Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 877

The Eye That Sees Fate (14)

Dylan O’Casey. A veteran mercenary affiliated with the Antares Office.

A survivor of the Guido Order’s undead experiments, and a physical ability user who gained remarkable regenerative abilities as a result.

A master of weaponry who skillfully wields all sorts of polearms and firearms, and a top-tier warrior who has survived countless real battles.

And now, he is a partner collaborating with Gyonroe on an office-level project.

That’s why he never expected to meet Dylan like this.

“I’ve heard a few things about the Azure Eye, but I didn’t know they were this violent.”

“……”

“Coming to Vulcan and immediately trying to assassinate the deputy mayor, only to fail and be hunted down. Are all secret societies like this?”

Lenok didn’t immediately respond to Dylan’s words. Dylan was nonchalantly picking his ear.

Dylan was a mercenary Lenok met in the early days of his freelance work. One of the oldest acquaintances he had in Vulcan.

He knew what kind of magic Lenok used, what kind of combat he preferred, and how he spoke.

In a way, he was someone who knew Lenok as well as Lenok knew himself. He needed to be more cautious.

“…You were a mercenary.”

Lenok slowly composed himself and nodded.

“Did you come to catch me because of the wanted order?”

“No. I’m not really interested in that.”

Dylan grinned and jumped down from the traffic light he was perched on.

He landed on the wet asphalt without a sound, and as he straightened up, his eye level was instantly higher than Lenok’s.

Dylan, adjusting the wrestler mask he was wearing, said,

“Rather, it seems our boss is interested in you guys.”

Dylan’s eyes narrowed as he looked at Lenok’s silent face.

“Everyone curses him as crazy, but he’s not half as bad as they say. He might be a little off, but there’s definitely a standard to his judgment.”

“……”

“This time, kidnapping the lighthouse keeper definitely crossed the line. That must mean your master is of great importance to Ban.”

Srrrk!

Dylan, holding a single-edged sword hanging from his waist in reverse, smoothly drew the blade and said,

“So don’t interfere, mage. We’ll send the lighthouse keeper back safely once we’re done with him.”

“That’s quite the loyalty.”

Lenok smiled.

He finally understood why Dylan was here. Why he had joined this operation in District 49.

“You don’t know why that mage did this, yet you’re just going to blindly help him?”

“I owe him my life. It’s a pretty important matter for me.”

Dylan grinned and replied.

Dylan, holding the single-edged sword in reverse, slowly lowered his stance and brought one hand behind his back.

“I’m ignorant, so I don’t know what’s right or wrong. But I know how to not regret my actions.”

“……”

“Resent me all you want. That’s what a mercenary does…!!”

Dylan, who pulled out a long spear from his back and channeled his magic, accelerated explosively from his spot.

Whoosh!!

Dylan’s body, which rushed in like lightning, slammed into Lenok’s body head-on, starting from his shoulder.

A body slam that concentrated the weight of his massive body from his center of gravity, using his entire body to collide.

Boom!!

The impact, greater than that of a heavy truck, was concentrated and exploded on just one person’s shoulder.

Lenok’s body jolted greatly, his coat flapped violently, and a powerful shockwave spread out.

But even so, he didn’t budge, and he was seen gathering both hands to receive Dylan’s attack head-on.

“…You.”

The moment Dylan inadvertently raised his head at Lenok’s figure, who didn’t budge an inch.

“It’s the first time I’ve controlled the power without a medium like a lighter.”

Hot flames rose above Lenok’s hands, which were gathered together.

Sizzle!!

Lenok, infusing his will into the flames swirling in his hands, said,

“I can’t control the scale, so you better get out of the way.”

“What nonsense are you-”

[Chariot Wheel of Fire]

Chariot Wheel of Fire, a unique flame-type magic.

Originally, it was a magic that attacked the target by rolling a wheel of fire the size of a person.

Its power was ambiguous on its own, so the standard way to use it was to simultaneously roll multiple wheels through overlapping chants.

However, the wheel of fire that appeared above Lenok’s head right after the chant was just one.

