Drug-Eating Genius Mage – 431



Palace of Memory (4)

Antares looked down at Amilla who had fallen with an expressionless face and relaxed his grip.

Leaving behind the helpless sound of falling I turned my gaze towards the fresh-blooded cephalopod that was still watching the scene.

Antares’ expressionless face changed into a gentle smile as if the screen had been turned upside down.

“Kamrodal it’s been a while. How are you?”

[…Is that possible? The wound you inflicted back then still remains on the back of my head and is bothering me.]

Kamrodal answered slowly.

[But because of the pain of that wound I was able to forget my madness for a moment and devote myself to the church… I am grateful for that…]

“That was definitely my mistake.”

Antares laughed slightly.

“I was anxious because I thought I didn’t have time. “I learned too late that if you fail in your attempt to kill an apostle you will actually increase the power of the church.”

[I know that you are wandering around the continent and doing similar things… What you want is not simply to interfere with the church’s long-cherished wish.]

Despite Kamrodal’s sharp criticism Antares did not respond.

He just smiled with a soft expression.

There is no change in his expression even though he has killed ten lives that were alive just a moment ago with a single wave of his hand.

This is because they understand how far those who have risen above the level of serving the Apocalypse of the Open Sea to the positions of priests and bishops have become far removed from humanity.

Even as everyone struggles for a better ending the uniqueness of the denomination is a variable that cannot be ignored.

Even though it has the same human form its contents are already monsters that cannot even be called human.

And isn’t the existence of an apostle the ultimate power of a religious denomination that serves its leader at its peak?

The blood gushing from the fallen priest’s heart is weakening and the mental network that Amilla was connected to is fading.

Antares lowered his head towards the slowly falling apart figure of the cephalopod and spoke.

“Next time we meet it won’t end this way.”

[It has become a meaningless bravado. Before that just ask one question.]

The cephalopod asked glancing back at the fallen Amilla.

[What did you say to Amilla? There is almost no information that does not fit my ears and the conversation you two just had was not translated in my head.]

“…I see. “Can’t you hear it yet?”

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Antares nodded.

“That’s enough. “Actually I wanted to ask that last question.”

[…what?]

Wood clatter!!

There was no further answer.

As soon as Antares lifted his shoe and struck it down the entire cave collapsed.

Kwagwagwa!!

Meanwhile the corpses of the priests lying scattered among the rocks also lost their shape and turned into handfuls of blood.

Antares who had already come out of the cave looked down at the scene he had created for a while and then turned his head.

One day when all the principles and truths he knew lost meaning and collapsed.

Antares risked everything he had to glimpse the future and in return his own ending was also confirmed.

Prophecy and omniscience are by no means the same as omnipotence and there are facts that cannot be known even if you pay a huge price to peek into the future.

Even now that we have confirmed our own ending and finality upon observation we cannot give up as long as there is still a future that can be changed.

If the balance between the countless branching points of the future is lost Antares’ very existence will be shattered.

Despite knowing this Antares was struggling to change the process leading to the ending even a little.

“Camilla? it’s me. “Tell one of your clients Evan that things went well.”

Antares took out his cell phone from his pocket walked toward the city and made a call.

“okay. I’m saying you won’t have to worry about this. Tell them you won’t get anything special. “It’s okay for you to be condescending instead.”

Suddenly a faint smile appeared on Antares’ lips.

“Do you know each other? Well… I guess so. Because it’s not important. Let’s save it as a pleasure for later.”

Even if we lift the curtain and peek into the future there are things we cannot know.

At some point Antares welcomed ignorance more than understanding and believed that there was hope in what he did not know rather than what he knew.

The ending that he observed and understood was a tragedy that was extremely harsh not only for himself but for everyone else.

You can endure any pain in order to stop a mistake that started with a moment of foolishness.

Carrying karma meant exactly that to Antares.

The image of Antares slowly fades through the stone dust rising as the cave collapses.

Only cold silence remained on the undeveloped plateau where the sound of footsteps disappeared.

* * *

[It’s really rare for the leader to step forward in person so consider yourself blessed.]

Lennok who was listening to Mila’s slightly condescending voice also burst into laughter.

“okay.”

[Perhaps there was something to look at separately due to the fact that the church was involved. I would like to say that I used some effort but…]

Mila let out a shy laugh through the phone.

[To begin with our boss is not the kind of person who remembers someone’s requests for a long time.]

“…All right. “Please say thank you for me.”

