Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1200

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Chapter 1200

‘No. In a situation like this, it’s actually reassuring.’

Come to think of it, this mage criminal’s madness was helpful at times like this.

Mage criminals generally didn’t want to get involved with evil worshippers either. Who would like to quarrel with lunatics?

However, seeing what this Antagondals was saying now, it didn’t seem like he would run away alone when the evil worshippers came.

Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak!

Antagondals’s hamster cried out fiercely. At that sight, