Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 851

Takeover (20)

‘Purple and black are in my memory. Silver is a new one.’

The Aegis Special Operations Agency were human weapons created by embedding completed spell formulas into powerful physical ability users.

Most of them merely wielded the given spell formulas like weapons, but there were some individuals who exhibited particularly powerful abilities.

Purple, who used a spell formula to manipulate gravity and drop meteorites, and black, who was specialized in close-quarters combat using black magic.

Both possessed exceptional power and skill, enough to hold their own against the members of Pandemonium.

“They’re coming.”

The first to move was the purple visor that appeared right behind the black one.

The moment he made a simple hand seal and raised his hand towards the sky.

Kwaaaaaa!!!

With the sound of a violent storm raging, the entire power facility began to shake madly.

“W-what’s going on?!”

“I don’t know.”

Lenok replied, turning his gaze to the monitor showing the outside of the power facility.

“It seems the City Council doesn’t intend to rescue you guys safely.”

Kwaaaaaa!!!

A house-sized meteorite falling rapidly from just below the sky of the power facility.

Hayward, who saw it through the monitor, let out an indescribable beast-like scream.

“U-uwaaaah!!”

[Oooooooo!!!]

At the same time as the meteorite fell, a giant toad, having gathered all the power from the facility, rose above the roof of the facility.

The moment the dazzlingly bright giant lightning toad opened its mouth wide and swallowed the falling meteorite.

Bbeoeoooong!!!

The toad’s head exploded, shattering the meteorite into pieces.

Kugwagwagwa!!!

The meteorite fragments, split into thousands of pieces, fell directly onto the facility.

The impact caused the ceiling of the power facility to collapse, and wires snapped and pipes shattered everywhere.

Fzzzt, fzzzt, fzzzzzzzt!!!!

“They threw it knowing they could block it. Did they have the confidence to neutralize it with a preemptive strike?”

Lenok laughed, looking up at the power facility that had been half-destroyed in an instant.

“Good judgment. They have the guts to do it at the right time.”

Although the entire power facility was fortified, the foundation of its power was not Lenok’s magic, but the leaking power of the facility.

It was natural that the durability and precision of the spell formula that made up the fortification magic would be weaker than the original.

Aegis had seen that Lenok was using the facility’s power, not his own magic, and targeted its weak durability to break down the fortification spell itself in one go.

Insight and knowledge to recognize the magic Lenok used and deduce its deployment method.

The judgment to find a counter-spell and choose the right time, and the powerful output to execute the operation.

And above all, the firm will not to hesitate to turn Lenok into an enemy.

Yes, this is what the elite special operations agency, protected by the Central Council, should be like.

Perhaps all of this operation was the work of the black visor at the forefront.

Lenok remembered that the sniping and intrusion using Evelyn during Pandemonium’s interim report were carried out under the leadership of this person.

In particular, the black one was a skilled fighter who, for a brief moment, exchanged blows with even Maiya Lenslit.

Of course, it was unlikely that the superhuman of Aegis, completed through modification experiments, would be stronger than Maiya, but the fact that a battle could be established against her was noteworthy.

[Croak.]

[Kuweeeck…….]

As the fortification of the power facility was broken, the toad spirits and the army of machines that had been patrolling the area collapsed.

The toads, which moved by feeding on electricity, and the mechanical soldiers created by the magnetic field, could not maintain their forms.

Kugwagwagwa!!

Amidst the sparks that flashed and disappeared helplessly, and the rain of screws and steel frames.

The black visor, who had been standing there for a while after appearing, began to sprint at an incredible speed.

Sweeek!!

Such terrifying mobility that its movements could barely be captured on the monitor.

It accelerated, stepping and pressing down on the ceilings and walls of the facility’s corridors as if they were a comfortable playground, and smashed through the barriers blocking its path.

Covered in pitch-black magic, it was obvious where the new figure, with its visor deeply pressed down, was heading.

