My Magic Cultivates Itself! - Chapter 18
Chapter 18: Fusing Three Types of Magic to Defeat the Mastermind!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
It turned out that this used to be the ancient dark mages’ research base. After the Magic Association had completely cleared it, Director Andy, who was pursuing his dream, bought it at a low price and rebuilt it as a mental hospital.
Director Andy possessed superb medical skills and was very popular with the patients.
That was because one would basically treat mentally ill patients with magic and rarely with medical skills.
Although it was already challenging to barely maintain the hospital’s operation, Andy, who didn’t have magic talent, persisted in pursuing his dream.
At some time, a patient that Andy had cured appeared. His name was Sean Wright. He was very grateful for Andy’s treatment and expressed his desire to assist and use magic to bring more prosperity to Andy’s Barren Hill Mental Hospital.
Andy said he didn’t need it. He believed that his craft was purer and better than magic!
“Magic is much better and more precise than your broken hands!”
Those were the last words Sean left him.
Maybe, Andy was wrong, but he didn’t regret it. His original intention was to promote his medical skills, after all.
Fate had other things in store, however.
Sean used magic to make a lot of money, erased his neurotic identity, and changed his name to ‘Anze’. From then on, Anze became a self-made mage merchant and bought the mental hospital that was on the verge of bankruptcy.
Later, Director Andy found out that Anze had chanced upon records of black magic during his hospitalization and used it to make money.
The hospital was fine at first, but after being tainted by black magic, it became Anze’s experimental base.
After Anze cast his dark magic, everything here changed—all the doctors became patients, while the mentally ill became doctors!
Only Director Andy and his assistant, Tony, did not suffer the same fate.
“Phew…” Andy was almost done talking.
Marcus kept staring at the two people during Andy’s narration, feeling that something was wrong.
Gulp, gulp…
The sound of water bubbling suddenly echoed all around them.
But there was no sign of the source of the sound!
Suddenly, a black shadow gradually spread toward Marcus from a distance.
[The Heart of Nightmare has absorbed the evil spirits. Current progress is 80%!]
Marcus stood up, looked into the distance, and saw a terrifying monster. It had a half-split head, while its face was covered in blood, its limbs were twisted, and its mouth let out hoarse sounds, like the whispers of a demon. It looked like a hideous human, staggering over.
“Is this a human?” Andy and Tony asked shakily.
They had never seen such a terrifying monster.
“It’s black magic!” muttered Marcus.
“Lightning strike!”
A purple bolt of lightning instantly struck the monster in front of them, turning it into charcoal. Then, the monster collapsed!
[The Lightning Strike Spell killed the monster of a failed experiment. Cultivation speed increased by 30%. Current progress is 60%!]
“Are we safe?” asked Tony.
“I’m afraid not,” replied Marcus.
A scarlet bug with a wide-open mouth suddenly shot out of the monster’s body.
Gulp, gulp, gulp…
The slightly deformed bug, whose head was bigger than its body, crawled quickly on the ground.
“No! That bug is targeting us!” Tony shouted, “It will eat and transform us into that monster!”
“It’s coming!” screamed Andy.
The bug jumped—its target Marcus’s face!
“Don’t panic.” Marcus spoke calmly as he cast a Wind Blade Spell, accurately cutting the bug into two halves. The bug’s chopped body then evaporated with no trace.
“This is Anze’s experimental product, right?” asked Marcus.
[The Heart of Nightmare has absorbed the evil spirits, current progress 100%!]
[Host has obtained Nightmare Eye!]
[Nightmare Eye (Passive): Unable to level up]
[The Nightmare Eye is able to see through all evil techniques!
Note: After activating it, it consumes one’s own magic power. Please use it carefully!]
“Good!” Marcus was overjoyed.
“Nightmare Eye, open!”
In the next instant, a mysterious black mist entered Marcus’s eyes!
It was a chilly sensation, and Marcus seemed to have fallen into a deep cold place.
Marcus’s eyes suddenly turned dark, and when he opened them, he suddenly felt everything around him becoming clear.
Gulp, gulp…
That familiar sound echoed again.
It was from behind this time!
Marcus suddenly turned around.
Andy and Tony, whose bodies housed inactive bugs, looked at Marcus with a strange expression.
“It’s too dangerous here. Mr. Marcus, please take us away!” Andy said, “I’ll take you to Anze’s laboratory.”
“Okay.” Marcus smiled.
As soon as he said that, the bugs in Andy and Tony’s bodies suddenly became active!
Tony realized that he was starting to change and shouted, “Not good!” He then grabbed Andy and carried him away from Marcus!
“Marcus, run!” roared Tony.
Marcus wanted to save him, but upon hearing Tony’s warning, he immediately cast an Earth Shield Spell to defend himself!
Boom, boom, boom!
The bodies crashed against the earth shield and exploded.
“Don’t tell me that these things can survive after getting crushed?” Marcus, who was unharmed, channeled his magic power to the earth shield until it suddenly exploded, blasting the bugs that were constantly climbing.
“Explosive Fireball!”
Scorching flames melted the bugs’ broken bodies. No matter how tenacious their lifeforce was, they would be able to recover this time!
Marcus walked out of the storage room. There was no one in the corridor, and not even the slightest hint of sound could be heard.
