Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 579

Space Manipulation (4)

Activate by attaching markers.

Lenox combined Davi’s powerful calculation ability and the space interference ability of the Ironclad Wings, applying it to a space manipulation technique he created himself.

Through this, he exchanges the entire spatial coordinates where the marked target is located.

Kiiing…!!

Following Lenox’s gesture, dozens of markers sequentially emitted light, scattering magical rays.

As if manipulating space itself, he simultaneously recognized dozens of spatial coordinates from more than six baselines.

The space magic, assembled according to his will, instantly reversed a series of coordinates, and the light of the markers scattered chaotically.

His hand moved, tracing the magical light that drew a smooth curve before his eyes.

Following Lenox’s will, as if directly playing and conducting space, the agents’ bodies disappeared from their spots and reappeared, leaping across distances.

Crack!!

Tududuk!!

“Kkeuek…!!”

“Aaaack!!”

He forcibly switched the positions of the bullets previously embedded in the vault wall and the agents.

Using this, he embedded parts of the agents’ bodies into the outer wall of the vault to subdue them.

The agents, realizing that parts of their bodies were stuck to the vault wall, stared at the mage with dumbfounded expressions.

“Mr. Ban, please release us!!”

“If it was going to be like this, we would have rather fought…!!”

“Fight? Why bother?”

Lenox replied indifferently.

“I don’t want to be at odds with the agents or engage in an all-out war on the cartel’s side. I’m just blocking people passing by the vault.”

“…!!!”

“I won’t kill you. But if you interfere with my work, I can’t just let you be.”

As the agents who had not yet been subdued began to create distance, he grabbed a few bullets with his bare hands and scattered them into the air.

At the same time, he activated the markers of other agents, changing their spatial coordinates.

He grabbed the bodies of the agents who were helplessly floating in the air with the talons of his wings and, like Kade, impaled them like stakes.

“Keok…!!”

The markers attached to the bodies of the agents, staggering from the impact, activated as they were. Parts of their bodies were embedded in the barrier, as if they were lined up in a row on the grand underground vault wall.

Thududududu!!!

“Wh, what is…!!”

“How can such a technique exist…”

All the agents gathered here were warriors who had crossed the line of death through numerous real battles.

Therefore, they fully understood how absurd the space conversion technique Lenox was using was.

Is it even possible for someone else to interfere so easily with the body of a superhuman who has already awakened their magic and built up their own power?

But the mage was playing with them so easily, displaying them like decorations on the outer wall of the vault as if to show off.

“It’s a matter of situation and conditions.”

Lenox answered, walking towards the fallen Kade.

It is not possible to move others at will without any conditions or structure.

It takes time to attach the markers and synchronize them, and the activated markers are only disposable.

Creating and attaching the markers, hiding them until synchronization is complete, and then casting the space conversion technique. None of it is easy.

Moreover, the magic power consumed in the process is truly enormous.

It’s fortunate that he’s using the cartel’s reserve forces like water; if he were alone, he wouldn’t have used such a fuel-inefficient technique on such a large scale.

Chiiiik!!

“Ugh…!!”

He used [Bolt] to burn Kade’s neck, making him regain consciousness, and then reattached a disposable marker and synchronized it.

“You seem to have abilities related to smoke, a talent thoroughly specialized for assassination.”

“So, you plan to subdue me first…? It’s meaningless.”

Kade smiled faintly and then shook his head.

“Those who make a living by taking on contracts only arrive at the beginning and the end of the job, and the rest is…”

“What?”

Beyond Kade’s body, which had trembled once and then slumped, O’Neil stood up, gripping his sword.

“I have returned here to cut what cannot be cut.”

O’Neil’s eyes shone brightly beneath his wrinkled forehead.

“Neither ties, nor rivals, are anything more than strings to be cut on a single path…!!”

Kiiiiing!!!

A sharp, rising inner image from the old man’s core. The inner world, a microcosm [a self-contained world within a person’s mind]. It is the sword strike that a level 7 Saint-level ability user unleashes with all their might.

In that instant, he lowered his body by pulling it with magic power, and lowered his stance by angling the Ironclad Wings.

Swish!!

All the scenery of the underground cavern above Lenox’s head was sliced diagonally and slid away.

The barrier of the underground vault, which had been holding firm, was cut so easily that it revealed the inside.

Kugugugung!!

The outer shell of the Ironclad Wings also failed to withstand the cutting power; the outer part was cut away, except for the parts reinforced with the carapace shield [a protective outer layer].

The agents who had been bound to the wall were released as the vault’s outer wall was cut away, but Lenox did not pay them any attention.

