Drug-Eating Genius Mage
Chapter 364

Awakener (2)

“… … .”

Lennok, who had been looking around blankly, checked his body and quickly retrieved his memory.

I remember that three people passed through the inside of the gate almost at the same time just before entering the gate.

The moment he tried to be the first to pass through the gate while burning his body and mind as well as his lack of mana, nothing was felt around Lennok.

“Is it late… … ?”

After belatedly grasping the situation, Lennok’s words leaked out of his mouth.

Of the three men galloping toward the gate, the one with the most lack of physical ability had to be Lenok.

If only he remained here, wouldn’t the others have already come to their senses and headed for the cradle?

Feeling the negative thoughts rushing in, Lennok struggled to brace himself on his knees and stand up.

‘I can’t give up.’

I don’t know about Maiya, but if it’s the nature of Zaun, there’s no way I’ll leave the fainting Lennok alone.

There was a good chance that the three people who entered the gateway fell in different places.

“The telescope is… … Wrong.”

Lennok sighed as he brought his eyes to the telescope he had taken out of his arms.

The function of the telescope is specialized in replaceing the location of the user’s perceived magical power.

Until now, he had shown Jindun’s appearance while creating an unknown synergy with Lennok’s Mystic Eye, but he could not play any role in this space filled with the power of the Ascendant.

Lennok had no choice but to insert his telescope and start walking blindly forward.

slaps slaps!

Every time I took a step, the water that was up to my ankles splashed and a low echo echoed.

As Lenok walked slowly through the endless white space, checking his condition.

“… … Darby?”

I realized that the cyber spirit that was always sleeping in his arms was nowhere to be seen.

Dabi’s presence was reverse summoned at the same time as she crossed the inside of the gateway.

Considering that Darby prefers to be summoned by default, it must not be her will.

Did his senses begin to blur to the extent that he couldn’t even properly recognize the existence of the spirits?

Knowing that his condition was not normal, Lennok began to pick up thoughts in order to somehow come to his senses.

‘The aftermath of mana addiction has definitely decreased a lot… … Almost half of the experience. In fact, it must have reduced the aftereffects more than that.’

Maybe it’s because I’ve been taking the medicine medicine Janushka Greenway diagnosed me with, and taking care of my physical condition thoroughly.

While running toward the gate, Lennok was still able to move his body even though he had been spinning his mana so violently through his whole body.

Of course, every time he walked, he felt sharp pain as if his whole body were being pricked with needles, but the fact that his legs were moving was something that Lennok was unfamiliar with.

The medicine’s diagnosis of distributing the risk by gradually dividing it rather than completely eliminating the aftereffects of mana poisoning was indeed accurate.

A way to reduce the aftermath of the penalty without touching the essence of the penalty.

Because he had such intuition and a deep understanding of patients, he must have faced tragedy by those who coveted his ability.

‘My mana has recovered quite a bit. I’m not in a state where I can’t fight. Is it because the concentration of mana in the cradle is unbelievably thick?’

True to its name, the Cradle of the Ascendant, the magical energy that filled this space was so great that Lennok could not fully grasp it.

The aftermath alone was enough to rapidly increase the magic recovery speed of not only Lennok but also others who entered this space.

‘Maya and Zaun. They seemed to know each other’s faces… … I wonder if I’ve met them once before entering the labyrinth.’

Even as he continued to think about the existence of other competitors, Lennok did not hurry his steps.

This is because the end of this space is not easily visible, and there is no way to move quickly in the first place.

For Lennok, who lost his bike, all he had left was a space jump that consumed about 40% of his magical power at once.

Considering that the movement distance was not a movement of only a few meters, but a spell used in battle, it was virtually meaningless.

It wasn’t for no reason that Lennok moved his body instead of using this or that magic right in front of the gate.

It’s not that I’m not in a hurry, but if I blindly use magical physical enhancement here, the aftermath of the addiction will only get worse.

woo woo woo… … .

A faint melody echoed above Lennok’s head, who was lost in thought.

Turning his head quickly, Lennok changed his pace in the direction of the sound without hesitation.

It was a situation where they were moving blindly without distinguishing front and back. If I could replace even a trace of this kind, that was enough.

A heavy heartbeat similar to that of a horn. It feels like sweet music that resonates deep in the heart.

I don’t know much about music, but I walked in the direction of the sound as I ruminated to remember the rhythm in my head.

Lennok, who had succeeded in walking for quite some time to ascertain the source of the sound, frowned.

“This… … .”

What emerged from the faint mist was a huge cylinder that seemed to have been carved out of pure white stone.

Dozens of such pillars were embedded in this vast mist.

