Drug-Eating Genius Mage

Episode 823:

Knot (10)

Ugh…!!

The shape of a sixth tail that glows with transparent light and slowly floats from the end of Dabi’s tail.

Did Dabi absorb the ghost ship that Lennok acquired when entering Yorta and create a new tail?

Considering that Dabi has never attempted something like this without Lennok’s permission, it is definitely something worth mentioning.

Before investigating the historical site, it would be a good idea to find out Dabi’s condition in advance.

However, the moment Lennok grabbed his tail, Dabi was so startled that he jumped up from his spot.

[Ugh?!!]

A giant fox rolling around on the floor of the ruins, as if surprised by a new texture that even he didn’t know about.

Following that movement, the ash from the ruins stuck to Dabi’s fur, staining his body.

[What is this?]

He turns his head and spins around to catch the tail, in order to check the suddenly appeared sixth tail.

The moment Lennok shook his head at Dabi, who was rolling on the ground and trying to somehow turn around his tail.

Flash!!

The sixth tail glowed and grew explosively, transforming into a huge ship in the middle of the ruins.

The ship, shrouded in pale fog, falls damaged onto the ruins and sweeps through the ruins.

Wow!!

[Wow!!]

As Dabi struggled at that sight, the ship was reabsorbed and returned to its tail form, then released again and again.

While the ruins were constantly shaking and Dabi’s eyes were spinning, he was struggling with his front feet.

Lennok sighed slightly and raised his magic power.

Keyee!!

He pulls out a magician, ties the stomach of the giant fox, and lightly lifts it into the air.

As we shared our thoughts and forcibly stabilized Dabi’s magical power, Dabi stopped with his tail hanging down.

[Ugh.]

Lennok nodded, looking at Dabi hanging on the magic thread with his tongue helplessly stuck out.

“Let’s first check what we can judge right away. “Are you feeling okay?”

[…Ah.]

Dabi then looked at the six limp tails and tilted his head.

[The sensation itself seems to be no different from other tails… In fact, it seems to have been there from the beginning.]

“What about magical power? “Is there any change in the overall flow?”

Lennok asked, keeping his eyes on Dabi.

I had already come to my own conclusion by observing the spirit, but I still needed to check with Dabi directly.

“Something may have changed because I can feel it firsthand. “Think about it carefully.”

[Uhmmm….]

Dabi pondered those words for a while with his front paws crouched, and then nodded his head vaguely.

[The amount of horsepower has increased significantly… but there are almost no problems in terms of numbers. I ran the simulation and it was the same.]

“I see.”

Lennok finally nodded, put Dabi down and said.

“I think I now understand why a sixth tail was created for you.”

[Huh?]

“Through sharing your images with me, you already possess a magnetic field. “I haven’t reached the hierarchy, but I definitely understand the concept.”

Dabi’s magnetic realm, the dream vision mirror, is a power that can be freely used by bringing the supernormal abilities of the entire brain space into reality.

It is an ability that Dabi awakened during the decisive battle with Gearside, and is a spirit realm that he acquired with Lennok’s help.

Although he needs Lennok’s help when developing it, it is clear that Dabi is aware of the concept of territory.

“I thought that since I already had a territory, the hierarchy would naturally rise over time… but I may have been making a mistake in judgment.”

Lennok said, stroking Dabi’s tail as it swayed in the air.

“It seems that starting from the sixth tail, it must be completed based on external qualities or intentions. “The premise was wrong.”

The sixth tail is transparent like a ghost.

The reason it looks different from other tails is probably because this tail was made based on the Onion’s ghost ship.

Then, why does the sixth tail have to be completed by absorbing external thoughts or power?

Lennok thought the reason might be based on how the hierarchy was reached.

Seven hierarchies of self-transformation. A change in the nature of magical power derived from the 6th level of military rank.

Thinking about him, Dabi’s sixth tail should be seen as having been completed by being stimulated by the nature of spiritual power.

“Changes in nature that are properly addressed in the sixth hierarchy. If the nature of the tail itself had to change due to that influence…”

The reason why a new tail could not be created for a while after the fifth tail bloomed.

The reason Dabi was unable to keep up with Lennok’s growth was probably due to the lack of an environment to reach a new level.

