Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 890

“Jump…!!”

Whoosh!

A powerful gust of wind slammed into her. The tower’s staircase flashed past Lapis and disappeared above her in an instant.

Lapis was about to raise her voice, but she realized her body was losing balance and pulled up her magic power.

Kiiing!

If she landed without preparation, she would be crushed into a pulp without even leaving a proper shape behind.

Whether she reinforced her body with magic or used a spell to lessen the impact, some intervention was needed.

However, even knowing this, Lapis hesitated to chant a spell.

‘If I use magic here—’

She might not meet the required amount for the ritual that needed to be performed at the Hexagonal Fortress.

The ritual she had to attempt at the fortress was to meet the consciousness of the Heavenly Eye at the boundary of the world.

The magic power and mental energy that would be consumed in that process was a great undertaking that Lapis couldn’t guarantee success even if she gave it her all.

Wasting it to avoid the immediate crisis might prevent her from even starting the ritual later.

Even for the sake of the others who were moving to save her, not just for herself—

‘…I.’

Having thought that far, Lapis looked back at her situation and gave a hollow laugh.

‘What am I even doing?’

After consulting with the City Council, she visited District 19, clashed with the Deputy Mayor, and was being chased throughout the city.

Kidnapped by Gyeonrye and trapped in the tower, she was now hesitating even at this moment when she had barely escaped with Evelyn’s help.

It was something worth trying back then, it was a variable that could be controlled back then. What did those excuses even mean?

She assumed she was saving magic power for the ritual, but the Hexagonal Fortress wouldn’t just hand over the crack in the outer sea to Lapis.

There was no end to trying to assume everything, and if she worried about everything, she wouldn’t be able to stop even if she stayed up all night.

Being anxious about the future that hadn’t come and hesitating in the present was something she had done countless times as a lighthouse keeper.

But now, she had to focus on sweeping away the crisis that was right in front of her with all her might.

For Lapis herself, and no one else.

Kiiing…!!

Lapis, having pulled up her magic power, opened her mouth, putting her mental energy into her voice.

She had made a promise, and the trust hadn’t been broken yet.

If the other side also knew that this was the last chance, they would surely be here.

Just the belief that they would be here was enough.

“Particia.”

“Lapis-nim!!”

Kiiiing!!!

At that moment, a vision unfolded in Lapis’s eyes as if two different views were overlapping.

A pure white crane, appearing as if summoned from the void, instantly picked Lapis up on its back and soared into the sky.

With her eyes tightly closed, Lapis smiled brightly and hugged Particia’s neck.

“I knew you were nearby…!!”

“Yes…!!”

Swish!

The moment Particia tilted her wing to one side, a sharp flash of magic power grazed past the two of them and disappeared.

“Lapis Palshier…!!”

“Stop right there!!”

The tower’s mercenaries were running vertically up the shattered outer wall.

Dada da da!!

“Hey, Lighthouse Keeper!!”

Suryeon, gripping her guandao [a type of Chinese polearm], and Mila, with a shotgun on her back, jumped down the tower wall.

Their movements, quickly gaining speed while accurately stepping between the shaking outer walls, were following Particia.

“You can’t leave the tower’s territory!! Do you want to die?!”

Mila shouted, her face pale as if she had turned blue.

Although they followed Ban’s decision, the tower’s mercenaries had no intention of killing Lapis in the first place.

There was no benefit to be gained from killing Lapis here, nor was there any malice that would make them risk the losses to do so.

However, the will of the mage who had confined the Lighthouse Keeper in the Magic Tower would be different.

“If Ban finds out…!!”

“He knows.”

Lapis replied, pressing down her fluttering hair with one hand.

“Thank you for your concern. But this is something I have to do.”

“Lapis…!!”

Suryeon, running out along the outer wall, looked at Lapis with a troubled expression.

“Why on earth…!!”

“I’m sorry, Suryeon-nim.”

Lapis bowed her head slightly, looking at Suryeon.

“But I don’t have much time.”

“……”

“Before the miracle that came by chance disappears from this city, I want to finish everything I can.”

With just one word from Lapis, Suryeon seemed to understand everything.

