Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 933

Crack, crack…!!!

Anathema stood frozen, electric currents crackling across his body.

The wings that had been on his back were gone, leaving only his body intact.

“I’ve severed his wings for now. I’ve just destroyed the nerves below his shoulder blades, so they won’t regenerate easily for a while,” Lenok said, exhaling smoke from the cigarette in his hand.

“Since they weren’t formed through apostle transformation but rather a power he gained as a dragon caster, he can’t revive them through human sacrifice.”

“……”

Wings are a luxury for a divine incarnation serving the Underworld God.

The wings on Anathema’s back weren’t the power of an apostle but a power he had gained as an 8th-level dragon caster [a magic user who draws power from dragons].

Knowing this, Lenok began chanting an electric magic spell as soon as he arrived. He unleashed lightning, destroying all the nerves below the shoulder blades that precisely controlled the wings.

“It’ll be a pain if you keep expanding the range of your apostle technique. I plan to finish things within this satellite city, if possible.”

[…Mage.]

The goat-headed giant stared at Lenok with bloodshot eyes.

A monster far beyond human form, glaring at Lenok with murderous intent.

[So, you’re the madman said to have the greatest talent since the civil war.]

“I don’t think there’s a need to specify the time like that,” Lenok chuckled, cigarette in his mouth.

“I’ve already settled things with Kaise Bajur on that matter. It was an easy victory for me.”

[Nonsense.]

Kuuung!!

Anathema, shaking off the lingering lightning, slammed his reverse-jointed legs down and rose from his spot.

[Though he was an enemy, Kaise Bajur was a human with greater intellect than anyone I’ve ever seen.]

“……”

[Even though he was just a human, he knew how to control the success or failure of fate determined by the heavens.]

Anathema’s inorganic gaze fixed on Lenok.

[Are you truly saying you possess a future-altering ability comparable to that man?]

“Isn’t it a bit late to discuss that now, more than a few decades after the project failed?” Lenok replied casually, observing Anathema.

“But, apart from Kaise’s methods, I sympathize with his will. He was a person worthy of that much respect.”

His recovery speed was unbelievably fast, considering he had taken a lightning spell head-on.

But Lenok wasn’t surprised, as he knew from the start that the Six Apostles were monsters like this.

‘The apostle’s strong body, the noble’s outstanding spiritual power, and the constant protection of the cult leader. But above all, the most troublesome thing is…’

Lenok’s eyes narrowed as he watched Anathema’s feet.

‘The ability to halve all damage inflicted on him from the moment he merges with the earth.’

It wasn’t for nothing that Anathema had been fighting both Gyeolbaek and Peisha at the same time since he was reborn as an apostle.

Among the various abilities that explosively enhanced Anathema’s power, it was the power that most symbolized the Six Apostles.

The earth-merging damage reduction had even allowed the previous Sixth Apostle to briefly compete with the Almanac [a powerful being or artifact].

Anathema was freely using the Underworld God’s apostle technique, even though he hadn’t been reborn as an apostle for long.

The fact that Anathema, a noble of Ars Nova and an 8th-level dragon caster, was chosen as the new Sixth Apostle was probably for that reason.

Apart from being completed by receiving the power of an outer god, all the high-ranking apostles were also excellent superhumans in their own right.

“Looking at your actions so far, I can guess what kind of being you were trying to become in this world,” Lenok said, watching Anathema slowly approach.

“You were planning to balance the three powers of dragon casting, innate ability, and apostle technique into a trinity, right?”

[……]

“The innate ability of the acquired eight trigrams [a set of symbols used in divination] is the power to explain the changes in all things in the universe. If you had succeeded in recovering your innate ability as planned, it wouldn’t have been impossible to reconcile the powers of an apostle and a noble.”

A huge magic circle rose behind Lenok and began to slowly rotate.

Whoosh!!

“If you hadn’t had one axis of your magic circle stolen by me through a ritual, that is.”

[It is not a talent granted to ordinary people to wield innate abilities without spiritual power.]

Despite Lenok’s mockery, Anathema, looking at the stolen magic circle, spoke calmly.

[Will and mind are not tools that move as one wishes. If you understand the rise and exaltation of thought so deeply, then you are qualified to wield my ability.]

“……”

[Outstanding talent and experience that has melted to the limit. Have you bloomed enough that time is no longer your weakness?]

Anathema, looking down at Lenok with profound eyes, said,

[But in the end, you chose the wrong stage to show off your talents. That choice will be the turning point that determines life and death at this place today.]

