Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 102
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Chapter 102
When the water spirit fled, Lee Han also stopped his incantation and shouted.
“Stop right there!”
When you think about it, this entire situation was the fault of those water spirits in the lake.
If they hadn’t come first like this, he could have leisurely put the White Tiger Tower students in the sandy beach and checked everything!
“Wardanaz, fighting spirits while injured is a bit dangerous…!”
Dukema, who was trying to stop him, changed his words when he saw the spirit running away.
“No! It’s not dangerous! Let’s chase it! Angrago!”
“Wait, wait a moment!”
Angrago hurriedly wrapped the food in leather. It was too precious to just abandon.
“Chase that thing! It must be the Principal’s subordinate!”
Lee Han commanded in a voice colder than the chilling night air.
The two White Tiger Tower students ran out feeling as if they had become villains.
…Even though they definitely weren’t doing anything bad, they somehow felt like they were doing something bad.
* * *
Angrago turned left. A water orb flew sharply at him, but he barely managed to dodge it.
Dukema turned right. Water thorns flew at him, but his short stature allowed him to easily avoid them.
‘The water spirits’ attacks are really simple.’
Lee Han thought this as he approached from the center. The water spirit also attacked Lee Han. Instead of dodging, Lee Han summoned a water orb and deflected it directly.
Zorban II, the undead summon from the sandy beach, was quite large and powerful, but a low-grade water spirit like that couldn’t beat Lee Han head-on.
As Lee Han, emanating murderous mana, approached closer, the water spirit trembled and fell into panic.
“Don’t run away, water spirit. I have no intention of harming you.”
“…?”
Angrago, who was pointing his wooden sword at the water spirit, thought to himself.
‘In this situation, wouldn’t it not believe anything it hears?’
If Angrago were the water spirit, he definitely wouldn’t believe it…
“You’re the Skeleton Principal’s subordinate, right?”
The water spirit shook its head rapidly.
Though they didn’t have the ability to speak with spirits, the White Tiger Tower students somehow felt they knew what the water spirit was trying to say.
‘It’s saying absolutely not.’
Water spirits basically evoked sympathy from those who saw them.
The round, clustered water mass emanated a gentle water aura that softened people’s hostility.
But Lee Han was not swayed.
“Don’t think about deceiving me. The Skeleton Principal must have ordered you to do this.”
“…!”
Dukema was surprised.
Was that it?
However, the water spirit desperately shook its head again. Lee Han pointed out coldly.
“Then why did you not only attack us crossing the lake but also attack us while we were resting?”
“That’s right…!”
The two students had no choice but to be convinced by Lee Han’s logical point.
It was definitely strange for the water spirit to follow them so persistently and attack.
The water spirit shook its body back and forth while pointing at Lee Han.
“?”
“What?”
The two couldn’t understand why it was acting like that.
Of course, Lee Han could understand.
‘It’s saying it thought I came to attack them…’
If it said that, Lee Han had nothing to say either.
It was Lee Han who first emanated murderous mana over the lake.
“Wardanaz. What is that spirit saying?”
“It says it thought we were attacking because you stabbed with the oar.”
“Ugh.”
Angrago had nothing to say to the water spirit.
“That was a mistake. If I had known there were water spirits, I would have rowed much more carefully. I hope you can believe that at least…”
The water spirit was confused by Angrago’s excuse, as if asking what he was talking about.
It had said Lee Han was scary, so what was this about?
Lee Han nodded on its behalf.
“It says it understands since mistakes can happen.”
“That’s a relief…!”
“But while what happened at the lake is one thing, attacking us while we were resting is inexcusable.”
Since there was nothing good about discussing what happened at the lake at length, Lee Han immediately moved to the next topic.
The water spirit fell for Lee Han’s wicked scheme.
Forgetting about discussing what happened at the lake, it immediately pointed at the campfire.
“Because we lit a fire at night?”
“What the…!”
The White Tiger Tower students got angry.
Of course, from the spirit’s perspective, it could be unpleasant for intruders to light fires for cooking and spread smells.
But to try to attack first instead of giving a kind warning.
No matter what, wasn’t that too violent a reaction!
The water spirit panicked and waved its entire body. It meant they had misunderstood.
The spirit pointed at the campfire, then at the scorched marks, then at Lee Han’s staff.
The two didn’t understand this time either, but Lee Han understood immediately.
‘Ah. It was angry because I burned the surroundings.’
The fire he had unleashed while dealing with the undead summon had burned the surroundings, making the nearby water murky.
The water spirit that had been resting couldn’t help but be angry.
“What is that spirit saying, Wardanaz?”
“It sincerely apologizes for its petty behavior.”
“Hmph. …I’ll forgive it.”
“Right. The other person is a spirit after all.”
The two White Tiger Tower students decided to be magnanimous.
Unlike undead, spirits were beings that were hard to treat harshly. Especially water spirits.
The spirit seemed to sense that the conversation was flowing strangely and stared intently at Lee Han.
Lee Han pretended not to notice and ignored it.
* * *
The water spirit wasn’t the Skeleton Principal’s subordinate, but it was a witness who had watched from afar when the Skeleton Principal visited this island.
Following the spirit’s guidance, Lee Han asked.
“Exactly what incantation did the Principal use?”
While Lee Han might not know all of the Skeleton Principal’s magic, it would be much easier if he could find out what magic there was in advance.
Though the water spirit couldn’t speak, it worked hard to explain by inflating and changing its body.
‘Grave? Sealing? Lock?’
It made a small grave shape, then created several bands meaning sealing on top of it, and even something like a lock.
Lee Han vaguely sensed what the spirit was trying to say.
