Genius Wizard Takes Medicine - Chapter 826



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Chapter 826

Knot(13)

Private military company Dead Rise 4 Corps.

An armed force created to tour the East Continent and intervene in disturbances in various places to profit.

Lieutenant General Mirva Neosoto, who leads the 4th Corps, is a commander who has risen to the position of Corps Commander after countless real battles.

Except for Damus of the 7th Corps, he is a veteran with no one to compare with in terms of commanding ability among the generals moving in the field.

A former veteran who led his own warlord even before he was subsumed by Dead Rise, he is one of the few talented generals who has been given independent decision-making authority.

Isn’t the fact that she is now in Yorta the result of moving the army and stationing it in front of the Headlane River as soon as she heard the news that the memorial tower had collapsed?

If you pressurize the chaotic military command city to send troops in and take control of Yorta’s core infrastructure, you will be able to swallow the city without difficulty.

Even if they failed, it would be worth it, and if they succeeded, they would easily obtain one of the largest city-states in the East Continent.

Hearing the news, I thought that other contenders on the central front had moved quickly and secured an advantageous position before they could move.

[Mirva~ Ah, is it Mirva?]

I never thought that a Dead Rise general like her would go to Yorta.

What’s more, being captured by a magician of pandemonium, he was showing off his ignorance in front of the heroic spirits of Yoreta.

[long time no see. What are you doing there?]

“… … I guess that’s what I should ask first.”

Mirva replied, pressing her fingers between her throbbing eyebrows.

“Why is the captain there?”

A white-haired young man with his whole body tied up, projected through the telecommunications screen.

Her cheeks were frosted and her coat was frozen and crumpled, as if she had been stuck in a refrigerator somewhere.

An innocent expression of shaking his head while looking this way while lying face down at the feet of a masked magician with a soaked body.

However, among Mirva and the staff behind her, there was no one who did not know her face.

Within Dead Rise, there are only three generals of the rank of captain.

Even within this huge private military company, he was a prosecutor who had a special position with his unique ability.

However, Lennok, who captivated Songha, did not miss even the passing conversation.

[That sounds interesting. This idiot is one of the captains of Dead Rise?]

awesome!!

Lennok laughed as he stepped on the back of Songha’s neck with one foot.

[I knew he was a general, but I didn’t expect him to be an executive with a higher rank than a corps commander.]

“… … Pandemonium.”

Mirva frowned in annoyance and sighed.

“Don’t forget what you said earlier. So leave the hostages and talk.”

[Why? This is only one alter ego at most. Even if you die here, isn’t it normal that no damage should be done to the main body?]

“… … .”

Lennok, who had not hesitated to reveal Songha’s abilities, asked as he looked at the silent Mirva.

[There would be no reason for it to come out like that unless the supernatural ability has deteriorated to the point where it is impossible to distinguish between the alter ego and the main body. yes?]

“This cheeky bastard… … .”

As Mirva wriggled her expression, the scars on her face stood up and let out a vicious murder.

“Knowing everything, let’s play puns with me right now?”

[You got it right.]

Dududuk!!

At that moment, Songha’s neck twisted slightly in a bizarre direction on the spot.

[Whoops!]

The figure of Songha drooping with a cry of despair, and Mirva’s reaction as she stopped over the screen.

Lennok looked at it and said arrogantly to Mirva.

[I know roughly what you want, but I don’t want to be disturbed unnecessarily right now.]

“… … .”

[Did you say you had troops stationed outside the headlane river? Good for you then. Stay calm and wait there until I contact you again from this side.]

“Whoever wants… … !!”

[While dealing with other forces like you who are aiming for the city.]

Took-!

The telecommunications network is cut off on the spot, and Lennok and Songha disappear from the screen.

Mirva, who could not hold back her anger and hit the screen, stood up and glared at the staff.

“Summarize the situation right now. What is this now?”

Looking at Mirva with bloody veins, the staff responded quickly.

“It seems that Pandaemonium intervened in this incident where the memorial tower collapsed.”

“Since the specific circumstances have not been identified, we cannot know the current situation… … .”

“no.”

Mirva said as she smoked heavily.

“Captain Songha went into Yorta alone, why didn’t anyone know about it until now? Isn’t that the most important problem?”

“… … Communications between the inside and outside of the Central Front are often cut off, so it seems that orders from the Chiefs of Staff were not properly delivered.”

One of the staff explained while looking at the communication log.

“Judging from the fact that there have been several attempts from the 2nd HQ to access the Corps communications network… … .”

“Ha, damn it… … .”

The corps commander, who had been silent with a frown on his face, rose from his seat.

“For now, wait. If we don’t come up with a hostage exchange condition within one day, we will move.”

“All right.”