Marcus quietly entered a room, but there was no one inside.
“Wind Blade!”
A gust of wind swept through the corridor, opening the room’s doors one by one.
Marcus looked inside, but there was no one to be found!
Suddenly, a few specks of dust fell on Marcus’ shoulders.
“Huh?”
Marcus suddenly raised his head.
The ceiling started to shake, and a lot of dust was scattered in the air.
‘Is this due to my magic? No, that’s impossible. My control over magic is not so powerful.’
At that moment, the ground began to shake violently.
Marcus instantly used his Shadow Flash and dashed outside.
It was already dusk, and the earth was dyed a fiery red by the sun, corresponding to the strange scene at this time.
Marcus saw that the mental hospital in the distance had turned into a huge worm.
The huge scarlet worm spat mucus from its mouth, and the thorned tentacles on its head were constantly swinging in all directions.
The worm’s tentacles suddenly stopped moving. It was not that it had calmed down. On the contrary, it had locked on Marcus, ready to pounce at him!
Marcus wore a serious expression because a person was merged with the bug—Anze!
“Don’t ruin my plan, Marcus!” The bug said hoarsely to Marcus, “All of you will be part of my experiment!”
“Hehe, the people who said this before…” Marcus began to cast his magic and roared, “They are all dead!”
“Kid, you are courting death!”
The tentacles quickly extended and stabbed toward Marcus, cutting off everything in their path. At the same time, the worm spat out a few mouthfuls of sticky green saliva at Marcus. The green saliva dripped down like rain, and all the living creatures in the surroundings, which the drops of saliva touched, were vaporized!
Time was tight, but Marcus still did not panic.
“Is that all you can do?”
Marcus had already accumulated a large amount of magic power in his hand, forming a tri-colored ball. He extended his right hand toward the tentacle in the distance and shouted, “Go!”
A loud rumble resounded across the scarlet scenery—the earth began to shake, strong gales swept the stones in the surroundings, and raging fire followed as a tri-colored ball burst!
Marcus had actually fused three types of magic, which contained a horrifying amount of magic power!
Marcus was furious this time. He had to kill the mage behind the scenes to complete the mission.
‘I will definitely get the money reward and receive Senior Susan’s guidance!’
“Anze, die!”
The smell of scorched flesh filled the air before a hole was torn open through the worm’s body.
Anze crawled out of the bug, his face pale. “I-I want to live forever!”
After saying that, his body was vaporized!
[The Nightmare Eye absorbed a large number of evil spirits, current progress 100%!]
[Host has learned all Nightmare skills!]
[All magic spirits are roused, cultivation speed increased by 120%!]
“Phew, it’s finally over!”
Marcus stayed around for a while, and upon verifying that nothing else happened, he headed to the police station to give his report.
…
Chelsea was at the police station safe and sound, eating her dinner.
Marcus used his Nightmare Eye and found nothing unusual inside, so he took her back with him.
Chelsea and Marcus sat in the carriage together.
Marcus said, “Chelsea, who are the two friends you kept mentioning? Can you tell me about them?”
“It’s Senge and Zeli…” Chelsea smiled. “They are a byproduct of my ability. One can create dreams, and the other can transform people.”
“Director Anze was using them. Has your ability returned?”
Chelsea nodded. “Yes, I can use it again now.”
“Then, why didn’t you tell Senior Susan or me earlier?” asked Marcus.
Chelsea smiled gently. She was completely different from before.
She took off the ring on her right index finger and crushed it before saying to Marcus, “This ring is something Anze forced me to wear. As long as I said anything about him, I’d be blown to pieces. If I died, my magic ability would become his forever!
“Anze’s dark magic ability is terrifying. Not only can he steal other people’s magic, but he can also steal other people’s memories… However, he has a weakness—he has to choose between stealing a person’s magic and memories. He stole my magic but not my memories.”
“Miss Chelsea, I have a question.”
“Please, feel free to ask.”
“I met Zeli, and he told me a story. He said that you’re his daughter…”
Chelsea suddenly laughed upon hearing that. “That’s because he’s still young, and he’s just talking nonsense!”
Chelsea activated her magic.
Zelie and Senge suddenly appeared, and Marcus noticed that they were both children.
“They have just transformed. Just treat them as if they’ve been reborn.”
They gradually arrived at Chelsea’s villa. It was still intact, and when night came, they didn’t hear any strange sounds.
“Marcus…” Chelsea called out before Marcus left.
“What’s wrong, Miss Chelsea?”
“I’m sorry, Brother Marcus, I lied to you…”
“Well… Actually, I actually never heard any weird sounds in my house,” whispered Chelsea. “I was just trying to give hints.”
Chelsea said weakly, “If I had found more loopholes to escape this ring’s curse, maybe I could have given you more clues…”
“It’s okay,” Marcus said with a smile.
“Mr. Marcus!” The chief officer called out and gave a badge to Marcus. “This badge is for you to show you our gratitude. It’s from the local police and the citizens.
“Oh, and a lot of money!”
Marcus rejected all of them. “Although I’m short of money, I think you should use this amount to build more buildings that are useful to the community.
“Just think of it as a tribute for all the people who died in the mental hospital!
“This world still needs more mages to protect it!”
With that, Marcus rode off in the carriage.
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