Drug-Eating Genius Mage – 404



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[I thought he was a reckless guy but even that was beyond my imagination.]

widely!

Oliveira picked up the white stone and placed the chess pieces on the board muttering.

[I never thought there would be someone who would challenge me with a white heron.]

“Do you know the name of this game?”

[Did you ask me to play a game without even knowing the name Oh Baek-ro? It’s really absurd.]

A soft sound of laughter echoed through the veil.

[It is a type of organ that was created by a wise man hundreds of years ago and distributed to the public. The rules are simple but the deeper you delve into it the more complicated it becomes and it became entertainment for many people… But I don’t really like this five-hundred-ro.]

“Why?”

[The Ascendant must have created this game.]

Lennok’s hand which had been moving without hesitation stopped for a moment.

Oliveira continued without paying attention to Lennok’s reaction.

[If you are a magician who has reached the highest level you can read the meaning indicated by the myori contained within the Five Hundred Pros. He is so arrogant and self-righteous that even he who is researching it is sick of it… He is trying to force and learn this thoroughly from anyone who digs into this game.]

“….”

[I think it’s to train younger students but it’s so unfriendly and violent that it feels a bit excessive. Unless you are a superhuman with a fairly firm sense of subjectivity it is dangerous to be deeply fascinated by this game.]

widely!

She placed her own stone next to the one placed by Lennok turning the board over to pure white and then snorted.

[So when it became popular for a while among the people below I took personal action to ban it. [It was decades ago.]

Unless you are a superhuman who can perfect yourself does this mean that the more you vaguely delve into the Five Hundred Roads the more likely you are to be forcibly influenced by the secrets contained therein?

Lennok who knew that the creator of this game was Jindun could not help but smile bitterly.

“Well a magician like you wouldn’t feel happy about being played by an ascendant’s pranks.”

Lennok said as he picked up the black stone.

“Then I can inform the cartel chairman of my defeat for the first time in a long time.”

[Hey I haven’t caught many stones but I’m not close to losing to a kid like you.]

Oliveira muttered confidently and lifted the stone.

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[Continue.]

After that the two continued the game exchanging attacks and defenses one after another.

As if Oliveira’s confidence wasn’t all in vain her skills were at a considerable level even in Lennok’s opinion.

Her ability to control offense and defense and read numbers is so good that it’s hard to believe that she doesn’t like Obaekro.

The fact that she understands this game to be a type of piece created by an ascendant in the first place is probably possible because she has deep experience digging into this game.

Considering that it’s not that Oliveira’s confidence was incomprehensible.

Nothing compared to Lennok who was taught directly by the game’s creator.

widely!!

Little by little but surely as the black stones covering the board increase the speed at which Oliveira’s veil shakes becomes faster.

With her insight and reading skills she would be able to clearly determine the level of Lennok’s skills.

Oliveira said in an astonished tone as she watched her white stone flipping over one after another.

[You guy… With such skills did you volunteer to be a beginner and take a chance? There is a degree of deception.]

“It’s not a lie to say that it hasn’t been long since I learned the game.”

As Lennok said that he raised his gaze and looked into the eyes shining beyond the veil.

“There is no need to change your words and deceive them in a situation like this.”

[…It’s not a lie. then?]

Since Oliviera has studied the mechanics of this game himself he can understand what it means to have built up this level of skill in a short period of time.

A board game where the higher the level and hierarchy of the magician the more you understand its tricks from various aspects.

Are you handling the game at an equal or higher level than her without being deceived by the powerful direction inherent in the game?

It would be deeply related to human nature which is fundamentally different from innate magical talent or accumulated experience.

Lennok nodded inwardly looking at Oliveira who seemed lost in thought.

‘Is it because I already know about this game? ‘It worked better than I thought.’

Obaekro is a method in itself to remember and teach the techniques and directions of barrier techniques in the correct form.

It is the most sophisticated and metaphorical learning device that a transcendental person of the ascendant level can create.

However on the other hand if you fully understand the purpose of the game and use it in reverse you can read the mental image of the person you are playing the game with to a certain extent.

Lennok was trying to read Oliveira’s mind by playing this game with her using the excuse of her aptitude for supernatural abilities.

If you were to catch a glimpse of her the highest-ranking magician in person you would be shocked but if you were to reflect on her intentions as revealed through the game you could draw her image without making a show of it.

Jindun must also have decided to read Lennok’s images through this same process and pass on his own barrier techniques.

Lennok who had inherited the barrier technique was now reading other people’s images in a similar way.

‘The fact that you didn’t reject my offer means that you have something you want. At least you should be able to hear those conditions.’

Of course it may be difficult to find out all of Oliveira’s secrets and magical abilities.

