Genius Magician Who Eats Medicine Episode 556
From the End of Failure (3)
Knock!!
With the sound of communication being completely cut off, the conference room at Kurvas Dam fell into a dead silence.
Dozens of people stared at the woman in the center of the conference room without breathing.
The overwhelming presence that flowed from the being wearing a colorful apparel with her face covered with a veil filled the conference room.
Oliviera didn’t say anything and looked at the damaged equipment as the communication was cut off.
The figure of Virgil, a vampire who glides along behind her.
Keegan gritted his teeth and opened his mouth.
“Wait a minute…!!”
[…] … .]
“Are you going to come all the way here and leave with only a few words of message…!!”
Oliviera turned her gaze to Keegan’s words and stared at him through the veil.
Cold sweat ran down Keegan’s back just by facing the faint glow of the dark eyes hidden by the veil.
A feeling of pressure pouring down along the line of sight. It was also difficult to resist the reverberation of the magical power that weighed down her shoulders.
But even in the midst of that, Keegan tried not to forget what he had to do.
“Considering the procedures and responsibilities omitted to guide you to this place, this is not enough.”
Keegan took a deep breath and continued speaking with a pale complexion.
“Please provide more solid information and circumstantial evidence about the inside of the closed area….”
“…Officer Keegan Grimes.”
At those words, the vampire Virgil, standing behind Oliviera, slightly bared his teeth.
At the same time, the thick smell of blood emanating from under your feet. Keegan took a deep breath.
“I understand your situation, but it’s not like I can tolerate rude words and actions.”
“….”
Just by revealing a faint sense of life, the environment inside the meeting room is gradually changing.
An ancient vampire who overtook Parden McQueen to take the cartel’s de facto chief executive position as the first president.
It is rumored even in the sun that its intelligence and power are the most correctly balanced even in a huge conglomerate of companies.
“The cartel is not bound by the interests of the city government. If you want to understand that fact in a different way than words, there is no reason to stop it.”
If a 7th-level Ascendant starts using his hands right here, there will be blood and wind.
But Keegan gritted his teeth and shook his head.
“…no. I’ll have to listen though. If you know anything, you should definitely tell me here.”
A somewhat far-fetched claim. But it wasn’t that Keegan was swarming with Oliviera for no reason.
It’s not just to be compensated for the risk I took to get her into the dam here.
The fact that Oliviera herself arrived at this place in itself is clear evidence that she had the intention of heading to the closed area herself.
But after a brief conversation with Lennok, she gave up the plan without hesitation and walked away.
Keegan thought that the reason for his change of heart must be brought up here.
That trivial act of changing Oliviera’s mind couldn’t be established without the certainty that this matter could be solved.
“You don’t understand the warning.”
Virgil didn’t say it twice. His red eyes narrowed coldly.
The two veins of blood that rose between his fingers spun in a spiral and grabbed Keegan’s collar.
“Keep kee ha ha…!!”
Keegan’s expression, a young man and an old man coexist, is painfully distorted.
Keegan’s limbs trembled as the gushing veins gripped his collar like a living grip and choked his throat.
[That face.]
The reason the bloodline’s grip, which seemed to break his neck at any moment, stopped because of the thunder that resonated beyond the veil.
[He must have been a survivor at the time of the closed area incident.]
“Cool!!”
A line of blood released like a lie. The collapsed Keegan coughed weakly.
[Most of them would have died shortly after the bombing, but they managed to survive and come this far.
] … !!”
To the collapsed Keegan, Oliveira turned her head languidly.
She murmured as she sat down slightly and met Keegan’s gaze.
[Kaise wasn’t too happy to see victims like you. He considered the sacrifice he had made to be an error coming from the gap between lack and failure.]
“Whoa…!! Who would love that… … !”
[That’s right.]
Oliviera obediently affirmed.
[However, in the conclusion of this maddening world, it is only a minor sentiment. At least it should look that way.]
“That….”
[Because that mistake in judgment killed Kaise in the end.]
“…!!!”
