Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 852

Takeover (21)

The Aegis Special Operations Agency.

The result of the superhuman development project that the City Council had poured their heart and soul into, and a special force created to deal with monsters beyond the norm.

The demon giant summoned by the black figure, the leader of the execution squad, through black magic, was a power that even Lenok could not have anticipated.

The most powerful black magician Lenok knew, Myung, used to demonstrate that fearsome power with his summons.

Clang!!

The black chains binding both arms and the demonic, ferocious appearance that was even darker than the chains.

If the mangled corpse of a giant, cut and stabbed, were to be corrupted after being soaked in thick black magic, would it look like this?

Even though it had been quite a while since he had seen it directly, its ferocity was so remarkable that he remembered its appearance vividly.

However, the actions of the demon giant immediately after being summoned far exceeded everyone’s expectations.

[……]

Gooooooo!!

The giant, with a strange ferocity, broke the chains that bound him and turned to Lenok’s side.

“So, the summon betrayed us as soon as it appeared……”

Rafael and Hayward were dumbfounded by the natural betrayal, as if it had appeared for this purpose from the start.

“Even if the opponent is a great magician, is this okay?”

“It’s unbelievable. The summoning ritual itself shouldn’t be established without guaranteeing the summoner’s protection, but what on earth is that demon……”

[…….]

Even the black visor stopped chanting and remained silent, and a cold silence flowed through the Aegis communication network.

The actions of the summoned creature bewildered those who had jumped into the front lines, those who were observing the situation, and everyone standing in this control room.

However, the demon giant didn’t care about the gazes around him and confidently gestured behind Lenok’s back.

A breathtaking attitude as if provoking the black visor who had summoned him.

Woong!!

However, following that gesture, the door of darkness that the giant had walked out of slammed shut, and the strange resonance that burst out from the impact began to spread in all directions.

The space of the control room cracked as if it would break, and then, with tremendous force, it pressed down on everything around it.

Kwaaaang!!

Every time the jet-black chain hanging from the demon giant’s forearm was slowly swung in the air, the Aegis members and soldiers who were waiting in various places were helplessly pulled out.

[Kuh……!!]

[Hold your positions!!]

[No, the entire facility is electrified, there’s nowhere to grab!!]

Charrrrruk!!

The Aegis members were dragged out without being able to use their strength properly and tumbled helplessly around the control room, and the soldiers who couldn’t hold on vomited with pale faces.

“Ugh!!”

“Ba, balance……!!”

They hurriedly took off their helmets and vomited, or stumbled without being able to stand properly and slammed their heads into the ground.

In the center of dozens of humans collapsing and kneeling everywhere, the demon giant stood with his arms spread wide and his head tilted back.

Gooooooo!!!

It was as if he was completely intoxicated by what he had just done and was enjoying the act itself.

Lenok also looked up at the demon giant, who was indulging in self-admiration above his head, with a dumbfounded expression.

‘That’s a unique power. And the personality too, Myung must have liked him.’

It seems to be manipulating attraction through black magic, but the method itself is far from physical pulling.

If it could break the balance of superhumans and soldiers at once and subdue them, then simply swinging it should have made human bodies burst like balloons.

Regardless of Lenok’s thoughts, the demon giant gracefully swung his arms and continued to manipulate the humans.

Graceful and relaxed gestures, as if conducting an invisible orchestra in the air.

Following him, all sorts of superhumans who had fallen around were dragged around without even resisting, and then, like discarded toys, they were instantly flung out of the control room.

Peeng!!

The moment he was about to point his sharp, claw-like fingers at the black visor, as if pointing with the back of his hand.

The demon giant’s movement, who had made eye contact with Lenok, stopped abruptly.

[…….]

After tilting his head as if pondering for a moment, the giant politely put his hands together and stepped back slightly.

Nod.

When he looked at the demon giant with a dumbfounded expression, the giant, whose expression could not be read, simply nodded his head lightly.

“……”

It was a strangely unpleasant politeness, as if he was leaving the delicious prey for Lenok.

Whether he sided with the person who simply looked strong, or whether he changed his behavior because he liked Lenok, it was hard to tell.

No, considering that he recognized Lenok at the same time as he was summoned, he must be the summon that Myung used to control.

Perhaps there are blood ties and connections in the world of summons as well.

The demon giant’s actions were so unconventional that even Lenok inadvertently had such thoughts, but there was something more concerning.

‘Did something… happen to Myung after all?’