It was only after recognizing that the nature of the sixth flowered tail was different from before that I was able to vaguely guess it.

“When we return to the Balkans, let’s look for places or historical sites that are good for spirits.”

[Master….]

“Now that I know the method, making the seventh tail won’t be difficult. From then on, it will be up to you…”

It was difficult to understand the birth and growth of the Thunder Spirit as it was different from other spirits from the beginning, but once you know the method, you can quickly get results.

Using the connections and assets Lennok has built up in the Balkans, it would not be difficult at all to find a suitable environment or variable for Dabi.

Dabi looked at Lennok as if he was slightly moved, then raised his front paw and stroked Lennok’s head.

[When I get back to the Balkans, I will completely hack into the city government’s network and look for related information!]

“…Okay, okay, let’s talk about it for now.”

It’s hard to breathe as Dabi clings to his body, which has not yet properly healed his injuries.

Lennok returned the excited Dabi to his original size and placed him in his arms and walked away.

Crash!!

The underground stairs of Yorta, located deep in the waters of the Hedrein River.

Although the Croken Asillus Tower was destroyed. The underground stairs hidden beneath the river still remain.

This may be because the ruins in this underground layer were originally ruins created long before the Mangwi Night Journey.

Lennok had finally reached the 19th underground level of the Cenotaph that Nymel Naidry had mentioned.

Gooooo!!

As I walk inside, past the dried seaweed at the entrance to the ruins, I feel the air flow change.

A huge arch-shaped gateway located inside the ruins, where acrid ash is fluttering about.

All that is around is charred rock and rubble scattered in ashes.

Slowly!

A broken skull buried among the ashes rolls around as if hit by feet.

“….”

Naimel called this place the crematorium where the public servants and traitors of Yorta were gathered together and burned.

Probably old officials of Yorta used this place. Could it be that the body was used to burn it?

That was the moment Lennok thought as he lifted the shattered skull with his gloved hands.

[Uuuu!!]

Blue eyes flashed from inside the skull and suddenly bit Lennok’s hand hard.

Ujijik!!

He bites Lennok’s finger caught in the glove, but it is blocked by the shield placed over his skin and crumbles.

“what?”

As I raised my magic power and smashed the skull I was holding, things began to rise one by one from among the ashes.

[Uuuu…!!]

[Crrrrr!!]

On the outside, they look like ordinary human beings, but they are all corpses with their stomachs and chests torn apart and rotting inside.

Lennok, who immediately recognized the monsters approaching with strange groans, nodded.

“It’s a ghoul.”

[It’s a bit different from the bad feeling I had before, isn’t it?]

“It’s because the decomposition hardly progresses even after death due to some variable.”

Lennok replied and glanced away.

“I heard that the religious order performed a large-scale offering ceremony here, so I guess that’s probably why.”

[Aaaahhh!!]

The shapes of ghouls rushing towards Lennok with their arms spread out in unison, as if using their voices as a signal.

It dribbles dry saliva from its mouth and drops rotten, crushed internal organs at the feet.

Dabi asked, sensing that his speed and strength were at an unusual level.

[Master, shall I do it for you?]

Although he pressured Nymel to break the restraints of the shrine and escaped, Lennok’s condition did not improve enough to allow him to move.

A series of battles against the Requiem and Kroken, the final battle against the Ascendant.

The accumulated damage from recovering my body and getting injured was in such a critical condition that I couldn’t recover from it just by resting for a few days.

It would have been impossible to get out of bed if it weren’t for the power of the drug, which I had been working on for over several years by combining various painkillers, stimulants, potions, and elixirs.

Dabi also knew that even consuming magical power right away would be putting a burden on Lennok.

“no. “I will do it.”

But Lennok shook his head and took out a small metal sphere from his pocket and threw it.

The sphere missed the ghoul’s head as if it was natural due to poor throwing skills.

[…Master?]

The moment Dabi tilted his head as he watched the metal body moving helplessly behind the ghoul’s head.

The revolver, shining white, ignited as soon as it was held in Lennok’s hand.

