Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 88

From the heart of the hot gust that pushed away the fog, he spoke.

“It’d be faster to beat him up first and ask questions later.”

“Try it if you can.”

With those words, the three-eyed monster sprang up from beneath the man’s feet.

Sssshhhheeeek!!

The body made of black liquid split into three parts, each with one eye, and changed direction.

They surged in unison from above, left, and right, once again opening their massive maws within the liquid.

At the same time, the man gathered his hands and shoved his magic power into the floor below the rooftop.

Fwaaaang!!

All the flow of magic was captured in Lennox’s gaze.

As far as his senses allowed, he quickly prioritized.

Kwaang!!

The black liquid’s attack came first. He deflected it with a shield.

The movements of the sharp teeth gnawing at the magic field from three directions were threatening enough, but Lennox’s shield was also woven far more solidly than before, withstanding the incoming impact.

What he needed to be wary of was the flow of magic the man had just shot beneath his feet.

A sharp blade hidden like a shadow in a large, powerful attack.

The wave of electricity that rose so intensely that he couldn’t see properly rotated and split into four, burrowing into the ground as Lennox stomped his foot.

[Ground Thunder] [A spell that sends electricity through the ground]

Fzzzzzzzzzzzz!

At the same time, the new monster that had been attacking from below, collapsing the ground Lennox was standing on, was struck by the electricity and let out a painful scream.

[Kieeeeeeeek!!]

“Hup!”

He stomped on the maw of the monster that appeared from below and jumped upwards. He stepped onto the floor that hadn’t collapsed.

Lennox, who had nullified all of the man’s attacks and defenses with a single spell, nodded.

“I get the gist of it.”

After directly detonating it two or three times, he could guess.

It could be destroyed by physical force, but it was difficult to inflict a major blow to the structure of the magic itself.

At the same time, the monsters operated independently of the caster’s will, and more than one could coexist.

It was somewhat inferior to a summoned beast, but it was too efficient to be a pure product of black magic.

Decisively, the foreign energy that was sucked in from the outside every time the man spewed black liquid.

Considering that the liquid gained its own will and eyes or mouths appeared at that point, the conclusion was clear.

‘He mixed necromancy into black magic. The fact that it can move and fight independently is probably due to that.’

He was imbuing some kind of consciousness into the black liquid created using magic and using it in battle.

Considering that necromancy was an extremely difficult technique that was very selective about its users, it was highly likely that the black liquid the man wielded was a catalyst specialized for this kind of necromancy.

To scrape the man’s resources to the bottom, waiting until all the liquid he possessed was gone wouldn’t be a bad idea, but…

‘I’ve roughly grasped the principle of necromancy.’

Now that he knew the secret of the spell, it would be better to collect an appropriate amount before the catalyst ran out.

There was no need to continue this back-and-forth.

Woo woo woong!!

The moment he made up his mind, he vibrated his magic power from deep within his body and unleashed it.

The wish was instantaneous. But the miracle was about to begin.

Interrogation

Ssaaaaaaaak!!

At the same time as he moved his magic power.

The fog that had filled the area around the research tower gradually disappeared.

A massive amount of fog rotated around the giant hand-shaped tower, converging on a single point where Lennox was wielding his magic power.

Beyond simply freezing moisture with cold, he had reached the point of gathering all the surrounding moisture to drive his magic.

“Sh, shit…!!”

The man, sensing something unusual just from the momentum, completely changed his expression and frantically poured out a massive amount of black liquid from his body.

Kwaaaaaaa!!

Something once again took hold of the black liquid overflowing like sewage from a drain, and it opened its eyes.

This time, the man had made up his mind and used his full power, the black liquid bubbling and beginning to transform into a completely different form.

[Gwooooooo…]

A chilling groan, as if echoing from hell, could be heard from within the liquid.

A giant’s upper body, with four eyes, two horns, and massive arms on both sides, slowly rose from the giant palm.

The frame of its upper body alone seemed to be twice the size of a normal human.

“Kill! Kill that bastard right now!!”

The man, finally seeing the giant’s massive form, screamed as if in a last-ditch effort.

The four red eyes glanced down at their master insolently, then slowly raised both arms with a reluctant air.

The body, with black liquid dripping down, was not even properly formed yet, but it was clear what would happen if that much mass fell.

Clearly, this small tower of the research facility would be destroyed without a trace.

Only after seeing that massive amount of black liquid did Lennox realize that the man was not storing the black liquid separately in his body, but it was no longer of great significance.

Woo woo woong!!

As if waiting for this very moment, the magic power he had drawn up to the maximum transformed into a freezing cold.

It turned into a pure white circular ring and snatched Lennox’s wrist.

“If it’s flowing, it’ll freeze the same way.”

The magic was complete.

The landscape of the image Lennox was drawing once again descended on this place.

He struck down.

[Ice Wheel] [A spell that freezes and cuts]

Fwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

The frost rings that appeared, wrapping around both wrists, burst out, and a white storm raged.

The surreal cold seized the temperature of the surroundings and plunged it down.

Suppression of movement. A single blow that transcended the limits of physical laws.

A new move from Lennox, both a common magic and close to a unique magic.

A creation made possible by ice magic, which he had used and become accustomed to as much as his electric magic.

