Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1127

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Chapter 1127

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call him a spirit extortionist.

Threatening and exploiting an ordinary spirit would already be remarkable, but for it to be a spirit on the level of Hwacheon General.

“What?”

Lee Han called out to the hamster with a displeased voice.

The hamster’s gaze had felt strangely unpleasant.

-Oh, no. I was just admiring how impressive it was.

“Hmm…”

The hamster broke out in a cold sweat.

He had forgotten while being impressed by the skill of exploiting spirits, but the guy’s intuition was becoming sharper and sharper.

What kind of creature grows this fast?

Fortunately, Lee Han seemed to think negotiating with Hwacheon General came first, so he didn’t suspect anything further.

“So they’re withdrawing? When are they withdrawing?”

It can’t be that easy.

Hwacheon General spoke as if asking what nonsense he was talking about.

Once a dimension had spread across a continent, its owner usually didn’t withdraw obediently.

It was easy to understand using Einrogard students as an analogy.

If one day a storage room with an unknown owner suddenly dropped into your personal room, who would obediently find the owner and return it?

Even when the frost giant dimension had invaded the school, they had gone through such trouble to persuade them…

Their demand condition is revenge.

“Revenge?”

Both Lee Han and the hamster were puzzled by this strange condition for a demand from another dimension’s owner.

Yes. Revenge. They say some foul-smelling bastards attacked their subordinates.

Lee Han immediately understood what this meant.

Dimensions overlapping meant that people from this side could also cross over to the other side.

Apparently someone nearby had crossed over to the opposing dimension and attempted a counterattack.

‘…Gasp, it’s not Professor Bagrek, is it?’

Lee Han suddenly became worried.

Of course, it hadn’t been long since they arrived at the village, but he wondered if the professor had attempted a counterattack to solve the problem in the meantime.

-Foul smell? Are they talking about worshippers of evil gods?

That must be it.

The hamster easily understood Hwacheon General’s metaphor. With his experience, he knew that beings from other dimensions disliked worshippers of evil gods.

Feeling embarrassed, Lee Han nodded.

“Indeed. It must be the worshippers of evil gods.”

-?

The hamster wondered why this boy kept repeating such random statements.

“…Wait, there were worshippers of evil gods around here?”

Lee Han was startled a beat late.

Of course, the Empire’s territory was unimaginably vast, and considering the scale of the western region currently suffering from the heat wave, it would be stranger if there were no worshippers of evil gods.

But recently he had been involved in so many incidents that just hearing the name made him wary.

Could they possibly be lying in ambush targeting Lee Han himself?

-Those worshippers of evil gods always stick their heads in whenever they see something like this, so it’s not surprising.

The hamster spoke indifferently.

People fallen into chaos, unstable dimensions – all of these were elements that worshippers of evil gods loved very much.

‘I didn’t want to get involved.’

He was already receiving enough unwanted attention from the other side.

Lee Han decided to report quickly instead of stepping forward himself.

Hehe. Mage… you can’t deny my contribution in this matter, can you?

Hwacheon General asked with an expectant voice.

Honestly, no matter how blunt a mage might be, it wouldn’t be easy to ignore a spirit who had negotiated while offering their own treasures.

If they had any conscience…

“…Right. I acknowledge this matter…”

“Lord Wardanaz?”

“!”

When Nigisol’s voice came from behind, Lee Han quickly cut off the connection with Hwacheon General and banished him to the spirit realm.

He thought he heard faint cursing from far away, but Lee Han didn’t pay attention.

“Who were you talking to?”

“Ah… with this hamster here.”

“…”

“No. It’s a magic hamster! Wait. Say something.”

Despite being shaken, the hamster endured it. It was his last remaining shred of pride. Lee Han was about to shake harder but gave up.

“What’s the matter?”

“Um. I came to apologize for suspecting Lord Wardanaz.”

Nigisol spoke hesitantly while reading the mood.

Lee Han had helped him with various things before, yet he had failed to trust his friend and suspected him, which pricked his conscience.

No matter how absurd it sounded, he should have believed him.

Looking behind, Siana was also peeking out and reading the mood. Lee Han waved his hand as if it was fine.

“I’m not angry at all, so don’t worry. It was a pretty absurd story anyway.”

“…Behind! Behind you!!”

“Still, I’d prefer if you didn’t play such childish pranks.”

Siana stamped her feet at her friend’s reaction.

Who knew that a crack in their friendship would come back like this.

Tijiling, who arrived late, screamed in surprise.

“Look behind you!”

“?”

Lee Han immediately turned around. The space that had originally been a dead-end alley was slowly swirling and changing. The way it changed quietly without emitting any presence was spine-chilling.

And from there, a group of people walked out. They wore clothing with absolutely no sense of unity.

“…”

“…”

* * *

Vampire Juzen’s greatest pride was his own family, which boasted a history deep enough to be counted among the best in the western Empire.

Among the Empire’s races, vampire families often boasted long histories due to their characteristic exclusive attitudes and collective behavioral traits.

However, most of those historically deep western vampire families no longer remained.

Due to past disasters, countless families had been annihilated and their members scattered.

From that time on, Juzen was left with only his second greatest pride. The belief that he faithfully served the just regent.

“Seinguiros is…”

“Watch your tongue, you lowly thing.”

Juzen glared at the madman of the Kseaksarigol sect beside him.

These wretched lunatics had terribly insolent speech habits despite their status.

Setting aside their lack of courtesy toward someone of ducal family origin like himself, to carelessly speak the name of Seinguiros.

