Drug-Eating Genius Mage

The Medicine-Taking Genius Wizard Episode 990:

Central Front Border Zone (7)

Kugwagwagwa!!!

A crater hundreds of meters in diameter and magma boiling like the heat of hell.

Roveride’s body slowly sinks beneath a huge crater and boiling lava lake that has formed on the ground.

Cheeeeeek…!!

The surface of the heavy armor, unable to withstand the heat of the lava, vibrates violently and emits a harsh noise.

The expression of the corps commander, who had never lost confidence from start to finish, also became painfully distorted.

“Whoa…!!!”

He tries to somehow escape from his body, but each time, the gravity applied to his body becomes stronger and only presses down on the commander’s body.

Every time he used magical power to strengthen his body, the microcosm went berserk and plunged the large body into a deep crater.

Blah blah blah!!!

Crushed and melted ground fragments rise from beneath the crater, adding to its depth.

Each time, the corps commander’s body slowly but surely sank beneath the lava pile.

Just a moment ago, I was standing on solid ground, but now I can only feel the bottomless emptiness beneath the crater.

“The ground…!!”

“I realized it while fighting you, but the ground in this area is strangely weak.”

Lennok said, taking out a cigar from his pocket.

“The reason why cultists gathered nearby and held an offering ceremony was probably possible because the ley lines in this area were so unstable.”

“….”

“Do you understand what I’m trying to say?”

Lennoc cut off the end of the cigar, lit it, and looked down, puffing out smoke.

“Below the ground melted by lava from the Hwacheon River. “There is a potential volcanic zone created by the collision and division of the crust.”

Damn it…!!

The figure of the corps commander has now sunk into the lava to the point where half of his face is submerged beyond the tip of his neck.

Lennok said while looking at Roveride’s appearance.

“From now on, I will bring you below the crust. “If nothing catches it, it will probably sink tens of kilometers underground.”

“….”

“Either be burned to death by lava or crushed between rocks. Either way, don’t you think it’s a death worthy of a warrior like you?”

Preheating the flame magic and drawing out the red star system before you even arrive at the gate is a complete nonsense.

However, it is also true that there is no way to easily kill or incapacitate a corps commander-level giant.

Therefore, Lennok brought out the Hellfire Phantom Palace faster than originally planned and caused the Legion Commander’s Microcosm to go berserk.

Taking advantage of the fact that the nearby ground was unstable, they attempted to throw the body into a volcanic area beneath the earth’s crust.

Even a level 8 warrior with a strong body and relic-grade armor would not be able to survive for long in a sea of lava dozens of kilometers underground.

“ha ha ha…!!!”

At that moment, Roveride, with only half his face left in the lava, burst out laughing.

“Hahahahaha!!!!”

The light that erupted from inside the burning crater resounded across the dark night sky.

Did he go crazy before death? Or is it an expression of feeling glad even for one’s own death?

While Lennok watched the scene in silence, the corps commander stopped laughing in an instant and spoke.

“Right. understood. It’s a defeat for the main building. ”

“….”

“Did the 3rd Deadrise Corps air assault unit and the main building not stand up to just one wizard?”

It’s so crazy…!!

Roveride’s eyes, which looked up from the glowing lava, sparkled with intense emotion.

“But that’s why I was sure. After all, you have to join the corps no matter what.”

“Why?”

“It would be a complete waste for a wizard with great martial arts and intelligence like you to not dedicate his talents to this war!!”

Even as his entire body sinks and melts into lava, his will does not fade at all.

The mouth that was sunk in the crater moved and screamed at the top of its lungs.

“Even if the main officer dies here, you must become the commander of the corps. The talent of that incarnation can burn most brilliantly under the banner of the Legion!!”

“….”

Are you saying that, apart from killing Lennok, that talent should be used in Deadrise?

A fanatic who pursues only the cause of the corps, ignoring the deaths of himself and the 3rd corps.

“A few months later, the Marshal returns to headquarters.”

Roveride said, looking up at Lennok with burning eyes.

“Meet the enemy. And you can judge for yourself. “Which side is truly on the right side in this battlefield!!”

“It’s the right direction.”

Lennok exhaled cigar smoke and rubbed his head with a tired expression.

“I’ve already thought about that enough. “It’s hard to believe that the Legion’s goals will align with mine.”

“This is war, Evan Martinez…!!!”

Seeing Lennok’s indifferent gaze on the corps commander, Roveride shouted with a devil-like expression.

“If you are not an ally, you are an enemy!! “It is impossible not to take a side in a war that will decide the outcome of the entire world!!”