No matter how hot-tempered Mirva is, it is impossible to move the army when the same general is taken hostage.

Apart from the special position that Song Ha occupies within Dead Rise, his strength should also be of great help to the corps.

At least, I couldn’t move until I properly grasped the internal circumstances of Yoreta.

“And, research the masked magicians of Pandemonium and bring their profiles. Right Now.”

Looking at the broken screen, Mirva’s eyes shone coldly.

“I need to know what he did in the military command city.”

* * *

Lennok, who abruptly cut off communication with Dead Rise’s corps commander, turned his head.

“All right? This bought me time.”

“… … .”

“Take care of the negotiations with them. Wouldn’t you take a general-level superman hostage and be fooled?”

“… … I don’t know what the hell is going on right now.”

said Nimel, rubbing his temples with a tired look.

“Apart from receiving help from you, it is difficult for us to stand on the same side and deal with the warlords… … .”

“I don’t know what you mean. I have no intention of fighting Dead Rise. That’s a matter for you to figure out.”

“… … .”

“It just prevented a nuisance from happening before I got out of Yorta.”

Lennok nodded at Nimel, who was staring at Lennok as if he were at a loss for words.

“I have something to talk about with this idiot, so get out. When it’s over, I’ll hand over the new recruit.”

“… … All right.”

Nimel shook his head and backed away slowly, probably feeling that it was difficult to listen to the detailed explanation of the situation here.

The space on the first basement floor where Lennok was confined was emptied, and even the warlords who were besieging the surroundings were neatly bitten.

Standing at the entrance of the stairs leading to the ground, Nimel turned to Lennok and said.

“I will control the situation from the outside and put an end to it. Call me when you’re done talking.”

“I will.”

“Cough, Cough… … !! what is your identity… … ”

The first basement floor was empty after Nimel left.

Songha, who had collapsed beneath the shrine where the headlane river was flowing, weakly shook her head.

“How could you shake the alter ego’s ability to maintain it like this… … .”

The third improved version of the Goddess, the Librarian’s Three Poles is a magic that increases the target’s reflexes and thinking speed.

If so, to Songha’s alter ego, who even limited his own intelligence as a restriction to maintain his alter ego, it would have been considered an act of escaping the restrictions.

Perhaps because of that, it seemed that Songha couldn’t even properly guess what the magic was on her body.

“You don’t need to know. More important than that is this one.”

Saying so, Lennok took out the papyrus and held it up in front of the drooping Songha.

A travel diary left by Ethan Bajur in Yorta, and an artifact related to the Papyrus Argenteus series.

“… … That’s Ethan’s journal. It’s something that has an owner.”

As if Song-ha recognized it immediately, her eyes lit up even when she was drenched in water.

“You shouldn’t have… … !!”

Quick!!

At that moment, the block of ice that confined Song-ha slowly crumbles with cracks.

Even the restraints of the Cold Spirit Sorcery system, which amplified the strength and restraint with freezing magic, are trying to release with pure force.

However, Lennok raised his hand toward Songha, who was about to break out of the cold brew in an instant and jump out.

“If you move any further from there, I will rip this off.”

“… … !!”

“Ethan Bajour’s journal is written here. If you damage it, you will never open it again.”

Lennok looked at Songha, who had calmed down, and slowly wrapped his hand around the papyrus.

“Make a deal.”

“transaction?”

“What you want is not the papyrus, but the journal itself.”

It seems unmistakable that Ethan forgot the contents of the travelogue after his resurrection. There is also a reason to recover such forgotten memories.

Then, without handing over the papyrus, there were several ways to coax Song Ha out on the spot.

“I’ll copy and hand over the record of my experiences. Instead, answer a few questions.”

“… … .”

Surprisingly, instead of rejecting the offer, Song Ha put on a thoughtful expression.

It must be because at the point where the situation has changed like this, Song Ha also knows that taking the papyrus is far away.

It might be better to answer the questions and get your hands on the records.

Looking at Songha, who was troubled, Lennok slipped on the obsidian mask.

“I have no intention of fighting Dead Rise right now. If you’re a general, you shouldn’t die in a place like this, right?”

“okay… … That’s right.”

Songha’s eyes turned grim as if she felt something from Lennok’s question.

“Not too long ago, Peisha left like that.”

“… … .”

“The bastard who killed Peisha, I must kill him with my own hands.”

“Right.”

Lennox smiled and nodded.

“If you want to kill that wizard, you must first preserve your life in a place like this.”

“… … good.”

As if Song Ha had made up his mind, he stopped resisting getting out of the block of ice and asked.

“What are you curious about?”

“Looking at it earlier, it seems that the 4th Corps has left the central front and is near Yoreta.”

Lennok chose his words, organizing the situation in his head.

