Drug-Eating Genius Mage
Chapter 45

Cigar Bang’s headquarters is located in a large power plant outside Area 48.

The headquarters, which was created by renovating an abandoned power plant in its entirety, includes a spacious parking lot, and the whole area of this parking lot is surrounded by barbed wire, and the power plant blocks the windows to prevent intrusion.

In addition, machine gun batteries and rocket launchers were placed in bundles on the roof of the power plant.

The gang’s main base, which uses hundreds of vehicles scattered in front of the parking lot as cover, did not look easy to attack.

“So that means we haven’t been able to break through the front door yet.”

Lennok, who had stopped by Jenny’s bar and joined later, said with a puzzled face.

Killian, who arrived first and was attacking the power plant with other freelancers, replied with a tired face.

“There is a lot of resistance. They brought in some pretty tricky collaborators from the other side as well.”

“collaborator?”

“Those who have a distinctly different vibe from the gang members are flocking to drive out our forces. I think it might have been the veterans who were doing business with them.”

“………”

I thought I had completely cut off the trade network with the soldiers because of the work at the railway station, but it seems that I managed to request reinforcements again.

Should I say that the skill of the boss over there is so great?

Lennok shoved Kilian away and stepped forward, spreading his mana widely in all directions to grasp the situation.

His vast sensory sphere, which covered a radius of several kilometers, spread out, instantly surrounding the power plant and capturing life reactions in all directions.

About five hundred inside the Eden power plant.

The power knocking on the door outside the power plant is about one hundred and twenty.

After filtering out the minor wounded, the ratio of troops to troops is about 4 to 1.

At least, the balance is maintained because the other team members who were with Lennok are struggling.

In particular, the performance of Dylan, who was brought in late, is overwhelming.

He was concentrating on securing space for his allies by moving forward while being openly hit by the pouring gunfire at the front gate.

It seems that the mercenaries belonging to the Antares office are clearly showing how high-quality they are compared to other freelancers.

Other things to be aware of… The life reactions and magical movements displayed by the gang members are unusually active.

It seemed that he had raised the strength of his allies through a special method.

When I told Killian about this, he frowned as if he had some idea.

“Come to think of it, among the prisoners captured here, there are quite a few of them who show symptoms similar to withdrawal symptoms. I think he probably didn’t dope using some type of drug.”

“Instead of boosting my physical abilities for a short period of time, it’s probably the side effects that are severe.”

“okay. Thinking of that, it might be better to back down now and attack the power plant later.”

Killian said with an expression as if he had realized an important secret.

It was clear what he was thinking.

It must be because of the thought that if they continue to drag out time like this, the gangs and soldiers will be eaten up by the side effects of drugs, and they will be able to attack the power plant more easily than now against those who have clearly weakened power.

But Lennok shook his head resolutely.

“No, I have to go in right now.”

“what? why?”

Lennok didn’t answer and immediately moved on.

Killian doesn’t seem to have thought that far, but if Panoa was here, he would have said the same thing as Lennok.

‘There’s no way I could have prepared only such a poor number after setting up a provocation at Dyke’s headquarters.’

Although he was the unknown boss of the gang, Lennok never looked down on him or looked down on him.

The opponent is a skilled businessman who has been taking over the weapons business of the 40th District smoothly until Lennok jumped into this business.

I don’t know how far he calculated the fight and tried his hand first, but he probably didn’t come up with simple countermeasures to be defeated by the strategy that Killian had in mind.

On the contrary, it seemed that there were many possibilities to give this side the impression that the more time it took, the more advantageous it was.

‘I don’t know what they’re preparing, but it’s probably over there that should take the time.’

It wouldn’t matter if the countermeasures the boss over there were preparing were nothing special, but what if you had prepared a countermeasure to reverse this situation?

Aware of the gang’s attempts to rendezvous with pandemonium, Lennok had no intention of falling for the target.

‘Break through at once.’

I took a step forward while raising my magic power.

Dylan, who was attacking the front gate, turned his head at the strong flow.

His leather jacket, which was holding two daggers in his hands, was tattered with traces of bullets, but his movement seemed to be fine.

“Isn’t it half too late?”

“Stand back.”

Roaring!!

Lennok murmured as he spewed long flames from the palm of his hand.

“I’m going to blow through the power plant right now.”

Dylan didn’t say anything and immediately pushed back the other freelancers who followed him.

It was because he already knew what level of wizard Lennok was through his experience several times.

And Lennox did not betray Dylan’s expectations in the slightest.

The flame entwined in his right hand was thrown down to the ground as it is.

[Field of Flames]

Whoa!!

The flames spread like wildfire on the asphalt and flow into the power plant in an instant.

The flames that started to burn the vast parking lot without much oil were neither too hot nor too violent.

However, it was enough to stimulate the engines of countless vehicles scattered in the parking lot inside the power plant.

Aaaaaaang!! Kwaaaang!!

It was only after dozens of cars in the parking lot began to burst into fire that everyone inside and outside the power plant realized Lennok’s intention.

“Oh, no!!”

“Stop! If that all explodes, we will all die!!”