“…I see. There must be a reason you can’t talk about?”

“……”

“Then I, too, will only do what I must as a member of the tower…!!”

Whooong!!

The shaft of the guandao bent strangely, rushing in as if to cut off the crane’s wing.

The wind split along the spearhead struck Particia’s body, instantly twisting her flight path.

Kaga gak!!

“……!!”

Particia’s body shook violently, and blood began to seep through her feathers, but Particia didn’t stop.

“It’s going to hurt a bit, Lighthouse Keeper-nim…!!”

Kaga gak!!

Mila, sliding down the outer wall, raised her shotgun and pulled up her superpower to fire a buckshot.

Suryeon grabbed the shaft of her guandao with both hands and rotated it greatly, and Manson and Wayan, who had jumped down after her, pulled up their magic power and rushed forward.

The guard unit led by Drey moved in perfect order between the staircases with firearms and harpoon nets,

Jenny, who appeared on the shattered remains of the tower’s outer wall, looked down at them with a cold gaze.

“Lapis Palshier. I warned you, didn’t I?”

“……Jenysia.”

Click!!

Kiiiing!!!

Tatyana, who was starting to chant on the roof of the tower, and Felix, who had landed in the front yard and was raising his hammer, were on opposite sides.

Superhumans of level 7 surrounded them from both the sky and the ground, and the elite mercenaries aimed their mental energy at Particia.

“Finishing everything before Ban comes is the only consideration I can give.”

Jenny nodded and sighed.

“That’s a shame.”

A dead-end situation where there was nowhere to avoid or escape.

The organizational power that instantly occupied all of the ground and sky, narrowing the space to escape.

Lapis nodded with a determined expression.

“Particia. I’m going to use my ability. I’ll steal all the eyes gathered here, so please take care of the rest.”

The consumption of magic power and mental energy, the deterioration of eyesight due to the overload of her ability. All of that was a problem to think about later.

She would draw out her first-seen ability with all her might, temporarily taking away the eyes of everyone gathered here.

If she could close everyone’s gaze even for a moment, Particia would be able to secure at least a minimum flight distance.

The moment Lapis, having made her decision, swept her eyelids and began to form hand seals with both hands.

“No, Lapis-nim.”

Particia shook her head.

“It’s time.”

“Time…?”

“That man has arrived.”

Whoosh!

At that moment, a hot breath blew in as if slowly rippling across her skin.

Without directly harming her body, the intense resonance of mental energy conveyed the heat to her bones, making her feel as if she was burning up.

The moment Lapis felt it and stiffened her whole body.

[Crimson Fire Sky Piercer]

[Heat Abuse]

A huge spear of flame pierced diagonally into the lower part of the Magic Tower, repelling all the mercenaries rushing towards Lapis.

Kwaaaaaang!!!

“What the hell!!”

“No way, could it be…!!”

A huge javelin that fell without any warning.

However, those who were repelled hardened their expressions at the desolate magic power of the flames emanating from the fire spear.

They could tell at a glance who the owner of this fiery spell was.

At that moment, someone’s voice echoed from the far side of the sky.

“There are quite a few gathered.”

A young man with a blank expression was standing at the end of the diagonally pierced spear, looking down at the ground.

A thick array device was strapped to his forearm, and a thick cigar was in his mouth.

As if surrounded by an invisible heat barrier, a vast amount of heat haze was constantly rippling around him.

Kugugugugu!!!!

No one in this place could immediately recognize the amount of magic power emanating from his body.

In the moment when everyone momentarily closed their mouths at the hot magic power that filled the tower’s courtyard, the young man muttered, rubbing his neck with one hand.

“Wasn’t I the only one who set the appointment time?”

Tatyana shouted, pulling up her magic power with a grim expression.

“Evan Martinez…!!”

* * *

District 38. A scrap yard where only unmanned cranes occasionally moved.

A space that had lost its purpose and was abandoned after the 50th closed district turned into a huge junkyard.

Only skeletal steel structures were piled up, forming a ruin of a huge mountain of scrap metal.

On top of that metal mountain, a black-haired young man with a cold expression was sitting and looking at the sky.

Crack, crack…!!

