Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 655

The Self-Generated Domain, Armored Dragon Star, was a realm of possibility reached by transcending the hierarchy and earning the title of Meister [Master Craftsman].

It was a singular point of divergence, where his entire workshop became the answer of a craftsman, twisting and pushing the boundaries of his capabilities to their limits.

However, Lenok’s observation of the fortress-shaped Self-Generated Domain before his battle with Oroknier was not merely to test his achievements.

[Temporary Ascension Gate Open]

Fwoooosh!!!

A massive gate of light opened as space tore apart above the fortress workshop, Armored Dragon Star.

The pinnacle of creation, achieved by gathering all the possibilities of the crafting-type domain, having obtained the opening code and core schematics.

Crack!!

A temporary Ascension Gate overlapped and opened above the platinum space-time, and an overwhelming amount of information began to pour out from beyond the rift.

Beating, smashing, crushing, whispering, and shouting.

All the silence and clamor that lingered like echoes in the far reaches of the already-destroyed world erupted like indistinct cries.

Patsututut!!

From the end of the massive aerial fortress, resembling a mix of a dragon and a toad, he looked down upon the entire platinum space-time.

‘I know how dangerous the mental space of an Ascended is.’

Lenok focused his mind as he watched the intangible concepts pouring out from beyond the temporary Ascension Gate fill the ideological domain.

‘First, I need to forcibly pull down the environmental conditions themselves.’

Through various experiences, Lenok knew how absurdly monstrous the existence of an Ascended was.

Not merely having obtained the qualification, but a transcendent being who rose on their own and completed their own world.

It was a concept that could not be explained by simply saying they were insane or had found an answer.

In particular, the ideological domain, which was essentially the Ascended’s world itself, was a zone of authority that could determine the fate of all life within that space.

Therefore, Lenok deployed the Armored Dragon Star and opened the temporary Ascension Gate to forcibly pull down the power of that ideological domain.

‘It’s enough to interfere with the space-time manipulation within the ideological domain. The rest is…!!’

Through the crafting-type domain, Lenok forcibly drew out his potential as a creator.

He forcibly created and opened a temporary Ascension Gate that would have been impossible to create at this point.

The temporary Ascension Gate was a disaster in itself, spewing out random information from the old world that even Lenok could not control.

However, the indiscriminate information from the old world that was released in this way could devour the space-time within the ideological domain and interfere with the space-time manipulation itself.

“I see. You forcibly opened the Ascension Gate to match the conditions of the battlefield…!!”

Oroknier also seemed to immediately understand Lenok’s intentions, letting out a faint exclamation.

“To come up with countermeasures so quickly with just the information given in a short time. Have you perhaps had a similar experience?”

“Maybe.”

Lenok ignored Oroknier’s words and began to quickly form hand seals with his eyes closed.

Although opening the temporary Ascension Gate was the top priority when deploying the Self-Generated Domain, the capabilities of the Armored Dragon Star did not end there.

Not innate dexterity or physical strength, but the answer of a craftsman who opened another horizon through Lenok’s intuition and senses.

He met the temporary Ascension Gate opened above the moving workshop fortress and began to draw out its capabilities to the limit at this very moment.

“Dabi.”

[Urya!!]

The system messages rising from various parts of the workshop and Dabi’s battle cry intersected, raising a dazzling light into the sky.

Selecting and recognizing the information from the old world pouring down from the temporary Ascension Gate at the particle level, then reproducing the data.

Combining Dabi’s powerful artificial intelligence, computational power, and the workshop domain’s crafting capabilities to create a living, breathing legion.

[872 Magic Power Convergence Rotary Cannons. 192 High-Speed Melting Incendiary Rounds. 41 Low-Resonance Rapid-Fire Turrets. 125 Multi-Directional Mobile Colossi Assembled.]

[Aiming Spirit. Impact Group Formation Complete. Commence Firing in Order of Completion.]

[Power Descent Sequence Ready. Here we go!!]

Thudududududu!!!

Hundreds of colossi, clad in heavy armor, rose from various parts of the fortress and jumped down.

Mobile artillery units, resembling sharp spires, were assembled in real-time and emitted powerful lasers.

Kwaaaang!!!

Numerous missiles and laser beams were fired from all sides of the fortress like explosions.

The blurred figures of the colossi and turret forces, rushing through the gaps, turned the platinum ideological domain into a sea of fire.

In the center of the aerial fortress, something was constantly being assembled and refined, produced in the form of colossi and turrets, and then leaping out.

Lenok’s mobile workshop, floating in the air and constantly pouring down fire.