If it was the black magician Lenok knew, he was not the kind of person who would hand over his summon to the City Council.

The fact that this demon giant was summoned by another summoner must mean that something had happened to Myung.

Whether Myung’s will was involved in the appearance and betrayal of this demon giant now.

It was the first thing Lenok had to consider, but conversely, it was the most difficult cause to figure out.

To find that out, what Lenok had to stir up was not the demon giant, but the black visor who was the subject of the summoning.

“The power of the archenemies who have threatened the world for a long time.”

Lenok, who had quickly finished his thoughts, said to the silent black visor.

“The fact that you know that is proof that you have deeply understood and handled black magic.”

[…….]

“The undefeated contract. The deal with hell…… Interesting.”

Lenok muttered, flicking the end of his cigarette.

Because he knew that the spell the black visor had declared to control the demon giant was by no means a meaningless string of words.

“I knew that black magic works with different laws than existing magic, but can it even touch the concept of twisting the victory or defeat itself?”

Black magic is one of the most exclusive magic systems among all the spells that existed in the history of the continent.

Although it is strictly treated as a branch of magic among spells, the cause and effect of handling it diverges in a different direction from magic.

He knew that high-ranking black magicians often touched unique concepts that existing magicians did not handle.

But the fact that they were shaping the power of not losing itself was very interesting to Lenok.

[Wait a minute, then this guy, could it be that the reason he sided with the master is-]

Just as Davi was glaring at the demon giant suspiciously from inside his pocket, the silent black visor spoke.

[I see. So you don’t know exactly why this happened either.]

“……”

[A manifestation of subordination and attraction that you are not aware of. Great magicians are all out of their minds.]

Even after having his summon stolen by Lenok, instead of being shaken, he was trying to grasp the situation.

He had felt it when he first saw him, but it was clear that he had a very rational and calm personality.

[It seems that we are trying to understand the situation through each other, but it is a futile effort.]

Click!!

The black visor, who pulled out a small dagger from his waist and held it in reverse, said as he brought it to his wrist without hesitation.

[Now that the Black Demon Giant is on your side, no matter what summon I bring out, it won’t be of any help. And I have no intention of telling you the expected reason.]

“You should speak properly, Aegis. It’s not that you don’t have thoughts, it’s that you can’t think.”

Lenok laughed.

“From the beginning, you were planning to drag the battle into a stalemate and buy time, but what are you going to do now?”

Pajijijik!!!

Lenok’s magic, flickering along the tip of the silver staff, surged forward as a pitifully twisted electric shock.

The moment the lightning that wrapped around Lenok’s figure and soared spread throughout the control room and he stomped his foot.

The illusion of a giant toad once again rose from behind Lenok and began to glare at the black visor.

Kurururung!!!

Even the demon giant turned his gaze towards it for a moment at the sign of the Heavenly Shield Dragon Fortress, which flickered like a fierce god.

Lenok said, looking at the distorted face of the toad, which felt completely different from before, ferocious and even eerie.

“If you think you’re standing here unharmed right now purely because of your abilities, feel free to try again.”

[…….]

“It wouldn’t be bad to half-kill your special forces and drag them along before heading to the City Council.”

The [Fortress: Heavenly Shield Dragon Fortress], which had fortified the power generation facility, was a simplified spell created by converting the facility’s power.

It was a spell that had been automated immediately after chanting in order to focus on data recovery.

Unlike that, the fortress spell that Lenok manipulates based on his own magic is literally a different dimension of construction.

Once within his sight, he was confident that he could prevent any life that entered the facility from leaving.

The black visor also seemed to sense Lenok’s intention and slowly gathered his magic and replied.

[……Black magic is a deal.]

As he put strength into the small dagger he had placed on his wrist, the blade of the dagger that pierced through the suit immediately pierced his flesh and drew blood.

[In order to produce results that go against the order of the world, you must offer something of equal value.]

He said, catching the blood dripping through his suit with one hand.

[Except for the ancient bloodlines that manipulate the fate of others, no one can be free from this rule. But, if you can imitate that qualification-]

Kiiiiing!!!

The moment he strongly gripped the blood flowing down his palm and pulled up his magic, it was felt that the remnants of a strong image were pulsating around him.

“A domain. You’re going to try to turn the tables in front of me with a black magic deal?”

Lenok, who immediately realized what that tremor meant, let out a cold laugh.

“Even if it’s a deal, you’re not at the level to perform a miracle of changing the system with just a few drops of blood. It would be impossible unless you offer something you already have.”