Hayward, in a panic, shouted anxiously.

“W-what do we do?! What should we do!!”

“He seems strong. Who is that?”

“H-he’s the captain of the execution squad operated by Aegis!!”

Hayward yelled at Raphael’s innocent question.

“A master of black magic, and a very cruel one…!! If he arrives, he will kill us all!!”

“Hmm.”

“What do you mean, ‘Hmm’!!”

At Raphael’s somewhat indifferent words, Hayward, unable to contain himself, grabbed Raphael by the collar and shook him.

“We’re all as good as targets for execution, and you’re just going to sit there calmly!!!”

“Ah, no……”

Raphael, flustered, replied without even thinking of letting go of Hayward’s hand.

“Being called a master of black magic isn’t something you can just attach to anyone.”

“What?!!!”

Hayward’s shout, unable to control his excitement.

But Lenok understood what Raphael meant.

If Raphael knew about the Underworld King residing in Pandemonium, he would know that the title was only for one person.

However, it was also true that the black magic wielded by the black visor was radiating a powerful aura.

‘A sense of familiarity…….’

I can feel some kind of intelligence in the darkness writhing beyond the monitor, but it’s hard to be sure here.

A subtle sense of incongruity that is difficult to confirm unless you face it directly and see it with your own eyes.

“Judging by the speed at which he’s traversing the facility, he’ll arrive in three minutes.”

Lenok, having reached that conclusion, picked up the screen again.

“It seems like he’ll be here soon, so let’s talk again when he arrives. I’ll look at this a bit more.”

“No, I don’t think anyone understands the situation right now-!!”

Ignoring Hayward’s words, Lenok immediately began to read the data related to the mage training plan.

He had read up to the part that listed the prerequisites for starting the project.

=Prerequisite 1. Evan Bailon is an artificial human.

Below that were several prerequisites that surpassed the absurdity Lenok had felt.

=Prerequisite 2. The reason Evan Bailon’s origin is unclear is because he is a CRISPR baby [a human whose genome has been edited using CRISPR technology].

=Prerequisite 3. The reason Evan Bailon awakened to spirit magic at a late age is because he was designed that way.

=Prerequisite 4. The reason Evan Bailon was able to publish innovative magic theories is because he sees and feels things differently from humans.

=Prerequisite 5. The reason Evan Bailon was able to learn common magic is because he is not a human of this era.

“……”

=Conclusion. Evan Bailon’s genius is possible because he is an artificial human.

=This project assumes that the above prerequisites and conclusions are true and specifies the following conditions to prove them.

Phrases that made it seem like he could understand why this research institute was called the Bailon Research Institute just by reading the beginning of the report.

A very blatant and strong obsession with Evan Bailon’s existence and the desire to clarify his genius.

“It’s an interesting statement, but……”

Lenok tilted his head.

“But is this a premise and conclusion suitable for logic based on propositions?”

Davi answered indifferently.

[It doesn’t fit at all.]

“……Right?”

[They mixed the facts that should be in the conclusion into the premise. They’re just attaching words to reach the conclusion they want.]

It seemed that the proposition was so crude in the eyes of the digital spirit that Davi continued to grumble, which was rare.

[That’s why organic beings are no good. They cowardly change their words, and they don’t keep their promise to give the remaining electricity to good spirits as food…….]

“……”

It seemed that it wasn’t just the report that he didn’t like.

Lenok, ignoring Davi’s complaints, immediately opened other data and smiled bitterly.

Evan Bailon is an artificial human.

His genius is possible because he is a created human.

Because a series of preliminary work to create an artificial human and reproduce that genius, based on that premise, was stored intact in the deleted data of the research institute.

“I see……”

The Bailon Research Institute was not trying to train mages who could learn common magic by studying Evan Bailon.

The people who established this research institute were thinking of ‘creating’ humans who were born with the talent to learn common magic.

