Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 789

Saaah…!!

The gray giant, having shattered the thick ice barrier, rose to its feet.

Its skin, withered and mummified by the chilling cold, contrasted sharply with the dazzling, untarnished armor.

Only the grotesquely distorted face peeking from within the helmet proved that it was not alive and moving.

“Sh, shit…! What the hell is a Guardian Spirit Beast?!”

“Why is such a monster locked up in this prison?!”

Even without knowing what a Guardian Spirit Beast was, no one could fail to feel the overwhelming pressure and eerie coldness.

They backed away in terror, glancing around frantically for an escape route.

Among the prisoners retreating from the ice barrier, Lenok stood with his arms crossed, looking up at the giant.

“The corpse of a Guardian Spirit Beast that died long ago…”

Lenok pondered, watching the Frost Lord glare at him, its frozen breath streaming out.

The armored form and the human-like skeleton.

Aside from its massive size, reaching several meters, its appearance was quite similar to a human.

‘A humanoid. And a spirit beast with considerable intelligence. This is the first time I’ve seen this type.’

Strictly speaking, the only Guardian Spirit Beasts Lenok had seen were the ones he had created himself.

When Tatiana explained about Guardian Spirit Beasts, she didn’t give the impression that they were humanoid.

Is this Frost Lord, this dead Guardian Spirit Beast, unique, or were there many of this type of spirit beast long ago?

Either way, it was a question for which he couldn’t find an answer right now.

More than that, Lenok focused on the meaning of the words left by the author of the journal.

The curse of metamorphosis.

He couldn’t ignore the fact that the curse mentioned in the Ascendant’s Handbook was the death that the Frost Lord had faced.

‘It was called that when one’s essence is devoured and annihilated by a higher predator.’

Lenok, recalling the conversation in the Handbook’s consciousness, slowly raised his magic power.

Since he recognized that the Frost Lord was engulfing the entire 5th basement level and blocking this space, a battle was inevitable.

If he was lucky, he might even get his hands on data about the curse of metamorphosis here.

Crack…!!

He wrapped magic threads around his fingertips, hooked them onto the scattered graves around him, and pulled.

Crack, crack, crack!!

With that gesture, the surrounding graves were pulled out from under the ground, wrapped in magic threads, and dragged out behind Lenok.

“S, Seer!!”

The giant asked with an urgent expression.

“Are you planning to fight that thing?”

“It’s not alive, but it’s a type that can fight. It seems to wield a wide range of powerful cold energy.”

Lenok replied, watching the Frost Lord walk out with heavy footsteps.

“If it can freeze the entire 5th basement level with just its breath, the range of its effect must be enormous.”

“What…?”

Thud!!

Lenok, having gathered dozens of tombstones pulled from the ground with magic threads, muttered.

“Rather than wasting time creating distance, it’s better to deal with it quickly in a short battle.”

“No, that’s not what I meant!”

The giant hurriedly shook his head and asked.

“We should run away, how are you going to fight that thing?!”

“I don’t know about you, but I have business with that Guardian Spirit Beast.”

Lenok turned his gaze towards the giant.

A strange light flickered from behind the obsidian mask, and the giant flinched.

“If you want to live, run away. I won’t stop you.”

“…Can you win?”

“It’s not like I can’t see a way to win.”

Lenok chuckled at the giant’s hesitant question.

“More importantly, is it okay for you to be talking so leisurely there?”

Thud!

At that moment, the Frost Lord, who had been slowly walking towards them, stopped abruptly.

The Guardian Spirit Beast, staring down at the ground with its withered face, opened its mouth wide and inhaled, and cold winds rushed in from all directions at an incredible speed.

Goooh…!!

It felt as if the atmospheric pressure around them changed instantly just from inhaling.

The giant, sensing what was about to happen, threw himself to the side with all his might, and the moment Lenok raised his finger wrapped in magic threads.

[Gwoooaaaaar!!!!]

A massive storm of cold energy erupted from the Frost Lord’s mouth.

Kwaaaaaaah!!!

The Guardian Spirit Beast, scattering a chilling, frosty light, spewed out a gale like a laser beam.