Crunch.

At that moment, the corpses of countless flesh monsters that had fallen beneath Anathema’s feet began to be absorbed into his body.

The tattered flesh, skin, bones, and blood were all sucked into the apostle’s body, becoming part of the sacrifice.

Underworld Turtle Sea Pre-Connection

Spiritual Incarnation Quantitative Imprinting

[Earth God Transformation]

Crack!!

Anathema’s massive body erupted with powerful magic, quickly enveloping him.

He covered his entire body with earth armor from below, and the goat giant’s massive body quickly began to shrink in size.

[The firepower that violates the apostle’s body. The distortion of magic that even interferes with regeneration through human sacrifice is surprising, but that’s all it is.]

A bizarre creaking sound, as if compressing the giant’s body with apostle technique to reduce its size.

The apostle’s true form, which had been closer to a monster, completed its humanization on the spot and stood before Lenok.

Low-Altitude Return Blessing

All the ground surfaces visible to the eye began to rotate around Anathema.

Kukwakwakwakwa!!!

Anathema, with crimson eyes gleaming from inside the earth armor, said,

[In this battlefield where I can use the Underworld God’s blessing without limit, my victory is an inevitability determined by the gods.]

Lenok’s guess that Anathema was trying to balance dragon casting and apostle technique using his innate ability was correct.

However, at the point when his innate ability was stolen by Lenok, he had been forcibly suppressing the power of both techniques to reconcile them.

At this point, where his dragon casting was sealed and he was forced to focus on apostle technique, it was inevitable that his power as the Sixth Apostle would become stronger.

“You don’t even know what inevitability is. True inevitability isn’t like that,” Lenok said, smiling and immediately retorting, even though he knew that.

“I don’t think you should be saying that when you haven’t even figured out how your eight trigram magic circle was stolen.”

[……]

Anathema’s response was slow, as if he had been hit in a blind spot.

“That fact is probably the most concerning to you. You must be uncomfortable with the fact that I’m interfering with the apostle’s authority.”

The priest’s authority given by the priestess was a miracle that allowed him to access the cult’s faith system and observe its essence.

That’s why Lenok interfered with the mind of Anathema, who had become an apostle, preventing him from trying to regain his eight trigram magic circle.

But from Anathema’s perspective, who was not a priest, he wouldn’t have been able to understand why he couldn’t regain the magic circle.

Anathema had been extremely wary of Lenok since the start of the battle, concerned about that fact.

Woo woo woo!!

The moment he took a light step, magic began to boil and rotate violently beneath Lenok’s feet.

The gazes of Anathema, who had transformed into a human form, and Lenok crossed in the air.

“Go ahead and try to figure it out with that Apostle technique you’re so proud of.”

Lenok smiled, looking down at the glinting eyes within the earth armor.

“Then I’ll personally show you what you mean by ‘inevitability’.”

[Come, you arrogant fool.]

Anathema replied, drawing up his magic power.

[I will make you realize that your talent can never reach the end of the sea!!!]

With those words, the ground beneath Lenok’s feet split open, and dozens of massive spikes erupted.

A grand destruction, as if a giant earth flower was blooming on the ground.

The aftermath obliterated the ruined city, unleashing a powerful shockwave that swept through a radius of hundreds of meters.

[Pillar Distortion Earth Flower]

KWA-AAANG!!

Lenok, who had blinked away to avoid the earth spears that were dozens of meters in size, grabbed Kyulbaek and Peisha’s figures in mid-air.

From the surface of the earth spears that were rising from both sides, countless thorns protruded, aiming at Lenok once again.

However, Lenok, still holding Kyulbaek and Peisha with his magic power, rotated his body on the spot.

The mage’s figure disappeared as if sucked into the void, and reappeared in the dark night sky.

WHOOOOSH!!!

In the sky where a strong wind was blowing, he twisted his body halfway and pulled one hand back.

“The Six Apostles’ techniques are specialized in wide-area space occupation and bombardment rather than delicate manipulation.”

Lenok muttered, drawing up his magic power as he watched the earth spikes erupting from the ground.

“But if I decide to counter it properly, there’s nothing I can’t overpower.”

[Great Net of Lightning]

[Helm Clapping Hand]

As if using Lenok’s hand extended towards the night sky as a reference point, dozens of lightning bolts fell from the distant sky and converged.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZT!!!!

The dozens of lightning bolts compressed and gathered around Lenok’s hand, and in the instant it explosively swelled using the recoil as power.

