Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 671

Random Box (7)

“Three. Two. One.”

Thwack!!

“……!!”

“Let’s go again. Three. Two. One.”

Snap!!

“Kkyaaaack……!!”

Belver, eyes rolled back, couldn’t hold back his scream.

He clutched his forehead with both hands and fell backward.

“Damn it, I can’t do this anymore!!”

Belver wailed, his face swollen as if he’d been beaten.

Lenok sat in front of Belver, raised a finger, and shrugged.

“I told you, you need to match the timing.”

Lenok said, bringing his finger in front of the fallen Belver.

“I’ll say it again. I’ll count to three and move my finger, so all you have to do is turn your head in a different direction.”

“……”

“Three. Two. One.”

The moment Lenok said that and raised his finger, Belver’s head followed the finger exactly.

“Wrong.”

Kiiing!!

Magic gathered at the tip of his finger, and at the same time, he chanted an impact spell.

It landed on Belver’s forehead as a powerful flick.

Bang!!

A loud sound, as if a walnut was being cracked.

“……!!”

“Ahahaha!!”

His twin, Bellita, who had been watching from the side, burst into a hearty laugh, and Belver collapsed.

“Ban, this is really amazing. How do you keep hitting him without using any magic?”

“There’s a method.”

Lenok, unfazed, raised his finger again between his eyebrows.

“Let’s go again. Three. Two.”

“Ah, I get it. I get it!! I admit it!!”

“Admit what?”

Belver replied quietly, as if he was ashamed to confess it.

“It’s not working… no, that… I can’t dodge it well.”

“It took you over ten times of taking impact magic to your forehead to admit that.”

Lenok said calmly.

“You think you’re weak in psychological warfare or strategy, but the biggest problem is the gap between your motor skills and reaction speed.”

“……”

“It’s not unusual. It’s something that can theoretically happen to a physical ability user who handles heavy weapons, a superhuman who uses weight enhancement frequently.”

“Something that can happen…?”

“You’re using magic to momentarily inflate your body weight to handle heavy weapons, right?”

Lenok continued without waiting for Belver’s answer.

“Because you’re stuffing magic between your blood vessels and muscles, the blood flow slows down and the nervous system is compressed. As a result, your reactions are gradually lagging.”

“……”

“It might not be noticeable in everyday life, but the more you concentrate and immerse yourself, the slower time seems to pass…”

Lenok tapped his temple and smiled.

“Your body and mind are drifting apart.”

Only then did Belver realize the seriousness of the problem, and his face hardened.

Bellita also lost her smile and stared only at Lenok’s mouth.

“You’ve been getting by in battles with your strength and toughness, but there will come a time when that gap becomes so severe that it will hold you back. It probably won’t be long.”

“……What should I do?”

“It’s simple. Start with training to reduce the gap in reaction speed, like we’re doing now.”

Lenok said, counting to three again and turning his finger to the side.

This time, Belver gritted his teeth and raised his gaze upward.

“Because your reaction is a beat late, even when I count to three and move, you unconsciously follow that movement. You need to compensate through regular training, and later, find the pressure point where your reaction doesn’t slow down when using magic.”

“You’re saying that I can only find balance through empirical training…”

“Ask Bellita to train you, and aim to pass a hundred times in a row.”

“A, a hundred times?!”

“I’ll decide if you have the aptitude to learn magic based on how quickly you can do it.”

“Ugh……”

Unable to argue, Belver quietly stepped back and began training with Bellita.

Beside the twins, people who had received different tasks from Lenok were all deep in thought.

“Ugh…!! Damn it!!”

Mila was practicing placing water droplets on the side of her dagger, which repeatedly fell off right in front of her.

[Eugegegegek.]

Manson’s two bodies were making strange noises with electrodes plugged into the back of their heads.

“Uuuuum……”

Even the training of balancing a spear held in reverse was difficult.

Jenny watched the scene from the side and muttered in disbelief.

“It’s like a circus troupe.”

“Why? Do you want to join them?”

“……What kind of task are you going to give me?”

“Nothing.”

Lenok smiled at Jenny, who seemed slightly nervous.

“When I tried to teach you the magic system before, everyone except you showed a rejection reaction. Do you remember?”

“……”

“Since then, I’ve just been trying to see who seems like they can adjust. You, Felix, and Evelyn are obviously exceptions.”

After facing Madrich Onion, an 8-level military mage, and obtaining the Uroboros magic system,

Lenok had once tried to teach his acquaintances the basic principles of the magic system.

