Genius Engineer in the Labyrinth - Chapter 360



Only Noblemtl

Red Earth (6)

The metal canister can hold approximately 350 liters of liquid, but the storage device inside was larger than expected, so the blood Allen obtained was 100 liters.

As soon as the can was opened, a thick magical energy rose up and spread among the explorers, and the commotion grew louder. Larissa approached with sparkling eyes.

“Mr. Alan, I’ll just take 10 liters. Is that okay?”

“···yes.”

A thought flashed through Alan’s mind. If Larissa had tried to get more, wouldn’t the story of an expedition that ventured into the red land and unfortunately disappeared have spread?

Taylor’s hand lightly hit the helmet. A transmission came in as well.

[Bam! Bad idea.]

[yes?]

[I know. I felt that way.]

[Junior, should I help you?]

[You stay out of my way and just chase after Larissa like you did before.]

Alan decided to return. His desire to quickly study the Dragon Blood and practical issues such as his skills put the brakes on his plans to go further down.

‘If you lack strength, you can make up for it in other areas.’

Equipment and modified bodies are both skills. When exploring a labyrinth, your life is at stake, so is there a need to be picky?

Alan took out the knowledge of Yonginhwa that was stored somewhere in his memory space. He extracted only the compressed core from the vast wave of knowledge.

The essential materials were dragon blood and pieces of dragon heart or Yeouiju. The former, being liquid, was much harder to obtain, while the latter, being solid, was easier to find than expected. Of course, this was only when there were two comparison groups.

Alan happened to have a piece of it too. It was twice as big as when he first got it, but it was still half the size of a pinky fingernail.

‘Can I cut it and use it?’

To properly check, I had to go back first. I needed to get the materials for the tolerance and also verify that the method that Changhae had given me was perfect.

Even if Changhae had given it as compensation, it was a method that completely changed the body, so thorough verification was essential.

“Sir, what would you think if your body changed to look like a lizardman?”

“Lizardman? Is that a side effect? ​​I don’t think Lady Yohwa would care much about it···.”

Judging from the fact that he mentioned magic first, Taylor seems to have no aversion to body modification. Especially since 80 percent of his body is now magic wear.

“What about Shiva? He doesn’t necessarily turn into a Lizardman.”

“That would be great, but we also have to consider the possibility of it colliding with the saint’s remains that have been transplanted into the body.”

“You replaced one of your ribs.”

“You take it for granted.”

For now, Shiva is on hold. No matter how much he likes Yong Inhwa, if there are the remains of a saint on the other side of the scale, his choice is obvious. The only ones left are Zion, who has no particular thoughts, and Nicola, who is eyeing the dragon’s blood.

Allen looked at Zion. She also turned her head and smiled slightly. When she was under the mind control of the labyrinth, she had used the stabilization magic circle included in the dragon flower.

‘Since it ended without a hitch back then, I guess I don’t really have to worry about backlash.’

No matter how good the medicine is, if the body doesn’t accept it, it’s useless. I thought 90 liters of blood loss was a lot, but after thinking about it, I realized it wasn’t enough.

Alan sensed a stinging gaze. Nicola was shooting lasers with her eyes, as if she was going to burn holes in his helmet. It wasn’t a metaphor, it was real.

“Calm down your magic.”

“Oh, I did something inelegant without realizing it···.”

As Nicola calmed down his excitement, the bright yellow magic also calmed down. But the greed in his eyes remained.

“I heard it’s a story about body modification. Can I do it too?”

“If we rewrite the contract.”

Nicola’s contract was loose because he had only been with the company for a short period of time. If Zion lived in a brick house built with complicated clauses, Nicola’s was nothing more than a straw house.

“Then I will accept the dragon blood instead…”

Nicola kept her mouth shut. She thought her survival instinct was sounding the alarm because another abomination from Depth 6 had appeared, but that wasn’t the case.

The wizard’s senses were sharp, and Nicola, who was called a genius, was far superior. So he immediately understood what was going on.

It felt as if the magic of nature was observing him. The magic that was simply flowing was glaring at him with its eyes wide open.