Even though the agents had regained their freedom, they did not dare to approach Lenox, only hesitating and remaining vigilant.

They do not know how the space conversion using markers is done.

They only have the shock of Lenox forcibly moving their positions strongly imprinted in their minds.

From the moment he succeeded in using the space conversion technique, most of the agents were already neutralized, regardless of the situation.

Lenox turned his back on those agents and said, looking at O’Neil.

“If you were going to use the microcosm, you should have used it sooner. Your judgment is too late.”

“…”

“No, it’s not that your judgment was late, but your heart was late.”

Lenox tilted his head, looking at O’Neil, who did not answer.

“The power is considerable, but that’s probably because it takes time to warm up, right?”

“How about you try receiving it directly and see for yourself?”

O’Neil, raising his dazzling blade, stepped forward.

There was no further conversation.

The half-broken Ironclad Wings and O’Neil’s shining sword light clashed madly, continuously detonating shockwaves.

Ku-gwa-gwa-gwa-gwa!!!

The microcosm residing within O’Neil is a consistent image of cutting without regard for front or back.

The powerful slash that can cut through the entire underground vault does not end with just one strike.

The image of the microcosm remains on the blade like residue, assisting every sword strike he unleashes.

Naturally, the second clash that followed was also clearly different.

Charrrrruk!!

The sword strikes pouring through the Ironclad Wings shattered the parts and mechanisms that made up the wings, quickly revealing their inner workings.

Realizing that the durability of the carapace shield attached to the outer shell of the wings was unusual, he twisted the direction of his sword energy towards the wing joints.

Kagagagak!!

The feathers of the Ironclad Wings were cut off and scattered in all directions, and even the body of the wings was sliced away.

Even though the wings of Gilleon, which he had painstakingly restored, were being damaged and losing their function, Lenox did not stop.

He continued to blink, somehow preserving the original shape of the wings as much as possible amidst the falling sword light.

At the same time as Lenox’s figure flickered and disappeared in various parts of the cavern, he pulled out different firearms every moment.

Tatatang!!

He fired a sniper rifle from tens of meters away, fired a charged shotgun at close range, and scattered magic bullets in all directions, mixing revolvers and automatic pistols.

Every time a bullet pierced, the imbued magic within activated. Flames, ice, and lightning bloomed, engulfing the entire space.

He used the fired magic bullets as markers and simultaneously activated the space conversion technique.

He randomly reversed the positional coordinates of the exploded magic and slammed them onto O’Neil’s body.

Thududududu!!!

A technique that thoroughly avoids direct combat, using blinking and space-leap shooting to distort even the trajectory and speed.

Even though Chain, who had belatedly regained consciousness, raised shadows and unleashed them, the speed and frequency of counter-fire only increased rapidly.

In the underground cavern where shadows, sword light, bullets, and assassination techniques were rampant, Lenox was dominating every moment of the intersecting attacks and defenses.

Realizing this, Chain bit her lip, smeared blood on her fingertips, and quickly began to form hand seals.

“Old man, Kade. Please protect me.”

“Chain!!”

“Anyway, all we need to do is get the accounting ledger, right? I don’t have the strength to deal with that monster of a junior for long…!!”

Chain muttered, instantly inflating her own inner image.

“Magnetic Domain…!!”

Kiiing!!

The shadows gathered from under her feet transformed into a giant cube above her head.

A circular shadow sphere that rapidly devoured and constructed space, like a giant shadow block unfolding and assembling.

Perhaps because she was a veteran who was active decades ago, the speed of her domain casting was extremely fast.

Chain’s inner image was completing the magnetic domain in an instant, so quickly that she did not need the protection of the other two.

However, Kade, seeing Chain’s appearance, turned his head away with a look of dismay.

“Chain, no!! If you use your domain here first, that man’s space manipulation will…!!”

Kiiing…!!

At the same time as the starting sound burst from inside the Ironclad Wings, Lenox deployed space cutting once more.

However, what was being cut away like a spreading crack was not the actual space, but Chain’s magnetic domain itself.

Clang!!

The shock of Chain’s deployed domain being cut and dismantled as it was.

Due to the backlash, Chain’s complexion turned pale in an instant, and she coughed up black blood, her back sharply bent.

Some of the agents who remained at the scene moved to support her, but Chain instead reached out her hand to stop them.

“It’s not over yet…!!”

At that moment, the shadow domain that had been cut away entangled with the Ironclad Wings and exploded in succession.

Kwaaaaang!!

“…!!”

Kade, realizing that Chain had forcibly deployed the magnetic domain, quickly raised his magic power.

“I see. To neutralize the function of the wings…!!”

The three people gathered here were those who had worked as agents in this city decades ago.

