Drug-Eating Genius Mage – 276



Light and Shadow (2)

The moment I realized that Lee Bonga’s representative was not a member of the church I had some guesses.

If an outsider like Walter was to be treated well by the castle’s high-ranking officials being an agent of the 8 families would have been the most appropriate.

Apart from joining hands with the head of the family it would have been the best justification for making an official appearance.

“There are a lot of really skilled drinkers in big cities. “I envy you.”

Walter laughed.

“Not long ago I met an elementalist and I was surprised at how good his skills were. “It made me think that the world is wide.”

“….”

“Coming to this city was part of a larger cause but now I feel very fortunate.”

Even though the flag had already been raised Walter only smiled rather than rushing towards Lennok.

There was no sense of any kind of life or motivation from him.

“If you don’t want to fight you might as well take off your bracelet and go downstairs.”

Lennok said.

“Are you planning to just keep talking?”

“You’re quick-witted. you’re right.”

Despite the indifferent criticism Walter nodded obediently.

“Actually I didn’t expect the proxy war to become this tense.”

“….”

“I was planning to quickly put an end to the proxy war ritual by having the other families act as spectators and put forward a member… but things got weird when an outsider rallied the families and started a fight for a cause.”

It was obvious what Walter meant. The fact that the situation has come to this point is a result that was not expected.

Originally he would have had to win a formal proxy war against Paldun and Samyoung Oryun who could not properly come together and immediately obtain the position of Chaeju.

It is only Lennok’s responsibility to create a new situation by manipulating and wielding families with different goals and motivations.

All procedures for justification qualifications and proof of power were completed before checks from other families even came in turning the game around.

If Walter had not single-handedly overturned the 3-to-1 inferiority of the proxy war and brought it to the main battle there would have been no need for Walter to take part in person.

“Because of that I didn’t pay much attention to the power of each family’s representatives but I didn’t know that it would cause such anger.”

Walter smiled bitterly and nodded.

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“It’s my defeat. That’s why I’d like to propose a deal.”

“It’s a deal….”

It’s amazing. I never thought they would come to this point and try to appease us instead of revealing their true colors.

That was probably because there was an internal judgment that it would be difficult to proceed properly with what was originally planned against Lennok.

“I looked around and found out that he was already a famous freelancer.”

While Lennok was lost in thought Walter quickly got to the point.

“Among them I also heard a rumor that you are requesting clues to time series artifacts or techniques as a reward for nomination requests. “I guess that’s probably the reason you came into this fortress right?”

He held out his hand with a generous smile as if he fully knew what Lennoc wanted.

“If you cooperate with us we will specially hand over the items to be bid on before the auction house opens as an agent of Ilwon Street. “Among them there are even a few artifacts from the time series you are looking for.”

“….”

“What do you think? “Wouldn’t it be enough to pay for giving up the immediate battle?”

“well….”

Instead of seriously considering Walter’s suggestion Lennok quietly thought about the implications of this situation.

This is because I was realizing that Walter’s response right now was a scene of privilege brought about by one-sided information superiority.

If Walter had known that Lennok was the same person as Evan and that he already knew all the information about the historic site would he have been working as hard as he is now to placate Lennok?

Because he had completely distinguished between his two identities and had developed a thorough alibi even the bishop of the church did not notice the sense of incongruity and was throwing out useless checks.

Make empty promises that even you have no intention of keeping.

The answer was decided from the beginning.

“The unit price doesn’t quite match.”

Lennok laughed.

“I don’t have enough faith to accept that offer.”

I’m so tired…!!

The bright blue electricity that rose from beneath Lennok’s feet struck Wilter.

Kwaaaa!!

The thunderbolt that bounced off the ground instantly shook the earth and dust rose everywhere.

The audience who thought the final proxy battle had begun gave a loud cheer and the expressions of the other household heads changed dramatically.

Lennok paid no attention to such reactions and focused on the opponent in front of him.

