Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 76

Dylan said that, looking intently at Lennox.

“……..”

“This crazy bastard has finally gotten into gambling. Can’t you just contact Antares?”

“Ah, I’m just going to get my principal back and quit!”

Lennox, watching Dylan act like a child throwing a tantrum, let out a small sigh.

He was someone you couldn’t tell if he was cheerful or just naive.

But in terms of work, he was definitely a reliable colleague.

“Two thousand.”

Perhaps they didn’t expect Lennox to offer a price first, as both of their eyes widened, but Dylan was the first to regain his senses.

“Four thousand. In exchange, I’ll cooperate until the gang boss’s head is taken.”

“Were you listening the whole time?”

“How could I not know when the rumors are all over this place?”

Lennox watched Dylan bickering with Jenny and chuckled.

“You’re just going around saying you want three thousand in a roundabout way.”

“Call.”

If he could hire a reliable vanguard for 30 million cel [currency], nothing could be better.

Anyway, if the cost was put on Dyke’s tab, Panoa would take care of the billing. Originally, it was something that didn’t even require negotiation.

Jenny shook her head as she watched the two men shake hands as if they had made a promise.

“Ban, you’re starting to become similar to Dylan by hanging out with him.”

“Watch your mouth.”

She, who had been dumbfounded, stuck her head into the laptop below the bar.

“…Panoa contacted us. She wants to talk about the last request.”

Lennox smiled faintly at those words.

Finally, the end was in sight for this long and arduous collaboration with Dyke.

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“There will be no negotiations.”

The first thing Panoa said as she entered the conference room was that.

“It might have been different before the operation started, but there’s no reason to fall for such tricks now.”

“What’s the detailed plan?”

“We will immediately retake the Seager Bank’s headquarters in 48 hours.”

“Oh….”

Dylan, who had followed Lennox into the conference room, let out a surprised voice.

“She’s a very aggressive young lady.”

Lennox ignored Dylan’s whisper and asked again.

“Explain the available forces.”

“Currently, those of you gathered here, about 100 freelancers newly hired by the company, and all the forces from our project team that can provide military support.”

At those words, Lennox’s gaze naturally turned to Killian.

If there were any project forces that hadn’t participated in the operation so far, it would be him.

Killian, noticing the gaze, nodded.

“It’ll probably be the last operation. The city council has given its permission, so there won’t be any problems if we step up now.”

“The problem is what kind of tricks the gang boss is hiding, that will be the key.”

Panoa continued.

“Considering the various business collaborations the gang has been trying recently, it’s clear that he doesn’t intend to die alone.”

It was obvious considering the deals with retired soldiers, the investments from drug dealers like Paul Ackerman, and the collaborations with mercenary offices and scavengers.

“We will surround the Seager Bank’s headquarters in 36 hours, and if no special anomalies are detected, we will enter 12 hours later.”

She explained the entry routes to the headquarters, the dispersal and gathering points of each force in detail, and then looked around at the others sitting in the conference room and asked.

“Do you have any questions?”

There was no answer.

Everyone in this place felt that the success of the plan was just around the corner.

The coincidence that the railway station operation and the assassination of Beck Clinton were successful at the same time turned out to be a blessing in disguise, and the victory was greatly tilted.

And it would have been impossible without Lennox’s ability to greatly accelerate the success of this operation.

Everyone’s gaze turned to the young wizard sitting in the corner.

Lennox, who had been lost in thought, said.

“Let’s start right away.”

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The Seager Bank’s headquarters were located in a large power plant on the outskirts of District 48.

The headquarters, created by completely renovating the abandoned power plant, included a spacious parking lot, which was entirely surrounded by barbed wire, and the power plant had its windows blocked to prevent intrusion.

In addition, there were machine gun emplacements and rocket launchers placed in clusters on the roof of the power plant.

The gang’s headquarters, using hundreds of vehicles scattered haphazardly in front of the parking lot as cover, did not look easy to attack at first glance.

“So that’s why you haven’t been able to break through the main gate yet.”

Lennox, who had stopped by Jenny’s bar and joined late, said with a dumbfounded expression.

Killian, who had arrived earlier and was leading the other freelancers in attacking the power plant, replied with a tired face.

“The resistance is considerable. They’ve brought in some pretty tricky collaborators.”

“Collaborators?”

“There are people who give off a distinctly different vibe from the gang members, and they’re driving back our forces. I guess they brought in the retired soldiers they were dealing with.”

“……..”

He thought he had completely cut off the network of deals with soldiers after the incident at the railway station, but they had somehow managed to request reinforcements again.

Should he say that the boss’s skills were that great?

Lennox pushed Killian aside and stepped forward, spreading his magic widely in all directions to grasp the situation.

His vast sensory range, covering several kilometers, spread out and instantly captured the life signs around the power plant.

Inside the power plant, roughly five hundred. Outside the power plant, the forces knocking on the door were about one hundred and twenty.

If you filter out the minor injuries, the troop ratio is about 4 to 1.

Is it because the other team members who were with Lennox were fighting hard that the balance was being maintained?

In particular, Dylan’s performance, who was brought in late, was overwhelming.

