Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 417

There’s a saying that one-third of the continent belongs to the center.

It’s an arrogant claim that one-third of this world’s capital, culture, people, industry, influence, and history all originate from the central city.

But if that statement were false, they wouldn’t still be engaged in fierce battles over the fallen central city from decades ago.

Rather, it was because of this that Lenox could be certain that what Madrich had just said was not a lie.

Although he had never seen or heard of it directly, the central city of Ars Nova was so grand that he could estimate its vastness and scale.

If the destruction of that place was a tragedy caused by the Black Consumer Project, then it was understandable why the details of the project were so thoroughly concealed.

How important the secrets hidden in the central city were, and how many people were fighting to seize that legacy.

How many people believed that the answer existed beyond the veil at the end of the conclusion.

“I heard that no one has reached that place yet due to the veil cast over the central front.”

While lost in thought, he replaced the cigarette that had burned out.

“The cause of Ars Nova’s destruction has never been specifically revealed. I see…”

A single truth that had come from Madrich Onion’s mouth.

However, based on that one premise, Lenox’s mind was drawing countless possibilities, and he began to piece together the events that had been happening in this city like a puzzle.

Why Madrich only started moving after the edicts were lifted, and why that trigger was after the disbandment of the defense forces.

The reason why they desired new power. The reason why the new project was only now starting.

“The new project you kept mentioning is-”

[Stop!!!]

A thunderous roar erupted from the mouth of the giant, who was half-corpse and tattered.

[That’s enough.]

The giant’s shoulders trembled faintly, and the hundreds of long glass tubes bound to its limbs shook.

The giant, covering its eyes with a trembling hand, let out a soft sigh.

[No… this isn’t it… why on earth…]

A great tremor. A crack so huge that Madrich himself couldn’t understand it for breaking the ban.

Madrich had been so shaken and agitated by Lenox’s provocation about the conclusion that he himself was surprised.

Was it because Madrich himself recognized and respected Lenox as an equal?

Or was it that even the eyes of a long-lived military sorcerer couldn’t hide his anticipation at the sight of a blade sharper than anyone else?

[…No. It’s not wrong.]

The answer came immediately from the giant’s mouth.

[We are not wrong. I am different from them…!!]

The giant, slowly raising its tattered arms, began to form hand seals.

At the same time, a massive surge of power rose, enveloping the entire chamber of this vast ossuary [a place for storing bones].

[Magnetic Domain Deployment.]

Immediately after Madrich quietly muttered, a sensation as if his stomach had suddenly dropped and his ears began to ring.

Whoosh…!!

A bizarre sensation, as if he were rapidly ascending in altitude.

Lenox, who had deliberately turned off his shield’s filter to perceive the surrounding environment, staggered slightly.

Swaaaa!!!

The scenery of the ossuary, which had been completely blocked by solid bedrock, began to flip and change completely.

Water filled the cracks in the bedrock, and at the same time, the colors of the surroundings were covered in a dark blue light.

He passed through fish and various aquatic creatures that were breathing and bubbling from all directions, and instantly rose above the surface of the water.

Dududududu!!!

A stormy, cloudy sky. Ceaseless rain and raging winds.

But even more shocking than that was the sight of the vast ocean itself, endlessly surging around this massive ossuary.

Magnetic Domain Deployment

Spirit Realm Hierarchy Image Manifestation

[Invasion Zone: Mangryang Shackled Ship]

Kugwagwagwagwa!!!!!

The endlessly narrow corridor was a pilgrimage path passing through the lower deck of the ship.

The huge chamber where the giant’s body was sitting was nothing more than a space arbitrarily prepared on that deck.

A massive ghost ship, using the giant’s body, which was over tens of meters tall, as an anchor, endlessly wandering in the middle of the rough sea.

That was the ossuary itself that the military sorcerer Madrich Onion was using to serve the spirits and flesh of the dead.

Dududududu!!!

The pouring rain intensified.

Rain poured onto the water that had collected on the old deck, creating countless ripples, and from the center of those ripples, something began to emerge through the deck floor.

Kwajijijik!!

Whitish flesh rose from various parts of the deck. They were all of different ages and attire, except that they were all stuck to the rain.

