Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 547

Kaise’s existence, left behind and separated from the timeline of decades past.

Lenox had spoken with him directly, confirming what kind of person Kaise was and the worries he held.

However, Kaise hadn’t simply abandoned Lenox without a second thought.

Perhaps his research had already succeeded.

Wasn’t it possible that this very space existed as a result of that successful research?

He continued to entertain that faint suspicion, and he succeeded in reaching an answer.

‘……I don’t know what kind of answer I can give you to that question,’ Lenox replied, after a moment of contemplation.

‘There’s no one left who can confirm the project’s conclusion. I came to find you to verify that.’

Even though he knew that Kaise had instantly seen through most of his plan, Lenox answered calmly.

He couldn’t afford to rashly antagonize Kaise here.

Without knowing how far the other team members had progressed within the restricted area, provoking Kaise, who held control over the research, was extremely dangerous.

‘Do you want a definitive answer about what happens in the future?’ Lenox asked in return.

‘If I were to tell you everything I know, would you even believe it?’

‘……’

‘Of course not. In the end, you can’t believe anything unless you see it and judge it for yourself. You don’t even want to believe it.’

Seeing Kaise’s silence, Lenox also smiled coldly.

‘That’s why you’re trying to change the world, even going so far as to start this grand research.’

He could never accept a conclusion that wasn’t based on his own judgment.

That was why he was suffering and agonizing in this moment of wandering without finding the answer.

The strange sense of incongruity he had felt while helping Kaise with his research.

It wasn’t just because of the content and goal of the research, but because Lenox’s feelings when looking at Kaise were like looking into a mirror.

They were not different.

And Lenox already knew what that fact meant.

Kaise’s expression changed strangely upon hearing those words.

‘I see. I understand what you’re saying. You weren’t an Alcaide… He would never speak of the future and the conclusion in that way.’

With an expression that mixed complex emotions, as if laughing and crying, Kaise slightly lowered his head.

‘But even if it’s just a lie, you don’t know what it means to be able to call yourself that name. Perhaps you’re not even aware of it yourself.’

‘……What?’

‘It’s proof of the worst possible future that can exist, and the qualification for the possibility of extending in the worst direction.’

At that moment, a faint tinkling sound echoed from behind Lenox.

Clang!!

A golden staff slammed down from behind, blocking Lenox’s path of retreat.

A copper-skinned ascetic, with a fiendish face, looked down at him.

Even from the distant sky, the blatant flapping of armored wings could be clearly felt.

Before he knew it, the sharp aura of the superhumans, who had flawlessly surrounded the power plant and were focusing solely on Lenox, was palpable.

Standing at the center of it all, Kaise, who had been watching Lenox with his arms crossed, spoke.

‘Just by uttering that name, you can imagine all the worst possibilities that can be conceived.’

‘……’

‘Since a long time ago, we have been trying to understand and utilize that essence. If we find all the failures and reach the intersection in the opposite direction, we believed that an answer would eventually exist at the end.’

Did that mean that because the name Alcaide implied the worst possibility, he had been anticipating a catastrophe from the moment he faced Lenox?

If they could find and identify all the possible coincidences and failures, what would remain at the end would be inevitable success.

Lenox didn’t know exactly what those words meant, but he understood why Kaise was saying them.

The name Alcaide wasn’t simply referring to a specific person’s name or an alias of an organization.

It was a kind of qualification, a proof closer to disgrace than anything else.

‘According to my hypothesis, no matter what happens in the future, the ‘scattering’ phenomenon must have occurred. If the spacetime fixation research was successful, no result other than creating a vessel through scattering should have been derived.’

Kaise’s cold gaze landed on Lenox’s face.

‘But the fact that it didn’t means that something to replace the vessel already exists here.’

‘……’

‘Either you yourself are the vessel, or you have a close relationship with the vessel… Answer me, magician. Which one are you?’

With Kaise’s merciless question, a cold female voice echoed from behind Lenox.

[Parden said he brought a new executive, so I wondered what that was all about…]

An immense magical power, sharply swirling and rising, enveloped the entire power plant. It was a resonance that possessed a more overwhelming, desolate, and immense presence than anyone else in this place.

[A rat has sneaked in.]

‘……’

A Six-Convergence Transcendental [a being who has transcended the six realms of existence], conveying her will purely through thought. The light of clear magic eyes shone more intensely within her veiled face, and the robes covering her body fluttered endlessly.

