Drug-Eating Genius Mage – 482



The land running through the sea (5)

The feel of the penterect shaking in my arms.

The presence of an apostle looking crookedly at Lennok in front of him.

Eyes gathered from all over noticing the sudden commotion.

Lennok was lost in thought as he felt the presence of P.O and Rafferd shaking as if they were about to move at any moment.

‘It’s twisted.’

It is clear that no matter how you deal with it it is worse than not getting caught.

Whether it’s Lennok or the other observers it’s going to take a lot of effort to get the situation back to normal.

However rather than regretting that fact or dwelling on it for a long time Lennok began to think about how to use the remaining time.

To be precise about whether or not to take a gamble on the Penterect that is shaking in Lennok’s arms right now.

‘Artifacts are not omnipotent. I know that very well but…’

Even in this world where magic and mystery live artifacts are ultimately just tools.

No matter how powerful an item or relic-level artifact it is it is an object designed based on a specific purpose or direction.

Although it may be able to show exceptional efficiency under a purpose and situation suitable for the design direction.

It is virtually impossible to respond flexibly to a situation as complex as the present.

However even though Lennok thought he was clearly aware of this the reason he was troubled in this moment was because he remembered how this item had helped him when he first used Penterect.

It’s not like it turns into a powerful artifact and puts pressure on those around it.

Was the transformation of the Penterect which changed into the form of a life support device at that moment and was held in Lennok’s hand really just a coincidental variable?

Rather than simply being transformed to cover up that moment Penterect’s ability was useful in a very indirect way.

Because Lennok kept in mind that it might not be just a coincidence or luck.

Above all doesn’t Lennok know very well that he is far from the word luck?

“Apostle Zaif? “What are you doing there now?”

“Please return to the podium quickly. Isn’t Archbishop Naidry waiting for you?”

The commotion seemed to have slowly reached the podium and the delegates sitting awkwardly on the chairs began to look around.

Among them several agents who urged the apostle called Zaif with somewhat arrogant words and actions.

Not only do they speak bluntly to the apostle but their actual skills appear to be level 7 or higher.

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Perhaps they are people with the status of strong figures representing each branch of the church.

Even though the eyepatch-wearing bishop and the fat priest who had a particularly strong presence among the agents urged him on Zaif did not turn around.

That’s probably because I’m feeling an inexplicable sense of déjà vu from Lennok.

There was no time to think for long.

“…good.”

The answer that flowed from the end of the hood was not directed at the apostle in front of him.

Lennok’s hand slowly entered inside the priest’s uniform and simultaneously grabbed the shaking penterect.

While infusing magic into the artifact he secretly sent a signal to Pio with his other hand.

If Penterect’s ability resulted in something worse than failure he had to use Pio’s mutation ability to immediately attract attention and get out of the place.

Rather than simply relying entirely on the capabilities of the penterect create a clear alternative and then take a gamble first.

Thinking that Lennok swallowed his saliva before even checking the Penterect that had completed its transformation.

Jaif suddenly grabbed the front of Lennok’s priest’s uniform.

“What are you hiding?”

slap!!

The reaction was delayed because a battle was not expected.

A variant form of Penterect which even Lennok could not properly identify entered the two people’s field of vision almost at the same time.

Both Zaif and Lennok fell silent.

“…This?”

A nameplate engraved with the church’s emblem.

It is now just a name tag that has faded due to rust and has no power whatsoever.

At the end of the nameplate ‘Martinez’ is written in faintly legible letters.

Lennok was slightly troubled by the sight of the Penterect turning into a more ordinary object than expected but Zyph’s reaction was completely different.

“….”

The sight of the apostle staring intently at the nameplate with his eyes wide open as if he had seen something he couldn’t see right now.

He looks at Lennok and the nameplate in disbelief his eyes wandering in all directions as if he is in extreme confusion.

“Zaif!!”

“…I’m going.”

It didn’t take long for it to come to a conclusion.

Zaif throws a small ticket at Lennok with a faintly trembling hand and turns around.

Lennok held it and stared at the back of Zaif.

The attitude of questioning Lennok just moments ago seemed to have strangely disappeared.

As he walked through the crowd and climbed onto the podium the delegates scolded him.

Zaif was trying to brush it off by saying that he was mistaken and that he must be an outsider.

The service began under the leadership of Archbishop Naidry.

Lennok quietly eavesdropped on the conversation on the podium and winked at Pio and Raphard who were quietly watching him nearby.

The three people who quietly left the square opened their mouths as they walked quickly down the street.

“What happened?”

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“I thought it was almost inevitable but things suddenly turned out to be strange.”

“What tricks did you use to trick the church’s apostle?”

“Well….”

As Lennok said that he glanced down at the church’s name plate with the name Martinez written on it.

Considering what happened in the process and how Penterect changed its form to help Lennok I don’t think it was a coincidence.

This means that the key to suddenly resolving or getting through this situation is within this plaque and name.

“Martinez….”