Hundreds of military spirits, barely maintaining human form, grabbed their necks and screamed as the giant flicked his fingers.

[Aaaaaaaaah!!!]

Thick, long chains hung from their necks, rotating throughout this massive ghost ship.

Chwarararararak!!!

As the military spirits began to rampage throughout the ship, the hundreds of chains hanging from them swayed like waves.

[At the boundary between this world and the next, my domain sails towards the end of the world.]

The giant, who had stopped with his hands clasped together at the end of the surging army of massive chains, looked down at Lenox and said.

[The rest of the dead is an inviolable space that no one can disturb. From now on, I will show you that my answer is not wrong.]

Lenox ignored the military spirits standing in front of him and turned his gaze to the giant acting as a mast, opening his mouth.

“I think I roughly understand how you understand the concept of a domain.”

It was a magnetic domain that projected an infinitely dense image, but it was different from a typical domain.

Unlike a magnetic domain that fundamentally changes the environment itself and temporarily fixes it, it was a space that constantly maintained and satisfied the conditions of a specific environment.

Didn’t Olivia Ron Maze also control her laboratory in a similar way?

“Is it a method of altering reality by giving variations to the image projected from a perspective that transcends hierarchy? I’ve seen a similar sight before.”

[……]

“A massive ghost warship wandering the vast ocean… Is this how you’re moving towards the answer you’re thinking of?”

Lenox smiled.

“Good. I’ve also come prepared to hear the answer I want.”

As he simultaneously touched the inside of his wrists with both index fingers, something long popped out from his chest and was grasped in both hands.

Clank!!

A gatling gun, modified by binding dozens of long barrels in a circle.

He raised the thick barrel, which looked like a single cylinder from afar, and poured magic into it. The barrel began to spin wildly, emitting a bright blue magical light.

Wiiiiiiing!!!

The heat that was released as it quickly warmed up and rotated caused the pouring rain to evaporate, turning into countless steam.

Lenox nodded, inhaling the cigarette smoke and steam rising from the end of the deck at the same time.

“A special order from the machine city of Machina, a category system upgrade. The Predator Overbound Gatling Gun. It’s a friend that’s barely 48 hours old.”

What Lenox had ordered from Palmer was not just a modification of the firearms he had.

Even the production of new equipment to deal with military sorcerers was completed just in time, even if it took a little more time.

Against sorcerers who handle countless military spirits, this kind of machine gun would be perfect for dealing with them efficiently.

Dududududu!!

The magazine rotated in sync with the rotating barrel, and it began to spit out flames.

Lenox, who had tied magic threads to both hands and was struggling to lift the machine gun, grinned.

“Let’s begin.”

* * *

[Uoooooooh!!!]

Numerous military spirits, in pain from the chains around their necks, jumped down from various parts of the deck and flailed their limbs towards Lenox.

Their grayish skin, half-corpse-like, and their bluish-tinged complexion made them look more like zombies than humans.

However, on this slippery deck where rain was constantly pouring down, their movements were incredibly agile.

Lenox also immediately pulled up his magic power and twisted his shoulder.

Chwarararak!!

The magic threads that shot out from his fingertips were attached to the mast above the ship’s head. Lenox’s body shot straight up from the deck into the sky.

At the same time, he pointed the barrel of the gatling gun he had just taken out downwards and fixed the trigger.

The barrel, which had already been heated up, spun wildly and began to scatter countless bullets across the deck below.

Dududududududududu!!!

The ear-splitting sound of continuous fire echoed through the crashing waves and rain.

The military spirits were helplessly battered and screamed as Lenox, who was gliding along the side of the ship while hanging magic threads on the ship’s mast, fired his machine gun.

[Aaaaaaaack!!!]

The bullets that rained down on the deck did not simply pierce through the military spirits.

The moment they recognized that they had pierced through flesh, the bullets exploded on the spot, shattering the military spirits’ bodies and scattering their flesh across the deck and the sea.

Kwagwagwagwang!!

[Uwooooooooh!!]

The military spirits also did not just helplessly get hit by Lenox’s bullets.