The heavy sound of the horn reverberates through the pillars spaced apart from each other, echoing overhead.

Lennok’s gaze moved upward to the sky, where the melody rose and disappeared, and then returned to the pillar.

Lennok’s pupils calmly sank as he closely observed the surface of the pillar.

“The wind is making noise as it passes through the faint cracks on the surface. It is made to produce a consistent tone regardless of the direction of the wind.”

It is not something that can be done with just one pillar. It was probably designed to produce harmony by precisely arranging dozens of pillars.

An arrangement with such a firm purpose would not have been created naturally.

If there was a Darby, I would copy the pattern and record it and apply the algorithm to interpret it, but I can’t afford to do that now.

Even if it takes some time, Lennok has to record the pattern himself and analyze it.

The moment Lennok thought so and carefully raised his magic power.

A flash of colorful magic light flashed right next to him, and an explosion engulfed his body.

Aaaaaaang!!

The sound of the horn resonating in the quiet space is instantly buried in the explosion, and the roaring sound echoes in succession and spreads across the white space.

As the ankle-high water spreads in all directions, he painted ripples that overlap without rest.

Lenok, who confirmed the owner of the magical power through the shattered shield, scattered a cold light in his eyes.

“Zaun… … .”

“It’s boring, isn’t it?”

Zaun with a ragged complexion, wearing a shirt, laughed at the thick robe that surrounded his body.

He swept his long hair back and smirked at Lennok.

“If I had heard the sound of Changyoseok (唱謠石), I would have known that it would definitely come this way. It’s not like they aren’t that stupid.”

“Changyoseok? Are you talking about this stone pillar?”

Even though Zaun allowed the aftermath of the jewelery ceremony from the front, the stone pillar was not even scratched.

I knew it wasn’t an ordinary item given its considerable durability, but I would have thought it was something with a name attached to it.

Zaun, who laughed at Lennok’s words, responded.

“It is literally a singing stone. It is an object with high value in terms of magic because it embraces the wind and emits a tone that can never be artificially created.”

“… … .”

“Because of its rarity, the price is exorbitantly high. I couldn’t have imagined that Jindun would have stored so many spear stones. On top of that, I would have thought that the melody of the window stone itself would be melted and used in the barrier technique… … .”

Zaun murmured with faint admiration.

“To the Transcendentalist, the frame and standard of the technique mean nothing. Giving meaning to regularly repeated sounds and transforming them into such a high-level barrier art, I can’t even imagine the principle.”

“So you’re using the sound of music as part of the shielding technique?”

Lennok’s face hardened, grasping Zaun’s meaning in an instant.

“also… … You know too much about this labyrinth.”

“Everyone knows. If not, would you have thought of going all the way to the depths of Jindun with your sober mind?”

Zaun smiled smirkingly and answered while tying his sleeve.

“Strange guys like you and Maiya are struggling to meet Jindun, who doesn’t know if he is dead or alive. Most of those who have crawled into this labyrinth are only interested in the beans that will drop from the remains of the Ascended.”

“… … .”

“What do you want to talk about when you meet the Transcendent? You don’t think he’ll give you a lesson, do you?”

Zaun, the corners of his mouth torn, sneered at Lennok.

But Lennok stared blankly at Zaun and spat out words.

“That’s too long.”

“… … what?”

“You couldn’t pinpoint Maya’s location. You wouldn’t have the confidence to leave me alone in this situation. Even though he knew that there would be no point in provoking him with trivial words, he dared to attack me first and show himself… … .”

At first glance, Zaun’s words and actions seemed to be full of composure, but if you look at them one by one, there was a corner where the front and back did not match.

Even with poor judgment, Lennok, who quickly grasped the nature of the unnaturalness, turned his head to the long column behind him.

“There is something in the window seat. The road to the cradle exists behind this. No, to be precise… … .”

The inside of the barrier art that is reconstructed in the cradle with the melody of the window stone.

Jindun is sleeping there.

As soon as Lennok realized that fact, he raised his mana with all his might and erected a huge ice barrier in front of him.

Ice type magic.

[Cheongryeongjinwa(淸囹鎭瓦)]

Koo-goo-gu!!

Almost simultaneously, three jewels resonated above the frozen barrier through the water below her feet, and the blasted rock fist struck the barrier.

Before he could hear Lennok’s words to the end, Zaun suddenly launched a jewelery ceremony and struck again.

Aaaaaaang!!

The impact shattered the air around the area, shattered barriers, and splintered ice.

“A unlucky baby.”

Zaun’s face flashes a lifelike smile through the swaying pieces of ice.

That expression itself was no different than a sign that Lennok had figured out the correct answer.