“Mr. fuck…!!”

Lennok nodded as he looked at the gangsters and soldiers who quickly fell into panic.

“Let’s go in.”

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of freelancers standing behind Lennok started running into the power plant.

The other team members who ran after hearing the news also joined in and started to drive the gang at once.

Killian’s muzzle, who joined late, changed into a wolf’s shape and jumped into the enemy camp, and Dylan’s short spear quickly pierced the drunken veterans in all directions.

Agria sniped the submachine gun from the roof of the power plant with a laser, and Zod and Kenny were the first to run forward.

As if the balance maintained until now was a lie, it was only a matter of seconds before the tide turned and the power plant was again under siege.

Lennok followed them at the far end of the group, casting his gaze over the entrance to the power plant.

‘It’s time to come out soon.’

No matter how much they want to waste time on the other side, it is impossible not to react even after being driven here.

As Lennok thought, if the boss had a hidden trick, he would take the time to prepare for it.

As expected, when the cold silence fell in the parking lot, a man slowly appeared on the roof of the power plant.

A sharp and sensitive looking handsome man. He looks emaciated as if he hadn’t slept, but his physique is surprisingly strong.

He looked down at the hundred or so people gathered below the power plant with an expressionless face.

Lennok, who confirmed the violent flow of magical power seething inside his body, sensed it.

‘That’s him.’

The head who used to lead a huge gang called Cigar Bangs.

A businessman who occupied the 40th arms business with Beck Clinton.

The leader of the gang, Eden Garcia, was finally here for the first time.

“It looks like the letter I sent didn’t get through.”

Eden said. It was a low voice, but it pierced my ears clearly. It was magical power.

“I sent an invitation, but I didn’t want to be treated like this.”

“Is that all you want to say?”

Killian replied.

“I thought you’d want a better will than that.”

A response close to sarcasm. That much means that Killian is confident of the success of this plan.

I managed to get into the gang’s power plant and see the boss’s face.

If he had pushed his opponent this far, it wouldn’t be strange if some arrogant words would come out.

Eden slowly shook his head at Killian’s provocation.

“This is why stupid beasts have trouble communicating.”

“……What is this bastard?”

“I want to talk to a more competent practitioner.”

As he said that, he turned his head toward Lennok.

As if you knew it from the beginning.

“Maybe that one?”

Lennok didn’t answer, but Eden narrowed his eyes as if that was enough.

“That mana, the magic I just used… I can understand why Beck died in vain. It looks like Dyke Corporation put a lot of effort into this.”

“……..”

“If things had gone a little slower, I wouldn’t have suffered like this. admit that But it will be different from now on.”

“You don’t have to listen for half a long time, do you?”

Dylan, who had been listening to Eden’s words, moved without waiting for Lennoc’s reply.

He grabbed the single spear he was holding in his hand in reverse, and suddenly pulled his shoulder back with all his might and threw it as it was.

The javelin thrown from his hand turned into a flash of light and was aimed at Eden’s head.

A speed comparable to subsonic speed.

If you didn’t know in advance, it would be a surprise attack that wouldn’t be strange if your head exploded at once.

But Eden responded.

In an instant, the mass of lightning gathered around him rotated in a hexagonal shape and ricocheted Dylan’s short spear.

Kaaang!!

“….!!”

Lennok, who was watching from behind Dylan, who had thrown the spear, frowned.

It wasn’t because Eden used lightning-type magic. He had already heard from Madam that he was from the Thorburn School.

However, it was a completely different matter that the electric shock he used appeared from his back rather than from his body.

Eden noticed the direction Lennok was looking at and smiled.

“Looks like you’ve realized it.”

“……Are you supplying power from somewhere else?”

“okay. I prepared a very large amount of power for this job. Through dealings with the scavengers, we gathered electricity from underground waterways, stored it in power plants, and repeated the process of refining.”

Indeed, it is true.

Examining it through the magic sensor, the amplifier located on the back side of the roof was frantically gushing out electric current, stretching a blue net in all directions.

Did they take the time to warm up and properly use them?

If you foresaw this situation from the beginning and settled in the power plant, Eden’s goal was properly hit.

And Eden, as if proving his words, opened all the amplifiers and drew all the power inside.

Pajijijijijik…!!!

scattered and gathered again

Behind him, a massive amount of lightning spread like a mandala, covering the power plant’s sky.

Only a cruel smile was barely visible on his face, hidden by pure white electric light.

“If you somehow manage to hit the lack of power, the door to transcend the limit will open… I will show you right now.”

Wheein!!!

Hundreds of bolts of lightning spread out wide with the revolving sound of abnormally rotating magic power.

All of that firepower is turned into a spear of lightning and runs backwards towards the ground.

[Blue Thunder]

Floating in the cold autumn air, the blue lightning rain sings of death.

In line with that, Lennok shot shock magic at Eden and poured cold magic, hitting all sorts of checks, but to no avail.

A blue storm, which boasted the widest attack range among the Thorburn School’s unique magic, swept the entire power plant.

Kwagwagwagwagwa!!!

“Aaaaagh!!”

“It’s nonsense. How can you…!!”