They quickly stacked their bodies on top of each other, forming a long tower, and flailed their arms, spitting out fluids to catch Lenox.

Even though Lenox was firing his gatling gun from above their heads, it was only about the height of the mast.

There were even military spirits who stacked their bodies on top of each other to increase their height, or even climbed the mast and aimed at Lenox from above.

They were not just simple zombies, but spirits and flesh that moved according to the principles of military sorcery.

Although they were crying out in pain from the chains around their necks, they were clearly beings with intelligence and the ability to use magic.

Kagagagak!!

The sharp essence of magic mixed in with the raging wind slashed through the surroundings and severed the magic threads that Lenox was hanging from.

His rain-soaked coat fluttered as he fell towards the deck below, and the moment the military spirits, drooling, tried to rush towards Lenox.

Paah!!

Lenox’s figure leaped several meters from that spot with a bright blue flash and appeared above their heads.

He quickly connected magic threads to another mast and strode across the center of the deck.

In the meantime, Lenox was holding something else in his hand, not a machine gun.

Clank!!

A navy blue muzzle with a rectangular shape, magic circuits constantly flowing between its surfaces, and a magic ring shining from the engine power unit rotated and emitted light.

[Battery charge 120% complete. Energy overload. Preparing to calculate the bullet trajectory.]

The voice of a spirit echoed from within the magic engineering convergence cannon that he was holding, reinforcing his grip and support with magic threads.

At the same time, the light that burst out from the muzzle illuminated an area nearly half the size of the ship’s deck.

The military spirits, realizing that it was not just a simple light, but the firing range covered by the bazooka held by the magician, let out shrill screams.

Flash!!

The moment the flash flickered, a bright blue flame began to surge across the deck.

[Kiyaaaaak!!]

[Hot…!! Flesh…!!]

The military spirits, unable to even speak properly, writhed in pain.

Even on the ship where rain was pouring down, the heat of the convergence cannon did not easily disappear, and it continued to burn and torment the bodies of the military spirits.

Lenox looked down at the military spirits and cut the magic threads, landing lightly on the deck.

[Aaaaaaack!!]

One of the military spirits, engulfed in flames, flailed its limbs and tried to crawl towards him, not recognizing Lenox.

Bang!!

Lenox, who had pulled out his revolver, blew off the military spirit’s head and stood up.

Lenox’s complexion was not good either, even after he had quickly cleared out hundreds of military spirits.

“Ugh… my stomach…”

The moment he heard that Madrich was living in the sea, he had taken a lot of motion sickness medicine, but he couldn’t withstand such intense movements for long.

Lenox wiped his mouth and stood up, grabbing a military spirit that had fallen nearby with magic threads and pulling it up by the collar.

He walked forward and stood where he could see the giant forming hand seals, and asked.

“These guys’ faces. They’re in my database. They’re known to be criminals who escaped from existing detention facilities, but they were in a place like this.”

[……]

The giant did not answer.

Lenox smiled as he faced the giant, who was staring down at him with his mouth shut.

“There was a rumor that among the special detention facilities directly managed by the Vulcan City government, there was a moving prison that was not tied to one place.”

And those who realized that it was not just a rumor, but an actual concept, would never be able to come out again.

Just like this massive ghost ship where Lenox was standing.

“Alahorn. The city government’s direct detention facility, which is said to only imprison vicious criminals, was right here?”

As the head of the judiciary, he judged criminals and sent prisoners who were suitable for use as military spirits to his domain to be subjugated.

In the process, he designated the domain space itself as a detention facility, constantly transporting criminals, and on the other hand, he was receiving and preserving the spirits of powerful people who feared death.

An ossuary that comforted spirits, and at the same time, a prison that confined and used spirits.

The ghost ship on the vast ocean that perfectly satisfied both purposes was the very existence of the domain where Lenox was standing.

From the moment Lenox found this ossuary, there was virtually no choice.

Either accept Madrich’s offer and become a dog of the city government, or become a military spirit bound to this dangerous ship.

There was no way to walk out of here unscathed.

The giant, who had been listening to Lenox’s words, smiled weakly.

[It might have been a mistake to give a magician like you a glimpse of the truth.]

