Drug-Eating Genius Mage – 319



Metamorphosis (4)

A fighter jet appears next to Hina immediately after ejecting her seat. Aris who would have been sitting in the passenger seat is missing.

He must have dropped Aris off at the first fortress. The transmission sounded as if it had read Lennok’s thoughts.

[It looks like you left Hina behind. I knew it would be like that.]

“What does it mean?”

[No matter how I look at it it seems like you don’t really feel comfortable accepting help from others. I thought he would somehow handle this matter on his own.]

“….”

[The same applies to the attack on the fortress that you just took down on your own. Three entry routes established with your approval. If we had lent our strength to one of them it would not have been impossible to kill the three wardens and recapture the fortress.]

“But I couldn’t have prepared for a situation like now.”

[….]

This time Pallad kept his mouth shut.

“In the end we didn’t know about the lieutenant general’s true purpose until just before the offensive operation began. “He was trying to abandon his body and be reborn and become a level 8 supreme power and he was also building two more fortresses.”

I knew that the National Guard and Gearside did not intend to concentrate all their power on just one mobile fortress.

The scale of the mobile fortress was too large and noticeable to accommodate their wishes and it was not that fast.

That’s why Lennok tried to prepare for any emergency by getting things done as quickly as possible… but he never thought that Gearside would build two more forts and put them up for sale.

Palad piloted the fighter plane in silence and then said something else through the communication network.

[I told you I was a pilot. However I was not working as an agent from the beginning.]

“….”

[I was a pilot in the National Guard Mobile Fortress Combat Squadron. Lieutenant General Trepen was my superior.]

“…I see.”

Lennok nodded understanding why Pallad was saying this at this time.

Certainly Palad’s actions so far have been too proactive to be attributed simply to him being the deputy director of the agent.

The fact that he who should have stayed near the satellite city to take care of all the troops went out of his way to fly a fighter plane was proof of that fact.

Coo coo coo!!

Two fighter planes racing through the sky. Only Palad’s voice can be heard quietly through the empty communication network.

[The lieutenant general must be in that fortress a little further away. You probably know that.]

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“Did you know?”

Of the two fortresses this is a mobile fortress that is located relatively behind.

Among those fortresses Lennok identified a fortress with relatively unorganized space using his recently developed spatial awareness ability and set his target.

Palad also seemed to have figured out in his own way which fortress Trefen was located in.

[I only noticed this after looking closely at the mobile fortress in the satellite city. That thing there is not a fortress originally used by the National Guard. It is probably an item that was completed quickly in the drying yard with the help of Gearside.]

The reason why old parts and new parts were strangely mixed together on the exterior of the fortress. This is probably because the remains of the mobile fortress that had been dried were reassembled to create a new one.

The fact that the materials piled up on the deck looked oddly worn may have been because they were discarded when the project was discontinued.

Considering the unusual words and actions of Barclay and the control room officers there were clues that the mobile fortress in the satellite city was not the fortress they were originally using.

“If they were looking for a nuclear reactor and charging it it must have been a fortress that was built relatively recently.”

[The fortress in the satellite city is Unit 3. If Units 1 and 2 which were hidden these days after charging the power source are now running…]

Lennok who understood Palad’s words immediately nodded.

“Are you saying that Unit 1 is where Vice Admiral Treppen will be?”

[He served as a fortress commander for 20 years and has never left his position. Even if he abandons his body now his disposition will not go anywhere.]

“….”

From his experience as a National Guard pilot did he know the location of Fortress Unit 1 which he had previously used?

It seemed that the experience of personally knowing a man named Trefen and his time as a pilot had provided another answer to Palad.

[But now that too is over. I never thought I would say my last goodbye like this but…]

At the same time as he said those words a missile detached from the bottom of Pallad’s fighter plane and fell to the ground in an instant.

Slam!!

[It’s time to put an end to a long relationship.]

The missile fell diagonally following the fighter’s speed and direction and directly hit the rear fort deck.