An eerie voice was heard from the dust spreading like fog.

“You knew from the beginning that I belonged to the cult right?”

“….”

“You’re playing with me… Hehe it seems the Samyoung Family’s abilities were greater than expected. “What do you like?”

Walter’s arms walking out from the center of the explosion are shaking weakly.

It looks like he wasn’t able to properly block Lennok’s first strike but there was no trace of pain on his face.

He said hooking his fingers inside the bracelet hanging on his wobbly wrist and giving it some strength.

“Because things in the world don’t necessarily go the way you want them to.”

Charrrrrrr!!

At the same time as the chain bracelet is shattered the light on Walter’s bracelet is transferred to Lennok’s bracelet and the eight chain links glow brightly.

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This is clear evidence that only after the ceremony of the proxy war was over did Lennok take over the naming rights of all the families.

However before Lennok could make a move to nominate Oren as the lender Wilter moved first.

A pale glow began to erupt from the outskirts of the huge manor that housed thousands of castle residents.

Paaaaaa!!

The brilliance that covered the entire huge manor created a huge hemispherical barrier over the sky.

A heterogeneous crack appeared at the top of the barrier as if it had been cut and pasted with scissors.

Oh my gosh!!!

Suddenly a crack in the sky slowly opened and began to greedily suck in something from the bodies of the audience in the manor.

As if souls were escaping whitish figures were expelled from people’s bodies and escaped to the top of the barrier.

The audience who witnessed an unknown energy escaping from their bodies immediately fell into confusion and the manor quickly turned into chaos.

“Aaaah!!”

“Please save me!! what’s this!!”

It is so large and full-scale that it is hard to believe that this ceremony began in the blink of an eye.

A crack opened in the sky. And a pale radiance spread out with the power to suck out the lives of thousands of people.

‘Amrita’s Scale’ a large-scale space movement technique that Walter attempted at Labatenon University.

Offer a certain amount of lives in exchange for moving the same number of lives.

The scope of the spell’s capture is the entire huge manor. It is large enough to provide alms to thousands of people at once.

Even if efficiency were to be increased at the cost of human lives it would never be possible without prior preparation on this scale.

From the beginning Matriarch Yvonne and Walter had planned to exterminate all the residents of the castle and fill their place with members of the Guido Church if things did not go as planned.

“I’m sorry. “I didn’t want to see a lot of blood like this…”

Walter with his back to the pillar of pale light laughed.

“If you hadn’t rejected my offer this tragedy wouldn’t have happened. “This is all because of you.”

“It seems that it doesn’t matter whether the fortress survives or not as long as we can obtain the creditor’s authority.”

Lennok asked completely ignoring Walter’s words.

“Is that historical site really important to the church?”

“…If you know that much I don’t think I need to say anything more.”

Walter nodded obediently.

“It is not just a tourist destination with amazing scenery. “The traces that are separated from the timeline of this world are unmistakable remnants of the old world… They are no different from ‘cracks’ in the world that are difficult to find under this closed sky.”

“….”

“In this world where even communication with the gods has become difficult a channel of communication with the outside world is extremely rare… Do you know what that means?”

“no.”

Lennok responded harshly.

“I’m going to crush you here and listen to it slowly.”

At that moment a pitch black shadow rises from the corner of the manor where the two were facing each other.

Hwaaa!!

The remnants of the shadow magic that had been placed secretly throughout the manor even with Asui as the vanguard.

The traces rise up all at once as if they had made a promise and spread out throughout the manor in an instant.

The place where the thick black shadow fragments are heading is the joint that connects the pillars of pale light extending from all directions.

As if he knew about this technique instead of blocking the light from the front he created a black curtain and deflected it diagonally disrupting the flow of the barrier.

The crack that was slowly opening in the sky closed and even the flow that was sucking people’s lives began to cut off.

“…!!!!”

