Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 693

The Witch and the Magic Tower (8)

The vast flames filled Jenny’s wide-open bar lobby.

The waves of jade flames, burning the eyes, poured down like a waterfall over Lenox’s head.

Lenox stared blankly at the swirling flames, while the shouts of the panicked people around him intermingled.

“Ban!”

“What the hell is this…!!”

“Tatiana, stop it right now!”

As Jenny shouted sharply, Tatiana clenched her teeth and pulled up her magic power.

However, the firebird flickering in her hand only spread its shape and slowly tried to approach Lenox.

Sweating profusely, Tatiana desperately shook her head at Lenox.

“No. The tower master succession process is activated, so with my authority…!!”

“So why is Ban succeeding the tower master…!! Ha, this is not the time to worry about this.”

Jenny, who was shouting like that, gritted her teeth and shook her head.

Even if Lenox suddenly confessed that he had the qualifications or ability to become the tower master now, it would not be surprising.

However, in this sudden situation, unless it is known whether Lenox is prepared, she will just do what she has to do.

“I’ll open the windows and vents and lower the temperature. I’ll bring a one-time use fire extinguishing item, so try to block it as much as possible inside the lobby!!”

Even in the meantime, the swirling flames compressed in an instant, leaving only Lenox and the firebird. It turned into a circular passage connecting the gaps.

The moment the passage of flames, where all the surrounding objects were not visible at all, passed through his consciousness.

[Entering the Solar System.]

Kwaaaaah!!

The flames, shimmering like a mirage, bent widely and spread around Lenox like a huge palace of fire.

A magnificent landscape burning in a distorted space-time, with the constantly flickering flames surging.

In an instant, Lenox, who had stepped into the palace of fire in the middle of the bar, looked around silently.

‘Is this a thought space created by forcibly injecting inflammation into consciousness?’

A mystical phenomenon that directly draws out the image of the thought of the artifact called the Phoenix Hall and displays it in front of the target’s eyes.

Rather than forcibly constructing the scenery of the mind in reality like a magnetic field, it is a method of pulling the target into the other side of the virtual thought space.

Whirr!!!

A magnificent palace of flames that burns through space-time.

Beyond that, the huge eight-pronged altar of the sun constantly burning.

Kugugugugu!!!

On the altar, suns with different lights and shapes were constantly emitting light and burning.

There were suns that burned intensely and emitted heat, and suns that lost their power and staggered and went out.

There was a luminous body that was not even in the shape of the sun, and on some altars, there was no sun at all.

And right next to it, the empty ninth altar.

The huge firebird, coiled on the empty altar, looked down at Lenox.

“……”

Flap!!

The firebird that flew from Tatiana’s fingertips slowly approaches Lenox.

Like a bird that has found a new nest, its very thought seems to melt into Lenox’s inner self with an elegant gesture.

[Suitability factor judgment completed. Formal succession process in progress.]

[Welcome to becoming the ninth sun, successor.]

A calm transmission that is actually contrary to the magic of the inflammation system that burns everything.

The moment the huge firebird, with its wings wide open, tried to jump into Lenox’s inner self, along with a voice that echoed through his mind.

Lenox, who raised one hand, stopped the firebird as it was.

Chiiik!!!

The shield applied to his fingertips is crushed and melted by the pressure, but still, Lenox’s palm does not feel a single bit of heat.

The firebird’s movements, which were flapping its wings to penetrate into Lenox’s inner self, were mixed with bewilderment.

Soon, it began to struggle as if trying to give more strength.

[Welcome… Welcome, magician… Welcome…]

Lenox, who was quietly watching the firebird’s movements as if this was not it, said.

“I don’t have a body strong enough to readily accept a thought I’ve never seen before.”

Lenox’s target designation resistance ability allows him to be free from the designation of all existing formulas and magic.

Unless he intentionally and forcibly accepts it, the designation itself can be rejected at any time, regardless of recognition.