Kwaaaaaa!!

A truly magnificent firework was lit.

A long spire erected in the middle of the deck of a fortress that quickly burst into flames.

At the top a man wearing an iron mask looks up at the sky in solitude.

As soon as Lennok saw that he pressed the ejection button on the instrument panel and pulled the seat lever without hesitation.

Boom!

Lennok’s body which was ejected from the center of the ejected seat soared into the sky.

It turns upside down and falls straight to the ground.

The effects of the strong wind and gravity were elaborately alleviated with shields and magic and the wizard’s body with his coat flapping fell onto the deck of the fortress.

Wow!!

On the deck the heat from the missile launched by Pallad had not yet subsided.

Lennok stood up and slowly looked up at the spire in the center of the deck.

A man wearing a thick iron mask takes his gaze towards the sky and throws it back down.

[….]

Lennok who saw the dazzling eye light shining through the iron mask immediately raised his magic power and smiled.

“Lieutenant General Trepen. “It’s my first time seeing your face in person.”

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Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!

A deafening altitude of thousands of meters.

Hina screamed as she tightly clutched the blade on her waist then hiccuped when she saw something that suddenly appeared in front of her.

“Hiyak?!”

“There’s no need to be so surprised to see people.”

What appeared in Hina’s eyes was Aris with her legs neatly brought together and her golden hair falling down.

She who was traveling in Palad’s fighter jet was also ejected at the same time as Hina and was falling from the sky.

“Ah you were Aris….”

“Agent I think you were thrown in around the same time as me. Am I wrong?”

The parachute backpack tied to the fluttering shirt had not yet been opened but Aris’ face showed no signs of fear.

While pressing his hair with one hand he just looks at Ji Sang who is getting closer with a cold expression.

Hina nodded obediently even though she was unconsciously impressed by his courage.

“you’re right.”

“Then you’ve entrusted a nearby fortress to the two of us…”

As Aris said that she glanced down at the distant ground.

The middle of a desert area that is rapidly approaching.

Two mobile fortresses moving over it without hesitation. Among them wasn’t it that two people were given full charge of a fortress that was moving relatively nearby?

It was a reasonable distribution of personnel but Aris’ face looked somewhat sullen.

“Hmm….”

“Even if it’s something I don’t like…”

Instead of answering Aris raised her bright blue eyes and looked up and down Hina’s entire body.

Her whole body glowing bright blue in the aftermath of [Yeoreoshin].

Hina doesn’t seem to be aware of the magical effects occurring within her body but Aris was able to guess how severe the augmentation magic currently in her body had reached.

It not only amplifies physical ability but also precisely stimulates the central nervous system to raise reaction speed and magical power sensitivity to a whole different level.

Even if the strength and speed of the entire body are abnormally amplified mental enhancement is enough to fully handle the temporarily increased strength.

If the technique was tailored to her body so perfectly it would be proof that similar techniques had already been used against Hina several times.

And it was obvious who the person who performed the spell would be.

Aris narrowed her eyes and crossed her arms as she muttered.

“As expected it’s suspicious….”

“…yes?”

“The fortress is slowly getting closer. “As soon as we get down we’ll start.”

Aris who brushed aside Hina’s question without any hesitation looked away.

“When calculating the agent’s increased strength and magical power the time it takes to cover half the deck is approximately 13 seconds… In the meantime move around the area as much as possible and drive the enemies on the deck to one location.”

“Oh I understand.”

Slam!

Hina answered as she grabbed the sword at her waist.

As the fortress got closer her senses began to see the enemy crawling out onto the deck.

Completely different magical power and appearance from the National Guard forces we have been dealing with so far.

The fact that their entire bodies have been converted into machines is not enough and the sight of them looking up at each other with different colors and powers in their hands feels eerie.

Those people are probably members of the Gearside group behind the National Guard. And they must have been the ones who directed the construction of the two forts.

Even though there is still a distance of over several hundred meters they have already detected this side and are waiting to intercept it.