However, its true value lay not in the fortress’s firepower, but in the fact that the entire fortress was designed as a workshop for a single craftsman.

Whirr-whirr-whirr!!

The Ascended’s body was swept away and melted by the massive heat waves emitted from Lenok’s workshop.

However, his consciousness and presence did not disappear at all, and he once again gathered into a human form from the platinum metal.

“An ideal state where you have reached the pinnacle of craftsmanship and made your entire workshop your answer. Truly a form befitting the apex of this city.”

Oroknier, who was looking up at the Armored Dragon Star in the middle of the dazzling platinum field, smiled.

“If you have initiated a large-scale battle in my domain, it means you have recognized my abilities and decided to face me head-on… Very well.”

At the same time as Oroknier raised his hand, platinum metal rose from beneath his feet and began to take the form of a massive fortress.

“I will gladly indulge in such entertainment.”

The mass manipulation technique that transcended the hierarchy and allowed Hermes Oroknier to become an Ascended, blurring the boundaries between matter and non-matter, was activated.

A transcendent ‘law’ that had obtained qualification by transcending the hierarchy and raised the technique to the level of a power manifested in this place.

[Ideological Domain Platinum Biseok Star]

[Mass Hierarchy Unique Power]

[Creation: The Walls of Idelta]

[Formation: The 17th Legion of the Mantra Dynasty]

Weeeeeeeeeeeng!!!

From beyond the fortress that spanned thousands of meters, platinum soldiers rose, and curved cannons comparable to the fortress’s gunports took shape in various places.

[Deployment: The End-of-Days Barrage]

[Material Calculation Preparation: Ideological Domain Judgment]

[Mass Hierarchy Authority Domain Proxy Calculation Complete.]

“Arise.”

Soldiers poured out from the magic circle drawn in the center of the fortress, forming a legion and preparing for war.

Kwadudududuk!!

A war proxy who had obtained power that surpassed a legion with a human body.

The prime minister of a fallen nation, who had created an army with a mass manipulation technique that had reached level 9 and destroyed various civilizations, stood at the end of the fortress and wielded his thoughts.

[Cheeeeeek…!!!]

Hundreds of colossi that had fallen from the end of the aerial fortress collided head-on with the platinum fortress.

Each of their bodies and the magic cannons mounted on the walls spewed fire, and dazzling pillars of light soared.

Kwaaaaaaaang!!

“Hahahahahah!!!”

The moment Oroknier’s thoughts, bursting into laughter, flashed, the melted and crushed fortress and legion quickly regenerated.

Not only did they return to their original forms, but the height of the walls became higher, and the armor of the soldiers became more ornate.

The magic cannons mounted on the outer walls of the fortress increased in size, and projectiles resembling rockets filled the sky of the ideological domain.

Armies and fortresses that had occupied the ground rose from various parts of the platinum field, surrounding Lenok’s workshop and firing mass weapons like mad.

Thudududududu!!!!

Thousands of magic lights collided as if converging at a single point in the void. They tore apart the space itself, sweeping across the entire ideological domain with a dazzling light.

A concentrated barrage that interfered with, melted, and collapsed the existing space. Its firepower had long since surpassed the scale and scope that could be projected with human technology.

The platinum commander who fully exerted his power in a large-scale battle.

The power of an Ascended who waged war alone was unleashed against the workshop fortress without restraint.

“Each gunport of the fortress is an expression of an ideal that does not exist…!!”

Oroknier shouted in succession, as if unable to contain his admiration.

“Old world military technology, present-day materials, and even future mental images… To use the thoughts drawn from beyond the realm of possibility as weapons!!”

He realized that the workshop, transformed into the form of a fortress created by Lenok, and the thousands of volleys and colossi that it fired, had drawn in a future that did not yet exist.

A miracle that had brought into reality the very possibility of something that had not yet taken shape and did not yet exist, but might one day be reached.

Oroknier was admiring and unable to contain his amazement at the fact that the ideal point of that realm had extended beyond the past and present, reaching into the future.

“The power to grasp and wield not just what has been created, but what you believe you will create…!! That’s right. It has to be this much, it has to be this much, or I can’t!!!”

Oroknier raised his magic power while withstanding the crossfire pouring in from all directions and the onslaught of colossi that were constantly surging forward.

In response to his will, Oroknier’s entire ideological domain responded, altering reality.

He bent the sky and the earth into a circle, and made all the space within sight into the form of walls and artillery, rolling them down.

Thududududu!!

At the end of the ideological domain, where even space was refracted and distorted, even the poorly aimed shells accurately hit the fortress and exploded.

