleverly combined these three techniques to make the opponent vomit their memories out of their brain.

After awakening this ability to forcibly extract information contained in the opponent’s head, Lenok had been constantly trying to supplement and develop this power whenever he had the chance.

It was not to use the magic eye’s ability on everyone he met.

It was to extract that information from an existence like Jaun, who held different information from others.

Wasn’t that why he had spared him in the battle with the grave robber and tested the magic eye’s ability?

The reason he had gone head-to-head with Jaun and broken his spell, and the reason he had explained in detail how he had manipulated and defeated him, was also.

It was all to weaken his mental strength and expose him to the magic eye’s ability.

To break through the mental resistance of a 7th-level Saint-tier ability user, who had also lived as a wanted criminal for a long time, he had to trample him this thoroughly.

It was only at the level where the ability might work if he created an overwhelming difference that made him think that he could never resist Lenok, and then gave him the magic eye’s declaration.

But the effect of all that effort was certain.

Jaun’s gaze, which had never wavered until now, followed Lenok’s eyes, shaking back and forth, and soon began to lose focus and blur.

Lenok did not stop there, and through the hand that was holding his chin, he directly flowed magic power into his body, completely crushing Jaun’s chance to resist.

“I… can’t… move…”

“If you recall your memories as I say, you will be able to answer my questions. It won’t take long. Don’t worry.”

Lenok’s low voice was full of confidence.

Jaun was only focused on watching the rotation of the magic eye, as if he had forgotten who the owner of that voice was.

Lenok, who was focusing all his mind on turning his head upside down, felt his eyes start to throb again, but ignored it.

It might be an opportunity to get a sneak peek at the secrets of the labyrinth that he had only been speculating about.

There were too many things at stake to give up here just because his body was acting strange.

“What was the reason you learned the secret of the Hanghasa Labyrinth? The identity of the being that is helping you. Tell me everything you can think of about the rumors that your personality seems different.”

“…”

“The secret passage of the labyrinth. The existence of rare jewels and artifacts. Didn’t someone help you grow the organization called Elderbane in a short time?”

Lenok continued to ask Jaun without giving him a chance.

“The existence of your hidden collaborator. The source of the knowledge of the labyrinth. What is its identity?”

And finally, Jaun’s dazed mouth began to move according to Lenok’s will.

“…While…exploring…ancient ruins…I…found…a huge…jewel….”

Even if he resisted the magic eye’s ability, he couldn’t withstand it when Lenok directly poured magic power into his body and suppressed the power itself.

Jaun, forgetting that he was resisting Lenok, began to tell the story of how he had received the help of the voice.

A secret that he had never told anyone. But it was the result of controlling the risks by moving only in situations that Jaun could thoroughly handle.

The judgment to cleanly give up the fight in front of an opponent he could not handle.

That overlapped with the situation of reaching the end of the labyrinth and the existence of Evan, who had hidden his full power, and he had fallen off the tightrope.

“A black mage… and an ancient one with a knack for knowledge and information gathering. That’s why he knew so much about the labyrinth.”

Lenok’s eyes cooled as he heard about Jaun’s collaborator, the voice.

“If he was aware of the existence of the Creation Stone in advance, he would also know that Jintun is sleeping beyond it.”

“I…made a contract…in each other’s names…”

“What kind of contract?”

“It was about breaking the barrier of the Creation Stone and opening the way to Jintun.”

Suddenly, Jaun smiled at Lenok.

His eyes, which had been blank and unfocused, had clearly regained their focus.

He brought his hand to Lenok’s arm, which was holding his chin, and muttered.

“I never thought things would turn out like this.”

“…!!!”

Kwaaang!!

A small explosion. But the firepower contained within was considerable.

Lenok, who had been holding his face and pouring magic power into him, had no choice but to create distance.

Jaun, who had stood up amidst the passing mist, touched his face and said.

“Hoo! My senses are going haywire because of the magic power you put into my body. It will take a lot of time to adapt to this.”