At this point, Parden McQueen’s superior, who had been temporarily away from the power plant while conducting research with Kaise.

The chairman of the cartel, an 8th-level magic eye user.

Oliviera Ron Maze had realized the whole truth and arrived at this place.

[Step back, Kaise. Focus on protecting the spacetime fixation device with the magic of reverse heaven.]

She said, walking past McQueen without any hesitation and down the power plant corridor.

[I will deal with this one myself.]

Kuooh!!!

With each step she took forward, the afterglow of destructive magic swirled and rose with her steps.

The overwhelming confidence and certainty that flowed along with that momentum seemed to spread through the air.

It meant that Oliviera herself was not just a high-ranking sorcerer, but a warrior who had survived countless life-or-death moments on the battlefield.

Lenox stared at her for a moment, then bent down and picked up the staff that had fallen to the floor.

‘I don’t know what you mean by a vessel yet. Nor do I know what that name means to you.’

‘……’

‘But I understand that you’ve judged my existence to be a hindrance to your research… So I want to ask you one last thing.’

Lenox, who had roughly dusted off the staff, turned his gaze towards Kaise.

‘Even if this moment is just a dream, do you intend to finish the research?’

‘From the moment I faced the nightmare of the world’s destruction, I have never once strayed from the dream.’

Kaise smiled.

‘I’ll consider your advice after I’ve returned everything in this place to its original state.’

‘I see.’

Lenox smiled.

‘How long are you going to keep telling such outrageous lies, you impudent bastard…!!’

Parden McQueen, with veins popping out on his head, shouted and quickly drew up his main force.

McQueen himself must have found it difficult to bear the fact that he had been completely deceived by a business card with Oliviera’s signature.

Perhaps he hated the sight of Lenox calmly talking to Kaise even after all the lies had been exposed.

The main force that had formed on the staff instantly transformed into a slash of liberation magic, and was fired with the momentum to blow off Lenox’s head.

‘Die and fulfill your responsibility!!’

Kwaaaang!!

The aftermath alone engulfed the power plant corridor in flames, and Kaise also quickly drew up his magic power to protect the operating machinery.

With the red ceiling of the power plant engulfed in flames between them, Lenox walked out from the collapsed corridor.

‘Then it’s only right that I follow the laws of this era.’

Woodudeuk!!!

At that moment, the spacetime fixation device that had been glowing behind Kaise twisted, and began to scatter its fragments in all directions.

Broken parts flew in all directions, and loud warning sounds erupted from various parts of the device.

Whyeeeeeeng!!!

A sudden anomaly that made all the superhumans, who had been completely focused on Lenox, turn their heads.

Using Davi’s hacking ability, he had twisted and released the stability of the spacetime fixation device.

‘Oliviera!!’

[Kaise, don’t move.]

Oliviera’s magic eye, which had slightly lifted her veil, shone clearly.

[I’m still not good at adjusting my magic eye, so it’s difficult to focus even when I see it directly. I need time.]

Kiiing…!!

The light emanating from her magic eye gently enveloped and stabilized the fluctuating spacetime fixation device.

Even though Lenox was right in front of her, it was impossible to immediately stabilize the fixation device without Oliviera’s magic eye.

As expected, the superhumans gathered here were not simply gathered for the purpose of guarding Kaise.

Kaise had originally intended to use their abilities to proceed with his research, it was just that the adjustment had unexpectedly ended early with Lenox’s help.

The fact that he had overlooked Lenox, who had used the name Alcaide, was probably because it was abnormally helpful to the research.

Lenox, who had confirmed his hypothesis, also moved immediately.

The moment Lenox took a step forward, the magician’s figure disappeared from that spot.

He broke through the beams of liberation magic that were slamming down from all directions without any trouble.

In an instant, his fingers, which had stopped at McQueen’s close range, swept across his solar plexus.

Flame-type unique magic

Property Change Emission Manifestation (發散現顯) [a magic that changes the properties of an object and emits it]

[Red Chain Connection (赤聯通)]

[Building Fire (築火)]

Kwaaaang!!!

The flames that bloomed from his fingertips swelled and exploded, surpassing the speed of perception.

It burst out from the very center of McQueen’s chest, sending his body flying backward like a toy.

‘As long as Oliviera is holding onto the fixation device, she won’t be able to move right away.’

