The drug-eating genius wizard, episode 670,
random box (5)
The moment Dylan pulled out the blue heart, Lennok immediately recognized where it came from.
A religious group that worships a failed god that prospered under the name of Church of God in World 2.0.
In this world, it was a relic containing the power of someone newly established in the name of the church.
And Lennok knew why Dylan had picked up such an artifact from beyond the door.
Dylan O’Casey is a test subject sacrificed for the cult’s plan to train immortals, and an irregular born at the end of it.
Because that was the essence of Dylan, who possesses bizarrely powerful regenerative and physical abilities.
Whether he likes it or not, his origins are strongly related to the power of the Order.
If Dylan consumes the blue heart, he will gain great power, but there is a high possibility that he will not be able to escape from the Church’s control beyond that.
Lennok had briefly brought Dylan to the underground lab to inform him.
Dylan, who had been silent, looked at the beating blue heart and said.
“When I entered the office, I had no major complaints about life. After going through that kind of thing, I’m grateful just for living on a daily basis.”
“….”
“But since the number of things I have to do increases and it becomes too much for me to settle down, I guess I understand my problem.”
Dylan said quietly.
“My body is the result of human experimentation no matter what. Since it is a body that was created by someone else’s will, I cannot say that it is completely my own.”
Dylan, who rubbed the blue heart he was holding, shrugged his shoulders as if to help himself.
“It’s not cool to obsess over the past. I’ve been trying hard not to cling to that fact… … It doesn’t work out either way.”
“Do you think it was different in your heart?”
“The lingering lingering feelings…The moment I pulled the lever, it was immersed. Your random box is a really great thing.”
Dylan laughed.
“Enough to understand why they wanted to give us this experience. It must be because you acquired such great things in Machine City, right?”
“….”
“You are bolder and more cautious than anyone I know. You don’t even need to hear why when you say this.”
After saying that, Dylan took off the professional wrestler mask he was wearing.
A clean face with not a handful of hair remaining. On the skin, unknown letters are covering the skin in the form of grains in thousands and tens of thousands.
Lennok couldn’t read the text, but he had a hunch that it was an object related to the church’s scriptures.
As Dylan clutched at the blue heart, the church’s letters engraved on his skin were wriggling violently.
A subtle movement that urged him to consume the heart right now.
If Lennok felt that way, Dylan’s compulsion must be indescribable.
“therefore….”
Dylan, who was looking at the blue heart with a bewitched look, slowly lifted it to his lips.
The mercenary’s hand, which looked as if he would push it into his mouth at any moment, slowly gained strength.
Dud Deuk!!
As if the momentary hesitation was a lie, it crushes the heart as if squeezing it.
[Eh!]
A terrible terminal that is unknown to Dylan’s skin or in the heart is ringing.
My heart, which poured out blue blood, thumped and convulsed, then shattered and fell between my fingers.
Pudeuk Pudeuk!!
The piece of heart that had fallen under the feet of the two of them dried up in an instant, then turned into a handful of powder and disappeared.
All that remains is the blue blood that remains on Dylan’s fingertips.
Even that continues to wriggle as if there are still lingering lingering feelings.
Dylan, who even wiped off the blood from his gloves, nodded as if he was relieved.
“This is it. I believe in you.”
“….”
“What’s so hard about giving up something I wouldn’t have even looked at if it weren’t for you in the first place.”
Dylan grinned and put on the professional wrestler mask again.
“Let’s go out and have a drink again! Because of his constitution, he rarely gets drunk even if he drinks.”
“no. There is still work to be done.”
Lennok grabbed Dylan, who put his arm around his shoulder and shouted cheerfully.
“Eh?”
Dylan tilted his head in confusion.
“Ah, do I have to incinerate something? If it’s something like this, it’s only natural, but… … .”
“I made you open the door not for me, but for you to recognize the possibility you most desire.”
said Lennok.
“I made you give up myself, so I will give you the price instead.”
“No half. So, if it weren’t for you in the first place, there would be nothing to see-”
“I gained a strong regenerative ability through the immortal body experiment, but on the contrary, I know that it is confined to its limits.”
Dylan shut up.
“At this rate, it would be impossible to complete the hierarchy. It is not a matter of talent or effort, but because the limits of regeneration of the body itself are set.”
Dylan’s regenerative ability is stronger than any regenerative ability that Lennok has ever seen.
On the contrary, because of that, Dylan’s limitations are also bound to be confined within the confines.
The regenerative ability does not remember the growth of the body, and only restores the parts where positive or negative changes occurred.