However even as Aris looked at that scene she did not hesitate and immediately raised her magic power and spoke.

“They will open their guns to intercept us from about 200m away. “I will block the bottom so you can go in first and stir it up.”

“Then what about Aris…?”

“I don’t want to spend too much time here.”

Aris smiled brightly as she looked at Hina and began to make a hand sign with her hands overlapping each other.

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

At the same time an enormous amount of magical energy swirls and rotates around her body and the sand on the ground wriggles wildly.

The seal of the summoning magic that she deploys and arranges with both hands glows instantly projecting her powerful will.

Immediately after the sand of the desert in the area defied gravity and surged upward creating the shape of a gigantic giant.

Coo coo coo coo coo!!!

[Gwaoooooo!!!!]

As the gigantic sand giant dozens of meters tall roared wildly the air around the area shook like crazy spreading the sound in all directions.

Lennok was not the only one who accumulated knowledge and experience through repeated research on summoning magic.

Rather by conducting research together with Lennok who views summoning magic in a completely different way from existing interpretations Aris has also improved her understanding of summoning magic.

Summoning a summon of this size is inherently difficult even for a powerful mage like her.

It would not be impossible to use a shortcut in itself with some adjustments to the environment and conditions based on Lennok’s interpretation.

As a result she succeeded in summoning a summoned beast that could only be summoned in the extreme environment of the desert at a level several levels higher than the level of her summoning magic.

Only Hina who could not guess the inside story opened her mouth wide and let out a series of horrified sounds.

“Ugh….”

“Let’s go quickly.”

Percussion!!

Aris who landed lightly on the sand giant’s shoulder makes a series of hand signs and at the same time the giant begins to walk forward.

A summoned beast created by combining the sand of the desert area and giving it a will advanced scattering sand dust in all directions.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo!!!

It is no longer clear who the noise that continues to shake the earth belongs to.

The impact of the two monsters whose size was far beyond what humans could handle advancing toward each other was the only thing that violently pounded the desert area.

The mobile fortress which was advancing forward while constantly moving its steel legs clashed with the sand giant which ran at a height of tens of meters.

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Kuoooo!!

On the deck of the fortress burning with missile explosions.

Lennok looked at the pile of supply boxes burning helplessly on the deck and nodded.

Unlike the supplies from Fortress Unit 3 that I saw in the satellite city these boxes clearly showed signs of use.

It is probably clear that this fortress is the original model that the National Guard used for 20 years.

[….]

The man wearing the iron mask quietly looked down at Lennok and lightly stamped his foot.

At the same time his body moved as if it disappeared and in an instant he stood right on the deck.

Wow!!

Immediately after a fighter jet landed on the deck behind Lennok.

The man in the iron mask looked at the fighter before Lennok and opened his mouth.

[You’re very old Okon. What is that face?]

“It’s been a while flight commander.”

Pallad answered through the fighter’s speakers.

[Are you here to stop me with your old tired body? Dragging an abandoned fighter jet?]

A heavy laugh echoed beyond the mask.

[It’s foolish… It’s truly foolish… You haven’t changed at all since then.]

“So you’ve changed a lot.”

The man fell silent at Palad’s calm answer.

“I… I believed that the flight commander would not change. Everyone else thought so too. That’s why everyone approved of you ascending to the position of commander.”

[….]

“Because everyone believed that no matter how difficult the hardships came to the National Guard and the outer front the commander would not change.”

[I did my best to protect the military!!]

Wow!!

Along with the man’s loud shout a strong wave arose around him.

The heat flowing over the deck dispersed and disappeared in an instant.

[You are the ones who abandoned us who tried to fulfill our duty until the very end and now you are saying something like that…!!]]

The roar of a man whose anger has not subsided. I couldn’t even guess how deep the anger was in his chest.

But Palad responded by clutching the control stick.

“So this is the answer you gave? “This moment when I abandon my men who sacrificed their lives and run towards the fortress and destruction that I spent my whole life with?”

