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Genius Warlock-Episode 246

trudging.

Every time Oliver and Willis moved, brown powder fell to the floor..

The identity of the brown powder is none other than blood.

It was covered when Oliver and Wallace fell into a pool of blood..

“..…This is ridiculous..”

“Iknow, right.”

Wallace, who had regained his strength, looked at himself and said, and Oliver agreed. He's not picky, but Oliver also liked things to be clean..

Soon, a huge metal door appeared in front of the two..

It is the only door to enter the Chimera Lab. When I looked closely, I saw something that looked like a lever inside..

In order to enter, you had to place your hand on the metal door and authenticate your 'fingerprint' and 'magic power flow', but fortunately, you only had to pull the lever to get out..

'I'm glad. I can avoid difficult situations..’

Oliver thought as he looked around at the people gathered outside with the eyes of a warlock..

Willes put his hand on the lever..

"Check again before opening. Was there any problem with the World Tree??”

"yes..… . At least when I checked.”

Oliver answered, recalling the moment he accessed the World Tree..

As the female warlocks said, the secret laboratory in the lab was finished with the World Tree to prevent prying eyes, and measures were taken to prevent other floors from leaving any records..

Except for one thing.

One of the artificially created Root Nets was secretly recording everything happening in the lab, but Oliver erased it..

Thanks to this, there was little chance that any traces would remain within the reach of Oliver's abilities..

“Of course, there may be things I couldn't confirm due to my lack of ability..”

Willes looked up for a moment, thought, and answered..

"Well, maybe... .. In the first place, the World Tree itself is an object with a short history, so it would be impossible to treat it perfectly. But don't worry too much."

"For some reason, I don’t think there’s anything like missing out on you..”

Willes spoke with sincerity, not just comfort..

There was no basis for that, but he was confident, and Oliver nodded, unknowingly persuaded by that conviction..

"thank you.”

"Okay, then open the door. Do you remember what you agreed to do with me?."

"yes."

"good.”

As soon as he heard the answer, Willes pulled the lever, and with a heavy clattering sound, a huge piece of metal split to the left and right, and refreshing morning sunlight entered the lab..

Even the surprised voice.

"Oh my god, what the fuck..…."

***

In front of the Chimera Research Institute under the School of Life.

There were about twenty people gathered there..

All of them were wizards and employees of a nearby laboratory..

Except for a few cases, we didn't gather like this because we didn't interact with each other often, but everyone came here because of the unknown disturbance that happened last night..

"What are you doing here??”

“Because of the commotion last night. We're in the lab up there..”

“iced coffee….”

"It sounded like an earthquake, but you didn't feel it.?”

"We felt it too. That's why I came here.”

"Damn it. What is happening in this corner of the country?.”

"That's right... . However, the professor from the Magic Tower doesn't even show his nose.?”

"professor? Didn't you hear what you said? I heard they sent an employee acting for the professor, not the professor..”

"Faculty staff? no what.….”

Although we are not close friends, we are familiar with each other thanks to the limited space of Mountain Face, and perhaps due to a sense of kinship due to being pushed out of the competition to rise to the top of the magic tower, people each talk to each other..

Most of the talk was complaints and the commotion that happened last night..

After all, it wasn't an ordinary commotion..

A shock reminiscent of an earthquake and a violent noise heard from deep in the ground..

Even in normal times, it would be difficult to just ignore it, but because it coincided with the period when missing people occurred, the directors of each research institute reacted sensitively..

So, they probably sent some low-level researchers to find out..

Oh, that doesn't mean only junior researchers came here..

There were also people, like Sophie, director of the Herbal Medicine Research Institute, who came to inspect it in person..

“Phew... . Why did the knight come here??”

Sophie spoke to the truck driver in the corner, holding his breath like furniture. In one of her hands she held a smoking pipe.

"Will..… . No, I came at Zenon's request..”

Zenon. The employee who came as Kevin's assistant manager. Sophie remembered him.

"Please?”

"yes. I brought you here last night..”

Sophie felt embarrassed by the words..

“Here, I brought Zeno to you.?”

"yes."

"But you came earlier?”

"He said he left something behind and asked me to bring it back. It was late so he asked me to stay overnight and come back in the morning..”

“therefore. Zenon last night. They stopped by here and sent you down..”

"yes."

"Hmm... . I asked them to bring me something.?”

When the driver was having difficulty answering the questions that seemed to be increasingly interrogating him, he heard the sound of a huge structure moving..

Naturally, everyone's eyes turned towards that direction, and the eyes of the people gathered in front of the Chimera Research Institute were all focused at once..