However it would be possible to find the most appropriate answer by observing her reactions in real time as the game progresses.

As the head of the cartel and an old high-ranking magician what does she want and why does she stay in the lab?

What Lennok wanted was right there.

“You probably know that I am investigating the secrets of the Black Consumer Project.”

Lennok who was staring at her lost in thought casually said something else.

“Yorta’s Night of the Dead Machina’s Ascension Gate… I now understand that the various cities that gained power after the fall of Arsnova attempted to ascend to heaven in their own way.”

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[….]

“As the end approaches I need to know what others have done to achieve ascension.”

[Why?]

Lennok raised his gaze and stared into Oliveira’s eyes which were invisible through the veil.

“Because I realized that between those seemingly meaningless failures there were secrets that I didn’t yet know.”

A being called Alkaid who was involved in the Black Consumer Project.

Why did this unknown being whether an individual or the name of an organization become involved in the project of this megacity?

Also why are the ascended ones wary of and concerned about its existence? In the end Lennok did not hear the answer from Jindun.

This may be because there was a reason why Jindun himself could not tell the secret directly.

In that case Lennok must make the move himself.

Until now we had just moved with the flow of the situation and reaped the maximum benefit but now it is different.

Even though it went directly against the power and time that this megalopolis had built up Lennok had to hear the secret firsthand.

I knew that I now had the power and qualifications to do so to the point where I could not avoid it.

Oliveira stared at Lennok’s face and then lowered her head.

[You weren’t the only one curious about the project’s dark secrets.]

“….”

[But if no one has gotten a clear answer to that secret don’t you think there must be a good reason?]

“I guess so.”

Lennok smiled faintly.

“But what does it matter if the end is not far away?”

There is no time.

To this world and to Lennok himself.

Everyone is aware of the despairing fact that the end is near but should we endure the fear of not knowing when that moment will come?

Lennok didn’t want that.

As much as he has tried to throw off his shackles he does not want the ending to be an empty echo.

Wasn’t that why I was wandering around this city and around the world to find the answer?

What I want still hasn’t changed. The most fundamental wish to live was still alive and breathing in the deepest part of Lennok’s heart.

[Continue.]

Oliveira said. Lennok did not answer.

In silence the hands of two people began to move around a game board.

Thump thump!!

Without using any magical energy he pours his heart into defeating the opponent in front of him.

Apart from the magical power overflowing from the entire body calmly subsiding the head rotates tautly making all the senses in the body go round and round.

Kiiing!

A feeling of emptiness as if I had returned to the time when I first opened my eyes in this world.

However Lennok can clearly perceive that the composition of the body has changed since then.

His incredibly excellent memory allows him to clearly compare and contrast the body’s reactions between then and now and point out differences.

Support…!!

The aftermath of mana addiction became relatively mild. Insomnia that is suppressed with medicinal properties and the lungs that are much more accustomed to the beginning of the year than before.

The amount of magical power that expands without knowing the end and the circuits that cover the entire body.

And even the flow of power rotating deep inside Lennok’s left eye.

Lennok who only then realized why Oliveira had ordered such a formality nodded.

‘This is an area that can only be reached by raising one’s spirit without raising one’s magical power.’

A level of mental concentration that is difficult to achieve unless you are focused on winning against a magician like Oliveira.

Isn’t this an area of ​​mental training that has little to do with magical talent?

When Lennok began to caress the nape of his neck Oliveira who immediately recognized the scent nodded.

[I felt it when I saw him touching a place other than his eyes. Did you remember the sensation?]

“…roughly. Is this what it means to have an innate ability?”

The purple magical eye is a mirror that visualizes Lennok’s image and although it is powered by magical power its origin is far from magic.

The power to reveal the user’s wishes or feelings without any tricks or systematic learning.

The magical eye was a supernatural ability that appeared by drawing up the thoughts that existed beneath the fundamental form of life as much as magical power.

[This is absurd. I never thought I would really be in a state of exaltation after playing with the Five Hundred Pros… Normally when I focus on a game I tend to focus on the game in front of me rather than my demonic eyes.]

“No matter how hard you go it’s enough as long as you reach the end result.”

Even as I raise my hand not even any magical energy moves.

Is it a process of escaping from the magical power that has always been one and embodying the power of another realm even if just for a moment?

However Oliveira seemed to have made up her mind in Lennok’s answer as she let go of the stone she was holding and placed her hand on the veil.

[That is correct. In the end when dealing with cause and effect the only thing that is observed at the end is the result.]

“…what?”

She placed her hand on the veil covering her face and slowly lifted it.

In it her eyes are revealed properly for the first time.

[I was preserving that realization entirely in these two eyes.]