“Get away from the vehicle!! Get swept away together!!”

Hundreds of freelancers who were hired to match the number of gang members melt helplessly in the backwater of lightning flowing like a waterfall.

I used my brain to some extent, such as leaving a metal object and widening the distance, but as if that trick had nothing to do with it, the magic poured out by Eden melted all the asphalt in the parking lot in an instant.

In the midst of this, only Lennok and a few other members of the team who had passed the test and were hired were the only ones who survived.

However, they were also overwhelmed by the vast magic that Eden poured out.

“……”

It was natural.

Although it was said that they used the power temporarily stored in the power plant, the magic that Eden shows now is so magnificent that it is difficult to believe with human eyes.

Lennok sighed as he looked down at Dylan crawling towards him while still being hit by the rain of lightning.

He put the shield spread around him over his head and spoke annoyedly.

“You idiot, then you die.”

“Let’s talk about that later. So what are you going to do with that?”

It’s not that we didn’t expect Eden’s response, which occupied the power generation facilities on the roof and scattered the electricity-type unique magic.

In fact, after getting a clue from Madame that Eden was a lightning wizard, Lennok immediately solved the information about him.

However, not thinking that the magic used by Eden would be this powerful was the cause of the turn of events.

“You’ll have to hit the roof and go up. can you do it?”

Gae-an

“It’s difficult.”

Dylan shook his head.

“As soon as I cling to the wall of the power plant, they will intercept me.”

Now, Eden was wiping out the remaining electricity by turning hundreds of currents into two whirlwinds.

Gang members and soldiers must have been wiped out anyway.

Ironically, the only way to avoid the lightning rain in this situation is to step inside the power plant directly.

But Eden couldn’t have thought of it, nor could he not have prepared for it.

In fact, there were some freelancers who couldn’t overcome the pain and threw themselves into the power plant, but all of them gave their lives and were never seen again.

It seemed certain that a trap had been prepared.

Take a quick look around.

The other team members, including Killian, seemed to think that there was no other way than climbing the wall of the power plant in the end, so they left Agria as a long-distance check and seemed to want to step in directly.

It was clear that it was a reckless choice.

‘I think I’ll know something if I watch it a little longer…’

Something strange tickled in my chest, but I had to act quickly before it could no longer be undone.

If the reason why Eden was dragging time is not just because of the power plant, but if another reason is hidden, then victory really cannot be guaranteed.

Lennok made up his mind and immediately pulled something out of his arms.

Enakpil’s five fingers that he received from Dyke as an advance payment.

I was thinking of using the fifth of them right now.

“I’ll go upstairs and draw attention, so jump up in the meantime. okay?”

“…is it possible?”

Lennok didn’t answer.

If it was Dylan, he would move at the right time as Lennok thought.

Thinking so, Lennok took out the revolver from his belt and at the same time inserted the old pencil he was holding into his arm.

At that moment, the pencil instantly becomes powder and disappears, and the built-in magic surrounds Lennok’s body and is activated.

[Blink], a movement-type unique magic built into the fifth possession.

Dig-!

This bizarre sensation of the entire surrounding space being cut and pasted.

It is the highest level of mobility among the movement-type magic that moves the user to a long distance without directly affecting the body.

If you remember this sense and try hard, one day you will be able to use this top-notch movement magic without the help of tools.

The contemplation is long, but the feeling is fleeting.

In the blink of an eye, Lennok jumped over a distance of several tens of meters and appeared in front of Eden and pulled the trigger of his revolver.

[Aim Correction]

[Strengthen

Trigger] [ Trace Control

] [Shock Explosion] [Continuous

Fire

Correction]

[High-Speed Shooting]

The revolver was prepared to break, and the six types of shooting assistive magic that he hit as hard as he could, exploded in his hand and quickly vomited the bullets that were full of the magazine.

Tatatatatatang!!!

A six-shot burst that exploded right in front of Eden’s nose.

It is a special bullet with enchantment applied to all bullets.

If it hits, it should be able to pierce even the mage’s defenses and deal great damage.

But Eden, surprisingly, instead of blocking Lennok’s gunfire, reacted in a completely different way.

Whoa!!

It destroyed his own body with a lightning bolt and sent the bullets fired backwards as they were.

Appearing just a few meters behind, he grinned at Lennok.

“It must have been a stroke of repentance. I’m sorry.”

“……..”

“That blink must have been the power of an artifact, right? Kill you and clean up that tool too!!”

Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwam!!!

Before Eden could finish his words, a series of explosions came from behind him.

Eden turned his head in surprise and saw a completely broken amplifier in his eyes.

It was only then that he realized Lennok’s intention, and his expression twisted ferociously.

The bullet Lennok shot was not Eden from the beginning, but the power generation facilities that amplified his power.

The [Ignite] magic built into the bullet was also just a stepping stone to exploding the amplifier rather than killing Eden.

If you’re a wizard, there’s no way you’ll face an attack you’ve never seen before.

Eden immediately lost the power plant that supported him in an intuitive yet out of the blue attack.

Eden’s cheeks quivered with rage.

