Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 585

Silence descended upon the research lab.

Lenox, who had been standing there with a dazed expression, quickly regained his senses and asked,

“About… Professor Aris?”

He had guessed that they weren’t after Evan Bailon’s research, but he never expected to hear Aris’s name here.

Aris Richelren had returned to the Sinclair Magic Tower, and her sabbatical was coming to an end. Did they have business with her at this point?

Perhaps something had happened to Aris while she was at the Sinclair Magic Tower.

However, the sorcerer wearing the elephant mask didn’t give a proper answer to Lenox’s question.

Instead, she looked at Lenox, slightly surprised, and chuckled.

[Ah, I see. There hasn’t been any information leaked to the outside about what’s going on at the Sinclair Magic Tower yet.]

“……”

[You don’t need to know the details. Just gather all the materials and papers Aris Richelren was working on and bring them to me.]

Considering the sharp tone and physique, the person was probably a woman.

She roughly grabbed Lenox’s shoulder and pushed him into the research lab storage room, which was quite a mess.

[As an internal member of the school, you should have a rough idea of what kind of papers and data your assigned professor has left behind.]

The elephant, who was standing with her arms crossed behind Lenox, muttered in a cold voice.

[I hate lazy people the most. If you slack off even a little, I’ll cut off your limbs one by one and feed them to you. Got it?]

‘Feed them…?’

Lenox acknowledged that there was a strange nuance mixed in her words, but he obediently nodded at her.

“Understood.”

He briefly considered whether to deal with the elephant here, but Lenox decided to follow her instructions for now.

After all, this research lab was the space Baila used, and Aris’s research lab was the one Lenox used separately.

The elephant didn’t seem to know this fact, so he planned to buy time by pretending to look for papers and materials.

Since he didn’t know why they were looking for Aris Richelren’s research materials, he needed to observe the situation further to figure out their motives.

[Good. Then, I’ll tell you the data and paper themes I want. Changes in elemental mana properties and improvements in elemental infusion efficiency, the correlation between main power and mana, spirituality and imprinting…]

As the sorcerer quickly mentioned the paper themes and data, Lenox began to pick out papers that looked similar from Baila’s research lab and piled them up in front of the elephant.

‘The research materials and data they’re asking for are too unrelated.’

In the process of finding the papers and research materials the elephant was talking about, Lenox could guess the other party’s intentions.

‘They want to hide what they’re aiming for from me.’

That was as good as solid proof that they didn’t intend to kill Lenox right away.

If they were planning to kill Lenox and silence him as soon as this was over, they would have just found the data they wanted and tried to kill Lenox without bothering to play these tricks.

Did they have a different way of dealing with Lenox other than killing him?

That might be related to why they were digging into Aris Richelren’s research.

Thinking that, Lenox found some similar-looking papers and piled them up in front of the elephant.

“I’ve found everything.”

[Good.]

The elephant, who had been pretending to skim through the papers piled in front of her, immediately closed the papers and stared intently at Lenox.

Did she want to know about Aris Richelren’s research, but not let Lenox know that fact?

[You’re sweating. Are you tired from just moving a few papers?]

“It’s more than just a few papers…”

[Don’t talk back.]

“……”

The elephant, who cut off Lenox’s reply with a sharp voice, stroked her chin as if she found it interesting.

[I heard you’re a spiritist, but it seems you’re not interested in physical training. Can I assume your stamina and strength are at the level of an average civilian?]

In fact, he was desperately trying to recover even that civilian-level health, but there was no reason to tell her that.

The elephant, who had been staring at the silent Lenox, suddenly reached out her hand towards him.

[You can summon a spirit, right? Summon it.]

“……Why?”

*Slap!!*

[Didn’t I tell you not to talk back?]

The elephant, who had slapped Lenox’s cheek without hesitation, said,

[I knew you didn’t come with the pig on the way here, did you think I wouldn’t know?]

“……”

[There’s no way a pig could have killed a weak researcher like you, so you must have used the power of a spirit to get away and escape.]

The elephant, who muttered mockingly, grabbed Lenox’s chin and muttered,

[Show me. I’m dying to know what kind of spirit you command that allowed you to escape from that stupid man-eating pig without getting a limb torn off.]

“……I see.”

Only then did Lenox realize that the elephant had been fully aware of the strangeness of the situation from the beginning, and he chuckled.

How did she figure it out? It turned out she had been suspicious from the point that Lenox hadn’t had any flesh torn off by the pig.

[Look at this guy. This isn’t the time to be laughing like that…!!]

“You seem quite interested in spirits. Was your goal not just one thing from the start?”

The sorcerer, who didn’t seem very interested in papers and research materials, was strangely obsessed with Lenox’s spirit.

That was proof that the sorcerer’s interest was more focused on spirits, separate from obtaining Aris’s research materials.

It was almost as if they had called him here to check Evan’s spirit directly.

