Drug-Eating Genius Mage

Ascendant Coming(1)

The seats on the huge throne are so wide that even facing each other feels far away.

But the image of the Ascendant bound by the mist’s chains was too clear to see.

Black skin as if the whole body was stained with ink. Black hair, not even moving, with both eyes closed and head lowered.

The face reflected in the candlelight next to the throne is surprisingly stoic.

Covered in black magic, an expression that looked infinitely calm except for the fact that it was stained black.

Pajijik!!

Pale eyes slowly seep through the closed eyelids as if asleep.

An ominous omen, as if one would wake up from a long slumber any moment, open one’s eyes, and see Lennok face to face.

[You, this is…!!]

Ignoring the astonished priestess’s words, Lenok stood at the edge of the throne and watched the arrival.

An unrealistic idea to have Lennok’s incarnation dwell in the body of the Ascendant.

But when Lennok got his hands on the incarnation, he knew it was something he could try at least once.

An incarnation of a guru who is presumed to be a remnant of the old world, not Lenok’s own possibility.

If this is the power that someone unintentionally left behind, it will undoubtedly cause a reaction in the coming body.

As expected, the incarnation approached the corpse of the arrival surrounded by a severe and powerful seal too easily.

The Ascendant’s eyelids, which were clearly dead, were being pushed up little by little.

[Now, please wait a moment.]

The priestess, who had been staring at her unable to close her mouth, desperately stood in front of Lennok and said,

[How can you get control of the bowl so easily…!!]

“To be precise, we haven’t succeeded yet.”

Lennok replied calmly.

“Because we don’t know exactly what state the Ascendant’s remains are in right now. It’s just a step in the process of examining the possibilities.”

[…no. It is impossible.]

The priestess muttered, unable to hide her agitation.

[All sacred objects of the church thoroughly reject any will not permitted by nature. No matter how precious you are with him…!!]

“okay.”

Lennok laughed.

“You’re waiting like this right now to check it out.”

The body of an ascendant who has long since died. Mana and images that have been locked up in all sorts of seals and extorted for a long time.

Considering the seal inside Mugan, the possibility of success is not high, and even if it succeeds, its power will be far from that of an intact Ascendant.

But if it can bring even a hint of meaning from beyond, it might solve a long-standing question of Lennok.

The remains of an ascended person who must have been descended by the cult leader himself.

An incarnation of Lennok that supposedly exists based on traces of the old world.

We can never say that they are completely the same, but that vague commonality that we cannot be sure that they are different.

Wasn’t that similar to the relationship that exists between Lennok and the religious leader?

[You end up…]

As if the priestess also clearly realized that, the moment she looked at Lenok with a complicated gaze.

The darkly submerged body of the arrival began to change little by little on the spot.

Tsutsutsutsu!!!

Skin and hair dyed black as if soaked in ink.

Pale eyes flashed over his eyelids, and his hair began to fade to white.

At the same time, intricate tattoos shining in pure white were engraved all over his muscular body.

Along with a significant change in appearance, the magical power driving the arrival has become more powerful.

“…”

Lennok stared blankly at the appearance of such an arrival, then slowly started walking towards the remains.

As he stepped over the chains that hung down on all sides of his throne, the enchantment of the coming that hovered around him rushed towards Lennok as if in anticipation.

Kirik!!

As if meeting the body of a living person for the first time in a while, the black magic power stirred and tried to burrow into the robe.

While rapidly elevating the body, on the contrary, it was a terrifying scar that seemed to eat away at its base.

The magical power of the Ascendant’s arrival. A fragment of a berserker used by Felix, unable to let go of his lingering feelings.

After dying and being enshrined here, the mana still tries to move without losing its power.

Pajijiji!!

The body of the arrival, with her gray hair flying, frowning as if slowly opening her eyes.

Depending on his will, the pale tattoos all over his body radiate light and shine without rest.

It must be that the incarnation of Lennok dwelling in the body of the arrival is meeting and reacting to the power of the leader in that body.

If this continues, will the incarnation of Lennok gain the body of the arrival and incarnate anew in this world?

As Lennok thought so and took a step closer, the pure white tattoo glowed more intensely.

Straight…!

Black water droplets fell from the tip of Do-rae’s finger.

Lenoch, who had been looking at him, nodded his head.

“Right. Was that why it took so long?”