A cult figure and someone named Martinez.

It would be a lie to say that that name does not still remain in Lennok’s memory.

As expected what Penterect puts into Lennok’s hand is not an unfamiliar or transcendent artifact that he has never heard of before.

Rather by thoroughly looking back at Lennok’s own memories and situations he found clues that could completely overturn the current structure to his advantage –

“Evan?”

“…I’m sorry. “I took a moment to gather my thoughts.”

After saying that Lennok walked among the crowd and naturally spoke to the two people.

“We need bait. “Can you prepare?”

“Oh I’ll get ready. “If you use the transformation technique it will take you back to your form in about 20 seconds…”

“No not you two I have to make someone completely different in my image.”

“what?”

Lennok glanced at Pio who was rolling his eyes.

After Apostle Zaif left Lennok behind none of the agents on the platform made any additional moves.

Nevertheless Lennok’s presence was almost certainly recognized by all the agents present.

Maybe they are aware of the fact that Lennok and P.O. Lafferd are walking around together on the streets right now.

If P.O disappears at this point and Evan appears in his place this may arouse suspicion.

A decoy was needed to replace Lennok while retaining the appearance of Pio and Lapard.

“….”

“If you can’t think of any other way prepare here. “It may take a lot of magical energy but if you cast an illusion centered on the artifact…”

“no. “I will do it.”

said Lapard who was walking with his tongue sticking out at Lennok’s feet.

“There is a way. “Let’s go somewhere less crowded for a moment.”

A railroad road located at the bottom of a quiet alley.

Nowadays all kinds of trash are lying around on the abandoned road which seems to be unused.

As soon as Raphard who returns to the form of a dog-headed giant makes the hand sign a whitish glow appears behind him.

Ugh…!!

The light that settled down from behind slowly changed into a human form and landed in front of the three people.

Rafferd who wiped the sweat from his forehead nodded at P.O while maintaining his facial expression.

“I didn’t fix his appearance on purpose so use your magic to overwrite Evan’s mutation information.”

“Now wait a minute…what on earth is this?”

Pio pointed to the radiance of a human form that appeared in front of him with a slightly surprised expression.

“Is it okay to apply a magic trick to something with such high magic density?”

“It is a power created for that purpose from the beginning. “You don’t have to worry.”

Lennok also looked at the figure with a somewhat curious look and muttered.

“It’s an incarnation.”

“Did you remember?”

“You showed it to me in the battle right before entering the Hanghasa Labyrinth.”

A small battle in which Lennok and Lafferd chased away their pursuers on a floating island summoned by Lapis.

At that time didn’t Rafferd show off his considerable power in both close combat and group warfare through the descent of the Sanctuary and the incarnation through primitive faith?

Incarnation. In other words Avatar.

Although it is a power closer to spiritual power that manipulates spiritual bodies rather than a systematic technique such as magic its usefulness and power are widely known.

Rather than simply treating it as the alter ego of the caster it is a concept close to a representation of the ego in a technical sense.

A technique with a complex meaning that can be defined as the embodiment of an ego that is different from the user’s own self.

Lennok also briefly attempted to imitate the embodiment of the incarnation but at the time of the labyrinth his sense of dealing with the spirit body was so blurred that he forgot about it.

Rafferd had summoned this incarnation of himself arbitrarily in order to create a dummy to use as bait on Lennok’s behalf.

“Hmm I see… It’s very interesting…”

The sight of Lennoc running around the Avatar without giving Pio a chance to use the transformation spell.

In those eyes you can feel an enthusiasm that has never been seen before.

“Evan?”

“I feel like the meaning of assistance coordination resonance and correspondence is stronger in terms of technique than physical power… I actually like it better. “If it were like this it would be very useful in many ways…”

When I had no knowledge of the spiritual body I just skipped over it but it is different now that I have a deep understanding of martial arts through the battle with Madrich Onion.

Lennok was able to see at a glance how technically valuable and useful this incarnation realized through Lafferd’s primitive faith could be.

Enough to make me forget about this situation for a moment and focus on the principle of incarnation.

Lennok who had been observing Hwashin intently for a while turned his gaze towards Lapard.

“Do I have to believe in that religion to feel this way?”

“…Is that possible?”

Rafferd responded with an air of absurdity.

“Embodiing an incarnation is only proof that one has refined one’s spiritual talent and reached a certain state. “The method varies greatly from person to person.”

“….”

“By the way it would be better if you don’t even think about stepping into a religion you don’t even believe in. Instead you will only get angry.”

“Then what should I do?”

“If you ask me…”

Lafferd cleared his throat with an uncomfortable look and said.

“Wouldn’t it be better to visit Yorta if we could find a way? “There must be plenty of researchers and magicians who specialize in incarnations there.”

“good.”

Lennok nodded.

“I should remember that.”

Although it is a concept closer to a magical cooperative entity rather than a simple alter ego.

If you adjust it well and use it you may be able to make it possible for one person to play two roles even if it is clumsy.