And its size was so huge that it could slam down on the traffic light Dylan was on.

KWA-A-A-ANG!!

“Uwaaaagh!!”

The wheel, with a radius of several meters, that fell in the middle of the dilapidated street, began to spin madly, instantly setting fire to the surrounding area.

Drrrrrrr!!

The figures of the two men were thrown back as if they were bouncing off the huge wheel of fire that had fallen exactly between Lenok and Dylan.

“Damn it, is this what you meant by scale…!!”

Dylan, who gritted his teeth and stopped by scraping the asphalt with both hands, kicked the wall of a nearby building and chased after Lenok.

Kuhwaaak!!

The flames of the Chariot Wheel of Fire, which were far more powerful than their original strength, filled the inside of the alley buildings and began to burn.

Lenok, running along the collapsing mart building, threw the flames that were burning under his feet, and Dylan moved immediately.

“Stop right there, you bastard!!”

Tatatang!!

Pieces of concrete and rebar that had been cut and shattered exploded, and sharp sword flashes and rings of fire intersected.

Crash!!

The glass windows were sliced and shattered, then melted in the heat.

The figures of the two men, tangled together, broke through the walls at tremendous speed and tumbled through the dusty commercial buildings.

Thump thump!!

Dusty stalls fell over everywhere, and all sorts of stolen goods that had been piled on them fell down.

Clothing and daily necessities. A sinister sword flash flickered between price tags with unreadable numbers.

In an instant, Lenok’s fallen body was slashed more than a dozen times.

Flick flick!!

“…!!”

He desperately twisted his head to avoid the falling blades.

The number of blades that grazed his neck was more than five, and the direction and sharpness of each blade were different.

The skill of skillfully wielding several times more polearms than he had arms and legs.

It was a martial art he had seen many times before, but the difference was that he was now receiving that skill head-on.

“This bastard. It’s so annoying how hard you are to hit…!!”

Clunk!!

He grabbed blades, blunt weapons, and personal firearms at random and scattered them around like a barrage.

The iron door of the closed mart was crushed by the blunt end of a heavy hammer, and bullets were fired between the shopping carts that were standing alone.

He blocked Lenok’s escape route by thrusting a spear through the empty stalls, and rushed down from above with a curved sword.

Swoosh!!

He dodged the slash that cleanly cut through the hard stone floor between his legs and changed direction.

The energy he gained from Patisha’s [Blessing] was barely enough, but it allowed him to run away from Dylan on two legs.

Lenok thought as he moved quickly with magic, leaving the vegetable corner.

‘Dylan’s fighting style is specialized for urban combat. In tight spaces, he’s practically omnipotent.’

It was easy to be mistaken because of his cheerful and unserious personality, but Dylan’s martial prowess and operational capabilities were very high even by Lenok’s standards.

Rather, it was no exaggeration to say that his skills were completed at a very high level compared to his rank.

Although it seemed like he was wielding all sorts of weapons as he grabbed them, Dylan was surprisingly not the type to fight without thinking.

He was even smart enough to calculate how much he had to push his body to use the best weapon for the situation.

The fact that he could switch between various polearms and firearms unrealistically quickly was possible thanks to the combination of Dylan’s unique strength and regenerative abilities.

Normally, he would have dislocated his joints or torn his muscles, but because he relied on his regenerative abilities, there was almost no breathing or recoil for Dylan.

He just pressed down on the space with a relentless, powerful attack that made one doubt if he was even breathing.

Kugugugu!!

He accurately recognized his abilities and limitations, and used the regenerative abilities of the undead in the right places to overcome his limits.

That was possible because Dylan had undergone rigorous training to perfectly control his body, which was a failed undead experiment.

The contradiction of a style completed after countless efforts and clever deliberation being a brutal, relentless attack that didn’t even feel like it had a shred of intelligence.

But because it contained that contradiction, Dylan had an advantage in many one-on-one battles against superhumans.

Whoosh!!

A spear blade that flew from the wire fence aimed for Lenok’s back as he fell.

