Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1067

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Chapter 1067

 

He could hear the spirit shouting something, but it didn’t reach the ears of the focused young prince.

 

Currently, the most important thing was passing on magic to his disciple.

 

Compared to that task, whatever the evil spirit was babbling about wasn’t particularly important.

 

If he was really lucky, it might reform, but most would be unable to overcome their nature. The prince didn’t have particularly high expectations for evil beings.

 

I understand! I’ll try to endure more!

 

‘Such situations won’t come often…’

 

Ignoring the spirit’s words once again, the prince thought.

 

The theory that appropriate tension improves a mage’s learning ability had been proven since ancient times, and the disciple before him was particularly gifted in that regard.

 

Then when a situation like this arose, he should learn as many spells as possible.

 

Such good situations wouldn’t come that often, would they?

 

If it had been the Skeleton Principal, he would have said ‘If crisis is needed, then I’ll create the crisis myself!’ But the young prince was still inexperienced and naive, so he couldn’t come up with such evil ideas.

 

He was only thinking of somehow teaching more when such an opportunity coincidentally came to his disciple.

 

‘How can there be more methods?’

 

Gaaaaaaah!

 

Awakened by Lee Han’s resources and the prince’s encouragement, Sarataan endured through sheer determination.

 

Though his body kept collapsing and recovering, a powerful high-ranking spirit like Sarataan wasn’t accustomed to pain.

 

For such a spirit to persist so tenaciously was truly remarkable.

 

“M-Master! Could you possibly help a little?”

 

Even Lee Han, who had believed the prince would naturally step in if the situation became truly dangerous, panicked slightly and shouted.

 

Sarataan’s screaming was on a completely different level than before.

 

-I understand, disciple. Now, what did you feel while teleporting just now?

 

“What? No… well… Sarataan here…”

 

Agogogogogogo!

 

The young prince gestured. Then, having cast some magic, Sarataan’s screams were muted.

 

-That’s better.

 

“Reducing the sound doesn’t solve the problem…?”

 

-Now, disciple. What did you feel while teleporting just now?

 

“…I thought both the casting speed and precise coordinates were quite difficult.”

 

-That’s right. Even if you succeed in casting teleportation magic once, reaching the level of mastery isn’t easy.

 

Being among the highest difficulty spells, teleportation magic required tremendous time and effort to master even after casting it once.

 

Moreover, there were various advanced attributes to learn additionally.

 

General teleportation, penetrating teleportation against targets with magical resistance, displacement teleportation that exchanges objects at existing locations…

 

‘But what does this have to do with the current situation?’

 

Lee Han, who was simultaneously channeling mana into the spirit and supporting with various enhancement spells, felt anxious.

 

His master’s explanation didn’t seem immediately necessary for the current situation.

 

Of course, the teaching about teleportation magic was certainly impressive, but was this needed to block the pressure from refraction magic?

 

“Master! I understand. Where should I cast teleportation?”

 

Lee Han interrupted the prince and shouted.

 

Though his level was still immature, there was no choice. Sarataan’s body was literally twisting and contorting.

 

At this rate, Sarataan’s will would collapse before Yukveltire could complete her magic.

 

-Not yet, disciple. Listen a little more.

 

The prince skillfully stalled for time.

 

Since it had come to this, he planned to teach a few more teleportation spells.

 

If possible, he wanted the mage to master personal teleportation too…

 

Crack!

 

“!?”

 

At the loud breaking sound, Lee Han startled and turned his head.

 

He wondered if Sarataan’s back had broken, but that wasn’t it. Sarataan was still enduring.

 

Something else had broken. Lee Han noticed Yukveltire’s face had turned paler than he’d ever seen.

 

The thin adamantite plate had cracked.

 

A crack in the core that needed to fix and inscribe all this magic. Lee Han was horrified.

 

“H-How?! No, I definitely calculated the load properly!”

 

The reason Lee Han and Sarataan were suffering like this was to distribute the pressure generated during spellcasting.

 

No matter how reliable adamantite was as a material, it couldn’t bear the magical load entirely alone.

 

Yet for it to crack like that was unbelievable.

 

-The adamantite purity is lower than expected. Other impurities were mixed in.

 

“What? Of course we use alloys!”

 

Lee Han shouted in surprise at his master’s answer.

 

Yukveltire wasn’t some continental emperor to use pure adamantite plates.

 

Even the Skeleton Principal couldn’t afford such waste…

 

…well, he could, but he wouldn’t dare do it in front of students.

 

“It’s nearly impossible for an Einroguard student to obtain high-purity adamantite!”

 

-Indeed. Disciple, what an unfortunate miscalculation. Who would have thought the quantities of materials we assumed were the same would be different…

 

“…Master, you’re not smiling right now, are you?”

 

Lee Han sensed something strange.

 

Of course, the young prince always had a cheerful, smiling face.

 

But his current smile seemed to have some other intention.

 

As if he welcomed this situation…

 

‘Must be my imagination, right?’

 

-Disciple, please listen. Now that it’s come to this, you’ll have no choice but to learn another new spell.

 

The young prince’s voice was full of happiness at the calculation that he could teach one more thing.

 

“I’m stopping this. Fall back!”

 

Yukveltire shouted coldly from behind.

 

Though she felt like twisting Professor Verdus’s neck out of frustration, doing so wouldn’t bring back the failed magic.

 

Now was the time to retreat without being stubborn.

 

-Be quiet.

 

“We need to retreat quickly…”

 

-Now, disciple. Listen.

 

Yukveltire’s voice was also muted. It was truly amazing illusion magic.

