Drug-Eating Genius Mage – 165



Floating island colony (2)

“Here are a lot of talismans that are essential for magicians!”

“I have brought you a wine that will clear your head when you drink it!”

“Once you see it you won’t regret it!!”

A floating island crowded with people.

Lennok was walking through the middle of the market with an unlit cigarette in his mouth.

Although it was once a region embroiled in a fierce conflict with the large city of Balkan the streets of the Dominion are so lively that the tension of war is not felt.

Is it because it is an area welcomed by magicians due to its special environment?

The density of magic users seen in the Dominion was so high that it could not be compared to the streets of Balkan.

If you look at the absolute population alone that number may not be comparable but even if it is large if you fight around a few islands the size of a district you have no choice but to fight even if you don’t want to.

Naturally the commercial districts and markets of the autonomous territory also developed businesses targeting outsiders especially magicians.

Even in the market where Lennok is currently visiting solicitation is mainly targeting alcoholics rather than ordinary civilians.

Of course among them there were only a few high-end items that caught Lennok’s eye but there were quite a few ingenious items that even Lennok would find fascinating.

For example there were items such as clothes made of wool with spirituality that could be worn by spirits or snacks that summoned animals liked.

Items such as corpse preservatives for necromancers and artificial hair and eyeballs for witch doctors were so bizarre that even Lennok was left speechless.

“This is a helpful cube for practicing magic manipulation! “Let’s go see one!!”

“….”

Lennok who stopped walking for a moment held a cube decorated with cheap crystals in his hands.

When magical power is injected the cube floats and rotates around and changes color depending on the strength of the injected magical power.

It is a toy that can only be used in a place where magic and floating ability are closely related.

Snap click click.

After watching it a few times I immediately got the feel for it.

The cube that was twitching in Lennok’s hand soon rotated so fast that its face was barely visible and its colors instantly matched.

I floated it above my shoulder and continued walking around the streets rotating the cube to kill time.

It’s already been three days since we arrived in the Dominion.

Now he has become accustomed to this chaotic scene but surprisingly Lennok’s income was not large.

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As its name suggests this floating island colony grants considerable autonomy to its residents except for the minimum rules and as a result people living here live in various places to suit their tastes.

Naturally there was no systematic system to obtain certain information so there were many parts where you had to do it yourself.

Regardless of size the number of floating islands that exist here in the Philenom Autonomous Territory is more than hundreds and it is not easy to guess the locations of the islands due to the thick fog rising from the Sea of ​​​​Understanding.

Rich people who have a lot of money even buy entire small floating islands and use all kinds of security and concealment techniques to hide their location.

The reason the drug lord hid his safe here was not just because it was a convenient environment for storing medicinal substances.

‘But that doesn’t mean there’s no way.’

There are a few things I have learned over the past few days while deliberately going to crowded places to listen to various information.

The first floating islands that can be purchased are limited to islands that are too cramped for people to live on.

In order to make the second floating island privately owned permission from the Dominion government must be obtained.

In order to store medicinal materials in the third Dominion a specially made safe is required and there is only one craftsman in the Dominion who makes the safe.

It was almost impossible to find the drug lord’s safe with just this but Lennok had come to his own conclusion.

‘A craftsman who makes safes would undoubtedly have kept a record of the safes he has made. ‘You can narrow the scope of your investigation by considering that safecrackers typically attach serial numbers to their products.’

By comparing the date of requesting the production of a safe using the serial number in the record book and the date of receiving permission to purchase a floating island from the Dominion government you can get a rough idea of ​​how many hidden islands exist.

Of course it would be impossible to pinpoint the location of the island with that alone but it would be possible to pinpoint the number of islands that are used as private land and have safes for storing medicinal materials.

‘The search range can be narrowed by measuring the range of the rising air currents rising from the sea of ​​understanding and calculating the spaces that exist between islands.’

Of course there was a possibility that the drug lord ignored the Dominion’s regulations and chose a random island to hide his safe but Lennok thought that was unlikely.

The perfect camouflage comes from being ordinary no different from others.

There was no reason to break the rules and do something that could have been done by using an alias or a fake identity.