The remark was so shocking that even Virgil, who had been silently listening to her, held his breath.
Leaving the meeting room that had turned quiet, Oliviera slowly stood up.
[I tell you this story because I thought you, the survivor of the incident, deserved to hear about the end of Kaise.]
“….”
[The person who ruined your life ended up dying in a similar way to the one who sacrificed you guys.]
Looking at Keegan, who couldn’t say anything, said Oliviera as if he was having fun.
[The ending of those who put their own lives on the chessboard is usually like that.]
“…You?”
Keegan asked quietly.
“Do you think your ending will be like that too?”
Virgil furrowed his brows at the shameless question that seemed to cost him his life, but stopped at the sound of laughter that flowed through the veil.
Oliviera looked down at Keegan, who had collapsed for a moment, and answered with an unwavering shout.
[Do you mean this?]
There were no further questions and answers.
Leaving the silent conference room behind, Oliveira and Virgil quietly walked out of the hallway.
The cartel’s most elite troops, waiting outside the conference room, quietly guided them to the roof of the dam’s water wall.
tutu tutu!!!
A heavy black aircraft gliding over the water wall, scattering loud noises.
the water wall of the dam. Due to the influence of the closed area, it is flying casually in the vicinity of the closed area, which is considered virtually impossible to fly.
[It seems that the newly developed airship has already arrived. What would have happened if anti-gravity technology had not been commercialized?]
Oliviera glanced up at the airship and said with satisfaction.
[Evan Bylon really did a great job. The landscape of this city will change a lot in the future.]
“Researchers at Cartel headquarters are looking for a way to contact Evan Bylon. It is said that the cooperation of the authors of the paper is essential for dramatic performance improvement… … We plan to delegate that task to the board of directors.”
Virgil, who reported on the headquarters’ airship mass production business, asked as he got on the airship with Oliveira.
“Would you mind not helping Van? Even though the president is moving, I came with the intention of going out on my own if the situation arises… … .”
[After meeting Kaise once, he came back alive and contacted me, so there was no need for me to move.]
Oliviera leaned slightly against the seat as if tired and lowered her head.
[That’s proof that this situation won’t end easily with only the will of either side, whether it’s Kaise or Kyeon-ro. I checked that, so it’s done.]
“Are you saying that the fact that the situation is not resolved quickly means that it is good?”
[A piece of the past that is different from reality but infinitely close to reality…It’s not a level that can be dismissed as simply a fantasy or a memory.]
From the other side of the veil, I felt as if Oliviera smiled slightly.
[It’s a dream we all once had, and someone still has.]
“A dream…you mean?”
[Between endless rest and daydreaming, someone still hasn’t let go of that hope. And I think I know who he is to some extent.]
“….”
[Innocent must have noticed that fact and tried to find herself in the endless dream… … .]
Only faint ridicule remained between the distant airships.
[Even at the time, he wasn’t the only one who thought that way.]
* * *
A cold, foggy cathedral.
A gigantic structure located in a meadow in the south of District 25.
Lennok took out a stimulant, hidden between buildings with the cathedral visible in the distance.
Although not all of the fatigue from the intense battle has been relieved, there is no time to take a long break to take care of your body.
I had no choice but to continue the forced march, even if it depended on the strength of the medicine.
“Do you see anything?”
“…at all.”
Felix, who had been hiding his characteristic gigantic size among the piles of collapsed concrete, answered.
“I don’t see any special presence or presence outside the cathedral.”
“I can’t rule out the possibility that it’s a trap.”
Illya said while inspecting the equipment she was carrying.
Clap!!
One of the five Super Vibration Spears was already half damaged and on the verge of losing its function.
After hesitating, Illya eventually broke the broken spear in half to completely stop its function, and took out the parts from inside.
The spear made with Cybrid Echo’s technology contains a control device that controls movement in conjunction with Ilya’s brain waves.
The practicality of being able to resonate brain waves with magical power and integrate them with the movement of the spear, and apply it even to superhuman battles.