“Apart from continuing the individual actions of the Legion, what is the immediate purpose of the Dead Rise as a whole?”

“Completely subjugating warlords with heads on the central front.”

Songha calmly replied.

“They were big, but they had no substance, but their commanders went crazy and the momentum changed. He’s one of our current frontline competitors.”

“Is Damus also participating in the warlord subjugation operation as Head?”

“… … Do you know Damus?”

“Answer the question.”

Songha tilted her head and replied.

“Lieutenant General Damers commands the fastest mobile corps in the Legion, so he’s rarely left out in large-scale operations.”

The answer is much more detailed than I thought. As a general, how much do you know about the internal affairs?

“Because he is the busiest of the generals, he probably has very little outside activities… … How does a suspicious guy like you know?”

“well?”

Songha asked with a puzzled look, and Lennok replied with a smile.

“If you go back and ask him, maybe he will tell you.”

“… … .”

If I asked specifically about Dead Rise’s secrets here, Songha would not tell me.

If so, you should go back a little more than openly stabbing a secret.

Mainly, if you poke high-ranking officials like Songha and see the reaction… …

“I understand that Gileon’s activities have been infrequent within Dead Rise.”

Lennok asked.

“Is he dead?”

“… … .”

At that moment, Songha’s expression turned cold.

It must be because the moment that even the name jumped out of Lennok’s mouth, Songha’s thoughts naturally came to one direction.

“you. Are you in charge of the project?”

Song Ha’s question spreads ferocious momentum as if it would break the ice and jump out at any moment.

But Lennok knew it and laughed nonchalantly.

“I’ve met you once before. So it is only in memory.”

“That makes no sense. It’s clear that Gileon was on the scene-”

“I once broke his ironclad wings myself.”

“… … .”

As it happened at the time of the closed area, no one remembers what happened then.

An answer no one can figure out now, but certainly close to the truth for Lennok himself.

Songha must have felt that too, so she looked at Lennok’s mask for a long time before answering.

“Gilleon… … It hurts a lot. It hurts more than me.”

“Are you sick?”

“I have an old disease. It’s a disease I had before leaving the Balkans.”

“… … .”

“If it’s not Ethan’s business, I usually don’t move much. Edan rarely wants that either.”

Compared to the fame and power that Gileon had in the past, was that the reason why he had almost no external activities?

Hagiya, looking back at the time of the closed area, Gileon’s powers and abilities were quite different compared to other superhumans.

It wouldn’t be strange if he was suffering from a chronic illness while flying in the skies dominated by magnetic storms in the Balkans.

‘Should I pull more… … ?’

Will Songha be stimulated here to forcibly solve the internal affairs of Dead Rise, or will we leave room at the right time?

It’s been quite a while since I got out of the spire through the deal with Nimel, so if you’re not planning on escaping Yorta right away, you’ll have to come back soon.

Lennok nodded, silently contemplating the remaining time and the flow of people moving around the city.

Jjoeok!!

The block of ice that bound Songha’s body split in two on the spot and melted in an instant.

“Ufufu!”

“good.”

Lennok turned his back while tying Songha’s wet body with a chain located on the first basement level.

“I’ll copy and hand over the record of my experiences right now.”

* * *

After that, Lennok wrote down the contents of the ghost report in a suitable notebook and handed it over to Songha.

Lennok selected the common magic used for transcription and wrote it down in a notebook, and handed it over to Song Ha.

“Hey.”

Songha, who had been staring at the contents of the notebook, nodded her head in agreement shortly after.

“I have a feeling. I still don’t know if it’s really written by Ethan… … If you show it, there will be a reaction.”

“Is Ethan Bajour still staying with the main body of Dead Rise?”

“Sometimes.”

“… … .”

Perhaps feeling that the explanation was not enough, Songha scratched her cheek and said,

“After the Legion’s chain of command was completed, Ethan gave up his authority. Most of the practical work is handled by the mid-level general… … .”

“It means that generals at the rank of captain are busy playing and eating like you.”

“… … Why are you listening to me like that?”

Songha stared blankly at such Lennok before suddenly speaking.

“You said you belonged to Pandaemonium, right?”

“… … .”

“I don’t know who it is, but I’ve heard stories of archmages roaming the continents turning cities upside down.”

Songha looked at Lennok and said confidently.

“Why do you know Damus and Gileon? I’ll have to check it out when I get back.”

“do whatever you want.”

Lennok smiled and raised his mana.

I think I know who Songha is mistaking Lennok for. Also, the guess wasn’t entirely wrong.

However, it is also true that there is no need to correct Songha’s misunderstanding here.

So Lennok didn’t bother to respond, but immediately left.

“You are late.”

said Nimel, who stood leaning against the wall with her eyes closed.