‘To be honest this isn’t a very effective method but…’

It is just one of the ways to narrow down the scope of search but it still requires investing a lot of time.

Even if he had mastered the concealment technique Lennok’s magic sensitivity would be able to detect an abnormality but that would only be after the distance had become somewhat closer.

Ultimately this is impossible without traveling around the Dominion on a wingboat.

If we don’t have the time and method we will have to search for candidates through this kind of repetitive work but we don’t have that much room yet.

That’s why Lennok was constantly traveling around the Dominion trying to find a better alternative.

[Master.]

“still?”

[yes. I’m still looking at this.]

Except for the stares that started following him right after he arrived in the Dominion.

“hmm….”

Lennok gently leaned his back against the wall of a nearby fruit shop and raised his magic power.

Still nothing was detected by his magic power detection.

Nevertheless if Dabi can feel those gazes clearly there must be only one other person.

The next lighthouse keeper.

Although she was aware of Lennok’s presence the moment she arrived in the Dominion she did not approach him and just continued to watch.

“I don’t know what you want. “Do you want me to come there first?”

[Perhaps we are still not sure who the master is?]

“It can’t be. Considering the lighthouse keeper’s ability to see through heaven that would never be… No that’s not necessarily the case.”

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Considering the gap between Madrea Falseer and the next lighthouse keeper it is not impossible that he could not see through Lennok’s disguise.

If you didn’t know that the face body and magical power pattern that you were born with were completely altered it wouldn’t be strange for people to confuse Lennok.

[If I show up first…]

“No just leave it alone. “Because I have work to do today.”

The eagle-shaped messenger sent by the lighthouse keeper last time has seen Dabi before so he might recognize her when she removes her disguise and reveals her fox cub form but there is no reason to do so right now.

Leaving behind the feeling of emptiness that could not be detected by his senses Lennok immediately started walking.

* * *

A huge grassland stretching all the way to the horizon. A medicinal herb field located on an area so vast that it is hard to believe that it is part of an island.

A huge plant facility that manages at the government level several unique medicinal herbs grown in the autonomous territory’s special environment.

This is possible because the large floating island boasts the size of an area in the Balkans.

The scarlet sunset illuminates the bottom of the sea and slowly sinks but from the perspective of the island floating in the sky the sunset illuminates the face from below.

In a scenery that is not easily seen Lennok stood in front of the herb field plant facility with others.

An old woman with an eccentric look came out looked around at the people and smiled happily.

“With so many people visiting this old man’s house today I don’t think there will be a shortage of workers.”

“….”

There was no answer.

On the contrary you can see people frowning unable to hide their disapproving expressions.

But the old man didn’t care. He patted his waist and pointed to the field with the stick in his hand.

“You probably already knew everything beforehand but let me explain briefly.”

“The nocturnal tree managed by Northeast Plant is a very unique plant that blooms only during this time when the boundary between day and night disappears. “This flower not only helps stimulate the human sensory system but is also famous for its effectiveness in developing innate magic sensitivity.”

“However the moment you remove the flower of the night tree if its vitality is not maintained through precise magical manipulation it will wither immediately so the help of skilled magicians is needed for this very matter.”

“As promised we will give the drinker who helped this old man and collected more than a certain amount of wildflowers an opportunity to purchase a sample of the medicinal herbs managed at the plant so please cheer up.”

It may have been a long story but what Lennok is doing now is simple.

Lend your strength to places where there is a shortage of workers and receive compensation in return.

It was a simplified way of working as if solving a game’s quest but there was a reason why this type of work became established in the Dominion.

This is because the trend of actively borrowing the power of outsiders especially magicians became stronger as it became impossible to handle the amount of concentrated capital compared to the relatively insufficient manpower.

This was possible because like the nightlife tree that the old man just mentioned there are things that can only be done at a specific time and place and only by borrowing the power of a magician.

The nightshade that grows in this plant is not that rare of a medicinal herb compared to its high price but what is important is the right to purchase samples of rare medicinal materials that can be obtained by helping out at this plant.

What Lennok wants is the Basilis mushroom which is considered relatively rare even in this herb plant.

