Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 677

As the giant eye reflected on the card rotated, the dark veil shattered at a rapid pace.

A miracle that distorted all the surrounding space-time at a destructive speed, the moment it fully revealed its gaze.

The song of the end that collapses the mind with just a glance, and only allows worship in an immeasurable madness.

Crackling!!!

“……!!!”

The astrologer, now unable to even scream, could only be seen collapsing powerlessly and convulsing.

If things continued this way, the dark veil would soon collapse, and Lenok would return to reality.

However, even knowing this, Lenok tried his best to keep his eyes on the outer god’s eye until the very end.

He needed to find out why that unrealistic end of the outer sea had appeared at this moment.

Why, of all places, its gaze was cast upon the astrologer’s card, here.

He quickly scanned the eye reflected on the card.

A huge gaze that seemed to wander through the air, the wounded eye twitching incessantly.

Just witnessing the radiance of that pupil made him feel as if his body was stiffening and dying.

But even amidst all that, Lenok realized that even this gaze did not match the power he had felt in the Well of the Compendium [a place of immense knowledge].

‘Is it because it appeared by borrowing the image of the card that its power isn’t reaching as far as I thought?’

Originally, it wouldn’t be strange if the space-time of this place was completely distorted the moment the outer god’s gaze arrived.

However, the fact that the power of that gaze stopped at this level was because it was looking at this place from within the image of the card that reflected the constellations.

Because of the immense distance and the power being degraded once as an image, Lenok was able to withstand it.

And because of that, Lenok was able to notice one thing from the gaze of the eye looking at this place.

‘It’s not looking. This is…….’

The outer god’s eye rotating irregularly within the card.

But if it had been looking for Lenok from the beginning, would there be any reason for the eye to move?

The end that floats in the outer sea does not accurately recognize Lenok’s location and identity, and is not watching him.

Through astrology that projects constellations, it is trying to find Lenok in reverse.

‘Why?’

Why, while sending its gaze directly here through the concept of the card, is it unable to look at Lenok right in front of it?

The moment Lenok raised that question in a corner of his mind.

The dark veil, unable to withstand the gaze, shattered completely, and the astrologer’s body was thrown out.

“Aaaahhh!!”

Crash!!

At the same time as the expressions of the councilors watching the situation from outside changed completely, the conference hall door opened and soldiers rushed out.

“Councilor!!”

“Are you alright……!!”

The soldiers, who stopped in their tracks for a moment upon seeing Lenok standing unharmed, in contrast to the astrologer who had collapsed and was convulsing on the floor.

The soldiers, who quickly made their judgment, simultaneously aimed the firearms they were holding at Lenok.

“Mage. Put your hands above your head!!”

“Put down your staff and lower your head!!”

“Move now!!”

“I know what you’re thinking, but wouldn’t it be better to save this person first?”

Lenok looked at the astrologer who had collapsed and was convulsing, leaning on his staff.

Her complexion, twitching without being able to breathe properly, was already turning purple.

“It seems like it’s already a little too late.”

“Damn it……!!”

The soldiers quickly laid the astrologer down properly, secured her airway, and began administering first aid.

It seemed that the medical unit was moving with them, as they were simultaneously using healing techniques and emergency kits to improve her condition.

“Her heartbeat is completely twisted. She can’t breathe either.”

“Puncture her lungs and force oxygen in. Get ready.”

“Use an electric shock to release the myocardial infarction and forcibly reset the nervous system. 3, 2, 1!!”

Zap!!

“It worked!!”

“Load her onto the stretcher immediately and move. We’re going straight to the ward!!”

The medical unit moved away immediately with the astrologer, and the remaining soldiers surrounded Lenok and pointed their guns at him.

Even the superhumans, who were wary with disbelief behind the soldiers, could be seen.

Among them was Armand, who had brought Lenok here.

The chairman, who had been silently observing the situation in the conference hall, finally gestured to Meyer.

“Councilor Meyer. Can you explain what happened?”

“……I don’t know what I can say. Is this really reality?”

Meyer, with a choked expression, retreated with difficulty, took a moment to catch his breath, and then opened his mouth.

The fact that the astrologer had failed to divine fate and collapsed after seeing the scene reflected on the card.

