Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 530

The long, black vehicle slid gracefully through the night sky, silhouetted against the darkness.

Screech!

Behind him, a series of magical explosions erupted as Lenox, lowering his posture, his eyes gleaming darkly.

‘Of all times, Evan Bailen’s kidnapping happens now. It can’t be a coincidence.’

What does it mean that Evan Bailen was kidnapped amidst the uproar of the entire megacity due to the development of anti-gravity technology?

Either the incident itself is a fabrication, or it’s proof that a shady force is involved.

Perhaps this whole thing is a trap, or someone’s scheme cannot be ruled out.

However, the reason Lenox readily accepted this designated request, even knowing this to some extent, was because the diamond-ranked client who requested Evan Bailen’s rescue was.

‘None other than Antares himself.’

It’s not a self-made drama planned and orchestrated by Antares.

In reality, someone referring to Evan Bailen is being taken into custody by an unknown force.

However, even knowing this, Antares contacted Lenox for help and was simultaneously moving in a completely different direction himself.

Who exactly is the target of the kidnapping, and what are their intentions?

Antares himself had assured Lenox that he was willing to help.

Lenox participated in this request to uncover the truth and the mastermind behind this incident with that help.

There was no need to think long.

Screech!

Lenox lifted the front wheel of his bike over the hood of an armored vehicle trying to ram him head-on.

As the heavy tire slammed down on the hood, the multiple propellants mounted on the underside of the bike activated simultaneously.

He blew up the armored vehicle beneath him and used the explosion as a recoil to jump upwards.

Boom!

“Jenny.”

[8th floor!!]

Lenox’s bike entered a high-rise building that lined the side of the road.

Smashing through the thick glass windows like toys, he broke through one brightly lit office after another.

Crash!

“Kyaaak!!”

“Thief!!”

“Damn it, do you know how high up this floor is…!!”

People screamed and rolled away from the bike in all directions of the chaotic office.

However, no one easily left their spot, busy hiding and concealing something.

The white powder and bags smeared on their fingertips.

As a company located in the outer district, it was obvious that they were not engaged in legitimate business.

[Ban, that’s not the way!!]

Jenny’s urgent voice echoed in his ear.

Lenox quietly replied.

“I know.”

The bike, scattering a heavy engine sound, smashed and broke through the building’s internal corridors and office walls.

In an instant, the bike exited the other side of the building and flew towards the adjacent building.

Crash!!!

He smashed through the steel barricades that were firmly installed inside the window with his weight and entered.

Beyond the bike’s throttle, dozens of superhumans in suits stood there.

Each of them wore thick masks and veils, emitting a considerable amount of magical power.

Those superhumans were carefully carrying a black coffin that looked like it could fit one person.

The superhumans, who were carefully carrying the black coffin, all turned towards the direction of the loud noise.

Lenox, turning his bike to one side, muttered.

“Found them.”

[…You found them?!]

Ignoring Jenny’s voice coming through the earpiece, Lenox got off his bike and took out his cane.

The sound of the cane tapping against the lobby floor echoed quietly.

“K-Kyungroe…!!”

“We scattered dummy data and chaff, how did he find us so quickly…!!”

Some of the superhumans, recognizing Lenox’s expressionless face and appearance, quickly stepped back.

“Calm down. Look at him closely!!”

Among the superhumans who were slightly confused, there were managers who quickly calmed the group.

They scanned Lenox’s appearance up and down with sharp eyes and quickly continued to speak.

“If Kyungroe was in his full condition, he wouldn’t have come looking for us, he would have killed us with a single gesture.”

“The fact that a mage has directly entered the battlefield means we have a chance. Remember that!!”

Lenox couldn’t help but chuckle at those words.

“I see roughly how you think of me.”

However, as if regaining their fighting spirit at the words of those managers,

Some of those with particularly strong magical power among the suits immediately grabbed their polearms and charged.

“You crazy bastard, where do you think you are!!”

“If you’re hurt, you should stay quietly in your room…!!”

Bang!

The revolver’s bullet accurately lodged between the eyebrows of those who charged while shouting.

Half of them collapsed, scattering blood, but the other half showed the divine skill of blocking the near-subsonic bullet right in front of their faces in that instant.

However, the rough current that erupted from the bullet immediately engulfed their bodies and burned their nervous systems completely.

Zzzzzap!!!

“Hwaaaak!!!”

The sight of the lobby hall instantly stained with red blood made the faces of the others turn pale.

“C-Crazy!!”

“A monster…!!”

“I don’t want to make things unnecessarily big. There’s no need to.”

Lenox gestured with his eyes towards the black coffin they were desperately hiding.

“Hand over Evan Bailen.”

“…We can’t do that.”

A middle-aged man, who seemed to be the leader among the superhumans in suits, smiled weakly.

“What we have in our hands now is a genius with a brilliance that surpasses any researcher active in recent times.”

