Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 592

He would rescue Dean Siollus Garteanon and entrust the task of dealing with the leader of the Evil God Palace to someone else.

This was the best way to minimize the risk of something happening to Evan while maintaining his position as an assistant professor at the university.

No matter how this situation ends, changes at Lavatenon University were inevitable, but while he was on the scene, he should at least try to control the direction of those changes as much as possible.

“If the sorcerers are thinking of your dean as a sacrifice for the ritual rather than as a hostage, it might already be too late,” Mila said.

“You said the dean noticed something was wrong a few days ago, right? Even if the situation changed drastically overnight, it means they’ve already finished their preparations.”

“They said they’re sacrificing low-level mages sequentially for the growth promotion ritual,” Lenox replied, manipulating the dashboard to increase the train’s speed.

“Since the dean is a Saint-level mage at level 7, he’s likely to be alive until the latter part of the ritual.”

“Can’t they change the order of sacrifices?”

“No. The very act of starting the ritual with low-level mages is a process to sequentially increase the capacity limit of the magic circle,” Lenox said, shaking his head at Mila’s question.

“Considering that they need to keep the sacrifices intact until right before the ritual, the dean’s health condition probably isn’t that serious.”

“I see…”

“Of course, we need to rescue the dean when he’s in good condition. If we can’t, we’ll have to find a way to restore him.”

“There’s a university hospital behind the main building. If there are any useful healing artifacts or a living doctor, it might help restore the dean.”

“Wait a minute, even so, we don’t even know where the dean is being held…”

Mila was saying that, but then she slowly stopped talking, like a broken machine.

She realized a beat too late that another voice had cut in between her and Lenox.

Priscilla, who had appeared from behind the driver’s seat, was lost in thought while holding a map.

Mila’s mouth dropped open as if it would hit the floor when she saw her sister’s face.

“Silla? What are you doing here?”

“Of course, I was waiting at the terminal to help Assistant Professor,” Priscilla replied without batting an eye.

She instead approached Lenox, showed him the map, and began to carefully point out the direction the train should go.

“There’s no space to confine someone in the west district where the restaurants are located. Most of the buildings are open. We can exclude this area from the candidates.”

“What about the south district where the dormitories are located?”

“There are quite a few small warehouses and rooms, but conversely, there won’t be enough space to conduct a ritual.”

“Then we should focus our search on the east district where the main building is located and the north district where the library is located.”

“I agree.”

“Wait, wait!!”

Mila, who was watching Lenox and Priscilla quickly exchange opinions, jumped up from her seat and waved her arms.

“No, Professor!! Why is our sister here right now?!”

“I’m not sure either,” Lenox said, looking at Priscilla with a calm expression and asking her in return.

“Why are you here?”

“Well, Assistant Professor, you don’t know much about the internal structure of the school, do you?”

Priscilla also answered with an indifferent expression.

“My sister obviously doesn’t know anything about the facilities inside Lavatenon University either, so shouldn’t someone guide you two?”

Of course, it wasn’t that Lenox didn’t know that Priscilla had secretly boarded this train.

He just thought it would be better to take her along rather than waste time arguing about dragging Priscilla out and making her run away.

“…”

Mila, who had been staring blankly at Priscilla, lost for words, then slumped down and tilted her head back blankly.

“I don’t know. I’m going to knock her out and hide her before the operation starts, so keep that in mind.”

“Sister!”

“I also don’t want Priscilla to be in danger on the field,” Lenox replied.

“But it’s safest to move together for now, so let’s try to resolve this without directly involving her on the field.”

“Haa… Professor. My sister has absolutely no talent for fighting,” Mila sighed and shook her head.

“It’s true that her mind works better than mine, but to be honest, she’ll only be a hindrance when fighting.”

“Sister, I’m going to be a third-year student soon.”

Priscilla replied with a calm expression.

“I’ve also completed the combat magic practice lecture half a semester early. I know how to fight.”

“You know how to fight?”

Mila, who repeated Priscilla’s words exactly as they were, turned her head sharply.

“You’re wrong, Silla. I’ve told you so many times. It’s not about how to fight, it’s about how to kill.”

“…”

“Winning a fight. Winning without getting hurt. Subduing without killing. Do you know how empty these promises are for a combat mage fighting on the field?”

Mila pointed her finger at Lenox.

“Unless you’re a genius with this much talent, you shouldn’t make such promises lightly. Why is that?”

Priscilla flinched her shoulders at her gaze, which was looking at her with a cold look.

“Because the colleagues who believe in those words and join the action will eventually die together.”

“…”

It was clear that it wasn’t a ghost story she had heard from others, but a story about the reality that Mila herself had experienced.

There was no need to mention how many actual battles she had gone through to become a member of the Antares Mercenary Group, with her shock-type superpower, shotgun skills, and sensory magic.

