Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1158

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Chapter 1158

Now was not the time for such concerns. The Immortal waited for the report.

Soon a priest from the cult would finish the work and come to report on the task.

…

However, even after the appointed time had passed, no report came.

The dimensional space where the Immortal resided twisted, and tentacles made of flesh and muscle spread out like expanding growths.

It was intense rage directed at the remnants of Seinguiros.

* * *

Ibinta kept glancing around nervously.

Even after leaving the city, that crazy mage remained lost in thought without saying a word.

‘Could it be that he’s angry at me because we couldn’t find those Seinguiros bastards?’

It was entirely possible.

Of course, the people of Marheim City had expressed their gratitude with all sorts of praise.

Handling an epidemic before it spread and even catching the related evil worshippers was no easy task, even for renowned mages in the Empire.

By now, the city’s bureaucrats and various officials would be breathing sighs of relief.

But crazy people couldn’t be judged by normal standards. If they could be judged by normal standards, they wouldn’t be called crazy.

If that Wardanaz family boy started making frenzied moves like his brother…

“Hmm.”

“Eek!”

Ibinta was so startled he nearly rolled off the side of his horse. The horse pulling the cart kicked at the snow piled beside it and snorted irritably.

“Is… is there something wrong?”

“Ah. It’s nothing major. I was just thinking we should change our strategy a bit.”

Lee Han shared the thought he’d just had with his companion.

There was a flaw in the existing strategy of arriving in an area and beating up anyone until suspicious characters appeared.

“If the enemy has already prepared or is ready for us, it could actually make things worse.”

“You’re only realizing that now… ah, no. You’ve thought well!”

Ibinta cursed his own tongue and quickly flattered him.

When the other person was choosing a slightly more moderate approach, what nonsense had he been about to spout?

If he got angry again because of him and chose hardline tactics, his name would forever remain as an eternal traitor among criminals.

“I’ll only do that when I’m certain, and basically change to a quieter approach.”

“You’ve thought well! …Wait, you’re still going to do it when you’re certain?”

Ibinta flinched.

He wasn’t going to stop doing it?

“Is there some problem?”

“Not at all! Hehe, I was actually enjoying helping you sweep away those evil villains, so I’m almost disappointed.”

Ibinta flattered him again.

His own life was more important than some thieves whose faces he didn’t even know getting swept away.

“Is that so? Hmm. If you’re that disappointed, then maybe a few more times…”

“I’ll go check the road ahead!”

As the conversation took an ominous turn, the former bandit leader quickly ran ahead.

The northern Empire had many mountain paths, and even on flat ground, roads were often broken or collapsed.

Harsh climate meant frequent contact with spirits, monsters, and other dimensions.

That meant there were inevitably many such incidents and disturbances.

“No problems. You can come straight through!”

-We already checked earlier, but I don’t know why he’s checking again. Understood!

The Death Knights near the cart responded.

The White Tiger Tower students flipped through bounty posters inside the cart and wrote down the bandits they’d dealt with in their notebooks.

They had done so much on this trip that they needed time to organize everything.

“Iron Head Bag? Wasn’t this guy at that fortress last time?”

“I think so. It was definitely that name.”

“Wow! I can’t believe I caught someone like this!”

“Huh? No, it’s not Iron Head Bag. It’s just Bald Bag.”

“…Why does this bastard have the same name and get my hopes up?”

The students thoroughly searched through the bandits they’d each caught to see if there were any worthwhile ones.

If there was even one famous one, it would be bragging material for about a year.

Giselle coughed quietly watching this scene.

However, her friends were absorbed in the bounty posters with powerful concentration they’d never shown before.

“Why is this one nicknamed ‘Steel Teeth’?”

“He probably replaced all his teeth with metal.”

“Then did Senior Gangsulgudu’s ancestor wear metal shoes?”

“Well. I don’t think Professor Thunderstep’s ancestor made thunder sounds when walking…”

“Hey.”

“!”

The White Tiger Tower students were startled by Giselle’s voice.

“What… what is it, Moradi. Did we do something wrong?”

“Anyone sneak out? No? If someone went to buy a polo magazine, come forward quickly. Making others suffer isn’t what a knight should do.”

“…”

Durgyu thought that what they were doing among themselves wasn’t really what knights should do either.

Especially with someone like Senior Catten right beside them, this was disgraceful.

“We’re sorry, Senior.”

“Hmm?”

Catten looked up.

He had been so absorbed in the book he was reading that he hadn’t heard the underclassmen’s conversation at all.

“Were you reading a book?”

“That’s right, junior.”

“If it’s a book that you’re reading, Senior, it must be something amazing…”

Durgyu checked the book. Strangely, the font looked familiar.

‘What’s the title?’

Basic Summoning Magic Theory That Even 1st Years Can Understand

“The Wardanaz family junior wrote this book for me. Isn’t it touching, junior?”

Catten smiled warmly. Durgyu quickly pulled out a book cover. It was the book cover he used to hide the romance novels he usually read.

“Senior, please put this on. It will prevent the book’s cover from getting damaged.”