Therefore, Lenox allowed himself to enter this thought space, but prevented the thought of the Phoenix Hall from melting into him.

Although Tatiana brought it herself, this is clearly the power left by the previous tower master.

If he were to swallow it rashly at this point, there is a high possibility that it would be difficult to handle the aftermath.

However, the firebird, who did not understand such circumstances, was still just tilting its head.

[Takeover process error… Re-examination of suitability factor judgment.]

[Recognition of extreme user completed. Corrective action in progress.]

Whirr!!

The flames burning more fiercely become a living physical force and rotate in front of Lenox’s eyes.

A huge vibration that agitates the palace of fire surrounding Lenox. It is a powerful thought that greatly shakes the consciousness itself.

Lenox, who was quietly listening to the firebird’s inflammation, muttered.

“It recognizes that I have learned inflammation magic. Moreover, it’s the tower master succession process…”

Lenox smiled as he looked at the firebird’s shape shaking in front of him.

“Was this what it meant when the Magic Tower was tracking the Phoenix Hall?”

The legitimacy and symbolism of the Magic Tower that Tatiana had mentioned. The reason why the Flame Lords and Dead Rise [a group of undead mages] under the Magic Tower were tracking this object.

The one and only legacy left by the previous tower master, and above all, the most valuable artifact.

Lenox now fully understood what this flame entity called the Phoenix Hall meant.

This was the [seal] itself, literally, needed to formally succeed the owner of the Blaver Magic Tower.

Lenox’s eyes sank deeply as he silently stared at the shape of the firebird.

‘The situation itself is a problem, but the fact that they are trying to proceed with the tower master succession at this point in time…’

It is understandable that it reacted to the inflammation magic that Lenox possessed, but it is a completely different story that it leads to the tower master succession process.

What does it mean that the succession process was activated for Lenox, ignoring the fact that there is clearly a Blaver Magic Tower master?

Thinking that far, Lenox raised one hand and brought it to his wrist.

He pulled the rosary-shaped artifact from his wrist and threw it over the firebird’s neck.

Click!!

[……?]

“It would be best to stop it for now and listen to the explanation.”

The relic Pure Land Mantra, one of the legacies of the Thousand Eyes [a powerful organization of mages]. It has a space binding function, so it is possible to specify a target and forcibly bind it.

Even if the artifact alone is not enough, if it is combined with Lenox’s thoughts and bound-

Whirr!!!

At that moment, the shape of the firebird suddenly bent, and it began to be sucked into Lenox’s forearm, where he was wearing the rosary.

He takes a step back from the palace of fire that fills the surroundings and quickly escapes the world of consciousness.

At the same time, the flames that were swirling around Lenox were all compressed and quickly subsided in Lenox’s hand.

“……”

The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was the faces of Jorden and Tatiana, who were stiff with surprised expressions.

Jenny, who came out of the back room with fire extinguishers and all sorts of items, shouted with a surprised expression.

“Ban!”

“It’s roughly over.”

Lenox smiled, lightly shaking his left hand.

“I changed its shape and tied it up in a hurry. At this level, I should be able to maintain the phenomenon without the reaction becoming too intense.”

“That is…”

A strange flame shape that rotates like flames swirling and flowing over the skin.

Everyone belatedly understood that it was the thought body of the Phoenix Hall that had just escaped from Tatiana’s hand.

Jenny stared at the sight with a dumbfounded look, then quickly came to her senses and asked.

“What the hell happened? What was that fire just now?”

“Before that, it would be better to hear an explanation from Tatiana first.”

Lenox said that and turned his gaze. Tatiana, who received the look, flinched her shoulders.

“The artifact called the Phoenix Hall. It’s not just a simple artifact or relic. Isn’t that right?”

“……Yes.”

Tatiana said, letting out a small sigh.

“The Phoenix Hall is not a legacy left by the previous tower master. To be precise, it is the remains of that person itself.”

“Remains…?”

Tatiana continued, at Jenny’s words that it was hard to believe.