However, while most of them vomited and showed rejection reactions, Jenny had learned the basics of the magic system relatively easily.

At the time, he didn’t know the reason, but now that he thought about who Jenny’s grandfather was, it wasn’t hard to understand.

Lenok was trying again what he had put aside at that time, using this opportunity in a different way.

“You can find out about aptitude for magic with just these tasks?”

“To be precise, I’m giving them time to think about their unconscious deficiencies.”

Lenok answered with a smile.

“It will be difficult to solve right away. Conversely, that’s why it’s suitable for testing aptitude.”

“But it doesn’t seem like you’re giving them such difficult tasks…”

Even the finger-dodging task he gave Belver was just a game that could be played without any magic.

However, Felix, who was watching from the side, shook his head instead.

“That’s not it, Jenny. It feels more difficult because he’s not giving them difficult tasks.”

“What?”

“The tasks Ban gives are easy for others, but they’re so subtle that they can’t understand why they can’t do it themselves.”

“……”

“He’s making them realize their unconscious problems through simple tests. It’s the same with the task he gave Belver, but you can understand if you look at Mila.”

Felix turned his gaze.

“Mila is an excellent mercenary, but she tends to handle every task differently due to her innate senses.”

“What does that have to do with putting water droplets on the tip of a sword?”

“In other words, she’s instinctively avoiding doing regular tasks in the same way. That’s why it’s difficult for her to succeed in a simple task like placing water droplets on the blade.”

“……”

Only then did Jenny’s expression change slightly as she understood Felix’s words.

“That’s a bit surprising. You’re saying that a mercenary like Camilla has such a psychological problem?”

“The higher their skills, the more they become obsessed with mental routines and psychogenic variables. It’s probably also closely related to Mila’s own unconventional fighting style.”

“……”

“It’s the same for others. Tasks that are difficult for them but easy for others… that’s why they realize their own deficiencies. It’s exactly as Ban said.”

Felix stroked his beak, looking interested, and muttered.

“Ban always says he’s not good at teaching, but I think differently. He seems ready to take on disciples.”

“Don’t overdo the praise.”

Even at Lenok’s indifferent reply, Felix tilted his head with interest.

“If intuition reaches this level, just pointing out the problem can be a great teaching… I’m learning something.”

“……”

Felix’s words were not entirely wrong.

In fact, the teaching method Lenok chose was a method he often used when he was an assistant professor at Lavatenon University.

Instead of holding onto difficult magic and trying to teach it, it’s more efficient to give simple tasks and help them compensate for their weaknesses.

Of course, to do that, you need to understand the problems of each undergraduate student and set up a customized tutoring method that suits them.

But that level of analysis didn’t take Lenok long.

Lenok was now applying the know-how he had learned while working as an assistant professor to the prospective disciples who wanted to learn magic from him.

“Uuuuum… Ban?”

In the meantime, Dylan, looking exhausted, walked out from inside the mansion and stared blankly around.

Dylan, who had rubbed his wrestler mask to wake up, frowned and muttered.

“Why is everyone suddenly doing weird things… am I still dreaming?”

“Dylan, you woke up faster than I expected.”

Lenok turned to him, looking somewhat surprised.

“Are you feeling a little better?”

“……Except for being a bit hazy.”

Chik!!

Dylan plopped down next to Lenok and opened a beer can that was lying nearby.

Dylan gulped down the beer, then took a deep breath and coughed.

“Cough cough!! This beer tastes like dirt?! Has my sense of taste finally gone bad-”

Thud!!

At that moment, the lever of the Ascension Gate behind Dylan vibrated greatly.

Startled, Dylan jumped up and looked at the machine box with a wary expression.

“……What is this?”

“It seems to recognize you as a different target than before.”

Lenok chuckled and nodded.

“Would you like to pull it again?”

“……Are you sure? I……”

“The same thing won’t happen again. I adjusted the output after Evelyn’s turn.”

“That’s still unfair no matter how I think about it……”

“Hmm……”

Even after receiving confirmation, Dylan hesitated for a long time before slowly grabbing the lever, and the machine box of the Ascension Gate began to shake.

“Ooh?! Magic power…!”

Dylan reached inside the gate, groped around, and grabbed something, then turned around in surprise.

His voice was slightly excited, enough to make the others, who had been focused on their tasks, turn their heads.

“It’s hard and slippery. It fits perfectly in my hand. It’s like an artifact…?”

Dylan couldn’t hide his excitement even in his hazy state.

Perhaps he was envious of the others who had drawn items and shared them.

