Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 987

Central Front Border Zone (5)

A massive crater scarred the middle of the vast prairie, and a colossal figure stood there, steam billowing from its core.

A monster encased in rock-thick, full-body armor, ceaselessly emitting magical power with each breath.

Grey glints of light scattered across the night sky, and puffs of breath escaped from its thick beard.

Thump!!

Each time it took a slow, deep breath and took a step, the surrounding air seemed to grow heavier. It was as if the very space was being compressed.

This was due to the aura of the superhuman approaching from afar, a heavy, rotating force that projected its will at every moment.

A divine feat only possible for a level 8 physical ability user, someone who could seize and dominate space with their mere presence and will.

The search party’s faces paled the moment they saw the man’s face.

“Is that Lieutenant General Roberaide…!!”

“No way. Why is such a notoriously stubborn person from within the corps here…!!”

The search party, who had fought against the corps’ assault forces without ever being pushed back, was visibly shaken just by facing the lieutenant general.

However, Lenok could somewhat sympathize with the reactions of the search party members.

The announcement that echoed from the airship just before that man descended.

Even the desperate movements of the assault force, trying to distance themselves from the landing point while being burned by lava.

It was clear that the head of the 3rd Corps, a leading figure within the Deadrise military faction, had arrived on this battlefield in person.

Lieutenant General Robert Roberaide.

That man, who exuded a heavy, rock-like pressure as naturally as breathing, was one of the highest-ranking generals of the corps.

Clank!!

Lenok, raising his combustion weapon with both hands, spoke.

“Gate search party. I’ll buy you time, so retreat to the gate.”

“Evan-nim!”

“If you run all night from now, you should be able to reach the gate.”

Lenok, turning to look at the shocked members with a blank face, said,

“From here on, you’ll only be in the way. I’ll take care of it from now on.”

“That’s…!!”

“To go so far for a search party you’ve only been with for a few days.”

Roberaide, who had walked up creaking in his heavy armor, also looked at Lenok’s words with a glint in his eyes.

“You have a more compassionate personality than I heard in the reports. But that’s a problem. A superior should be able to coldly calculate even the lives of their subordinates.”

“Your own actions, appearing on the battlefield in person as a corps commander, don’t seem very cold-blooded.”

Chiiik!!

Lenok, stepping onto the lava lake, spoke while gripping his combustion weapon in one hand.

It wasn’t because of his goodwill towards the search party that Lenok stood in front of Lieutenant General Roberaide.

“I also have business at the first gate. I have no intention of letting the search party be annihilated here.”

To enter the gate without being suspected of being a graft surgeon [a person who illegally modifies bodies], the cooperation of the search party was indispensable.

Even if it wasn’t because he had spent three days with them, Lenok felt the need to prevent the corps’ intervention at this point and safely return them to the gate.

Lenok, facing the steam-emitting armored warrior, puffed out a cloud of cigarette smoke.

“Isn’t the corps’ cause that you shout about just a means to an end, after all?”

“Your tongue is sharp. But that question is wrong.”

Clank!!

As Roberaide pulled one hand and drew up magical power, the gaps in the armor around his arm opened, emitting light.

It looked as if he was forcibly discharging the magical power and heat condensed inside the armor.

Kiiiiiiing…!!

“I don’t believe that the corps is justice. I believe that the corps’ way is the only alternative.”

Roberaide said, his face shadowed by the magical light flashing below his arm.

“I am here to force my chosen path onto others. And I am more prepared than anyone to put that belief into practice.”

“…”

“You are an outstanding person, so you should understand. That ambiguous answers will never reach the end of the journey to Ars Nova [a city or organization].”

Crack…!!

At that moment, Roberaide’s massive frame sank into the ground.

A chilling and oppressive aura, as if he was greatly increasing his own weight.

At the same time as he lowered his stance deeply, the veins on the lieutenant general’s forehead stood out.

“Will you become the spear of the corps, or will you become an enemy of the corps? Decide here, Evan Martinez!!!”

“Sorry. Extreme dualism isn’t my thing.”

Lenok laughed.

“Shall we start by getting rid of the heat that’s filling your head?”

“Hahahaha!!!”

Kwajik!!

Roberaide, shaking his steam-emitting heavy armor, laughed wildly and clenched his fist, drawing up magical power.

Lenok also immediately sensed the signs and planted the ignition device vertically into the ground.

“Yitian [a concept of heaven], Vajra [a diamond scepter], Fudō [immovable].”

Three layers of great barriers unfolded in an instant around the ignition device, protecting Lenok and rising up.