‘The principal has locked it away.’
There was only one thing that could be locked away.
It was the outing pass.
‘It wouldn’t be strange if something happened when we approached it.’
Lee Han closed his eyes and tried to imagine what was in the principal’s mind.
If I were the principal, how would I have set this up?
‘Create a trial dungeon underground beneath the sandy beach, and after passing through that dungeon, there would be a place with the outing pass. That’s exactly what the principal would think.’
And if he had locked that place, it was even more like something the principal would do.
After suffering all kinds of hardships in the underground dungeon beneath the sandy beach while working together to barely escape, how despairing would it be if the outing pass at the end was locked away?
It was exactly the kind of situation the principal would love.
“Wardanaz, over there!”
Angrago whispered in a surprised voice.
Beyond where the water spirit had stopped moving, there really was a place the principal had created.
It was a small but antique-feeling place built of stone.
Lee Han somehow felt it was like a temple.
Stone stairs leading underground (which seemed to be connected to the sandy beach underground dungeon). Large hollow stone pillars arranged in all directions following geometric rules. And an altar positioned in the center.
Of course, what was inside the altar would be the outing pass, not a sacrificial offering.
‘How do I send these two ahead first?’
Lee Han pondered how to send Angrago and Dukema in first.
To figure out the principal’s trap, he needed sacrificial lambs—no, an advance team.
“Wardanaz. I’ll go first.”
“Angrago. Are you insulting me right now? I’ll go first.”
“Dukema. This situation happened because of me. It’s my fault for making the water spirit angry.”
“Angrago. You’ve completed your duty by making and steering the boat. Compared to that, I haven’t done anything. If I don’t step forward now, my honor as a knight is…”
Lee Han yawned. Then he flipped a coin.
Clack-
“Heads. Angrago Alpha. You go.”
“…Uh, okay.”
Angrago walked forward with a somewhat bewildered expression.
He had originally planned to go in first for the injured Wardanaz, but why did he feel so confused?
‘Come at me if you dare!’
Angrago swallowed his determined feelings and looked around.
Even those from knight families would have grown up hearing about magic traps to some extent.
Angrago was prepared to endure whatever trap might activate.
However, no trap activated.
Not when he stepped on the stone floor that was properly fitted and filled.
Not when he passed between the stone pillars and advanced to the front of the altar.
Lee Han was slightly surprised by this sight.
‘Could it be that the skeleton principal… prepared it to activate when two people go up?’
If there were no traps, that was unsettling in its own way.
Lee Han was also concentrating with full power to detect any magic or mana in the surroundings.
But he couldn’t sense anything.
Either there really was nothing, or the skeleton principal’s skills were so superior that it was hard for Lee Han to notice.
‘Probably the latter.’
Actually, there really wasn’t anything there. If it was this kind of sensory aspect, Lee Han could have confidence in himself.
Not only the professors but even the skeleton principal had been impressed before.
But Lee Han didn’t think that way.
That couldn’t be!
The skeleton principal must have done something!
“Wardanaz. Here… there’s writing that the principal left.”
“What does it say? Does it say the trap is starting now?”
“No. It’s not like that.”
-Congratulations on making it this far, young new students. You may have been confused by the sudden trial, but all of this is a process to nurture you young mages.
-Congratulations on making it this far, young new students. You may have been confused by the sudden trial, but all of this is a process to nurture you young mages.
-Congratulations on making it this far, young new students. You may have been confused by the sudden trial, but all of this is a process to nurture you young mages.
‘Annoyingly kind.’
Lee Han thought to himself. When the skeleton principal spoke so kindly, it felt even more frightening.
-Coming this far, you new students must have learned how to cooperate with friends from different towers. Now try the final cooperation with what you’ve learned. If you put another person inside the stone pillar, the seal on the altar containing the outing pass will be released!
-Coming this far, you new students must have learned how to cooperate with friends from different towers. Now try the final cooperation with what you’ve learned. If you put another person inside the stone pillar, the seal on the altar containing the outing pass will be released!
-Coming this far, you new students must have learned how to cooperate with friends from different towers. Now try the final cooperation with what you’ve learned. If you put another person inside the stone pillar, the seal on the altar containing the outing pass will be released!
The three turned their heads to look to the side. The large stone pillars were hollow inside, spacious enough for one person to enter with room to spare.
If they were to put someone inside there and trap them…
Whether the altar opened or not, wouldn’t they be moving away from the outing pass?
“This is ridiculous! There must be some other way!”
Dukema burst out angrily.
As someone from a knight family, he couldn’t tolerate a trap that would separate students who had worked so hard together to pass the trial.
There must be another way!
‘I doubt it.’
In contrast, Lee Han was calm.
It was exactly the kind of thing the skeleton principal would love, so he wasn’t surprised at all.
Even if several people work together, in the end only one person gets what they want! If you’re upset, build your skills and…
‘And other such nonsense he’d spout.’
Lee Han pondered.
Should he subdue Dukema first, or should he subdue Angrago first?
Originally two people would have arrived at the altar, but thanks to three arriving, Lee Han was at a disadvantage.
Moreover, wasn’t Lee Han currently injured in one arm?
To win, he had to strike first before the White Tiger Tower students attacked.
“Wardanaz!”
Dukema shouted. Lee Han hesitated.
‘Was I found out?’
“Stop Angrago!”
“!”
When he looked up, Angrago was running toward the stone pillar.
Lee Han momentarily wondered whether he should stop him or pretend he couldn’t and let him be.
How to Survive as a Mage in a Magic School
How to Survive as a Mage in a Magic School
How to Survive as a Mage in a Magic School
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
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