A new magic that partially represented his growth was revealed in this place.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

A tower in the shape of an arm pointing towards the sky. A white sphere landed on its palm.

The giant, who had raised both arms in the frost-filled space, couldn’t even think of moving, and slowly began to paint its black body with white paint.

When Lennox’s magic ended and the clear sky, free of fog, could be seen, all that remained was the upper body of the giant, frozen as if time had stopped.

There was no longer any light in the giant’s four eyes.

Crack, crack, crack….!!!

If it couldn’t maintain its form, it would simply collapse.

The black liquids, which had been freely moving with the power of dark magic, were already shattered from their very structure and disappeared into dust.

The giant’s body scattered into white powder.

It became snow, befitting the cold winter weather, and illuminated the entire sky.

“Th, aaaaaa…”

In that strange yet beautiful scene, the man, his limbs frozen solid, let out an unintelligible groan.

Even in the midst of that, it seemed he had tried to protect his body by extracting black liquid, and there were hard, frozen fragments scattered around.

His eyes had lost focus, and he probably couldn’t even feel the sensation in his limbs.

He wouldn’t last long.

Lennox squatted down and took the cigarette out of his mouth.

“Now, can I ask you what I’m curious about?”

“S, save me. Save me. Please save me…”

Ignoring the man’s dazed pleas, Lennox took out the file folder Jorden had given him from his bag and said, flipping through the papers one by one.

“I knew there were factions among the black mages, but I hadn’t heard that they were so bad that they would kill each other.”

As Lennox said that, he pressed the still-burning end of his cigarette directly onto the man’s forehead.

Towards the only area where he was likely to still have proper sensation.

The reaction came immediately.

Chzzzz…!!

“Kuaaaaaaa!! H, hot!! It’s hot!!”

“It would be nice if you could tell me about the circumstances surrounding the city government’s inspection.”

The contradiction of screaming from the heat of the flame while his limbs were frozen and breaking.

Truly a fitting end for a mage.

Lennox smiled faintly as he looked at the man’s face distorted in pain.

“There’s one piece of information I really want to know.”

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Fzzzt!

Lennox, having planted a jolt of electricity into the man’s chest, slowly rose from his spot.

Fortunately, the man, who had no particular resistance to pain, readily handed over the information he knew to Lennox without much effort.

To explain the situation that had occurred in this research facility, according to his words, there were two factions of black mages currently rooted in Balkan.

One faction that dealt with non-combat enchantment spells, and a practical faction that mixed various external spells, including necromancy.

These were the characteristics of black mages who had survived independently by faction without settling in a specific environment like a magic tower.

Both had settled in the 40s district and suffered great damage from the city government’s inspections, but,

The enchantment faction, which had relatively more ways to make a living, refused to cooperate with the practical faction, and their relationship began to sour.

The tension between the two factions, which had been rapidly deteriorating as the inspections dragged on, had recently escalated into this kind of bloodshed.

The massacre that had occurred today was also part of that.

The reason why the black mages of the research facility had been so easily killed by the hands of just one black mage was because their combat abilities were extremely poor.

“Hoo…”

He massaged his stiff thighs and naturally took out another cigarette.

It had become natural for him to smoke a cigarette whenever he felt even a slight abnormality in his body. Especially when he was working.

‘This isn’t good news.’

It seemed that the enchantment faction was being unilaterally massacred, and considering that they were relatively more likely to cooperate with Lennox, it was not a good sign.

The more these incidents occurred, the more both factions would start to be cautious, and naturally, there would be no one left for Lennox to consult.

He had chosen the option that seemed to be the easiest way to obtain information about the closed world, after combining various clues, but it had gone wrong from the start.

“…I didn’t think it would be easy.”

Muttering to himself, Lennox immediately turned around.

Lennox, who had gone back down inside the research facility, began to search through the belongings of the dead bodies one by one, looking for any clues that might be helpful.

Even if they were stuck out in the boonies doing research, they couldn’t have had absolutely no contact with the outside world.

Especially if so many black mages were gathered to do research, it wouldn’t be strange if someone had a way to contact other black mages.

As expected, Lennox was able to get his hands on at least a few dozen cell phones at the scene where the bodies were scattered.

He threw away the ones that were broken and wouldn’t even turn on, and when he gathered only the cell phones that were working properly, there were less than ten, but that would be enough as a sample.

He was planning to take them to Jenny and see if she could extract the data in the same way she had tracked Beck Clinton’s cell phone.

He sat on the edge of the research facility’s rooftop and let the smoke drift into the cold fog.

It was absurd, but the man’s last words remained in his head, still echoing.

That no one would help him.

It was just a provocation thrown out carelessly to fuel Lennox’s frustration, but the fact that he was paying attention to those words was proof of the worries Lennox had.

No matter how smart and careful Lennox was, how long could he solve everything alone?

To distinguish between confidence and overconfidence in his own abilities, he needed the presence of a collaborator who could watch over him and give him advice.

Not just in matters of requests or operations, but even more so in dealing with magic, which was Lennox’s biggest secret.

A bright blonde hair. Blue eyes flashed through his mind.

He already knew the answer.

“……..”

The last chance to continue the relationship that had continued through a chance encounter.

He had to make sure that he didn’t refuse the offer that he had hesitated to accept due to hesitation and fear.

He had to give her an answer.

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