Drug-Eating Genius Mage – 30



According to Madison’s testimony, the area where the blueprints were stolen by robbers was an apartment complex belonging to a construction company in District 35.

The 30th district is where most of the residential areas where Balkan citizens live are located.

Lennok was also thinking of moving his residence to this area when he had some spare time.

In terms of security it cannot be compared to the 40th division and considering the magic research Lennok conducts in his studio the importance of security cannot be ignored.

A season of warm air.

A group of families walking down the street and friends chatting noisily.

“……”

A peaceful landscape that was once taken for granted but now feels absurdly awkward.

After calming down my confused mind I went to the place Madison mentioned.

Considering the situation he was in there must have been no lies in his intention to retrieve the blueprints so there was no reason to deceive the two people when making his statement.

The back of a shabby apartment complex scheduled for redevelopment.

A narrow walking path next to a small bald mountain.

Lennok nodded after looking at the blood stains scattered on the dusty bench.

I used magic right away.

[Bloody Chase]

The magic power extending from the grip creates a specific flame image and instantly turns into a dark red magic circle.

The magic circle that slowly rotated around the blood trace suddenly turned into a single red thread.

Twauk!

It breaks and disappears.

“…….”

When tracking down a bounty criminal the tracking magic that had never failed to disappoint did not work but Lennok was not that upset.

Bloody Chase is a much simpler magic process than you might think and there are many cases where the tracking is interrupted or interrupted by very small variables.

I’ve been lucky that there haven’t been any problems so far.

Lennok was more than happy to learn that the magic that traced this blood trail had been cut off.

Simply because if this blood was Madison’s the magic would never have been stopped from the start.

I don’t know what happened here but it’s proof that the robbers who stole the blueprints also left behind traces of blood.

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‘There are two possibilities that can be considered when Bloody Chase is cut off.’

The owner of this blood trail is someone capable of recognizing the abnormality immediately after Lennok used tracking magic and cutting off the interference.

What if the owner of the blood mixed with this blood stain sprinkled here is not just one person?

And it seemed to Lennoch that the latter was much more likely.

If a wizard of a high level enough to immediately notice and cancel the magic he implemented had come here he would not have left traces like this in the first place.

“What should I do…..”

Lennok who collected the blood stains on the bench and placed them in a previously prepared plastic bag was troubled.

Although he uses a common magic that uses blood traces as a medium to track a target his knowledge of blood itself is limited.

In the end in this field Lennoc needs to get help from someone rather than solve the problem on his own…

There were a few options that came to mind but it seemed like additional costs would be unavoidable either way.

Lennok slowly left the apartment complex while dialing Sebastian’s number he had exchanged earlier.

[…….]

After talking about additional costs we head straight to the 40th district.

Area 44.

Befitting the somewhat ominous-looking numbers this area is mainly occupied by occupations with a tinge of the occult.

Even in the magic world there are series that deal with very dark and minor catalysts and secret magic techniques that are passed down through one-man lore.

Or a place where those who deal with studies that may not be directly helpful to people’s future such as prophecy or astrology can spread out their mats without any hesitation.

Among them Lennok entered the streets of an area with a particularly strong fishy smell and slowly looked around.

Judging by the smell that fills my nostrils it seems like I’ve come to the right place but I’m in trouble because I can’t actually find the entrance.

Phew..!

I had no choice but to spread my magic widely and look in all directions and only then did the hidden entrance as if hidden in a place filled with amulets appear from all directions.

A strange pattern drawn with red ink flowing down on blue paper.

It was obvious that the ink was not simply a product containing pigments.

blood mage

Without hesitation I removed the amulet chose an entrance and went inside. A person who was burning incense with his back to the door turned his head.

A boy who appears to be in his mid-teens. Unlike his young appearance which makes it hard to believe that he works in a place like this his expression looks very calm.

It was the first time he had encountered such a young colleague while working on this floor so Lennok looked at the boy with curious eyes.

The boy also openly looked Lennok up and down and then said a word in an indifferent tone.

“I never said I was in business.”

“If the entrance is open aren’t we accepting customers?”

“……..”

The boy who was looking at Lennok with a somewhat lopsided gaze reluctantly nodded.

“…Sit down.”

As soon as he sat down in the small room designed for sitting Lennok took out the blood collected from his arms.

“I’m looking for someone. “I want to know whose blood stains belong to.”

The place Lennoc visited with the blood trace that cut off the Bloody Chase was the den of blood mages.

Although it is possible to entrust blood traces to a facility such as a laboratory and analyze the blood’s composition to track it we decided that it would be much more efficient to receive help from people who specialize in blood techniques even if it costs a little more.

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In the past when I was chasing Taylor Evans I had thought about getting help from blood mages but hadn’t I given up on Jenny’s comment that the labor costs would be considerable?

