Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 503

Midterm Settlement (5)

Following the Doctor’s instructions, the other members naturally stepped onto the statue’s hands.

Just as Lenok was about to step onto the eighth hand in front of him, a voice from behind stopped him.

“How do you verify the authenticity of information, not artifacts?” Chebien, the lanky puppet, asked, his jaw creaking.

“Isn’t it possible to fabricate achievements by guessing correctly…” Even if one inputs information from the old world and actually achieves results, what about cases where it’s just a lucky guess?

Can information that cannot explain the context be recognized as a proper achievement?

“For that part, I borrowed Sabrina’s incantation. I received her help from the very beginning when creating the statue,” the Doctor said, pointing to Sabrina with his ball of fluff body.

“With the help of her incantation, we cross-verify whether the caster has a basis for being convinced at the point of inputting the information.”

“Cross-verification?”

“Well, it’s not a big deal.”

Sabrina hopped down from the statue’s knee and onto the leftmost hand of the statue.

Kneeling on the giant palm and forming a hand seal, Sabrina drew up her magic power, and the ancient characters engraved on the statue began to glow.

Chiiik…!!

The appearance of a newly engraved array of characters, drawing concentric circles centered around Sabrina’s feet.

At the same time, the array of countless characters that crawled up the palm covered the entire first arm and began to shine brightly.

Brushing off her hands, she pointed to the array she had engraved and said, “It’s done by inputting the magic pattern like this. Then, my incantation inherent in the statue will activate and determine if the caster is lying.”

“……”

“Everyone knows that imprinting a magic pattern like this won’t last long, right? Don’t worry about leaving traces, let’s finish this quickly.”

As Sabrina finished speaking, one by one, they began to climb onto the statue’s palms.

Kugugung…!!

The statue’s fingers gently bent, embracing the users as if protecting them, and the eight arms rose to different heights.

Members like Soryu, Maiya, and Vernon also formed their own hand seals and drew up their magic power, skillfully imprinting their magic power on the palms of the statue they had climbed onto.

If there was anything unusual, it would be that the shape of the magic array they imprinted was changing the state of each arm of the statue in real-time.

Jjeok…!!

The arm of the statue that Soryu touched began to freeze entirely, covered in cold frost.

A strong smell of alcohol emanated from where Vernon had embedded his magic, and thick blood dripped from the arm that Hyulno had touched.

From the arm touched by the puppet that had turned into a giant marionette’s arm, to the arm touched by the muscular man that began to grow thick fur.

But among them, the most noticeable was the statue’s arm that Maiya had climbed onto.

Kiririk…!!

The densely packed magic array, filled without any gaps, exuded a clear presence on the statue’s palm.

The array that had deeply penetrated the statue’s palm seemed as if it would try to devour the power emanating from the statue itself.

At the same time, the shape of the arm itself transformed into a giant gear, and it began to reassemble in real-time.

It wasn’t just reflecting her magic power in the statue’s form, but it seemed as if she would change the very nature of the statue with the power of her own magic.

Even Lenok, who was watching from a distance, was slightly impressed by her undeniable power.

It wasn’t just a level that transcended the hierarchy.

It was proof that even after reaching level 8, she had constantly honed herself, reaching a very high level of mastery.

A wandering ghost obsessed with the failure of the Machine City Makina’s core project, the Ascension Gate [a project to create a portal to another dimension].

That’s how much Maiya Renslit’s level of self-improvement would far exceed the limits that ordinary people could imagine.

As Lenok thought that and was about to draw up his magic power for the last time, the muscular man sitting on the statue’s finger opened his mouth.

“Wait a minute, the numbers don’t match to proceed with the settlement like this.”

“Rogier, what do you mean?”

“That one standing in the back. Isn’t he trying to participate in this settlement?” The man called Rogier glanced at the shadow standing behind the theater stage.

There was a figure that hadn’t moved since Lenok entered the theater.

Although there was no sign or reaction, everyone was aware of the fact that it was alive and standing still in this space.

“Since there are two newcomers, one of them should step aside,” Rogier said, smiling at Lenok.

“Let’s settle it cleanly between the two of us.”

Rogier’s blatant proposal, not even trying to hide his intentions.

However, instead of responding to that, Lenok chuckled.

The Doctor, too, seemed to find Rogier’s proposal quite amusing, as he chuckled softly and said, “There’s no need for that. That one isn’t a member who gathered to participate in this settlement.”

“…Not?”

Rogier frowned, showing a slightly uncomfortable mood.

“Well, it’s not strange to think that way… but it would be faster to show you directly.” As the Doctor said that, Sabrina turned on the theater’s light switch.

Click!

One of the old lights hanging from the ceiling turned on, illuminating the spot where the figure was standing.

What appeared under the light was the expressionless figure of a lion giant. Lenok already knew who this giant was.

The White Lion of the Devil’s Den, Turan, who had rampaged in the Blaber Magic Tower’s Western Continent branch.

