Chapter 239: Mana Virus: Progress
“Cluck…… Cluck, Cluck…… Cluck……”
Ezeri She keeps clucking.
“Cluck-cluck, we won. Chicken for dinner tonight?”
Azuaz tried to guess the answer with a very serious look on her face.
Then Chatty, who was next to her, burst into laughter.
“……I’ll go.”
Teclyn slowly reaches out her hand and approaches Ezeri.
“Senior Ezeri, are you okay……?”
Teclyn grabs Ezeri’s shoulder and shakes it slightly.
At that moment.
Suddenly Ezeri raises her head!
“Cluck, Old…… Old!”
Ezeri’s first word was not ‘Cluck’ but ‘Old’.
“The old hag announced the official StarCraft 1.16.1 rip version, the old hag… the dangerous scroll research of Arc-en-Ciel……”
“Ugh! What, what is it?!”
“It is a well-established theory in academia that the ranker who showed outstanding ability in the midterm exam is a model student. Download all 5 volumes of the theory. However, Merde’s confession of the old hag’s feelings is…… Groo! Old man…… Groo! Old man!!”
Ezeri, who suddenly starts to explode!
Her eyes have already been half-red for a long time.
No matter who looked at her, she had the eyes of a crazy person or a zombie.
“Restrain her right now!”
The first person to act was, of course, Kyung-joon!
Wooong!
Kyung-joon’s mana, which had already been calculated, ran straight along the ground and reached Ezeri’s feet.
[Mana Mechanics’ research skill 『Vector Calculus』 ]
▶ Current proficiency: 50%
Thud!
Vector Calculus’ mana began to bind Ezeri’s entire body.
A vector is a physical quantity.
Kyung-joon put the physical quantity of ‘force’ into the vector and completely restrained Ezeri’s movement.
“Grr! Old man! The fact that his gaze turned cold gave her a shock. The old hag and I tried to find and scout that person. Why are we recruiting? With that money, we could have gotten a few Corsairs. 1 billion liyan Receive immediately. If you connect now, you can directly to the old hag……”
In the end, Ezeri was frozen stiff before she could even make a scene.
She could only scream with her mouth, which was the only part of her body she could move.
“I can’t believe I missed the fact that the sample was right in front of me.”
<^오^>
<You’re right. You’re not like you used to be, Master.>
“I’ve been so busy lately.”
Kyung-joon placed his hand on Ezeri’s wrist, which was fixed in midair, as if he were checking her pulse.
Wooong.
Kyung-joon sends a very subtle mana flow into Ezeri’s body.
Woong. Woong.
Kyung-joon’s mana roamed all over her mana circuit and finally settled in one place.
<Master, it’s right around there.>
“Yeah. I’m going to run a diagnosis. Give me some support.”
<-o-7>
I had a lot of experience dissecting with Teina and heard a lot about magical healing.
At that time, I was only focused on dissection for performance evaluation, so I didn’t actually use healing magic or anything.
『Knowledge』 was sufficient.
Wooong!
“As expected, the mana code in the Wellnike area of the mana core is distorted.”
Kyung-joon, who finished the diagnosis, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.
“I think it’s because of the mana virus, and it’s affecting the brain, specifically the left temporal lobe, through the mana circuit, causing errors in language comprehension.”
Kyung-joon’s explanation combines real-world biological knowledge and World-only mana knowledge.
The Fael University members who came with him were once again surprised by his vast knowledge.
But Teclyn reacted a little differently.
“The Wellnike area is damaged……! Then, Senior Ezeri won’t be able to use spell magic forever?!”
As a double major in spell magic along with scroll magic, she knew the seriousness of Kyung-joon’s explanation better than anyone else here.
“The damage is severe, but it’s not irreversible…… In other words, it’s not irreversible damage. If we keep collecting data and filling in the missing data through the deep learning process, we can definitely restore it to its original state.”
“You’re saying you’re going to restore the damaged mana core to its original state……?”