However in the field of extracting and handling information about blood at a more specialized level there was no one who could be superior to the blood wizard.

The boy replied indifferently.

“3 million cells down payment. “Further charges will apply depending on additional work.”

Lennok silently put down the bundle of cash next to the blood and the boy immediately picked up the money and the blood stain.

A boy placing a blood sample on an old table slowly places his index finger.

The bright red glow from the blood stain seeped into the boy’s fingers and soon after he opened his mouth.

“The blood of three people is mixed.”

“There are three?”

“A man in his 40s. “One man and one woman in their 20s.”

Are they Madison and the robber?

While Lennok was lost in thought the boy continued speaking without hesitation.

“The man in his 40s shows no signs of having acquired magical power and the other two have considerable magical power. The injured area was the fingertip of all three people. Judging by the iron smell mixed in it appears that the wound was intentionally made with a blade.”

“……what?”

“The blood stains were exposed to the outside for approximately 30 hours. “A man and a woman in their 20s are magicians so they’ll have to use magic one more time… but a man in his 40s can write down the location right now.”

“……..”

I thought it would be helpful but it is incredibly specific information extracted from just a few drops of blood.

Of course it would be impossible to identify the owner of the blood with this information alone but if various information from the back world and the circumstances of the case were combined it would be possible to drastically reduce the number of candidates.

It is precisely because of these advantages that blood mages have continued to live on despite the fatal disadvantage of having to pay with their own life force and have never run out of demand.

According to Jenny city government investigative agencies often visit this street so assuming the existence of blood as a medium their usefulness cannot be expressed in one word.

Of course all these advantages only apply to those who do not have strong targeting resistance like Lennok so to speak without great skills.

Considering the number of people dying every day in this huge city not much has changed.

The boy who had said that far suddenly closed his mouth and looked up at Lennok.

“From here on it’s an additional cost.”

“Additional cost?”

“It takes 12 million cells to find the location of a man and a woman in their 20s. “4 million cells for a man in his 40s.”

Although it was expected it is definitely a very burdensome cost.

No this was a much more expensive price than what I heard from Jenny.

That’s why instead of answering Lennok asked the boy a question.

“How much does it cost to classify mixed blood stains?”

“what?”

Ignoring the boy’s repeated question Lennok took out another bundle of cash from his arms.

chin!

5 million cells in cash taken directly from the bank on the way.

said Lennok putting down all the money left over from the down payment on the old table.

“5 million cells including the cost of accurately classifying the mixed blood as belonging to three people.”

As long as there is no blood mixed in it is possible to use Bloody Chase to determine the direction to some extent.

It may not be as efficient as accurately specifying the location using blood magic but there was no need to spend money on unnecessary things.

Lennok came out strongly first and the boy slowly shook his head.

“It’s a little lacking.”

“……..”

“I’m not doing this bargaining just because I like the money. “If it’s not money offer a reasonable price.”

The boy’s tone of voice when he said that was considerably softened.

It’s not just that he’s being coercive; he really thinks that the money Lenno proposed isn’t enough.

It’s a price… What price is Lennoch worth paying for him now?

In the first place if it is an item of value to drinkers who only stay in one place and make money by receiving customers…

The conversation he had with Evelyn came back to Lennok’s mind.

“How about this?”

“say it.”

“They said there will soon be an inspection of the magicians operating in the 40th district. “I think this is quite important information for blood mages like you.”

Evelyn shared information about the interrogation as if she were being generous but Lennok noticed that the information about the interrogation was not as important as she said.

There is no way the police are doing their job properly in this city especially when it comes to the 40th District.

Anyway by the time the inspection begins in earnest rumors will have spread everywhere.

It is obvious that instead of the magicians being arrested a money party will be held where kickbacks will be exchanged.

It seemed like it would be a good deal if I could sell this information to someone else before it lost its value.

Of course assuming that the boy believes all these words.

The boy frowned silently at Lennok’s words.

“…Are you kidding me? “You want me to believe that without any evidence?”

“……”

“If you’re going to talk nonsense go ahead. “If you hear something like that from an incompetent magician you won’t think anything of it.”

“Whoa….”

Lennok also let out a small sigh at that calm answer mixed with faint contempt.

Even though we know it clearly we often forget it.

The fact that in this street there is nothing that can be solved with good words.

This is not how you give your trust to someone.

I had to show it not tell it.

He immediately raised his magic power and struck the table in front of him violently.

thud!!

The table shakes violently due to the intense movement of magical power and the bundle of money and blood samples placed on it bounce into the air.

Dozens of bills and blood samples flying everywhere.

Grab all the items off the table with your magic and pull them in at once.