At the center of it all was Alan. Now Nicola seemed to understand why Larissa, known for her cruelty, had become soft.

‘When a fake meets the real, it must bow its head.’

The thought of Alan’s dead eyes hidden behind the visor made me cringe. Nicola quickly changed the subject.

“···I was going to do that. It would be disappointing if that happened between us. I’ll pack something else.”

“Thank you for your consideration.”

Nicola wiped her forehead as she watched Alan leave. Taylor tapped her shoulder.

“Do you really think I had to kill you?”

“···.”

“I get scared sometimes too. Well, if I think about the fact that I’m a normal person living with wild beasts, I feel a little more at ease.”

“If a wild beast gets angry and attacks, it would be a fatal wound to an ordinary person.”

Taylor put her arm around Nicola’s shoulder, her lips slightly pouting.

“Alan’s only interest is in the research process and knowledge. If we wait, the finished product will be given to us in its entirety.”

“I am a wizard too.”

“If you asked me to join, I would have easily agreed. You’ve been together for quite some time now, so I’m sure Alan would think of you as a colleague.”

Nicola, who was about to run to Alan, stopped and looked at Taylor.

“It would have been nice if you hadn’t said anything behind the scenes.”

Taylor snickered and waved. Nicola ran over and spoke, Alan nodded, and Nicola was delighted.

*

Back on the surface, Alan stayed home and devoted himself to his research as usual, except that Nicola followed him as his assistant.

I stepped into the basement that Nicola had expanded enormously with [Space Manipulation].

“I don’t know if this is okay.”

“So you’re not going to do it?”

“I have to.”

“Then give it to me quickly.”

Alan opened the storage box that Nicola had given him. Hard-to-find reagents, monster organs, and other items were neatly arranged inside the space-expanding storage box. They were all assets of the Eselma Tower, and also valuables that Nicola had stolen from the tower warehouse.

“I’ve used up a lot of the points I’ve accumulated so far. The death penalty will laugh at me and call me stupid.”

Of course, the security of the Magic Tower warehouse could not be lax. The warehouse was owned by Lumiere, so in order to receive the items, you had to use the points you earned through competition.

“I’m the youngest, so I’m the last to start. If I fail, there’s no future. It’s the gamble of a lifetime.”

“Be quiet and concentrate.”

Alan subdued two potential thieves who were eyeing the locker. He chased the box away and scooped up the little boy.

Kyul!! Kyul! Kyul···.

The little boy rebelled quite a bit, but he quickly fell asleep when I rubbed his belly with my magical hands.

Nicola laughed heartily at the sight, then pressed the corners of his lips with his fingers.

“Is this kid big?”

“Even if it’s small, it’s still a dragon.”

Alan remembered what Sarantoya had said.

[The dragons have different forms. The dragons’ qualifications are Yeouiju and a noble spirit.]

If possible, it would like to grow bigger, but if the little one doesn’t want it, it will maintain this size even when it becomes an adult. That’s the kind of creature a dragon is.

“Allen said, tucking the little boy into his chest.

“I wish I could grow up.”

“You need to be a certain size to survive… No. Because of the byproducts you get when you shed or grind your teeth?”

“yes.”

“That’s quite a shame. I guess dragons can be regenerated too, right?”

Nicola the wizard. He easily suggested cutting it off and then restoring it. Alan turned away, not wanting to do that to the ‘little boy’.

A disgusting entity with muscles that looked like they were going to burst was floating in a glass tube.

“It looks cute even at a depth of 6 degrees.”

“Put this inside there.”

“It’s Nerus.”

Nicola lightly received the transparent cylinder. Even though Nerus was a parasite, the magic user was able to resist it sufficiently.

“Be careful not to touch it.”

“···.”

The moment Alan mentioned the word “care,” Nicola’s attitude became serious. She was afraid of what kind of modifications she might have made.

The slime-like Nerus swam freely in the liquid inside the glass tube. Then, the moment it touched the abomination’s body, it spread out like a net and covered its body.

“Just leave it like that?”

“It would be a shame to leave it like that, even if it’s just a contaminated magic mess of disgusting things. I’ll find a way to utilize it somehow.”