[okay. But then I think they will have to refund the request fee they paid. To put it bluntly we handled the work on our own so there was an order not to receive compensation.]

“You mean Antares?”

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Lennok laughed and shook his head.

“I requested it and it was performed so I will not receive a refund. “I will cover the cost of delivering greetings to Antares on his behalf.”

[Hey wait a minute but you’re Priscilla’s teacher so why don’t you just say you worked without getting paid…]

Pop!

After roughly hanging up the phone with Mila Lennok stood up and sighed softly.

“It’s Antares….”

Lennok frowned as he watched the undergraduate students coming and going while leaning against the sun-drenched window of the lab.

‘It’s probably not a coincidence.’

When we met Antares right before heading to the Ganges Labyrinth didn’t we hear some of the secrets he held?

It is a monster that has even fixed its own time in place in return for seeing the future.

How much of the future was observed and returned? I don’t know how that was possible.

If it was to determine the fate of an 8th level extremely powerful person the results would inevitably have been significant.

The fact that Antares intervened at this point was in itself proof that Amilla Banger was a very dangerous person.

At what point in the future has Antares been observed and returned? Who will survive at the end of that future?

Was Lennok’s face also there?

“….”

It’s a problem that I can’t find the answer to on my own anyway.

But even though Lennok knew it he couldn’t stop thinking about it.

There was room for speculation if Antares’ strangely kind attitude from the first time they met originated from a secret he held.

If Antares’s behavioral principles come from the future possibilities he observed there are two possibilities that can be considered when looking at his attitude toward Lennok.

‘Either Antares was with him at the end of the future he saw or else…’

Either it didn’t exist at all.

“…I heard you’re back in the city so I might be able to see you sometime soon.”

I have no intention of making a hasty move at this point when my reputation for fastness has skyrocketed after defeating Madrich Onion but meeting Antares is a different story.

Although he didn’t realize it at the time the words he said right before leaving for the Hanghasa Labyrinth ultimately penetrated exactly the secret that Jindun was hiding.

Antares too must have recognized the despairing truth that there was no next in a different way than Jindun.

Thinking about that I needed to meet him again and have a proper talk.

Why is Antares who clearly seems to have grabbed hold of the omnipotence still wandering around the continent forming a group of superhumans in the form of a mercenary group?

Now that you have a new magic system in your hands you may be able to hear the reason for yourself.

Lennok thought he had achieved the minimum qualifications to come up with a new answer.

[Master if you don’t return to your seat quickly I will erase each letter you were writing.]

Dabi who was curled up on the keyboard vending machine behind Lennok’s back complained.

[Why are you lost in thought alone after using me as a keyboard voice recognition vending machine?]

“…I have something to think about.”

Lennoc cleared his throat and obediently returned to his seat as Dabi said.

Dabi sitting on a laptop in the corner of the lab is typing hard in place of Lennok.

Every time she presses the keyboard with her thick paws several keys are pressed at once crushing them but the electrical signals she transmits accurately recognize the letters and print the correct letters on the screen.

Lennok who was tired from typing on the keyboard for a long time was entrusting the typing to the electric spirit instead.

[So what did you write about in order to organize all the information related to magic theory?]

“Second paper. You made an appointment with the dean. “Considering the expo that will be held in two months we should start now.”

Lennok said and sat in front of Dabi stroking his thick three-pronged tail.

Considering the spirit’s attitude of being strangely obsessed with its bond with Lennok recently Dabi should have been cared for just in case.

[…You mean the second paper?]

“I had a good idea about entropy which Amilla Baenger talked about. “It will be something that will have a much greater impact on academia than the substitution theory that I first wrote about.”

For those who look beyond the level of simply conveying groundbreaking theories or discoveries to the academic world they can even make their own inferences about the ending of the world.

Lennok intended to reveal the truth about the ending which had been shrouded in a thick veil until now only to those who recognized him by Evan’s name.

Even if you have not yet heard the truth if you can completely understand this second thesis.

He too can understand that the end is not far away.

However that was not necessarily what Lennok was aiming for.

“If it’s done this way it will reach the Sinclair Magic Tower without having to contact you.”

I don’t expect much. Even if you can’t meet in person it’s enough if you can tell that you are doing well.

While Lennok looked away thinking of the blonde wizard who was probably concentrating on his research at this very moment Dabi flicked his tail and sighed.

[I’ll just find your contact information right now and send you a message. I’m going to write a new thesis. One word is enough right?]

“….”