Lennok who had not expected that she would be the first to lose at this point stared at her blankly.

It’s awkward to call him an old monster who has lived for an incalculable amount of time. He looks like time has stopped.

The seven brilliance contained in the eyes which were originally shining with indigo slowly rotate and draw a beautiful rainbow.

Chilchaebo’s magical eyes shine so brightly that it seems as if you’ll be sucked in just by looking at them.

Only when Lennok looked directly into her eyes did he realize why she covered her face with a veil.

This is not just because the mind or magic power is shaken just by looking at it.

The moment her eyes began to look directly outside the scenery inside the lab was distorted repeating changes and returns.

“This is…”

The moment the second hand of the clock hanging on the wall of the studio moves forward it moves back again.

The clock hands constantly rewinding towards the point when she opened her eyes and began to contemplate.

Only then did Lennok frown realizing exactly what power the Chilchaebo’s magical eye possessed.

“Is reality being fixed according to the act of observation…?”

[It is the power to observe only the results in terms of cause and effect and change reality accordingly. Do you understand what this means?]

Oliveira said looking into Lennok’s eyes with amusement.

Lennok nodded. If you think about combining the various stories she explained about the Mystic Eyes so far the answer wasn’t difficult.

“…Because it is close to an innate ability it is relatively easy to access the aspects of cause and effect.”

In order to reach the principle of cause and effect through magic even an ascended person would have to take enormous risks. But the case of Lee Nung is different.

As it relies heavily on innate talent and mental power it is a power that is more intuitive than any magic or technique under certain conditions.

Oliveira had been actively researching ways to combine the power of this supernatural ability with his techniques and imagery.

[Even if it is infinitely slight it is a type of change in reality. In order to make this power completely mine I had to endure a temporary decline in status.]

Now I can understand why Oliveira has remained in hiding and not intervened in the cartel’s affairs until now and why he devoted himself to research despite taking such risks.

What she sees in her eyes is the ability to change the laws that interfere with clear cause and effect.

The higher up the hierarchy a superhuman is the more they will understand how powerful and deadly it is.

There is no need to change cause and effect by observing the result.

As long as it was possible to observe the results of reality and fix them there were infinite ways to use them and apply them.

This is exactly what the power of the magical eye that Oliveira Ron Maze gained in her later years meant.

And Lennok who sensed something in between asked.

“Wait a minute can’t it be that your magical eye is due to the failure of the project…”

[It’s not satisfactory but it meets the minimum standard. Then you too could become a bridgehead.]

Oliveira’s face smiling happily.

What part of Lennok’s words and actions touched and changed her standards?

Indeed absurdly Oliveira was trying to delve into Lennok’s magical eye development without even revealing the details.

[Okay you idiot. Let’s find out what power the magical eye that opens in your right eye possesses.]

* * *

Late afternoon on the weekend.

The bedroom hidden behind blackout curtains is filled with only quiet breathing.

Beep. Beep.

A ringtone echoes through the thick blanket.

“Whoa….”

Lennok sighed reaching out from under the blanket and grabbing his cell phone.

Dabi who was curled up in the toad nest and licking his tail raised his head.

[Master?]

“It’s time to wake up.”

Shoot!!

With a blank expression I wash my face in the sink and face the mirror.

A young man with a toothbrush in his mouth with his messy hair unkempt was looking at him in the same way.

“….”

Come to think of it it’s been quite a while since I looked at the mirror blankly like this.

So much so that I remember the day when I escaped from the factory and barely looked at myself for the first time.

It’s been a week since I visited Labatenon University the Carlyle Institute and Oliveira’s laboratory.

At this moment when the prohibition law is lifted and Dyke Company is reeling there is no wind in the city due to the conflict between the sun and the shade.

Ironically Lennok was more focused on studying and researching for his own growth than ever before.

“Uhm….”

Although he has gained a bit more weight than before he still has a slim physique.

When I think about how this is also the result of paying attention to diet and forcibly supplying nutrients I can’t help but laugh.

The haggard appearance and dark circles around the eyes are definitely less than before but they have not completely disappeared.

Lennok who was silently touching the corners of his eyes closed his eyes once and then opened them and his left pupil began to turn purple and fluctuate.

Ugh…!!

“….”

The mirror unable to withstand the power of the Demon Eye shook as if it would break at any moment but Lennok ignored it and focused on looking at the mirror.

To be precise not toward his left eye which had already opened but toward his right eye which was shining pitch black.

At first glance the right pupil appears to have not changed at all.

But you can see it by looking into your right eye with your left eye which visualizes a realm of possibilities.

A faint golden ring began to emerge from deep within the right pupil where no change seemed to occur.

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