Lenox’s eyes shone coldly.

‘Before that, I’ll have to reduce their numbers first.’

‘Uwaaaaak!!!’

McQueen, who was screaming and drawing up his main force again, was thoroughly suppressed from the start, following his momentum.

[Flying Azure (飛蒼)]

Several dozen strands of current that bloomed around Lenox’s body straightened and transformed into a giant lightning spear, pouring down.

[Multiple Falling Extremes (多衆墮極)]

Burning and searing as if piercing the blood vessels all over his body.

[Spiral Lightning Kill (螺雷殺)]

Finally, they gathered together, drawing a huge spiral flower and crushing his body to the ground.

Jijijijijik!!!!!

McQueen also tried to counter Lenox’s magic in real time, combining liberation magic and the main lineage, but.

Before he could even summon his familiar, Arjumarta, which was like his symbol, all of his magic formulas and incantations were shattered from the start and turned to ashes and dust.

Kukwagaagwa!!!

An overwhelming and one-sided offensive that made Oliviera and Kaise’s expressions change in an instant as they watched.

It was as if he knew exactly how Parden McQueen would start and end a battle.

The concept of a battle of wits and an exchange of attacks did not even exist.

It was hard to believe that it was a battle between high-ranking sorcerers, as he seemed to be playing with his opponent like a toy.

‘Kkuaaaak!!! Th, this damn bastarddddd!!!’

The moment McQueen was driven into a corner so quickly, a colorless wave began to swirl madly from the other side of his shadow.

At this time, Parden McQueen was disappointed in his own magnetic field and was trying to seal it and not take it out.

Even so, he was being driven into a dead end so overwhelmingly that he was unconsciously trying to deploy his magnetic field.

The colorless wave that erupted from under McQueen’s feet flipped over entirely, revealing the appearance of a snow-covered mountain.

Magnetic Field Deployment

[White Rakshasa Cloth Temple (白蘿察布寺)]

Jjeojeojeok!!!

The faint image of an old, grand temple covered in snow, glimpsed from beyond the snow-covered mountain.

McQueen’s eyes, which had been buried in the snow, regained their vitality for a moment, and he raised his body and combined his magic formulas.

‘I will definitely kill you, magicianaaaaa!!!!’

Giant statues of Rakshasa demons rose from the four directions of the temple and began to surround and trap Lenox.

Kiiing!!

At the same time, a huge vortex of main force rose and surged madly around the snow-covered mountain.

However, there was no sign of panic or impatience on the face of Lenox, who was trapped in the middle.

The magician, as if waiting for the right moment, observed the construction of the magnetic field with an endlessly calm and cold gaze.

The ultimate of extremely powerful liberation magic and the main lineage, which could only be used within the magnetic field, was once again unfolded in this place.

Just before the magic formula was completed, Lenox’s magic power became a single iron bar and pierced through every gap, trying to shatter it.

Ujijijik…!!

A crack erupted from one side of the snow-covered mountain, and something that had been fired from the outside hit Lenox directly.

Kwaaaang!!!

As he recognized that an enormous amount of impact, close to the speed of sound, had reached him head-on, the armored wings that had been standing upright pulsed once more in place.

A gray flash of light, having increased its speed to the maximum, grabbed one side of the magnetic field’s scenery and broke through it.

The scenery of the White Rakshasa Cloth Temple that McQueen had deployed collapsed, and Lenox’s body was thrown out of the power plant and sent flying.

Ppeoeoeong!!!

The corridor of the power plant was completely melted and distorted by the impact and heat, and crumpled and collapsed like aluminum.

Amidst the metal fragments and melting heat masses scattering in all directions, sharp magical glows intersected dozens of times.

Sparks flew, and the flashes of lightning and the gun barrels that flashed between the armored wings alternated, spitting fire.

Dududududu!!!

The shockwaves collided, bouncing and sliding several times through the collapsing power plant corridor.

Surprisingly, instead of the aftereffects of the shock that had erupted spreading randomly, they began to be fired with a specific directionality.

The direction they were heading was the body of the ascetic who was weakly hanging behind the armored wings.

Even in the critical moment where the attacks and defenses were being reversed dozens of times, the opponent was somehow looking for an opportunity to kill the fallen Parden McQueen.

‘……!!’

Sharp judgment and eerie insight that were hard to believe from a magician who was not specialized in direct combat.