That’s why it must have been difficult for Dylan to achieve physical growth other than polishing his own magic and skills.
And it was a fatal limitation and weakness for those with physical abilities.
“…What do you want to say?”
“I can release the limiter.”
Dylan’s lips twitched at Lennox’s plain reply.
“what…?”
“To be precise, it is forcibly releasing the biological mechanisms and reaction limits of the body that have been maintained as a result of the experiment.”
Lennok shook his head.
“Instead, the regenerative and bodily abilities that you have learned through your senses will get out of your control.”
“….”
“In the worst case, you may not be able to control your abilities and your body may burst or disintegrate. If that’s okay… … .”
Lennok put his hand in his arms and met Dylan’s gaze.
“I will help you overcome your limits.”
Dylan couldn’t answer right away.
He knew just as well that Lennok was not one to joke about things like this.
The fact that he confessed his true feelings, broke his heart, and carried through with that attitude may have been in order to ask this question.
And I know that if this magician goes this far, it won’t end in lies.
Lennox wanted to know if he was ready for Dylan.
After silence, Dylan’s mouth opened.
“…What can I do?”
“nothing.”
Taking those words as an answer, Lennok pulled out a long staff from his arms.
Archangel’s Compassion, a relic-grade artifact with colorful wings hanging from both sides.
Inside the iridescent jewel embedded in the tip of the staff, a whitish light like a ghost hovers as if it were alive.
Lennok nodded as he moved the tip of his wand to Dylan’s chest without hesitation.
“Be conscious until the end and hold on. can you do it?”
“of course.”
Dylan laughed.
“Because that’s what I’ve been doing all my life.”
“I’ll go on the count of three.”
As Lennok said, he energized the archangel’s pity.
Kagak!!
The magic power coiled around the staff gathered at one point at the tip and turned into a sharp blade.
Feeling the fact that it would pierce his chest, Dylan gulped.
Lennok started counting.
“three.”
Pooh!!!
“Cool!!”
Dylan, who looked at the archangel’s pity that penetrated his chest in an instant, cursed while bleeding profusely.
“I was expecting up to two fucks….”
“I won the psychological battle.”
“…Were you fighting?!”
The fact that he can speak even when his heart is pierced proves Dylan’s monstrous tenacity and regenerative ability.
It is the durability that survived being beaten from the front even against the Croken Asilus.
As soon as Lennox realized that Dylan’s condition wasn’t too bad, he immediately spun his magic.
The magic that was sharpened to pierce the heart now rotates into rainbow-colored jewels.
[…] … Sorcerer.]
He awakened the spirit of the archangel that was sleeping inside the jewel.
[I would have told him not to wake him up if it wasn’t for his job.]
Archangel of the old world. Kashuin, the god who served a failed god and could not overcome the ending, opened his eyes.
[It is difficult just to save up and hold on. If it’s useless, I won’t let you go.]
Despite Kashuin’s annoyed muttering, Lennok nodded without batting an eye.
“It is a church thing. Do you know about immortality?”
[Immortal body? Oh yes… … .]
It was only then that Kashuin’s consciousness began to notice Dylan, who had been pierced by a staff member.
[It was a project that was abandoned because it was only a grandiose concept in Kyo-guk and failed in demonstration. How much success did you have here?]
“It would be faster if you knew. I plan to release the immortal limiter from now on.”
[Hmm…what good I’m also interested in what the immortal incarnation he wanted would look like.]
Kashuin’s will moves as he watched Dylan convulsing with interest.
The archangel’s magic power flowed back into Dylan’s body through the staff that penetrated his heart.
[I’ll forcibly upgrade Lee’s faith level. Is that enough?]
“Enough.”
Archangel Kashuin had the authority to manage the kingdom.
If the religious leader maintains that stance even after crossing the world once, there is no way that Kashuin’s power will not work.
The archangel’s authority, once transcending the world, began twisting doctrine and changing Dylan’s body.
“Ah evil…!!”
Dylan’s body shuddered and his skin cracked and blood gushed out.
The letters on his face shimmered and faded, and the blood on his reddened skin turned black.
However, in an instant, new flesh rises between the blackened skin, stopping the blood and raising the collapsed skeleton.
[He was an apostate who tried to reject his faith even though he had received grace. Do you know that you have been abandoned?]
Kashuin whispered mockingly to Dylan, who was trembling and frothing in immeasurable pain.
[It’s miserable to see abandoned dogs licking each other’s wounds, but it’s worth watching if you’re foolish enough to burn your own body to prove your disbelief.] Intervening in the cult’s magic using the archangel’s abilities and authority
.
