Drug-Eating Genius Mage – 414



Truth and Requiem (2)

The sound of crashing waves fades and turns into serene silence.

I followed Madrich through the open stone door and down the endless hallway.

“I didn’t know that the old man was also your commander.”

Lennok said while looking around with an expressionless face.

“I said there was a strange emphasis on the rules of the race. “I thought he ran away because he didn’t show up until the gang was wiped out.”

“The Grimoire Gang’s Hundred Demon Nights is one of the few remaining means through which I can obtain military orders.”

Madrich the old man who answered in a cold voice waved his hand and at the same time the scenery in the hallway changed completely.

Woe!

Numerous glass display shelves are placed between the corridors extending inside. Between them different urns were neatly placed.

While Lennok paused for a moment in the display of countless urns Madrich walked among them and said.

“It was managed separately because it was efficient in maintaining the military command ceremony. “I didn’t know that I would be killed by just one wizard.”

“The terminals of the military commanders there were hidden between Achilles’ security network.”

Lennok answered wiping the dust from the urn with his finger.

“It must have been inevitable to communicate through military orders rather than directly. “It wasn’t difficult.”

“Achilles’ network is by far the best among companies in Yangji. “There is no way that security companies don’t know how much they care about internal crackdowns.”

He who was walking ahead with his back behind him chuckled.

“Your ability to break through that and accurately steal the coordinates of a terminal related to me is abnormal.”

“….”

No matter how powerful Dabi is it is difficult to penetrate the security network from the front without any medium or keyword.

The reason I accessed Achilles’ security network at that time was because the entire brain area used that company’s technical team leader as a living biological terminal to access the network.

But if Madric didn’t know the details there was no reason to explain it.

As the sluggish conversation continued the old man began to speak out first.

“Is that all you want to ask?”

The old man’s eyes met Lennok’s as he glanced back.

“I think the reason you rejected my offer and came here yourself is because you are desperately seeking an answer.”

Get notified for updates: https://discord.gg/93rmBjgP6B

“We have already confirmed what each other wants.”

Lennok responded harshly.

“Black Consumer Project. “Didn’t I say that I can show you even though I can’t say it because of the ban?”

“….”

“Kaise and Alkaid. “What happened after the project failed?”

Lennok asked.

“I want to know what mistakes were made that still allow you to influence the highest levels of city government.”

“You are truly honest. “It’s been a long time since anyone dared to bring up that name in front of me.”

Madrich burst out laughing.

“There was a time when just saying that name was a crime equivalent to treason.”

He said as he walked through the endless display of urns.

“This is because the contributions of these two people were significant and their mistakes were also significant. “As someone who directly witnessed the failure of Mangwi Night I couldn’t repeat the same mistake.”

“It’s a failure of Night Journey….”

Lennok’s eyes shone sharply.

“That also means that you participated in the ascension plan that decided the fate of the two cities.”

A night trip to the military city of Yorta.

Black consumer project in the megacity Balkan.

Doesn’t this mean that I have dipped my toes into two great worlds that are different in time and method but share the same goal of heading toward ascension?

“Did you use your experience of failure in Yorta to participate in the Balkan project and reach your current status through that process?”

“I told you this last time but I can’t tell you the specific secrets of the project with my own mouth.”

Madrich answered leisurely.

“The prohibition left behind by Alkaid is so extremely strong and fatal that it even prohibits divulging its name and existence in the first place.”

“….”

Since Lennok first recognized and mentioned the existence of Alkaid does this mean that Madrich can also mention that name?

“But why am I still influencing this city? “It is not difficult to explain it.”

Phew…!!

The end of the hallway gradually widens and soon turns into a huge open space.

Pure white light seeped in and a warm glow hit my face.

Madrich’s military leader leaving behind the light turned his body fully and looked out at Lennok.

“It was a project that started with the dream of lasting forever but there were quite a few people who wanted insurance. “They are people who are extremely obsessed with life so they wanted to be guaranteed continuous time.”

A splendidly and neatly decorated pure white cavity runs along the urn display case where the cold air had been hovering just moments before.

In the middle of a display case wall filled with thousands of urns a gigantic giant sits with his back straight and his hands clasped together.

The giant’s face which appears to be hundreds of times the size of an ordinary human is extremely pale and the flesh has been gnawed away in places revealing the bone fragments inside.

Above the arms knees shoulders neck head eyes hands and feet there were hundreds of long glass tubes tied to strings hanging there.

A strange appearance that seems to support hundreds of glass tubes with the body of a giant.

Between the countless shelves on the common wall behind the giant’s back over a thousand urns are lined up looking down at the two people.

The moment when Lennok was left speechless by the bizarre scenery that was truly beyond common sense.

Join our discord and ping me to update more chapters. Discord: https://discord.gg/93rmBjgP6B

The mouths of the giant who had stopped as if dead and the old man standing in front of Lennok began to move at the same time.

“Even if it is only a sweet illusion.”

[Even if it is just a sweet illusion.]

“…I can’t believe this.”

Only then did Lennoc realize what Madrich’s true identity was and opened his mouth in a daze.

