Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 846

Crash!!

“……Ugh, ughhh!!”

Leaving Lenok standing inside the lab, the young man who had crawled out on all fours began to sprint wildly through the lab.

The young man, his face pale and bloodless, gasped for breath as he fled like a madman.

Lenok leisurely followed the young man, walking out into the corridor.

From the darkness of the darkened research building, the lingering echoes of mana distorted in his wake.

“It’s been a while since someone’s run away from me like that. Usually, I kill them before they even turn their backs.”

“Kyeo, Kyeo-nloe!!!”

The young man muttered, his voice trembling, not even daring to look back at Lenok properly.

“Why is Kyeonloe here of all places!?!!”

A powerful presence that even the surveillance system couldn’t confirm. An unusually relaxed attitude and overwhelming knowledge of magic.

He didn’t deny reality, even knowing the series of clues and circumstances presented before him.

Perhaps it was because he knew that entering this research facility alone was not a difficult task for a great mage in the first place.

“Ugh, ahh……!!”

He let out a sound that was somewhere between a scream and a groan, and ran madly towards the lobby.

The young man, picking up the phone on the reception desk, began to dial a number with trembling hands.

Click!

As soon as he heard the phone connect, the young man shouted.

“This is Hayward from Research Building 8. Open the research facility immediately and request support!! A monster has entered the research facility!!!”

[…….]

“Can’t you hear me!! Stop the lecture and contact the city council for support-!!!”

Lenok answered from the other end of the line.

[Support?]

“Ughhh!!”

The young man, who had identified himself as Hayward, threw the phone away with a look of utter terror.

Lenok, who was now standing behind him, smiled as he looked at the fallen Hayward.

“You still haven’t answered my question.”

“Ugh! Ughhh……!!!!”

“I don’t understand why you’re so surprised. Isn’t Evan Bylon the owner of this research facility?”

Lenok, feigning ignorance, gestured, and a silver radiance flowed from his fingertips, transforming into the shape of a staff.

Lenok, leaning casually on his staff, spoke to Hayward, who was trembling and unable to breathe.

“Evan Bylon is a researcher affiliated with the Magic Tower. If he established a research facility and is conducting joint research, I don’t see why I wouldn’t be able to come here.”

“…….”

“There’s only one reason why you’re so surprised, even though you know who I am.”

Lenok said, pretending not to know as he asked.

“The Bylon Research Facility. It wasn’t created after confirming Evan’s intentions in the first place, was it?”

“……!!”

Lenok slowly approached Hayward, who was stuttering and unable to answer.

Tap, tap-

The slow sound of the staff tapping against the hard floor. The sound of the phone signal cutting off amidst the quiet stillness.

Only the piercing blue light of the mage’s eyes fell through the deep darkness.

A chill that made his chest ache. Lenok looked at Hayward, who had a look as if his heart had stopped, and asked.

“What’s the reason for creating a research facility using Evan Bylon’s name?”

“Th, that’s……”

“I want to hear it from the person on the scene, not the city council member who planned the establishment of the research facility. Tell me.”

He applied pressure with his aura alone in the darkness, piercing through his mind with his magic eyes.

The moment he was certain that he had pushed Hayward’s mind to its limit, he asked a decisive question that made escape impossible.

The pale-faced researcher slowly opened his mouth.

“To, to create… mages……”

“Mages?”

“I, I don’t know the details!!”

Hayward suddenly screamed as if having a seizure.

“I only heard that there was an important task originally assigned that had to be done in parallel with common magic research-”

Swish!!

At that moment, a faint flash of light flickered behind Lenok.

From tens of meters away in the darkened research building corridor, a heavy aura surged forth at the same time as its manifestation.

However, instead of targeting Lenok, it circled around him and targeted Hayward.

“With this?”

Lenok nonchalantly flicked his finger, and the beam of light bent and exploded in mid-air.

Boom!!

“Ughhh!!”

Hayward, terrified by the light that exploded in front of him, fell backward, foaming at the mouth and losing consciousness.

He must have understood that what had just approached was by no means a benevolent force.

Lenok, looking at the unconscious Hayward, picked up his staff and stood up.

He was aware that something was watching him from beyond this research building, where no sign of life could be felt.

“I don’t particularly like being tested.”

Lenok’s words, which came out naturally, were not kind either.

“If you don’t come out right now, I’ll kill you.”

[My apologies.]

Whoosh!!

No sooner had Lenok finished speaking than something suddenly rose from the other end of the research building corridor.

Not from the corridor floor, but from the soil in a small garden located inside.