The Aegis Special Operations Agency are human weapons completed by embedding spells into the bodies of physical ability users.

Even though the black visor was skilled in handling black magic, he was not originally a black magician.

Nevertheless, the fact that he is trying to deploy a domain now is not something that is possible simply by offering his own blood as a medium.

The blood he just shed is only a medium for the ritual for the deal.

The black visor is now offering his own microcosm as a price and trying to deploy the magnetic domain of black magic.

Did he decide that there was no chance of winning the moment the demon giant sided with Lenok and was planning to make a gamble?

The reason he didn’t choose the option of running away was probably because he was sure that Lenok would not allow it.

No, perhaps the domain he is deploying now is a preliminary step to escape and survive from Lenok.

“Interesting. Keep going.”

However, Lenok, knowing that, stepped back and created space as if to show off.

Lenok exhaled smoke as he looked at the colorless ripples overflowing to his feet.

“If it’s a domain of a deal that is deployed by offering a microcosm as a sacrifice, it will probably be a much stronger power than what is allowed to you. I want to see it.”

He couldn’t miss the rare sight of a physical ability user using the deployment of a magnetic domain that they couldn’t use, by offering a microcosm as a sacrifice.

The black visor also recognized Lenok’s attitude and twitched his shoulders, but he couldn’t stop now that he had already started.

The moment the visor, who had quickly made hand seals and finished chanting, was about to concentrate and fully unfold his image.

Kaaang!!

Someone appeared with a sound like glass breaking and grabbed his wrist.

“Please stop there.”

[……You.]

A tall young man wearing a long top hat, white gloves, and holding a cane, winked.

The black visor turned his sharp gaze at the man who had suddenly appeared there.

At that gaze, the young man let go of the black visor’s arm and shrugged his shoulders with an exaggerated gesture.

“I’m sorry, but if you had deployed a domain there just now, you would have died without being able to do anything.”

[…….]

“You’re watching, aren’t you? Don’t you know yet?”

The young man whispered to the black visor, glancing at Lenok.

“He’s planning to just check what kind of domain you’re deploying and then immediately destroy it. That’s his favorite method.”

As he said, Lenok was clearly aware of the young man’s appearance, but he was watching them without saying anything.

He was just coughing occasionally, observing them with a transparent gaze that did not reveal any emotion.

Even the Black Demon Giant, who was quietly floating behind the magician and slowly twitching his fingers.

However, the black visor felt a hint of eeriness in Lenok’s appearance, and immediately acknowledged what that feeling was.

[……Okay. I understand.]

He picked up the blood dripping from his wrist, pressed one hand to stop the bleeding, and stepped back.

At the same time, the image that had been pulsating around him subsided, and the magic he had pulled up also quickly faded.

The black visor, who pressed his wound with one hand, calmly acknowledged.

[My judgment was shaken by an unexpected situation. It’s my mistake.]

“Good. You’re easy to talk to.”

The young man, who patted the black visor’s shoulder with satisfaction, immediately turned towards Lenok.

The young man, who put his hands together and bowed politely, said with a bright smile.

“It’s been a while, Ban. We’ve met before, haven’t we?”

“……”

“Hmm, have you already forgotten me? Should I introduce myself again from the beginning?”

“You’re still talkative.”

Lenok replied, rubbing his neck irritably.

“Why is a stooge of the Council of Elders here?”

Of course, Lenok did not not know who the young man was.

A flamboyant tuxedo and top hat that did not fit the situation and place. Even his strangely annoying way of speaking.

The magician Silford, who took office as the proxy of the Council of Elders in place of Lenok.

A nobleman from the central city, and a superhuman who has lived for a long time, as he was a project member a long time ago.

The first time they met was right after resolving the incident with Kaise in the restricted area. And the last time was when he attended the summons of the City Council’s Upper House.

If he, who seemed very free-spirited but was quite diligently attached to Vulcan, had appeared, there was only one reason.

“The City Council has decided to revise its policy. I was assigned the role of conveying that message.”

“Message?”

“Well, it would be better to hear the specific story directly from the person involved.”

With that said, Silford grabbed the collar of his suit and lifted it up like a cape.

“I brought a senator who will notify you of this agenda.”

“Ugh!!”

At the same time as he said that, someone who had fallen from Silford’s arms knelt down and began to retch.

A pale-faced blond young man. He was wearing a suit with an antique design, but he couldn’t even think of fixing his disheveled clothes and was trembling.