“It looks like you haven’t realized it yet.”

Lennok muttered as he retreated behind the crater.

“I came to the Blue Eyes to find an answer that goes beyond such interests.”

No, actually, I should say that the direction has already been decided.

For Lennok, what is lacking is not the result but the process.

The journey to find the answer itself is all that remains for Lennok.

But instead of telling Roveride those words, Lennok slowly walked back.

It’s been four days since we arrived at the central front and started moving.

There is a lot of work left to be done, and Lennok’s resources are not infinite.

I respect Roberide’s will to put even his own death under the banner of faith, but I did not have time to pay attention to each one.

“You’ll regret it, Evan…!!”

Did he sense that Lennok had completely lost interest in the current conversation?

Roveride, gritting his teeth and sticking his face out over the crater, roared.

“Even if I die here, the headquarters’ proposal will not change!! “Go to the headquarters, take over the position at the headquarters, and become the new corps commander!!”

“This is my first time receiving such a radical scout.”

Lennok smiled and shook his head.

“Do you know that that suggestion actually makes me more confident in my judgment?”

Lennok is also not certain that Loveride will die here.

It is also clear that the situation is at hand at the point where the corps commander is thrown into the crater.

However, apart from not being able to waste any more energy on this battle, Lennok decided that it did not matter if Roveride survived.

Although he cannot understand Roveride’s values of trying to recruit him into the army even before death, in the end, it is not a bad thing for Lennok.

If Vice Admiral Roveride dies, even if he miraculously survives and continues to try to recruit Lennok, his reputation will increase a thousand times.

If Evan Martinez’s reputation is expanding in the opposite direction of his solidity, there is room for that to be put to use as well.

In that case, leaving the life and death of the corps commander, who was strangely friendly to Lennok, to the fate of time, could also have its own meaning.

“I know what you want to say, but I think you should worry about yourself first.”

Lennok smiled and turned his head.

“If I survive that situation, I’ll consider it more seriously then.”

“Evan Martinez…!!!”

The new Roveride, which continues to increase its weight infinitely, eventually falls into a crater and disappears.

Kuguguguguguggung!!!!

Even as it was being crushed and sinking beneath the ground, the axis of the earth shook and vibrated as if it was resisting until the end, but that was only for a moment.

Soon, even that resistance disappears without a trace, leaving only quiet silence inside the crater.

Cheek!!

As Lennok watched, he sat down on the slope of the crater and put a cigar in his mouth.

This tobacco, made by grinding up medicinal herbs and leaves imported from the plant city of Lara Valley, helps expel heat from the body and stabilize body temperature just by inhaling it.

For Lennok, who becomes more difficult to control his body temperature and heat as he learns flame heat magic, this is a necessity that he always carries with him whenever he moves Evan’s identity.

Lennok was lost in thought as his cigar smoke puffed out.

‘It will be difficult to catch up with the gateway search party right now. From here on, I’ll have to go alone.’

Since a search party was sent first before dealing with Roveride, it is highly likely that they have completely left the battlefield by now.

He could have rested like this and waited for support, but even though Lennok thought so, he held his knees and pulled himself up.

The one currently occupying the first gateway is a joint master under the Order Federation.

There is no way the Federation would send support to save Evan, but at this point, I don’t want to let the information fall into the hands of the master of articulation.

According to the information received from the search party, the remaining distance to the gate is about a day’s walk.

In that case, there wouldn’t be a big problem with Lennok heading to the gateway on his own.

As Lennok thought so, he grabbed the black-green flame on the end of his cigar.

Crack, crack!!

“Stay still.”

[…?]

A figure of hellfire burning all the remaining cigar filters, shaking back and forth and tilting its head.

It continues to try to escape Lennok’s control, as if it has its own will.

Lennok, who watched the scene in silence, eventually withdrew his magic power and completely recovered the hellfire.

“If it’s not the Phantom Palace, you don’t listen at all. “Can’t we help it?”

A hex from the old world borrowed from the Dark Library. Hellfire Fantasy Palace.

However, Illusion Palace is not a technique that manipulates hellfire at the user’s will.

It is simply a technique specialized in shaping the flames of the negative dimension called hellfire into the form of a weapon.

This is because hellfire is a living flame with will, and cannot be fully controlled through magic.

‘I wanted to absorb it into the red star system before arriving at the gateway… but things don’t always go as planned.’

A power that can be used in battle only by confining it within the specifications of the weapon’s form and forcing its operation.