Even though the lion giant, whose breath he had personally cut off and handed over as a corpse to Agneta, was alive and well in this place, Lenok didn’t pay much attention to it.

Although it was breathing normally and standing on its two feet, maintaining its balance, its eyes were somewhat cloudy and unfocused.

From the moment he confirmed its existence in the theater, Lenok knew that Turan was in a state of irreparable damage.

“This is…” Rogier also realized that Turan was not in a normal state and frowned.

“It seems you don’t know much about him because your areas of activity don’t overlap, but he was once a member of the organization,” the Doctor said gently.

“Are you just using a dead corpse?”

“We created and transplanted a damaged head through genetic regeneration. Although the cerebrum was not completely regenerated and it became an idiot, it has become a very reliable friend for physical labor.”

“…Ha.”

Only then did Rogier realize that the white lion in front of him was the one who had transported this statue here, and he let out a sharp laugh.

“It seems you are quite confident in your physical labor as well. If an unavoidable situation arises, it would be good to give me a heads up in advance,” the Doctor added with a sly tone.

“It would be a waste for that good body to return to the soil without even getting its money’s worth.”

Rogier snorted.

“You’re talking nonsense. Don’t even dream about it.”

“Anyway, he’s not a participant in this settlement. So, there’s still a spot left for Victor to participate in the settlement,” the Doctor winked at Lenok.

“Shall we continue?”

“……”

Lenok silently formed a hand seal on the eighth palm of the statue, under the gaze of the others.

Woong…!!

At the same time as drawing up his magic power, he twisted and altered its nature and pattern completely.

It transformed entirely into a form and color suitable for a manipulator-type special trait mage.

The moment he poured the drawn-up magic power onto the statue’s palm.

Jijijik…!!!

With an unknown noise, the shape of the statue’s arm itself began to collapse.

“…!!”

Trapped in a pitch-black, heterogeneous ink-colored magic, the space itself seemed to be distorted and flipped, and the statue’s fingers and arms, which had been neatly placed, twitched as if in convulsions.

Deudeudeuk!!

The eighth arm of the statue, as if receiving an impossible manipulation command, convulsed in place.

The others also watched the scene with some interest.

“As expected of a special trait mage, the magic injection is bizarre.”

“Can that even be called imprinting an array…?”

The statue’s arm, which had been convulsing for a moment, soon calmed down, but even so, the ink-colored magic that occasionally flowed through the arm flickered as if it would destroy the arm at any moment.

“Eueueueum…” The ball of fluff, who had been making a groaning sound as if very displeased, then let out a deep sigh.

“There’s no problem with the statue’s function. It’s simply a side effect of the injection of special trait magic.”

“Then it doesn’t matter much, but…”

“It took longer than I thought. I’ll start first.”

Ttak!!

Rogier, who had taken out a horn that looked like it was carved from a goat’s horn, said, “An artifact from the 2nd world found in the central city of Kriven, the [Horn of Fortitude]. The usage condition is a physical ability user of level 5 or higher. The specific ability is the acquisition of mental resistance through powerful enhancement. The maximum application range is over 1000 people.”

An artifact that can grant mental resistance to more than 1000 people?

The moment Rogier placed the horn on the statue’s hand where he had injected his magic and stepped back, the statue’s hand moved and grabbed the horn.

Naturally, everyone’s gaze turned to the statue’s eyes.

The two faces, with five eyes on each face, began to open one by one from the left.

Kkirik, kkirik, kkirik, kkirik!!

The four eyes that were fully opened on the statue’s face silently gazed around.

The other members quietly murmured their impressions.

“Is it about stage 4 of causality adjustment? Not bad.”

“Artifacts and rules of the 2nd world tend to have relatively low variability. Considering that, it’s quite a valuable artifact.”

Sabrina and Soryu’s evaluations were not bad.

Rogier, who had stepped up first, said as if he was excited, “Of course, I searched all the way to Kriven’s sealed fortress to find this. If it was cheap, I would have killed all the guys guarding it.”

“……”

In the meantime, Sabrina, who was standing right next to him, took out a heavy sack from behind her incantation robe.

Kung!!

Sabrina, who had taken out a giant one-armed male statue from the heavy sack, said, “The [Statue of the Forearm] kept in the Ramashuria Cathedral in the southwest. A spell is cast to inflict bleeding on a 400m radius all at once.”

As she placed the statue on the statue’s hand, the fist clenched again, and the statue’s eyes opened one by one.

Three eyes. Among them, the last eye was not fully opened.

Sabrina muttered as if she was frustrated, “This is ridiculous. How hard did I have to work to get this, and it’s not even stage 3 of adjustment?”

“Statues generally have low versatility, so the adjustment variability is low. The foundation that supports the statue is more valuable.”

“It doesn’t matter if the adjustment value is low because of the incantation anyway.”

“If you’re done, it’s my turn…”

Following Sabrina, those who had been scattered around the stone slab began to take out their achievements one by one.

Unlike the previous two who talked about the old-world artifacts they had collected, there were also some who brought out information that only they knew.

