Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 394

“President…?”

[It seems Ayun has prepared much better than I thought. It has to be this level for us to reveal our cards, little by little.]

The veil fluttered, and her eyes gleamed faintly.

As if she wouldn’t miss a single thing that was about to happen.

[Whether it’s Kyunroe or Ayun… there’s something I want to confirm with both of them. If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t have bothered interfering in the affairs of the underlings.]

Leaving Virgil, who nodded in understanding, behind, Oliviera murmured leisurely.

[The outcome seems to be decided already, but I can’t give up the pleasure of savoring the process.]

Oliviera’s magic eyes, gazing out the window, reflected the figure of the mage already moving without hesitation.

* * *

‘It’s been a few years since the autonomous territory incident.’

Thud!!

While blocking the huge axe blade that was slammed down right in front of him with a shield, he was lost in thought.

A sorcerer who used drugs to boost their own mental state was not new to Ayun.

The fire-type mage who sided with the drug lord in the Pilenom Autonomous Territory.

That mage, who betrayed the Blaver Magic Tower and received drugs, also resorted to drugs to enhance his personal achievements.

It’s not uncommon for mages facing an insurmountable wall to go mad and borrow external power to resolve that madness and move forward.

However, the drugs combined with various sorceries in this world are so powerful and dangerous that even high-ranking sorcerers find it difficult to escape, so not many people easily resort to them.

Lenok had also used drugs as a means to alleviate penalties, but he had always strictly distinguished and controlled the types of drugs that interfered with the mind.

If Lenok, who was born with mental immunity due to his perfect magical talent, was like that, there was no need to mention how dangerous it was for other sorcerers.

Drrrrrrr!!!

In the middle of the street, a mechanical device that had been invisible until just now activated.

One side of the sidewalk opened, and a huge saw blade rushed towards Lenok’s feet, while heavy hammers aimed at his back were fired in succession.

The moment he blocked it with his shield, the talismans stuck all over the hammer’s surface glowed, changing the hammer’s shape.

The metal object, transformed into a sharp drill, pierced through Lenok’s barrier and rotated to take the sorcerer’s life.

Kagagagak…!!

Flames crept in from his side, and a chilling coldness was poured over his neck.

A fire hydrant in the middle of the street, far away, wriggled and transformed into a huge magic cannon, and the poisonous fog swirling around his nose tested his patience.

The entire street seemed to rise up and rush towards only one person.

The living gate and the death gate, which are fundamental to Qimen Dunjia [a Chinese metaphysical art used for divination and strategy].

The more it moved, ignoring all the rules, the more the mechanical devices in the area that met the appropriate conditions popped out and exerted even more powerful force.

Ujijijijik!!!

[You stupid fool… are you not even thinking?]

Ayun, who was watching the scene from somewhere, also muttered in a disgusted voice.

Lenok was breaking through, smashing and receiving Ayun’s Five Thunder Golden Lock Array [a powerful magical formation] head-on.

[Perfection doesn’t exist. No matter how powerful a mage you are, you can’t hide your weaknesses forever…!!]

“Weaknesses?”

Lenok laughed.

“Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve hidden them recently, isn’t it you who hasn’t caught on yet?”

[You… how dare you, an executive…!!!]

“I don’t know why you’re saying that.”

Tududududuk!!!

Black ropes bound Lenok from all sides. The talismans tied like knots in between glowed, increasing their strength and toughness, and they tried to bind their target, but they were easily severed.

“It’s a demonstration ceremony combined with the inauguration of the new president. I’m doing my best, so shouldn’t you be happy about it?”

Lenok said, looking back at the sky where nothing could be seen.

“It’s an opportunity for you to show all your cards, down to the last one.”

[You lowly being, how dare you mock me!!]

Ayun couldn’t possibly not know that the power of a sorcerer comes from thorough information superiority and monopoly.

Ayun, realizing that Lenok was mocking him, unleashed a fierce roar and began to drive the domain even harder.

A rain of falling blades, a barrage of gunpowder and bullets swept through the area, and in between, pre-prepared sorcery relentlessly attacked, torturing him without a moment to breathe.

A wave of attacks to find any part that Lenok couldn’t handle.

Thududududu!!!

Sharp spear blades fell like rain from the sky.

The green liquid contained within them exploded, turning the surroundings into a poisonous fog, and the sparks that burst from somewhere turned into a wave of flames.

In the heat that would turn a living human into ashes in an instant, Lenok only moved forward, alternating between shields and carapace shields.

However, contrary to Lenok’s leisurely response, his face was coldly calm.

He was clearly aware that this situation itself, where he was talking with Ayun, was strange, contrary to the elaborate and complex power of the Five Thunder Golden Lock Array.

‘As soon as the domain was deployed, my mind recovered enough to have a normal conversation. Considering the strength of the drug used, it’s too unnatural.’

There was no need to mention how thorough Ayun’s preparations were to create the Five Thunder Golden Lock Array.

He spent a day setting up all sorts of devices and talismans throughout the street to create an environment where the domain could be deployed, and he pushed his mind and body to the limit using high-intensity drugs.

The power and sophistication of the self-generated domain used with such a driven and heightened mind and mental image was something that even Lenok could not ignore.

And if he had forcibly squeezed his mind and body to that extent to activate the domain, he shouldn’t even be able to speak properly by now.

Yet, Ayun was calmly exchanging thoughts with Lenok, and even using the domain as his weapon in a thoroughly planned manner.

