Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 964

Clang!!

The forbidden weapon of Ars Nova. A cursed artifact crafted from the bloodline of Ascendants [beings of immense power].

Maiya, having obtained the gauntlet using the spider’s core as a catalyst, plummeted.

Her new form, using the cracks in the collapsing void as makeshift wings, descended as if falling to the ground.

“Ugh…!!”

“You look like you’re having a hard time.”

With a pale face, she clutched the Sutra-clad [referring to the gauntlet] left hand with her right, bowing her head.

Maiya’s presence momentarily faded as the spatial cracks enveloped her body.

Crack, crack…!!

Just wearing the forbidden weapon seemed to be a huge burden.

Even for a superhuman like her, was it too much to wield a weapon made from a high-level superhuman without the proper qualifications?

Lenok, who had stopped in front of the crystal where the forbidden weapon was sealed in the center of the temple’s sanctuary, looked at Maiya and said,

“I thought the core might be helpful, but I never imagined it would be the key to breaking the seal.”

“…”

“The investigation of the seal inside this temple is already complete. If the core was the key, there’s no way I wouldn’t have noticed.”

Lenok’s eyes gleamed sharply as he looked at the short sword at Maiya’s waist.

“The core is just a trigger. The short sword you were using must have been the key to bypassing the seal, right?”

Although the spider’s core was said to be a condensed form of the forbidden weapon’s power, it was absurd to think that it alone could break the Anathema’s [a powerful organization or entity] seal.

That’s why Lenok hadn’t paid attention to the core and was going to fight Maiya, wasn’t he?

The reason she could bypass the forbidden weapon’s seal was the role of that short sword, which was based on the core.

Lenok recognized that it was an artifact created directly by the Doctor.

“I don’t know what you plan to do with that weapon, but it’s not something you should have.”

Lenok slowly stepped forward, raising his magic power and tilting his head back.

“Since you’ve gone to the trouble of breaking the annoying seal, I’ll let it slide if you hand it over right now.”

“…”

Lenok smiled wryly as he looked at Maiya, who was silent with her Sutra-clad left arm hanging limp.

“Do you not even have the strength to answer now?”

“…Everything that happened in Machina, I left it all there.”

Maiya replied, struggling to support herself with her left hand on the ground.

“There’s no reason for us to be bound by each other’s goals and motives anymore.”

Maiya, glaring at Lenok with a cold gaze, staggered to her feet.

Maiya, who had raised her magic power, sneered as she gripped the short sword in reverse with her right hand.

“Don’t try to persuade me, Ban. That’s not your role. No one can do it in the first place.”

“…”

“Or, have you come all this way and suddenly don’t want to get your hands dirty?”

“Well. It’s not exactly that… Fine.”

Lenok shook his head with a smile.

Whatever the situation, it was clear that Lenok was not going all out against Maiya.

“Do as you please. If Atermeyer intervened and gave you a method, you must still have something to show.”

“…”

“But you should be prepared to lose an arm or so in this place.”

“Don’t you think it’s too late to ask that…!!!”

Just by bringing the gauntlet to the temple floor, the floor caved in and cracked.

Maiya’s body, propelled as if bouncing off with a single gesture, disappeared from that spot.

Whoosh!!!

She landed diagonally on the tilted corridor. The magic power that exploded from the gauntlet assisted her movement.

An extreme acceleration that could barely be gauged even through magic power detection.

Crack!!

The moment Maiya, who had landed in front of Lenok, swept her left hand, the space where she clenched her fist shattered.

The cracks that appeared in the void as she swung her arm spread forward like thin threads.

It shattered everything, splitting all the scenery in front of her.

Clang!!

Every time she clenched the void, the space split, the clock twisted, and Lenok moved away to avoid the cracks.

It was a reversed situation from before.

However, the reason Lenok was impressed by the spatial collapse that Maiya was causing was not just because of its power.

“That’s an unbelievable sense. Are you controlling the side effects caused by the runaway manipulation formula and using it like a technique?”

The forbidden weapon is a cursed artifact made from a high-level manipulator. Naturally, its abilities are specialized in manipulation formulas [complex magical equations].

Maiya, who is not a manipulator, cannot properly use the forbidden weapon’s abilities.

All she can do with the forbidden weapon is to stand by and watch as the runaway manipulation formula randomly twists the surrounding space.

Nevertheless, Maiya was controlling the random twisting of space caused by the gauntlet’s rampage and wielding it like a technique towards Lenok.

She increases speed towards the direction she thinks and the space, controls the recoil and direction, and even seeks to increase the power of the attack.