Even though it has no significant health or magical benefits it is an incredibly expensive product costing a million cells per bunch. However the reason Lennok seeks out this mushroom is not simply because it is a rare medicine.

This is because Basilis like Malabeth sought by Lennok is an item that only grew on the ‘Collapsed Island’ and has since been discontinued.

I came all the way here to get my hands on information that there were only a few plants left in this plant where medicinal materials are easily stored.

‘If the drug lord is storing medicinal herbs grown on collapsed islands like Malebes in his safe there is a high possibility that he has already gotten his hands on Basilis. If you start tracking based on that….’

Among the unique magics of the magic series there is magic that recognizes the flow of the same type of magic power and finds the location of similar magic power.

Of course it would be impossible to break through the concealment and security techniques and peek inside with half-baked magic but…

What if it was the ability of Heavenly Presence?

“I never thought I’d see you in a place like this again.”

Just as I was about to walk a voice came from next to me.

Weizen was smiling politely while looking at Lennok.

“I knew you would come here soon too. “There are about three places including this plant where you can obtain rare medicinal herbs.”

“Is that so?”

“yes. It’s not like you don’t know. But wait…”

The smile disappeared from Weizen’s expression as he scanned the hem of Lennok’s coat with keen eyes.

The Knicks insignia hanging from the coat collar was nowhere to be seen.

Lennok spoke leisurely pretending to notice that gaze too late.

“Oh I kept that ornament somewhere else. After hearing what the wizard said I was afraid to carry it around. haha.”

“I see….”

Baizen tried to calm his expression but his clean-cut mouth revealed his emotions without any filtering.

I guess he thinks he made Lennok hide it because he said something stupid.

Of course Lennok pretended not to know anything about such feelings and openly annoyed Weizen.

“yes. I think the items my parents left me are still valuable so I need to handle them safely. “I can only be grateful to Weizen.”

“…I’m glad I helped. “Excuse me first.”

Baizen turned his head probably realizing that he couldn’t control his facial expression.

Lennok chuckled as he saw the back of Weizen walking through the herb field with stiff steps.

He said he was looking for a herb called Flame Herb and it seems he also turned around and ended up at this plant.

Lennok gave up his interest in Weizen and immediately walked in a different direction toward the field.

Small dark brown saplings up to knee length are planted in dense rows along the outskirts of the island.

As the sun began to sink beneath the surface of the water and turned into a scarlet sunset and the glow of the sunset from below began to illuminate the plant the seedlings began to wiggle and bloom individually.

The magicians who had already taken their seats quickly raised their magic power to collect the flowers of the nightshade tree.

More than a dozen flowers were immediately collected but less than three of them survived.

Complaints began to be heard here and there over the poor results.

“Damn…is this harder than I thought?”

“There was a reason why the old man was smiling sinisterly earlier.”

Without paying attention to the reactions of those around him Lennok quietly began to examine the flowers he had successfully collected nearby.

Although it was invisible to the eyes of other magicians Lennok’s magic sensitivity was able to detect the subtly twisted flow of magic power near the roots of the flower.

‘The moment the flower’s stem breaks the magic power is subtly twisted to prevent the outflow of life force.’

Even if you are consciously aware of it it is a knot so subtle that it is difficult to put into practice properly.

This may be because you have to maintain a delicate line of restraining the magic power enough to prevent the outflow of life force but also not putting pressure on the flower completely.

“It’s not easy is it?”

“….”

Baizen quietly approached Lennok and asked. I was slowly getting irritated.

Before he knew it he was holding two flowers that had bloomed brightly.

“Even if you know the trick it doesn’t often work out the way you think. In my case I tried 10 times and wondered if I would succeed twice.”

He squatted down next to Lennok and waved a nightshade flower ostentatiously.

“If you want I can teach you some tricks…”

Now I can’t even hide my greed. It looked like he had decided to put an iron plate on his face.

Lennok ignored what Weizen was saying and stretched out his hand toward the nocturnal tree.

Weeing…!!

A flower rose onto Lennok’s hand so easily with a light rotation of magic power.

The flower bathed in the glow of the sunset was shining brightly on my palm without losing any of its vitality.

The Genius Wizard Who Takes Medicine Episode 171