“Who are you? No… It would be foolish to ask that question after hearing that.”

Lenok, who had been asking with narrowed eyes, chuckled and shook his head.

“A black mage… I wondered where you were attached to help him, but you were actually parasitizing his body?”

“Well, that’s not wrong.”

Jaun, or rather, the man who had been Jaun, pulled down his shirt sleeves and then opened his chest to show Lenok.

A large lump of jewels embedded in the place where his heart should have been.

The swirling black resentment within clearly showed who had taken over Jaun’s body.

Jaun had not only shared the knowledge of the voice through the contract but had also shared a part of his body with him.

“I was originally planning to hide until the last moment, but I didn’t think you would delve so deeply into my partner’s mind.”

The man spoke to Lenok while slowly touching his arms and fingers.

As if he wanted to buy time to adapt to his newly acquired body.

“My deep consciousness was broken to the point where it was about to completely collapse, so my mind was forcibly surfaced onto this body. My partner, he was a good friend with a lot of guts, even if he lacked talent, how much did you torment him to drive him to this point?”

“I thought it would be a waste to just let go of the secrets he had.”

Lenok’s eyes flashed as he pulled up his magic power again.

“If you know so much about Jintun’s labyrinth, I thought you must have obtained something more than just a simple stroke of luck.”

“That’s a great guess.”

“I thought there might be a hidden personality or a partner, but I never thought they would pop out this easily…”

After hearing the rumors about Jaun, Lenok had thought that the secret to Jaun’s rapid growth was the help of a dual personality or a similar spirit.

However, considering his personality and firm beliefs, he didn’t think he would easily make the decision to give his body to someone else.

The moment Lenok started to touch his mind a little, the black mage, who was his partner, popped out from within.

“Hmm, that’s why I told you to keep your distance. It doesn’t always go as planned. If you’re the one who killed the drug lord, I thought it wouldn’t be strange for you to have a secret technique to tamper with consciousness.”

“Drug lord…”

Lenok’s eyes cooled at those words.

“I’d like to hear how you, who are not even from the Demon Realm, know that.”

“…”

“That incident in the Philemon Autonomous Territory was kept secret among everyone except for some of the watchers. Only the result that the drug lord was in critical condition due to the sacrifice of a fire-type mage named Weizen was known to the outside.”

Fzzzzzzzt!!

A clear lightning flashed in Lenok’s hand.

The lightning magic that he was taking out for the first time since arriving in the Northern Continent. A signature technique that Lenok could use most confidently and skillfully.

A terrifying stream of lightning, as if showing his life that had been running faster than anyone else in a short time, flowed out from under his coat.

Lenok asked.

“The Azure Eye, or the Demon Realm?”

The man gave a light laugh at Lenok’s sharp words.

“I don’t know why you think I’m connected to one of the two. I still have no intention of joining hands with anyone.”

“…”

“How do I know that you fought and won against the drug lord? The answer is simple.”

With those words, the man raised both hands and slowly began to form hand seals.

“Because I am the one who created the ritualistic spell he used.”

“…What?”

“And you, not me, must be the first to meet Jintun.”

Paahhh!!

A familiar noise erupted from deep within Jaun’s body.

“Passing through this labyrinth is a process of acquiring the rightful cause to meet the Ascendant… My partner and you, not me, are the ones who have accomplished that.”

The man, who had unfolded the complex hand seals as if he had used them thousands of times, continued.

“Now that my friend’s consciousness is half-dead, you and that woman are the only ones who can meet Jintun.”

“…”

“You’re only interested in meeting Jintun, not this body, right? I’ll open the way. Lead the way.”

Before Lenok could answer, the man, who had completed a series of incantations, rolled the last spell on his lips.

“Self-Magnetic Domain Deployment.”

Kugugugugu!!!

Immediately after, the water that had risen to the feet of the two people splashed in all directions, and the ground began to shake violently.