Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1114

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Chapter 1114

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Of course, Lee Han was equally bewildered.

How many mages were present in this place right now?

The Conical Hat Tower mages were putting on an absurdly large-scale farce to recruit a single promising mage talent, but they were by no means pushovers.

Even Tower Master Eulangdam, who was forcibly squeezed into stuffy and fancy clothes he normally never wore (he was worried that if he welcomed Wardanaz in his usual dirty research mage robes, Wardanaz might not come), immediately changed clothes as soon as he heard the news.

-An artifact tracked by the White Poplar Knights and the Shadow Valley Guardians? This cannot be taken lightly. I’ll take direct command.

-W-wait. Aren’t you going to prepare for the next event?

-What was the next event?

-The Conical Hat Tower ball…

-Just hearing the name is utterly dreadful. Everyone probably hasn’t danced in 10 years.

-Pardon? B-but you, Eulangdam, told us to prepare exactly as the noble families outside do…

-Enough, enough! This is not the time for such events when faced with work the tower should rightfully do. And showing this kind of magical ability would actually be more persuasive.

The other mages admired this as reasonable, but the few mages who had prepared the event cast suspicious glances.

After getting angry about all that preparation, now acting like this seemed strange no matter how you looked at it.

…Could it be that he himself found it so boring and tedious that he couldn’t bear it?

Whatever the reason, Eulangdam deployed mages to establish a perfect encirclement.

Even tower mages who normally wouldn’t participate in such matters eagerly stepped forward. This was much better than boring events.

That’s why Lee Han had no particular thoughts while unlocking the artifact’s chains and opening it.

He already trusted the professors’ military power, and with the Conical Hat Tower mages added, wasn’t this at a level where it would be resolved even if he just stayed still?

But for the spirit that came out to ignore all the various experts and speak to Lee Han instead – this was a very unsettling matter.

‘And it’s a bigger shot than I thought.’

Even wandering exiled spirits had vastly different ranks.

For someone who called himself a king, Sarataan’s track record wasn’t very good. He had even been subdued by other spirits in his true form.

Of course, Lee Han didn’t know how Sarataan had been defeated. He might have fallen to schemes or betrayal.

But in the end, wasn’t he a loser? He might have basic power befitting someone who claimed to be king, but as long as he couldn’t prove it with results, the title of king was meaningless.

In contrast, this spirit called Hwacheon General seemed to have no interest in calling himself king, but felt several times more threatening.

It meant that instead of ruling or decorating his domain as a spirit, he was only interested in other matters.

The Conical Hat Tower mages immediately found records, of course…

“Sarataan. Do you have any idea why that spirit is showing interest?”

-That…

“That?”

-I didn’t know it would be that spirit…!

Sarataan was horrified.

Who would have thought the spirit trapped in the artifact was Hwacheon General?

An ancient spirit from several generations before himself, and one far more violent in nature!

Based on the aura felt from the artifact, he thought it would be at most a spirit of his own level or below…

“Is that what’s important right now?”

Lee Han reproached him as if frustrated.

This spirit was truly unhelpful.

Shouldn’t he be telling him what he knew about Hwacheon General and speculating why that spirit was interested in Lee Han?

Like enjoying mana, or enjoying mana, or enjoying mana…

‘Hmm. Do I not need to ask? This somehow feels like the right answer.’

Sarataan steeled his resolve.

Actually, in terms of belligerent nature alone, Sarataan was by no means a spirit who would lose to anyone.

When he thought about it, he was angry at the fact that he had been intimidated by an ancient spirit he had never even met.

-…You’re right. I wanted to compete with him once too! Summon me!

“…”

Lee Han seriously considered kicking the staff once.

He had been spouting nonsense from earlier.

“Not summoning, but why is that spirit interested in me…”

Good, good! If I’m going back anyway, it wouldn’t be bad to burn up an existence like you before I go!

“!”

Suddenly the spirit’s body lost its form and transformed into a massive pillar of flame.

The space where the mages were currently gathered was the 【Chamber of Sealing】 located on the 5th basement floor of the tower.

This place, where hundreds of magic circles were layered upon each other, was used to seal powerful extradimensional beings, and once the magic circles were activated, terrible pressure would be applied making escape impossible.

However, Zvagni showed an unbelievable choice that exceeded everyone’s expectations.

He broke through the magic circles by burning up his entire body.

It was tremendous damage, but Zvagni didn’t care. The desire to fight once with that absurdly strange mage was all that Zvagni currently felt.

Mortal beloved by spirits and stars, try facing this Hwacheon General who is hated by spirits and stars!

-Crazy bastard!!

Sarataan screamed.

He realized what Zvagni had just done.

What had been trapped in the artifact wasn’t Zvagni’s main body but an incarnation.

Such incarnations were like projections, so even if they were defeated once and perished, the true body in the spirit realm wouldn’t perish.

Of course, that didn’t mean there was no damage. The incarnation was part of oneself after all, and as long as this incarnation was reverse-summoned, there was no way there wouldn’t be impact.

That’s why Zvagni had been trapped in the artifact for so long.

He could have chosen death over being sealed to be reverse-summoned, but rather than taking such losses, it was much better to just wait briefly until the seal was eventually broken.

In the material world it was a long time, but in the spirit realm this amount of time was worth waiting for.

But now Zvagni had made all those choices meaningless.

He burned up his entire incarnation to break through the magic circles, then drew insufficient power from his main body.

How much damage did interdimensional beings suffer when drawing power due to the world’s rejection?

Having blown away his incarnation and even drawn power from his true body on top of that, even a spirit of Zvagni’s caliber couldn’t overlook such losses.