Tombstones embedded in the ground were torn away, and the corpses of the prisoners buried within were scattered like toys.

“Uwaaaaaaah!!”

The surviving prisoners screamed desperately as they fled in a frenzy.

A fierce gale that was more than enough to overturn the entire garden.

They were barely managing to avoid being swept away by the frozen storm unleashed by the Frost Lord as they desperately fled.

Is this one of the monsters trapped in the underground of the memorial tower, and the one who turned this place into a demon realm?

A monster that not only froze the entire prison with its breath but also moved even in death, seeking the energy of the living.

It was not an opponent that could be defeated by facing it head-on.

It was nothing short of madness to face it head-on with a sane mind.

However, while desperately fleeing, the giant turned his gaze and widened his eyes as he found the Seer, wearing a shadowy robe, standing unharmed.

Lenok had re-embedded the dozens of tombstones he had pulled out with magic threads into the ground the moment the Frost Lord unleashed the storm, using them as support to withstand being swept away by the storm.

Other prisoners, having belatedly confirmed this, spewed out all sorts of harsh curses.

“That crazy bastard. Is he desperate to die?!”

“Whatever. If he’s the Seer, he probably knows whether he’ll live or die. It’s none of my business!!”

“Look at that. It’s started…!!”

The prisoners, turning their gaze at someone’s casual shout, gaped at the battle that was unfolding in earnest.

The gray giant in armor. The Frost Lord’s form seemed to sway greatly, then disappeared from its spot.

Swaaeeek!!

The giant’s form slammed down where Lenok had been standing at an incredible speed.

The impact shook the memorial tower’s staircase and vibrated the ground.

Kwaaaang!!

Immediately after, Lenok’s form, which had disappeared, reappeared on the Frost Lord’s shoulder, and as he pulled the magic threads, the giant’s neck twisted in the opposite direction, and its head slammed into the ground.

Thud, thud, thud!!

Even in the midst of that, the Guardian Spirit Beast reacted by slamming its arms into the ground as if swimming, using the recoil to lift its body.

Lenok also connected hundreds of magic threads to block the giant’s movements, and he added power by hooking the threads onto the surrounding tombstones.

Thud, thud, Kwaaaang!!

The Frost Lord, rushing in with shockwaves, and Lenok, reading its movements in advance and trying to bind it.

Offensive and defensive moves crossed between the giant and the sorcerer, and every time their gazes met, waves surged across the ground, and storms of magic power raged.

Kugwagwagwagwa!!!

Dazzling explosions erupted from all directions, pounding the Frost Lord’s entire body, and hundreds of magic threads surged like waves, binding the giant’s limbs.

The faint glow of the surging magic threads flickered across the blue field.

The prisoners, forgetting to flee, were watching the magnificent sight of silver rain falling as Lenok swung his hand.

“Beautiful…”

“Is that the same human as us?”

“He wasn’t a Seer. He’s an unbelievable monster…!!”

It didn’t matter what kind of being the Seer who had been with them in the prison was.

The important thing was that the sorcerer had such overwhelming power that he could fight the monster trapped in the memorial tower.

Leaving the prisoners fleeing in a panic, the giant gritted his teeth and turned his head.

“…The barrier collapsed, and a path opened. We’ll escape while the Seer is fighting that monster.”

* * *

“Huff, huff!!”

The giant led the prisoners, desperately fleeing from the Frost Lord’s breath, beyond the collapsed barrier.

They passed through the garden and onto a winding, steep slope.

Beyond the hill, there was a sheer cliff and a small elevator at the edge.

Clunk, clunk!!

“T, the elevator is broken!!”

“Damn it, how do we…!!”

The distance was too far to climb the cliff with bare hands.

While the panicked prisoners were banging and fiddling with the elevator to fix it, the giant checked under the control panel and gritted his teeth.

The words left by the author of the journal were scribbled under the elevator’s control panel as well.

[Broken elevator. It was never meant to be used for operation in the first place.]

[The escape process itself is a trap, designed to capture the escaped souls and bodies and use them as nourishment.]

