Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1155

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Chapter 1155

“By any chance, are you acquainted with Einroguard’s Mages?”

“Are the thieves plotting some kind of rebellion in the west…”

Unable to ask Lee Han, who was concentrating on healing with blood on his lips, people threw their questions at Giselle who was standing nearby.

Giselle answered with a fake smile.

“The only mages I know are Valdrograd Mages. I don’t know much about rebellion plots either.”

“…”

“…”

The White Tiger Tower Students scattered around couldn’t help but admire.

Indeed, Moradi was different in some way.

If it had been them, they wouldn’t have been able to mention Valdrograd even if they had to bite their tongues.

‘Since she says she only knows Valdrograd Mages, it sounds plausible even when she insists she knows nothing.’

“Cough!”

Lee Han coughed again. His friends were startled.

Don’t tell me, again?

However, Giselle remained calm. This friend from the Wardanaz Family wouldn’t make the same mistake twice, would he?

“You drank water wrong, right?”

“No. There’s some damage to the lungs, but since my stamina is so weak, it’s difficult to heal outside. I didn’t want to waste time, so I just transferred it to my body and cast healing magic.”

“…Isn’t this crazy bastard!”

“?!”

When his betrayed friend got angry, Lee Han was flustered.

Why?!

* * *

Though few people in the Empire knew this fact, the Anti-Magic Faction was originally a prestigious group with traditions dating back to ancient times.

They had the grand goal of blocking magic and all supernatural phenomena and completely separating the material world, including the continent, from dimensions.

However, compared to their momentum when they conquered several kingdoms in ancient times, the current Anti-Magic Faction was merely a small extremist group.

Those who joined were either resentful of magic or blinded by the wealth they could gain from killing mages.

Except for the leadership, most were just puppets moving without understanding the meaning.

The remnants currently in Marheim City were the same.

No matter how much combat experience and skill they had, without grand goals and just following greed, they were bound to be played by others’ hands.

Swordsman Harenken, who was sipping northern liquor in his lodging, muttered.

“I’ve been feeling strange in my body lately. Are we really sure that plague the priest is spreading won’t affect us?”

“You feel strange? I’m perfectly fine. If the plague affected us enough, we would have collapsed long ago.”

“Still, it’s weird. Something… something, you know.”

Swordsman Harenken, nicknamed 【Helhest】, was the most skilled among them.

Few among mercenary origins could draw out aura, and few had killed more than three knights.

And Harenken belonged to both categories.

As such, the others didn’t completely dismiss Harenken’s words. They always had to be wary of crazy bastards like Evil Worshippers.

“I heard there are skilled Healing Mages in the city now. Should we ask them to examine us?”

“Healing Mages?”

Though it sounded ridiculous for Anti-Magic Faction members to be examined by mages, none of them cared about such things.

“How skilled are they? If they’re quack doctors who just take money, I don’t want to waste time.”

The Empire had far more incompetent fraudulent mages than skilled ones.

Especially Healing Mages often wandered around boasting, and these guys were no different from fraudulent medicine peddlers.

At best, they could heal shallow wounds, which was considered impressive, so it was better to trust the excellent recovery and senses of warriors who could use aura.

“They’re supposedly quite good. Just by touch, they can cure the plague, and sometimes they absorb the disease and take it upon themselves.”

“…”

The Anti-Magic Remnants fell silent for a moment at such fraudulent-sounding rumors.

“You want us to believe that? Someone that good would be a church bishop.”

“There might be some exaggeration, but it’s real. There’s nothing to lose.”

“What do you mean nothing to lose? There’s no benefit in acting conspicuously right now.”

The vicious rumors about Einroguard’s Mages had reached the ears of these remnants too.

Some thief or wandering mercenary had caused trouble, and Einroguard’s Mages had gone mad and were sweeping through the western regions.

The remnants here couldn’t even imagine that one mage had caused all that chaos for personal reasons.

Probably some thief or wandering mercenary had committed a very shameless and insulting crime, causing Einroguard’s lunatics to rampage like that!

Anyway, since this place wasn’t too far from the west, they had to be careful.

“Hey. If Einroguard’s Mages were nearby, there would already be chaos.”

“Hmm…”

Harenken was swayed by his colleague’s repeated persuasion.

There was nothing to lose by meeting once anyway.

“Fine. If he’s someone who pretends to be a saint like that, he can’t cause trouble even if we don’t pay. Let’s try asking. Can we call him here?”

“If we say we can’t even get up, he’ll come in.”

The remnants quickly made a plan.

Having done all sorts of things, pretending to be sick and calling someone was child’s play for them.

* * *

An hour later.

Lee Han visited the lodging where the remnants were staying with Giselle.

The low-ceilinged building was dark and cramped, but neither of them minded much. There were many such buildings in Marheim City.

“It seems like the patients have almost disappeared, doesn’t it?”

“It seems so. We should be able to finish everything by today.”

“What about that suspicious priest?”

“Hmm. I thought he would approach, but he’s not.”

“Isn’t it because we look more suspicious? He might have found out we’re from Einroguard.”

“That’s possible… honestly. Skilled Healing Mages aren’t that common. I casually mentioned being from Valdrograd earlier, but no one believed it.”

“…So what are you planning to do?”

“When the plague subsides, we’ll have to do what we usually do.”