The miserable face of a giant with only the flesh barely attached to the bones as if it had been dead for a long time.

That was Madrich Onion’s true identity.

A species of giant whose physique far exceeds that of an ordinary human. I would never have guessed that the identity of the military magician who survived from the time the city was founded was not even a pure human.

Because he served as the head of a judicial institution for a long time he has the appearance of a giant that completely shatters the prejudice that was thought to have the physique of an ordinary human being.

Madrich looked down at Lennok and opened his mouth again.

[This charnel house is a requiem to commemorate those who have already died. At the same time it is the last refuge for those who have not yet given up on life.]

“….”

[I have been embracing the poor people who have not been able to give up their attachment to life since the project failed.]

“…I see. “That’s why you were able to have such a strong influence on the highest levels of city government.”

Lennok nodded.

“They were forcibly prolonging the time of those who could not give up their fear of death and using the hope of the afterlife as bait they were holding on to their bodies and spirits.”

Most of the high-ranking officials in megacities are old boasting considerable age as is their enormous power.

It is obvious that unless you become a superhuman who has completed a fairly powerful hierarchy your remaining lifespan is limited.

Madrich Onion had a powerful influence on the city government at the border between this world and the afterlife by providing a space for such people to postpone death.

“Your role in the project was not to make the plan a success but to provide insurance for the investors?”

Oliveira was not lying when he said that the scope of the project was so vast that there was not much overlap between them.

The only thing that Madrich Onion a martial arts wizard can do for those who are about to die is to make them his military commanders and manipulate them.

In order to forcibly postpone his death he was tied to a magic called martial arts and had been living a life worse than that of a corpse.

Without knowing that even its existence could disappear at any time according to the will of the magician.

The giant Madrich Onion laughed.

[The foolishness of fearing death and choosing a lesser rest has not changed in the past or present.]

“….”

[Those who practice martial arts often warn. No one is free from death only regret remains. But people don’t change even after hearing the truth.]

Madrich said.

[Because what you don’t know is scary. The unknown is scary. What you cannot understand is an object of fear. Military magic is a technique that uses foolishness and contradiction as a source of power… but even Yorta the city where such magicians gather could not escape the contradiction.]

Yorta’s plan to gather all the spirits and bodies of this world and build a bridge to ascension is Mangwi Night.

Lennok did not know very well what kind of damage the failure of the plan created with the secrets of martial arts had on the city of Yorta but it was clear that it was a very painful mistake for them.

Even the great military magician who had lived for over a hundred years and must have killed hundreds or thousands of people and reaped their spirits faintly trembled every time he mentioned the failure of the Mangwi Night Journey.

The vivid emotional agitation that superhumans who have lived for a long time rarely reveal.

It was a projection of deep emotions that we never had many opportunities to encounter in life but Lennok had already remembered seeing something similar once before.

Maiya Renslit the enforcer of the Machine City whom I met in Jindun’s Hanghasa Labyrinth also reacted like that whenever the failure of the Ascension Gate was mentioned.

So painful and fatal was that failure that even now tens or hundreds of years later there are still people wandering around who regret that moment and cannot forget it.

Did you say that the act of challenging ascension itself is great?

However the challenges of those who are not qualified are even more devastating when they end in failure.

Lennok was facing a being who had engraved that simple yet hard-to-realize truth directly into his soul after painful failure.

The giant lowered his hollow gaze and pressed Lennok’s shoulder.

[The devastation that occurs when the bridge to ascension is cut off cannot be simply explained in words. In hell where the laws of cause and effect are violated and the order of nature is turned upside down individual lives are nothing more than trivial things.]

“….”

[After experiencing such failure even those who denied it with their whole body and mind begin to accept it.]

“what?”

[If destruction is unavoidable I want to survive at least for myself and move on to the next thing… A very selfish yet pure desire.]

As the giant’s finger twitches the glass tube resting on the tip of the finger shakes and something comes out from inside.

Clap!!

As soon as the green liquid pours onto the ground it stands up on the spot and takes on a human form.

A naked man with no clothes on stood up from his seat and slowly approached Lennok and spoke.

The voices of the old man and the male giant standing next to him rang out.

“If you wish I will give you the opportunity to realize your most primal desires.”

“It’s an opportunity to realize your desires….”

“The end of all living things is approaching. “You already know.”

“….”

“Everyone is probably feeling it. That’s why you can’t neglect preparation. “We must weed out and refine the talent we need before the power flowing through this city becomes uncontrollable.”

A powerful control mechanism that encompasses both sunny and shaded areas. Are you planning to unite the power of the megacity and take action before time runs out?

The new project was just one of new attempts at that grand plan.

Madric’s cold gaze fell squarely on Lennok’s face.

“If you learn martial arts and learn how to control living human spirits you too will be able to participate in building a bridge at the end of a stream and move on. You can do it. “It could be the blade that best serves our purposes in this city.”

I had been guessing it since Madrich Onion tried to talk but it was only recently confirmed by his words.

Rather than being hostile to Lennok he was trying to actively use his talents and abilities for the benefit of the city.