[…yes?]

As soon as the priestess blankly asked her question, Lennok’s model leaped as if disappearing from the spot.

Right after that, the drop of water swelled in size at a tremendous speed and hit Lennok right where he was standing.

bang!!

Even though he did not take any action, the magical power of the coming arose and attacked Lennok.

But Lennok’s gaze was not on the arrival, but on the lingering aggregate taking shape.

“It is useless.”

[…!!]

wickedness!!

The figure of a mature man wearing a black robe.

Having created an appearance through the magic of the arrival, he stopped beside his throne and looked at Lennok.

“If you can’t adapt to his magic, it’s impossible to touch this body.”

Having said that, the man raised his hand and placed it on Dorae’s shoulder.

Unlike Lennok, the hand touched the ascendant’s corpse without any resistance.

“It took me a very long time to adapt…”

[…]

The moment I saw that, an unknown chill flowed from the priestess’ spiritual body.

It is said to be the corpse of an ascendant who has already died, but that must have been a vessel once used by the cult leader.

Even so, it must be difficult for Lennox to bear the fact that an unknown soul is tampering with it.

But before he could answer, Lennok glanced at the body of the arrival.

Still, the body of the arrival has pale eyes, and the eyelids are weakly wriggling on the spot.

Lenok nodded his head, confirming the clear incarnation’s presence felt beyond.

“It looks like there was someone in Yorta’s leadership who had the same thoughts as me.”

Lenok asked, cynical, slowly gathering his magic.

“Did I come out because of my incarnation, unable to withstand the backlash?”

“…”

What does it mean that even though the incarnation resides in the body of the arrival, what is revealed outside is a completely different soul.

It means that someone was already in the body of the arrival, and was moving to get its control.

And it was obvious who this soul was, briefly pushed aside by Lennok’s incarnation.

“A person involved in requiem? No, that’s wrong.”

Lennok immediately denied his words.

“If you’ve been waiting for the right time in Mugan for a long time, it would be impossible if you weren’t a higher-level being.”

“You are not wrong.”

The man averted his gaze and replied.

“Among the fallen monarchs, I was the only one who accepted the offer.”

“…Monarch?”

“All the leaders who performed the rituals of the Night Trip went crazy after the Night Trip, and are wandering the spirit world aimlessly.”

“…”

“The Ring of the Guide that you obtained was also part of an experiment conducted in the process of dealing with the failure of the Night Trip.”

Did you already know how Lennok obtained the ring of the guide and how he was using it?

said the man who called himself a monarch.

“He is an existence so corrupt that he cannot guide the soul. That’s why I thought it was impossible for the owner of the ring to come to the infinite, but it doesn’t go as expected.”

After saying that, the man slowly turned his gaze to Lennok’s back.

He muttered as he looked at the dimly shining spiritual body of the priestess with her complex eyes.

“I never thought that the priestess of the church would resume her nocturnal ritual and assign a new role to her fallen one.”

[…]

“I’ve heard that the divine instrument has reached the end of the sky, but the fact that she directly presided over the night ritual is truly astonishing.”

the man asked her priestess.

“It was unforgivable that we were trying to recover the Ascendant’s remains… Enough to abandon doctrine and help the author?”

[Trying to get it back. That word is wrong.]

The priestess let out her cold exclamation.

[If Yorta should be the first to break the promise, how can you ask us?]

“No, wrong. From the time he suggested keeping the arrival hidden in the dark, the headmaster has been deceiving us.”

The man spoke in a perfectly cool tone.

“He knew that the Mangwiya trip would fail. I knew that if the memorial tower was shaken after the night trek failed, the infernal sanctuary would also be eroded by the power of the arrival.”

[…]

That calm expression is distorted viciously, as if someone had changed it.

“We knew that our failures would be eaten up by his arrangements. He knew it would be like this from the start!!”

thud!!

The surrounding candles swayed violently and swayed dangerously as if they would go out at any moment.

The man’s voice faintly trembled with furious shaking.

“The failure of the Night Trip was painful, but I could accept it. Because everyone understood that it was greed that overflowed with desire.”

“…”

“But even that failure had to be ours. Even if I fail miserably, I should be able to use that as a springboard to try again!!”

After the night trip failed, did you mean that the existence of Mugan began to be eroded by the magic of arrival?