I pressed the pager but there was no response so I wondered what had happened..

“Oh my god, what the fuck..…."

One of the people who was looking at the iron door opening on both sides said without realizing it.

It was rude, but a little understandable considering the first thing I saw when the door opened was a pair of men covered in blood..

Researchers are buzzing when they see a suspicious and innocent person. Some people were preparing magic..

Looking at them, Oliver opened his mouth very calmly and politely..

“We are never suspicious.”

‘It's suspicious. very suspicious.’

Most people thought so.

In the end, when someone was about to cause an accident, Sophie, who was talking to the driver, intervened..

"It's Zenon, right??”

Sophie comes forward, smoking a heavy pipe..

Since everyone knew who she was, they cleared the way for her to pass, and at the same time, the tension that had been building was relieved..

Oliver noticed the change and greeted her happily..

"Oh, that's right. Director Sophie. It's a pleasure to meet you like this..”

"I'm embarrassed. I thought you went back to town.”

“I went back. Along the way, I met a researcher at the Chimera Research Institute and came here late at night..”

"Well, that could happen. There are many coincidences in the world... . However, it is not possible by chance that you got blood all over your body. Can you explain? To be understood?”

The researchers around her agreed with Sophie's question and all looked at Oliver..

It was a reasonable question, and since she had the highest rank among them, she had already become the representative of this place..

What's even more surprising is that it didn't just happen naturally, it was Sophie's intention..

‘But there is no particular malice. Rather, I'm trying to help..’

Oliver thought, seeing through Sophie's emotions..

Tuk-

Wallace tapped Oliver on the back as he thought about Sophie's actions and feelings..

A signal to act. Oliver then suddenly came to his senses and decided to focus on the situation in front of him..

“hmm..… . The explanation is long. Is it okay??”

"Of course. From the looks of it, time doesn't seem that important.…..”

Sophie answered, and everyone agreed. Oliver began to explain..

***

“crazy, ridiculous.….."

While Oliver was giving some explanation, a researcher said:.

He reacted in rejection to Oliver's words, but either way, Oliver remained calm..

"Sorry but it's true.”

"don't talk nonsense!”

another researcher shouted..

"The Tower of Magic, and the Institute of Life Studies, was robbed by a dark wizard? .… Tell me to say something funny!!"

They wholeheartedly denied Oliver's words. As if it was absurd and humiliating..

In some ways, it could be said that it was natural..

He mocked himself for being a Hanjik, but even so, this is the area under the jurisdiction of the Magic Tower..

The fact that such a place was taken over by a single warlock without anyone noticing was a story that was difficult to accept with their common sense and emotions..

To them, warlocks were nothing more than lowly beings who only imitated magic..

‘I thought so too…..’

While Oliver was wondering how to calm down the excited researchers, Sophie raised her hand and calmed everyone down..

"Now, everyone, calm down... .. Hey. Zenon. Do you have any proof? A warlock secretly attacked the Chimera Lab and took over it.?”

"yes."

Oliver answered right away..

The researchers, who had been excited by the confident answer, were all surprised and glared at Oliver..

"Shall I show you??”

"If only I could?”

Oliver immediately took out a pocket watch-shaped mechanical device from his pocket. It was an unusual item with a delicate magical power..

"Is that a storage device made in the Ilmarinen workshop? Recording things around you?”

“yes? Ah yes. you're right.”

“It's a rare item, but it's amazing..”

Sophie asks, narrowing her eyes. Oliver felt the sting of her words, but she didn't bother to reply..

Instead, he skillfully operated the machine and turned on a video..

The machine turned on silently and spread the stored magic particles around to create a huge 3D image..

It could be said to be a device that can store images from a few meters to tens of meters in radius around itself..

[It works..... . bite!]

What the storage device showed was shortly after Oliver and Willeth first entered the Chimera Lab.,

As soon as the woman in outdoor clothing spoke, the video went into shadow, and the security guards surrounding Oliver and Willis rushed towards them, screaming like beasts..

The researchers were all surprised to see this and called out their names..

“.…Lena?”

“race.…?”

"Louis? .… Damn, what..…."

Everyone seemed quite surprised and shocked..

Anyone can see that their appearance is out of the ordinary..

In particular, the most climax was when Willes cut off the arm of female researcher Lena with a flame surrounding his long sword..

Lena, whose arm was cut off by Willeth, horribly ripped off her own shoulder to shake off the unquenchable flames and used the blood to create a new arm..

Anyone can see that he is far from a wizard. As if that wasn't enough, he admitted his identity..

[For a warlock, you're quick-witted. If I had been a little late, my whole body would have been on fire..]