Damage to the mana core, which is like the heart of mana.
This is exactly the situation Ezeri is in right now.
Only then did the other students realize the seriousness of Ezeri’s current situation and either covered their mouths or let out short groans.
“That’s impossible……”
Kyung-joon didn’t explain separately.
Because there was no time for that.
So he just said this one thing.
“It’s possible.”
One word that it’s possible, nothing else matters.
At this one word.
“Please tell us. What can we do to help you?”
Hope is in everyone’s eyes.
Seeing their eyes, Kyung-joon smiles and shouts.
“It’s impossible to get direct access to the mana core by thoracotomy in a place like this because of the infection and lack of proper equipment! So, I’m going to use angiography to approach the heart directly from the femoral vein with a catheter, and then I’m going to imprint the area and insert the vaccine code!”
Kyung-joon took out the emergency surgical tools he had received from Teina.
He was glad that he had learned some simple surgical procedures from Teina just in case.
“Ex……cuse me?”
However, the Fael University members couldn’t understand half of what Kyung-joon was saying.
To them, Kyung-joon shouted once more.
“Just do as I say!”
“Yes, sir!”
“Then everyone, let’s begin the research! Please follow my instructions!”
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Slightly west of the center of Favengarden, the capital of the Fairy-Elven Alliance.
Here in the Tower Valley area, where numerous large and small magic towers, including the Grand Magic Tower Arc-en-Ciel, are gathered.
Clang! Chaeng! Crackle! Boom!
The Tower Valley branch police force was struggling to maintain a perimeter around the Grand Magic Tower Arc-en-Ciel.
“Ugh……! Block them from escaping! Blockade them until the end!”
Superintendent Rebirus, dispatched from the Tower Valley branch police station, shouts incessantly as he watches the difficult situation.
However, the situation was not so smooth that it could be overcome simply by spirit and voice.
━Superintendent Rebirus! We can’t hold on any longer!
━Grrraaaah! Grunt!
The capital police are being pushed back.
The perimeter has been steadily widening.
If this continues, it will surely spread beyond the Arc-en-Ciel district.
Of course, they are the capital police who protect Favengarden, the capital of the Fael Alliance.
If they put their minds to it, they could wipe out all the zombies in front of them.
However……
━Please authorize the use of Unique grade or higher magic!
“We haven’t received authorization from the higher-ups yet! Unique Lv.1 is the limit! Use that to hold on somehow!”
━Ugh…… Got it!
Just because they were strong didn’t mean they could use their strength as they pleased.
Especially in the capital.
Due to the restrictions on the power of magic in the capital according to the laws of the Alliance, they were being pushed back instead of subduing the virus zombies.
━Ugh! Even if we break their limbs, they regenerate! Use recovery suppression magic!
━No! That’s Lv.5!
━Huff, huff……!
The situation was not looking good.
In the end, Superintendent Rebirus roughly turned around and shouted at the signalman right behind him.
“I’ve prepared all the absorption artifacts for the Radiati! Contact the higher-ups!”
『Radiati Jaeger』.
The aftermath of magic that inevitably accompanies the use of powerful magic.
It spreads out from the caster and unknowingly harms those around them.
Of course, the caster and wizards of similar level may be able to withstand it, but the problem is those who cannot.
In particular, the capital is home not only to wizards from the Fael Alliance, but also to ordinary citizens and ordinary foreigners from other alliances.
Therefore, when using magic above a certain level in the capital, it is essential to prepare absorption artifacts for this purpose.
And now Superintendent Rebirus has completed that preparation.
“The Radiati is ready, so report to the higher-ups that we’re going to wipe out the sinners by applying the crime of insurrection!”
At Superintendent Rebirus’s reckless shout, the signalman replies with great difficulty.
“N, No way! The higher-ups keep refusing permission!”
“What the hell! Why! The capital is in danger!”
“That’s……! The Arc-en-Ciel shareholders are adamantly refusing permission to kill! They say that the citizens should not be killed recklessly……”
The infected virus zombies were all employees of Arc-en-Ciel.