 

‘No, how did he do that?’

 

Even Lee Han, who had learned magic as a student, couldn’t guess the principle at all.

 

He hadn’t cast it directly on Lee Han, nor on Yukveltire…

 

“M-Master, that senior is saying we should retreat. Wouldn’t it be okay to retreat without forcing it?”

 

-Then would that mage really leave you alone? Wouldn’t she come back and ask again?

 

The prince speaking tilted his head for a moment.

 

Come to think of it, would that be better?

 

‘No, she might not be able to ask again.’

 

While the prince pondered, Lee Han was immediately convinced. That senior was definitely someone who would keep chasing and bothering him.

 

…And Professor Verdus had to be made to kneel too!

 

“You’re absolutely right. What should I do?”

 

-The melodic incantation you showed in the tower last time, do you remember it?

 

“Melodic incantation…”

 

Lee Han recalled the conversation he’d had with the Great Artist.

 

Melodic incantation was a spell that incorporated the principles of musical magic to enhance magical power.

 

There were several techniques like repetitive incantations that refined spells to increase magical power, but few methods had as high a peak as melodic incantation.

 

In fact, hadn’t Lee Han completed the complex enchantment magic 【Vible’s Flying Sword】 with the help of melodic incantation?

 

Originally, it was magic too complex and difficult for him to cast.

 

-Use that to cast the magic I tell you.

 

Royal Pure Gold.

 

This magic was a transformation magic passed down through the young prince’s family, that is, the royal family.

 

All the various transformation magics Lee Han had learned so far had predetermined results.

 

【Jarun’s Inelastic Rubber】 was magic that created swamp-like rubber, and 【Rock Sand Transformation】 was ultimately magic that created sand.

 

This fixation of results in transformation magic was also an unavoidable choice. Otherwise, the difficulty of the magic would skyrocket too much.

 

However, this magic the young prince had brought out now only had gold in its name – it wasn’t actually magic related to gold.

 

“Oh no!”

 

-?

 

“It’s nothing.”

 

Magic that temporarily transforms one substance into an omnipotent, virtual substance that doesn’t exist in reality.

 

That was exactly what Royal Pure Gold was.

 

It was easy to understand if you thought of the philosopher’s stone or dragon stone.

 

Of course, compared to those two, any reagent would pale in comparison…

 

“…I see. You want me to use this to substitute for the damage to the adamantite?”

 

-You just need to hold out until the magic ends. My disciple. Once the refraction magic is completely finished, there’s no need to withstand pressure anymore.

 

“But what circle magic is this?”

 

-Hurry, my disciple! Quickly!

 

Lee Han looked at Sarataan.

 

It seemed he couldn’t do this magic through spatial movement either, and would have to briefly leave Sarataan behind.

 

“Are you okay…”

 

-He says he’s fine. Go!

 

The prince covered Sarataan’s mouth and relieved the burden instead. Then he gestured for him to go quickly.

 

‘Is he really okay?’

 

Feeling such doubt, Lee Han hurriedly moved. He could see Yukveltire opening and closing her mouth.

 

“Senior, what are you doing?”

 

“Mmmmmmmmm.”

 

Yukveltire, who usually didn’t express emotions well, waved her hands with an angry face.

 

She pointed at Lee Han, then pointed outside the basement.

 

She was going to stop the magic, so get out quickly…

 

-My disciple!

 

“Ah, I understand.”

 

Lee Han moved to the painting’s canvas with the adamantite plate. Yukveltire stamped her feet as if dying of frustration, then glared at the prince.

 

The young prince smiled brightly as if nothing was wrong.

 

At that sight, Yukveltire raised the young prince’s danger level to extreme within herself.

 

Extreme – Young Prince 【-</p】

High – Skeleton Principal

 

Medium-High – Professor Verdus

 

Meanwhile, singing flowed from behind. At the sound that didn’t match the urgent situation, Yukveltire turned around in confusion.

 

‘The refraction…!’

 

The 【Refraction of Ahriman】 magic was slowly being carved onto the plate.

 

The adamantite plate that seemed ready to crack and vomit out the magic rather than have it carved was maintaining its form.

 

Looking with surprised eyes, pure gold was glittering in the cracked crevices of the plate.

 

It wasn’t real gold, but gold from outside reality formed by magic.

 

That gold maintained the magic in place of the lost adamantite. Realizing the principle, Yukveltire looked at her junior with surprise once again.

 

Even so, to cast such high-level transformation magic as if it were nothing?

 

“Master! Is this really being maintained?!”

 

-Try maintaining it a little longer, my disciple. You’re doing well.

 

“No, it’s not being maintained…”

 

Lee Han was flustered seeing the pure gold that was about to lose power and return to its original form at any moment.

 

Even absorbing mana continuously, it kept demanding more without stopping, like a baby basilisk.

 

To think he had to pour in this amount of mana to maintain a handful of gold.

 

‘Am I casting the magic wrong??’

 

Even in the confusion, Lee Han trusted his master and continued maintaining the magic. Fortunately, he didn’t have to worry about mana.

 

At that sight, the young prince smiled.

 

Originally, he should have cast several mana-securing spells before entering, but as expected, his disciple was holding out just fine.

 

He almost wished one or two more accidents would happen.

 

-Are you alright, Spirit?

 

Yes… thank you for your concern…

 

-Are you really alright? You don’t feel like you might collapse or can’t hold out, do you?

 

I’m fine! If he’s holding out, I can certainly do it too!

 

The young prince sighed invisibly.

 

This spirit really wasn’t helpful.

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