## Chapter 1450 – Dark Moon
The water shuriken thrown by the female ninja didn’t reach Philip’s body. A blue barrier was protecting Philip. The water shuriken vanished as if it had evaporated the moment it touched the barrier.
Zzzzzzt.
Current flowed through the barrier.
‘I thought the barrier was imbued with lightning attribute… But looking closely, it’s not magic.’
I recalled the information I had received from Rose beforehand.
The Jupitrain.
Until five generations ago, the Jupitrains were a noble family with a long history in Neo London. They were also a noble family renowned for their psychic powers. The psychic powers that were mainly inherited were telekinesis, lightning manipulation, and telepathy. However, the psychic powers that had been passed down through blood disappeared five generations ago. After that, they gradually declined, and about 100 years ago, they were stripped of their noble title.
‘There wasn’t any exact information about the reason… But it must be because their blood became diluted.’
Managing blood is a difficult task. It inevitably becomes diluted over generations. What’s worth considering is atavism, but… There was no information anywhere that Philip Jupitrain was a psychic awakened through atavism.
‘Either he was hiding his psychic powers, or he recently awakened them. In my opinion, it’s the latter. It seems to be related to this lab.’
It looks like a mage’s lab, but Philip is a psychic, not a mage. Then, what is the purpose of this lab? As a mage, I was curious.
“Hey, if you’re here, don’t just watch, help out a little, will you?”
Invisible Blade spoke to me. She was dodging the pouring lightning strikes without stopping, and she was talking well. My eyes were drawn to her swaying, ample chest. It was a cyber suit, so I couldn’t see the shape of her nipples, but the swell of her breasts was clearly visible.
‘No, this isn’t the time for that.’
I cast support magic on her.
[Strength]
[Haste]
[Iron Body]
The three support spells I had cast on Mons. They would be helpful to her, who fights using her body. However, the three support spells didn’t take hold on her body and disappeared.
“Huh? Did you just cast support magic on me?”
“…You didn’t reject it on purpose?”
“Sorry. My suit is a bit special. It blocks curse-type magic and spells well. Conversely… It also bounces off blessings, which is a problem.”
It seems it wasn’t just a lewd suit. It seems it has other functions. I suppressed my rising curiosity. It didn’t seem like she would tell me even if I asked.
“One moment.”
She said. My gaze turned to her. She held the ninja sword at her waist in reverse grip and drew a line on the floor. Then, she made a hand seal with her other hand. After the hand movements signifying each technique were completed, a pillar of water shot up from the floor, blocking the pouring lightning.
“It only needs to be for a moment. Just do something about that barrier. I’ll take care of the rest.”
“I’ll try.”
I stepped forward. Philip’s eyes turned towards me.
“Mage. Don’t interfere and get lost.”
“How do you think I got here? I killed your brother. And yet you’re telling me to get lost…”
I couldn’t finish my sentence. It was because Philip swung his arm and shot lightning.
[Lightning Spear]
I chanted the spell I had been preparing and shot a spear of lightning. The lightning and the lightning spear collided in mid-air. I had hoped for at least a cancellation, but the result was not cancellation but absorption. His lightning absorbed my Lightning Spear and grew larger, pounding on the barrier that was covering my body.
Three barriers were blown away in an instant.
“Heh heh. Was it lightning-type? What an unlucky guy. Lightning-type magic doesn’t work on me.”
“The unlucky one is your brother who just died.”
The guy’s face, which had been sneering at me, hardened.
“…I will avenge my brother. I will capture you and slowly break you down, starting from a single cell.”
It was the moment Philip was about to spread his hands towards me. The female ninja appeared behind Philip and swung her sword. The sword tore through a part of the barrier, but her body was immediately repelled by magnetic force. The lightning chased after her as she was repelled. However, she had already dodged to the side.
“…You sure do run around like a cockroach.”
“Where is there a cockroach as pretty as me? Can you use a fox as a metaphor? What’s with calling a woman a cockroach, a cockroach.”
I didn’t miss the moment of opportunity she had created. I took out a short sword from inside my coat. It was an attribute sword, a 4th-grade artifact. I threw the attribute sword towards Philip.
Philip didn’t think much of the attribute sword. That was because the throwing power was weak, and the barrier protecting him would surely deflect it.
I imbued my will into the flying attribute sword. The attribute of the attribute sword changed to ice. A blue chill flowed out like smoke from the sword’s blade.
There is compatibility between attributes in this world. The opposite of the lightning attribute is ice.
Crack!
The ice sword was embedded in the lightning barrier.
“Too bad. You can’t break my barrier with just this.”
“It’s cracked. That’s enough.”
[Ice Strike]
A block of ice fell from the sky. It was a size that looked like it weighed at least 5 tons. The cracked psychic barrier wouldn’t be able to block it.
“With just this…!”
Philip responded by increasing the output of the barrier. I would have responded with another opposing magic, but Philip was a psychic, not a mage like me.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!
The size of the barrier grew, and the current generated from the barrier scattered in all directions. The barrier supported the falling block of ice from below.
‘Indeed, there was a reason he was so confident.’
My gaze turned to the attribute sword. The attribute sword was still embedded in the barrier. The moment of opportunity that Invisible Blade had requested. It was more than enough.
Invisible Blade appeared silently behind Philip, inside the barrier.
‘The cold generated from the attribute sword melted into the current of the barrier and turned into water. That woman revealed herself from the puddle of water inside the barrier. It’s a kind of space movement magic. No, in this case, is it ninjutsu?’