Lennok asked quietly placing the bundle of money and samples neatly organized in his hand on the table in an instant.

“How about this?”

“……”

At that casual question the boy looked up at Lennok with a blank expression.

The emotions in that gaze were clearly different from before.

The momentum of magical power that is too heavy to be thought of as simply a wandering wizard and the powerful intention to convert that movement into actual physical power.

And even the precise magic control ability to catch and stack all the bundles of bills floating in the air.

No matter how low you put it you are a level 4 or higher localization magic user.

With just this one exercise of his power Lennoc showed that he was a strong man who could kill the boy in one fell swoop.

At the same time there is no reason to lie about this information.

The boy who hesitated for a while nodded.

“…Enough.”

If you have that level of skill Lennok’s words that you can pick up sensitive information such as interrogation are also credible.

As soon as the boy agreed things moved quickly.

Kiiiiing…!!

When I drew a triangle with both thumbs and index fingers and slowly rotated it the blood was accurately divided into three branches and placed in a previously prepared bottle.

The boy muttered as he handed it to Lennok.

“I was lucky. “If it had been more than two days it would have been difficult to classify because it would have exceeded the limit that can be controlled with blood magic.”

Should I say that we did well to take action as quickly as possible?

I obtained the pure clue with less difficulty than I thought but the real request begins now.

Lennok nodded once without saying a word and immediately stood up.

“……for a moment.”

At that time the hesitating boy eventually called Lennok over.

“what?”

He looked seriously worried took out 2 million cells from the money on the table and handed it to Lennok.

“If the information you gave me is true I have some change left over. 2 million cells. “Take it.”

Since the amount taken into account for the boy sorting the blood was also taken into account there would actually be more money left over.

But Lennok shook his head instead of accepting the money.

“There is no need to return the money once received.”

This is information that will quickly lose value once the police start moving in earnest anyway.

The boy may have thought it was worth it but in Lennok’s eyes it only added confidence to a rumor that was quickly beginning to spread.

Rather than wasting time trying to save Sebastian’s money it would be more efficient to do him a little favor and maintain a good relationship with the blood mage.

But the boy gritted his teeth came closer and handed out the money.

“Once you have done the work do your calculations correctly. Take it.”

“…….okay.”

Lennok who was staring at the scene smiled and took the money the boy handed him.

What impressed me was not his neat calculation of money but his stubbornly high self-esteem.

Considering that he was running a business alone here at such a young age it would mean that the boy was no ordinary novice either.

“My name is Rayan Aiter. “Remember that.”

“Why me?”

“That way you can come find me when you look for the blood mage again.”

The boy forced the corners of his mouth to curl up as he said that.

“I’m not bragging but I’m a genius who succeeded in learning blood magic at the age of 15. There’s no one on this floor better at handling blood than me. “Don’t go looking for other people needlessly and come to me from now on.”

“……”

Is he saying this to confirm Lennok’s abilities and to form a lasting friendship with him?

Even though his methods may not be sophisticated he seems to have a rough idea of ​​what is important on this floor.

Even though he seems somewhat immature including his crooked attitude when we first met him he is a quick-witted boy.

As if I were seeing someone who had just rolled into this street for the first time.

The corners of Lennok’s mouth curled up involuntarily but he did not respond.

Instead he just kept walking and immediately left Area 44.

If I get the chance I might be able to see him somewhere even if it’s not here.

Lennok could not guarantee such a trivial encounter to the boy.

Where on earth does Lennok have the luxury of promising what’s next?

All he could guarantee was his own desperate will and the success of his request.

As soon as you leave Area 44 [Bloody Chase] magic is used on the blood classified as a man in his 20s.

As expected this time the red thread was completed safely without the magic being interrupted.

In fact he turned his head looked at Lennok and immediately started crawling between his legs and moving somewhere.

Lennok began to walk slowly along the thread.

‘I remember a few months ago.’

When I first used this magic I was sorely lacking in magic power so I headed towards the undeveloped area with a nervous mind while chasing the bounty criminal.

Even now it was difficult to say that he had enough magical power but at least he had enough confidence to make sure that the thread crawling in front of him would not break.

You can increase the thread’s speed but then it will become difficult for Lennok to keep up.

Even now in order to move along [Bloody Chase] which suddenly turns into a place that is not a road it was necessary to slow down to some extent.

‘…No I didn’t fall into a wrong direction.’

It’s just that the direction of the thread’s head is increasingly heading towards a place that is not a typical neighborhood.

Before you know it the surrounding walls are filled with dirty dirt and graffiti and thick cigarette smoke stings your nose.

The combination of the stinging smell of old oil and the acrid air coming from right next to it gives it a dirty feeling.

It looks like an old junk ship was dragged and placed on the ground.