It was only natural that Priscilla’s hasty attempt to participate in the actual battle seemed reckless to Mila.

However, Lenox stepped in to mediate before the two sisters’ fight escalated.

He suddenly placed Davi, who had been dozing off while coiled on top of Lenox’s head, on Mila’s face.

“Ubbubub!!”

“[…!!!]”

Lenox shook his head as he watched both Mila and Davi jump up in surprise.

“Thank you for the praise, but I don’t have anything to give you even if you overpraise me.”

“Haa…”

“I’ll help you with career counseling later, so let’s focus on the current situation for now,” Lenox said.

With Lenox’s words, sunlight poured into the train car that had emerged from the underground tunnel.

Since it crossed five stations inside the university, the railway was laid not only underground but also above ground.

“We just passed the west district where the dormitories are located. It’s 3 minutes to the north district where the central library is located…!!”

As Priscilla quickly regained her senses and unfolded the map, Mila sighed and got up from her seat.

“Professor, that promise to help my sister with career counseling. You have to keep it later.”

“Of course.”

At Mila’s rare serious look at Lenox, Lenox also smiled faintly and nodded.

“I’m still an assistant professor at Lavatenon Magic University, after all.”

“…Still?”

The moment Mila and Priscilla simultaneously muttered that meaningful answer.

Suddenly, the sky darkened, and at the same time, a thick shadow fell right in front of the train window.

Kuuuuung!!!

Something unknown was taking the impact of the train head-on in the middle of the tracks.

However, unlike the spider spirit whose whole body burst from not being able to withstand the impact, the opponent stood its ground and stopped the train head-on.

Kkkkkkkkk!!!

Sparks burst out from between the wheels, and the train car shook like crazy.

Before the eyes of the three people who were staggering even while holding onto the supports, black fur and a muscular torso filled their vision.

Thud thud!!

At the same time as the train car ceiling was being torn off without hesitation, they could feel the shadow that had stopped the train looking down at them.

Mila, who had blankly raised her gaze, muttered as if dumbfounded.

“…A gorilla?”

“[Hooook!!]”

A huge gorilla, with its nostrils flaring and its face with bulging veins, was sticking its face out.

Its size was beyond that of an average car, comparable to a couple of train cars that Lenox’s group was riding in.

“Leopard, monkey, elephant, pig…”

A cold male voice was heard from the gorilla’s shoulder.

A burly sorcerer, wearing a living gorilla mask, was looking down at the group with his arms crossed.

“They’re all dead. Right?”

“Maybe?”

Even at Mila’s sarcastic remark, the sorcerer didn’t care and examined the train they had come on.

“Since you came by train, it means you’ve dealt with the spider that sealed the terminal… Hmph, five of them have already died.”

He said, laughing at the deaths of his fellow sorcerers as if it were nothing.

“I heard the students of the Elemental Department have decent talent. If they died with good sacrifices, it’s purely because of their incompetence.”

“…”

“But the elephant and the spider had received some benefits from the promotion ritual… If you killed those two, you must be quite skilled as well.”

The sorcerer’s gaze, which had been looking around the driver’s seat where the train roof had been torn off, turned to the very back.

“Is it you?”

Lenox, who had roughly finished the coffee left in his cup, was wiping his mouth and getting up.

The sorcerer’s sharp gaze shone towards Lenox, who wasn’t even looking at the house-sized gorilla and sorcerer.

“I smell a spiritist. A very sweet and fragrant smell…”

“Do you smell it?”

“No!!” Priscilla said, startled by Lenox’s question, and shook her head.

The sorcerer smiled at that reaction, not caring.

“It means you’re employing a special and high-quality spirit of essence, rather than just a strong spirit. It’s also the very point we’ve been looking for through the ritual.”

As the veins on the gorilla spirit’s neck bulged, the spirit grabbed the train with both hands and slowly lifted it.

Kugugung!!

Not only was the spirit stopping the train with its own strength, but it also had the overwhelming strength to grab it and lift it.

If they were to have a head-on power struggle with such a monster, they would be turned into jerky without even a single bone left.

But even knowing that, Lenox looked back at Mila, who was making a dazed expression inside the swaying train.

“Mila. Can you go into the library first and check the way?” Lenox asked with a smiling expression.

“There’s something I want to check with that sorcerer for a moment.”

“I don’t mind, but are you going to be okay alone?” Mila said, glancing at the growling gorilla.

“Silla won’t be of much help in this kind of battle.”

“Don’t worry about the fight,” Lenox said with a smile.

“It’ll probably be over soon.”

“…That answer. It’s really similar to the scary mage I know.”

Mila, who muttered with a slightly disgusted expression, kicked the train door open without hesitation while holding her shotgun.

Bang!!

Mila’s figure quickly slipped through the gap in the door that had opened between the gorilla’s fingers.

She quickly passed the sorcerer and the spirit and headed towards the huge central library building behind the gorilla.