Those who had finished one settlement got off the statue’s hand and began to exchange other information.

Contrary to the cold silence that had been flowing until just now, the atmosphere was quite active.

“I found a forward base of the Ability Awakening Corps in the Northern Lion’s Spire. If you want to hear the details, tell me separately.”

“One of the warlords of the Head has died. The corpse is being kept by the Order of Spells. The exact location is here…”

“A spell weapon of a military mage who disappeared in Yorta 20 years ago has appeared in an underground auction house. It will probably be posted in the catalog in two months.”

Even if it’s not an achievement of simply collecting old-world artifacts, is it valuable just to exchange the information needed for it?

Lenok silently waited for his turn, watching the situation unfold with interest.

Chebien and Vernon took out the old-world artifacts they had each obtained and placed them on the statue’s hand.

Maiya also put out a small box that looked like a mechanical device and stepped back.

As the statue’s hand clenched its fist, the eyes engraved on the two heads blinked incessantly.

Most of the artifacts or information submitted for the settlement were between stages 3 and 5. They stopped at the point of touching the five eyes on one side of the statue’s face.

Only the item that Maiya had put out reached stage 6 and only made the eyes on the second face twitch.

As much as the ability or function of the artifact itself, it meant that how much variability was observed from the existing database was also an important issue.

After the turns of the other six people were over, the only two people who had not yet put anything out were Soryu, who was sitting with a cold face, and Lenok.

“It’s my turn.” As the gazes of the others began to gather, Soryu flicked his finger first.

Kiririk!!

At the same time, a long bracelet that had been released from the inside of his wrist wriggled like a living snake and climbed onto his palm.

Soryu said in a cold voice, “An artifact from the 1st world kept in the Kavahim royal family’s warehouse, the [Binding Artifact No. 666].”

As soon as they heard that explanation, groans came out from all over the stone slab.

“Hmm…”

“Did he get a 1st world numbering?”

“Amazing… I remember Amber was looking for that item.”

“It’s the most valuable item here.”

With gazes filled with anticipation, the statue clenched its fist, and its eyes began to open rapidly.

It was the fastest speed among the artifacts or information submitted so far.

The statue’s eyes, which had quickly surpassed stage 5 of adjustment, fully opened for the sixth time and stopped at the state of just opening the seventh eye.

“Is it near stage 7 of causality adjustment?”

“It’s a 1st world numbering. It’s not strange that it has such a strong variability that it shakes the existing data.”

“The Doctor will be busy for a while…”

“One more thing.” While the others were whispering like that, Soryu opened his mouth right there.

“The preparations on Kaiush’s side are almost complete. We plan to start the operation as soon as Jebyuk leaves his position. If you are interested in participating, talk to me separately.”

“……”

The surroundings became quiet in an instant.

As expected, Soryu was not in Kaiush at that time to obtain the Tears of the Archangel [a powerful artifact].

As Hailea had said, he must have been working on something hidden in Kaiush.

Judging from the reactions of the others, it didn’t seem like an ordinary matter, but there was no way for Lenok to know unless he asked about it right now.

“It ended faster than I thought…”

“Is that friend the only one left?”

“Let’s see how great of an achievement he has brought.”

As Soryu finished speaking, the gazes naturally gathered on Lenok.

Not only Chebien, but also Vernon, Sabrina, Soryu, and Maiya were all watching him.

If a member who was not originally planned had come to this place, they must have thought that he had brought an item or information worth it.

Feeling the blatant curiosity and expectations mixed in their gazes, Lenok nodded inwardly.

‘Was it the right decision to participate at this time?’

If it was just a place to confirm achievements, Lenok was also planning to throw out a suitable artifact and move on, but the atmosphere was definitely different from that.

It was beyond the level of confirming each other’s achievements and exchanging information, but rather, it felt like they were evaluating the achievements themselves and receiving compensation.

Considering that the person who led this atmosphere was the Doctor, it would be a system where they would evaluate the adjustment stage and then receive a reward that matched it.

With that in mind, it was necessary to show the best achievement within the limits that would not be a disadvantage to Lenok now.

A result that was related to the laws of the old world, but also had no risk to Lenok right now.

There was no need to hesitate. Wasn’t it for this situation that he had dragged his tired body back to the Devil’s Den?

The best timing to sell Lenok’s information at the highest price.

On the statue’s hand, which was covered in a blurry noise, he whispered a message filled with magic power.

“The supply of goods and manpower within the Guido Order will be greatly difficult for the time being. If you want to do something against the Order, now is the right time.”

“What?”

“Amrita, the 10th Apostle of the Order, has died. Her apostle spell cannot be used for the time being.”

“…!!”

At Lenok’s unexpected words, the others quickly turned their gazes towards the statue.

The moment they heard Lenok’s words, the eighth hand, where nothing had been placed, clenched into a fist.

It meant that the information itself was judged to be information with a strong connection to the rules of the old world.

Kiiing!!

At the same time, the statue’s eyes began to fully open at a different speed than before.