Above his turbid eyes, which were staring at the dark clouds, a faint blue lightning flickered.

The black coat hanging over his shoulders swayed slowly, and the silver cane stuck at his feet emitted a faint ripple.

The young man, who had been looking at the sky like that for a long time without a word, muttered as if answering himself.

“I had an appointment.”

The mage, who slowly lowered his gaze to the ground, chuckled.

“It seems I won’t be able to make it on time.”

Weeeing, click!!

The mountain of scrap metal spread out below his feet.

Surrounding the gentle mountain ridge, over thousands of cyborgs were shining red lights.

A force of machines to surround and prevent only Lenok from escaping.

Lenok laughed.

“There aren’t many organizations that are bold enough to put out such cheap robots in front of me. Where are you from?”

[…….]

“Gearside, or is it Cybrid Echo?”

[That’s a shame. We are neither.]

At that moment, a soft, beautiful voice flowed from the mouth of the cyborg at the front.

A gentle and deep male voice, as if whispering a song to Lenok.

[However, considering what is scheduled for today, I thought some preliminary work was necessary.]

“Preliminary work, you say.”

Lenok looked around and sneered.

“You’re calling your scheme to consume my magic power in advance a grand plan.”

The cyborgs gathered here were not machine lifeforms with superior combat power or excellent algorithms.

They were just products specialized in guiding, absorbing, and radiating electrical magic power like moving lightning rods.

[Let me be clear, we are not doing this to defeat you or kill you. I want to make that clear.]

The robot at the front spoke in a laughing voice, as if trying to persuade Lenok.

[But if you want to properly enjoy the event you have prepared, the balance must be right, so that the viewers can enjoy it too.]

“You’re going to balance it?”

[I know. It sounds ridiculous. But we’ve bet our money on the side with the lower odds.]

The robot laughed.

[If we can win this gamble by throwing in our lives, mental energy, spirit… or whatever. No, actually, we don’t even have to win. Rather, that’s the goal.]

Click, click!!

At the same time, hundreds of cyborgs surrounding Lenok resonated in unison, raising a powerful reverse field.

A measure to guide, absorb, and take in all the current pouring out within this space.

They didn’t have to fight and win. Rather, they wanted to be shattered and broken in this place.

Even if it was just to reduce the power of that mage even a little in the upcoming confrontation—

“It’s enough just to mix hands with me, what a pathetic excuse.”

Lenok chuckled and raised his hand.

“Do you believe you can control the game with such a petty trick?”

Crackling!!

At that moment, black magic power surged like a fountain from behind Lenok.

As if forcibly twisting and opening a black door, a grotesquely twisted finger appeared, forcing its way through the crack.

Thud thud!!

The form of a giant demon giant appeared on the mountain of scrap metal, with black chains on both forearms.

[……This is.]

“But I agree with one of the nonsense you’re spouting.”

While the cyborgs, facing the hideous appearance, hesitated at the alien power they could not interpret, Lenok slowly rose from his seat, picked up the cane stuck in the ground, and said.

“I’m the one who decides the time and place. When and where it starts is up to me, not you.”

[…….]

“But this isn’t bad either. If I have to change the stage, then rather…”

Lapis’s escape. The appearance of Evan Martinez among the Magic Tower mercenaries.

However, in order to match the timing, the point at which the two mages meet must be adjusted appropriately.

The reason why Lenok deliberately created this structure and planned and announced a huge battle was not just to divert attention with a self-made play.

The crack in the outer sea that exists in the Hexagonal Fortress. A weak crack that has not become a [door] to the outer sea.

The last piece to meet the conditions for Lapis’s ritual was up to Lenok himself.

Considering what was happening at the Magic Tower now, it might be easier to invest time in these scrap metal pieces.

Moreover, he was quite interested in these ‘lightning rods’ that were trying to lure, absorb, and radiate electricity.

“Okay. I’ve decided.”

Cooong!!

The ominous shadow of the demon giant, crossing its thick forearms and beginning to crouch.

Lenok, who came out walking with his cane on top of it, looked down at the bottom of the scrap metal mountain and laughed.

“I’ll play with you for a bit. Let’s see how pathetic the things you’ve brought are?”