A giant lightning hand, as if Lenok’s hand had been enlarged dozens of times, fell vertically from the sky.

[Thunder Radiance Descent]

The giant lightning fist from the night sky crashed down, crushing the bouquet of earth spikes.

The earth spikes, unable to withstand the force, snapped and broke, losing their sharpness.

It even swept away Anathema’s figure, who was manipulating the Apostle technique at the center of the flower.

KWAAAAAAANG!!!!

Anathema’s entire body, engulfed in lightning, burned wildly in the blue lightning storm.

Lenok, who had blinked into the storm, lowered his fingertips near Anathema and chanted a spell.

[Fluttering Lightning Barrier]

The lightning, compressed smaller than a fingertip, collided head-on with Anathema’s armor and expanded explosively.

It sent the Apostle’s body flying backward over hundreds of meters.

BOOOM!!

Lenok, having successfully created distance from Anathema, immediately threw Kyulbaek and Peisha to the ground.

“How long are you going to keep resting like that?”

“……”

Peisha Grisban, who had fallen with broken limbs and covered in blood.

Claude Azlan, kneeling with his white robe soaked in mud and blood.

But even knowing that, Lenok shoved potion bottles into their mouths.

“This is the last time, get up.”

After injecting a combat continuation ampule [a mixture of stimulants and painkillers] into their necks, he struck their hearts as if pounding them with his fists.

ZZZZZZT…!!

[Imprisoning Shackles]

[Residual Lightning Body]

[Involuntary Body]

The blue electric current that extended from his fingertips split into two and struck Peisha and Kyulbaek’s bodies.

The two lancers, convulsing faintly as if electrocuted, even while unconscious.

Only then did different screams erupt from the two lancers’ mouths.

“Kuh, Aaaack…!!!”

“Kuk, this is…!!!!”

They trembled all over, but still rose from their spots with their bloodied bodies.

Their faces were stiff as if they were not moving by their own will, and their arms, legs, and fingers were twisted in different directions.

“Ugh…!!! You, bastard…!!!”

Peisha glared at Lenok with bloodshot eyes and spat out a string of curses.

Peisha, who had vomited blood that filled his lungs as soon as he opened his eyes, said in a cracking voice.

“You, you son of a…!! What the hell were you doing to come here so late…!!”

“The person I was supposed to meet here was late.”

Lenok replied nonchalantly.

“It’s been so long since we met, it took a while. I’ll finish it now, so get ready.”

“…It is not right to leave the battlefield first when the fight is not over.”

Kyulbaek, who had struggled to lean on his spear and stand up, asked in a very tired voice.

“How much longer do we have to endure?”

“There is one technique among the Six Apostles’ Apostle techniques that must be induced.”

Lenok said.

“Hold out until he uses it. I’ll assist you.”

“You always talk like a piece of shit… You want us to hold out and buy time until he uses a technique that has no guarantee?”

Peisha sneered as if he had been waiting for it.

“Why don’t you just honestly admit that you want to kill us here quickly.”

“It’s not that I don’t have that thought, but the reason Anathema returned to his human form is because he realized he shouldn’t be hit by my magic anymore.”

Lenok replied, exhaling a puff of cigarette smoke.

Although he had tried a head-on power struggle, it was clear that Anathema was also very burdened by being hit by Lenok’s magic.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have changed his form right after the start of the battle, and he wouldn’t have tried to buy time like this after creating some distance.

“Mobility that moves through the earth. A body that reduces the area of impact by being human-sized. He’s determined to avoid my magic and kill us.”

“……”

“I don’t know the specific form either. But there will be a moment when he tries to change the tide of the battle, even at the cost of giving up the mobility of his earth technique.”

Lenok said, looking back at the two bloodied vanguards with a cold gaze.

“Just drag the fight out until that moment, then you can die. After that, I’ll take care of it.”

“Huhu… You’re asking for a truly absurd favor.”

Kyulbaek chuckled and stroked his chin.

“Hold out until he uses a technique that you don’t even know the form or nature of…”

“Anathema won’t drag it out for long either. His innate ability is sealed, and the offerings for his Apostle technique can’t be infinite either. However…”

Lenok said, looking at the slowly tilting horizon in the distance.

“From now on, he’ll try to crush us with all his power.”

“……”

KU-GU-GU-GU-GU…!!!

From the far end of the satellite city, a massive earth tsunami, spanning hundreds of meters in radius, was approaching.