“This dog is …. !!”

“I don’t know why you’re so surprised now.”

said Lennok, spinning his revolver round and round.

“The wizards I know aren’t like that.”

Took!

Confirming that the cylinder was cracked, Lennok dropped the revolver on the ground without hesitation.

6 shot support magic. Considering the countless battles that had been used regardless of durability, it was easy to endure this much.

I’ve been using the weapons I bought cheaply from Gun & Barrel for a really long time.

For this moment against the same mage, it would be enough without the help of a weapon.

Lennok’s short provocation must have stabbed Eden’s painful corner. His eyes were bloodshot and glared at him.

He grieved at this and muttered softly.

“If you killed Beck, you deserve to talk like that. But this is still not enough…!!”

Bubbeobung-!!

Hundreds of electric shocks scattered through the air as the amplifier was smashed.

Facing each other, the two wizards simultaneously stretched out their magical powers and began to catch the remnants of the blue lightning that spread in all directions.

swing

Kwaaaang!!

A whirlwind of lightning swirled around the two of them, and Lennok and Eden waved their hands at the same time.

A stream of lightning rushing like a wave. Even between them, the two countercurrents, clearly diverging, collide and pulsate.

The roof of the power plant shone bright blue, beating the flames still on the ground and scattering the light across the dry sky.

Aaaaaaaaaaa!!

The two-pronged lightning storm that was still stirring the sky seemed to be sucked into Eden’s hand, creating a blue sphere.

Wheein!!

The flow of electricity gathered in my hand rotates so fast that it seems to slowly return to the opposite direction.

Eden, who was staring at the glowing sphere with cold light as if it had become a small star, crossed his hands and stretched them out in front of him.

[Storm Lightning]

The reverse flow of lightning that turned into a flash defies gravity and illuminates the horizon.

[Thunder Calling]

In response, Lennok also summoned lightning from the sky and slammed it right in front of his eyes.

Wow!!

In the cold winter air, the two strands of magic collided, twisting space and ripping through the ground with a strange sound.

The impact shakes the whole view of the rooftop and staggers the two wizards at the same time.

A confrontation between common magic and unique magic.

Originally, he shouldn’t even have been an opponent, but the power of lightning that he has been steadily researching and developing has already surpassed the limit of common magic.

Surprisingly, Lennok’s lightning strikes, which had been flickering after a brief clash, disappeared while equaling Eden’s magic.

Eden’s eyes widened as he watched the lightning storm sweeping away.

“This is nonsense. How could I get mine torpedoes so easily…!!”

While looking at Lennok with a stunned expression, his hand moved again astutely, as if the magician’s reason was still there.

He knows that too.

If he couldn’t kill Lennok here, the only way left was to be surrounded and killed by his party, who would be riding up the power plant.

Desperate will for life summons lightning scattered in the air again and creates a miracle to deny reality once again.

Lennok did not stop, and immediately raised his mana.

It was the first time that he risked his life to face such a skilled magician and the same lightning class.

I couldn’t be careless in the slightest.

Crush the tobacco between your teeth and throw down the magic you developed while chewing on it.

Lennok’s magical power, which had turned into pure white cold air in the air, immediately turned into a horn of ice and attacked Eden, summoning a long spear of fire and aiming at the dead angle.

Kwagwagwang!!

However, the circular shock wave emitted as if it was going crazy pushed Lennok’s magic away, and instead, it split into dozens of branches like branching and pulled Lennok in.

Lennok silently shot the magic at his feet.

[Sink hole]

Quaang!!

The floor of the roof of the power plant collapsed intact, sending Lennok’s body down.

In an instant, the net of lightning, missing his new form, wandered empty above Lennok’s head.

[Flame Buster]

The pillar of flame launched by Lennok immediately burned the rooftop.

Aaaaaaang!!

The roof of the power plant opens like a lid, and Eden, who has lost her footing, inevitably comes downstairs, which has become a mess.

The two mages stared at each other across the filthy, old hallway.

Eden was the first to speak.

“You use a mixture of various attributes… Where do you belong?”

Unlike before, the tone was much more cautious.

Eden also recognized that Lennok was a formidable wizard through the recent workshop.

Lennok replied plaintively.

“I’ll let you know right before I kill you.”

There was no answer. Instead, Eden’s face was contorted with murderous intent.

Kwaaaaang!!

Waves of lightning from the two men collided in the air at the same time.

Like a conductor leading a huge orchestra, Lennok’s and Eden’s hands move gracefully through the air.

In line with that, dozens of magic circles appeared and disappeared, and all sorts of roaring sounds erupted.

A small chunk of lightning shot by Eden exploded and hit Lennok, concentrating his shield to block it.

The trap magic [Claymore] placed under his feet explodes, knocking Eden’s lightning shield and summoning a giant spear of lightning from the sky, which dances above Lennok’s head.

Pajijijijik!!!

While receiving the chirping of singing in hopes of mutual ruin, the whole body raises its magic power.

Enduring the deafening tinnitus, Lennok twisted his head.

A sharp flash of light barely passing by.

It wouldn’t be strange if he hadn’t sharpened his magic power detection and monitored his movements until the end.