“Yeah, I support you.”

“The watcher, cheer for Nicole Nicolani. Keep a close eye on her so she can’t escape.”

“What?”

“I went through a few thought experiments on the way back, but it didn’t take long.”

As he spoke, Alan prepared the ingredients that Nicola had brought. He measured them out precisely and put them in a very large and huge pot, boiling them vigorously. As the pot heated up, a pattern appeared on the floor. It was a magic circle used for yong-in-hwa.

After observing the passage of about two hours, I started the automatic spatula and approached Nicola.

“How many magic circles did you overlap?”

“It’s 5 stacks.”

“How did you adjust the overlapping parts of the circuits? Did you apply paint that blocks magic power?”

“No, I twisted the space. Like this.”

As Alan spread his hands left and right, the intersection of the magic circuits expanded in front of Nicola. It resembled an interchange designed on five levels.

Unlike Taylor or Zion, Nicola tried to take it in as much as possible, but her eyes turned bloodshot.

“Ugh!”

“Calm down. Can I see Nerusuna?”

The abomination in the glass case disappeared, leaving behind only a spherical mass of flesh. It continued to writhe and scream that it was alive.

“I think so.”

“If everything goes as planned, it should be over by now… Ah, it’s just begun.”

As soon as Alan finished speaking, Nerus began to stir. The surface began to peel off like calluses, and a bright red lump appeared.

thud!

As soon as the guy saw Alan, he slammed his body against the glass case.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Realizing that it was useless, he slowly walked around the glass case.

Nicola asked, preparing his magic. His body flashed like a golden statue.

“Are you trying to be a parasite?”

“yes.”

“How dangerous is it?”

“Depth 4 will be robbed of its body right away. And it will become a factory for laying eggs.”

“Then that means it’s incredibly dangerous!”

Whether Nicola screamed or not, Alan took off his power suit gloves, opened the space, and put his hand inside the glass tube.

“Hey, hey!”

Nerus buried himself in Alan’s palm before Nicola could even hear him scream, and froze stiffly like an electrocuted caterpillar.

The moment you slightly stick your head in, you feel a huge torrent of magical power. Moderate amounts are good for your body, but too much can ruin it. Even for Nerus, who swallowed the abomination and was reborn, Alan’s magical power was too much.

Alan pulled the unconscious Nerus out of the glass case. Nicola thought she knew why Taylor had been laughing as he watched her descend into the basement.

“I did the math.”

“Mi, ri, al, rye, ju, myeon, eo, di, d, eot, na?”

Nicola took a deep breath and spoke again.

“Even a wizard crazy about research wouldn’t do that. Well, I can’t guarantee that. So what’s the use of Nerus?”

“It’s the material.”

Alan threw Nerus into a boiling pot. The boy woke up and tried to escape, but an invisible wall blocked his escape.

“You said Yong In Hwa? Is that the recipe?”

“I needed the muscles of a powerful monster. So I filtered out the contamination of the abomination with Nerus. Lord Lumiere also did a lot of physical training···.”

“This is going to be a big problem!”

“I didn’t ask for muscles.”

“That’s it. It’s because I’m the one keeping the secret. Hmm… I’m curious.”

“Master, you should also get a health checkup, right? How about taking a sample of your blood or body tissues then?”

“Is that so… No. Devil! Get away from me!”

As Nicola panicked and built a wall with his magic, the contents of the cauldron changed color, from a hellish black to a bright red.

“Is red right?”

“I’ll use a piece of the Red Dragon’s heart to do that. Let’s check if it’s completed properly.”

Allen filled a syringe with the contents and injected it into the body of a laboratory rat.

Click!

The rat screamed as if it had been hit with a stimulant, then banged its head against the cage and passed out.

“Is this okay?”

“That’s why we need a body stabilization magic circle.”

Alan folded the space, cleared the magic circle, and laid down a stabilization magic circle. He placed the unconscious rat in the center and supplied magical power by becoming a battery.

That day, the rats of Maze City felt the birth of a king. But the king never appeared before them.