Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1176
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Chapter 1176
Despite the cold reaction, the Descendant of Ahrak remained unshaken.
Dark mages who had lived for over a hundred years were fundamentally shameless.
“Why are you saying it won’t work without even trying to learn it? It might be possible, right?”
“Krrrrrk (Don’t act friendly with me, it’s embarrassing).”
“Let’s just take out more of the money we’ve saved up and bribe them. We’ll donate to Einroguard’s Dark Magic School too.”
The Obsidian Tower’s proposal had a sharp edge to it. Lee Han hesitated without realizing it.
It would be one thing if they were only giving it to him, but when they said they’d donate to Einroguard’s Dark Magic School, his heart wavered.
Suddenly, Senior Di Mo’s delighted face flickered before his eyes…
“You young fool, do you even know what family background that kid has? He’s from the Wardanaz Family. Do you think he’d be swayed by a little bribe?”
“Prejudice is not good.”
Lee Han muttered, but the dark mages were already too busy arguing among themselves to hear him at all.
“And donate to Einroguard’s Dark Magic School? Young fool, would you grant favors if someone donated to the Obsidian Tower out of gratitude?”
“…My thinking was shallow. I’ll admit it.”
The Obsidian Tower mage had no choice but to admit this was a slip of the tongue.
Where would you find an idiot who’d listen just because you donated to their school?
“Anyway, don’t say it won’t work without even trying to learn! Your thoughts might change once you learn it!”
“Hmm. I would like to try learning 【Ahrak’s Eye】 though.”
Lee Han spoke casually.
A semi-permanent surveillance entity summoning spell.
It seemed like it would be useful mainly for monitoring White Tiger Tower students, Blue Dragon Tower students, or Black Turtle Tower students.
“Krrrrrrk (It’s not magic you can learn that easily)…”
The undead answered as if dumbfounded.
Just because that hundred-year-old dark mage spoke casually making it sound easy, it was fundamentally black magic that started at the 5th circle.
It even contained quite a lot of elements from the summoning magic school. Magic with such complex structures tended to have greatly increased difficulty even within the same circle.
“Why are you crushing the young one’s spirit? Stay quiet.”
The Descendant of Ahrak scolded the undead.
When they needed to somehow entice this young one by any means necessary, why keep throwing cold water from the side?
“Think about it. How much thirst would that young one feel when he hears about the magic?”
Whether the magic could be learned or not wasn’t important. What mattered was creating thirst.
Thirst for knowledge!
It could be called the most fatal and sharp poison for mages.
How many mages had destroyed themselves because of that thirst?
“Krrk (Indeed)!”
“Certainly an understandable method…”
After the consultation ended, the old dark mage called Lee Han with a benevolent face.
“You’re curious about Ahrak’s Eye?”
“But if it’s difficult, I’m fine with…”
“No, no! If you’re curious, you must learn. Don’t you know it’s a sin for a mage to suppress curiosity, young one?”
“Well, I can’t learn every magic I see while walking around. I have to meet the Demon Hag soon too.”
“…”
The Descendant of Ahrak cursed dozens of times internally before opening his mouth.
“…This magic is inspired by ancient black magic.”
Ancient black magic.
It was always a heart-fluttering magical term for dark mages to hear.
But in reality, it wasn’t such a purely good term.
Ancient black magic wasn’t separated as cleanly as the current Empire’s magic system, so there was much to learn and much to prepare for magic casting.
“The Black Imperial Coffin, though a young one like you wouldn’t know…”
“I know it.”
“…You know it?”
The Descendant of Ahrak hesitated.
The Black Imperial Coffin wasn’t simply magic for creating sealing coffins, but magic for controlling artificially created demigods.
Naturally, few mages knew of its existence. Even more so for a mere 2nd year Einroguard student.
“You must have seen all sorts of strange books in the library. But young one, what you saw in books would be the shallowest and easiest parts of the Black Imperial Coffin. This Black Imperial Coffin magic is…”
“I helped with the summoning from the side.”
Lee Han replied indifferently.
Recalling memories with the Insane Doppelganger made it hard to answer favorably.
Especially with Professor Boladi having fled like Gainando…
“What?!?!?”
Of course, the Descendant of Ahrak had no interest in the nearby mage’s sorrow.
More important was that he had helped with Black Imperial Coffin summoning from the side.
The statement that a magic school student had helped with ancient black magic from the side was shocking enough to make even an old dark mage who had been through countless trials faint.
“Just what kind of guy… Don’t tell me it was Gonadaltes?!”
Only one name came to mind. The Descendant of Ahrak asked with a trembling voice.
“Uh… well, strictly speaking, that’s correct.”
‘Crazy bastard!’
The descendant could only be horrified.
And yet Empire people thought the Descendant of Ahrak was evil.
The truly evil mage was at Einroguard!
‘I knew he treated his disciples harshly, but this is really… isn’t this too much?’
No matter how harshly you treat them, there should be limits, but to have a 2nd year help with Black Imperial Coffin summoning magic from the side.
Facing true madness, the Descendant of Ahrak suddenly came to his senses as if doused with cold water.
“But, still… you must have only played a simple role. No matter what, Gonadaltes wouldn’t… this isn’t the Dark Ages… right?”
“I did only play a simple role.”
“Phew.”
Only then could the old dark mage breathe a sigh of relief. The undead watching from the side also barely exhaled.
‘I really thought he was insane!’