Lenok, who bounced up as if he was being repelled by releasing magic, was about to turn around and come out of the warehouse inside the collapsing store when.

The bullets from the machine gun tied to the shopping cart with a rope slid along Lenok’s path and fired.

Drrrrrrr!!

More than a dozen bullet holes followed Lenok’s figure as he threw himself to the side.

As long as his body was moving properly, it wasn’t difficult to dodge if he knew the starting point and trajectory.

More than that, the problem was whether he could adjust the amount of magic to match this battle.

The moment he leaned against the solid iron door of the freezer as a shield and channeled his magic by making hand seals with both hands.

“Got you!”

Dylan, holding two blades in reverse, broke through the wall and threw Lenok’s body into a corner of the warehouse.

Kwaang!!

“Kuh…!!”

“You’ve been dodging so well since earlier…!! Have you ever fought an ability user like me before?”

Dylan whispered as he brought his face close to Lenok’s.

When Lenok turned his gaze instead of answering, Dylan shrugged.

“You have good senses, but your durability is weak. Well, it’s not unusual. If you were fine after being hit by that lightning, that guy would be the weird one.”

Crack!

Dylan, who stabbed a straight sword next to Lenok’s neck and took out a restraint from his waist, shook his head.

“I thought you might be something special since you survived Ban’s magic, but it seems you’re not that level. Was I worried for nothing?”

Was it a type of restraint that suppressed the wearer’s magic?

Looking at the complex blood characters engraved on the thick chain, it was probably a cursed object made by a blood mage.

It was the kind of thing that could only be found in the shadows of this city, where all sorts of human beings and criminals lived together.

Click!!

Dylan immediately put the restraint on Lenok’s neck and then stood up, shrugging his shoulders.

“Well, I won’t hurt you, so don’t worry. I just want to stop unnecessary commotion.”

But Lenok didn’t answer Dylan’s words.

He just tilted his head back slightly and muttered with a blank expression.

“Smell.”

“Smell…?”

Lenok lowered his gaze towards Dylan, who inadvertently asked back.

“Your clothes are soaked in the smell of alcohol. Could you step back a bit?”

“…I didn’t drink today?”

At Lenok’s gaze, who didn’t lose his composure even while captured, Dylan replied with a sullen expression and grabbed the spear, at that moment.

[Crimson Light Wheel]

[Crimson Chain Link]

Sizzle!!

A condensed crimson flame rose from Lenok’s hand.

Before Dylan could shout something at the fact that he was using magic while wearing a restraint, and at the familiar heat.

“Wait…!!”

[Building Fire]

KWA-A-A-ANG!!

The flames that surged from inside the store’s warehouse exploded out into the street, and Dylan, who was on fire, rolled out as if he was being pushed by the shockwave of the flames.

Everything that had a shape could not withstand the breath of heat that was hard to believe was created by a human, and melted and evaporated.

Even though it was originally a magic used for zero-range bombardment by compressing it, the power was amplified to this extent just by the aftermath.

“What the hell!!”

But Dylan was still standing, rolling around with his whole body on fire.

The moment Lenok activated the spell, he brought all the polearms on his body in front of the Building Fire, preventing his body from being directly exposed to the heat.

Dylan, who shook off the sparks by tapping the top of his burning wrestler mask, stood up and glared at the burning entrance of the store.

“It’s so hot. Were you from the Blaver Magic Tower after all?!”

“Sorry to keep you waiting.”

Lenok, holding the magic restraint on his neck with one hand, walked out of the burning store entrance.

Chiiik!!

The flames in his hand melted the solid iron restraint in an instant.

Lenok, who easily broke the restraint on his neck and threw it away, smiled as he shook his hand.

“I think you already know, but the magic I use needs a lot of ‘preheating’.”

“……”

“It takes some time to start a fire, but once it’s started, it doesn’t go out easily.”

Lenok’s magic was not bound by restraints like this, but the way Lenok released the restraints was not by overpowering them.

He had assembled the flames that had been steadily preheating during the exchange with Dylan into a chant, calling them out a beat late.