It is an item worthy of consideration for its value and rarity. It must have been difficult to just throw it away in a place like this.
“In the worst case, we may be surrounded the moment we reach the meeting place.”
“…No, they don’t even have that much power.”
Lennok shook his head, pondering Ilya’s words.
“The forces put in for Kaise’s research are limited to a small number. If monsters like Oliviera or Madric have moved, you will undoubtedly know in advance.”
“….”
“To be considered a trap, the way the message was delivered was too secretive, and the meeting place was too far from the power plant. It is proof that I do not intend to play nonsense.”
“but….”
Instead of replying, Lennok stood up and started walking.
Felix and Illya naturally stood up following the wizard with the wand, but Lennok waved his hand right away.
“Go alone.”
“It’s dangerous when your classmate doesn’t show up.”
“No, it would be safer for you guys to watch the situation from the outside.”
Lennok looked at the two of them with a cold gaze.
“Like Ilya said, if you consider the possibility of a trap, you should stay even more distant. Wouldn’t it be the worst situation to be surrounded by three people at once?”
“….”
Leaving the two unable to answer, Lennok immediately moved toward the cathedral.
The quiet sound of footsteps resonating in a city that doesn’t feel human.
Even at noon, the fog surrounding the cathedral is so thick that it is difficult to see ahead.
Awesome… … !!
Grasping the old church door open with his bare hands, Lennok saw that the dust that had flowed through the mist had filled the chapel inside the church.
Coughing low, I walked to the front of the chapel and sat down in an empty chair.
“As promised, I came alone.”
Lennok muttered to himself in the empty chapel.
“Kaise himself won’t be able to come, so it’s probably a messenger…If you have something to say, finish it quickly.”
Felix and Illya didn’t seem to notice, but Lennok had known for a while that someone was waiting for him inside the cathedral.
It detects signs that have faded to the limit with Magical Perception, and projects its location and traces using the angle of attack and the Mystic Eye.
“Or are you going to pray together in this old chapel?”
“…No way.”
With those words, someone’s figure slowly began to appear on the chair across from Lennok, as if the color was peeling off.
“I am aware of the existence of gods, but I have no intention of worshiping them. This place, too, is nothing more than an incomprehensible space for unmanned people.”
A scruffy figure cradling something crookedly with his arms crossed and holding something elongated in his arms.
The wide, black appliqué that did not show the shape of the body, and the strangely colored hair that looked like a checkerboard mixed with black and white.
But Lennok felt his breath stop the moment he saw the young man’s face revealed at the end.
“I’ve been up all night for over fortnight. The feeling of wanting to finish the operation as soon as possible and go back is the same here. Let’s finish quickly and part ways.”
“….”
“Why do you look like that? Hmm, it’s already too dirty to ask if you’ve got something on your face.”
Seeing the young man scratching his head shyly, Lennok was speechless.
I just thought about it for a long time, and then I just held out a name in front of him.
“…Claude Azlan. was this the purpose? for this… … .”
“hmm? How do you know its name?”
The young man with a slightly surprised expression immediately nodded his head with a satisfied expression.
“It seems that the achievements accumulated on the front line are slowly starting to spread throughout the city. Have there already been strangers recognizing me?”
“….”
“It was good that I participated in Prince Kaise’s strategy before the end of the civil war.
Did Kaise know about this and send this man as a messenger to Lennok?
The face of the young man sitting in front of Lennok bore a striking resemblance to the 8th level spearman who had led him into the closed area.
No, it is not enough to say that they resemble each other.
If you imagine Claude skipping decades of time and not yet reaching the level, he would probably have a face like this.
Although he was freed from the effects of aging as he climbed the hierarchy, his expression was full of vitality before he was shaken by madness and unconsciousness.
Superhumans of the past who participated in Kaise’s operation.
It wasn’t just Oliviera or the executives of Madrid Onion Dead Rise in the past.
Claude Azlan, an innocent past keeper of the battle gate and an 8th-level spearman, had also participated in an operation to help Kaise’s research decades ago.