It was not an easy opponent.

However, there was an unknown joy in Lennok’s eyes as he looked at Eden.

The true value of lightning-type unique magic encountered for the first time.

It was because the more he saw all of that essence right in front of his eyes, the more it felt like something was awakening inside Lennok.

Gorgeous yet heavy, stealthy yet deadly.

It is bold, yet beautiful, and magnificent.

Just looking at the movement, rotation, and acceleration of powerful magical power, like tapping a heavy piano, pounded Lennok’s chest dullly.

‘…..I want to see more.’

Ironically, that was the only thought that came to Lennok’s mind in the fierce struggle that would kill him if he made a mistake even for a moment.

A secret of unique magic that no one else could learn.

The fruit of the tenacity of researchers who gave up on all-power and digging a well.

The more Eden distorts his face and stretches his magical power toward him, the more transparent the images contained in it begin to appear.

Lennok’s talent, which had been suppressed unwillingly, had meaning in every moment.

yeah i guess i know now

The answer to the question that I have been thinking about for so long and searching for with all my heart and soul.

What is Lightning Magic?

pierce through

Kwaaaaaang!!!

In the midst of the pouring blue bombardment, Lennok draws out a small electric shock and strikes it.

A counterattack that was even shabby compared to the fierce firepower that covered all the clocks and attacked.

Woojijijik!!

However, a small bolt of lightning shot from Lennok’s hand penetrated Eden’s magical structure like a lie, cutting off all sources of magical power and destroying the image.

The whirlwind of lightning that had been threatening to bite Lennok’s neck a moment ago dispersed like fog and only his will remained.

It took just 3 seconds to penetrate Eden’s shoulder, who had a devastated expression on the other side.

The time it took for Eden to go mad after recognizing the incredible reality was much longer than that.

Remedy

“Oh no. This is not…!!!”

There’s no way he, being a wizard like him, didn’t know what Lennok had just done.

The magic that Eden fired with all its power was picked and smashed like a key to open a door.

Even if you contemplate and understand the entire process from the moment magic is formed to its completion, it is possible.

It was impossible even for Eden himself to analyze and expose one person’s magic to that extent.

don’t want to believe

Again, it was unbelievable. The fact

that the abominable wizard standing in front of him with an expressionless face

is a monster with the highest talent that Eden so desperately wanted and desired.

Kwaji Jijik…!!

Images of hatred and jealousy mix and react violently with Eden’s magical power.

His magic responded to his ugly, blatant, and naked will.

A realm beyond limits. Originally, he inadvertently stretched out his arm at the magic of the hierarchy, which

he could not even glimpse, and Eden, without realizing it, very naturally reached inside and pulled out one magic.

The high-level lightning-type applied magic that burns the sky and leaves scars on the ground breaks through extremely rare odds and descends into the hands of unqualified wizards.

[Thunder Blade] The

five-pronged blade of lightning rotates as if converging to a single point.

A silvery-white ray of light pushing forward through the cold air in an elongated twisting spiral.

A bizarre sense of pressure, completely different from the bluish lightning storm that Eden has been shooting up until now.

A state of being embodied and existing in the world, interfering little by little with the laws of physics and distorting reality.

The technology, which has reached the beginning of the realm of true magic, illuminates the darkening sky with a mysterious glow and shakes heavy waves in all directions.

Woooooooooo!!

The color of an ideal that can never be found in this cold reality. The miracle of the mind that stretched out with magic power in a person’s intense image.

Lennok looked up blankly at the beautiful sight and nodded slowly.

“Now I understand.”

A strange feeling that tickled his chest every time he used magic.

The previous clash gave Lennok an answer.

Could it be because he had a deeper understanding of lightning-type magic than other magic?

Or was it because the magical structure of Eden, which was temporarily raised, was weaker than usual?

An inspiration several times stronger than what he felt when he saw Aris’ unique magic pounded his head and five senses like crazy.

With a sound like my head exploding, the door finally opened.

I stretch out my hand in a trance.

Even in the flood of information pouring down, you snatch only the necessary knowledge and immediately project the picture you draw in your mind into reality.

At that moment, the flash of light that had been shot at Lennok disintegrated into small pieces and began to be sucked into his hand in a streamlined curve.

A bizarre and mysterious landscape that is so unbelievable that it is easy to see, hear, and touch.

What would it be like to have your own magic disintegrate and be taken away in front of your eyes?

Eden’s face wrinkled hideously, as if crying.

“Oh, no…!! Stop, stop!”

I panicked and screamed like crazy.

Lennok, ignoring the desperate appearance, assembles one magic in an instant.

new image. familiar inspiration. And the overwhelming sense of dominance that encompassed all of them wrapped around his five senses and led his mind to a higher place.

In this fleeting moment, he breaks through the boundary between unique magic and common magic, and arrives at a new mystery.

As if you knew it from the beginning.

As naturally as passing by.

A silvery-white spiral rises from Lennok’s hand.

[Thunderbolt]

Wieeeeeeeeing!!!