Crash, crash, crash!!!

The gravity stones, which were incredibly hard, broke like styrofoam, revealing their cross-sections.

The magic power and will could not maintain their direction and speed, and were bent and broken.

The fragments of lightning and ice that had mixed in between only emitted afterglow as they were broken into pieces.

“If you’re forcibly synchronizing the forbidden weapon using the short sword and the core, there must be a time limit.”

Lenok said, looking at Maiya with a cold gaze.

“So, I plan to stall for time within the limits of your inability to escape. You won’t be able to handle the weapon for long from the start.”

If she could perfectly control the forbidden weapon using the core, there would be no reason for Anathema to try to learn manipulation formulas.

The clues left in the mansion were proof that Anathema desperately wanted to get their hands on that weapon.

Clearly, the ability of that weapon is something that can draw out its maximum performance in the hands of a mage who knows how to handle manipulation formulas.

Maiya Renslit is simply wielding the spatial transfer and collapse phenomena that the forbidden weapon is unleashing as a weapon right now.

Of course, even that alone proves that her combat experience and skills are at an astonishing level.

Even if he just stalls for time, all of Maiya’s core energy will be exhausted, and she will also lose ownership of the forbidden weapon.

However, Maiya did not lose her composure even after hearing Lenok’s words.

She wiped the sweat flowing down her forehead and simply raised her Sutra-clad hand.

“You don’t know why the forbidden weapon is called a weapon of depravity. It’s not just a dangerous weapon.”

“…”

“Equipment made from superhumans is in itself another hierarchy, a mental image [a concept or visualization of power].”

Crack!!

The moment she strongly clenched the void with her left hand, the space cracked as if following her gesture.

The moment Lenok realized that the cracks were converging at a point in front of Maiya and slowly rotating.

Maiya broke the spatial cracks with a punch and appeared behind Lenok.

Boom!!!

“The amplification and evolution of power based on will and mental images are within this.”

“…!!”

A sense of incongruity as if two different spaces were connected by an invisible passage.

Did she create a spatial collapse at will and transfer her own body behind Lenok?

Lenok’s expression changed slightly at the sophisticated usage, which was incomparable to wielding the power of the rampaging weapon until now.

There was no time to turn around. He expanded his consciousness, skipping the incantation and hand seals, and secured the spell.

A lightning giant stood up as if protecting Lenok’s back, clasped his hands together, and cast a proxy incantation.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!!!

Dozens of sharp lightning bolts fell like lasers, and thunder waves and crimson flames exploded alternately.

More than a dozen spells repeated their property changes, as if threading a needle in the void.

[Flame Exhalation: Frost Logic Lightning Attraction]

Whoosh!!!!

Flames, lightning, and ice intertwined, attracting each other, and then colliding again, tearing apart the space.

A marvel that twists the power by changing the properties after chanting mid-level magic several times, rather than high-level magic that requires casting time.

A contradiction that increases the firepower enough to interfere with space by changing the properties of the magic that has been cast.

However, Maiya clenched her fist with the gauntlet on her left hand, even after seeing Lenok’s magic right in front of her.

“Here I come.”

She spread the mental image inherent in her body throughout her entire body, deploying a microcosm [a personal domain of power] with her body as the boundary.

An amplification technique that uses the power of the forbidden weapon to deploy the microcosm of ‘penetration’ that Maiya uses.

She transcends the laws of physics with the body of a living human.

The moment the spatial crack that was drawn from the gauntlet rotated along Maiya’s fingertips and split the atmosphere.

Maiya extended the gauntlet forward in a trance.

Inner World Microcosm

Mental Image Activation

[Eight Voids]

[One Principle Penetration]

Crack!

A streak of light that pierces through the cold lightning of Frost Logic Imprint.

The curtain of flames that had been raging around the lightning crumpled and tore like paper.

The lightning giant, who had been protecting Lenok’s back, was pierced by the flash of light while extending both arms and exploded.

Lenok, watching the lightning disappear as if tearing through the void, rotated the magic circle with all his might.

He forcibly twisted the space by hammering his will into his consciousness, which was accelerating to the limit.

The moment the spatial twist created by Lenok and the spatial collapse wielded by Maiya met.

The shockwave that spread out like concentric circles pushed Lenok’s body forward by nearly tens of meters.

Clang!!!!

“…!!!”

Lenok’s body was pushed back more than tens of meters while upside down.

The recoil was so strong that it felt as if the speed was accelerating rather than decreasing.