For the first time the smile disappeared from Walter’s face but the arrangement prepared by Lennok and Oren does not end there.

Couuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!

The wall surrounding the manor’s audience area collapsed revealing a staircase leading out of the manor.

It is not something that existed from the beginning.

An emergency passage created by physically embodying a shadow.

However it was not a very important fact to the residents of the fortress who were immediately losing their vitality.

“I bought it and survived…!!”

“Run away quickly!!”

“The heads of the family will somehow prevent this situation!!”

Walter’s face distorted as he saw the castle residents immediately starting to flee out of the manor.

“This is…!!”

A shadow burst out as soon as the conversation between the two people ended.

It is clear who the culprit who led this incident is.

Walter’s eyes quickly scanned everywhere.

There are two locations where the magic power that manipulates shadows flows strongly.

A skinny young man behind the stage.

And the Samyeong family who was seated at the head of the eight families.

The two shadow casters were concentrating on each other and manipulating the shadows to evacuate the people inside the manor.

“Do not disturb!!!”

Walter screamed and ran to the back of the stage but the strong shock wave that erupted from behind his back sent his body flying high into the sky.

Fuuuuuu!!

“…!!!”

Even if I had to risk losing my arm I had to avoid damage that would make me unable to move my body.

Walter’s face changed strangely as he looked up at the sky while clutching his tattered shoulders.

“The energy barrier created by modifying the 12 teaching principles of interpretation is so easy….”

“….”

“It looks like there is someone on Samyoung’s side who has been in contact with us. Unless you understand the operating principle of the technique there is no way you can suppress the occurrence of cracks so accurately…”

Walter muttered unaware that the criminal was right in front of him.

How Walter was educated at Labatenon College. At the same time a large-scale space movement technique was attempted at the cost of the lives of the dormitory students.

Lennok who had seen through the activation of the spell and destroyed it guessed that Walter was doing the same thing to the castle residents.

The series of disturbances that took place at Labatenon College of Magic were probably nothing more than a demonstration for similar actions to take place inside the castle.

Although it may be difficult to cancel the spell immediately after it is activated it is enough to disrupt the operation of the barrier and weaken its effectiveness.

The two shadow casters Oren and Asui had the ability to perfectly carry out Lennok’s instructions.

“It would be a mistake to think that you are the only ones hiding something.”

Lennok smiled as he looked up at Walter’s figure floating in the air.

Whoa…!!

As soon as I raised my magical power the bracelet on my right arm shattered and the ground in the area began to be weighed heavily.

“You should play with me until the surrounding area becomes quiet.”

* * *

A plan that should have been carried out perfectly regardless of whether the proxy war was won or lost.

The head of this house trembled when she noticed a crack in the plan she had designed despite risking joining hands with the Guido Church.

“How dare you…!!”

There is no need to say who is the owner of the shadow that covers the inside of the barrier and hinders the exercise of power.

The head of this family’s venomous gaze quickly turned to the side.

Oren is seen leaning on a chair with his eyes closed.

I thought it was simply a bluff to show that they were not very interested in the proxy war itself but was this all they were preparing from the beginning…!!

Only then did the head of the Yvonne family realize that Oren had already discovered their plans and the existence of the church and waved her hands with an angry face.

Quaaaaaaa!!

In an instant the place where Oren was sitting was swept away and a huge explosion occurred.

The other heads of the household jumped up from their seats with embarrassed faces.

“This is the head of the family!!”

“What are you doing?!”

“No matter how different the factions are this is…!!”

In the case of the four military forces Chilhyeon or Paldun they all share the perception that they are members of the same fortress even if their enemies are located in different places.

In the first place wasn’t the proxy war itself a system created to avoid conflict between direct blood relatives of the eight families?

In this situation suddenly touching another head of the family is nothing more than an instantaneous abandonment of the cause of the proxy war that has been built so far.

The head of the house screamed with a fierce look on her face.

“Kill the head of the Samyoung family right now!!”

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