The barrier technique directly inherited from Jintun in the Hanghasa Labyrinth [a fictional labyrinth].

A ceremonial technique that constructs three types of static wheel barriers specialized for defense and harmony by presenting activation words.

The pinnacle of the barrier, inherited directly from the Ascendant [a person who has reached a higher level of power], now freely deployed by Lenok’s own will.

The moment the three opaque layers of barriers surrounded Lenok’s body and blocked the way, Roberaide also moved.

Roberaide’s fist, rotating his shoulder with a creak of his heavy armor, disappeared from view and struck the barrier directly.

Jjeooooooong!!!!

The shockwaves that burst out to both sides crossed the lava lake and exploded.

The heated air and flames seethed and burned ceaselessly, soaring into the sky and bending.

Kugugugugu!!!

The ground shook madly as if an earthquake had occurred, and even the airship floating in the sky swayed.

It was hard to believe that the attack, which was swung after changing position in place, had such high and destructive output.

Even Lenok’s face momentarily hardened at the unrealistic explosive power.

‘What kind of power is this…!’

It wasn’t a special technique or ability, but simply that his strength was unbelievably strong.

Proof that the physical ability of Deadrise’s 3rd Corps Commander, Lieutenant General Roberaide, had reached a truly transcendent level.

Kkigigigik…!!

As the space twisted between his tightly clenched steel fist, emitting an ear-splitting noise, Roberaide’s eyebrows twitched as he looked at his fist, which was pressed down in front of the barrier as if time had stopped.

Clank!!

Lenok, turning on the ignition device and holding it in front of Roberaide’s eyes, coldly muttered.

“My turn.”

“No!!”

At that moment, Roberaide drew up even more magical power and twisted his shoulder violently.

“It’s not over yet!!”

Pajik!!

A simple and crude technique of twisting the fist that had been blocked by the barrier purely with force to change its direction.

However, even the recoil force applied to his body was received by the heavy armor and converted into new physical force.

The shockwave scattered along Roberaide’s shoulder, obliquely grazing the barrier and piercing through the Hwacheon Gangwi [a fire turtle], which was ceaselessly spewing lava.

Kwaaaang!!!!

[Gwoooaaaaaaar!!!]

The hard shell of the Hwacheon Gangwi split in half, and red flames flowed out like blood from within.

On top of the flame turtle that collapsed while screaming miserably, a mass of lava poured down like a waterfall.

Kugwagwagwa!!!

A wave of lava swept across the ground in an instant, surging towards the position where Lenok and Roberaide were standing.

Lenok, riding on the flowing lava, glared at the lieutenant general with cold eyes.

“Even if you’re strong, there’s a limit. To break the shell of the Hwacheon Gangwi?”

“That turtle. It’s been persistently targeting the airship since earlier.”

Roberaide said, slowly rotating his shoulder and emitting steam.

“You were planning to hold me back and intercept the airship, but that won’t happen.”

“…”

“With this, the supply of lava that you were using as power will also be more difficult than before.”

Did he change his judgment to target the summoned beast by rotating his remaining power from the point where he was blocked by the static wheel barrier?

Roberaide had seen that the Hwacheon Gangwi summoned by Lenok was not only keeping the airship in check but also continuously supplying lava to the battlefield.

“A defensive barrier that cancels out specific physical forces. Its perfection is astonishing, but it can’t be a power that can be used without any conditions.”

Clank!!

Roberaide, raising his hand and pointing at the barrier protecting Lenok’s body, spoke in a heavy bass voice.

“If it’s a power that forcibly cancels out physical force, there must be a condition that the caster cannot move from the spot where they deployed the barrier.”

Kwajik!!

As Roberaide slammed one hand into the ground and clenched it, cracks began to appear on the ground around his fingers.

The corps commander, who caused an earthquake by gripping and shaking the ground with only the grip of his hand, drew up magical power and shouted.

“Then it’s enough to change the environment so that you can’t stay in place…!!”

Kwaaaang!!

The ground, split by his five fingers, completely broke apart, collapsing under Lenok’s feet.

The static wheel barrier was released at the same time as Lenok, gripping the ignition device, moved.

Roberaide charged at an incredible speed, riding on the collapsing ground.

Kugwagwagwa!!!

Lenok also matched him, aiming the muzzle of the ignition device and drawing up magical power.

Flame-type unique magic

Property change repulsion summation

Kuoohhhh!!!

The lava burning under the two people’s feet began to gather and compress in front of the ignition device.

