Limit Breaking Genius Mage Chapter 89

Episode 89 Gluttony's Fang (2)

“Keuk…… Kreuk……!”

The knife that had pierced the lupine went through the wall.

Immediately, Ruppel grabbed his neck, but that was not enough to stop the bleeding. A bloody phlegm sound leaked out from his throat.

As Ruppel raised his head, Verden was already aiming at him, having pulled out his staff.

Just then, Pargan and Balchen broke down the door and came in.

They instinctively understood the situation and rushed towards Verden, revealing their will to live.

'You're quick at judging a situation.'

He moved the table with his telekinesis and threw it hard.

For a moment, the vision was obscured. Verden was able to sense the two people's positions clearly.

Dozens of stone fragments pierced the table.

The two of them paused for a moment as they were hit precisely in the knee and pelvis, and Berden grabbed their hands.

<Ground Maiden>

“Cough!”

Pargan's body was pierced by dozens of thorns.

Thanks to his abnormal vitality, he did not die, but he was overcome by a power that did not match his rank. Balzen barely avoided the magic and broke the ground, pointing his scaled hand at Verden.

'This time it's a reptile. Well, I guess it's possible to transplant a heteromorphic species too.'

Boom!

Verden and Balzen clashed. Verden was clearly inferior in strength, but he was clearly a wizard. Magical power surrounded him and flames engulfed him.

In the intense heat, Balzen glared at him with his reptilian pupils wide open. On one side, Pargan, who had escaped from the magic, joined him.

As expected, these two were different from the other transplants.

“Then how about this?”

Verden turned his staff towards Ruppel.

Balzen and Pargan, their eyes wide open, hurriedly threw themselves at Ruppel.

<Outburst>

The condensed wind exploded.

Two people were thrown straight through the air. One was thrown out the window, and the other was thrown down the stairs outside the door. No matter how strong their armor was, they wouldn't be able to get up right away.

“But how long are you going to pretend to sleep?”

<Rock Fatal>

A sharp piece of stone was aimed at Rupel's head.

But of course it didn't hit him. He raised one arm and grabbed the shrapnel with his bare hand. Two fingers were blown off by the impact, but he didn't even scream.

Rupel raised his head.

He asked Verden, his forehead reddening.

“Where is the doctor?”

* * *

A commotion was heard on the third floor of the mansion.

Gluttony, who was on the island, heard the commotion and began to gather.

Theon instinctively hid himself.

'Did it really have fangs…?'

thank god.

With this, you won't die at the hands of a wizard.

'No, should I call this a blessing?'

Theon shook his head.

Now was not the time to be thinking about such trivial things.

First of all, getting out of here is the most urgent task.

If you stay here, you'll most likely die.

Just then, there was a loud noise and someone broke the window and fell.

Transplanter Balzen. His ribs were broken, with the broken bones poking out through his flesh. All eyes in the mansion turned to Balzen.

'Now is the time!'

Theon lowered his body and quickly ran to the end of the island, jumping into the lake. There was a faint sound of water splashing, but fortunately no one noticed because of the work at the mansion.

Theon dives under the lake.

Without looking back, I rowed my legs with all my might towards the lake.

Theon.

That's how he survived today.

* * *

What happened to the doctor?

Verden pointed to the front teeth of the Gluttony hanging around his neck.

“Can’t you tell just by looking?”

The doctor is dead.

The body was not found either.

His lifelong research journal was also burned and lost.

The words “how… …” were meaningless.

The front teeth that Verden has are definitely genuine, and Theon was also one of the Gluttons who followed the Doctor.

This is something that Rupel has already confirmed. Raising questions now won't change the reality.

Ruppel got up from his chair.

At the same time, the spear of the earth pierced his heart. Even so, Ruppel's eyes were still fixed on Verden.

'It's different from transplant.'

Although they were insensitive to pain, they died when fatally wounded.

But it wasn't Ruppel. It seemed as if he didn't care about death at all. As expected of a canine, he certainly wouldn't die as easily as the others.

Ruppel said.

“Asher, I’ve heard the name… but I thought it was an ark.”

A voice filled with anger.

The image of him as the leader of the Third Central Knights had already been thrown away. He nodded as if he had realized it.

“Ah, it was you, the one who interfered with my plans at every turn. And this time with Count Dabirk. You stole the shadow behind it, and you stole the red piece from me.”

“…….”

Even if it's not an ark, it's still the same thing.

Well, if you think about it, that's true. All of Gluttony died after hearing that Verden said it wasn't an ark.

Verden let out a light sigh and activated the magical circuits throughout his body.

The opponents are scum who enjoy human experimentation. A group that Verden particularly hates.

From now on, I plan to deal with every single Gluttony on this island. Talking to Rupel any further will only result in a sore mouth.

At that moment, Ruppel glanced outside.

“By the way, it seems like there’s no one else here… Did you come alone?”

“Do you need more?”

“Haha, you have great confidence. Well, it looks like you’re stalling for time and waiting for the Ark’s support… I honestly don’t know what that means.”

The air inside the mansion changed.

A chill piercing through the skin. Verden instinctively fired a <thunderbolt>. The whites of Ruppel's eyes turned black as he watched the lightning approaching him.

“Because you are already dead.”

Darkness extending from Rupel.

The darkness engulfed the world.

* * *

Verden looked around.

The mansion had disappeared, and there was only darkness around me. It was as if I had entered a space where there was no light.

