Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 691

Dead Rise had returned.

A private military company formed by the core members of the Three Heads [a powerful criminal organization] and Kaise’s comrades.

Even back in the Balkans, they were superhumans who dominated the dark side of the megacity with the most ferocious and explosive methods.

Why would they, who had moved their main force to the central front, turn their attention back to this city?

However, instead of immediately questioning Malasia about this, Lenox focused on her reaction of shock at seeing the armored wings.

“You…!!”

The stooped, tall Malasia, who had been wearing a gloomy smile all along, showed a flicker of emotion for the first time.

If she had mentioned that she was part of the Dead Rise Demon War Unit, there was no way she wouldn’t recognize these armored wings.

“How do you have his equipment…!!!”

“Gilleon Mylos,” Lenox asked.

“Where are they and what are they doing now?”

Gilleon Mylos’s personal equipment, Kaise Bajur’s confidant and the one called the Gray Ghost of Dead Rise.

Lenox had obtained these wings that cut and slice through space from the past left behind in the closed area.

If Gilleon still possessed the other intact wing, Lenox thought Malasia would surely recognize it.

And that guess was correct.

Malasia’s eyes, which had seemed somewhat relaxed until just now, were starting to waver slightly.

A slight suspicion that Lenox might be related to Gilleon Mylos. That alone was enough to change Malasia’s attitude little by little.

However, Malasia quickly recovered from her fleeting display of emotion with surprising speed.

She gritted her teeth, lowered her stance to the ground, and began to draw up her magic power while holding her huge scythe in reverse.

“No, I won’t think about it.”

“…….”

Lenox revealing his wings was itself an intention to check Malasia’s reaction.

Even without knowing the details, Malasia judged that she just had to avoid falling for his scheme here.

Instead of constantly thinking and worrying, she stopped her judgment and focused on the immediate situation.

She was also a high-ranking physical ability user who had accumulated practical experience through countless battles.

“I’ll kill you here, retrieve his equipment, and report it to headquarters. That’s all I need!!”

She raised her long fingers and tore off the mask covering her mouth.

Malasia’s mouth, revealed from behind the mask, stretched all the way to her ears, and she spat out a sticky, viscous substance from her throat.

“Uweeaaack!!”

Chwaaaak!!

The viscous substance that burst out in an instant covered the entire junkyard, making everything around it slippery.

The moment Lenox discovered the traces of magic power and mental imagery mixed in with the viscous substance.

“A small universe?”

Malasia’s figure, which had slipped through the viscous substance, bent like a long, twisted crescent moon.

The moment the scythe, accelerated through the viscous substance with almost no friction, launched a slash, the junkyard was split in half.

Kwaaaang!!

The scattered debris of the junkyard was cut in half, and the walls and ground were split diagonally, bouncing up from the recoil.

While Lenox was looking around with his staff, the shadow of the scythe was already cast below his chin.

[Crescent Scythe]

It cut down over Lenox’s shoulder and disappeared.

Swoosh!!

The shield and protective spells were cut through, and the aftersound of the cut brushed coldly past Lenox’s neck.

“Kheeheeheehee!!”

Malasia’s figure, freely moving through the viscous substance, let out a bizarre laugh.

Her drooping hair rotated like a black umbrella, cleverly concealing the blade of the scythe being swung.

With her magic power drawn up, the black scythe rotated at high speed between Malasia’s fingers, cutting Lenox’s figure dozens of times.

Lenox also began to chant electric magic with his other hand, firing it like a weapon to parry the attacks.

[Azure Thunderclap]

[Thunder Void Eye]

[Condensed Axe]

Drrrrd!!

The slippery scythe and fragments of electricity collided, emitting heat rays, and the trajectories of light followed each other, rotating fiercely.

The ground was cut and split between Lenox and Malasia, and electrodes popped up and exploded in the gaps.

Kwaang!!

“You’re skilled.”

Lenox smiled, deflecting the scythe blade aiming for his side with a downward strike of an electric spear.

“Maybe it’s because your style is unique, but there’s no pattern at all. It wouldn’t be easy to operate that tricky small universe so well.”

To be precise, Malasia’s small universe was a type of power that reduced friction.

It was by no means an ability that could be said to be directly helpful in combat or specialized for one-on-one duels.

However, Malasia had not only freely manipulated the tricky power of her small universe but had also succeeded in perfectly embodying it in her style.

The scythe was swung while forcibly breaking the balance of her entire body, maintaining minimal friction through the viscous substance.

Because it was impossible to know when and how it would slip in, there was no sense of pattern or tendency at all.

Perhaps Malasia herself was at a level where she didn’t even think about where she would swing her scythe.

A method of dragging the fight into a complete melee, beyond the level of exchanging blows, so that no flow could be established.

No matter how experienced and skilled a superhuman was, in this kind of situation, they would have no choice but to respond by taking the blows to some extent.

And this kind of patternless brawl was the worst possible situation for a fragile mage like Lenox.

‘She’s not even aiming for the life support device. She wasn’t interested in that from the start.’

Unlike Huffman, Malasia would know about the rumors that Lenox was injured, but she didn’t try to swing her scythe at that area.

Did she think that the life support device was not a weakness at all from the moment Lenox entered the battle?

Or perhaps she was so confident that she could really catch and kill Lenox right in front of her that she didn’t even need to consider his weaknesses.

“That’s what I want to say, you monster.”

Paang!!

Malasia whispered as she brushed past Lenox.

“You’re still blocking all my scythe attacks while saying that.”

Even though he said there was no pattern, the electric magic that Lenox unleashed did not confuse the direction of Malasia’s scythe.

It was a tingling power that was more than enough to not only block the attacks but also to electrocute and crush the blade of the scythe.

Lenox replied.

“Prediction isn’t just about reading patterns. Rather, you can force a read by adding variables from this side.”

At the same time, a flame that had bloomed in front of the rapidly slipping Malasia was smashed into her solar plexus as if crumpled.

[Crimson Chain]

[Fire Construction]

Kwaaaang!!!

“Kiyaaaaak!!”

Lenox lightly dusted off his hands as he watched Malasia’s shadow tumbling away with a scream.

“Having no thoughts, conversely, means it’s easy to lead the situation according to my intentions.”

Malasia’s attacks had no pattern, but if Lenox blocked those attacks and forcibly twisted them, he could forcibly create a flow.

The power to distort the situation just by Lenox’s intervention in the battle, regardless of the opponent’s abilities or thoughts.

Lenox’s way of fighting had already transcended common sense and reached a result.

“Haa, aaaaak!!”

Although she had managed to avoid it with her superhuman reflexes, one of Malasia’s arms was already completely burned and melted.

Even though she had cut off her arm before her whole body was burned and destroyed, Lenox’s magic power that had penetrated her body was eating away at her mind and body.

The excruciating pain of burning nerves that would make any ordinary superhuman lose their mind and have a seizure on the spot.

“Kaha, ah…!!! Not yet…!!!”

However, Malasia, while spitting out foam from the pain, bounced her body as if hitting herself and stood up.

“This is not nearly enough…!!”

She crushed her bent and broken fingers, grabbed the scythe, threw her body into the viscous substance, and slid.

Chwaaak!!

As Malasia’s determination to fight to the death reached its peak, she accelerated beyond her limits on the ground with extremely reduced friction.

The moment the diagonally bent scythe reached the horizon of concept beyond the speed of perception.

“That’s right. It’s always not enough.”

For the first time, Lenox took his hand off his staff and raised both hands together.

“That’s why we have to keep filling it, even if it means trying new things and taking risks every time.”

Chwararararak!!

Hundreds of strands of magic power that extended from the mage’s body in all directions almost simultaneously twisted and manipulated Lenox’s body with precision.

At the same time, the hand seals were activated, forcibly adjusting Lenox’s posture, drawing in the realm of mental imagery.

He forcibly implemented the mysteries of martial arts he had learned with Lancia and slammed them down in this place.

Kiiing…!!

A strange shape as if he was performing a specific action rather than a hand seal or chant.

Before Malasia could properly recognize the strangeness and change the direction of her attack.

The golden light that burst out in front of her eyes swallowed everything.

Paahhhhh!!!!

A magnificent and grand melody echoed in her ears, a fantasy.

Malasia didn’t even realize what had happened.

She only saw her own body, lying in a miserable state, after the golden light that shook her consciousness and mind had ended.

“Ah, ah…”

Lenox, who slowly approached Malasia, who was feebly writhing in place, said.

“That was fun. Does that mean there are many experienced people like you on the central front?”

Malasia knew that there was an undeniable gap between Lenox and herself, but she still calculated her chances of winning and started the fight.

Far from being afraid of a head-on confrontation with Lenox, she seemed to wield her tragic attacks with pleasure.

She was not just a powerful being, but a mercenary who was used to all kinds of battles and life-threatening fights.

If it hadn’t been Lenox, he might not have been able to cope with her bold fighting style and tricky small universe and would have been defeated.

“You, you crazy bastard…”

Malasia, who had noticed Lenox’s intentions, trembled but still burst out laughing.

“Having such skills, yet still risking your life… Kehehe, you’ll die soon…”

“I always hear that.”

Pajik!!

Lenox flicked his thumb and index finger, creating a small electrode, and dropped it on Malasia’s forehead.

Malasia giggled as she watched the lightning falling in front of her eyes.

“Kheeheehee…!! Well, this isn’t so bad…!!!”

[Bolt]

The moment the small, twisted, rotating electric shock penetrated Malasia’s head like a screw.

Her breath was cut off on the spot.

One Blaber Magic Tower bead was captured alive. The Dead Rise combatant was killed on the spot.

Lenox, who had finished the job as he had initially stated, gestured towards Tatiana, who was sitting down over there.

Chwararak!!

The magic threads stretched across the air naturally lifted Tatiana’s body.

A comfortable and natural support, as if an invisible person was supporting her from the side.

“I heard you turned the mechanical city upside down, and now I understand why your actions were so bizarre…”

Tatiana, who had walked to Lenox’s side with difficulty, gave a wry smile.

“If you can toy with the veterans of the central front, how bizarre are your fights usually?”

“Bizarre? That’s harsh.”

Lenox laughed.

“It’s all just something I do because it’s necessary.”

“…Is that what the necessity I know means?”

Tatiana tilted her head, but still bowed her head to Lenox.

“Well, anyway… thank you for saving me. I really thought I was going to die this time…”

He used magic threads to hold Tatiana up again, who was staggering and unable to speak properly.

She was so exhausted from her long journey and battles that she couldn’t overcome her fatigue. It was clear that her condition was not good.

“Are you sure you don’t need treatment?”

“These internal injuries will be fine after a few days of rest. It’s something I always experience after a strenuous operation…”

Tatiana said, turning her shoulders.

“What’s really dangerous is actually this thing.”

She picked up the stamp gun from the ground and muttered with a serious expression.

This unknown object that Huffman had tried to shoot at Tatiana’s head.

“I should have shot this at this woman’s head in reverse…”

“Too bad. Unlike that man, this one couldn’t be left alive.”

Lenox replied with a smile.

“She had a very useful mental imagery ability. Even if I captured her alive, it would have been difficult to hold her for long unless I restrained her myself.”

Malasia’s small universe was about creating a viscous substance that reduced friction.

Considering that a physical ability user’s small universe is based on their own body, it was probably about changing the properties of her body fluids.

With such an ability, it was virtually impossible to physically restrain and bind Malasia.

Rather than keeping her alive and getting tied down, it was better to deal with her cleanly here.

“No, I don’t mean she should have been kept alive… It’s not like I’m in a position to complain.”

“Tentacion’s satellite factory. The Magic Tower and Dead Rise were working together?”

Lenox asked.

A Blaber Magic Tower bead and a Dead Rise combatant.

If two Saint-level superhumans were moving together and stirring up the megacity, their purpose was obvious.

Perhaps Huffman had made good use of the Kelberos Corps, who were also a unit under Dead Rise, by hiring them.

Thinking that way, he could understand why Tatiana was looking for the satellite factory and why Huffman knew about it and lured her there.

“The Balkans were the target from the beginning. You weren’t running away from the Magic Tower, but rather chasing their plan,”

“…Yes.”

Tatiana nodded with a somber expression.

“I was chasing Tentacion’s satellite factory from the beginning. To be precise, I was looking for the engine that would be used to make the satellite.”

“Why?”

“The parts used in that engine are not just simple pieces of machinery.”

Tatiana muttered, gritting her teeth.

“The parts that went into it are mages from the Magic Tower who fought on the same front as me.”

“Mages?”

“If a satellite launched from the Balkans had the performance to see the central front at a glance, what do you think would happen?”

“…….”

“It would be difficult due to self-storms, barriers, all kinds of terrain, and magic fields, but what if they forcibly increased the performance by grinding down the souls and bodies of mages?”

Only then did Lenox realize why Tatiana was so urgently tracking down Tentacion.

“Dead Rise plans to make and sell soul satellites made by grinding down humans as materials. And those materials were my subordinates who lost in the war.”

The witch’s red eyes blazed with unconcealable anger.

Tatiana said as if spitting out the words.

“The Magic Tower knew about this, but instead of stopping it, they tried to profit from the deal. All because of one reason: to prevent the Blue Eye from establishing a foothold in the center…!!”

“…Wait a minute.”

Lenox, who had been listening to Tatiana’s words silently, asked.

“Blue Eye?”

“It’s a secret society that gathered in the northern part of the East Continent, a military organization that moves around the descendants of the Ascended One, Cheon Gyeon.”

Tatiana replied.

“They’ve been rapidly expanding their territory and building lighthouses recently, and there’s a rumor that the lighthouses they’ve recently built… can see through the outer barrier of the central front.”

“…….”

“Because of that, the forces stationed on the outer front have been put on high alert.”

Tatiana said quietly, leaving Lenox in silence.

“The satellite that Dead Rise is making is about creating a new ‘eye’ comparable to the Blue Eye.”