Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1091

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Chapter 1091

“Magical energy, you mean?”

“Yes.”

‘Was there such a thing?’

The butler inwardly felt puzzled again.

Noble families didn’t just buy mansions carelessly.

Buying things blindly just because they were cheap was something done in Einroguard’s black market, and noble families actually checked things more meticulously than one might think.

What happened to the previous owners of this mansion, what recent incidents occurred, what families were in the neighborhood…

Not only that, they even hired mages to check for any abnormal phenomena in the mansion. Naturally, this villa mansion had gone through all such processes too.

There wasn’t anything particularly strange though?

“In-indeed! I too have suspected the magical energy of this mansion several times. When checking the magic that Senior Zandani created for me, it kept failing strangely.”

“…”

Lee Han almost couldn’t help but say ‘That’s because of your senior’s poor skills.’

‘Oh no. What was I about to do.’

To set such a trap.

The opponent’s skill was sharper than expected. Lee Han reminded himself that he must never let his guard down.

“You saw correctly. It’s because the magical energy in the mansion’s basement is subtly twisted. It’s so minute and hard to detect that it’s difficult to notice, but it greatly affects high-difficulty magic.”

“Such a thing! Even though I checked several times…”

The butler’s face turned pale as he exclaimed.

For someone of his caliber to fail to notice such a thing. It was a shameful mistake.

“It’s not the butler’s fault. It’s not easy to notice such things. Don’t worry. I’ll handle it right away.”

“Th-thank you!”

The butler was slightly moved by the considerate behavior shown by the Wardanaz family boy.

Perhaps this was why Einroguard’s mages wanted to visit the basement first.

Lee Han summoned a skeleton army led by the skeleton warrior, Gonadaltes.

For combat he would have summoned golems, but skeleton warriors were much more suitable for doing odd jobs in the basement.

Master…!

The young prince was moved once again.

From the club’s pseudonym to the summoned creature’s name. This disciple’s thoughtfulness seemed deeper than the great sea.

‘…I must never tell him the origin.’

Lee Han made that resolution as he began digging. The skeleton warriors carefully dug into the basement floor along with telekinesis.

“Shall I help too?”

Irendy, who had been glancing around looking for an opportunity, asked carefully. Lee Han readily accepted. There was no reason not to.

“Good. What magic will you use?”

“I’ll show you my gem dancers!”

Irendy held a ruby, opal, sapphire, and garnet between her fingers and shouted.

This magic that summoned precisely designed inanimate summoned creatures based on the magical power dwelling in gems was one of Irendy’s specialties.

Although the gems evaporated after one use, it was worth it. It wasn’t easy to command such summoned creatures without contracts with other dimensions.

Lee Han held back a scream that was about to burst out.

“…I don’t think you need to use it. We already have enough workers.”

“Is that so…”

Gainando’s distant relative nodded with a dejected face.

She had wanted to show off her skills in front of the senior mage from Einroguard!

Clank-

“!”

A sound qualitatively different from digging dirt rang out.

It was similar to a metallic sound but different upon closer inspection – a rupturing sound of magical power that only mages could recognize.

Master. Prepare yourself.

Lee Han nodded and gripped his staff.

Now the secret storage that the young prince had hidden would soon appear…

Thud!

A bronze guardian walked out from the pile of excavated dirt.

Such guardians created to protect dungeons or ruins were quite commonly seen, but Lee Han felt his spine chill.

With his excellent senses, he had detected the magic inscribed on the opponent.

‘What the…?!’

Superior fire resistance, superior cold resistance, superior lightning resistance, superior darkness…

Not only was its entire body covered with all kinds of resistances, but even those resistance spells themselves were difficult to interpret. They seemed like ancient magic with several traps set to prevent external reverse dispelling.

Upon seeing this, an image flashed through his mind.

This was definitely created by the young Skeleton Principal.

Even if an archmage roughly molded bronze to make a guardian, it would have this much power?

Lee Han gritted his teeth and cast magic.

The most powerful penetrating magic that came to mind now was the 5th circle spell, 【Wardanaz’s Lightning Fire】, but he wondered if it would be truly efficient to compete with pure lightning against an opponent with such strong resistances.

‘Then…’

An excellent mage must be flexible.

Lee Han immediately changed strategies. Water orbs appeared in the air, rotating.

Regardless of having strong resistance to water elements, the impact from rotation would accumulate sufficiently. Lee Han pressed down on the opponent with telekinesis and immediately began aiming.

-Intercept. Intercept.

Surprisingly, the bronze guardian’s surface changed and hidden magic emerged.

The information density of the densely carved spells and formulas was enough to give Lee Han a headache.

‘…It stops moving objects within a certain distance… no…!’

A telekinesis-type magic that simply stopped any projectiles flying nearby without question.

Once again grinding his teeth at the young prince’s meticulous preparation, Lee Han cast his next spell. Now was not the time to stand still.

‘Teleportation!’

Even the magic he had recently learned was mobilized.

Due to the opponent’s anti-magic, he couldn’t teleport directly into the main body to penetrate, but he could break through the opponent’s interception.