But apart from that, Verden's appearance was clearly visible.

Even without using any hints, objects can be seen when there is no light… … This could never be considered a natural phenomenon.

'It's not magical at all.'

I couldn't feel any magic at all.

The space changed without me even having time to resist. As I was on guard, raising my senses and magical powers to the limit, I felt a presence from afar.

Rupel, who had recovered not only from his wounds but also from his clothes. He spread his arms and pointed at the darkness.

“How is it, here? Isn’t it really cozy?”

“What is this?”

“Lupel answered with a smile.

“I was born weak. I suffered from frequent illnesses, and I almost died several times. I lost my mother when I gained independence from the Kingdom of Estyria. My family was falling apart, and all I could do was wait for death. Then, hope came to me.”

Gluttony.

They approached Rupel and whispered to him that they would heal his body. It was so sweet. He couldn't refuse the offer, since there was absolutely no way to survive.

Even if the chances of failure are extremely high.

But as expected, it was a success.

“The being who receives Gluttony’s organs is given a body that is different from before. A body that is far beyond the weak limitations of old humans, such as strength and regenerative power. In this way, I was able to shed my sickly past and gain a new life.”

Rupel quickly rose to prominence.

His extraordinary physical ability was a talent that awakened his latent potential. He finally became a worthy reader of the Marquis of Gardran.

Not only that, he helped those in need and prevented them from making meaningless sacrifices. Most of the knights who knew Ruppel respected him.

Rupel proudly spoke of his accomplishments.

Verden's eyebrows twitched.

“For someone who does human experiments, he speaks well.”

“Human experimentation. Then I ask. Is that bad?”

Ruppel snorted.

“As you said, our Gluttony has come this far by using the old humans as materials. Well, it may be evil from the old humans’ perspective. But it is good for us. Aren’t good and evil originally subjective concepts?”

and.

“It’s just a fact that I saved the lives of many people. Nothing more, nothing less. Instead of dying a meaningless death, I wanted to use it meaningfully for the future of Gluttony… Isn’t it the same for the old humans? Just like raising and slaughtering livestock for themselves.”

Humans are inferior.

If humans do not stick together, they will die. And even if they stick together and survive, once the danger is gone, they quickly disperse and take each other's lives.

They use races inferior to themselves as scapegoats and stepping stones.

I'm not criticizing you.

Because that is the natural human nature.

But that's why Gluttony was right.

Erasing the inferior old humans and redefining humans as a new human race. It is not much different from what humans have done so far.

It was just an inferior race that became sacrificial lambs and transformed from livestock to the old human race.

Ruppel looked at Verden.

“Asher, why are you against Gluttony? Is it simply because you belong to the Ark? Or is it to protect the old humans? Do you have some kind of petty sense of justice?”

Justice.

There is no reason to use such a grand word.

“I don’t like it.”

“You don’t like it? That’s a really blatant reason. Well, I guess it’s good. That’s usually how the old-man’s thinking is. They always present plausible logic and ethics, but when they’re the target, they make excuses and avoid the situation as if nothing happened. Oh, and did you ask me? What exactly is this space?”

Ruppel stroked his forehead.

“This is ‘Gluttony’s Stomach’. It is an infinite space that can cover the world and still have room to spare, created by the power of the organs I received as a transplant. If it were me until recently, I would have died immediately from the exhaustion of my vitality, but not anymore.”

Ruppel took out a red piece and placed it against his forehead.

Then, the abdomen opened and countless teeth emerged, swallowing the pieces. This brings the total number of red pieces that Rupel has ingested to 10.

Kkwadduk!

A giant spear of earth flew out and struck Rupel.

However, even though his body was torn almost in half, he did not die, but returned to his original form a few seconds later.

“And the power of Gluttony’s organs is not limited to this space.”

Ruppel walked towards Verden.

“I am immortal and mortal in this space. And I am God.”

Rupel gestured.

Something rose from the darkness that formed the floor. A black monster the size of a person, with white eyes and a torn mouth. Judging by its shape, it was clearly a heteromorph.

“These are the beings that live in Gluttony’s stomach. In ancient times, they were called ‘Sweepers.’ You can think of them as cleaners.”

If you look at it as a single entity, it is weak.

But the Sweeper's characteristic is its numbers. It is the being that cleans this endless space. Naturally, there had to be many. One by one, the Sweepers emerged from the darkness.

The number of people surrounding Verden was so great that it was difficult to count them.

“I, the ruler of this space, and the nearly infinite number of sweepers. The power gap is too great for a mere 4th-tier wizard to handle. Asher, what are you going to do? If you give up now and volunteer to become Gluttony’s material, I promise you a comfortable death. And you should stop hoping for help. No old humans can enter this place, which is completely cut off from the outside world.”

A number that is far beyond four digits.

I've never faced so many enemies before. Verden was clearly at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

Then, Verden asked.

“This space is completely sealed off from the outside?”

"okay."

It was cut off from the outside world.

But rather than despairing, Verden smiled faintly.

“That’s good.”

“What? What is that…….”

Hwaaaaak!

A massive magical power swirled around Verden. Along with that, a magic circle of reversal appeared in Verden’s right eye and the magic eye was activated.

Luphel paused for a moment at the sudden and massive amount of magical power. Then he raised his head.

Flowing stars, meteors.

The first star of Verden fell over Ruppel's head.