The moment Lenok, who had reached the opposite side of the temple in an instant, raised his magic power just before landing.

Crack!!

The scenery of the wall shattered, and Maiya, clutching her left arm with her right hand, stepped forward.

The moment she swung the gauntlet towards Lenok, she deployed the microcosm once again.

She struck Lenok with all her might, carrying the power to pierce through space.

Clang!!

Maiya’s new form moved at high speed, transcending space, regardless of the temple walls, ceiling, and floor.

Accordingly, she relentlessly continued her offensive, smashing all of Lenok’s magic and barriers.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!!!!

The forbidden weapon twisted the spatial coordinates, binding Lenok’s feet, and Soryu, who had transformed into an ice giant, scattered cold air to restrain him.

Lenok smiled wryly as he avoided the thorns that were rising as the ceiling and walls froze coldly.

‘I’m being pushed back.’

If he used large-scale magic, the entire underground chamber of the temple could collapse.

And the moment the underground chamber collapsed, Maiya would retreat with the forbidden weapon.

At a point where the output of magic that can be used is limited, there are not many ways to withstand the power of the gauntlet that directly smashes space.

Moreover, the microcosm of penetration that is activated using the power of that gauntlet has the sharpest penetration power among all the mental images that Lenok has ever faced.

Whoosh!!!

Maiya’s cold gaze, which had torn apart the exploding lightning, met Lenok’s.

The moment the microcosm of penetration was once again concentrated and rotated at Maiya’s fingertips.

“Okay. You’ve won this time.”

Lenok smiled wryly and clasped his hands together, acknowledging that he could not receive it this time.

“So, I’ll take that weapon.”

Self-Magnetic Field Deployment

Whoosh!!!

At that moment, a colorless ripple burst out from Lenok, who was standing upside down in the void, and instantly enveloped the two of them.

Lenok’s unique mental image, a pure form of will domain [a personal space controlled by one’s will] deployed without engraving the kaleidoscope [a magical artifact or technique].

The gauntlet, which had been freely manipulating space until now, stopped in front of Lenok’s eyes for the first time.

Boom!!

A sense of incongruity as if the spatial collapse phenomenon that had been occurring through the forbidden weapon had stopped in its place.

“The spatial collapse of the forbidden weapon is tricky, but if I change the space to be mine, the ability won’t work.”

Lenok tilted his head back, looking at Maiya’s fingertips, which had stopped right in front of him.

“It’s closer to a side effect of the rampage than the weapon’s ability. It’s amazing how you’ve managed to handle it to that extent by using a mere side effect as a weapon, but…”

Lenok’s domain is a marvel that can change the entire space-time even without properly deploying the mental image.

There is no need to engrave the kaleidoscope’s mental image and show that scenery to Maiya.

By deploying the colorless ripple that is the basis of the domain, one can be temporarily free from space-time interference.

If the spatial collapse and microcosm that penetrate everything are blocked, the balance of power will shift to this side.

“It’s an extremely dangerous object for a superhuman with a penetration-type microcosm like you-”

[Eight Voids]

[One Principle Penetration]

Boom!!!

The microcosm, which had increased its penetration power to the limit by splitting space, was deployed once again.

It greatly shook and vibrated Lenok’s will domain.

“…”

Lenok’s expression, who could not hide his surprise this time, stiffened.

In the will domain where space-time was under Lenok’s control, the spatial collapse of the forbidden weapon was virtually sealed.

However, Maiya was arbitrarily stimulating space using her own microcosm, not the forbidden weapon.

The extreme of a technique that hammers space with her mental image as the extreme and indirectly induces the manipulation formula of the forbidden weapon.

It is truly the power of a warrior who has been completed alone without relying on a weapon.

Maiya’s expression, who had raised her left hand as if to break the colorless space-time, turned cold.

“Domain Style.”

The power of the mental image poured out explosively from her body.

“Multiplication.”

[One Principle Penetration]

[One Principle Penetration]

[One Principle Penetration]

[One Principle Penetration]

Whirr!!!

The microcosm of penetration was fired at Lenok’s will domain at a speed that could not even be seen.

The moment she hammered the will domain by firing the mental image of penetration that only an level 8 superhuman could unleash with all their might.

The forbidden weapon that was equipped on Maiya’s hand activated a proper manipulation formula for the first time, not a side effect.

Manipulation-type Unique Magic

[Heaven Piercing]

Crack, crack, crack, crack!!!!

The will domain could not withstand the backflow of the mental image that was overflowing without limit and broke apart.

The area within a radius of tens of meters around the temple caved in, and Lenok’s body was pushed straight back.