[To be precise, it means that it doesn’t matter whether you escape from the prison or not.]

“Ha, a trap… Damn it, just like that guy said…”

Was the Seer already aware of the fact that the author of the journal had only realized after reaching this point?

The giant shook his head, unable to hide his bewilderment, but quickly read the remaining message.

[The way the Frost Lord takes eternal rest is the result of artificial measures, a preservation method that a dead Guardian Spirit Beast cannot achieve on its own.]

[It is presumed to be the work of an evil spirit wandering the underground levels of the memorial tower, so if you know how to handle military spirit magic, try to have a conversation. I couldn’t meet them because I was escaping right away.]

“So how did you escape…!!”

The giant desperately banged on the control panel, but the words written there only told him the harsh reality.

[In my personal opinion, it seems likely that they are disguised as prisoners and encouraging escape.]

[Be careful of traitors.]

“…”

The giant’s body froze in place as he read that far.

He belatedly realized that no one had spoken since he started reading the journal.

A quiet silence with no sound. A vast graveyard where no presence could be felt.

It must be a misunderstanding. Everyone must be focusing on the message along with the giant.

The moment the giant turned his gaze back, thinking that way.

“Why are you so late to notice?”

The heads of the beheaded prisoners were floating in the air, shedding tears of blood, and looking at the giant.

“Aaaah!!”

The giant convulsed and backed away, tripping over a tombstone and falling backward.

The blood of the prisoners, whose heads had just been cut off, dripped onto the giant’s face.

Fresh, red, and hot blood, proving that they had just been cut off.

“Ah, ah…”

Above the dazed giant, a person finally bent down and looked at him.

“Do you know why I left this message here?”

The old man who had been trying to escape with the giant was looking at him with a beaming smile.

The old man was holding a blood-stained greatsword that didn’t suit his physique.

“It’s so much fun to see the reactions of friends who read the entire journal and then look back, like you.”

“Hu, huuk…!!”

“I deliberately leave one alive and kill all the others until they finish reading the words. How about it?”

The old man slowly raised his sword, watching the giant tremble without being able to say anything.

“I couldn’t catch the guy who left this message, but thanks to him, I have a fun game, so I’m satisfied-”

Kuuuuung!!

At that moment, a huge shadow fell from above the two men.

The form of a mass that crushed the ground and the tombstones in the area at once, erasing even the traces.

Someone wearing a black robe was looking down at them, stepping on the gray giant who had fallen powerlessly.

“S, Seer…!!”

The giant trembled and shouted towards him, and the old man holding the greatsword frowned slightly.

“Hmph, you’re faster than I thought. Did you destroy the Guardian Spirit Beast’s corpse in that short time?”

“It’s not like I haven’t dealt with these kinds of hulks before.”

Lenok replied, nonchalantly rubbing his shoulder.

Although the giant race was not compatible with manipulation techniques, this was already the third time he had dealt with such monsters.

Zillian, the Archduke of Kabahim, Kamrodal, the 8th Apostle, and now the Guardian Spirit Beast Frost Lord.

Regardless of compatibility, it was not surprising that Lenok had already gotten the hang of this kind of battle.

As a result, Lenok had crushed the Frost Lord’s corpse without even summoning a special type of summon in this barren field where there was nothing to grab with magic threads.

“So you’re the fallen evil spirit who wanders the underground levels of the memorial tower.”

Thud!!

Lenok, stepping down on the fallen Frost Lord’s corpse, smiled at the old man holding the greatsword.

“Even if you’re crazy, were you hiding among the prisoners and watching their reactions? That’s a nasty hobby.”

“…”

“Although you’re fallen, I’d like to see how strong the evil spirits of Yorta are.”

Squeeeze…!!

A sound of a thread being pulled taut could be heard from somewhere, but no magic threads could be seen anywhere.

While the old man frowned at that fact, Lenok asked calmly.

“Shall we try?”

“No. I can’t do that.”

The old man, with a bright smile, slowly sheathed his greatsword and replied.