[I guess you’re not an ordinary problem solver either.?]

[Seeing how your body regenerates like a lizard's tail, I guess you're an ordinary warlock too... .. Through blood, is it the Bathory family??]

[Think we're warlocks?]

[No, I think he's a dirty warlock who sold his soul to the devil. I heard a rumor, but I never thought we would meet like this. nice to meet you. Did they sneak in to steal the wizards' research materials??]

[Kick. Kick. On a subject I know nothing about... . [Lightning Chain]]

Female researcher Lena. No, the warlock disguised as Lena recognized her identity, and that's where the video cut off..

People were silent, and Oliver looked around at them and asked.

"Is there anyone you would like to see one more time??”

***

Afterwards, Oliver told the story of what happened at the Chimera Lab..

Excluding sensitive topics such as the affair between the School of Life and the Bathory family and the secret experiments conducted at the Chimera Institute.,

The part where Oliver defeats Bathory was also changed and adapted to be done by Willes..

Please note that this was Willes' suggestion. If you tell the truth, it can cause a lot of trouble. Oliver also agreed to this..

Thanks to this, Oliver was able to naturally hide his identity and at the same time was not caught in any trouble..

The researchers who heard the whole story seemed surprised that a single solver had done such an amazing job, but they took it in stride, perhaps not daring to think that Oliver had done it..

I already had the advantage of persuading them once with evidence..

Suddenly, it occurred to me that persuading people is similar to dominoes..

If I trusted the first one, I felt like they would trust me even if the second and third were a little sloppy..

There are people who don't though.

"Incredible. You defeated Bathory by yourself. There must have been some of his men too..”

Sophie of the Herb Lab said with a mysterious gaze, as if she was looking at Willis or Oliver..

“I was lucky.”

"I guess you're usually lucky..”

Sophie once again said something serious. However, as he said earlier, he did not delve further into whether there was any malice or intention..

The same was true for other researchers, but rather than being as considerate as Sophie, they seemed to not really realize how great of a warlock Bathory was..

‘Well, maybe it's not that strange. Even wizards have different areas of expertise. Research, combat, education, etc..’

At that time, a researcher intervened and said.

"Look. problem solver.”

“yes?”

"Which broker do you deal with? Or even where it belongs.”

“Why are you asking that??”

“This is not normal. It's a very big deal that the Life Science Research Institute was attacked..”

Although he was sincere, given his emotional state, Willes was offended..

"....The point is?”

"I want to verify your identity and see if you are a trustworthy person. I don't mean to insult you, but-”

“-And yet you're insulting me.”

Willes cut him off in one go. The unique pressure mixed in made people nervous..

"First of all, to answer your question, I am a problem solver who does not belong to any organization. I'm mainly active in the North community..”

"North people are helping each other.?”

Sophie asked cautiously..

"Yes, they need people like me. So, there is no one there who can provide the identity guarantee you want..”

“Well, then-”

“-Of course, I don't have any intention of waiting for someone to come to meet me at the Magic Tower..”

“Why??”

"For some reason. I'm a free man and you have no right to stop me.”

The researcher who was talking was embarrassed..

“Ooh, we hired you?!”

"This person hired me, not me. Don't you dare play with words.”

Wallace pointed at Oliver and everyone looked at him. A look in your eyes that tells you to say something.

But Oliver's answer was already decided..

"The work is over and the contract has expired..”

Oliver answered calmly. He says he can't do anything.

Willes pointed at Oliver once as if that was the correct answer and took a step forward..

From now on it was important.

A few prideful researchers blocked Willes's path, but they cowered when they saw the look in his eyes..

While Willes was a real warrior, they were researchers..

Several researchers looked towards Director Sophie for help..

‘Is he a wizard with quite outstanding skills??’

Oliver also looked at Sophie to hear her answer..

she shrugged.

"That person is right. We have no right to stop this person, and we have no obligation to stop him. It's his duty..”

Sophie pointed at Oliver..

It was so obvious, but the researchers, who had forgotten about it out of pride, moved to the side, and Willes trudged on..

After Willes left, everyone's eyes were on Oliver..

"How did you end up hiring someone like that??”

"I'll reveal that when I post a report on Magic Tower..”

"is it so?”

"Yes, I just said this out of consideration for all of you who live here, but I have no obligation to say anything more than this..”

"It's not wrong..”

Instead of getting angry, Sophie said with a smile..

"You have to work really hard to write the report.?”

"Thank you for your concern.”

After the conversation, Oliver bowed his head slightly and left. Now it was time to return to the magic tower..