However, this deranged prophet completely ignored Juzen’s threat and answered.

“I apologize. Does the just regent desire hearts in this realm of flame giants?”

“!”

Juzen’s expression changed.

Indeed, these madmen of Kseaksarigol were beings one couldn’t let their guard down around, even as fellow worshippers of evil gods.

Outstanding precognitive ability users were this troublesome.

To already figure out Juzen’s purpose.

Currently, the Seinguiros sect had suffered too severe damage in the past. Not only the sect’s organization but Seinguiros himself had suffered massive damage.

They needed to restore the sect’s organization and believers, and also offer sacrifices to the god. Among such sacrifices, one of the best was indeed strong races from other dimensions.

If they could gather flame giant hearts, it would make quite a useful sacrifice.

“…Yes. That’s right.”

Up ahead, the mercenaries that Juzen had brought were giggling as they looted spoils from the Flame Giant’s corpse.

Since all Juzen wanted was the heart, he was generously letting the mercenaries take the rest. They were lowly beings, but they also served as useful meat shields.

“Then we withdraw. The Flame Giants are enraged.”

“…”

Juzen fell into thought.

Though it was unpleasant to have someone dare give him orders, there was certainly logic to it. They had killed quite a few Flame Giants, so it wouldn’t be strange for them to be angry.

They had profited nicely by taking advantage of the heat wave spreading through the western region and the loosened spatial rifts, so it might be time to withdraw.

If the Flame Giants came chasing after them in rage, that would be fine too. The Empire would be the ones who’d have to bear the damage.

“O Fair Regent! I offer this sacrifice, so look down upon your faithful servant!”

Juzen raised high the Flame Giant’s heart, dripping with blood and fire.

Then Seinguiros devoured the sacrifice and bestowed power in return for the equivalent exchange.

It was a dimensional gate that even the giants who ruled this dimension couldn’t track.

Even the mercenaries who had gathered their loot flinched in fear at that grotesque sight.

Among the mercenaries, many joined with worshippers of evil gods for money, but few truly set foot in evil god worship. Unless one was born with a twisted nature, it wasn’t easy to believe in evil gods.

“Let’s go!”

Juzen, the Prophet, and the other mercenary subordinates slowly walked out.

And they came face to face with a group of mages they’d never seen before.

* * *

“…”

“…”

Cold sweat ran down Juzen’s back. The mercenaries seemed to think similarly, their expressions startled.

Killing a few mages would be nothing, but those mages couldn’t have come alone to such a small village.

There was a high possibility that other mages, knights, or even priests were nearby.

“I… I thought we were going to die!”

One of the mercenaries shouted loudly.

“I thought we’d become lost in the dimensions!”

“Y-yes. Where is this place?”

‘Not bad.’

Juzen was slightly impressed.

Lowly beings had their own talents. These seasoned mercenaries were good at making up plausible excuses on the spot.

When traveling around the Empire, it often happened that people got swept up in rifts and became lost in dimensions. This was especially true in regions like now where the gaps between dimensions had narrowed and overlapped.

Most could escape back through where they came from, but some became eternally lost and never returned.

Right now the mercenaries were disguising themselves as having barely survived death. In such cases, people usually didn’t pry too deeply.

“This is Hurez Village.”

“Hurez Village! That’s in the Western Empire, right?! Thank goodness. We’re alive!”

-…Something’s suspicious…

The hamster squeaked so only Lee Han could hear.

There was something exaggerated about those mercenaries’ behavior.

But what could it be?

Originally mercenaries always did one or two suspicious things while taking requests, so it could be for a more trivial reason than expected.

Like inflating commission fees or stealing things along the way…

“Monmonmonmonmonmonmonster.”

“?????”

Suddenly the Prophet began repeating ‘monster’ like a broken artifact, startling not only the mercenaries but even Juzen greatly.

“Why, why are you doing that, Mage sir!”

“Meetingmonsternotgoodmeetingmonsternotgood…”

“I told you there are no giants! He must be acting like this because of the giants. This is serious.”

The mercenaries thought the Prophet was belatedly shocked because of the giants. In fact, it was hard to guess any other reason.

“…”

Lee Han quietly fell into thought. Then he took out a crystal top at an angle the other party couldn’t see, offered mana, and cast divination.

The top immediately stopped. It was a signal warning of danger.

-Damn. I can’t tell if they’re worshippers of evil gods or just mercenaries with nasty dispositions.

The hamster spoke with a furrowed brow.

Though it had seen the divination Lee Han cast together, that didn’t mean it gave them the answer. Mercenaries were dangerous enough on their own.

Looking at the circumstances, they seemed likely to be worshippers of evil gods, but if they were wrong…

Whoosh!

Suddenly a curtain of fire spread across the air. Lee Han, supported by Nigisol, immediately swung his staff and fired a barrage of water orbs.

Juzen and the worshipper of evil gods Kseaksarigol, ambushed from an unexpected angle, suffered severe injuries.

“It’s an ambush! Damn it, we’ve been found out!”

“This is why I said we shouldn’t move together with those lunatics!”

‘They really are worshippers of evil gods!’

The hamster gained certainty from the mercenaries’ conversation. ‘Lunatics’ was usually the term used to refer to worshippers of evil gods.

-How did you figure it out?!

“Split apart, Perkuntra’s…”

-…Don’t tell me…

Did this bastard just attack regardless of whether they were mercenaries or worshippers of evil gods?!

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