Even the ruthless and tenacious hand that never let go of an enemy once targeted.

The firepower of the lightning that erupted like breathing with a few gestures was suffocating and twisting him to the bone.

If they continued to exchange attacks and defenses, it would be them who would be drawn in.

At the same time as Gilleon gritted his teeth and drew up his magic power, one of his armored wings was re-deployed in the shape of a palm.

He used the ability of spatial separation to forcibly create distance and send his opponent flying once more to the other side, tens of meters away.

Kwaang!!!

The magician’s figure, which had fallen to the other side of the collapsing power plant corridor, with a tail of light.

‘It would have been dangerous if I had been a little late.’

Gilleon, who had landed while flapping his armored wings, turned to look at McQueen, whom he had been carrying.

‘If you had deployed your magic formula just now, you would have died on the spot.’

‘Cough, cough!!! Haaahaaak!!!’

McQueen, who was sweating and drooling, his face pale, finally gasped for breath and spoke with difficulty.

‘I, I almost died…!!! So easily!!!!’

McQueen must have known the shadow of death that had just loomed over his chin.

The overwhelming despair of being dragged into the swamp of death so easily, without being able to do anything, even though he was desperately fighting back in front of him.

An overwhelming offensive that felt so familiar and even tedious, as if he had been killed and dissected once before.

He couldn’t properly resist any of the magic that the cold-looking magician was unleashing.

It was as if he was walking towards death, being led towards the result, as if the ending had already been decided.

Only then did McQueen realize why Lenox had targeted him first and beat him so madly, and his body trembled.

That magician had really tried to completely kill him in this place with a battle that lasted less than 2 minutes.

The moment he realized that, the vitality rapidly disappeared from McQueen’s eyes.

Gilleon looked at it, then stood up and propped McQueen’s body against one side of the collapsed corridor.

‘When you come to your senses, go back to the power plant and protect Kaise. You understand how important his role is in this operation, right?’

Although Gilleon’s interference, which had cracked the area and intervened, had prevented Lenox from killing McQueen instantly, he had at least succeeded in completely breaking his will to fight.

In fact, in his current state, it was impossible to face that monster-like magician any longer.

Gilleon quickly accepted that and decided to exclude the ascetic from this battle.

‘……Okay.’

McQueen, who was clutching the staff that had been bent in half like a chopstick, struggled to get up and asked Gilleon.

‘……What are you going to do about that one?’

‘The fact that you were so miserably defeated just now is not purely a matter of skill.’

Gilleon, who had answered calmly, quickly checked the armored wings attached to his back.

In a battle that lasted less than 60 seconds, a full third of the armored feathers that made up the wings had completely lost their power and were in a state of functional paralysis.

If he hadn’t forcibly created a spatial separation phenomenon at the end to separate the magician, he would have effectively lost his flying ability completely in this battle.

Firepower that was not only overwhelming but even terrifying.

But even so, Gilleon was not like McQueen, who had been beaten from the start without being able to do anything.

It was not only a difference in skill between them, but also evidence that a secret that they did not know existed between McQueen and Lenox.

‘There’s something more than just compatibility between your magic formulas and that magician’s magic. Fortunately, it doesn’t seem to apply to me.’

Gilleon, who had taken out a few more firearms stored inside his wings, said in a calm voice.

‘Then I can fight more.’

‘……’

‘Prepare to join the battlefield if you can after you come to your senses. Your liberation magic is not just a useful ability in battle.’

Although he had been overwhelmingly suppressed by Lenox, the value of Parden McQueen’s liberation magic and main lineage did not only exist in direct combat.

As an ascetic who had honed the laws that transcended humanity and joined the world, the power he possessed was in his versatility, which enabled him to respond to various situations, regardless of the front or rear.

It was because he was equipped with various abilities and aptitudes rather than force that he had caught the eye of the picky Oliviera and was working as her aide.

Gilleon had no intention of diminishing McQueen’s value with just this one battle.

‘If we can buy time until the other forces that are on guard for the operation return, that will be enough-‘

Kuuuung!!!

At that moment, a roar that seemed to shake the heavens and the earth was heard from the other side of the power plant facility.

At the same time, the echo of magic that had erupted filled the interior of the facility and let out a desperate scream.

McQueen’s face turned pale as he realized who the owner of that magic was, and Gilleon smiled bitterly.

‘It seems your chairman has already started to move.’