[….]

“It’s all over flight commander. Don’t you know that there’s no point to all of this? “This is just a struggle.”

Perhaps this wasn’t Lieutenant General Treffen’s original plan.

The construction of two more forts with the help of Gearside was not intended to be a reckless assault but was probably a means of increasing strength and putting pressure on the city council.

However the response of the agents inside the city led by Representative Mayer was too fast and even the National Guard was unprepared at the moment when the city had to face the combined forces.

And the moment when Colonel Villen who had accepted Gearside’s body modification was defeated so easily that it was pointless.

Trepen realized that the structure he had envisioned had completely collapsed.

The only option left to him is to accept Gearside’s offer completely reconstruct his body and reach level 8.

And through him all he had to do was directly control the two fortresses and run toward his original goal.

A faded intention and a collapsed plan. Failed plans and meaningless sacrifices. Now what remains for Lieutenant General Treffen?

[Shut up!!!!]

Charrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

At the same time as the man Trepen’s horrendous scream the moving fortress that had been running ceaselessly came to a halt and began to twist on the spot.

At the same time tens of millions of parts that were building the mobile fortress came out as if a screw was loosened losing its original shape and forming a huge sphere.

A huge mechanical sphere created by embracing Lennok who was standing on the deck and Palad’s fighter jet which was floating.

[Inner world microcosm: Iron transport]

[Region activation]

Kagagagagagagagagaga!!

An annoying noise as if bugs were gnawing everywhere.

Inside the circular mechanical sphere that traps Lennok the noise made by the endless flow and rotation of the distant parts resonates majestically like a choir.

The inside of a sphere with a diameter large enough to easily contain a radius of several hundred meters.

Trepen howled on top of the gigantic body that had begun to assemble like a Buddha statue inside the sphere wall.

[It’s not over yet!!! Do you think it will just fall into vain like this?! I am Edmus Treffen commander of the National Guard fortress!!!!]

Cheek!

“Deputy Director. “This is different from what you said.”

Lennok who put a candle in his mouth and lit it looked back at Palad in silence.

“This is not what Vice Admiral Trepen had in mind.”

Trepen’s microcosm which had been briefed in advance using the intelligence power of Agent Deputy Director Pallad Ocon was a force focused on defense related to ‘stopping’.

So while preparing for the battle with the lieutenant general I have been thinking about a blade to pierce his defenses but what I see before my eyes is an image of such a grand scope that it is almost like a magnetic field.

In fact it was questionable whether this steel prison created by dismantling an entire mobile fortress could really be called a mental image.

“…I’m sorry but this is my first time seeing this and I don’t know what to say.”

Palad responded holding on to the control stick with a nervous expression.

“From what I remember Vice Admiral Treffen’s microcosm was never like this. “Didn’t the other wardens have powers similar to before even after undergoing body modification?”

“hmm…”

If so is it possible that the entire image was distorted and deteriorated in the process of reconstructing the body?

I can’t even imagine how much of a price I would have to pay to completely distort and change the image that was already engraved in my mind.

But what if all these scenes… are phenomena observed as Trepen escapes from humans?

What if it was the result of reaching a new level by cutting off everything that builds a person and throwing away hierarchy?

Quaaaaaaa!!

Hundreds of artillery shells rising from the surface of the mechanical sphere spewed fire.

Lennok immediately raised his shield like a barrier to deflect the pouring shells and increase his magical power.

“I guess I have no choice but to see for myself how far I have come. “Get off the fighter plane first.”

“What do you plan to do?”

“I can’t fight in this mess while also caring about you.”

Lennok looked back at Palad and snapped his fingers.

A pencil extended from the end of the sleeve and fell into Palad’s hand.

The five fingers of Enakpil. A consumable that allows you to jump through space and escape an emergency situation.

It was a piece of compensation offered by Palad himself through his deal with Lennok.

“So just finish what I tell you quickly and run away.”

The Genius Wizard Who Takes Medicine Episode 323