“……”

“How much sacrifice did we have to endure to secure this person’s custody, and you want us to give it all up with a single threat?”

“Hmm…”

Lenox, who had received an unintended compliment, quietly fiddled with his cane.

But nothing had happened to Lenox himself, so what on earth had he done and with whom that they were so firmly resolved?

‘It doesn’t seem likely to be a performance or a decoy, but…’

“We can’t… We must hand over Evan Bailen’s custody today for the future of the world!!”

He took out an unknown vial from his pocket and drank it without hesitation with trembling hands.

The other superhumans who were watching him were horrified and supported the man who had collapsed in his place.

“You can’t, if you use that drug here…!!”

“Why go this far!!”

“No matter what, protect Evan Bailen!!”

The man, who had fallen but had his eyes wide open, shouted.

“He is undoubtedly the spark of hope that will give this world new wings…!!”

“Chief!!”

Lenox sighed with an absurd look at the man’s desperate declaration of resolve.

“I’m sorry, but aren’t you forgetting who the kidnappers are right now?”

The fact that the guys who nominally kidnapped Evan Bailen are acting like they’re trying to protect him was rather strange.

However, there was no answer to Lenox’s question.

“Ggrrr…!!”

The middle-aged man, who had his eyes rolled back and was foaming at the mouth, had his skin turn bright red, and at the same time, he transformed into a demon-like figure.

At the same time, the amount of magical power flowing from his body began to increase explosively.

Boom!

The figure of a giant whose physique had nearly doubled in size on the spot.

He didn’t know what kind of drug he had taken, but the form of the cellular tissue collapsing in real-time was proof that he had endured a huge price.

However, the man, who had risen again with a terrifying appearance, did not charge at Lenox.

Instead, he lightly slung the black coffin that his subordinates had been carrying over his shoulder and threw himself out of the building alone.

Clang!

While Lenox was looking at the scene with a dumbfounded expression, the others gritted their teeth and threw themselves at Lenox.

“The chief is right. It’s clear he’s having trouble using magic…!!”

“He’s just got a revolver, don’t stop!!”

“Close the distance!! If we get close, it’ll be difficult for him to increase his firepower…!!”

The superhumans did not hesitate despite seeing their comrades being killed miserably.

However, their resolute shouts disappeared as soon as they saw the thick heavy weapon that appeared in front of them.

Click!

A multi-barreled rotary machine gun that was modified by binding dozens of long barrels in a circle.

As he raised the thick gun barrel and infused it with magical power, the gun barrel began to rotate madly, emitting a bright blue magical light.

Whirrrrr!!!

“…Huh?”

“Wait a minute, that’s not a revolver…”

Machina’s special order category system upgrade from the mechanical city. Predator Overbound Gatling Gun.

As the gun barrels, which had finished preheating in an instant, rotated, a dazzling magical light burst out, and hundreds of magical bullets were fired all over the lobby.

Dudududududu!!!

Bullet holes, like a honeycomb, were engraved on the building walls at a crazy speed.

Trajectory correction and recoil adjustment. The manifestation of multiple firing assist magic that combines aimed fire and cluster fire.

Even the superhumans who were desperately trying to escape the firing range could not escape its speed and aiming power.

“Kuaaaak!!”

Numerous corpses fell to the ground and walls, with dozens of holes pierced through their bodies.

Leaving the lobby hall, which had become quiet in an instant, Lenox turned his gaze towards the direction the man had jumped.

‘Where is he?’

It’s not that Lenox couldn’t stop the man’s escape even after seeing it.

However, the reason he didn’t grab the man even after seeing him run away with the black coffin was because he didn’t intend to end it by just catching and killing them and getting the black coffin.

The fact that Ban himself participated in Evan Bailen’s rescue operation.

Perhaps the circumstances themselves were subtly intentional.

Lenox did not forget Antares’ warning that those who try to uncover Evan’s identity or secrets might increase.

Therefore, instead of securing the black coffin right away, he was deliberately observing their reactions to see where they were heading.

‘They haven’t left this area yet. It’s enough to just confirm the direction.’

Just as Lenox was thinking that and was about to quickly expand his sensory range.

Jenny’s urgent voice echoed in his ear.

[Ban, it’s above!!!]

Whoooom!!!

At that moment, a huge flying object soared into the night sky with the sound of an engine echoing from the rooftop of the adjacent building.

Rather than an airship, it looked like a small building, and it flew so naturally that it quickly began to move away from Lenox.

Jenny, who had quickly found the data of the aircraft, quickly relayed the information to Lenox.

[It’s an aerial refueling station used in the wind city of Windelts. How did an aircraft that’s not even on the market end up in this outer district…!!]

Davie also quickly displayed the specifications of the aircraft on the bike’s screen.