A man in a brown visor suit immediately walked out in front of Lenok and bowed his head.

[I greet the great archmage. I was just trying to avoid causing any offense.]

“With that clumsy earth manipulation technique?”

[…….]

Lenok sneered as he looked at the silent brown visor.

“It only preserves the output, a pathetic idea with no application. I’ve heard of it.”

No, in fact, he had not only heard of it.

Lenok had once faced them head-on as Victor.

“Special Operations Agency Aegis. Were you hiding here, acting as a watchdog?”

A superhuman group created under the city government after the lifting of the Law of Restriction, and a top-tier military organization comparable to Agents. [Agents are elite individuals with superhuman abilities, often working for government or private organizations.]

Murder weapons created by embedding techniques into the bodies of physical ability users were guarding the research facility.

[……I didn’t know that the archmage would know so much about the Special Operations Agency.]

Swoosh!!

At that moment, the doors all around the research building opened, and several figures quickly entered at lightning speed.

Blue and green visors in the front. An ochre visor chanting techniques in the rear, and a light crimson one that appeared silently behind Lenok.

They kept their distance and watched Lenok, but their cautious reaction did not indicate hostility.

The ochre visor, who possessed the strongest mana, spoke.

[This research facility is one of the most sensitive non-public sites that the city council is concerned about, and several special operations agencies, including us, are taking turns guarding it.]

“So?”

[……I don’t know why you managed to bypass the surveillance and come to the research facility, but would you please leave today?]

Her tone was calm, but it was clear that the ochre visor was tense, even without looking closely.

Not only her, but all the Aegis members who had stormed into this research building were tensing their bodies as if they were about to collapse.

[This research facility is not yet ready to receive guests, and we have no intention of fighting you.]

“…….”

[Please, have mercy.]

Lenok looked at the ochre visor and chuckled.

“You’re prepared. Looks like you’ve picked up something from somewhere?”

[…….]

“I was going to cut your throats if you acted presumptuously, but I see. Mercy, huh……”

He shouldn’t have had any experience fighting Aegis as Ban, yet the reason why they were being so cautious of Lenok was strange.

He had a guess. Perhaps they had heard about Kyeonloe directly from an Agent, who was also a member of the Special Operations Agency.

Since Aegis had also collaborated with Ivelyn in the past, it was understandable if they had heard various testimonies about him.

“But I can’t.”

[May I ask why?]

Lenok smiled.

“Because I bought Evan Bylon’s talent. It would be a problem if the results that should belong to the Tower were to leak out to a place like this, wouldn’t it?”

[…….]

“I don’t know if you knew that things would turn out this way when you used that name……”

Woo-oong……!!

At the same time as Lenok spoke, a powerful mana radiance began to envelop him.

Even without imbuing his will, the overwhelming pressure seemed to suppress all the auras in this place.

While the Aegis members staggered as if they couldn’t believe it, but still maintained their stance, Lenok said.

“Either way, it seems like what I have to do won’t change.”

[……I will report to the city council and notify you of their opinion. For now-!!]

“For now?”

At that moment, dozens of shields flickered and rotated violently above Lenok’s head.

A silver shadow that was slammed down on the shield failed to break through the barrier and bounced back.

Clang!!

Lenok said with amusement as he looked at the new shadows appearing around the research building corridor.

“It seems like your partners have a different opinion.”

“Aegis, what have you been doing since earlier?”

The one who had ambushed Lenok was a man with a pale silver hair, with an expressionless face.

He turned to the ochre visor with a cold, emotionless tone.

Whoosh!!

At the same time, dozens of superhumans appeared in the research building corridor, emitting a sharp aura towards Lenok.

What was unusual was that all of them had the same pale silver hair as the man who had first appeared.

The man, holding a sharp straight sword in one hand and grabbing the chain at his waist, spoke to Aegis.

“The opponent is a special criminal who has violated all of Balkan’s first-class security regulations. We will restrain and escort him, so cooperate.”

[Crescent. Are you out of your mind? This is a fight we can’t win.]

The ochre visor’s tone also immediately turned cold.

[Kyeonloe is a noble who is protected by the council in exchange for establishing the Magic Tower. What’s the point of an operation without the approval of the higher-ups?]

“Win?”

The man asked with an expressionless face.

“Why do we have to consider the odds when following orders?”

[…….]

“The Special Operations Agency obeys the rules of the council. We do not calculate life and death. We exclude emotions and pain.”

The man’s voice was surprisingly monotonous, and his face, as he looked at his members, was devoid of emotion.