“When a very powerful magician dies, it is rare for their thoughts to remain in place and materialize.”

“……”

“In old magic towers, the thought material left behind in that way has been processed and used as a tool to inherit the authority of the magic tower.”

Tatiana nodded, looking at the shape of the flames wrapped around Lenox’s forearm.

The materialization of thoughts left in the place where a powerful sorcerer died. Lenox had already heard about its existence once.

The thought material of the Thousand Eyes that Maiya Lenslit used in the mechanical city of Machina.

Using the thought body embedded in the Idupalbi statue, he deceived the entire mechanical city and reached Hermes.

The previous tower master was also a powerful magician enough to leave meaning in the place where he died and disappeared.

“I was thinking of handing this over to another magic tower for preservation rather than using it as an engine for a satellite… I never imagined that you would be recognized by the Solar System.”

“……”

“Since when have you been learning the magic of this magic tower? No, did you really succeed in surpassing the hierarchy with inflammation magic?”

At Tatiana’s question, as if she couldn’t believe it, Lenox quietly pondered.

Tatiana’s explanation was not much different from Lenox’s guess, but rather, there were several facts that needed to be reconsidered because of that.

According to her words, the current tower master was trying to sell the Phoenix Hall as an engine for a satellite, rather than cherishing it, which was necessary to inherit the authority of the magic tower.

That means that the current tower master does not have a positive feeling about inheriting the authority of the magic tower.

What can be learned about the tower master through that?

“Ban. I need to hear an answer.”

Tatiana asked with a slightly stiff expression.

“If you have truly obtained the qualifications to be the rightful successor of the magic tower, I…”

“I don’t know either.”

Lenox replied.

“It’s not that I don’t have any guesses, but I don’t understand the current situation clearly enough to be sure.”

“…The tower master succession authority is not activated simply by transcending the hierarchy.”

Tatiana explained.

“In order to enter the Solar System, you must at least have a strong enough image to enter that hall-”

“I got a similar power by chance. I think that’s why I got the qualification.”

“…How?”

Lenox answered shamelessly.

“I picked it up while passing by.”

“……”

Everyone else’s expressions changed to speechless at the brazen answer, but Lenox knew that this was the best way to resolve the situation smoothly.

A situation where it became impossible to hide the fact that Lenox had learned unique inflammation magic or that he had obtained the qualifications of the tower master due to the existence of the Phoenix Hall.

Rather than vaguely glossing over it, it is right to come forward as if there is some reason why he cannot answer.

“…Okay. Of course, there must be a reason why you can’t say it. It’s not like I have the right to say anything, since I didn’t explain the history of the Phoenix Hall.”

Tatiana, who was looking at Lenox with an indescribable face, let out a small sigh as if she had understood.

Lenox nodded as he looked at her.

“You must have a reason too.”

“The internal affairs of the magic tower and the authority of the tower master are intricately intertwined. As long as I maintain the position of the Flame Lord, I cannot escape the prohibition of not disclosing the internal affairs of the tower.”

Tatiana answered, looking at Lenox’s forearm.

“Originally, it is impossible to even touch it unless you are the same Flame Lord. So…”

“So that’s why you were able to bring out the Phoenix Hall. And that’s how you hid it.”

Only after handling the Phoenix Hall directly did Lenox realize how Tatiana was able to escape the surveillance of the Magic Tower and run away with the Phoenix Hall.

She did not bring out the Phoenix Hall by sealing or concealing it separately.

Tatiana had directly melted the power into her body in order to bring out the legacy of the previous tower master.

Lenox let out a hollow laugh and shook his head.

“You could have died the moment you tried it. You took a reckless gamble.”

If it is a thought material left behind by a great magician after death, it is no different from a magical weapon with tremendous magic power and power in itself.

To have flowed such a thing into her body without being granted the authority to inherit it, it is an idea that cannot be attempted with a sane mind.