A floating mechanism designed not only to carry a considerable weight and people at once, but also to stay in the air for a long time.

As soon as Lenox saw it, he realized where the aircraft had been procured and chuckled.

“There was a reason why the aerospace exhibition was held.”

The aerospace exhibitions that had recently begun to be held in various parts of Vulcan.

They were collected and brought in under the pretext of exhibiting various aircraft from all over the continent, but the real purpose was different.

It was to test the anti-gravity technology that Evan Bailen had directly announced in the outer district.

It was proof that someone had already begun to develop the commercialization of anti-gravity technology.

[If they start escaping into the air, we’ll have to track them from the ground…!! In fact, the only answer is interception…!!]

“No, wait a minute.”

Lenox replied.

“I’ve thought of a good way.”

Even if it was an aerial station used in a flying city, it was impossible to fly so freely in the outer district where the effects of magnetic storms were strong.

Proof that the anti-gravity technology announced by Evan Bailen, the implementation of an artificial updraft that is not affected by the environment, has already begun to be applied to other aircraft.

However, even knowing that, Lenox immediately activated the Gatling gun he was holding once more instead of shooting down the station.

Dududududu!!!

The barrage of magical bullets, filled with Lenox’s magical power, madly pounded the empty building wall, and then pierced through it.

He smashed the steel bars and concrete that supported the building’s internal structure and cut off only one side of the waist, pushing it out.

Screee…!!

The waist of the high-rise building slowly tilted to one side, drawing a diagonal line.

The moment the scenery of the night sky appeared through the cracks, Lenox immediately got on his bike and pulled the throttle.

Buaaaang!!!

He jumped out through the cracks in the building and fearlessly climbed onto the tilted building wall.

As the massive monster bike sped up while running on the building wall, Lenox’s figure was shot out like a streak of black lightning.

Crash!

The glass windows of the building shattered and fell under the tires.

But the speed of the bike was faster than the speed at which the glass windows shattered, and it ran down the tilting building wall.

Multiple layers of boarding assist magic were superimposed on the bike, which had perfectly adapted to Davie’s automatic driving algorithm.

The bike, which had overcome the resistance of the clinging air and increased its speed, climbed backwards up the slowly tilting building.

Whoosh!

Using the diagonally tilted building wall as a stepping stone, he soared into the air.

[No, wait a minute…!! This coordinate and altitude change value!! You’re crazy, just…!!]

While listening to Jenny’s terrified shouts in his ear.

The bike that had soared into the night sky raced through the sky, silhouetted against the bright full moon.

In the illusion that the surrounding scenery was passing by at a crazy speed, he activated the bike’s propellant and boosters in succession.

The black bike, which had barely managed to adjust its direction in mid-air, landed and slid on the edge of the aerial refueling station that was moving away.

Screeeech!!!

Someone supported and stopped the bike that had slid across the platform of the greatly shaking station.

[It’s a beautiful view, isn’t it?]

Chiiik…!!

The huge man who stopped the bike and spoke to Lenox.

He was wearing a suit, but his physique was an overwhelming height of nearly 3 meters.

Not only was he tall, but his body was also quite large in width.

He was wearing a thick gas mask over his neck, and he was constantly scattering breaths and steam out of the filter.

He heaved a sigh as he looked at the city view spread out below the station.

[This city is changing due to the innovation brought about by anti-gravity technology. This night view, which was not allowed in the outer district, is the most powerful evidence.]

“……”

The giant wearing a gas mask put the bike down, stepped back, and spoke leisurely.

[It is difficult and challenging to break free from one’s innate environment and shackles. Especially if it is not one’s own limit, but the limit set by the world. Do you know how great Evan Bailen’s talent and intellect are for achieving such a feat?]

“I don’t know.”

Lenox replied indifferently.

“But I can see that you guys are proud as if it’s your own achievement.”

[……]

Lenox’s eyes, staring at the gas mask, sank coldly.

“The city government was involved, wasn’t it? Tell me who’s behind it.”

The fact that some of the flying mechanisms that should have been on display at the aerospace exhibition were leaked in this way was impossible without the city government’s tacit approval.

Someone from the city government’s central council or an equivalent special agency had secretly intervened to secure Evan Bailen’s custody.

There must be a larger and more secretive mastermind behind this situation.

Having come this far, the true nature of this operation is beginning to become clear. Finding out the city government’s intentions is also one of them.

Behind the man, a black coffin was standing upside down, supporting an old pocket watch.

The ticking sound of the watch’s second hand, like an alarm, echoed quietly, and the man’s voice followed.

[It is a loss for all of humanity to let such intellect and talent rot in a mere university institution. So, we decided to take it.]

Tick.

The second hand, which had been moving incessantly, stopped, and the watch that had been placed on top of the coffin fell and shattered.

Immediately after, the door of the coffin swung open.

[Evan Bailen’s talent itself.]