With a strange revolving sound, the light beam extending from Lennok’s hand wiped out the entire upper part of the power plant and dyed the whole sky silvery white.

The silvery-white mana that had been swimming in the dry sky fell down, scattering silver rain on the ground.

Eden’s body exposed to the overwhelming firepower slowly returns to a handful of dust.

A radiance so beautiful that others who were just about to come up to the roof and support Lennok inadvertently admired it.

It is truly a thunderbolt emitted by a magician who will reach the end of the sky.

Killian, who had been looking at him blankly, murmured.

“You are crazy. This… is magic that I couldn’t easily see even in my hometown.”

“Your wolves probably don’t like magic very much in the first place.”

“okay? I don’t think it’s our family’s story.”

He responded deftly to Dylan’s words and calmly released his transformation.

The wolf’s muzzle returned to that of a human in an instant, and he turned his head as the shirt, which was about to explode, shrunk to fit.

“I can’t see anything like that. It was a match that made no sense from the start.”

It would be absurd from Lennok’s point of view, who destroyed Eden’s generator by using blinking and won a head-to-head match, but no one would deny it here.

No one knew what Lennok had done so far.

The stage of a rookie or promising freelancer has been surpassed a long time ago.

The most powerful magician around Area 49 and an unrivaled freelancer.

If everything is done and the results spread to the public, Lennok’s position will rise abnormally.

“You said Dylan? Take a look at Van’s condition and bring him back. I’ll be looking inside the power plant with these guys.”

It was a fairly rational decision considering that he had been in the form of a beast until just now.

Eden may have left some arrangements inside the power plant, and if there are useful items, it would be better to quickly collect them and get out of here.

Even though quite a few Freelancers died in the previous battle, Killian’s face didn’t show a hint of guilt.

They are clearly aware that they have already paid for their lives with money.

To Dylan, he looked far better suited to this floor than to the company.

I poured all my magic power and tapped the shoulder of Lennok, who had collapsed in despair.

“are you okay?”

“…..okay.”

“You just did a great job. If the boss had seen this, he would have wanted to work with you at all costs.”

Instead of replying, Lennok smiled and took a new cigarette from his arms and took a bite.

Although he did not show it, he felt that the harvest he had just gained from the battle with Eden was considerable.

A unique magic that was hard to get a grip on even though I had been studying it for a long time.

Among them, the fact that he was able to steal and use Thorburn School’s lightning-type unique magic from Eden must mean that Lennok’s magic is finally ready to go further.

The fact that he used the same magic without properly mastering the unique magic had that much meaning.

It means that it is possible to touch other unique magics based on common magics even while leaving room for space-time unique magics.

And it must be Lennok’s talent, and nothing else, that made him able to overcome these limitations.

I felt like I had an unexpected opportunity, but because of that, I felt a more proud sense of accomplishment.

When I feel good, I naturally spend generously. I felt like I could do a favor to the colleague right next to me.

Lennok took a cigarette from his bosom and held it out to Dylan.

Dylan accepted the beginning of the year with a bewildered face.

“……Thank you. I do miss it sometimes.”

“Let’s go down the power plant too.”

“It’s funny for me to say this, but is it okay if I don’t take more rest? In fact, you have finished the work all by yourself.”

“No problem.”

I thought it would be the toughest battle, but it was a battle between wizards, so the victory was fleeting.

In terms of intensity, the battle with Beck would have been much more difficult.

Lennok’s stamina itself, which had been pumped up with drugs, was still brisk.

The two immediately followed Killian and the others to the stairs on the roof.

It’s strange to go down from the roof rather than from the bottom of the power plant, but isn’t this the original floor?

In retrospect, it was nothing too strange.

“Look here. He really made up his mind and set a trap.”

Seeing the dead bodies of freelancers with painful faces all over the power plant, Dylan stuck out his tongue.

Perhaps Eden’s plan was close to the method of spraying a lightning storm outside the power plant and drawing this power into the power plant to blow it all up.

However, as Lennok wrote the artifact, he penetrated the complex process with one stroke, and Eden was helplessly defeated.

Lennok quickly scanned the inside of the power plant with his magic power sensor and headed straight for the basement.

“Can I not look at the other floors?”

“Everyone else on the team is on that side. It would be right to go once.”

There seemed to be a few gang members or soldiers alive inside the power plant, but it seemed that Kilian and other team members had already taken care of them all as they passed by.

Indeed, after passing through the spacious hallway on the first floor and going down to the basement, I could see the other team members rummaging through various rooms.

Lennok asked after seeing Killian in an office filled with unknown documents.

“Is work going well?”

“Here you come. If you feel better, help me.”

“Not very well.”

“……”

Killian shrugged his shoulders wordlessly and started searching the office again.

Rather than looking for something special, it’s more like the feeling of smashing furniture in a room.

Lennok, who had been quietly watching the scene, realized something and said.

“Do you think there is a hidden space?”

“okay.”

Killian replied.

“I feel like my magic power sensor is strangely cut off near the basement. Considering that these guys are a gang, it wouldn’t be strange to have a safe or something like that in a case like this.”