[Aim correction: 3-stage amplification]

[Trajectory guidance]

[Recoil control]

[Single shot: Precision]

The revolver bullet, which instantly accumulated 4 stacks of shooting assistance magic, was fired comfortably from Lennok’s fingertips.

Taang!!

He accurately hit the sphere hovering above the ghoul’s head and set off a powerful explosion on the spot.

Kwaaaang!!

[Aaaah…!!]

Several ghouls that came close to us are swept away by the explosion and fall down, but the heat does not reach Lennok and fades away.

Lennok looked at the scene, took out several more metal spheres of the same type from his arms, and threw them in all directions.

A compressed small bullet that only radiates power within a radius of 7.75m. It is an item that can be useful indoors as long as you calculate the range of its power well.

Even in historical sites that exist underground, like now, it is possible to control the damage to the interior by minimizing the explosion radius.

Ta-ta-tang!!

Regardless of Lennok’s poor dexterity, he uses shooting assist magic to detonate the small bullet when he is far away from the small bullet’s radius.

Every time the revolver’s trigger was pulled, a violent explosion several times greater than the aimed shot erupted, sweeping away the ghouls indiscriminately.

Bubbling bubbling!!!

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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

!!

A pure white magical light appears behind the ghoul’s head and cleanly blows away the neck.

Lennok’s hand, which had been superimposed with auxiliary magic, moved smoothly as if guided by another’s will, repeatedly loading and firing.

Charrrrrrr!!

At the same time, several firearms came pouring out from within the robe and stuck into Lennok’s hand.

The ghouls running at high speed are pushed away with rechargeable shotguns, breaking their bodies.

Fire the Predator machine gun at the ghouls standing up from afar and turn them into a hive in advance.

Doo doo doo doo!!!

Immediately after, the explosives spread out everywhere hit the bullet and exploded, sending out hot air.

[Wow…!!]

[Grrrr…!!]

I pull the trigger a few more times on the head of the ghoul, which is staggering even after its entire body burns and collapses.

Tatang!!

While burning hundreds of ghouls who stood up continuously as if guarding a historical site, very little magical power was consumed.

Dabi looked at him and asked as if he was tired.

[The efficiency of auxiliary magic has become almost perfect. How long are you going to keep modifying it like that?]

“Until it can be used against monsters like Kroken.”

Lennok replied and began to look at the bone dust and debris scattered all over the crematorium.

Unlike the cluttered space outside the crematorium, the area around it starts to become neater as you head inside.

The composition reveals a floor made of pure white marble, and a beautifully sculpted urn is displayed on a wall isolated by glass.

Lennok found an empty urn, pondered, and stretched out his hand toward it.

Bye!!

Lennok muttered as he took out the urn as a magician and examined it.

“It’s good stuff. It is designed for easy preservation and observation from inside and outside. “It’s old, but the design itself is flawless.”

[I needed an item like this to prove that the Master’s notoriety was not just a rumor.]

“…I didn’t intend to use it for that purpose.”

Ignoring Dabi’s words, I rummaged through the shadow robe and found the remains of bone dust.

Lennok slowly knelt down and carefully placed the bone powder into the urn.

The remains left after victory over and extinction of the body of the Ascendant Arrival.

Dorae is a berserker who not only once existed as a vessel for the cult leader, but also achieved the rank of ascendant.

If the remnants are strong enough to remain even after the body disappears, they will definitely be useful someday.

Lennok, who had moved the remnants of the arrival into the urn, placed it in his arms and raised his gaze.

The shape of an old altar located in the deepest part of the crematorium.

At the end of it was a scene so bizarre that even Lennok was momentarily overwhelmed.

“This is…”

On both sides of the altar were lined up huge blades that far exceeded Lennok’s height.

Blades lined up from all directions as if they were aimed at an altar, and corpses dead beneath the blades.

People died wearing old-fashioned robes and kneeling in a prayer position under the blade of a knife.

Dozens of corpses are preserved in a circle around the altar, as if entrusting their lives to the execution table.

“….”

I was able to realize it right away the moment I saw it in person.

A ceremonial hall where the religious order began the offering ceremony and dedicated believers to the Mangwi Night Journey.

Is it possible that only the soul was offered to Mangwi Night through an offering and the body was left here as is?