“……”

When Lenox did not answer, the giant spoke again.

[But if we can finish all the origins in this place, it won’t matter. Cutting off regrets and moving forward. It was an error that had been repeated endlessly for decades.]

“Impressive.”

Lenox said.

“Even with that much power and death in your grasp, you’re still dreaming of ascending? Even knowing that all of it might be futile?”

[Yes.]

Madrich Onion replied.

[Because I desperately yearn for it, I was able to come this far. Because I crave it more than anything, I can move further forward.]

“I see.”

[Do you think it’s a meaningless struggle?]

Instead of answering, Lenox chuckled. He raised both hands and slowly began to form hand seals.

At that moment, a massive wave rose from the end of the endlessly swaying sea and violently struck the side of the ghost ship.

Swaaaa!!!

[…….!!]

It was natural for the waves to intensify in a storm.

However, what changed Madrich’s expression was not because the power of the wave that struck the ship was strong.

It was because a part of the wave that had crashed in that way poured onto the deck, and began to draw an unknown, whitish shape.

Kugugugugu…….!!

A vast amount of seawater drawn from the depths of the sea condensed into one place and transformed into the shape of a giant.

The water giant, with its lower body submerged and only its upper body pulled up onto the ship’s deck, faced Madrich, who was acting as the ship’s mast, and roared fiercely.

Water Current System Unique Magic

Summoning System Dual Casting

Environmental Adaptation Catalyst Setting Complete

[Sura Shinjeo (Water-Clad Body): Arise]

[Uooooooooh!!!!]

Paahhh!!

A massive wave that burst out from the giant swept across the deck and blew away the military spirits.

[Aaaaaaaack!!]

The military spirits, screaming miserably, were swept away by the waves and fell out of the ship.

However, the thick chains around their necks did not even allow them to fall out of the ship.

Hundreds of resentments, chained and hanging from the side of the bow outside the deck, screamed.

And even the ghost ship that was cutting through the sea with those resentments displayed like decorations.

“It’s a spectacle.”

Lenox nodded, looking down at the miserable sight.

“Do you believe that the future of this world will also end up like that?”

The figure of the magician who had climbed onto the head of the water giant.

His coat, as well as his hair, were soaked, and the rain was streaming down his cheeks, but the bright blue light emanating from his eyes did not fade at all.

“Using humans as raw materials to navigate the invisible dark sea, searching for a new world where the end does not exist… I think I know what kind of future a military sorcerer like you dreams of.”

[……]

“But finding a path to the next by relying on the power of the city is not the answer I want. That would just be following a path that has already failed once.”

Why was he so actively trying to uncover the secrets of the Black Consumer Project?

It was not just to avoid repeating the secrets they had left behind in failure.

It was because he was certain that those who had survived the project were also yearning to find a way to the next, just like Madrich.

Even at this moment, someone was wandering, searching for a way to preserve the world by overcoming destruction.

The answer Lenox wanted was surely visible at the very front of the path that had progressed through countless times.

He could not stop, even to know where those who had experienced that bitter failure had gone beyond their pain.

There was still so much he could do.

Dudududududu!!!

He covered his whole body with seawater drawn from the end of the sea, and shook his voice with the rain falling from the sky.

[It’s a pity.]

Madrich, who had been looking at the giant water giant that had risen at the edge of the wide deck, stood up.

[If it were in the natural order, finding the path to the next should have been a new talent like you, not an old thing like us.]

While maintaining the hand seals he had been forming with one hand, he used the other hand to pick up one of the glass tubes attached to his body and inserted it into his body.

Pshhhik!!

With a strange sound like air escaping, he injected an unknown liquid into his body.

Madrich, who had closed his eyes and savored it, slowly walked forward and stood facing the water giant.

[But now there is no time. At this point in time, when we cannot guess where the end of this world will arrive, understand that we cannot take risks.]

“Risks.”

Lenox laughed, unable to hold back.

Because every moment had been a risk for Lenox since he had opened his eyes in this world.

Two giants faced each other on the ship crossing the stormy sea.

The two giants’ tightly clenched arms crossed, and a massive shockwave burst out through the rain.

Kwaaaang!!!