The hot lava sphere was compressed and concentrated to the limit, soon turning into a dark red sphere.

[Fire Deep Coffin (火深櫃)]

[Scorched Charcoal (焌炭)]

Hundreds of rays of fire burst out from within the sphere, decorating the dark night sky.

Dudududududu!!!

“Oooooooooh!!!”

Roberaide, receiving the fire bullets fired like a machine gun with his full-body armor, charged forward without hesitation.

He deflected the surging lava by swinging pieces of the airship, and peeled off the pillars of fire that rose up by splitting and breaking the ground.

“All troops. Follow me!!!”

Kwaaaang!!!

Roberaide, running between the ground and the lava, roared, detonating dozens of shockwaves under his feet.

“As always, I, Roberaide, will lead the way!!!”

“Waaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”

At the roar that echoed across the battlefield, the soldiers of the assault force, who had been helplessly massacred by Lenok’s flames, formed ranks.

The moment Lenok turned to look at them, Roberaide’s massive body, which had descended at supersonic speed, crashed directly into Lenok.

Kwaaaang!!!

At the same time as a rotating wave of flames, Lenok’s figure was flung to the left as if bouncing.

He accelerated and distanced himself using his flame wings as propulsion, but Roberaide did not miss that moment.

[Jurasal (朱羅撒)]

“Crush!!”

Kwaaaang!!!

Lenok and Roberaide’s figures crossed paths, easily leaping over dozens of meters.

The flame wings fluttered, increasing speed, and the ignition device rotated, ceaselessly spewing flames.

However, Roberaide broke through without hesitation, grabbing and crushing all the fire pouring down in front of him with both hands.

The surface of his heavy armor was scorched, and the joints creaked, but he endured the scars, receiving them entirely with his body.

“That valor that survived fighting on par with Vulcan’s Iron Fortress!!”

Chiiik!!

Roberaide’s eyes flashed as he grabbed and extinguished the burning flames with his bare hands.

“Indeed, if I defeat you, I can also guess what level that great mage’s power has reached.”

“It seems you’re curious about the Iron Fortress.”

“That’s right. Unlike me, the corps headquarters is trying to move, judging that mad mage to be Vulcan’s greatest threat.”

Kuuung!!

Just by lightly stomping on the ground, Lieutenant General Roberaide’s aura seemed to increase dozens of times.

The moment Lenok frowned at the unbelievable pressure, Roberaide spoke in an infinitely heavy and dull voice.

“So, I will defeat you here and have my will enforced on the headquarters.”

Chiiiiik!!

The steam that was violently emitted from the back of his armor pushed his massive body up the crater without hesitation.

The moment he took a step forward, the ground caved in, unable to withstand his weight and collapsing.

Roberaide’s will exploded, covering his entire body.

Inner world microcosm

Mind image activation

[Thousand Dull (遷鈍)]

[Twelve Thousand Three Hundred Strokes of a Thousand Pounds (一萬二千三百撥千斤)]

The wave that spread out perpendicular to the ground instantly increased in size by more than dozens of meters.

Roberaide’s body, which had become heavy to the extreme, rotated, bending gravity and space in place.

At the same time as the illusion of the surrounding space bending and distorting, the shockwave that Roberaide unleashed swept across the horizon.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

“…!!”

Lenok’s body, which had been shaking violently, barely managed to move by repeating blinks.

Lenok, who had rolled away as if bouncing between the shockwaves, leaned on the ignition device and straightened his body.

“Hoo…!!”

As he exhaled the overwhelming breath and raised his gaze, the heavy armor pressing down on the ground rippled in the distance.

Kuuung!!

His strong durability to maintain combat ability even after receiving the preheated flame magic with his body.

Unrealistic strength that was too much to handle, and agile judgment accumulated through long experience.

However, what truly makes Roberaide strong is the explosive power that combines all those abilities in an instant.

A powerful attack that squeezes and overworks his entire body, relying on his tremendous strength and corresponding durability.

That alone was enough to receive the techniques that Lenok poured out, and he was unable to land a proper effective hit.

It was clear that he was being assisted by the steam-emitting heavy armor to exert his full power.

However, the speed at which he unleashed his monstrous power was comparable to that of the Kraken Acilius [a fictional monster].

Is this the military power of a corps commander of Deadrise? The power of a lieutenant general leading a corps?

“You survived even after receiving my Thousand Dull (遷鈍) to that extent…!!”

Shuuuuuu…!!

Roberaide, emitting steam from between his heavy armor, muttered as if unable to hide his admiration.