Philip, who was concentrating his power on the barrier, didn’t notice the invisible blade. Her ninja sword moved. The blade deeply cut Philip’s back. In a situation where she could finish him off by cutting through his chest and neck, an explosion occurred from Philip’s body.
A wave of lightning swept through the lab.
Its power was considerable. The barriers that were protecting my body were destroyed in an instant, and the current tried to electrocute my fallen body.
It happened so suddenly that I couldn’t react.
‘…Wait. I don’t need to react.’
The current that entered my body immediately calmed down and followed my will. It was a little tingly, but that was all. I propped myself up, placing my palm on the floor.
In the center of the ruined lab, Philip, who had formed his body with lightning, was there. He had thrown off his human form. The guy floating in the air opened his mouth. No voice came out. All I could hear was the sound of the current crackling.
“Hey, do you know what that is?”
Invisible Blade, who had appeared next to me, asked. She wasn’t unscathed either. Part of her fox mask was broken, and her clean silver cyber suit was black and torn in places. Blood was flowing from the torn areas.
“Isn’t it just a rampage? He can’t control his power. Think about how he uses his power. It’s simple. He defends with a barrier and attacks by shooting lightning.”
“That’s right. It was simple. Lightning-type psychics are rare, but I heard they have great adaptability…”
“He probably hasn’t had his power for long.”
Philip shot lightning. The huge lightning strike swept in all directions and approached us. There were too many unnecessary movements. It was proof that Philip couldn’t completely control his energy.
[Ice Wall]
I erected a huge ice pillar in front of me, blocking the lightning. The lightning continued to strike, gnawing at the ice pillar.
‘The ice is melting. It won’t last 30 seconds.’
It didn’t make sense to maintain that lightning continuously with a human body. There was some kind of secret. I moved only my eyes and looked around. The inside of the broken wall was visible. It was dark, but something was inside.
‘There must be a secret there.’
Having made a decision, I said to Invisible Blade.
“Can you hold out by yourself? I’ll go and destroy the source of that guy’s power.”
“Hmm. Playing the role of holding out isn’t my style. Why don’t you do it? You’re holding out well right now.”
“I don’t have much mana left.”
“…I have no choice. I’ll hold out. Instead, can you cast some support magic on me? My suit is broken, so your magic will work.”
“That much is fine.”
[Strength]
[Haste]
[Iron Body]
“Not bad. I can hold out for about 3 minutes.”
Listening to Invisible Blade’s words, I activated one more spell.
[Hallucination]
I sent my illusion to the side. It usually doesn’t work well, but the opponent was in a rampaging state. The direction of the lightning changed to the illusion. Invisible Blade and I moved at the same time. She towards Philip, and I towards the broken wall.
I entered inside the wall.
[Light]
I floated a sphere of light in the air, illuminating the dark interior.
There were rows of tanks made of reinforced glass. Inside the tanks were naked humans. They were young men and women. There were at least 200 of them.
‘1st and 2nd grade mana awakeners.’
I focused more on the wall than on them. Wiiiing. The machine installed on the wall was running wildly. I could feel black mana from this complex machine.
‘…Is this a magical engineering using black magic? This is what was giving Philip power. Did Philip install this? Or…’
Black magic is also magic.
I suppressed the urge to investigate. There was no time for that now.
Zzzzzzzzt.
A huge amount of electricity bloomed like a flower in my grasp.
[Lightning Grab]
I grabbed the machine. The current scattered in all directions, smashing the machine. The machine had considerable durability, but the electricity I was generating was also considerable.
‘If it were before, I would have had to use more mana, but… For some reason, my lightning-type magic has become stronger recently.’
Crash! Bang! Kwaaang!
The machine exploded. The machine that had been running stopped. I turned around. The people in the tanks. I didn’t know if they were dead or alive, but they didn’t seem like they would get up anytime soon.
“Kuaaaaaaaack!”
Philip’s death cry could be heard. When I went outside the wall, Philip was dead, his lower and upper body separated. Blood and guts were staining the floor.
The female ninja with the ninja sword in front of him was shaking off the blood on her sword with her hand.
“He suddenly returned to normal. What was inside the wall?”
“Go and see for yourself.”
I headed towards the door. Not the exit. It was the door that Philip had always been facing. I opened the door and went inside. Another secret room appeared. It was like an office. There were three thick books on the bookshelf.
‘Books in a secret room. It can’t be a novel… Is it a ledger or a lab journal? I hope it’s the latter.’
I reached out towards the bookshelf.
A hand suddenly popped out from behind. That slender hand, which moved faster than mine, took all three books.
I glared at Invisible Blade.
“What is this?”
“I’m doing my job. I’ll take these ledgers to my client. I’ll report your achievements well, so don’t worry.”
“…Hand over just one to me. There’s something I need to check.”
“I don’t see why you need to check the ledgers.”
“That’s what I should be saying. Your actions right now don’t make sense.”
She shrugged her shoulders.
I walked towards the desk, not taking my eyes off her. I nervously opened the drawer next to the desk. There were paper documents inside. I checked the documents and curled up the corners of my mouth.
“Jackpot. You can report those ledgers. I’ll report these documents to my client.”
As soon as I finished speaking, she snatched the documents from my hand.
“……”
She was speechless after checking the documents. That’s because the documents were the casino’s sales records. A year-old sales record that Philip had checked and roughly put in the desk drawer.
Woooooong
Three magic circles appeared in the air, aiming at Invisible Blade.
“You received a double request. The request is to bring the ledgers… The client is probably a congressman who opposes our client. Am I right?”