They know how Deadrise’s Gilleon was handling his power.

If that mage is implementing the same space separation ability that Gilleon used, then the source must be the Ironclad Wings that Lenox obtained.

Chain sensed this fact and, after inducing Lenox to use space separation on her domain, forcibly attached the collapsing domain to the Ironclad Wings, paralyzing the wings’ function.

The judgment was that if it wasn’t for the power of the Ironclad Wings, the injured Kenroe wouldn’t be able to exert his full combat ability.

‘There was no information that Kenroe had that level of space manipulation ability. If his current combat ability is dependent on the power of the wings…!!’

Chain took a gamble on that assumption, using her inner image as bait to tear off Lenox’s wings.

Kade, who understood this fact first, moved, and O’Neil also pushed up the blade imbued with the image of the microcosm.

Chwaaaak!!

The circular slash that spread out filled half of the underground cavern and burst out, blocking any place to escape, and at that moment, Kade grabbed Lenox’s collar using stealth movement.

“You know how to make a gamble. It was a bold but good attempt.”

Lenox, who was pulled out by Kade’s fingertips, smiled.

“It seems that the claim that you have been working in the field for decades is not a lie, but…”

At that moment, Lenox’s figure that Kade was holding turned into a hard piece of ice and crumbled on the spot.

Jjeojeok!!!

“…!!!”

The crumbled pieces of ice quickly froze Kade’s arm that was holding his collar, stopping him in place.

A huge wing of a single feather was embedded in the side of the ice sculpture.

Only then did Kade understand that Lenox had used the Ironclad Wings as bait to lure him in, and he smiled helplessly.

Taang!!

Blood spurted from behind both of Kade’s knees, and he slumped down powerlessly.

“You have a tendency to act immediately without thinking about the opponent’s reaction. Is it because you were a contract killer who made a living by assassination?”

Lenox, who had risen in a shirt from behind him, looked down at O’Neil and Chain with a revolver in his hand.

Chain, who had collapsed from the backlash of her magnetic domain being destroyed, and O’Neil, who was sweating profusely while holding a dazzling blade.

“Microcosm and magnetic domain. If you’ve used that much, you’re out of options.”

Click!!

He pulled the trigger, aiming a bullet imbued with ice magic at O’Neil’s forehead.

At that moment, O’Neil also gathered and compressed his remaining magic power, taking a stance.

Someone jumped out in front of Lenox, blocking his path.

She was wearing an agent uniform, but the face of the woman with a sword at her waist and glasses was familiar.

Lenox immediately recognized her magical presence and asked.

“…Hina?”

“Grandfather, you have to stop here.”

Hina, regardless of Lenox’s words, quickly said, looking at O’Neil.

“There’s nothing we can gain by fighting Mr. Ban.”

“Is it because this man is an external advisor to this organization?”

“It’s not about that…!!”

“You don’t need to evaluate this operation, Agent O’Neil.”

A relaxed voice came from behind Hina.

Someone who had arrived at the entrance of the underground cavern was leaning against the collapsed rubble, looking up at the vault that had been split in half.

“…Director?”

Hina turned her gaze with an unbelievable expression.

Greta, who should have been directing the agents from the safe upper air, had appeared directly in the most important operation area.

“If a monster like that is guarding the entrance, you should have retreated immediately. Why didn’t you report to me sooner?”

Greta jumped down from the rubble and walked past Hina.

Greta, who met Lenox’s gaze that was staring down at her, smiled.

“Your eyes are completely gone. With a guy like that squatting in front of the cartel’s underground vault, things can’t go smoothly.”

“…”

“I never expected that Kenroe would visit the cartel on the very day we set for the start of the operation. It’s my fault for not considering the schedule of our external advisor.”

The middle-aged woman readily admitted her mistake.

Lenox stared intently at her face and then raised the revolver he was holding, asking.

Click!

“Are you the new director of the agents?”

“New director?”

Greta replied indifferently.

“I’m the one who put Pallard in the position of deputy director. I’ve just ended my youthful wandering and returned to my position.”

“You don’t look like you’re at an age to have a rebellious phase.”

“I heard you got the external advisor position while working with Pallard? That’s good.”

Greta smiled and raised her hand.

“Please say hello to the parachutes I brought.”

With a flick of her fingers, the cold air of the underground cavern seemed to heat up in an instant.

Whirr…!!

No, it wasn’t a delusion.

At the same time as she gave the signal, an intense heat source was walking directly into the entrance of the underground cavern.

A thick, heavy armor suit that looked like it had been inflated several times over the outer clothing worn by agent personnel.

A man wearing a black helmet with a thick gas mask, breathing through a hose connected to a metal bag on his back.