“Our orders are to eliminate the intruder who has entered the research facility. It doesn’t matter who the opponent is.”

“What are you doing in front of me right now?”

While Lenok was laughing at the farce of two different special operations agencies, Aegis and Crescent, arguing over him, the silver-haired man turned his head.

“Kyeonloe Ban. I’ve heard you’re the best war mage in this city.”

“I’ve never participated in a war. It seems you’ve picked up some false rumors.”

“But rules are not something that should be followed based on who the opponent is.”

Clank!!

The moment his figure, leaning as if he was about to fall, gripped his straight sword tightly and melted into the darkness.

Whoosh!

The young man’s body blurred as if it was stretching out, and collided head-on with Lenok.

The shields shattered and scattered, and the fragments flew in all directions like broken glass.

The young man’s body, which had been closing the distance by pressing down like a blade, was about to accelerate into a streak of moonlight when-

“You’re being annoying. Are you planning to put on a show in front of me?”

Thud!!

Lenok’s hand grabbed the young man’s head with one hand.

With a light gesture that required no effort, he easily stopped the young man’s acceleration.

Lenok stared at the inorganic eyes visible through the scattered silver hair and said.

“An artificially designed coldness. The city council really does try a lot of ridiculous things.”

“……!?”

The young man, momentarily unable to comprehend the situation due to the unrealistic outcome, paused.

The young man’s body was flung backward at a speed several times faster than when he had charged towards Lenok.

Bang!!!

A violent collision that shattered the walls and doors of the research building corridor, revealing the scenery of the room inside.

Lenok grabbed the silver hair of the man, who was writhing in a bloody mess, and lifted him up.

“You seem to be mistaken, it’s not me who’s doing something shady, it’s you.”

“……!!”

“It’s Evan Bylon who has to justify his actions by using justification and rules.”

While dragging the fallen young man with one hand, he tapped the intact research equipment and computers with the hand holding his staff.

Beep beep beep!!

Woo-oong!!

With just that, the equipment in the research building began to operate, displaying all sorts of data and videos on the screens.

[Hey, what are you doing!]

The light crimson visor shouted in panic, but Lenok replied without even looking back.

“I’m restoring the data that was deleted from the research facility’s internal network.”

“Stop him……!”

As the man, whose hair was being grabbed by Lenok’s hand, struggled to shout, the Crescent members rushed towards Lenok.

Solid straight swords and thick chains attached to their waists. An inorganic aura that was particularly difficult to feel even in the darkened research facility.

However, the sword strikes wielded by those superhumans struck the steel plates and iron doors of the research facility, quickly pressuring Lenok.

Thud thud thud thud!!!

They blocked the front of the research equipment that Lenok was touching, shook the balance by tapping the floor, and attacked the joints and vital points in reverse order.

At the same time, they even took into account the existence of the shield protecting Lenok and forcibly shortened the distance.

There was not a single misjudgment in the movements of the dozens of people rushing towards him.

One person’s misjudgment is a mistake, but if dozens of people make the same judgment as one, it becomes a huge direction in itself.

And the will of the absolute majority created in that way becomes an unyielding force-

“Break.”

[Fluttering Thunder]

Pzzzzzzzz!!!

The moment the sharp electric current scattered from Lenok’s fingertips swirled through the Crescent members.

The explosively amplified thunder of the Fluttering Thunder became a roar that illuminated the entire research building, pressing down on the members.

Kugwagwagwang!!

The mage, holding the ceaselessly flashing lightning in one hand, was casually beating down the rushing superhumans.

Lenok himself, however, was not interested in the members at all, and was only focused on searching for deleted data and closed documents.

While the Aegis members were silent at the unbelievable feat, the Crescent members, whose bodies were on fire, let out painful screams.

“Cough……!!”

“Aaaah!!”

“How can magic have such physical power……!!”

Even after understanding that their balance had been broken by a single spell, they did not lose their will.

The silver-haired superhumans, their bodies covered in blood, were desperately trying to stop Lenok from touching the research equipment.

Lenok tapped his staff at their persistence, which was not threatening but annoying.

Lightning-type unique magic

[Punishing Martial Thunder]

The mass of lightning that surged from the silver staff split and shattered on its own, colliding thousands of times in an instant.

The lightning that scattered like an explosion in front of him pierced through the entire research building, randomly penetrating the ceiling and walls.

Patsutsutsutsu!!!!

“Ugh……!!”

The density of the lightning was so incredibly dense and precise that it was impossible to avoid.

Immediately after coming into contact with the chanting of Punishing Martial Thunder, their mana vibrated, and the blood vessels throughout their bodies began to tear apart.