“A safe…”

Naturally, the key captured from Beck Clinton’s corpse came to mind, but Lennok naively refused to say it out of his mouth.

Instead, I slipped my butt off the old sofa I was leaning on and stood up.

“You said you were tired? you can sit I’m sure the other guys are all rummaging through the basement anyway.”

“No, I will look elsewhere.”

“What… do it yourself.”

I left the office, leaving Killian, who was sweeping the walls, destroying the study halfway.

Dylan, who followed, asked over Lennoc’s shoulder.

“Is the safe in the basement?”

“There must be a lot of space to hide things in the power plant control room. Maybe if you look for it, you’ll replace something.”

Even as Lennok said that, he had other thoughts in his head.

As I listened to Kilian’s story, it reminded me that there are things I need to replace before the gang’s safe.

Eden was an outstanding wizard in his own way and came from a professional wizarding organization called Thorburn Mage Tower.

If such a mage was living an organized life, he would have set up his own laboratory somewhere.

It would be a great harvest if I could get academic information on the Thorburn school’s unique magic there.

It was clear that if you study magic such as [Thunderbolt] or [Lightning Lightning], you can develop magic even if you don’t have to properly learn the unique magic.

Pushing Dylan to replace the safe with the rest of the team, Lennok headed upstairs again up the stairs of the power plant.

Considering that he is a gang boss, the office he uses is the largest office on the top 5th floor.

It is covered with thick blackout curtains, so it feels dark and gloomy, but looking at the nameplate hanging above the desk, it is clear that this is the room Eden used.

Just in case, I searched the surroundings, but of course I couldn’t replace anything related to magic.

Of course, it’s not the basement, but his laboratory is also hidden somewhere.

I closed my eyes and spread my mana wide.

Even after a quick scan of the room, there is no sign of anything. If they really set up a laboratory, it would most likely be around here

.

4th floor, 3rd floor, 2nd floor, 1st floor and the basement… back up…..

“…..Ah.”

And I realized

The ceiling height of the 5th floor is clearly different from other floors.

It was certain that there was a hidden space

for uninvited guests .

Strictly speaking, there must be a 6th floor that cannot be ascertained from outside eyes.

Finding clues isn’t difficult.

Leave the room and head to the small alcove across the hallway.

A desolate space with nothing but an old piano and piles of cigarette butts.

The answer was fixed.

He raised his mana towards the piano and used magic.

[Unlocked]

Pajijijik….!!

At that moment, invisible sparks ricocheted from the white keys of the piano, deflecting Lennok’s magic.

Not surprising.

It must be strange to pierce the barrier of a skilled wizard with a very basic unlocking magic among common magic.

But at least it is certain that the key to the lab is contained in this piano.

If that’s the case, it’s enough to open it with force, not magic.

Ignoring the spark, he poured his magic power and completely covered the piano.

The piano is pushed into a sphere made of magical power as if it were immersed in it, and the inner senses uncover the structure of the magical power that is hidden in detail.

Riding the keys of the piano, he caught and unraveled the intricately twisted flow of mana with Lennok’s mana.

Jiji Jiji!!

Along with the sound of paper tearing, the keys of the piano move on their own as if possessed by a ghost.

At the same time, the ceiling of the room opened wide and the stairs fell down.

thud!

“……..”

Lennok smiled as he realized he had the right strand.

It is no wonder that spaces normally hidden in this way are designed to burn all their contents in response to forcible intrusion from the outside.

It was clear that the best way to get in was to manipulate the security device like Lennok had just done.

As I climbed the stairs, I saw an attic with a low ceiling where I had to bend my head slightly.

Lennok grinned when he confirmed the existence of the heaps of books, materials of unknown use, and catalysts scattered on the floor.

I open a book that has fallen on the floor and check the contents.

[3 copies of the Advanced Flow Control Application Research Journal]

“That’s for sure.”

Advanced theories that can never be found in libraries. It is also very reliable data related to unique magic.

It is also a product of the traces of Eden’s efforts to research and develop his own magic.

Just by reading these books and researching on your own, Lennok’s magical realm will be able to advance one more time.

That must have been a bigger win for Lennok than anything else in this operation.

‘Then, how should I get these…’

The volume is enough to be 15 books even if you scan it with your eyes. Considering the other items, such as the catalyst, it’s too conspicuous to be carrying and moving right now.

Once you’ve confirmed the location, it’s probably right to close it and come replace it later.

In the end, regretfully, Lennok took only one book and headed back to the basement.

The other team members were all out in the hallway, probably sweeping the basement.

“Oh, you’re here.”

Killian waved his hand.

“Have you not found it yet?”

If what was hidden in the basement was really a gang safe, it couldn’t have been hidden so thoroughly.

Obviously, it is absurd to hide a space that they also need to use from time to time so that it is not visible to the magic users gathered here.

“No, I found it. But there is a problem.”

“The security on the safe is so strong that it’s difficult to get your hands on it easily.”

Agria said with a wry smile.

“They used a security device that blew super-high heat air into the outside the moment the password was incorrectly entered five or more times, destroying all the contents. If not, you have to use biometrics, which is a long way off unless you have the boss’ corpse.”