In the process mentioning his abilities and the secret that high-ranking city government officials want to postpone death may have been intended to encourage Lennok’s desire.

Is it because what is important is the control that can suppress the positive and negative aspects of the Balkans and the form does not matter in any way?

Aside from joining hands with the Achilles security company to build a defense system do you think Lennok’s presence can act as a control comparable to that?

“…It’s definitely not a bad offer.”

Lennok laughed.

Although I have been solicited and persuaded by many organizations and forces this is the first time I have heard of such a specific and elaborate plan in person.

The control that encompasses both the sunny and the dark ultimately comes from a force that does not belong to any of them.

Although it was a fairly unfamiliar plan it was difficult to say that the idea or logic itself was wrong.

Could it be possible to reach the core of the city this way if you move alone instead of stepping deeply into one side?

Because he clearly recognized that Lennok was able to make a decision.

“And I know for sure that there is no need to do business with them.”

“…what?”

“Head of the judiciary. A powerful military commander. Project officials… But in the end all the power you have comes from this charnel house.”

Madrich Onion told him various stories to persuade him but Lennoc never once turned his eyes away from the essence.

“I like the claims of having connections in the Senate or being the architect of a new project.”

Lennok laughed as he stared at the silent naked man.

“The conditions remain the same. If you want to use me as a knife tell me what happened on the project.”

What is the use of being a huge tycoon a powerful person a high-ranking figure in the city government and a person with great influence?

Everything Madric says is ultimately nothing more than a suggestion to ask if you would be willing to work under them in exchange for the secrets of the project.

I had no intention of throwing away everything I had done so far and bowing my head.

“…Project that damn project… Do you think it’s worth that much?”

The man with his head down asked quietly.

At that moment the white cavity of the charnel house where the two people were standing began to shake slightly.

“The Black Consumer Project was not a plan for the future. It was an apocalyptic turning point heading towards destruction. “Do you really still not understand why no one wants to mention that secret?”

“It’s not for you to judge.”

As Lennok said that he took out a cigar from his pocket and asked.

Snap your fingers to light the fire inhale the smoke deeply and then open your mouth.

“I will decide after seeing and hearing everything with my own eyes and ears. “But you’re not reluctant you’re afraid.”

“….”

“Is it scary to even mention the failure of the project when you used the failure of Mangwi Night as your driving force?”

Madrich’s words are so firmly embedded with his own thoughts and ideas that it is not difficult to infer his feelings on the contrary.

It might not be because Madrich was bad at hiding his thoughts but because he didn’t even need to hide his thoughts for such a long time.

Those who demand the truth from him those who offer him a deal and those who stand in front of him and confront him.

This will be the first time in decades for this long-time Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

“…You don’t know anything.”

“I don’t want to be afraid of just failing. “I don’t think so.”

That’s why Lennok was able to ask him through that gap of time without hesitation.

Without hesitation he touches on the most sensitive areas of anger and provokes and awakens the emotions hidden deep within.

“At least I can’t imagine a person like that standing at the end of the world.”

All the answers that Madrich had longed for throughout his life were denied and ridiculed from the root.

The aftermath was on a level that Lennok could not have imagined.

“okay? Would you be able to say that even if you knew what was born at the end of the project?”

At that moment the mouths of the man and the old man standing in front of Lennok opened at the same time.

Black sparks began to fly from inside the lips of the two people.

I’m going to fall in love!!!

A violent collapse as if he knew in advance what he was going to say and was trying to block it.

It is a sign that the knot of prohibition created by tying one’s own strength is about to become tangled and twisted and broken.

The space between the two people’s lips was torn along the spark their jaw joints were crunching and their tongues were crushed.

The moment when Lennok frowned at the cruel side effects of the prohibition that suppressed and destroyed his own words with his own power.

The two men who were clutching their lower limbs as they began to completely collapse spoke at the same time.

“Even if the failure of the Black Consumer Project caused the downfall of the central city it’s okay!!”

Crump patter!!

At that moment the heads of the two people standing in front of Lennoc were crumpled and dug into the back of their necks spewing out a fountain of blood.

Even the expression of any opinion is rejected and accepted out of their own will.

The head that burrows into their body rips out their own heart and tears the blood vessels of their entire body into pieces turning them red.

The most perfect silencing method that the person subject to the ban can think of. A miracle that directly embodies all these actions with their own bodies.

Lennok stepped back as he saw the two military commanders disappearing into a handful of blood in an instant.

“…I see.”

The influence of the Forbidden Emperor does not just end with the military command but also extends to the real god the giant.

This is how Madrich Onion a martial arts wizard dispersed the prohibition penalty using his military command.

The reason why Oliveira did not mention the secrets of the project at all was understandable.

Because he is a powerful magician and a superhuman when the knot he tied using his own power is broken it causes even more miserable pain.

But more than that the last words Madrich had just said filled Lennok’s mind.

“The destruction of the central city of Arsnova. Was the cause a by-product of the failure of the Black Consumer Project?”

The Genius Wizard Who Takes Medicine Episode 418