His voice was so clear, it was hard to believe he had just passed out and woken up after having his limiter released with Lenok’s help.

“Stop the useless talk and take it out quickly.”

“Yeah. Let’s see what kind of warehouse it’s connected to.”

Mila and Jenny urged him, and Dylan put strength into his shoulders and lifted his arm from beyond the gate.

“Haaap……!!”

He puffed out his cheeks so much that it was visible even through his mask and threw the object he was holding as if he was throwing it away.

Dylan, who was breathing heavily, wiped his sweat and turned his gaze away.

“I’m sure of it. It can’t be anything but a jackpot…!!”

“……”

Flop, flop!!

Dylan’s mouth snapped shut as he made eye contact with a huge tuna that had half its body cut off.

The slippery and firm body. The lively, flopping fish. The eyes shaking without focus.

It was too unexpected to encounter in the mansion’s garden, not in the middle of the ocean.

Jenny and Mila sighed at the same time.

“That’s just like you.”

“I didn’t expect anything from the start.”

“Ah, no… Damn it, why did I get hooked by this piece of tuna…!!”

Dylan was flustered and shouted, lifting the tuna’s snout.

“Why is this guy even alive with half his body cut off?!”

“It’s not alive. It just looks that way because it’s under a preservation spell.”

Lenok, who had approached Dylan, looked at the tuna with interest.

“There are conditions to be alive even with half your body cut off. It’s better to think of it as something that was processed and preserved as food.”

“T, then the magic power I felt…”

“You must have sensed the preservation spell on this chunk of tuna.”

Lenok chuckled at the dumbfounded Dylan.

“Maybe you were very hungry after waking up.”

“Damn it……”

Ignoring the dejected Dylan, who couldn’t deny it, Lenok turned his gaze.

“Dray, could you bring some cooking utensils from the mansion’s kitchen?”

“Yes, I will. But what do you plan to use them for…”

“Since Dylan pulled out a good-quality fish, let’s grill it before it goes bad.”

“Ban? You’re going to grill this?”

Jenny frowned.

Evelyn, who was watching from the side, also asked in surprise.

“You’re going to eat something you don’t know where it came from? Is that okay for a mage?”

“It’s a tuna that has a high-level preservation spell on it, enough to make it flop even with half its body cut off.”

Lenok smiled and snapped his fingers.

“It’s definitely a top-quality ingredient. And it’s preserved very fresh. Don’t you think it’s a waste not to taste it?”

“……”

Indeed, if it was preserved with a preservation spell, it must be a very high-quality fish.

And it was preserved so fresh that it was still flopping even with half its body cut off.

While Jenny and Evelyn were pondering, Felix stepped forward, placing his hand on Lenok’s shoulder.

“Listening to you, Ban, there’s nothing wrong with what you’re saying.”

He nodded, looking at Lenok with his sturdy eyes. Saliva dripped from the beak of the bird-headed giant.

“It’s best to put that creative idea into action right away.”

“Wipe the saliva from your beak before you speak.”

Jenny scolded Felix, looking dumbfounded.

“You’re such a bird…”

“Do you know that’s a racist remark?”

Felix said, but he helped Dray take out a portable oven and stand from the kitchen, and then enthusiastically began preparing to grill the tuna.

Flap!!

“There’s a lot of dust. It seems like it hasn’t been used often.”

“It was there when we moved into the mansion. I haven’t tried to operate it separately.”

“That won’t do. I’ll take care of all the preparations.”

The bird-headed giant didn’t wait for Lenok’s answer and quickly wiped the oven and began preparing to grill the tuna.

He seemed unable to resist the curiosity about the taste of this well-preserved old-world tuna.

“Come to think of it, when did you move into this mansion?”

Jenny, who was sipping her drink while looking at Felix, asked as if she had just remembered.

“I heard you were changing addresses a few times, but I didn’t expect you to move into a mansion.”

“It’s been over half a year. There were a lot of things going on.”

Lenok answered, checking the small rope that Bellita had brought and recording it in a ledger.

“And I’m planning to move again soon. I’ve already looked at some candidate locations.”

“……Huh?”

“Really?”

Jenny and Evelyn muttered, sounding somewhat displeased.

“I don’t plan to stay in one place for long. The reason I invited you was because I was planning to leave after this was over.”

Using Davi’s ability, it wasn’t difficult for Lenok to find a property that met his desired conditions.

There was so much unused space in the mansion that it was rather cumbersome to manage.