The corps commander, slowly raising his hand, glared at Lenok as if to devour him with a hardened expression.

“I want to place your talent and reputation, even your death, under the banner of the corps…!”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Frankly, I don’t really want to understand.”

Through the array device attached to his arm, he discharged all the heat accumulated in his body.

The ground under Lenok’s feet burned and evaporated with that heat alone, emitting a pungent smoke.

“But I do know one thing.”

Thump!!

Lenok, placing the heavy ignition device next to him and clasping his hands together, said as he lowered his arms.

“The microcosm you use. That’s probably the ability to control your weight at will, right?”

Chiiik!!

As he lightly clasped his hands together and rubbed them, a sound like rubbing flint echoed.

Lenok closed his eyes, looking at the flames that had arisen from the friction of magical power in his hands.

“It’s not the power to arbitrarily change mass. To classify it accurately… it’s the power to change the intensity of gravity applied to oneself.”

Roberaide possessed unbelievable strength and durability, but he was not particularly outstanding in agility.

That was probably because that monstrous power was a result of increasing his weight to the extreme.

“He endures the recoil of the weight increase through the heavy armor and converts it into steam to discharge it. The reason his body looked so huge was probably because he left space inside the heavy armor to withstand the impact.”

The Hwacheon Gangwi summoned by Lenok was a summoned beast with the ability to convert the impact applied to it into power and unleash it.

However, Roberaide had immediately launched a preemptive strike upon seeing the Hwacheon Gangwi, breaking its shell in half.

That was possible because the power and ability that Roberaide wielded were similar in principle to that of the Hwacheon Gangwi.

Isn’t it because the steam-emitting heavy armor he is wearing has the ability to convert the recoil applied to him into power?

Lenok, looking at Roberaide approaching from afar, said,

“Let’s start by smashing that armor and then talk again.”

“Good. Try it if you can.”

Roberaide grinned and bumped his fists together.

Shockwaves surged along the thick steel gauntlets, pushing the burning flames far away.

“Before I take your life and the search party’s lives on this battlefield!!!”

Kwaaaang!!!

Roberaide, having increased his weight by more than a hundred times, kicked off the ground, and his solid metal body shot forward as if flying low above the ground.

A body slam that shot forward a body weighing dozens of tons at subsonic speed.

The destructive power that far exceeded missiles or shells with just that physical force.

The aftermath alone split the ground and shook it madly, making it impossible to deploy the static wheel barrier and receive it like before.

However, Lenok, knowing that fact, was concentrating his mind while clasping his hands together.

The durability and fire resistance to receive the unlimited flame magic.

Nevertheless, the enormous stamina to continue fighting without losing combat power and concentration.

Above all, even after pouring out this much heat, the existence of that solid armor that did not melt and endured.

Indeed, the opponent was a strongman who transcended standards. A monster that could not be dealt with carelessly.

Lenok, having thought that far, let out a soft breath and raised his hand.

‘The use of the Red Star Realm… it’s not possible after all.’

The secret technique that Evan Martinez had obtained, the Red Star Realm (赤色星界), was an amplifier that used the magical power core as its raw material.

As it was in Vulcan, once it was activated, it could not be stopped until it was completely consumed.

If he used the Red Star Realm before even reaching the gate, he would fail the operation without even entering the gate.

Above all, considering the existence of the graft surgeon, he had to save it here.

What Lenok needed to use now was the new [spark] he had obtained through this incident.

Having thought that far, Lenok brought one hand to his mouth.

Chwaak!!

A wound opened between his palms, and blood flowed and dripped between his fingers.

The drops of blood that fell instantly burst into flames, turning into black-green flames.

Lenok, aiming the black-green flames rising along his left hand at Roberaide, whispered.

“Hellfire Illusion Dome (煥狀穹). Begin.”

Hwaruk…!!

At that moment, something slowly began to open its eyes from within the hellfire that had bloomed from his fingertips.

Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]

Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]

The Genius Wizard who takes Medicine, 약먹는 천재마법사 약먹는 천재 마법사
Status: Ongoing Author: Native Language: Korean
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In "Genius Wizard Takes Medicine," the protagonist, an avid gamer, meticulously crafts the ultimate wizard character in the game "World" by maximizing magical abilities and accepting numerous disadvantageous traits. However, he suddenly finds himself transmigrated into this very character—a prodigious talent who cannot survive a single day without relying on drugs. Set against a cyberpunk fantasy backdrop, the story blends action, adventure, and intricate magic systems, inviting readers to explore a world where extraordinary power comes at a significant cost.

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