Jindun (4)
stood at a crossroads.
An imbalance that could explode at any moment. Frenzy like a dangerous bomb.
I feel as if the power and awareness condensed from the inside to the limit are about to degenerate into something different from the existing silence.
Something completely different from the seven hierarchies that Lennok had been constantly building since he woke up in this world.
One step towards true self-perfection beyond the seven stages of self-change.
Didn’t I leave everything behind and reach this cradle by following a confident intuition hoping that it was at the end of this labyrinth?
However, Lennok, who opened his eyes after the conversation with Jindun, was still aware that he had not reached the pinnacle.
‘It’s because of the transmission of barrier art.’
As he inherited at least a portion of the Ascendant’s Source Spell, the hierarchy within Lennok fluctuated greatly and changed into something else.
In the process, the transcendence of the realm that he had originally reached after gaining confidence through the answer with Jindun was delayed.
A lot has changed from the original plan, but it doesn’t matter much.
Rather, it was because he had a hunch that this opportunity given to Lennok would serve as a stepping stone to elevate him to an unknown level.
What will Lennok see if he completely digests Jindun’s shielding technique and reaches the highest level?
It’s probably something completely different from the other 8th level archmages he’s encountered so far.
Perhaps the golden ring that has risen like a halo behind his back might be holding onto a piece of the distant future.
However, instead of thinking about it for a long time, Lennok’s eyes flashed at the figure of the leader who had landed at the bottom of the stairs.
Jigsaw…!!!!
‘I don’t have much time.’
Memories flowed into my head from the conversation with Jin Dun.
Through it, he temporarily took over the control of the Hanghasa Labyrinth and punched the remaining magic into his body, but this did not last long.
No matter how powerful and steadfast the power of the ascendant’s entire ideology may be, it is basically a kind of remnant that materializes by projecting the magician’s image into reality.
As long as the subject of the technique called Jindun is dead, it is impossible to maintain the original form intact.
The mana that Lennok is currently using will also be cut off from the power supply and disappear once the operation of the pipes that were scattered all over the cradle is cut off.
But it doesn’t matter.
I was thinking of getting what I could get from the leader of Pandaemonium before the condition that temporarily soared to the limit ran out.
Wheein!!
Lennok’s pupils rotate like crazy, drawing purple demonic eyes.
The cracks in the pupils grew deeper and deeper, making it impossible to see properly.
Despite the traces of countless cracks blocking the vision of his left eye, Lennok continued to raise his mana.
5 space leaps in a row using the mana that constantly overflows throughout the body.
Lennok’s body, which jumped several tens of meters in an instant with five flashes, runs toward the leader without any acceleration or stop.
PABABABABAAT!!
“There’s a wizard!!”
Quaang!!
Maya’s new model, which had been hit by Lennok and crashed into it, chased after it, scattering pale flashes.
The overflowing magic power blocks the leader from reaching him and stops him.
Chow!!
It was because the leader realized that the reason why he did not intervene in this battle was to preserve Jindun’s remains intact.
The angled blade held in reverse in Maya’s hand rotated in three directions in one space.
The three branches of mana twisted in different directions cut themselves through repulsion and resonance, creating a pale flash from the center.
keying… … !
It is the essence of her microcosm that made Maya Lenslit the best enforcer in Machine City.
The limit of the concept of ‘penetration’, which completely cuts through and pierces any resistance and barriers that stand in the way.
Not only interfering with the concept of space, but also reaching the realm beyond it, even for a moment, as a lethal assassin, she has reaped and suppressed countless chaos in the city.
After the failure of the Gate of Ascension, her authority as an executor was deprived and her magical powers were sealed, and her skills declined compared to the past, but her image of having executed countless criminals for decades still sharpens and aims at Lennok.
Five space jumps rushing towards the leader. Looking at the previous two leaps, predicting the third spot with an error in centimeters.
It pierces his heart before the moment when Lennok crosses space and reveals himself.
Pooh!!
“…!!!!!!”
Maya’s eyes widened as she realized that the piercing flash she had swung without wavering had been reversed into her thigh.
“I folded it without crossing the space…!!”
Did he just fold and bend the space around Maiya, completely shifting the swinging angle of her arm?
It’s not just an artifact or spatial interference reaching level 8.
Belatedly realizing that Lennok was using a spell that manipulates space itself, Maya shook her head, but was a step too late.