“[Hooook?!]”

“Don’t worry about it. Focus on that spiritist.”

The gorilla, who seemed flustered, turned its head while exhaling, but the sorcerer ignored Mila completely.

He seemed to think that there was nothing more important than dealing with Lenox in this place.

Lenox carefully observed the sorcerer’s reaction and slowly raised his magic power.

Priscilla, who was holding onto the swaying train car tightly, asked.

“…Can we win?”

“Look at the opponent’s reaction. He doesn’t seem very interested in protecting the library, does he?” Lenox said, gesturing towards the sorcerer.

“There are two possibilities. Either they’ve already achieved at least the minimum goal, or the person we’re looking for isn’t in the library.”

Lenox, who had taken Davi out of his arms and was holding him up with both hands, smiled.

“The former seems more likely, but the latter is a problem that’s difficult to determine without checking directly. That’s why I sent Mila ahead to check the library.”

“[Woong… Master? Is it time to work already?]” Davi, held in Lenox’s hand, rubbed his eyes with his front paws and yawned.

The fox spirit was stretching, opening his mouth wide.

The sorcerer stared intently at Davi’s form, showing a great deal of interest.

“It doesn’t look much different from other spirits on the surface… What makes your smell so special?”

“[What is that organic being muttering about me smelling?]” Davi grumbled quietly to Lenox so that Priscilla couldn’t hear.

“Okay. I’ll know if I catch it and feed it to my spirit…!!”

“[That wild gorilla looks smellier!]”

Kugugu!!

At the same time as the gorilla spirit released the hand that was holding the train up, the train car floated in the air for a moment.

The gorilla, who had clenched its fist, rotated its shoulder once and slammed the train car down.

Kwaaaaang!!!

The steel plate was crushed, and the rails in the middle of the tracks were distorted and melted by the impact.

However, the corpses of Lenox and Priscilla were not visible inside the shattered train.

Lenox, who had melted the floor of the train and escaped, turned to Priscilla, whose face had turned pale, and said.

“That sorcerer has already completed the growth promotion ritual and greatly increased the power of the spirit. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to come out with such a relaxed attitude.”

“A-Assistant Professor… I don’t think this is the time to be having a conversation like this…!!”

At that moment, the gorilla’s fist, which had been swung as if sliding along the track surface, struck Lenox directly in the back.

Immediately after, dozens of sharp lightning stakes that had risen from under Lenox’s feet intertwined and turned into a wall of thunder, blocking the fist.

Ujijijijik!!

The gorilla spirit screamed and flinched its shoulder from the pain of its fist melting from the power of the electric-type common magic.

“[Kkeueueuk!!]”

“As far as I know, I’ve never heard of anyone being able to smell a spirit. In his case, I think his synesthesia is abnormally activated…”

Davi, who had climbed onto Lenox’s shoulder, was licking his tongue and emitting dazzling lightning from his whole body.

Lenox, who had quickly drawn out foxfire in response to Davi’s will, nodded while wearing the flashing light all over his body.

“Then we should go over where that ability and the source of the ritual are located at this place.”

“Your guesses have been quite sharp since a while ago,” a faint smile was mixed in the voice of the sorcerer who was on the gorilla’s shoulder.

“But how long will you be able to maintain such a relaxed attitude?”

Woodudeudeuk!!

The house-sized gorilla spirit grabbed one of the remaining train cars with its intact hand and clenched it.

An unrealistic sight of wielding a train car that could carry dozens of people at the same time like a club.

The moment the gorilla raised it high into the sky and crouched its muscular body.

Lenox said, looking at Priscilla’s pale face.

“Since the timing is right, let’s study the practical application of elemental magic that third-year students learn in advance today.”

“I mean, I don’t think this is the time to be listening to this kind of story…!!”

Kwaaaaang!!!

The moment the gorilla grabbed the train car and slammed it down, the barrier made by intertwining the lightning stakes shattered on the spot and swept through the place where Lenox was standing.

Train fragments scattered indiscriminately and flew in all directions.

However, the fragments that were about to cover Lenox and Priscilla stopped abruptly as if time had stopped.

Paat!!

A chilling cold that made the skin tingle.

The moment the gorilla paused and stopped its arm at the clear breath of frost that froze the air.

The fox spirit, emitting a deep blue-navy glow, landed lightly in front of the gorilla.

Jjeojeojeok…!!

Starting from the tip of Davi’s feet, his legs, torso, and tail. His appearance began to freeze little by little, like small waves.

The moment Priscilla, who realized that Davi’s form, which had been like a living electricity, had changed into the form of a sharp ice fox, opened her mouth blankly.

Lenox snapped his fingers and nodded.

“Shall we start with the simplest attribute transformation?”

“[Spirit Rank Common Magic: Attribute Transformation]”

“[Icicle Form]”