The rotating water orbs moved chaotically inside the basement. It wasn’t movement connected by lines but movement that flickered like points.

It was less than a few seconds, but it was truly an intense exchange. The bronze guardian tried to bind and stop the opponent’s projectiles, while Lee Han tried to teleport the projectiles one step faster to break through.

And the winner was Lee Han. Based on his massive magical power, Lee Han launched a quantity offensive and finally seized the advantage.

‘I broke through!’

There was no longer the sensation of projectiles being blocked. The rapidly flying orbs embedded into the opponent’s torso, making impact sounds.

One hit, two hits, three hits, four hits…

Suddenly he felt the opponent’s anti-magic wavering. Then the magic recorded inside became more clearly discernible. Lee Han didn’t miss the opportunity and cast reverse magic using his staff’s magnetite.

‘The spells that need to be stopped first are…!’

The resistance magic against water elements and the anti-magic stopped at once. Lee Han immediately teleported a water orb directly into the torso.

It was a critical hit. The already accumulated impact burst out rapidly along with the damage.

Thud!

‘Phew. I survived.’

Lee Han let out a sigh of relief.

Since he was digging in someone else’s mansion’s basement, he had been even more tense.

If this were Einroguard, it wouldn’t matter much even if the opponent destroyed buildings and caused chaos, but unfortunately this was a noble family’s mansion. If he hadn’t subdued it immediately, a disaster could have occurred.

Mainly to Lee Han’s coin purse…

‘More than that, not warning me about this.’

Lee Han took out his notebook with the intention of complaining.

Not telling him the most important thing.

He even wondered a bit if this was intentionally starting a fight like Principal Skeleton or Professor Bol Mo.

Master?

Master. You don’t need to fight that guy? Since I’m here, it won’t attack you.

Master? Ah. You wanted to try fighting once. I’ll cheer you on.

Well done! Excellent!

“…”

Looking at the text that had been added in that brief moment, Lee Han made a dejected expression.

…Honestly, there was no way I could have seen this!

‘How was I supposed to check all this in such a short time.’

The most important thing in magical combat was speed.

The moment you see your opponent, you must immediately launch a surprise attack.

In fact, the fight between Lee Han and the Bronze Guardian was also a short and intense battle that took less than 10 seconds when measured by time alone.

If you acted leisurely, you might be defeated, so there was no way to read the notebook’s text line by line before acting…

Your unwavering spirit of challenge always makes your noble character shine even brighter.

“…Thank you for the compliment…”

* * *

“T-to think there was something like this underground…!”

The butler couldn’t contain his shock.

He never imagined that the disrupted magical energy meant something like this.

So it wasn’t just turbid mana?

Lee Han quickly managed his expression before speaking.

“That’s right. Sometimes the mana is turbid, but there are also cases like this where ancient magical constructs slumber underground.”

Although it was slightly different from what the Young Prince had originally expected, they had at least reached their destination properly.

The two people looked at Lee Han with eyes full of respect.

As expected, Einroguard upperclassmen are truly different!

“Did you see that just now? That guardian had dozens of spells embedded within it, and he defeated it!”

Irendy shouted with an excited voice. At those words, Lee Han was flustered and unconsciously asked back.

“You could sense that?”

To think he had gauged the number of spells carved within the Bronze Guardian.

Although he couldn’t count exactly, even estimating in double digits was sufficiently amazing. Even Lee Han himself hadn’t been able to count the exact number in that brief moment.

“Yes? Yes.”

The Baldrogard Student answered with a face that had no idea how outstanding the ability he had just displayed was.

“…You’re definitely Gainando’s relative, right?”

“Yes…? That’s right?”

“And you’re a Baldrogard Student?”

Irendy nodded in bewilderment. He couldn’t understand what the other person meant by asking.

‘No matter how much divination magic isn’t absolute, for such a talent to be at Baldrogard…!’

Lee Han shuddered inwardly.

Like Alshickel Penguerin, he had occasionally seen excellent mages who hadn’t enrolled in Einroguard.

But for that mage to enter Baldrogard. Wasn’t this too cruel a trick of fate.

‘Shouldn’t I tell the Principal right now and have him forcibly transferred to Einroguard?’

After thinking that far, Lee Han hesitated.

Come to think of it, it was a radical idea that didn’t consider the other person’s wishes at all.

With a 99% probability, the other person would become unhappy.

‘Oh no. What kind of ridiculous thought am I having. I must have caught it from the Skeleton Principal during vacation.’

No matter how he thought about it, there was no way he would have such radical ideas. He must have caught it from the Skeleton Principal.

“Are you alright?”

“…Yes. I’m fine. Could you wait just a moment? I think I need to check for other threats…”

Lee Han slightly avoided the gazes full of respect and expectation that the two people were sending him, then checked his notebook again.

“What should we do now? Dig deeper?”

No need. I already took it out and draped it over your shoulders.

“???”

At the unexpected answer, Lee Han looked around.

Surprisingly, he couldn’t feel anything at all.

…Could it be clothes that only good people can see?

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