Even the circumstances that something existed that would drive one mad just by looking at it, and that the astrologer couldn’t withstand it.

The council fell silent after hearing Meyer’s brief explanation.

“Ban, what do you think?”

The chairman, who had been silent until now, asked Lenok.

“I would like to hear your thoughts on the result of the divination.”

“…….”

Instead of answering, Lenok fell into silence, seemingly lost in thought.

The other councilors and Silford also just silently watched him.

However, the words that came out of Lenok’s mouth after some time were completely different from what they had expected.

“It wasn’t a divination that came out.”

“……What are you talking about?”

“Because the divination didn’t work, it conversely reflected the source of the spell’s activation.”

Because Lenok’s target designation resistance ability prevented the astrology from working, the astrology spell, having lost its purpose, repeated its idle rotations and reached the source that constituted the spell.

The sudden appearance of the outer god’s gaze in this place was a side effect of that.

But what does it mean that the source of the spell that idled like that reached the end of the outer sea?

What does it mean that the power of astrology, which reflects fate through the constellations, has its source directed towards the outer god?

The power to directly communicate with the powerful will that exists beyond the outer sea, and to receive and project a part of it.

“I’ve seen a similar kind of ability before.”

“…….”

Lenok’s gaze turned cold.

“From the beginning, she wasn’t even an astrologer. Is she imitating and using the divine power of the Order’s priestess?”

Izel Naidri, the head of the Far East branch of the Guido Order and a former priestess.

And the current priestess of the Order that he had encountered in the Well of the Compendium.

Lenok, who had met both of them, could tell that the essence of the astrologer he had just faced was similar to theirs.

A method of directly communicating with the will of the outer sea and borrowing its power to divine the fate of mortals.

But what does it mean that the Order, not the Council, holds and manipulates the priestess’s ability?

The meaning of Silford’s words that the astrologer was no different from a souvenir.

The reason why the power itself seemed distinctly lower than the priestess’s ability that Lenok had experienced, despite being similar.

“Through the failure of the Black Consumer Project, they obtained a power close to a lower substitute for the priestess.”

“…….”

Kaiser tried to find a non-existent answer by repeating all the failures of the world, and piled up infinite data on the test field.

Among the byproducts left behind as the project failed, there was also an astrologer who imitated the divine power of the Order’s priestess.

The conference hall fell silent. But no one was surprised or shaken by Lenok’s words.

That fact itself proved that the question Lenok had raised was the correct answer.

“I think I’ve said it over and over again.”

Silford nodded, smiling as if he knew it all along.

“That we wouldn’t even be able to break even with this method. I wasn’t wrong at all, was I?”

The moment they realized that it was a cynicism directed at others, not Lenok.

The chairman opened his mouth.

“At the end of a long war…… we obtained many spoils that were worse than having nothing.”

“…….”

“What we learned through the transaction is that only a predetermined divination can enter our perception…….”

Apathetic black eyes brushed past Lenok.

“But that’s why it can be used to observe and confirm what doesn’t change.”

“Confirm?”

“To be aware of the danger outside. The immutable fact that it is approaching.”

“…….”

“If you are correctly aware of that, then wherever you walk, you will be with the banner of this city.”

Only then did Lenok realize what the chairman was thinking.

From the beginning, he had no intention of directly judging whether Lenok was threatening the city’s order, or whether he had any intention of doing so.

He was only trying to confirm which direction Lenok’s thoughts were pointing.

In the process, whether the astrologer was discarded like a consumable, or whether it was the result of human experimentation due to the failure of the project, it didn’t matter at all.

Once it was confirmed that Lenok was wary of the outer god, there was no need to worry about whether he would become a threat.

Clang!!

The chairman, who had risen from his seat, picked up his dark black coat without hesitation and said.

“Everything that needed to be confirmed has been confirmed. I’ll ask just one more thing and finish.”

“What is it?”

“There is a task I want to entrust to you. A task that only you can do.”

The chairman’s eyes shone brightly.

“Among the councilors, there is one who has directly contacted and been consumed by the power of the outside.”

“…….”

Lenok, who belatedly understood the meaning of those words, tilted his head.

Because he thought that what the chairman was saying now was such an unrealistic story.