The reason Lee Han wasn’t choosing his usual method now was because of the plague in the city.

Forcibly dragging out a priest who usually had people’s trust during a plague situation?

No matter how he thought about it, there was a high possibility of adverse effects. Lee Han wasn’t stupid enough not to anticipate that.

In the worst case, citizens following the priest might become scapegoats and block the way…

“When the plague subsides, the people around the priest will also become sparse, so we can take him by surprise.”

“…Taking him is one thing, but won’t there be talk if we do it without persuasion?”

“That’s why I brought up Valdrograd.”

‘Will they buy it?’

Giselle was dumbfounded.

Right now they weren’t showing their true colors so people were uncertain, but if they suddenly dragged him away, they’d immediately think Einroguard!

Still, Giselle didn’t say more.

Even if they used force, she calculated that the impact wouldn’t be as big as expected.

Since Wardanaz had continuously worked without rest to subdue the plague, even if they took the priest by surprise…

‘Combined with Einroguard’s reputation, citizens are more likely to trust this side.’

“Cough, cough. This way.”

“!”

When the door opened and they discovered Harenken lying down, Lee Han and Giselle were greatly surprised.

Of course, their reasons were different.

Giselle was surprised because she felt the aura of a strong person from the opponent. Though he was pretending to be sick lying down, the flawless posture characteristic of the strong was hard to hide.

In contrast, Lee Han was surprised because of the opponent’s soul.

He had his soul sight open to care for patients, and in the deepest corner of the opponent’s soul, some strange worm was wriggling around.

Even the others nearby!

Even for Lee Han, making an immediate judgment in this situation was difficult.

‘What is this? Are they enemies?’

However, he didn’t sense any hostility from the other person.

Rather, he only faintly felt curiosity about his own condition.

‘A victim attacked by enemies? No, even if that were the case, it’s strange. They seem like strong individuals, yet all of them ended up like this…’

Lee Han organized his thoughts for now.

What was important right now was confirming the identity of that bug first.

The faint energy waves he felt from the bug.

This was…

‘Most likely an evil deity’s power!’

Lee Han’s eyes flashed deeply.

As a result of stirring things up like that, the Sainguiros Sect had finally approached again.

His mindset was completely different from last time.

If back then he had been determined to handle things as carefully and secretly as possible, now his hands were itching to launch a preemptive strike.

If they wanted to fight, then let’s have a go!

“There’s a bug parasitizing your soul.”

“?!!”

“What kind of nonsense… Don’t talk rubbish!”

The remnants flared up.

Neither they nor Harenken were dull enough to fail to notice a bug parasitizing their own souls.

“I think it’s probably a bug created by evil worshippers.”

“…”

Suddenly the remnants hesitated.

For a quack, this healing mage had said something far too perceptive.

The thought ‘could it be’ flashed through everyone’s minds, including Harenken’s.

Could it be this bastard…?

“Can you remove it?”

Harenken coughed and asked.

Getting revenge on that crazy priest bastard could wait until later. What was important now was removing the bug from his soul.

Lee Han nodded. He had been wanting to extract it with Yeongnak and examine it properly anyway.

“Then I’ll heal you.”

The Anti-Magic Remnants swallowed nervously as they watched Lee Han.

According to rumors, this healing mage could eliminate plagues just by touching them, and for diseases that were harder to cure, he would take them upon himself.

If that were true, it wouldn’t be strange at all for him to be called a saint.

They hadn’t believed the rumors, but seeing him talk about bugs just now changed their minds.

He might really have some kind of ability…

Crack!

Unlike the curse which had been lightly transferred, the bug was on a completely different level of power. There was even a sound of something being torn away from the soul.

However, no matter how much it was an evil deity’s power, the strength of a mere bug couldn’t overcome an ancient Archmage’s secret technique.

The bug created by the evil deity’s power was quickly drawn out into Lee Han’s soul. And it bounced off, unable to dare enter his soul.

‘Got it.’

Lee Han stared at the bug caught in his grasp, thinking to seal it.

Just then, Harenken’s face suddenly changed drastically. It was as if he had been hit by dozens of terrible curses.

“…!!!”

Like the excellent swordsman he was, Harenken immediately realized his condition.

The black curses that had been pooled in his soul were flowing out!

“The bug…! If you remove the bug…!”

“What? What are you saying?”

“If you remove the bug… I’ll die…!”

With those final words, Harenken’s eyes turned black. He had completely lost his sanity.

At the same time, the head of the Anti-Magic Remnant who had been closest flew off. As screams and shouts erupted, Lee Han and Giselle were already putting distance between themselves.

Whoosh!

Cold air flowed fiercely from the twin swords Giselle had drawn.

“Wardanaz! Get ready!”

However, instead of chanting an incantation, Lee Han just stared blankly at the bug in his palm.

Seeing this, Giselle felt her heart sink. There must definitely be aftereffects from transferring the evil worshipper’s bug to himself.

Having seen Wardanaz make mistakes several times recently made it all the more chilling.

‘…I should have stopped him!’

But the scene that followed once again exceeded Giselle’s expectations.

“Obey my command!”

Lee Han gripped the bug tightly and commanded. Then the other remnants screamed in agony. The other bugs in their souls had reacted.

“…What the hell is this really!!”

In the midst of all this, he’s stealing and using an evil deity’s power?!

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