There was another reason why Lenok, who had been about to crush the drug-addled body as soon as his opponent deployed the domain, changed his mind.

Lenok pondered as he walked through the surging sea of fire as if nothing was wrong.

‘Mental immunity? No… If he had such power, he would have to be a monster like the Underworld King. It’s more likely that he borrowed power from such an existence…’

“Borrowed…”

Lenok stopped in his tracks when his thoughts reached that point.

Immediately after, the green flames that had caught up with his steps engulfed Lenok’s body, sweeping through the area.

Lenok murmured, unperturbed by the sticky heat that seemed to burn his entire body.

“I see. Could it be that the president noticed this and did it on purpose?”

[You’ve been muttering like a madman since earlier… I’m starting to get annoyed.]

Ayun’s voice, which had become sharp, echoed loudly.

[As you said, dragging this out any longer would just be a childish display of power.]

Ududududuk!!!

At that moment, something was thrown down in front of Lenok.

Something that could not be properly identified began to swell rapidly, transforming into the form of a huge monster.

[Krrrraaah!!!]

A humanoid beast with the head of a beast that looked like a combination of a dog and a cow.

Such monsters multiplied and swelled to at least dozens or hundreds, glaring at Lenok from all over the street.

The dirty magic emanating from their bodies spread like wildfire to the blades they held in their hands.

[From now on, I’ll just crush you with force. So you can see who’s really on top…!!]

“Understood.”

Swish!!

A sound like a faint breeze passing by.

With a small noise that could only be noticed by hearing it directly, the bodies of the monsters that were rushing towards Lenok were cut to pieces.

Only the faint traces of magic power shining faintly in various places on the street made it possible to guess what had happened.

Lenok, who had dealt with the monsters with a single manipulation magic, turned around and began to walk back the way he had come without hesitation.

At that moment, Ayun’s voice, which had never lost its confidence, began to waver slightly.

[W-wait a minute… what are you trying to do?]

“You said that Qimen Dunjia operates based on the rules of the living gate and the death gate.”

Lenok said, moving his feet with a blank expression.

“If it’s difficult to properly grasp the structure from inside the domain, what about the other side?”

Weeeeing!!

The ring on Lenok’s left index finger emitted a faint noise and slowly began to glow.

At the same time, the gem in the center of the ring flickered faintly like an eye, illuminating the surroundings.

Although it didn’t seem like anything had changed on the surface, the scenery seen through Lenok’s eyes, wearing the ring, was gradually changing.

It was the eyes of an ancient species that watched this world in a completely different way from the non-existent other side.

Lenok was analyzing the structure of the Five Thunder Golden Lock Array from the imaginary dimension through the [Feigenbaum’s Eye] he had acquired in the Maze of Jintun.

It was not something that actually existed, but an imaginary space that was conceptually necessary due to the structure of the sorcery.

Jintun had originally used this only to analyze the other side of barrier magic and to refine his own sorcery, but Lenok knew that the power of this ring was not just that.

Visualizing a non-existent space also applied to the other side of the domain and mental image.

If it was Lenok, who had reorganized his mental image into infinite branching points and possibilities, it was also possible to recognize and analyze the other side and structure of another person’s domain by using the power of this ring as a filter.

The reason why he had deliberately taken Ayun’s attacks and moved forward was also to confirm how the other side of the domain worked and unfolded.

It was like looking at a huge machine that had already been built from the deepest part, in reverse.

He observed and pulled up all the efforts and meanings that Ayun had prepared to face Lenok in this demonstration, from the deepest part of the domain, in reverse.

“The sorcery of Qimen Dunjia. Judging from the fact that the domain is maintaining a form close to spatial erosion, it must be an ancient sorcery.”

Lenok said with a blank expression.

The form of an old domain that he had confirmed through the ancient black mage Ermong.

The fact that it existed in a form similar to reality erosion, instead of unfolding as if covering the entire space, was proof that the fundamental principle of this domain had been passed down from the distant past.

“The fact that it has been preserved without losing its original form is proof of how powerful a sorcery it is… but conversely, because it is in the form of erosion, it is rather vulnerable to interference from the imaginary dimension.”

The position of the sorcerer was naturally derived at the end of the domain that had been analyzed by Lenok.

Lenok’s feet, which had moved without hesitation, stopped near the four-lane road where the demonstration had first started.

It was the very place where Ayun had completely hidden his figure.

“Originally, I was going to break through the living gate and the death gate in reverse to destroy the domain itself… but I’ve changed my mind.”

If he ignored the basic principles of Qimen Dunjia and smashed it, he thought he could somehow figure out the sorcerer’s position, but if he could see the blueprint from the inside, it wouldn’t mean much.

Click!!

The heavy shotgun appeared as soon as he brushed his left sleeve.

At the same time as he poured magic power into it instead of a magazine and finished loading, a tremendous amount of pressure began to flow out of the muzzle.

Weeeeing!!!

The magic power, which gathered inside the shotgun and split into three, divided and merged, violently rubbed against each other, and emitted explosive heat.

A magic power repulsion that simply imitated the microcosm of Maiya Renslit, the best executor of the mechanical city.

[Wait… it’s not there!!!]

“You should look at someone’s face when you talk to them.”

Ayun hurriedly unleashed his full power at the unusual tremor, but Lenok ignored it and raised the shotgun with both hands.

“From now on, I will dismantle your sorcery from the root and show it to everyone.”