“A being like me, who has fallen, cannot touch the owner of that ring…”

“…”

The Ring of the Guide. Did he already know about the owner of that soul?

Considering that the Guide’s spirit was also a fallen being exiled from Yorta, there might be separate rules that apply to fallen beings.

“I was going to have some fun while you were playing with this corpse… Well, never mind.”

The old man, chuckling as he looked at the giant who was the only one left alive, turned his back without any regrets.

“After the night ends, you never know. If you’re still maintaining your body and soul by then, let’s meet again.”

Shhhik!!

With a nasty metallic sound, the old man’s form disappeared from the spot as if washed away.

Only then did the giant finally exhale the breath he had been holding back, sweating profusely.

“Haa, haa…!!”

“If you weren’t going to listen to me, you should have at least listened to the journal’s advice properly.”

Lenok said in an expressionless tone, tapping the Frost Lord’s corpse.

“You, you… Who the hell are you?”

The giant asked, sitting weakly on the spot.

“Who are you to know everything in this crazy place…!!”

“Ah, this way.”

Ignoring the terrified giant’s question, Lenok lifted the Frost Lord’s head with magic threads.

He grabbed the pale, stiff mouth of the Guardian Spirit Beast and pried it open, revealing something faintly glowing with a golden light inside its throat.

Something hidden inside the throat through the spirit beast’s mouth.

“The power of the breath it exhaled was excessively strong compared to the Guardian Spirit Beast’s size.”

Lenok said, picking up an old scroll he had found.

“If there was a secret, I knew it would be inside the Guardian Spirit Beast’s body-”

Lenok stopped speaking and smiled wryly as he unfolded the scroll without hesitation.

Because the same handwriting as the journal he had seen so far was written inside the scroll.

“That’s interesting. Not only did he fight the Guardian Spirit Beast, but he also left a separate message inside it?”

He had thought that the person who had left the words calling themselves a journal was unusual from the start, but he never imagined that they would leave such a message inside the Guardian Spirit Beast’s body.

He didn’t know who the author of this record was, but it was highly likely that they were a person with a very unique and unconventional way of thinking.

Well, that’s why they tried to keep records while leaving all sorts of strange advice in this prison.

However, Lenok’s smile slowly disappeared from the moment he checked the contents written inside the scroll.

[The curse of metamorphosis is the conclusion faced by a being with an origin that transcends its vessel, and I have been interested in it for a long time.]

[Perhaps it’s because I felt a sense of kinship with having been born with a talent that didn’t suit me and facing an unwanted death.]

“…”

The author of the journal’s words felt strangely odd.

Lenok frowned at the sense of unease that was tickling a corner of his mind and read the remaining words.

[A Guardian Spirit Beast is a spirit beast that is born in a territory, has intelligence, and materializes itself.]

[It can be said that it has found a new life beyond life and death just by existing.]

[The conclusion I found in the Abyss was different from that, but the meaning itself was not different.]

“…Found a conclusion in the Abyss?”

Did the author who left this journal already enter the Abyss and then leave these words?

The moment Lenok repeated the words, following that fact.

[That’s why I decided to come back to life from death and leave a journal of what happened in Yorta.]

“…”

Only then did Lenok realize who the author of this journal was.

An origin that transcends the vessel. A talent that doesn’t suit the subject.

A person with enough knowledge to explore and leave advice throughout the underground prison of the Yorta Memorial Tower.

A skilled person who could find the flow of the desired curse in the Abyss and draw a conclusion.

A being who calls himself resurrected from death.

“Ethan Bajur…”

The author who had entered Yorta long before Lenok and left records in the form of a journal was.

The leader of Dead Rise and the son of Kaise.

The moment he muttered that name absentmindedly with a wry smile.

Paah…!!!

Along with a dazzling golden light from the bottom of the scroll, a hidden phrase began to emerge.

[Recognized the activation keyword of Papyrus Aureus.]

[Confirmed 1 type of unique built-in consumption technique.]

[Would you like to use the Resurrection Spell?]

Lenok’s expression changed strangely as he read the words that appeared on the papyrus.

“…A Resurrection Spell?”