It began to shake and shatter all the scenery and sensations within sight.

“…No.”

The aerial fortress existed at the destination of that barrage.

Lenok, who was sitting at the heart of the Armored Dragon Star, slowly raised his gaze.

“This is still not enough.”

At that moment, the head of the fortress, resembling a dragon and a toad, opened its mouth wide, and from within, it spat out a pitch-black mass of condensed magic power.

[Umwol (Shadow Moon)]

The moment a massive black sphere that absorbed even light fell from the head of the fortress.

The platinum barrage that had been fired at the Armored Dragon Star bent toward the Umwol as if space was being distorted.

Glug…!!

The form of the Umwol, rotating in black and shining eerily, as if swallowing all light and heat on the spot.

Just after the fist-sized black sphere slowly fell onto the fortress of the ideological domain.

[Energy Charge Complete]

[Open Gate]

Kuuuuuung!!

The size of the sphere swelled and expanded like crazy, turning into a massive shadow gate on the spot.

As if using the other side of the shadow as a gate, the heavy sound of metal friction was heard without hesitation.

[Unauthorized Modification of Seabed Barrier Mining Equipment]

[Strategic God-Class Weapon, Heoyeok, Activated in 0.46 Seconds]

Kiiing!!

At that moment, something that had emerged from the void beyond the shadow was fired at the fortress at an incredible speed.

It smashed through the platinum fortress head-on and completely tore apart its contents.

Kwaaaaaaaang!!!

A massive shockwave that echoed to the far reaches of the ideological domain’s space-time.

[Aaaaaaaack!!!]

The platinum legion, which should not have had any will, was crushed and shattered, scattering silent screams.

Due to the aftermath, Oroknier’s body was also half-annihilated, and he formed his body in another place in real-time and turned his consciousness back.

“An arm…?!!”

What appeared from beyond the shadow gate was the form of a giant mechanical arm, tens of meters in size.

The length of the arm, which was clenched into a fist and extended, was hundreds of meters, an arm of a giant that was not even enough to be called a giant.

The core of the seabed barrier. The arm of a giant created by modifying the massive mining equipment installed in the vicinity.

Just by summoning and pushing out the arm of a non-existent modified weapon, its weight smashed and crushed the fortress head-on.

“What kind of weapon are you using to break through the Walls of Idelta with mere impact…!!”

And from beyond the cracks in the fortress that had been shattered in that way, the fortress of the Armored Dragon Star fell straight down, piercing through the barrage of fire.

Kugwagwagwagwa!!!

Covered in platinum flames like a firestorm, it pierced through the distorted space and fell diagonally, while enduring the barrage of fire from all directions.

The collision of the colossi and platinum soldiers, whose bodies were shattered and crushed, and the explosion of the converging cannons and missiles that were constantly firing at each other.

Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

The overlapping shouts and explosions, echoing from everyone, turned into a deafening roar that burst the eardrums.

The workshop, transformed into a dazzling platinum asteroid, crashed into the center of the fortress, tearing apart and collapsing the other side of the ideological domain.

Kwaaaang!!!

The flames that burned endlessly, generating heat.

The platinum radiance that evaporated, scattered, and disappeared, and the workshop fortress of the Armored Dragon Star.

Amidst the collapsing and crumbling debris, intense lightning and pure white magic collided.

Lenok and Oroknier, who had already jumped out from the center of the workshop, crossed the space and distance between them, exchanging magic power and mental images.

The clash of thunder and platinum that erupted from the fingertips of the two covered the vast field of the ideological domain and transformed it into a dazzling crown.

Kwazzzzzzz!!!

The collision between Lenok, who was running while unleashing a barrage of electric-type unique magic without a moment’s rest, and Oroknier, who was endlessly producing and pushing forward his platinum legion.

Oroknier, who had witnessed Lenok’s staggering figure at the center, exclaimed in admiration.

“To be able to obtain such mythical power with a body that lacks physical abilities. Amazing. But…!!”

[Mass Hierarchy Unique Power]

[Creation: The Dragon Star Air Force of Chan Draka]

[Formation: The Disease Bullets of the Human Hunters]

He summoned and pushed in a platinum shield between the thick stakes of lightning that had been hammered in like slashes, and formed a massive artillery unit behind him to concentrate fire.

Several dozen massive artillery units that had appeared behind Oroknier faced the horizon and unleashed a crossfire at Lenok.

Fwoooosh!!!

The radiance of concentrated pure white magic instantly distorted the view and unleashed a firepower that extended to the other side of the ideological domain.

Oroknier smiled as he looked at Lenok, who was enveloped in the radiance of lightning, at the center of that barrage.