Once you realize the most important intention, reviewing other data doesn’t take long.

‘There was no plan to kidnap or harm Evan Bailon. Did they think it was impossible from the start?’

A plan that started from the beginning with the assumption of Evan’s cooperation or obtaining his genetic information.

The report clearly stated that securing Evan’s safety or killing him became difficult the moment it became entangled with the Adamantine Tower.

However, even after realizing the situation, Lenok still frowned with a suspicious look.

‘Why…… why an artificial human?’

After a long time of self-observation and research, Lenok knew that he was a pure human.

Apart from the moment of fate when he chose and obtained transcendent talent, there was no trace of any genetic manipulation in this body.

Knowing that, Lenok had also constantly doubted whether he was a created being.

But if the City Council, which didn’t know much about Lenok, had the same suspicion, what would be the reason?

Why did they choose Evan Bailon?

Why did they think he was an artificial human?

The series of research and achievements he had made so far, and his strange obsession with entropy, which was published in his papers.

They were just fitting all the conclusions under one premise and constructing the project. There was no evidence as to why they thought of Evan Bailon that way.

Is it possible that they are relying on an unfounded and uncertain conclusion while drawing such a huge picture?

That was an idea that did not match the Central Council that Lenok knew.

Even if it was the Senate and the Council of Elders, where old monsters gathered, they would never act with only this much evidence.

There’s something more.

There was a secret that Lenok didn’t know, that made them believe that Evan was an artificial human.

Lenok, convinced of that, quickly scanned through all the remaining data, and the moment he reached the last document.

Lenok was able to find the answer to the question that had arisen as he began to read the report.

=The above research is based on the progress of the Black Consumer Project conducted in District 19.

“……”

The secret Lenok was looking for. A fragment of the inside story he didn’t know. The basis for the conclusion he couldn’t understand.

It was just a single comment written in passing, but Lenok was sure.

The reason why the Central Council had concluded that Evan was an artificial human.

The reason why they were carrying out such a huge project and investing in it, based on an unfounded conclusion.

It was a conclusion that was possible because they had already conducted research on the ‘genius’ of artificial humans in the Black Consumer Project.

“Ha……”

The Central Council knows. They haven’t forgotten yet.

And those who still remember that glory are gathered and trying to reproduce that failure once again.

Crack.

The moment Lenok’s hand, gripping the screen, tightened, the magic that responded to his will rose and shattered the converter.

Kwaang!!

Which came first, the sound of the converter breaking or the roar of the control room door being smashed?

It was too late to worry about the black visor, who had walked in, covered in deep darkness.

“H-huh, huh……!!”

Hayward gasped, and even Raphael was momentarily overwhelmed by the thick black magic.

But the black visor ignored the two as if it hadn’t seen them, and turned its gaze towards Lenok.

The visor tilted its head, seeing Lenok leaning weakly and the broken screen in his hand.

[You saw it.]

A dull, inorganic male voice.

[I thought I arrived on time, but was I late? No, I guess you were faster than expected.]

“……”

The black visor spoke, leaving Lenok who did not answer.

[What was contained there is the core technology of the superhuman training project that the City Council has put its heart and soul into. It is the source that allowed Aegis and other special operations agencies to quickly establish themselves after the lifting of the Prohibition Edict.]

“So?”

[It is impossible to convert the value of the technology into monetary terms, and if you were to compare it, it is a power that can easily rival a small to medium-sized city-state. Do you understand what it means to open it without the approval of the council?]

Click!!

The black visor, who was already standing right in front of Lenok, looked down at the mage and said.

[Even if you are a great archmage, it means that things have become so big that it will be difficult to resolve without a mutually acceptable deal.]

“……”

[The Central Council has summoned you. You will be escorted under the jurisdiction of the Aegis Special Operations Agency, so please cooperate.]

“Cooperate……”

Lenok replied, getting up from his seat.

Lenok, leaning on his cane, stared intently at the visor.