That day Lennok put aside work on writing his second paper and concentrated on experiments on tail stimulus response to evolve Dabi into a Samiho.

The result was a spectacular failure.

* * *

Let’s go….

Light spreads through a huge lens that rotates before your eyes.

The light penetrating the retina slowly seeped through the pupil and the amount of light began to change to closely observe the condition.

Lennok tried not to close his eyes and tried to look into his own eyes.

[Biological reactions are normal. You can take your eyes off it.]

At the same time as Oliveira’s battle cry resounds the heavy mechanical device that was right in front slowly retreats.

A strange shape that looks like a giant telescope with a head attached to it.

Oliveira who tossed the telescope’s head to one side as if he was shaking his head sat down on a chair in the lab and said.

[The stabilization process was successfully completed. Compared to the careless use of the Magic Eye this is close to a miracle so thank heaven.]

“It was inevitable if Madrich’s matter was to be resolved quickly.”

Lennok replied rubbing his eyes.

“Of course I also used it while calculating the expenses.”

If they had not been able to find Madrich’s hideout at that point and were dragged around the problem would not have been resolved yet.

By imitating Chilchaebo’s magical eye ability with his right eye he was able to find Madrich’s memorial tower and collect all his military orders and power.

[Do you know how delicate the human eye is? Forcing one’s capabilities at a point where the basic foundation has been established is nothing short of crazy. I can’t thank you enough for not going blind.]

Under Oliveira’s guidance a foundation was built to unlock the supernatural ability in the right eye but imitating Chilchaebo’s magical eye was tantamount to madness.

It is not another magical eye but a highest-level causal modification type magical eye that directly projects her image.

It wouldn’t have been strange for Oliveira who didn’t know about Lennok’s talent or sense to see him throw away his eyes.

“Strictly speaking it is not a proper imitation of your magical eye. “It just fixes the physical state at the point of view.”

Lennok laughed at Oliveira’s harsh answer.

“To be honest dealing with cause and effect from the perspective of supernatural ability… I still don’t know what that means.”

The reason Lennok was able to do something similar even though he had little time to properly study Chilchaebo’s magical eye was not because he fully understood the meaning of causal fixation.

This was possible because she remembered all the flow of the magical eye that she showed and projected it with magical power.

Naturally it has not been possible to imitate the magical eye’s ability to use a combination of seven magical powers as well as causal observation and fixation.

However Oliveira actually snorted at Lennok’s words.

[You don’t know what it means to be the first to open the Mystic Eyes and that the ability you chose is related to observing reality. Do you think Chilchaebo’s magical eye was completed with this kind of power and ability from the beginning?]

“….”

[Even if it is an ability that relies heavily on innate talent it is natural that it can be shaped in many different directions depending on one’s own efforts and adjustments.]

Oliveira quietly looked into Lennok’s right eye and muttered.

[As your power and hierarchy grow the abilities of your magical eyes will also expand in different directions. That is a supernormal ability granted to those who project their images into the two demonic eyes.]

“…You already knew?”

When Lennok smiled and touched his right eye Oliveira sneered as if he thought he didn’t know that.

[It would be strange if I didn’t recognize that strangeness… That would also be the reason why I tried to imitate even if only by deteriorating the ability of my magic eye.]

Her voice was still cold but a hint of frustration was clearly evident in it.

[Are you planning to start by fixing the causal observation that I chose as the destination and aim beyond that? It’s reckless… The arrogance of the idea is sky-high.]

“It’s not wrong.”

Instead of retorting Lennok laughed bitterly.

“But it was necessary.”

It does not end with finishing one fight and enjoying victory.

We had to continuously establish a foundation and opportunity for growth and use the experience of countless battles as a foundation to move upward.

It’s not just about relying on your own talents it’s about using what’s available to your limits and finding possibilities.

Researching and opening magical eyes to instill new abilities was also part of such efforts.

The ability engraved in the newly opened right magical eye was closer to the fixation of the point of view of reality closer to the deterioration ability of causal fixation but it was enough.

Lennok was planning to use the power of the Magic Eye by fixing the Ouroboros magic system directly on his right eye.

Oliveira’s words did not end there.

[Moreover when it was successful in sharing the output through the right magical eye the magical eye that originally opened would have also grown.]

A rainbow-colored glow diagonally illuminated Lennok’s face.

The left magical eye which was covered with cracks like broken glass was now neatly restored revealing the smooth pupil.

[That purple magic eye has already started to show something new right?]

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