Except for the laboratory, there was so much space left over that he was thinking of separating the laboratory and the house.

“Hmm, that’s a bit of a shame. It would be nice if we could gather like this in the future.”

Mila, who had been listening to the conversation, said, picking up a skewer from the table.

“The location doesn’t have to be my address, does it? It’s just a matter of time and opportunity.”

Lenok answered and got up from his seat.

“It seems like I’ve extracted all the necessary data. Let’s eat the tuna that Felix grilled and finish up.”

Lenok raised his glass and smiled, pointing to the other side of the garden where smoke was rising.

Felix had completely disassembled the oven and was grilling the tuna upside down, and his face even showed the noble passion of a craftsman.

“If we go back without even tasting that, we’ll regret it for a long time, won’t we?”

* * *

-Jenny has started to take an interest in the marine business.

“I see.”

-She’s planning to drastically increase the proportion of seafood among the goods currently being distributed.

“Understood.”

-No, Ban. Anyone can see that she just wants to eat tuna. Stop her!!

Dylan shouted over the communicator, sounding frustrated.

-You’re the only one who can raise objections to the business plan…!!

The mercenary’s voice echoed loudly across the vast laboratory.

However, Lenok, unfazed, lowered his head and slowly moved his hands to finish the ongoing work.

Chiik……!!

Pure white magic flickered like smoke, then turned into hard crystals and fell to the floor.

“Hoo……”

Lenok, who had finished one round of work, finally straightened his back and took a low breath.

Lenok, leaning against the workbench with a cigarette in his mouth, belatedly replied to Dylan’s words.

“The marine business is one of the most promising businesses in the Balkans, where it has been continuously invested in. Since the city is located not far from the sea, it has a high potential to make money if the environment of the undeveloped areas is resolved.”

Lenok, who had taken a puff of smoke and put out the fire, put down his cigarette and said.

“Whatever the reason, I don’t see it as negative.”

-W, well, that’s true, but…….

Dylan said, sounding wronged.

-Jenny is trying to send us to the sea by joining hands with an agent to form a business alliance…!!

“……”

-At this rate, we’re going to be sold to a shrimp boat. Please help me, Ban-!!

“A tuna boat, you mean.”

Lenok, who had been listening to Dylan’s desperate cry, pressed the end call button and cut off the connection.

It seemed that the tuna they had grilled at the party that day had changed someone’s life trajectory a little.

But to think that she would join hands with an agent and start a business, it seemed that Evelyn and Jenny liked the taste of tuna much more than he thought.

“……Evelyn was a vegetarian.”

Since there are many categories of vegetarians, he wondered if he had violated their values.

Lenok, who had fallen into meaningless thoughts, soon dismissed the idea and got up from his seat.

When you think about it, it was Dylan’s fault for pulling out the tuna from the Ascension Gate.

Whether Dylan was sold to a deep-sea fishing boat or not was Jenny’s business.

Right now, he had to finish the work he had started in the laboratory.

“Davi, how’s the output adjustment?”

[Spatial interference 3%. Time-line separation 0.2%. It’s still at an absurd level.]

Davi replied through the laboratory’s speaker, sounding dumbfounded.

[Just by existing in that place, it’s slightly pushing out and devouring the surrounding space-time… the transcendent’s concept body is really a strange thing.]

A workbench had risen in the middle of the laboratory.

A pure white jewel, surrounded by countless mechanical arms and laser projectors, was floating on the workbench and slowly rotating.

Crack, crack……!!

The space-time around the jewel was slightly distorted, creating an illusion of fragmentation and collapse.

Very slightly, so subtly, but just by existing, it was interfering with the timeline of reality, pushing out the surrounding space-time.

“Yeah. It’s a really strange thing.”

Lenok stared at the jewel’s vibrations for a moment, then slowly took out an old pocket watch from his pocket.

“That’s why I think there’s one more thing I can try.”

Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]

Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]

The Genius Wizard who takes Medicine, 약먹는 천재마법사 약먹는 천재 마법사
Status: Ongoing Author: Native Language: Korean
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In "Genius Wizard Takes Medicine," the protagonist, an avid gamer, meticulously crafts the ultimate wizard character in the game "World" by maximizing magical abilities and accepting numerous disadvantageous traits. However, he suddenly finds himself transmigrated into this very character—a prodigious talent who cannot survive a single day without relying on drugs. Set against a cyberpunk fantasy backdrop, the story blends action, adventure, and intricate magic systems, inviting readers to explore a world where extraordinary power comes at a significant cost.

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