Lenok, who coughed weakly and barely regained his balance, whispered.

“I don’t want to hear that from those who treat the byproducts of a failed project as their own.”

[…….]

Lenok asked, putting a cigarette in his mouth and slowly inhaling the smoke.

“That technology you’re talking about. The plan that was being carried out in this research institute. Can you say that all of it belongs entirely to the council?”

[…….]

“Did you say the City Council summoned me? Okay, I can agree to that.”

Lenok said leisurely, looking at his face reflected in the visor.

“But if I go to the council now, it will be to drag out the councilors and investigate this situation, not for a petty deal.”

Hayward’s lips trembled with difficulty at Lenok’s chilling words.

Perhaps it was because he realized that a war between Adamantine and the Central Council could break out in this place.

Raphael, too, was focused on watching the conversation between the two, looking around and holding his breath.

But the black visor did not flinch at Lenok’s words, nor did it get angry or agitated.

It only put the terminal it was holding into its waist and slightly raised its gaze.

[The superhuman training technology has become the core foundation of the special operations agencies, but the detailed concepts and adjustments assigned to each agency are all different.]

“……”

[Among them, Aegis’s role is to have the power to fight against monsters and disasters that exceed the standards.]

Kiiing!!

At the same time as rapidly drawing up magic power, the black visor’s momentum sank endlessly deep.

A heavy submersion as if diving deep into the sea from that spot.

At the same time, the output of the black magic that enveloped the visor was rapidly increasing.

[What I use is the power of the archenemies who have threatened the city since ancient times.]

Whoosh!!

The darkness centered on the black visor was emitted like fog, taking shape above its head.

[It is the power of a fallen black mage who committed terrible massacres and destruction during the time when a brilliant civilization remained in the Northern Continent.]

The darkness took shape and solidified, transforming into a huge door that seemed to reach the ceiling of the control room.

The door slowly opened, and something emerged from within with a grating noise.

Clang!!

A black giant with huge chains the size of a human body wrapped around its forearms.

A being that appeared with an overwhelming presence, with a menacing appearance like that of a demon.

Lenok, who was watching it while coughing slightly, suddenly changed his expression strangely.

“……Hmm?”

Because the hideous form, which he should have seen for the first time, was somehow strangely familiar.

[……?]

Conversely, the demon giant also tilted its head with a strange look, as if it recognized Lenok, and only then could he be sure.

A giant in the form of a demon with chains wrapped around both arms.

That being was clearly the summon that Myung usually used as his signature technique.

Why was the being that Myung always brought with him when he appeared in Vulcan with his own will, and used like his own limbs, listening to Aegis?

The moment Lenok quickly became aware of that question and pondered it.

[Let’s go.]

Charrrrrk!!

The black visor, who had wrapped the demon giant’s chains around both arms, lowered its posture.

[There may be no victory, but defeat is impossible, so I declare a deal with hell in this place.]

“……”

At the black visor’s unusual declaration, Lenok also immediately drew up his magic power and prepared with a cautious expression.

A deal with hell. An undefeated contract?

If it was the power that Myung once favored, it was certainly a high-ranking summon among the highest ranks of black magic.

Since the opponent was also a high-level physical ability user, a minimum of caution was required.

Just as Lenok was thinking that and quickly pondering countermeasures related to black magic in his head.

Crack.

The demon giant grabbed the chain that was tied to its arm with its own hand and tore it off.

“……?”

Before the two could react to that sudden action, the demon giant left the black visor’s back and began to move slowly.

Srrrruk.

The demon giant, who moved without saying a word, stood behind Lenok so naturally.

The giant, who rose up as if proudly guarding Lenok’s back with his arms crossed, gestured towards the black visor.

“……”

[…….]

The demon giant, who changed sides without any hesitation as soon as it appeared.

Even those who were watching the bizarre situation where the situation had changed could not open their mouths.