The disappearance of the dean, who was also well-known as a spiritist like Lenox, and the dean’s spirit asking Lenox for help.

The goal of the Heretic Shrine had been deeply related to spirits from the beginning.

*Thud!!*

Lenox barely managed to grab the elephant’s wrist with his bare hand as she tried to slap his cheek.

“If you want to see it, I’ll show you. It’s not a difficult thing.”

[You…!!]

The elephant, who had been glaring at Lenox, stopped speaking when she saw the form of a baby fox crawling up from behind his back.

The cerebral spirit, with its four tails puffed up and staring at the sorcerer with a cold gaze.

Sharp electric currents were rising from Davi’s entire body, aiming at the elephant from all directions.

The elephant, who had been looking at the fox spirit, shook off Lenox’s hand and quickly pulled up her main power [a sorcerer’s internal energy].

[Ha, is that all you have, a low-level spirit? The output you can draw out is just tickling…!!]

*Zzzzzap!!*

The electric current that burst out from Davi’s body instantly struck the elephant’s solar plexus, slamming her body hard against the other side of the research lab.

*Crash!!*

Papers fluttered all over the spacious research lab, and fragments of shattered disks and data chips scattered.

[Kuhak…!!]

[How dare a lowly organic being… Ugh!!]

Davi, who had been about to deliver a solemn pronouncement, let out a strange scream after getting a flick on the head.

Lenox grabbed Davi with both hands, pulled her off his head, and nagged.

“I told you not to use that tone.”

[No, Master!! You have to uphold my dignity in such a serious atmosphere!!]

“Did you even have any dignity to uphold?”

[Kuh…!!]

Behind Davi, who was furiously wagging her tail as if she was upset, the elephant, covered in blood, staggered to her feet.

[Cough, ugh…!!]

The sorcerer, unable to overcome the rising nausea, took off her mask and vomited.

Lenox chuckled as he saw the woman’s pale face as she vomited.

“You have good endurance. I hit you with the intention of completely knocking you out, and you got up after taking that?”

The electric current that Davi used was not entirely the power of a spirit, but rather a method where Lenox lent his will and mana [internal energy].

In other words, it was an attack that was no different from accepting Lenox’s magic head-on.

The electric current itself was constantly imbued with electrical signals that promoted paralysis of the nervous system and relaxation of the limb muscles.

The fact that she got up after taking an attack that was meant to make her lose consciousness was proof that the opponent had a strong body.

It seemed she had the ability to criticize Lenox for not having physical training.

The elephant, who somehow managed to fix her spinning gaze, picked up the mask she had thrown off and gritted her teeth.

Her whole body was tingling, and her senses were confused due to the paralysis.

Even standing up straight was difficult, and as she gritted her teeth, blood flowed from her gums.

Wiping her blood-covered lips, the elephant glared at Lenox as if she would kill him.

“Damn it, you… you’re not just a simple researcher…!!“

“You already knew I was a spiritist.”

Lenox smiled and tickled the back of Davi’s ear.

Davi stood proudly on Lenox’s arm and emitted mana with a *pang pang*.

The elephant looked at Davi and silently wiped the blood flowing from her gums onto the elephant mask she was wearing.

A trigger used by sorcerers to enhance their spells.

Among them, self-destruction was the most well-known for being the simplest and most efficient method.

*Woo-oong!!*

She poured the rapidly rising main power into her elephant mask, quickly stepped back, and muttered.

“The plan, like this…!! I have to let them know…!!“

The elephant was concentrating to quickly use her magic.

However, even as Lenox watched her make hand seals, he didn’t stop her. Instead, he picked up a nearby chair, sat down comfortably, and began to watch her.

“You shouldn’t try to force your main power to rise.”

“What, what is this…!! Why, why am I like this…!!“

Lenox shook his head as he watched the elephant gushing blood from her eyes, nose, and mouth.

“If you wanted to fight me, you should have avoided the first attack by any means. It’s too late now.”

What Lenox had broken with his first electric shock was not just the elephant’s nerves.

He had simultaneously destroyed the pathways through which main power flowed in her body, the location of the blood vessels that supported it, and her senses, crushing the very sense of using main power.

Even if the sorcerer thought she was using magic as she remembered, her body, with its senses already broken, was recklessly extending her main power, causing her own body to collapse.

The elephant touched her blood-covered face with trembling hands.

Lenox, looking at her, rested his chin on the back of the chair he was sitting on and said,

“If you want to live, stop using magic right now. And answer the questions I ask.”

“……”

Only then did the elephant seem to understand what level of sorcerer Lenox had reached.

She barely held onto her breath with ragged breaths and asked with difficulty,

“The, the pig… was it… like this…?”

“He was much faster than you.”

“……Damn it.”

The elephant laughed.

“I should have… checked… when I first arrived…”

She couldn’t say any more and collapsed, her eyes glazed over, her head hitting the ground.