By modifying the authority of the scriptures engraved on Dylan’s cell unit, it erases the limit and distorts it as it is.
“Ah ah…!!”
[I will watch from afar to see how long you can hold on. whoop whoop… … Ugh!!]
Pak!!
Lennok struck Kashuin’s strangely laughing spirit with his magical power.
“Listening to what they say, there is no such thing as a demon other than an archangel. Is it natural that the god they believe in is like that?”
[Damn it… … It hurts the spiritual body.]
“Don’t talk nonsense and focus. I will forcibly stabilize the condition at the same time as extracting the artifact.”
Lennok took out an ampoule containing a mixture of painkillers and tranquilizers from his bosom and inserted it into the nape of Dylan’s limp neck.
When I pulled out the Archangel’s Compassion with both hands, the hole in my chest instantly regenerated and began to connect.
damn… … !!
Overwhelming regenerative ability to be sucked into Dylan’s body without leaving any traces of blood on the staff.
It is incomparably faster and stronger than before, urging the activation of the body.
[Although the limits of his regenerative ability were forcibly released, the possibility that this apostate will be able to control that power is extremely low.]
Kashuin said sneeringly.
[The immortal body experiment is one of the countless spare parts originally designed for him. I don’t know if you hold it in your hand and knead it yourself, but it’s an undeserved ability for others… … It won’t be long before I burn my body and disappear.]
“Dylan is the one who survived the immortal body experiment by breaking through that slim possibility.”
Confirming that breathing was alive through the tip of his nose, Lennok stood up and said.
“If you’ve done all you can, it’d be better to at least help me throw the odds within my reach.”
hard… … !!
Every time the unconscious Dylan’s body convulsed, his skeleton twisted and his physique changed little by little.
Along with that, the density of momentum flowing from his body continues to increase.
It must be the process of adapting the power of the immortal body, which has released its limitations, to the body.
Lennok carefully observed the flow of magic within Dylan’s body, recorded it to Darby, and laughed.
“And Dylan’s regenerative ability is one of the best physical talents I’ve ever seen. If I’m lucky, I might be able to adjust it to suit me and use it.”
Apart from helping Dylan, it is natural to replicate and study his biomechanisms and hormone metabolic rate levels.
If the research proceeds properly, Lennok may also have an extra life without the side effects of the immortal body.
And Lennok had never meant to let such an opportunity pass right in front of his eyes.
[…] … They look alike.]
“They say they look alike?”
Lennok, who immediately understood the context, frowned, and Kashuin seemed slightly taken aback.
[No I… … Yes, it was.]
Kashuin, who was in denial but soon agreed, spoke in a cynical tone.
[The direction is different, but there is a longing to find meaning in every moment.]
“….”
[I just thought that you would be remembered as such a being by someone.]
Kashuin secretly disappeared from Lennok, who did not respond.
[I’m tired after being out for a long time. As promised, don’t call me unless it’s his job.]
Leaving Kashuin gone as if asleep, Lennok slowly pushed the artifact in.
He pulls a nearby chair and sits down, silently gazing at the scenery of the laboratory.
The archangel told him not to call him unless it was the leader’s business, but he still cooperated with Dylan’s business.
In other words, it means that the immortal body experiment on Dylan’s body is also related to the religious leader.
A religious leader who maintains his own existence on the other side of someone’s memory and consciousness.
Why was he directly involved in the project called the immortal body experiment?
“….”
“Mmmmmmmm….”
In the meantime, Dylan fell into a sound sleep while talking in his sleep.
Lennok smiled and slowly got up from his seat and left the lab.
Due to the aftermath of the limit modulation, it will be difficult for her to regain consciousness for the time being, so it would be best to let her sleep soundly.
In the meantime, I needed to check the progress as I asked Evelyn to wait for a while.
It is true that he was worried to a certain extent because Antares had taken out something menacing and left it in a strange mood–
such Lennok’s thoughts were swept away at once by the heated cheering from the other side of the garden.
“Waaaaa!!”
“Coming again, more coming!!”
“Your sister is really amazing!!”
“Pull more!”
The image of people drinking glasses with their shoulders hanging around a huge mechanical box in the middle of the garden.
At the center of it, every time Evelyn pulled the lever with a bewildered expression.
From the inside of the mechanical box, something constantly pours out.
Charrrrrrr!!!
A rain of light pouring down something big and shiny, like a jackpot on a slot machine.
In the meantime, the drunken mercenaries were intoxicated as if they had become rich.
“Are you halfway?”
Evelyn, who spotted Lennok in the center of the pouring light, waved her hand with a slightly awkward expression.