It wouldn’t have mattered as long as the night trip to Mangwi proceeded normally and the city was full of power.

However, when the challenge failed and the foundation of the city was shaken, a stronger force began to eat their fruits.

Did the headmaster guess this fact from the beginning and propose this deal in order to obtain the foundation of Yorta?

No matter how long you’ve been thinking about that fact, a change in emotion seems to run through you.

It must be because the man is not in a normal state as a fallen monarch.

The man’s harsh voice stopped.

He stood there with his head bowed for a while, and he murmured.

“So, like an old superstition, we are being forgotten, and forgotten again.”

[…]

“I need to get it back.”

The man’s eyes were burning with unprecedented excitement.

Pierce through it, he said as he glared at the priestess’ spiritual body.

“Our answer stolen by the cult leader, and this Infernal Sanctuary that has been eroded by the power of the arrival. Even this cursed body he left behind…!!”

“Even though the religious leader thinks that he fooled you, is the fate of the city betting on the arrangements he left behind?”

Lennok let out a cold sneer.

“Apart from being swept away by emotions, you have to speak clearly. You guys are not trying to get back the answers that were stolen from the cult leader.”

“…shut up.”

Lennok laughed.

“It’s just… acknowledging the fact that the Church’s method is closer to the correct answer.”

“I would have told you to shut up!!!”

Kwaaang!!!

The ground of the cathedral shook violently, and the candles placed in all directions shook violently.

The impact caused some of the candles to lose their embers and fade, further dimming the light around the chair.

A strong will that can extinguish the curse observed within Mugan with only pure emotion of rage.

This man standing in front of Lennok must have once been too strong to be able to discuss standards.

However, even such a monster is clinging to the corpse of the dead Ascendant after losing the answer as time goes by.

“You knew this world was the end.”

Lennok asked quietly.

“I shouldn’t have been mistaken. Are you really going to say you didn’t know that you don’t even get a chance to fail multiple times?”

“…”

“At the point where you risk everything and fail, in the end you have no choice but to cling to someone else’s answer.”

Through the obsidian mask, Lennok’s gaze turned to the corpse of the arrival.

“Like what you are doing now.”

“…it doesn’t matter what you say. Because everything has already been prepared.”

The man said with an expressionless face.

“After the night trip failed, I made a deal with Vulcan to watch the project and peek at the answer.”

“…”

“I didn’t get what I wanted, but I could understand what they meant by failure.”

Kiriririk!!

The figure of the man facing Lennok gradually turned into black smoke and began to disperse.

“If even failure and downfall have to be used as a means to recreate meaning, I will.”

The man’s thoughts, which had turned into black smoke, slowly seeped into the remains of the arrival again.

“If I have to live by feeding on other people’s failures, I will.”

“…”

“If the only way is to hold on until the end and watch the end of the world…”

Right before the scattered man’s gaze is completely sucked into the remains of the arrival.

He met Lennok’s gaze and smiled eerily.

“I will.”

Saaak!!

With an eerie presence, like a ghost whispering, the new type of man completely disappeared beyond the remains of the arrival.

Immediately after that, a strong magical storm raged around the sagging body of the arrival.

Kwaaaaang!!!

Rather than being shot at Lennok, the radiation of power that burst out indiscriminately and swept the surroundings at random.

A pale flash of light and black magic entwine and pierce the body of the ascendant,

In the aftermath, the chains on all sides of the throne swayed wildly and mercilessly struck the entire church.

Koo Goo Goo!!!

Lennok, who had blinked to avoid the wave-like chain, muttered while clinging to the inner wall of the cathedral.

“You have the intention of pushing out my incarnation and completely obtaining my body. The recoil is much stronger than before.”

[…You.]

“It must have been a plan that has been going on for a long time. It looks like you’ve been through the process of adjusting to the ascendant’s magic for a while.”

Perhaps the reason he had just appeared in front of Lennok was not wholly of his own will.

The moment Lennok put the incarnation into the body of Dorae and tried to take control of the body.

The recoil must have caused him to reluctantly jump out and appear in front of Lennok.

It is clear that he had been in the body of the arrival long before Lennok, and had been through trial and error for a long time to claim the remains.

That’s why, rather than preventing the spiritual body from disappearing into the remains, Lennok was observing the process.

“Even though it has been a while since he died, the body of a transcendental being who has reached level 9. The independence of that will and magical power is so strong that it is difficult to interfere.”