Are you saying that there is a councilor who has directly contacted the power of the outer god and has been consumed by it?

It doesn’t make sense that they directly contacted those ends, but it’s also hard to believe that they are still ‘keeping’ such a councilor in the Central Council.

The chairman, unconcerned by Lenok’s reaction, asked again.

“Would you like to meet him?”

“What’s the price?”

“I will approve the establishment of the Magic Tower in the name of the Central Council. It is, in fact, the authority to create a new extraterritorial area in this city.”

“…….”

The chairman laughed at Lenok, who did not answer.

“Whether you want it or not, it wouldn’t be a bad privilege to have.”

* * *

Clang!!

Lenok boarded the elevator that descended into the endless underground.

Meyer, who had followed Lenok, sighed and opened his mouth.

“Ban, that was too reckless. You know that, right?”

“I know.”

“I thought you were going to kill the astrologer right there.”

“There was no reason to. Wasn’t it all planned from the beginning?”

“…….”

Meyer, speechless, laughed in a hollow manner.

“……You already noticed?”

“I could tell that the legacy of the project was being shared with the Council. I don’t think the chairman intended to hide it either.”

The chairman and the other councilors had not directly seen the outer god’s eye that had been reflected in this place.

However, from the fact that the astrologer had gone mad, they had inferred that her divination had reflected somewhere beyond the outer sea.

That’s why they realized that Lenok was wary of the outer god but also interested in them.

And that’s why they had made the suggestion of meeting a councilor who had been consumed by the outer god.

To be honest, the Central Council also had its own goals in mind when trying to push for this meeting.

But it would be a lie to say that Lenok wasn’t interested either.

‘The permission to establish the Magic Tower, even if I don’t need it right now, it wouldn’t be bad to have it.’

He didn’t have any big plans right now, but if Lenok started teaching the Uroboros magic system properly, things would change.

To build the greatest ivory tower in this huge city, and to gather all the talent and aptitude to complete a single sphere of influence.

[Ohoho……!]

“…….”

It seemed like a plan that the spirit in his arms, who was letting out a suspicious laugh, would like much more than Lenok.

“Originally, I came out to explain the situation to you separately…….”

Meyer, who sighed, raised his gaze.

“There’s no need for a long story. Just keep one thing in mind.”

“What is it?”

“The current chairman values the survival of the Central Council above all else. He is a person who is prepared to endure anything for that.”

“…….”

“He is one of the founders of the city and has been protecting the council for decades. He wasn’t originally like that, but he has changed greatly after experiencing various things.”

Could it be that the words he had used to pressure Lenok through the deal between Machina and Vulcan were not entirely false?

“Even this meeting that was held with you may be a way to unify the opinions within the increasingly divided Council.”

“I understand that they want to use me as a pretext.”

Ding!!

Lenok, who had opened the elevator door and guided Meyer inside, answered.

“Let’s start with the story about the deal. Would you explain about that councilor?”

“Reisen Azamaha. Do you remember?”

A somewhat unfamiliar name. But it was a name he had heard before.

Lenok, who immediately found the name in his memory, nodded.

“The councilor who was called the mouthpiece of the city council. I remember that he was arrested by the agents for colluding with black mages and embezzling funds.”

Reisen Azamaha.

A councilor who was famous even when Lenok first came to this city, a powerful figure who was popular for his good use of the media and friendly image.

Thanks to that, he often took on the role of representing the council’s decisions and earned the nickname of the mouthpiece of the city council.

However, he was arrested by the agents for colluding with the black mage Craig Tillion and embezzling funds from the Central Council.

He had never seen his face directly, but Lenok also remembered the name while dealing with the black mages with Evelyn.

Meyer nodded.

“Through a recent audit, it was revealed that the embezzled funds that Reisen had taken were more than what was discovered.”

“…….”

“And in the process of investigating Reisen, we learned that he had already reached a point of no return.”

“Are you saying that he has already been consumed by the power of the outside?”

“It’s not something I would recommend. In the first place, Reisen can’t be seen as a normal human anymore. But even so, the reason why the council brought up this matter to you is…….”

Meyer said.

“It seems that Reisen wants to meet you directly.”

Whirr!!

At that moment, the elevator door opened, and a scene of a lush forest appeared.