“I can’t believe it. To break a will domain with force…!!”

The domain that has not engraved the kaleidoscope’s mental image is nothing more than a simple domain constructed by deploying will.

However, since it is clearly based on Lenok’s will, its construction power and durability easily surpass the self-magnetic field of other mages.

Maiya broke such a will domain of Lenok by using a marvel that deploys a microcosm and induces the manipulation formula of the forbidden weapon.

That is possible because her microcosm and the side effects of the forbidden weapon have a similarity in that they intervene in space as a result.

Boom!!

“Ugh…!!”

Maiya, who had strongly pressed down on Lenok’s shoulder with her left hand, immediately raised her gaze and raised her voice.

“Guixi!!”

“…!!!”

Peisha, who had been hammering her spear onto the blade of blood, turned her gaze irritably and widened her eyes as if they were tearing apart.

Felix, who had been avoiding Ermong’s barrage of jewel spells, could not hide his agitation.

Maiya, looking at the two of them, said while grabbing Lenok by the collar.

“Drop your weapons.”

“…Ban?”

Felix muttered as if he couldn’t believe it.

“How…”

“You don’t understand what I’m saying.”

Crack!!

As she put strength into the gauntlet, spatial cracks spread along the gauntlet and swirled around Lenok’s neck.

“Can’t you hear me?”

“…Alright. I’ll do it.”

At the same time as Felix dropped his hammer from his hand, Ermong’s jewel prison immediately bound Felix.

Maiya, who was watching that scene, immediately turned her gaze towards Peisha.

“Drop your spear, Guixi. I won’t count to three.”

“Ha, what does it matter?”

Peisha sneered, glancing at Lenok.

“It doesn’t matter to me whether that mage dies or not. Why should I care about his defeat?”

“Two.”

“…”

“One.”

“…Damn it, really!!”

Peisha, who spat out curses with a face as if she had bitten a bug, threw her spear down nervously.

Maiya, who was looking at Lenok, who had fallen to the ground, with cold eyes, said.

“If you move even a little, I’ll tear off your arm.”

“…”

“I know you’re not in good health. Stay still.”

Having said that, Maiya reached into Lenok’s arms, looking for something.

Lenok, who was watching the scene with a blank expression, asked.

“Are you going to spare my life?”

“The Doctor said that if you die, he can’t predict the changes that will occur in Vulcan.”

Maiya replied, taking out the essence of gravity from the inside pocket of Lenok’s coat.

“It must be because your influence in the city has become more than necessary.”

“…”

“My thoughts are different, but the conclusion is the same. There’s no reason to kill a mage like you in this place.”

Maiya said, scrutinizing Lenok’s face with a cold gaze.

“I’ll repay the debt of the Ascension Gate with this.”

“It’s ironic. That we both think we owe each other for what happened in the Machine City.”

Lenok smiled wryly and raised his hand.

“That’s why I didn’t want to fight, but it ends up like this.”

“I told you not to move…!!!”

She said she had no intention of killing him, but that was only if Lenok followed her instructions obediently.

If Lenok started to resist like now, Maiya could not hold back.

Maiya, who shouted coldly, was about to move the gauntlet and crush Lenok’s left arm along with the space, when.

The spider’s core in Lenok’s hand came into Maiya’s eyes.

The shape of the five-colored jewel, which had shrunk to almost half the size it was when she first took it from Lenok.

“…No way.”

“In the random spatial transfer of the forbidden weapon, you were using this to avoid being affected, weren’t you?”

Lenok smiled and threw the half-melted core into his mouth.

“We’ve just taken back what we each needed to take back.”

“Was it when the domain broke…!!”

The domain of a mage is the power to change the position of spatial coordinates as desired.

In the moment Maiya broke the will domain, did he switch the coordinates of the core and the essence again?

Maiya’s expression hardened as she realized that Lenok had returned the trick she had used on him, only changing the perspective and position.

Whoosh!!

Maiya’s body flipped as if floating up, and she was thrown tens of meters into the sky.

The spatial collapse and transfer that the forbidden weapon’s manipulation formula was causing to rampage and twist indiscriminately.

The spatial transfer that she had been ignoring using the core swept over Maiya’s body and pushed her up.

Maiya gritted her teeth as she realized that the Sutra had slipped off her left hand and she was flying far into the void.

“Gyeonroe!!!!”

“Felix, Peisha. Pick up your weapons.”

Lenok, who was watching the scene from the ground, lowered his stance and raised his magic power.

“It’s the final task.”