A breath close to an instant before you even blink your eyes.
Lennok, who sat down in front of the leader without a sound, raised his left arm without hesitation.
A thunderbolt that bent and twisted between my hands exploded without hesitation, distorting the watch.
[Thunderbolt]
PAZZZZZZ!!!
An enormous flash of electricity that burst out from the back of the bent forearm. Concentrate all of that firepower as it is and wield it at once.
The direction of the lightning essence that descended to the ground was not the leader’s heart, but upward.
Towards an unrecognizable face still clinging to the noise.
The moment when they confirmed each other’s existence right in front of their eyes.
Lennok whispered, using a telephony that ran faster than consciousness.
“That face. I’m going to show you here.”
* * *
Kwaaaaaang!!!
The walls of Cradle’s palace burst open, and Lennok bounced out beyond them.
Lennok’s body, thrown into the air at high speed, stood still in the air.
Forced flight using only pure magical power.
Even though he uses a flight technique that is very inefficient compared to the amount of horsepower consumed, Lennok’s horsepower does not shake even a handful.
Ten meters up in the sky, the wealthy Lennok looked down at the cradle sitting on the white lake in silence.
It seems that the other person has not yet come out of the cradle, but Lennok had a hunch that the brain was not working.
‘I didn’t think it would work out from the start… … .’
Of course, just because Lennok obtained the magical power of the labyrinth does not guarantee victory to the leader of Pandaemonium.
The opponent is a monster of a different dimension who discusses the ending from the perspective of an equal with the Ascendant and even obtains that death.
Although it is impossible to know exactly what level he reached and how powerful he was, it is natural that it is difficult to guarantee Lenok’s chances of winning.
However, I thought I would be able to see at least that face wrapped in noise now that various conditions and situations have been added… … .
It was an illusion.
“I know what you were thinking. But it makes no sense.”
The leader walked out of the cradle with Jindun’s remains in his arms.
“This is not what I wanted to do. It’s just a side effect of not being able to accept the cause and effect I have in this timeline.”
“Looks like it.”
said Lennok.
“As if you were not a resident of this world.”
“…The captain
was silent for a moment before replying.
“I said, but I have no intention of killing you. The party who shared the answer of Zygis. The last will of the great ascendant should be respected as much as possible.”
“…”
“But apart from that, it must be that his talent is phenomenal…. Jindun didn’t make a vain choice.”
The captain looked up at Lennok’s face and asked.
“You seem to have realized a way to get out of the hierarchy, right? It wouldn’t be strange if a new extreme position was born sooner or later.”
A question close to certainty, not confirmation. It is nothing more than a reminder of what you already know.
Realizing that, Lennok also remained silent instead of responding to the captain’s words.
It was because he realized that while his words were far from the truth, they more accurately pinpointed Lennok’s strength.
The leader looked up at Lennok for a moment and then slowly lowered his head.
“I don’t like the addition of new power to the blue eyes…I will accept it. If it is the will that Cheon-Gyeon completed with his own death, then I am willing to respect it.”
“…A will completed through death?”
Lennok opened his mouth to ask the question back, but the captain ignored it.
Taking a step onto the lake, his body fades away slowly.
As if the reason to exist in this place had been exhausted.
Lenok immediately tried to raise his mana to hold on to the leader’s body, but the leader muttered a word and his entire body froze.
“I don’t know which one is your real name, but you’d better think twice about my proposal, Ban.”
“…!!”
“Because you already deserve to stand in the same place as us. Until then, keep your secrets in this cradle.”
The back of the leader holding the remains of Jindun disappears through the fog.
Lennok stood dumbfounded and silently looked behind him.
The leader of Pandaemonium already knew that Evan and Ban were the same person.
* * *
KOO GOO GOO GOO!!!
The cradle, which had been rocking slowly, collapsed and the entire white space began to shake.
When the existence of Jindun died and even the remains left this space, it collapsed from the deepest part of the labyrinth and began to collapse.
This pure white space that existed beyond the last gateway is the limit of the entire history that embodies Jindun’s most fundamental image.
It was not unusual for the image itself to disappear and collapse from the center of the labyrinth.
Lennok was watching the collapse of the cradle from the pillar of the lancet stone.
“….”
Koo Goo Goo!!!
Even if Jindun died, everything in the labyrinth would not disappear.