From the spot where she fell, sticky blood flowed out incessantly.

Lenox, staring at the blood that was filling the research lab floor and staining the scattered papers, slowly got up.

He had done some first aid to make sure the elephant wouldn’t die, and he was about to quickly finish preparing to interrogate her about the Heretic Shrine’s purpose and leader when.

[Sorcery Tool Declaration]

*Kuuuuuung!!*

The elephant mask, which she was still tightly holding even in her unconscious state, began to glow brightly.

Main power rapidly gathered in the mask, which was covered in the sorcerer’s own blood, and it began to absorb all the surrounding blood.

Below the elephant mask, which had only a neck left, a clear form of flesh was created.

[Human Spirit Summoning]

*Dududududu!!!*

The head of the elephant mask began to grow madly, and the size of the flesh forming below its neck also increased.

The huge form of an elephant, filling the space of the research lab and even breaking the building as it couldn’t withstand the area, stood up.

*Bbooo-ooo-ooo!!!*

The elephant, with its two eyes glowing red, glared at Lenox with a mad roar as it rose from its spot.

“A human spirit, huh…”

Lenox smiled bitterly as he confirmed that the sorcerer’s breath had completely stopped in that short time.

“I see. So this is what the ‘Heretic God’ of the Heretic Shrine meant?”

The sorcerers of the Heretic Shrine were not just sorcerers who were close to a criminal organization.

The masks they wore and the huge forms of spirits summoned by sacrificing human lives.

A house where heretic gods gather. The heretic god there was referring to the existence of the spirit summoned through human sorcery, the human spirit.

“Do you have a rough idea of what state that spirit is in right now?”

[Since it’s a spirit summoned in a state where the caster is dead, it will probably start to rampage without being able to distinguish friend from foe.]

Davi, being close to a spirit in essence, understood what state the summoned spirit was in.

Among them, the worst situation was that the sorcerer who would control the spirit had died at the same time as the summoning.

Without any reason or judgment, it would act only according to pure instinct.

[Since it was summoned by sacrificing itself as a human offering, it will probably wander endlessly in search of similar offerings. There’s a high probability that it will target other organic beings.]

A monster that wanders until it disappears, searching for the prey it tasted at the time of its summoning, as the caster had sacrificed their life with death in mind.

It was no different from a moving natural disaster.

The reason why the sorcerer summoned the spirit even though she knew she would die if she used magic any further.

That was probably to use the spirit’s rampage to let the other members of the Heretic Shrine know that the situation was going wrong.

Lenox nodded as he watched the spirit slowly begin to stir and rampage.

“I didn’t know she was a sorcerer who could sacrifice herself. She was a good opponent with a good sense, as much as her endurance.”

Attempting human sacrifice to amplify a spell.

There had been many such atrocities in the dark history of the continent, but sacrificing oneself as an offering was much more difficult than using others as a sacrifice.

This was because it was very difficult to satisfy both the position of the sorcerer attempting the human sacrifice and the perspective of the offering itself.

To be prepared to give up one’s own life and complete the ritual flawlessly, one had to be at least a level 7 sorcerer.

However, this sorcerer had succeeded in the ritual of offering herself as a sacrifice even though she had not yet completed her rank.

That was proof of her outstanding talent and sense in sorcery.

It was ironic that she had proven it with her own human sacrifice, but Lenox knew that this very contradiction was the essence of the sorcery system.

[Master. What are you going to do?]

Davi turned her head with a sulky look on Lenox’s arm and asked.

The four tails that were divided according to the spirit’s movements swayed gently.

[If we leave it like that, we might be okay, but all the organic beings attending this university might die.]

“Why, are you worried?”

[No, well, Master’s safety and identity are the most important, but…]

Davi slightly averted her gaze at Lenox’s smiling question.

Lenox, looking at the cerebral spirit, picked up Davi’s body with both hands and placed her at his feet.

[Master?]

“If there’s a mastermind behind the Heretic Shrine, someone is probably watching us right now.”

Lenox muttered as he slowly stretched his body.

After quickly injecting an ampule of stimulant and painkiller inside his shirt, he swiveled his shoulders and continued,

“To maintain Evan’s identity, I can’t use magic directly. I have no choice but to resolve the situation using only the abilities of a spiritist and researcher that are officially known.”

[Huh? Then…]

The moment Davi, who belatedly understood the meaning of Lenox’s words, perked up her ears.

*Zzzzzzzap!!!*

At that moment, a dazzling light burst out from the baby fox’s body, drawing the elephant’s attention.

*Bbooo-ooo-ooo!!*

The moment the house-sized elephant, roaring madly, and Davi, who was lying flat at Lenox’s feet, faced each other head-on.

“I’ll make you a superhero for today, Davi.”

Lenox smiled and poured mana directly into Davi’s body.