He was focusing on securing space for his allies by openly taking the brunt of the gunfire while standing at the main gate.

It seemed to clearly show how high-quality the mercenaries belonging to the Antares office were compared to other freelancers.

Other than that, what should be noted is… the life signs and magic movements shown by the gang members were abnormally active.

It seemed that they had boosted their forces through some special method.

When he told Killian this fact, he frowned as if he had an idea.

“Come to think of it, some of the prisoners we captured here are showing symptoms similar to withdrawal. I guess they’re using some kind of drug for doping.”

“It must be something that boosts physical abilities in a short time but has severe side effects.”

“Yeah. Considering that, it might be better to retreat now and attack the power plant later?”

Killian said with an expression as if he had realized an important secret.

He could clearly see what he was thinking.

If they continued to stall for time, the gang and soldiers would be consumed by the side effects of the drugs, and they would be able to attack the power plant more easily against those whose strength had clearly weakened.

But Lennox shook his head firmly.

“No, we have to go in right now.”

“What? Why?”

Lennox didn’t answer and immediately moved his feet.

Killian didn’t seem to have thought that far, but if Panoa had been here, she would have said the same thing as Lennox.

‘There’s no way they would have prepared such a shabby trick after provoking Dyke headquarters.’

He didn’t know the gang boss’s face, but Lennox never ignored or underestimated him.

The opponent was a skilled businessman who had been smoothly occupying the weapons business in the 40s district until Lennox got involved in this.

He didn’t know how far he had calculated the moves and made the first move, but he wouldn’t have prepared such a simple countermeasure that could be defeated by the attack method that Killian had thought of.

No, rather, there was a high possibility that he was trying to give the impression that it was advantageous for them to stall for time.

‘I don’t know what he’s preparing, but it’s probably them who need to stall for time.’

It wouldn’t matter if the countermeasure the boss was preparing was nothing special, but what if he had prepared a one-shot reversal to turn the situation around?

Lennox, who knew that the gang had tried to contact the Black Market, had no intention of falling for that scheme.

‘Break through at once.’

He took a step forward, strongly pulling up his magic.

Dylan, who was attacking the main gate, turned his head at the intense flow.

His leather jacket, which had been holding two short spears, was tattered with bullet holes, but his movements seemed fine.

“Ban, aren’t you too late?”

“Fall back.”

Lennox, who had spewed out a long flame from his hand, muttered.

“I’m going to break through the power plant right now.”

Dylan didn’t say anything and immediately pulled back the other freelancers who were following him.

It was because he already knew what level of wizard Lennox was through several experiences.

And Lennox did not betray Dylan’s expectations in the slightest.

He threw the flames wrapped around his right hand onto the ground as if throwing them.

[Field of Flame]

Whooosh!!

The flames that spread like a wildfire along the asphalt flowed into the power plant in an instant.

The flames that began to burn the vast parking lot without any oil were neither hot nor intense.

But it was enough to stimulate the engines of the countless vehicles scattered in the parking lot inside the power plant.

KWA-AAANG!! KWA-AANG!!

It was after the vehicles inside the parking lot began to explode into dozens of fireballs that everyone inside and outside the power plant realized Lennox’s intention.

“Ah, no!!”

“Block it! If all of those explode, we’ll all die!!”

“Sh, shit…!!”

Lennox, watching the gang and soldiers who had fallen into panic in an instant, nodded.

“Let’s go in.”

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of freelancers standing behind Lennox began to rush into the power plant.

The other team members who had rushed over after hearing the news also joined and began to push the gang all at once.

Killian, who had joined late, had his snout lengthen and turned into a wolf, jumping into the enemy lines, and Dylan’s short spears quickly swept through the area, piercing the drug-addled retired soldiers.

The machine guns pouring down from the roof of the power plant were sniped by Agria with lasers, and Jod and Cainey were the first to rush forward.

The balance that had been maintained until now was reversed as if it were a lie, and it was only a matter of time before the power plant was surrounded again.

Lennox walked behind the group, following them, and cast his gaze at the entrance of the power plant.

‘It’s about time he came out.’

No matter how much they wanted to stall for time, it was impossible not to react after being pushed this far.

If the boss really had a hidden card like Lennox thought, he would move to buy time himself in order to prepare that card.

Sure enough, just as a cold silence flowed through the parking lot, a man slowly appeared on the roof of the power plant.

A sharp and sensitive-looking handsome man. He looked haggard as if he hadn’t slept well, but surprisingly, his physique itself was very robust.

He stared blankly at the hundred or so people gathered below the power plant.

Lennox, confirming the intense flow of magic boiling within his body, sensed it.

‘That’s him.’

The head of the huge gang called Seager Bank.

A businessman who had been occupying the weapons business in the 40s district with Beck Clinton.

The gang’s leader, Eden Garcia, had finally shown his face for the first time.

“It seems the letter I sent wasn’t delivered properly.”

Eden said. It was a low voice, but it clearly pierced the ears. It was the power of magic.

“I did send an invitation, but I didn’t want this kind of treatment.”

“Is that all you have to say?”

Killian replied.

“I thought you’d want a better last will.”

A sarcastic retort. It meant that Killian was that confident in the victory of this plan.