Judging by the loud laughter coming from inside it seems to be an active bar in this area.

To Lennok who had always frequented the calm bar run by Jenny such a noisy place felt different.

As I followed the thread and looked around there was nothing special about it.

A bald man sitting on the floor with a red face chain-smoking. A couple having a barbecue in an old jeep and even a motorcycle shaking like crazy in the distance.

I don’t think it would be a place that model citizens who pay their taxes faithfully would like.

And Lennok who confirmed that the thread’s head was pointed precisely toward that bar nodded.

Immediately after Lennok’s [Bloody Chase] suddenly stopped.

“……..”

Is it just a coincidence that the magic suddenly ends after coming here?

That can’t be possible.

Considering that Bloody Chase is particularly easily destroyed by obstruction magic it is more plausible to assume that the criminals who noticed Lennok’s pursuit belatedly attempted to cut off his tail.

And if the criminals really noticed it…..

‘He’s probably going to leave the bar right now.’

chase

Lennok who came to a conclusion in an instant hid himself next to the old jeep right next to him and looked at the entrance to the bar.

A couple having a barbecue party next to him glanced at him but he ignored them.

Not long after the entrance to the bar became noisy and two people hurriedly walked out from inside.

“Hey are you sure about that?”

“Of course. “Just moments ago a strange energy was coming from the back of your head.”

“Ha fuck…. It’s really bothering me.”

A pair of a man with wide shoulders and a woman with a haggard look.

Both of them seem to be quite drunk so their gait looks a little strange but the magic power flowing out is surprisingly considerable.

The emotions on the two people’s faces seemed closer to annoyance than fear that they were being tracked so they were probably freelancers confident in their own skills.

Is that also the case with men and women pairing together?

It seems like you often see them strangely sticking together in pairs including the Cybrid Echo.

“Let’s run away first. “If you get caught here there will be a lot of curses you’ll get from Madam.”

“I don’t want to die for that… I can’t give Madame a reason to bite my neck.”

Lennok stood up after seeing the man fumble around his waist and take out what appeared to be car keys.

I couldn’t find the culprit and let him escape before my eyes.

He took out a cigarette from his arms and walked straight towards the two people.

As soon as the direction of walking was specified both men and women turned their heads toward Lennok at the same time.

Chiik…!!

As I light the candle I stare at the two people.

There’s no way you wouldn’t know at this point.

The man said while clenching his mouth.

“I didn’t know that my first sasaeng fan would look like this.”

“Watch out for the mount maw. “The opponent is a magician.”

A woman poses with a nervous expression.

Lennok also raised his magic power accordingly and opened his mouth.

“You know Madison?”

“……”

“Bring it.”

A man named Mount and a woman face each other in silence.

Without any warning a smoke bomb exploded between the man’s legs.

Wow!!

In an instant black smoke billows out in front of the bar’s yard blocking the view.

Although chaos has erupted everywhere Lennok’s magic sense is unaffected by these obstacles.

The moment the shield is raised a shock spell is fired to check the two people trying to get into the car.

Buaaaa!!

The car which had an empty driver’s seat moved and jumped forward.

With that Mount and the woman grabbed the trunk of the car and quickly left the front yard of the bar and started running away.

Quang!

In the meantime Lennok swung a bolt of electricity like a flash of lightning and exploded the rear wheel of the car but it was not enough to stop the car from rolling.

“……..”

Lennok frowned faintly as he watched the back of the car disappearing around the alley.

Since the rear wheel exploded you won’t be able to run very far. Before that happens I’ll have to chase him down and give him the harpoon.

Just as Lennok was thinking that and was about to take a step he heard a sound he shouldn’t have heard next to him.

Crash.

One of the couples who had been having a barbecue party in the jeep just moments ago the man suddenly pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Lennok’s head.

Lennoc suppressed a sigh that was about to burst out and turned around.

“…What are you doing now?”

“What are you doing?”

The man answered while chewing the meat.

“I tolerated you hitting on my car earlier but I can’t stand you messing with my friends in this neighborhood.”

“……”

“I don’t know why the outsider came all the way here because they had some business to do but it would be better to make a choice quickly.”

Even with his face red and drunk his aim remains unwavering.

“Either it goes out quietly or it goes out with one shot.”

A strange feeling that I had never felt before. It is a neighborhood where the extreme sense of exclusion that excludes outsiders is clearly evident.

I guess it was probably a gathering place for freelancers who had separate relationships but… honestly it was none of Lennok’s business.

“Whoa….”

Lennok laughed letting his complicated feelings go into the smoke.

Normally I shouldn’t have left the guy who pointed a gun at his head alive but right now there’s something I have to do.

“Consider yourself lucky.”

“……what?”

“Because I ended up paying for my life with just one car.”