And the most absurd point about this choice was that considering all this massive damage, all Zvagni gained was a very brief chance to fight.

What meaning could there be in breaking through the magic circles?

There were hundreds of vigorous mages and knights in the vicinity right now!

To accept all this damage for just such an opportunity…

‘That bastard Sarataan!’

While Sarataan was horrified, Lee Han was similarly horrified.

And at the same time, he cursed Sarataan too. This spirit was truly of no help whatsoever.

Of course, it wasn’t Sarataan’s fault that a spirit like Hwacheon General came out of that artifact. Even without Sarataan, the knights would have brought the artifact and the spirit would have been released from within.

But still, human feelings were unavoidable.

Strangely, whenever Sarataan got involved, he felt like his luck turned bad!

‘I just need to hold out for a moment!’

-Let me out! I’ll fight together!

-How am I supposed to let you out! You’re not Master!

Lee Han shouted and drew up his magic.

The Young Prince, being a great master of magic, could create Sarataan’s lacking physical form and summon him with a single finger, but Lee Han had no such ability and certainly no time for it now.

If he had such power, he needed to use it for holding out.

Fortunately, seeing reinforcements immediately stepping forward from all around, it seemed he only needed to hold out a little.

The moment Zvagni broke through, powerful figures immediately moved from everywhere.

Professor Boladi and Professor Garcia, Tower Master Eulangdam, White Poplar Knight Bamandan…

…Even Jute of the Shadow Valley Guardians and Jowrin transforming into a dragon in anger!!

‘No!!’

Lee Han screamed inwardly.

Not because of the former, but because of the latter.

Jute caring for and looking after Lee Han as a fellow dark mage junior was a bit burdensome and flustering, but it wasn’t that big a problem.

They could set a date sometime to hold a dark mage gathering and all give Jute psychological counseling together. If Senior Diret were there, he could probably be persuaded sufficiently.

However, Jowrin transforming into a dragon in this place was a different story.

The other tower mages might not know, but wouldn’t a mage of Tower Master Eulangdam’s caliber naturally realize the situation?

The Empire had countless Imperial Family members as if stamped from a mold, but among them, only nine were dragons.

And the fact that such a dragon was following him around…

Good, very good! It brings more joy to burn those who are beloved!

Lee Han stopped his thoughts and returned to reality. The terrible malice emanating from the opposing spirit prevented him from thinking of anything else.

‘Water Orb!’

The Water Orb magic stored in his intermediate magic storage was immediately cast and shot forth.

It didn’t end with just a dazzling trajectory. Lee Han cast intermediate spatial movement to land a direct hit on this evil spirit.

Though his brain felt like it was burning from the extreme concentration exerted regardless of mana, the magical experience he had accumulated produced near-miraculous results. He had cast the magic perfectly.

At the same time, Lee Han drew upon Sarataan’s power from his staff. He couldn’t create Sarataan’s main body, but he could use its authority.

Authority of Stubbornness!

-Trust me, mage!

For the first time since they had made their contract, Sarataan did not betray Lee Han’s expectations.

Having drunk the mage’s mana like spring water, Sarataan roared and exploded with the Authority of Stubbornness.

It wasn’t simply making the staff’s durability harder, but an invincible barrier was created in front.

Though blocked in front and struck by Water Orb from behind, Hwacheon General laughed as he severed his own flesh.

Since he wanted to fight as much as possible before being reverse summoned anyway, it didn’t matter.

You are truly strong, as much as you are beloved by spirits! I want to burn you even more!

“…You bastard. Who said anything about being beloved by spirits!”

Though Lee Han usually didn’t waste emotions when fighting opponents, this time he was genuinely upset.

All the hardships he had endured when contracting with spirits flashed quickly through his mind.

At Lee Han’s words filled with heartfelt emotion, Hwacheon General hesitated.

That mortal mage certainly seemed like someone beloved by all.

But how could he show such heartfelt grievance?

It was almost as if his opponent was an existence like himself.

‘Could I have misunderstood something?’

But regardless of his thoughts, Hwacheon General didn’t stop moving. Considering the surrounding situation, he had only one or two more chances left.

Hwacheon General’s body withered away as if embers were being extinguished.

However, that was a deception. As if trying to buy time for battle, massive flame barriers arose around them. At the same time, Hwacheon General revealed himself again in mid-air.

He had drawn power from his main body once more!

Sarataan spat out curses.

-That crazy old geezer!! He should age gracefully!!!!

Uhahahaha! Uhahahahahahaha! Try blocking this once!

Inside the flame barrier, countless warriors made of fire began to appear.

Lee Han didn’t even have time to curse like Sarataan.

First, he operated the obsidian in his staff to maximum capacity, disrupting further casting with counter-magic, then summoned as many Water Orbs as possible to eliminate the existing warriors.

However, the spinning water orbs were like morning dew before the fierce heat emitted by the warriors. Their size diminished and faded in an instant.

Just as Lee Han gritted his teeth and tried to cast again, the approaching warriors suddenly crumbled without form.

No!

Even Zvagni was bewildered.

To just nullify his army without any preparation or warning signs?

‘Evangelion!’

Even though nothing was visible, Lee Han could tell by intuition. The robe engraved across countless parallel dimensions was protecting its master.

Thinking that his Master’s power was protecting him brought back his composure. Lee Han summoned Water Orb once more.

It wasn’t the Water Orb he had cast just before. He had already realized that ordinary Water Orbs couldn’t defeat the enemy.

Not simply creating destructive power by physical rotation, but a Water Orb containing additional concepts like 【Wardanaz’s Lightning】.

Though smaller in size than before and not spinning as fiercely, Zvagni instinctively knew his defeat.

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