Among the [Embers] that Lennok obtained, it had the most heterogeneous negative nature, but for that reason, it was also an ember that had not yet been properly incorporated into the red star system.

It’s unfortunate, but it’s not a problem that Lennok can solve right now.

Lennok smoothed the edges of his sleeves and summoned a massive bike.

Wow!!

[Phenomena conversion system operation]

[Activation of automatic driving algorithm]

[Failed to find suitable driving path. Switch to autonomous driving mode.]

Clap la la rock!!

The shape of the monster bike flipped and folded on the spot, instantly transforming into the shape of a single-person hover bike.

A hover bike that folds its wheels to both sides of the body and floats on the surface using its own built-in booster.

“….”

Lennok, who was looking at the scene with a bewildered expression, asked.

“Was there a mode like this in the transmogrification system?”

[I was bored while working at the lab, so I tried modifying other algorithms as well.]

Dabi said, lying down in Lennok’s arms.

[I tried adding an airplane function to the automatic driving algorithm, but I needed a suitable test model to experiment with it.]

“I see. “Would you like to test a new algorithm using your master?”

Dabi’s muzzle, whose cheek was held in Lennok’s hand, was kneaded like rice cake.

“Since when did you start having such wonderful thoughts?”

[붸붸 붸 붸.]

Lenox, which was stretched out of Davi’s cheeks with both hands, turned the tail and let go of his hand.

“If there is any problem along the way, I know how to stop the development of the automatic flight algorithm for the time being.”

[Hehe, hehe… In fact, the altitude limit has been lifted, so you might fly away while riding -]

With the scream of the lightning spirit, the hover bike increased its speed and disappeared across the plain.

A huge plain that burned and melted. Craters everywhere and lava eruptions.

The flame turtle, whose shell was half destroyed, was left alone, yawning slowly and closing its eyes.

After being reverse summoned, so long that even its appearance faded away.

Slam!!

“…is this place?”

A dozen wizards wearing antique robes appeared in the middle of the battlefield.

The sight of the wizards standing with stern expressions as if they were cowering, looking back at the burned and cluttered battlefield.

“The battlefield… is still burning.”

“It wasn’t a bombing squad, it was done by a single wizard?”

At the head of the magician unit, a young man with long red hair pulled down into a bundle stood holding a terminal.

“Arrived. All five airships belonging to the 3rd Corps assault unit were confirmed. “It seems certain that they were destroyed in that battle.”

With an earphone in one ear, I tapped on the terminal and muttered to myself as if I was talking to someone invisible.

“So that I can notify the corps headquarters of the relevant facts and hear their reply. “I am willing to leave video records for cross-verification.”

[….]

“good. Askal, a rosary belonging to the Blader Magic Tower. “Let’s start the field investigation now.”

The young man who closed the terminal finally raised his red eyes.

“All of the Cheokhwa unit. “We disperse to search for traces of fighting and retrieve embers.”

“All right!”

Askal Lutz, one of the five prayer beads of the Blaver Magic Tower.

The Magic Tower’s scouting unit he leads is currently one of the best grenadier units on the central front.

Basically, the mission of the reconnaissance unit is to provide firepower to the forces on the Magic Tower’s side at the front.

As all of the wizards in the unit were excellent war mages, they were also performing the role of scouts in special situations like the present.

In particular, the appearance of a powerful flame wizard who is not a member of the Magic Tower is basically an emergency that the flame magicians pay the most attention to.

‘It’s been more than a few hours since the fighting ended, but the heat remains.’

Send out a fire extermination unit and extend your hand towards the lava flowing beneath your feet.

Cheap profit…!!

A sharp pain hits your fingertips as soon as you touch the lava. Feeling in my fingers has disappeared and my brain seems to be losing control.

Askal’s frowning eyes became complicated.

‘Flame-type magic power. Is it this much power even for me, a wizard of the same lineage?…’

Originally, because magicians of the same lineage share each other’s magic resistance, the power is often halved.

Even taking into account the fact that the owner of this flame is a powerful flame wizard, it is natural that the power is offset to some extent by a level 7 Askal who has completed the hierarchy.

But even taking that into account, the heat of the flame engulfing Askal’s fingertips was at a level that was difficult to handle.

A battlefield a few hours after the fighting ended. After spreading and preheating, only traces of ash remain.

“Evan Martinez…”

Just as Askal, clenching his fists, mumbled the name with a complicated expression.

“Askal. We secured the wreckage of the 3rd Corps airship and recovered some of the bodies.”

After quickly completing the investigation, the war mages of the pretender unit approached one by one and began to report.