The young man, who had been unable to get up from his seat for a long time with his head down, finally managed to utter a voice.

“Th, there was no mention that it would shake this much when moving……!!”

“My hands keep shaking as I get older.”

The magician replied nonchalantly to the young man’s arduous protest.

“These days, it doesn’t work well to handle these kinds of tricks.”

“……”

Unlike the young man who was glaring at Silford as if dumbfounded, Lenok carefully observed the technique that Silford had used.

‘I had a feeling, but it’s completely different from illusion magic. It’s closer to the realm of skill.’

If the illusion magic that Lenok knew was the epitome of chaos, where the rules and standards could not be grasped, what Silford used was a very elaborate realm of skill.

If he had honed an existing skill and raised it to the concept of a spell, would it feel like this?

The blond young man quickly calmed his stomach and got up from his seat, clearing his throat.

“Ahem, I’ve shown you an unsightly sight. It is an honor to meet the great magician. I am Luisen Azamaha, from the Central Council of the Vulcan City Government-”

“You’re quite young for a senator.”

Lenok interrupted the young man’s words and replied.

He was not a superhuman who had slowed down aging, but literally a young man in his twenties.

When he recovered his complexion and stood up, it was immediately apparent that he had a very handsome appearance.

The young man glanced around and introduced himself.

“I’m Luisen Azamaha, who joined the council this quarter. I don’t know if you remember……”

“Remember?”

Lenok, who had asked that, immediately realized what the young man was saying and inadvertently laughed.

Because he realized that the young man’s name was very similar to that of the former senator that Lenok knew.

“Are you the son of Reisen Azamaha?”

“……That’s right.”

A senator of the City Council and a mouthpiece of the Central Council. Reisen Azamaha, who took to the media to announce the council’s decisions.

He was arrested after being caught by an agent for embezzling funds in collusion with the black magician Craig Tillion.

After that, he became the host of the Extinction Acrotreenier and fell into a state of suffering without being able to die.

The young man who appeared before him was the son of Reisen Azamaha.

Lenok, who realized why the young man was able to enter the Senate at that age, shook his head.

“It seems that your family also names their children similarly.”

“No, I changed my name.”

Luisen replied nonchalantly.

“The Central Council put me in the Senate with the intention of having me take on the same role as my father. If possible, wouldn’t it be better to have a name that reminds people of my father?”

“You’ve taken on the role of the City Council’s mouthpiece…… I see.”

Lenok, who understood the intention, smiled bitterly.

Luisen Azamaha had an appearance that would attract the attention of others at a glance.

Even if it was a stained halo, it was enough to take over the work his father had done, riding on his father’s reputation.

“Yes. Since this incident also requires the official position of the City Council, I came here myself. But, there is something……”

Luisen glanced at the demon giant standing behind Lenok with a slightly frightened expression.

While staring intently at the newly appeared magician and Luisen, the demon giant was slowly moving his claw-like fingers chained to the chains.

The demon giant’s appearance, which was flickering as if he was about to tear his throat, was something that even a senator could not ignore.

“Could you please get that thing away from me? It looks like it wants to eat me right now……”

“It’s not a summon I called.”

Lenok replied indifferently.

“If you have any complaints, take it up with your special forces.”

“Ah, I understand. Then……”

Luisen took out a long scroll from his pocket as if he had no choice and unfolded it.

After roughly checking the contents, he cleared his throat and nodded.

“According to the procedure, the content should first be delivered to Professor Bylon, but since the situation is what it is, we will send an official letter to Lavatenon University later-”

“Keep it short.”

“……I’ll get straight to the point.”

Luisen, who was very intimidated, said.

“The City Council has decided to fully transfer ownership of the Bylon Research Institute to Professor Evan Bylon.”

“So?”

Since Lenok had come all the way here, it was only natural that he would take over ownership of the research institute.

Wasn’t that why he hadn’t touched the facilities or researchers here in the first place?

Slightly flustered by Lenok’s lukewarm reaction, Luisen hurriedly continued.

“In addition, we will transfer the researchers and research equipment currently under employment contracts at the research institute, the site of the facility, and the research results to you in their original form-”

Luisen’s gaze, which had been reading the scroll, immediately turned to one corner of the control room.

“As the person in charge of this incident, we will appoint Professor Rafael and promise to fully hand over all research processes.”

Rafael’s expression turned blank for a moment.

“……Me, me?”