“Ughhh……!!”

“M, my body!!!”

“Ah, found it.”

Amidst the members who were writhing and collapsing, Lenok suddenly broke the computer case and pulled out a hard drive.

Chiiik……!!

The shape of the disk, which was heated to the point of being stuck together due to exposure to immense heat.

It seemed to be barely maintaining its original shape due to forcibly downloading more data than it could handle.

However, the moment Lenok lightly rotated his wrist, the hard drive began to recover as if time was rewinding.

While the others were staring blankly at the scene, forgetting even their pain, Lenok put the hard drive in his arms and said.

“The mage mass production plan. This must be related to what Hayward said earlier about creating mages, right?”

Swaaaa!!

Immediately after, the sprinklers on the ceiling of the research building activated, spraying water down the dark corridor.

The Crescent members were scattered all over the place, and the Aegis members, on the other hand, remained silent.

“To get more detailed information, I guess I’ll have to beat that side up- cough.”

Lenok, leaning on his staff, turned to look at the Aegis members and suddenly coughed.

[……?]

“…….”

Lenok wiped his mouth and shook his head as he glanced at the sprinklers operating above him.

It seemed like he had caught a cold in the short time he was exposed to the rain after fighting Ivelyn.

He briefly realized how weak and pathetic this body was, which was not protected by shields and magic.

“Ah.”

Lenok, immediately realizing how this would look to others, smiled wryly.

Due to the disguise, his face did not flush, and the fact that he had cold symptoms was not revealed at all.

Not only did he cough in the middle of a fight, but Lenok himself was also lost in thought, so it was clear that-

[Could it be, his health is…….]

[Is it more serious than the rumors?]

The Aegis members muttered with serious expressions. Even the Crescent members, who had not yet lost consciousness, were watching Lenok with sharp eyes.

“……This is pointless.”

Lenok muttered and reached out his hand, and the figure of Hayward, who had fainted far away, appeared as if it had teleported to Lenok’s feet.

The other members were surprised by the sudden action and tried to move hastily.

Swoosh!!

Lenok’s figure, his pure white gown fluttering, disappeared from the spot.

A teleportation so seamless that even the Aegis members, who had heightened their senses to the maximum, missed the movement.

Lenok’s figure, having left the research building with Hayward, began to move towards the center of the research building at an incredible speed.

[No, he’s going to the auditorium!! Stop him!]

The ochre visor shouted sharply, realizing that the direction was towards the auditorium located in the center of the research building.

The other members also immediately rushed out of the research building, but they could not be faster than Lenok, who was spamming teleportations.

Swaaeeek!!

Lenok’s body, skipping over other research buildings that were still lit, disappeared as if flashing across the night sky.

With his body covered in solid shields, he crashed down through the bottom of the circular ceiling.

Kwaaang!!

“Uwaaaah!!”

“Wh, what is it!!”

“It’s an attack, an intruder has entered!!”

The researchers who had not yet heard the situation and remained in the auditorium were thrown into chaos and rose from their seats at Lenok’s appearance.

Ignoring the auditorium that had instantly become a mess, Lenok immediately turned his gaze towards the stage.

‘Hayward said that he had called a teacher to teach the researchers the necessary mana theory.’

And if that necessary mana theory was for a different research than the one for common magic.

Then surely that teacher must be someone related to the mage training plan.

Now that he had secured evidence of the mage training plan, Lenok thought that he should interrogate the person involved rather than look for data.

To do that, he would first have to find the teacher who was giving the lecture.

“Wh, who is it that’s doing this in the Bylon Research Facility……!!”

However, Lenok turned his gaze towards the voice coming from the stage, and frowned as he looked at the hesitant middle-aged man.

A face that gave a somewhat noble impression, but also looked slightly frightened. His dignified yet wavering voice remained in his memory.

“Professor Raphael.”

“……Do you know me?”

A scholar who had shown his face at the mid-meeting of the Demon Realm and had shown a strong interest in Evan Bylon.

He was now giving a lecture as a teacher invited to the Bylon Research Facility.

“This is perfect.”

“Wh, what?!”

The purple chains that surged from under Lenok’s feet immediately bound Raphael’s entire body and forced him to kneel.

“What is going on here!!”

“You said you were a professor teaching mana theory. I think I have something to hear about this matter.”

Lenok, looking at Raphael who was sweating profusely, gripped the purple chains tightly.

“Well, it’s not like adding one more crime is something to worry about. Let’s move places.”

“W, wait a minute……!!”