Strangely, I asked for a detailed explanation, and Agria replied with a wry smile.

“…..We also developed safes with a similar structure and are supplying them here and there. The surest way to maintain security is to destroy the contents the moment you recognize an intruder, so they probably had similar thoughts.”

“Where is the safe?”

“…it’s in the equipment control room. Let’s see it and then we’ll talk.”

The group immediately took Lennok and moved.

A spacious joint located underground. A spacious control room with a height of several tens of meters to the ceiling.

As they passed the already dead machines and dusty controls and headed for the wall of the cavity, Lennok knew what they were talking about.

“They renovated an entire room and used it as a safe.”

“It’s a situation where you can’t easily touch it because of the security device Agria said. Is there any special method?”

At Killian’s words, Lennok turned to him with a puzzled expression.

“Are you asking the wizard to hack the security device?”

If it was a barrier made with magic like Eden’s laboratory, Lennok’s own ability would be able to break through it somehow, but the story is different with an object mixed with magic engineering like this.

Rather than magic, it is an item closer to an engineering product that uses mana as a power source.

Killian didn’t have anything to say about that answer either, so he only licked his lips with a shy expression.

‘By the way, this is a bit different from what I expected…’

I thought the key I took from Beck Clinton was probably from the safe, but when I looked it up, I didn’t even need a key, and I couldn’t even see a hole where a needle could go in.

The other team members seemed to think that there would be a way if it was Lennok and brought him in, but he didn’t have the right solution either.

‘If you use Blink, it will be possible to go inside, but…’

There is no reason to consume valuable artifacts once more on the spot.

“…First of all, I’ll contact the head office and see if there is a similar decryption code.”

A situation where Agria slipped away and the other team members went into a lull.

Lennok looked at the security device silently, then put his hand on the keypad to enter the password and blew magic into it.

Even if the principle is completely different, if it works with the same magical power, I wonder if I can figure out something.

Woooooooooo…!!

And as soon as magic power was blown into it, Lennok realized the ideal.

‘Wait a minute, this is…’

It’s not as difficult as I thought.

As soon as he stretched out his mana inward, Lennok felt that the structure of the circuitry inside the security device was instantly drawn in his head, and he flinched slightly.

In which section and in what way the magical power flowing through the circuit accelerates and rotates, and why it works in that way and has a special purpose.

All of that information is organized in a single glance, and it pours into Lennok’s reason in an instant.

Through the eyes and sight that have been improved since the previous eye opening, in an instant, he dug into the principles of magic engineering.

The result of pursuing extreme efficiency by thoroughly identifying and interpreting the principles of magic itself.

Therefore, it has another regularity separate from magic and operates based on strict principles rather than the user’s talent or will.

Wheein!!

“Wait a minute and a half. I think something is strange…”

I ignore the timid voice coming from behind and concentrate on the interpretation.

Operation based on logical thinking and clear processes. It’s similar to magic, but definitely different.

If mana cannot be precisely controlled and adjusted in particle units, it would be impossible to properly interfere with it.

If only I could touch that flow a little from the inside. And if anyone can do that.

It moves.

When the mana captured in particle units was accurately applied to a specific circuit and stimulated, a green light came on the keypad like a lie, and the security device began to vibrate faintly.

Gooooooooo…!!

The other team members, who saw the door of the safe that had been firmly closed with him open, followed Lennok’s back with dazed expressions.

“…Is this possible?”

A smile spreads across his lips as he shakes his head as if it is difficult to believe the reality unfolding in front of his eyes.

It is the safe of the gang that was monopolizing the weapons business of the 40th division for a while.

It was natural to expect the contents contained in it, and if you do well, you might be able to get a good incentive.

Their gazes filled with unknown aspirations all at once turned toward the wide open vault door.

The moment I found the man searching for something inside the safe, he disappeared without a trace.

“……hmm? What?”

The man who heard the sound of the safe opening behind him turned his head and asked them in reverse.

A confident attitude that makes you feel uncomfortable. A chilly silence descended on the left.

An appearance that cannot be understood by common sense in this place where everything should have ended.

The man scratched his head and trudged out of the safe with one hand in his pocket.

“I thought it would take a long time to open the safe, but it ended sooner than I thought.”

“………”

“There must have been a guy with a good head over there? Well, it doesn’t matter.”

He looked around at the group and waved his hands with an annoyed expression.

“It’s done. I’ll save you, so just go away. Today, I’ll let you go with great generosity.”

“……Who are you?”

“Do you think I understand what you say?”

“Hey, you keep coming out crookedly, but if it’s like this, we have no choice but to ask a little harsher.”

Killian growled as he took a step forward.

I’m sure I believed that I cleaned up the remnants of the gang, but wouldn’t it be normal to get angry if some uninvited guest is taking the loot instead.

Judging from the fact that he doesn’t feel any magic power in his body, it’s highly likely that he’s an official who came to take advantage of this chaos.

But even though Lennok saw the same person, he felt something completely different from Kirlian.

‘No, this…’

It’s not without magic.

On the contrary, the level is so high that no one here can easily guess its limits?