“Oh. Thank you! Seeing that you have something like this, you must read a lot of books too, junior.”

“Uh… um… S-since Lee Han studies so hard, I end up studying too.”

Durgyu spoke while feeling pangs of conscience.

Meanwhile, Giselle looked at her friends with contemptuous eyes and said.

“You haven’t forgotten why we came out, have you.”

“To subdue bandits…”

“…Weren’t we supposed to catch evil worshippers?”

“…”

When Giselle’s gaze became as cold as the frozen peaks of the distant snow-covered mountains, her friends finally regained their intelligence.

“Right! We’re going on a commission from the Moradi family!”

“Tell me what the commission was.”

Silence fell. Angrago tried somehow to throw a paper bird out the window to call Lee Han.

“A commission to check the territory’s condition and problems and submit improvement measures.”

“That… that’s right.”

“Actually, I’ve been thinking about it since earlier.”

The other friends jabbed hard at the side of the White Tiger Tower student who was making excuses.

What if she actually asked about it after telling such lies!

Clatter-

The front window opened and Lee Han suddenly stuck his head out. In his hand was a paper bird sent by Angrago.

“By the way, I’ve newly planned zones to prevent the knights staying in Moradi family territory from sneaking out at night. I got inspiration from watching the routes you upperclassmen take when wandering around at night.”

“…Do you even sleep??”

The frustrated White Tiger Tower students criticized Lee Han.

When did he even prepare and bring that?

At his friends’ criticism, Lee Han shrugged his shoulders and closed the carriage window again.

Then he said to Ibinta.

“I don’t understand what everyone’s doing without preparing things like this in advance.”

“…”

Ibinta thought to himself.

Certainly, a similar type of madness seemed to flow through the Wardanaz family!

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Jicklin, Giselle’s sister and the genius knight that the Moradi family was proud of, was patrolling the area with the northern knights.

If there was a difference from usual, this time they were going to welcome guests coming from Einrogard.

“Magnificent, Lady Moradi! Seeing your beautiful sword energy makes me think I too must devote myself even more to training.”

The knight of the Dulark family exclaimed in admiration.

Just now, Jicklin had split apart a giant grendel charging down the snowy mountain slope in a single strike.

This giant man-eating monster, known to have giant blood mixed in, was a threatening monster that even knights wouldn’t dare fight one-on-one.

Yet to instantly kill an enemy with pure sword power without any mage support or item usage.

“Is that so?”

The elf knight with long hair tied back, unlike her sister, looked seriously at the knight of the Dulark family and asked.

“Yes!”

“Since when?”

“Pardon?”

The knight of the Dulark family was flustered, but Jicklin didn’t stop staring.

Since when would he devote himself to training?

“Fr… from now?”

“Is that so. Begin.”

“Pardon??”

The knight looked around at the others, not knowing what to do. He wondered if Jicklin was teasing him.

However, the other knights shook their heads as if feeling sorry for him.

‘That’s why you shouldn’t speak carelessly in front of Lady Moradi.’

‘She’s someone who absolutely doesn’t understand jokes.’

In front of Jicklin, one had to be careful with every single word.

Carelessly getting enchanted by the beautiful snowy mountain scenery and saying you’d like to climb it once?

Then you absolutely had to climb it.

Getting angry at the crimes on a wanted poster and saying you’d definitely catch them?

Then you definitely had to catch them.

Otherwise, every time you met, you’d hear questions like ‘Did you climb it?’ ‘Did you catch them?’

That knight from the Dulark family had unfortunately either not heard the rumors or taken them lightly.

“…Hup! Hah! Hat! Huk…”

As the price, the knight of the Dulark family suddenly found himself doing sword-swinging training while following behind his comrades.

Fortunately, there was no one around the desolate snowy mountains.

“Ahem, ahem. Lady Moradi.”

Perhaps because the whooshing sound of sword swinging from behind was awkward, the other knights cleared their throats and changed the subject.

“More importantly, we were surprised to hear news of the Einrogard mages. As expected, the Family Head had it all planned out.”

When the current head of the Moradi family, Jideuph Moradi, invited Einrogard students under the pretext of a commission, the territory’s knights had been confused.

To go so far as to commission magic school students just to hear about territory investigations and improvement plans. And second-year students at that.

Since the Family Head was renowned as an efficiency and rationalist, gossips offered various speculations.

It was because of relations with the Wardanaz family, it was because of Lord Gonadaltes’ threats, and so on.

In that situation, news came that Einrogard students were coming up while subjugating various bandit groups.

Only then did the knights realize.

This was exactly what the Family Head had been aiming for!

Originally, the mages wouldn’t have come to the territory. Weren’t they notoriously difficult people?

And what about Lord Gonadaltes? He would have spouted all sorts of complaints and interference.

But thanks to the Family Head’s appropriate commission, the students could come like this without any interference, and thanks to that, the Moradi family could organize the recent chaos with the mages’ help…

“No. The Family Head truly wants to hear Wardanaz’s advice.”

Jicklin answered with a decisive cut.

Father truly wanted to hear advice from her sister’s friend.

How could he train the knights even more brutally?

“…”

“…”

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