Lennok struggled up the stairs, gesturing down.

“The generals of Dead Rise are locked underground. Take them before they escape.”

Nimel responded by ordering the other commanders to descend to the basement.

“Looks like you got what you were looking for at the crematorium ruins.”

She looked at Lennok quietly and asked.

“He left… … Was the Arrangement there?”

“… … well.”

Lennok turned to Nimel and replied.

“It was full of corpses that were sacrificed and abandoned like you.”

“… … .”

“I just found the root cause of the transaction in the church. And if you have to ask… … .”

The coming body prepared for Kaise Bajour. And the map that Ethan, who had visited Yorta first, left in his ghostly experience.

If you go back and examine the topography of the map engraved on the papyrus, you will know where to go next.

I haven’t yet uncovered all the mysteries left in this city, but I’ve obtained almost all of the goals I initially thought of in Yoreta.

“Ancient heroic spirits who, like you, slumbered in the basement. What are you doing?”

“We are waiting for you at the festival. It is to hear the story of this situation and make a decision.”

Not surprising.

It was self-evident that if the heroic spirits exiled from the nocturne tried to regain the power of Yorta, they would find Lennok one day.

Didn’t Lennok know that too, so he stayed in the city and took care of other errands?

“If you are ready, I will guide you personally.”

Koo Goo Goo!!

At that moment, the stairway where Lennok stood began to shake violently.

The canal and the ground that make up each floor of the city were moving, moving the floor on which Lennok was standing.

“The memorial tower was the center of maintaining the foundation of the city, but on the contrary, it was also a wedge embedded in the stairs.”

“… … .”

“Bondi Yorta is a floating city built on a river. The fact that there is no central point tying the city together is, so to speak… … .”

“You mean you can freely move and move all the stair sections in the city.”

thud!!

Stairs tightly bound by chains of fog were dragged out into the middle of Yoreta’s Highway.

The strong men of Yoreta’s shadow keep an eye on Lennok while exhaling ghastly demons.

Those who disobeyed the reign of the requiem, but accepted the cause of the night travel, are they trying to see the end of this turmoil?

At the end of the wide open boulevard, I could see a huge temple shining in pure white.

A beautiful and creepy scene that seems to have created a structure by weaving countless souls together.

Whoo!!

A sharp wind rang like a silent scream in the middle of the spacious hall of the temple.

At the same time as entering the temple, the appearance of a huge altar filled with sight.

Beyond the altar were five antique thrones in a row.

Above the throne, heroic spirits, each with a different form and aura, were looking down at Lennok.

“Nimel, you are very late.”

A muscular old man sitting on a throne in the center opened his mouth.

“Did it take so much time to convince this person?”

Lenok turned his gaze to the old man, and frowned over the mask in a strong sense of intimidation.

‘The size… … .’

The appearance itself did not give a threatening impression, but its size was the largest among the commanders gathered here.

Broad shoulders and a height of tens of meters. The size of the throne was also incredibly gigantic.

It seemed certain that the spirit of a giant, not a human, had become the commander.

“Sorry, Falunz.”

Nimel, who had followed Lennok before he knew it, lowered his head slightly.

“As long as the issue is an issue, I thought it could not be fulfilled without the consent of the person himself.”

“hmm… … .”

An old man called Falunz slowly wriggled his shoulders as he leaned back on his throne.

That alone made the fog shiver, and it felt as if it were being sucked into the Falunz.

Koo Goo Goo!!!

I guessed when I heard that the ancient heroic spirits had been banished from the night, but did such powerful beings still remain in the city?

If you think about it, it wasn’t unusual.

This military city is a city of ghosts where the boundary between life and death is located, and even the dead embrace.

It is also not strange that extraordinary people from all over the continent die and become military commanders, wandering around this city.

Wasn’t Nimel, who was standing next to Lennok right now, also a candidate for priestess of the church when she was alive?

The moment Lennok thought so and looked around blankly.

“That obsidian mask.”

The heroic spirit sitting on the far right of the throne, whose entire body was covered in black shadows, spoke to Lennok.

“It belongs to a familiar family.”

“… … Who is it?”

Instead of answering Lennok’s words, the black heroic spirit slowly tilted its head and murmured.

“The subject who uses the manipulation formula is wearing that mask proudly… … Are you the one who tramples on and insults old pride?”

“… … .”

“Well, it probably doesn’t matter now.”

The moment Lennok calmed his eyes at the incomprehensible monologue, the Heroic Spirit stood up from the throne and flicked his finger.

“Come closer.”

Chijik… … !!

At that moment, between the fingers of the darkly submerged Heroic Spirit, a dark black magician’s thread stretched out.

“If you are a performer who has reached the end of Ars Nova, I have something to give you as a noble.”