As Lennok said that, he stared at the black magic power that bounced all over the corpse.

“To intervene in the remains of the arrival, you must adapt to this magic for a long time, or you must pierce it in some other way.”

9th level transcendentalist. A challenger who has been granted the qualifications to challenge the ascension.

They are monsters that have built a status comparable to the world just by their existence.

It does not disappear with the death of the body, but it is also a law that becomes stronger with the opportunity of death.

In that sense, even Lennok could not easily break through the magical powers and thoughts that surrounded the corpse that was about to arrive.

Even if he had transcendental intuition and will, Lennok’s magical power had not reached the level to challenge ascension.

It wouldn’t be impossible if the images of the kaleidoscope were pushed to the limit, but I can’t calculate whether I can handle the aftermath.

However, the priestess stared blankly at such Lennok without saying anything.

“Why?”

[Isn’t it okay…?]

“…”

[This is the legacy He left behind in the world. It is a bowl that he went to at least once. I am….]

The priestess, who hesitated, vomited out her words with difficulty.

[You, our-]

“I think I’ve said it several times already.”

Lennok, who cut off the priestess at once, replied in a flat tone.

“I don’t agree with the church’s way, and I don’t think it’s the right way.”

[…]

“My impression of the religious leader is no different. That doesn’t change even after learning the Incarnation Spell. but….”

Lenok’s eyes shone coldly as he turned her gaze to the priestess.

“I also know that the church’s method has already been successful once.”

Yoreta’s trip to Manguya. Makina’s Gate of Ascension.

Can it be said that the failed attempts in the two cities were superior to the church’s methods?

At the very least, the answer chosen by the headmaster must have succeeded in ascending to heaven and reaching the next world.

Even if it is twisted with fanaticism toward the open sea, it does not change that it has borne fruit once.

The reason why Yoreta’s leadership is obsessed with the dead body must be because they instinctively sense it.

So Lennok guessed that there was a way to solve this situation for her priestess.

“Is there a way to get the soul out of the remains of the arrival?”

[…]

“Don’t ask me about my impressions, if there is a way, explain it. You know you don’t have time, right?”

I know why the priestess Seina Naidri asks Lennok about her impression of the situation.

It was probably because the priestess also vaguely realized that Lennok’s incarnation was in contact with the religious leader.

Even though it is not the cult leader himself, it is clear that the incarnation is related to the cult leader.

That’s why she tried to confirm Lenoch’s will before solving her situation.

If Lenoch represented the religious leader’s intentions or had a meaning beyond that, then she, the priestess, must have answered that right here.

[…All right.]

The priestess, who had been silent with her head bowed, answered.

[If your existence is like what I know, this situation should also be captured as we promised in the first place.]

After saying that, the priestess slowly put her hands together and began to take a prayer posture.

At the same time, her soul, which had been blurry, radiated a clear light, gathering all her remaining strength.

Woooooooooo!!!

It is the only supernormal ability that her priestess Seina Naidri has left, and the qualification that makes her her priestess.

A supernormal ability of revelation created to communicate directly with the will beyond the open sea.

The priestess raised her gaze while clasping her hands together as if in prayer, then turned her gaze toward Lenoch.

[If the spirit of her lord were to claim his vessel, she would undoubtedly synchronize herself with the vessel’s memory.]

The priestess said firmly.

[In that case, we will have to forcibly separate his existence from the container’s memory.]

“Forcibly separated?”

[Fortunately, since your incarnation and the author’s spirit are colliding in the vessel, it seems that you can do it just by contemplating the memory.]

“…”

Pale radiance and black magic that burst out surrounding the body of the arrival.

It must mean that those two thoughts are a reaction that bursts out in the process of coexisting over the body of an ascendant.

While the incarnation of Lennok collides with the spirit of the monarch inside the body, the process of filtering out the existence directly from the outside.

After obtaining the body of Dorae in that way, what kind of existence can Lennok’s incarnation become?

As Lennok lost his thoughts, the priestess whispered softly to Lennok.

[Please approach the bowl directly and try to directly contact the incarnation dwelling in it.]

Faaaa!!

Before she knew it, a pure white light flashed in her eyes, covering even the shape of her pupils.

[I will directly look into the memories left in the bowl by using the Supernatural Ability of Revelation.]