“At that time, I should have just killed him instead of suggesting cooperation, but that was my mistake.”

“You mean now?”

Lennok laughed.

“I was obviously willing to make a deal with you. It must have been you who avoided the deal by hiding here and there.”

“The deal is a fucking deal. The guy who secretly followed me and tried to get ahead at every opportunity… … !!”

charleureuk!!

Zaun, who grabbed the eight jewels between his fingers, raised his mana with all his might.

“After all, it was all because of you that the plan was twisted. I’ll slap you on the head for thinking like that thief right here.”

“A thief… … That’s not what you want to hear from a terrorist.”

Lennok smiled bitterly as he stared at the brilliance of the jewel.

Zaun glared at Lennok and crossed his arms holding the jewel.

“Get lost!!”

[Moon Stone: Summons Joryeong]

[Yeonsujeong: Dalight Fighter]

The jewels caught on both index fingers rose above the head and exploded. Transform into two birds with blue flames.

The four-pronged jewels caught between the middle and ring fingers floated in all directions of Zaun, scattering different waves.

The two remaining jewels rotated vertically, and dozens of lasers protruding from the explosion began to bend and aim for Lennok from all sides.

Gwagwagwagwang!!!

Lasers hit Lennok in all directions, bursting with heat, and two birds flying in the sky fluttering their wings, dropping dozens of sparks from above his head.

Zaun, who stepped in without hesitation between the bombardments that were fired at one person at the same time, grabbed the jewel that floated to his right and swung it at Lennok.

[Jasper (碧玉): All directions]

Kwaaaaang!!

It shattered the ice barrier [Cheongryeongjinwa], which had been half broken, and revealed itself in the form of a huge wolf covering Zaun’s arms.

Lennok looked over the shattered shield and admired it slightly.

“Does your hand even reach the Necromancer? No matter how expensive jewelry is used as a medium, it is a considerable level. It is said that it crosses the lineage, but basically it would be impossible without knowledge of other techniques.”

“okay. Keep talking like that.”

[Iljangseok (日長石): Three-way stronghold]

Zaun, with a chilly smile, grasped the jewel that floated to his left with his other hand, and the shape of a deer came to mind.

“Until I ripped out your spine alive, you idiot!!”

Woooooooooo!!!

An elliptical shockwave that spreads around two people.

The power contained within is so intense that there is a distortion between the embodiment and release of power.

“I thought it would be like this one day.”

However, Lennok nodded his head as he summoned a new carapace shield at that split second to parry Zaun’s third attack.

“Rather, I feel a bit late.”

“I’m dying!!!”

As the calm confessions and desperate shouts overlapped, the magic wielded by the two sorcerers overlapped and echoed.

The ice shards whipped by the blowing wind quickly swelled in size and turned into a violent blizzard.

An onslaught of necromancers wielded in Zaun’s hands and summoned objects rotating in all directions swept the entire battlefield.

Aaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

A roaring sound like waves crashing incessantly.

The lifted mana split into dozens and hundreds of strands, froze and exploded, turning into heat like a raging wave, and the magic light that shone from all sides took on all kinds of attributes and turned into a variety of spells, plunging down diagonally and disturbing the field of vision.

Doo Doo Doo!!

Zaun’s onslaught, which engages in a direct melee battle from the front, and at the same time unleashes bombardment using summoned beasts.

His skills and martial arts, which fulfill both the role of front and rear guard with a single body, are at a level that even Lennok cannot belittle.

However, instead of retreating from the barrage filled with ghastly murder, Lennok instead dug forward without hesitation.

Kirik!!

The carapace shield receives the powerful destructive power of the necromancer added to Zaun’s Park Fighting technique, and the impact is shed to the floor.

[Ice Baekju (氷白柱): Gaklyeom (角灎)]

Shaking from the bottom of my ankle, I grabbed the bursting water as it was and turned it into a giant ice pillar.

[Talmyunghwajaeng (奪鳴火爭)]

Catching the fire pouring down from above, seizing authority in reverse, resonating and exploding.

[Jagyeonjubak (者牽鑄迫)]

A purple chain rises from the bottom of the foot, grabbing Zaun’s limbs and hanging down.

Wheein!!

The magic, which is lethal even with a single body and has an elaborate operating principle, is assembled sequentially in an instant and rotates in Lennok’s hand.

Almost at the same time, they were all manifested in one close breath, scattering a wave of dazzling triple attributes centering on the wizard.

Dozens of gigantic ice horn pillars rise all at once from the center of the pillars made of spearstone.

Doo doo doo doo doo!!!

Blue flames burst out from between the frozen water columns, and the purple chain spun like mad.

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