In other words, they are citizens, so they cannot be killed or killed at will.
“They’re practically undead already, what citizens are we talking about now!”
“They are still in the early stages of infection, and according to the infection route, they are definitely not undead! In fact, the undead detection crystal ball only shows blue!”
If they were determined to be undead, they could be killed immediately, but all the detection artifacts continued to show that they were not undead.
At first, they thought they were defective, but all the detection artifacts were like that.
There has never been such a large-scale incident before, so it only added to the confusion.
“Who cares if it’s blue or red right now! Are you blind?! Anyone can see that this is just red!”
At Superintendent Rebirus’s command, the signalman once again magically sent a request to the higher-ups.
A few minutes later.
A reply came.
“No way! The higher-ups just keep saying no!”
“What?!”
“But the Arc-en-Ciel shareholder said someone will be here soon to resolve it……”
The most important thing in a magic tower is people.
Especially the value of magic researchers, with hundreds of years of know-how and magical power accumulated, is beyond description.
That’s why all magic towers are crazy about scouting, and in fact, depending on who is scouted and who leaves, the stock prices of magic towers fluctuate.
Therefore, the shareholders, the guardians of the stock price, will try to find a way to treat the infected employees somehow without killing them.
“Sh|t! Those damn shareholders! They were talking about citizens, but I guess only their company employees are the citizens?!”
Superintendent Rebirus swore profusely in frustration.
“This is going to make things worse! Don’t they know where we are?! The capital! The capital of the alliance, Favengarden!”
━Crrreeeak! Ki… Kill… me…!!
━Michael!
━M, Michael is infected!
With every passing moment, infected people were appearing among the police forces.
If this front line collapses, the zombies will spread throughout the capital in an instant.
Of course, if it gets to that level of emergency, they will immediately use strong force to kill them all.
But surely there will be damage here and there in the process.
And the responsibility for this will all be avoided by the rich and powerful Grand Magic Tower Arc-en-Ciel, and only he, the innocent superintendent on site, will take it all.
‘Damn it! That’s not going to happen! At least this time, it was tacitly decided that I would be promoted from Superintendent to Chief of Police, but if this kind of thing happens on my watch and I can’t even handle it properly… then I’ll never be Chief of Police…!’
Superintendent Rebirus of the Tower Valley branch, who had decided to shake hands before it came to that.
“Ugh…! Everyone! This is a field order! Immediately lift the Unique Lv.1 restriction and…”
It was then.
Without a sound or vibration.
The floor behind Superintendent Rebirus began to wriggle.
“S, Superintendent Rebirus!”
The signalman, who was at the back, barely managed to spot it.
“Dan…”
Too late.
Whoosh!
━A scratching sound, red blood dripping from the wound, only 3 hours left until clocking out but there’s still work to be done, so getting off work on time was a pipe dream after all?!!
A zombie burst out of the ground like an explosion, its rapid-fire roar!
“Ah.”
Superintendent Rebirus thought this was the end of his promotion to Chief.
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By the time Superintendent Rebirus turned around and witnessed the scene, the zombie’s mouth was about to bite his neck.
But.
Long before that.
[Mana Mechanics’ research skill 『Vector Calculus』’s Research Progress (proficiency) has been updated.]
▶ Current proficiency: 50% → 50.7%
Kyung-joon’s Vector Calculus mana was holding the zombie back.
Thud!
The zombie’s mouth stopped right in front of Superintendent Rebirus’s neck.
Not only its mouth.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
━Using the time machine Leaving work on time is Deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs means As time goes by, I can’t finish my work on time, so overtime, sh|t!!
Like Ezeri, the virus zombie was completely frozen in midair.
“Ezeri kept saying ‘old hag’, and this one’s all about leaving work on time.”
Step, step, step.
Kyung-joon walked towards Superintendent Rebirus and took out a syringe.
It wasn’t just any syringe.
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