The Ascendant’s ideological domain is too strong and clear to be entirely destroyed by the loss of its owner.
Already, this labyrinth is an object that erodes the entire real world and exists as a part of it.
Even if the source of power disappears, the evidence of the existence of the labyrinth will not disappear and will remain as a part of reality.
A chuckle echoed beneath Lennok’s feet as he watched the cradle collapse with a complicated expression.
“You’re sick of it.”
Maya with a tired complexion. On his back is the body of the fainting Ermong.
The clear cut left on her right thigh, she roughly tore her clothes to stop the bleeding, then looked up at Lennok and asked.
“What did the captain say at the end?”
“He said to eat.”
“Haha!”
Maiya burst out with a silly laugh and said with a straight face.
“Hey Evan. I’ve outlived you by almost 60 years. If you say that one more time… … .”
“Come now?”
Lennok muttered and stood up.
At the same time, a huge amount of mana flowed from his body like a wave.
“Aren’t there too many indecent behaviors for each other to pretend to be elders?”
“….”
It was only then that Maya realized that Lennok’s magical powers hadn’t gone away, and her words cut off.
This is the point at which the labyrinth began to collapse. It wouldn’t be strange if the residual magic power gathered in the cradle had run out of effect a long time ago.
What does it mean that the mana flowing through Lennok’s body is still maintaining its prestige?
Lennok succeeded in maximizing the size of his maximum magical power beyond simply temporarily handling the magical power of this labyrinth.
Realizing this, Maya smiled involuntarily.
“Ha, I see now that it was you who got the biggest harvest, not the leader. Have you made not only the clues to level 8, but also part of Jindun’s magical power as your own?”
“….”
Through the game with Jindun, transmission of the knowledge of the barrier technique.
It would have been impossible if it hadn’t been for the magic response using it, but Lennok didn’t bother to explain it to her.
“Everybody who entered this labyrinth except for you must have been fooling around. If the Hanghasasa Labyrinth collapsed, it would be a long way off to find Jindun’s relics in the wreckage… … .”
Maya sighed lightly and turned her back.
“Did you do something good for the young grave robbers snooping around here decades later? It doesn’t matter.”
“Where are you planning to go?”
“Are you asking because you don’t know? I will go out.”
Maya replied indifferently.
“The doctor searched long ago, and the leader told me to take the two of you out, but I have no intention of fighting you now. I have no choice but to take this bastard jeweler and leave.”
Carrying the body of Zaun on her shoulders, Maya couldn’t hide a wry smile as if she was quite funny.
“Die inside the gateway. It’s like I’m taking care of two guys who entered the competition…I have lived a long time, really.”
“….”
“See you live. If there is a next one.”
Her greeting, casually letting go of what they had been fighting to kill each other for.
It was proof that Maya Lenslett had come this far after going through many situations like this.
Lennok stared blankly at Maya’s back as he walked away and then turned his head away.
At this moment when I can afford it, it might be the right decision to kill Maya right here and get rid of the aftereffects.
It was only because she entered the labyrinth alone and was exhausted from dealing with a person of the same level of skill, because Maiya was clearly a tremendously strong person even in Lennok’s opinion.
However, Lennok stopped playing even though he was clearly aware of this, and Maiya naturally left as if it were natural.
Everyone knew that the presence of the leader who had just left this place still entangled the two of them.
As long as the leader declares that he will keep Lennok alive, Maya cannot kill Lennok, and Lennok cannot use his hands against Maya.
If it’s the existence that transcends time and space, casually speaking of cause and effect, it might appear here again sometime and try to sort out the situation.
And Lennok had no intention of taking another gamble, believing in such odds.
Rather, when I thought about what I had to do from now on, it was natural to wait for Maya to disappear first.
Shuk… … !!
Realizing that Maya’s presence was completely out of the cradle, Lennok stood up on the lancet stone he had slipped on.
The knowledge that Jindun passed on through the game did not include only the barrier art.
The knowledge of the labyrinth. He also taught me where the artifacts he had collected over hundreds of years were.
Lennok squeezed his magical energy into the window sill that he had been sitting on casually and twisted it.
At the same time as he manipulated his magic power in the direction that existed in his memory, something like a small altar rose right behind the place where the cradle collapsed.
Koo Goo Goo!!!
Lennok went straight to the altar without paying attention to the other spearstones.
Genius Wizard Who Eats Medicine Chapter 376