“Identification can be confirmed through belongings, but most of the bodies were burned at the cell level, so genetic comparison seems impossible.”

“We have secured some remnants of heavy armor believed to belong to Vice Admiral Rovereide. ‘Violence’, a special impact-resistant alloy produced only in central cities. “It’s clear that the news is worth tens of billions of cells per gram.”

Askal asked, holding a fragment of armor that flashed with a strange light.

“What about the lieutenant general’s body?”

“We have selected highly sensitive unit members and assigned them to focus on the search, but there is no progress. “It is presumed that there is no body at the scene.”

“It’s unknown if he’s alive or dead…”

Is the failure to find Vice Admiral Roveride’s remains a gain or loss for Magic Tower?

It is difficult to predict the future, as is the impact that the news of Cheonbyeon’s overthrow of Deadrise’s 3rd Corps commander will have on the future front lines.

Askal pondered that fact and slowly looked away.

“There is one most important report left. “How was the ember recovered?”

“We recovered an estimated thousand fireworks. Just…”

“Just?”

The wizards of the pretender unit who had retrieved the flame from the sea of fire trailed off.

“The flame is not properly contained within the chain flame. At this rate, it seems impossible to transport the samples to the Magic Tower.”

“….”

Shaeyeomju (鎖炎珠).

Blaver Mage Tower’s fifth ancestral Mage Tower lord. A relic-level treasure created using the remains he left behind after his death.

It is a top-class artifact that traps and seals anything that takes the form of a flame and forces its preservation.

Even if it is a prayer bead called Askal, it is an item that is not normally allowed to be possessed, and is only allowed to be taken out under special circumstances like now.

If the opponent is a magician who uses the flame-type system, even if he is an archmage who transcends the hierarchy, he will inevitably be under the influence of this artifact.

Wasn’t that also why Askal was moving to conduct an on-site investigation, taking the risk that his opponent might still be waiting on the battlefield?

“Doris. How many possibilities can you think of if the flame is not contained within the chain beads?”

“The Chain Flame Jewelry is a treasure created through the remains left behind by the previous Magic Tower Lord.”

A bespectacled wizard named Doris answered.

“Because the relics were used as materials after his death, it is made up of laws that are more powerful than the state reached by the previous pagoda owner.”

“….”

“If the power of the Flame Spray doesn’t work, then the owner of this flame must be one of the ascenders who have reached level 9…” The

hesitating wizard smiled bitterly.

Because he also knew that saying such a thing was truly an absurd possibility.

“Doesn’t this mean that he is one of the previous magic tower owners who disappeared after his death?

“….”

A cold silence flows between the wizards of the pretender unit.

They too were aware that this situation was unprecedented.

Evan Martinez, the flame wizard who appeared in the border area of the Central Front.

The worst situation is that the power of the wizard who turned Balkan into a sea of fire may be more dangerous than they had imagined.

“…It’s not something that can be concluded based solely on on-site judgment.”

After thinking for a while, Askal slowly took a step back.

“Change the line. I have to speak to the tower owner directly.”

* * *

A gentle breeze blows, causing the bushes to shake incessantly.

Along the wide meadow, the grass was shaking and rippling like waves, and Lennok stood on the hill and looked down at the scene.

“That’s….”

Coo!!

On a plain that extends so far away that the end cannot be seen, the white bones of an extremely large demonic beast lie.

The size is so enormous that the skull of a dead demonic beast lying face down is hundreds of meters long.

“….”

Even Lennok, who has seen all kinds of strange and mysteries while traveling around the continent, has never seen such a gigantic corpse of a demonic beast.

If it was that big even after it died and became a white skeleton, it would have literally shaken the continent with its mere presence when it was alive.

No, maybe the existence of that demonic beast itself was like a small continent.

As if it had been there for a very long time, bushes and vines had grown over the white bones, entangling the shape.

Nevertheless, the magic power leaking out from the white bones of that gigantic beast is truly powerful.

The force of magical power surging around the bones of the demonic beast fills the plains in all directions and resonates softly.

Wooooow…!!!

Even now, if I close my eyes and listen, I can clearly hear the vibrations of magical energy resonating.

Although it was his first time seeing something like this in person, Lennok was able to understand it without having to ask for an explanation.

A huge [veil] spanning the entire continent that confines, hides, and protects the central city of Arsnova.

And the first entrance and first gateway to the inside of the [tent].

After fighting and moving non-stop for four days in the border area and staying up all night, Lennok finally arrived at the entrance.