Lennok slowly approached the dead body under the blade and closed his mouth after seeing the corpse’s appearance.

“The corpse…”

The dead corpses, as if praying with their eyes closed, no longer look like ordinary humans.

A bizarre appearance where the skin is cracked and transparent like transparent glass, revealing the internal organs and skeleton.

I’ve seen human sacrifices made by religious groups many times, but most of them were cruel and horrendous, but this is the first time I’ve seen sacrifices left so grotesquely clean.

Is this the result of the tragedy created through human sacrifice carried out with the direct intervention of the religious leader?

Lennok silently followed the corpses toward the altar and checked the structure of the engraving on the altar.

Unknown characters rotate around the altar, forming a huge circle.

Perhaps it was here that Nimel and other members of the church were sacrificed for the Mangwi Night Journey.

[On the outside, I don’t seem to feel any strength or resignation.]

“That’s right. But…”

Lennok muttered as he followed Dabi’s words and walked around the altar, stroking the flat surface.

“It’s a little bit, but it’s definitely similar.”

The apostle selection ceremony attempted by priestess Izel Naidry at the Far East branch of the church.

The appearance of the altar here is very similar to the memorial altar that Izel personally made at the time.

“A priest of the time came to visit us and created this altar.”

Considering that Mangwi Nighting is a very old ascension ritual, the priestess who created the altar at the time was probably not Izel Naiduri.

However, the similarity in appearance between this altar and the altar that Easel produced supports Lennok’s speculation.

[Unpleasant smell…]

Dabi also knows what is being said, as he has been watching the work of the Far East Branch from the side.

The lightning spirit that jumped out of my arms tapped the altar with its front paws and tilted its head.

[It radiates magic waves to see inside, but it is a simple stone. There’s nothing there other than the fact that it looks unusual?]

“The church is crazy, but they’re not the kind of people who would do things sloppy. After the offering was completed, the traces must have been completely erased. But…”

Lennok said, taking off his gloves and holding out his wrist.

“If it were a symbol of the same denomination, it would be a different story.”

A pure white stigma engraved under the wrist.

The priestly authority given to Lennok by Seina Naidri.

The moment I placed the stigma engraved on my wrist onto the altar, the altar vibrated loudly.

Pure white light fell on the empty altar, turning it white and hot.

Cheap!!

The light that shines down on the altar and heats the stone slab begins to engrave some words on its surface.

The words engraved on the surface quickly hang out of the altar, spread across the floor, and into all directions of the crematorium.

The letters that had been engraved in a circle around the altar merged in response and turned into letters that Lennok could recognize.

Kigi geek!!

“This is…” A

gigantic Buddhist altar completed with letters densely carved around an old altar.

Lennok looked at Beopjin in silence, then stepped back from a distance and read the text.

[Through a legal transaction between the Holy See and Yorta, we leave here evidence for the continuation of the Night Journey.]

In exchange for placing the remains of Arae in the Sanctuary of Infinity, the Holy See will provide offerings to believers to help the Night Journey.

A type of statement that records the situation at the time in such detail that there is not enough space to write down the date, time, and deadline.

The Guido Church left the details of their transaction with Yorta here as evidence of their ritual.

Records of transaction details and circumstances. The principles of consciousness and the power of borrowed foreign media. Even the notary public who was invited to prove the consciousness.

“Giving up the spirit, entrusting the body, and handing over the grace, the following names are used to describe this ceremony.”

Lennok quietly read the last verse engraved on the center of the altar.

“By transferring the cost of this ceremony to a notary, I postpone the infinite glory for the next time…”

Lennok, who had read up to that point, checked the name written next and smiled bitterly.

“…Right.”

Why did the religious leader leave the vessel of arrival forever?

Even as he fought against the Ascendant’s body and destroyed its existence, Lennok was finally able to understand its intention.

The cult leader did not keep the ascended body in the immortal sanctuary for himself.

For someone who will one day come to Yorta and inhabit the body of Dorae in place of the cult leader himself.

Arrangements were prepared for the dead who had already failed and faced death and whose names were forgotten.

Dabi slowly read the name written at the end of the altar on behalf of the silent Lennok.

[I certify this ritual in the name of Kaise Bajur and hand over the price.]