“The story went off in another direction. Anyway, 【Ahrak’s Eye】 starts from a similar principle as the Black Imperial Coffin. Though it’s an embarrassing level compared to demigods… you create Ahrak’s eye of black magic that doesn’t exist in reality within dark elements, then summon it.”
For mages, the continent of reality represented by the material realm was always a place full of constraints and norms.
This didn’t mean the Empire’s laws. It meant the rules of nature.
Why does the ground pull objects down, and why can’t people pass through solid walls?
If mages could manipulate such rules as they wished, they could do much more.
One of the attempts born from such thinking was precisely this kind of workaround.
Instead of creating in reality, if you created within a pure mass of elements and then summoned it, you could implement the desired magic while avoiding natural rules.
“Ah, I understand!”
“Having helped with the Black Imperial Coffin, your understanding is quick. Yes. This is such magic. Do you understand well what kind of magic this is?”
“I don’t understand what kind of magic it is, but I understand how to cast the magic.”
Lee Han corrected the other’s misunderstanding.
At first, he had no idea what method was used for casting, but hearing about the Black Imperial Coffin allowed him to see the magic’s structure separately.
Several magical formulas used in Black Imperial Coffin summoning were placed throughout.
“…”
“…”
Of course, to the dark mages, this was an extraordinary and bizarre statement.
He understood how to cast 【Ahrak’s Eye】 when they hadn’t even started explaining?
“Young one. Don’t bluff. This isn’t that kind of magic.”
“Anyway, I don’t think you need to explain further. Can I pick one of the other magics to ask about? There was something useful…”
“…This young one really!”
Lee Han’s attitude made the Descendant of Ahrak even more indignant.
If caught, he should say ‘I was wrong,’ so where does such a shameless reaction come from?
“Then try casting it once! If you young one can cast it, I’ll crawl around this castle on all fours!”
At the other person’s words, Lee Han suddenly thought.
‘Why do mages always make bets about crawling around on all fours?’
They could just ask him to try it once, but he couldn’t understand why they always had to make bets about crawling on all fours afterward.
Did they actually want to crawl on all fours?
“Understood. I’ll try preparing it once.”
“Hmph!”
And 10 minutes later.
“Oh. It seems to be working. This is correct, right?”
“…”
“…”
The dark mages couldn’t say anything and just blinked their eyes.
In response, the 【Eye of Ahrak】 floating in the air also slowly blinked. Seeing it react, it was definitely summoned properly.
‘…Right. This brat, he wasn’t an ordinary genius…!’
He had forgotten due to acting emotionally, but the brat before him was definitely a mad genius taking courses in not just the Black Magic Department but various other schools as well.
If Professor Mortum had bragged just a little less, he would have remembered such useful information well…
He had bragged about so many useless things that he couldn’t recall the truly important information.
‘I was only thinking about him making contact with the Demon Hag, so I didn’t pay deep attention to his actual abilities. What a ridiculous situation this is.’
‘Even so, to summon this on the spot? Did he really just help the Black Emperor?’
“The eye…”
“The eye?”
“It’s a bit cloudy.”
The Descendant of Ahrak shamelessly found fault.
It was a desperate attempt to find fault somehow to avoid crawling on all fours.
“Kruk (No it’s not).”
“Sorry, but it’s close to perfect.”
“…Fine, you damn bastards. I get it! Are you satisfied!”
The Descendant of Ahrak got furious at the words of the dark mages who were no help at all.
* * *
Like most mages who went outside, the Descendants of Ahrak also periodically contacted their comrades.
Found traces of the Demon Hag
Very high possibility of northern blockade (Family Head almost came over)
…Like this.
Of course, this wasn’t the only message sent. There was a follow-up message too.
Found traces of the Demon Hag
Einrogard mage made contact (northern situation concluded)
“The situation concluded?!”
“It’s more amazing that an Einrogard mage succeeded in making contact. What a remarkable friend. Could we possibly add him as a new descendant?”
“No matter how bored we are with our composition remaining unchanged for so long, we can’t just casually add new descendants like that.”
The Descendants of Ahrak sitting around the round table conversed while wearing robes and masks pulled down low.
Even though they couldn’t see each other’s faces anyway, there was no problem at all in identifying each other.
While the other descendants were surprised, messages continued to arrive.
To ask questions to the Demon Hag, formally inquire with Einrogard’s Black Magic Department…
“No way!”
“Are we supposed to listen to that Mortum bastard showing off again?”
…Fortunately, inquire with his disciple Diret, not Mortum
“Phew!”
“At least that’s a relief. We need to decide what questions to ask the Demon Hag first.”
And then a little while later.
Einrogard mage learned 【Eye of Ahrak】 on the spot (we had no intention of teaching all our magic)
Really didn’t teach him properly, but he learned it after hearing just a few words
“…”
“…Wh-what the hell is this guy?”
Even the composed descendants were surprised enough for their expressions to change.
He just learned that on the spot?
No matter how talented someone is, that’s really…!
“What’s important now isn’t how he learned it. It’s how we’ll respond.”
“That’s right. If he learned 【Eye of Ahrak】 so easily, doesn’t he have a connection with us? Inviting him once wouldn’t be bad. Even if we can’t make him join immediately.”
“Were Second and Third the ones currently in the north?”
“That’s right.”
“Aren’t they the worst personalities for inviting someone?? We should send someone else.”
“The others don’t have good personalities for inviting either…”
Meanwhile, another message arrived.
Good news
Those Oondorgu’s Legion bastards also had their 【Living Wall】 magic stolen immediately
“…”
“See, I told you we should have sent different guys.”
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