Even if Tatiana had completed the hierarchy of inflammation magic and inherited the authority of the Flame Lord, it would not make sense.

If even a little bit of calculation and judgment had gone wrong, she would have died in pain, starting with her blood vessels burning.

However, Tatiana nodded as if Lenox’s words were natural.

“If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t have been able to escape my teacher’s eyes.”

“……”

“It’s not good to say it now, but my teacher is a very meticulous person. With an ambiguous method, I would have already been discovered and killed.”

Did she melt the Phoenix Hall into her blood vessels and reach Vulcan while flowing it through her blood with a sane mind?

Well, it was because she threw such a reckless move that she was able to hide the power of the Phoenix Hall and escape.

In fact, since the Phoenix Hall was assimilated with Tatiana, it was impossible to notice anything more on the outside.

Lenox, who had thought that far, looked back at her actions and asked.

“Was that why you were struggling to fight? It must have been difficult to move your magic power if you had such a relic melted in your body.”

“That’s right. Of course, it’s true that I adjusted the inflammation magic to be specialized in the saturation system to some extent…”

Tatiana smiled.

“I didn’t want to ruin my magic system so much that I couldn’t even take care of myself on a battlefield where I didn’t know what would happen.”

“The fact that you used magic through blood at the end…”

Lenox, who had quietly traced his memories, nodded belatedly.

Just before the battle with Halfman and Malasia, Tatiana tried to use magic using her blood.

At that time, Lenox thought that Tatiana was trying to use blood magic that would shorten her lifespan, but in fact, she was trying to use the power of the Phoenix Hall that had melted into her blood.

“It was reckless, but I thought it might succeed. Because it’s not just a powerful artifact.”

Tatiana said, looking at the waves of flames flowing like waves over Lenox’s forearm.

“It’s an object with the thoughts of the previous tower master. If it reacts properly to that person’s will, I thought it wouldn’t be impossible to change its shape and coexist.”

“……”

“I didn’t expect it to stick to you as if it had been waiting for it.”

An admission that she risked her life on a low probability. But Lenox didn’t say anything more to her.

It was because he could see that Tatiana had made a strong determination for this matter.

That’s how much she must have found it difficult to bear the fact that the magicians who had been with her were being ground into engine materials.

“I could have endured dying in a failed operation, or being thrown away as a discard and repeating meaningless sacrifices.”

Tatiana muttered.

“I knew that I had to go to war from the moment I entered the magic tower, and I never had any complaints. But…”

A faint hatred seemed to bloom beyond her red hair.

“…But I can’t let my subordinates be ground down like this. I could accept it if even death had meaning, but this is…”

Tatiana’s appearance, as if she had lost her words and closed her mouth.

“Tatiana.”

Jenny quietly patted her shoulder with a calm expression. Tatiana smiled bitterly and swept her hair back.

“I said useless things. Now that I’ve talked about this, it’s just a way to vomit it out…”

“Everyone needs such a moment sometimes.”

Looking at Jorden, who was comforting her with gentle words, Lenox nodded.

“Still, seeing it directly, I can see it clearly. This is an object worth paying the price for.”

“……”

“It’s a relic that can not only inherit the authority of the magic tower, but also change the surrounding environment by its very existence. Look.”

Lenox slightly loosened the rosary that bound his arm and raised his hand.

The moment he placed his left hand directly on the nearby table.

Crack…!!

The wooden table withered and turned into a pile of ashes and collapsed.

“Why is that? If it’s an object left by the tower master, that much heat is natural, right?”

“It’s not just because of the heat emitted from the Phoenix Hall. It has entered the Solar System and is drawing on the heat and magic power of the magic tower.”

Lenox said, withdrawing his hand.

“There was a reason why Dead Rise and the Magic Tower were trying to use this object as an engine.”

While Jenny and Jorden’s expressions changed slightly as they realized the meaning, Lenox nodded, putting the rosary back on.

“This is, in fact, nothing more than a stepping stone to create a new magic tower above the atmosphere.”