“This is not enough.”

“…”

“The depth and power of your mental image, which reproduces the firepower of a fortress single-handedly, and the bizarre ability to forcibly draw out the functions of the Ascension Gate are all astonishing, but…”

Oroknier’s smile slowly disappeared.

“That’s not the answer I want.”

The crafting-type Self-Generated Domain, Armored Dragon Star.

A point of divergence of possibility, where he had risen to the position of Meister with his unique intuition and talent, and finally obtained the answer as a craftsman.

Having worked as a craftsman in the Machine City for quite some time, a powerful mental image was born that was capable of remodeling an entire workshop into a fortress.

It was undoubtedly an ability with depth and a system that could maintain its form even within the ideological domain of an Ascended and devise countermeasures in reverse.

Nevertheless, it was also an undeniable fact that the output of the Armored Dragon Star was only enough to engage in a group battle on equal footing with Oroknier.

“The Walls of Idelta are the most solid barrier concept in my records of mass manipulation techniques, but that is not the important thing.”

Oroknier said.

“If your answer is the reproduction of the contempt of the civilization I failed to protect and the legion that reached the pinnacle of group battles… then the ending will be the same.”

“…”

“You can never kill me with that method. You will only wage an endless war within this space forever. That will be the end.”

“If this is the end, what do you intend to do?”

“I must fulfill the meaning of why I was summoned to this world.”

A chilling sneer formed on Oroknier’s expressionless face.

“In response to the wishes of the avatar who summoned me, I will shatter all the possibilities of the third world.”

“…”

“In my lifetime, I destroyed five civilizations, annihilated hundreds of nations, and collapsed countless cities.”

Oroknier looked at the platinum legion that was blooming from his fingertips.

“I will reproduce what I have always been accustomed to doing until the moment I find meaning in this world.”

Kugugugugu!!!!

Even at this moment, his mass manipulation technique was constantly producing soldiers and weapons as if it had a will of its own.

Behind the quietly standing Ascended, buildings and streets that had not existed before were being created, transforming into the form of a city.

Oroknier was remembering the remnants of life, technology, materials, and civilizations that he had already killed and eliminated through his mass manipulation technique, and was fully realizing them in his own ideological domain.

“So come.”

Oroknier slowly raised his hand and gestured towards Lenok.

“If you want to protect this world, convince me that there is more meaning to you than that.”

Lenok chuckled at those words.

“Protect… I’m not interested in such noble reasons.”

Whirr-whirr-whirr!!

Even as he walked down through the pure white flames, Lenok’s body did not burn at all.

Only the streaks of lightning, flickering like they were falling through the magician’s domain, fluttered and spread beside Lenok.

Lenok quietly murmured, awakening the magic eyes that were rotating with the radiance of magic power.

“What I think about is always closer to a much smaller and more fundamental desire.”

It was far from a desire for knowledge or a desire to understand something.

Lenok was simply tired of the fear that came from the unknown.

He was tired of being tormented by the fear of death and the despair that there was no next.

The fact that his remaining time was limited due to the characteristic of being a genius with a short life.

The grim reality that the end of the world might come even faster than that.

Even the transcendent talent and the shackles of the penalty that bound him, which he could never escape.

He stood here because he could not bear to not give meaning to all the situations and questions that surrounded him now.

The safety of the Machine City, the disaster of the Ascended from the old world descending, and the pain of battle were merely processes, not the end, compared to that.

He continued to add to his endless longing in the infinite universe.

If he had to find meaning beyond the void where no answer was visible, he had no choice but to place his hopes on Lenok’s own possibilities that had not yet arrived.

In this world where there was no one to rely on, only himself.

If only his own existence could be a comfort.

“Uroboros Magic System Start.”

Kiiiiiiiiing!!!

At the same time, a massive golden spiral exploded, wrapping around the temporary Ascension Gate that was floating in the sky.

The dazzling light, rotating in two spirals, chased its tail and began to draw the shape of a giant snake.

The radiance of a mental image that was truly overwhelming and massive, which could not be felt at all in the fierce battle that the two had been waging until just now.

Oroknier twisted his lips for a moment as he faced the radiance of the golden snake.

“A magic system? With a new magic practitioner…!!”

Crack!!

At that moment, the scenery of the ideological domain, which had been raging without losing its light for even a moment, began to shatter.

The golden snake rotated as if overlapping and overlapping the scenery of the Self-Generated Domain.

And at the sight of the platinum space-time, which was being shattered and absorbed, swirling around a single magician.

Oroknier’s words trailed off.