[Hoo, hoo…!!]

Every time the man exhaled roughly through his gas mask, flames flowed from the bag connected to the hose, heating up the huge underground cavern.

“I reinstated the retired old-timers to reorganize the internal forces, but there’s no way to fix the flaws. Isn’t that right?”

Greta asked.

“They’re friends who have been out of the field for over decades. It wouldn’t be strange if there were problems with their senses, magic, or physical strength.”

“…”

“So, when I called the retired agents, I promised to solve those problems and reinstated them. And this friend here…”

Greta patted the man’s shoulder and smiled.

“He’s a guy who fell into a vegetative state for over 20 years because he couldn’t control his superpower.”

“A psychic…”

“It’s a very strange power. He can generate this kind of firepower with the highest efficiency among innate abilities, but he can’t control that power on his own until he dies.”

Greta took out a remote control from her hand and pressed it, and the helmet the man was wearing flashed and glowed in response to the signal.

As if inputting an electrical signal following the remote control’s command.

“But that also means that it can be controlled to some extent by external forces that are close to coercion.”

Greta nodded.

“That’s also what I want to achieve in this city through the agents.”

Only then did Lenox understand what Greta was talking about.

The other three agents that Lenox had faced also had their own problems and shortcomings.

And the psychic that Greta had just shown was a resource that was completely free from the danger of such injuries.

“Let’s stop with the useless talk and get started right away?”

Whirr…!!

Following Greta’s gesture, the man, who had scattered flames with just his flames, breathed madly inside his helmet.

The vast flames that had condensed before his eyes transformed into a huge sphere of fire and surged.

Ku-gwa-gwa-gwa!!!

A tremendous heat that could melt through a steel barrier. It was firepower that could turn O’Neil and the other agents into a handful of ashes.

“Let’s start by checking what’s hidden inside that half-cut vault.”

Hwaaaak!!

The shape of the sphere of fire, which had reached Lenox’s vicinity in an instant.

However, Lenox only stared up at the ball of fire that filled the underground cavern.

“I was wondering how long you were going to leave it to me… It seems that the cartel is starting to think about balancing things out.”

“What?”

At that moment, something that had quickly flown up from behind Lenox threw itself into the sphere of fire as if committing suicide.

The sphere of fire, which was falling as if it would melt away half of the underground cavern, stopped in front of the split vault wall.

Jjeojeojeok!!!

The huge ball of fire began to freeze from the edge, and in an instant, it lost its heat and turned into a block of ice, falling down.

Kuuung!!

The sphere that had frozen and fallen in front of the vault door shattered, scattering countless fragments of cold air in all directions.

A dark-skinned man slowly rose from among the pieces of ice.

Unlike his bronze skin, his hair was almost a chilling white.

An ice ability user of tremendous level. Moreover, it was a system that was completely opposite to the heat-based psychic that Greta had put forward.

“Hmm, I think I’m a little too late…”

The white-haired man, scratching his head, stood up and turned his back to Lenox, bowing his head.

“Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Ban. Thanks to you, I don’t think I’ll get scolded by Virgil much.”

“Who is he?”

“My name is Angel.”

Angel, who had bowed his head politely, raised his head and said.

“I’m a director of the cartel headquarters… no, I’m in charge of the telecommunications division as the 4th president.”

“…”

Apart from his powerful ice ability, his reaction was nothing short of hazy.

However, Angel’s existence and what his answer meant were clear.

The members of the board of directors, who had not been staying at the headquarters, were gathering at the headquarters one by one.

Ku-gwa-gwa-gwa…!!!

The wall of the underground cavern collapsed, revealing the form of a huge beast.

A fierce magic power flowed from the beast with a white mane, glaring down at the agents with bloodshot eyes.

[A washed-up, old organization dares to…]

Meryl, the 2nd president of the cartel and a beast-kin who had been a member of the board of directors for a long time.

Thud…!!

The sticky blood that began to soak one side of the underground cavern.

The blood that had painted the wall red flowed down along the floor, creating a path like a red carpet.

Along the path that curved like a river of blood, dozens of soldiers made of blood rose up as if they were lined up.

The crimson vampire figure slowly entered the underground cavern, receiving the soldiers’ formation.

On the back of the vampire, dozens of unknown serum syringes were stuck, pumping incessantly.

“Greta, it’s been a while.”

Shaaaak!!

The moment he noticed, Virgil was already standing right next to Greta with his hands behind his back.

Virgil’s red eyes were bent long, looking down at Greta’s face with a sinister smile.

“It’s been so long… it took me some time to prepare to greet you. I don’t know if you’ll like it.”