“good. Then all I have to do is apply the mutation technique to Rafferd’s incarnation right?”

P.O swallowed his saliva nervously and held out both hands.

“Damn it this is my first time using mutation on something that is neither living nor inanimate…”

Paaaa!!

Contrary to Pio’s tense words the magic that extends from his hand is directly applied to the incarnation’s body completely changing its appearance.

As the light faded within the incarnation’s body its appearance and physique naturally changed into Evan’s.

Evan stands up with an expressionless face stands on his feet and looks around.

Even P.O. seemed nervous and hesitated.

“Did you vomit…?”

“The incarnation body has excellent magic sensitivity and mana capacity. “The likelihood of a backlash against your technique was low.”

While Rafferd said that he also looked at his incarnation with a curious expression.

“However I don’t feel like the drastic decline in your condition was as severe as when you changed P.O.… Wasn’t the mutation data itself wrong?”

“Well I don’t know about that either. “In fact perhaps because we are not human we are less sensitive to such things.”

“That makes sense. “It’s over much sooner than expected so you can go out into the streets like this incarnation and-”

At that moment the incarnation which was standing with an expressionless face suddenly vomited blood.

“Cough!!”

Even though I covered my mouth with one hand red blood was leaking out between my fingers.

The appearance of the incarnation sitting down on the spot and starting to tremble unable to stop coughing.

Everyone had their mouths open and could not say anything.

“Wow….!! “Khaak!!”

The sight of him with his eyes wide open and his hands stretched out above his head is truly gruesome.

If an incarnated body that was fine just moments ago suddenly starts vomiting blood and being in pain what exactly is the cause?

“….”

P.O and Rafferd looking back at Lennok with astonished eyes.

There was no need to tell me what emotions I felt from that gaze.

Lennok unconsciously avoided looking at the two people looking at him.

“The mutation technique… seems to have some serious errors.”

“….”

Lennok’s words muttering while looking at the distant mountains. But this time no one was quick to agree with that statement.

* * *

Lennok sent away the Avatar disguised as Pio and Raphard Evan and remained alone on the railroad tracks.

It would have been difficult if the state had not stabilized by drastically reducing the magical energy contained in the incarnation.

There must be a good reason why Hwashin’s condition was worse than when Pio imitated him but there wasn’t much time to think about it.

In any case Evan’s appearance will be clearly reflected in the eyes of people outside the street so that alone is enough.

As Lennok thought so he glanced towards the very end of the railroad track.

Shit…!!

The end of a quiet railroad road where there was no sign of popularity until just a moment ago.

The wind passes by momentarily blocking Lennok’s vision and before he knows it the figure of an older man is standing on the other side.

Apostle Zaif noticed Lennok’s presence on the podium and questioned him.

The man who pretended not to notice Lennok and let him go in the square had now come to see him again and was standing face to face with him.

After staring blankly at Lennok for a while Jaif opened his mouth.

“You managed to avoid surveillance. “There must have been agents looking at that.”

“Wasn’t that what you were asking for from the beginning?”

As Lennok said that he waved the small ticket he was holding.

The ticket that Zaif threw to Lennok right before he let him go.

It was an old ticket that was only used on the train tracks of this railway station which had long since disappeared.

It was as obvious as seeing fire that the apostle in front of me wanted to make this a meeting place.

All that remains is to resolve the small doubts within him.

As I took out the nameplate from my arms I felt Zaif look startled.

“You must have wanted to ask me something after seeing this.”

“…Martinez of the Order. “I know about that name.”

Zaif who had been silent spoke with difficulty.

“A missionary dispatched to the big city of Balkan. “Rumors that the Advent of the Apostles was successful were widespread in the capital city.”

“I know very well.”

“I heard you died so how come you have that nameplate in your hand?”

I felt like Zaif’s eyes were slightly shaking.

“Or did Martinez really succeed in becoming an apostle without going through the jhana ceremony?”

“….”

Lennok took a deep breath before answering.

Thinking about what he had to say from now on he also had to prepare in his own way.

The reason why Penterect changed to this nameplate.

The reason why Zaif was so shaken that he couldn’t hide it when he saw this nameplate.

The answer to all questions lies with Lennok. All that remains is to take action.

Thinking like that Lennoc hesitated and brought out in front of Zaif the one object he had kept in his arms.

Wow…!!

What fell down with a heavy roar was a huge shell shield that exceeded Lennok’s height.

It is indeed one of Lennok’s favorite weapons in battle due to its hardness and heavy weight but that is not the important thing.

This shell shield is a remnant left behind by none other than Walter Martinez when he turned into an apostle.

And there is no way that Zaif a fellow apostle would not recognize this.

“This is…!!”

“My name is Evan Martinez.”

Lennok smiled as he watched Zaif take a step forward with his eyes wide open.

A step that drives a wedge into the young doubts inside Zaif.

One word was enough to complete this entire play.

“As a fellow apostle I have come to tell you the secret the archbishop is hiding.”

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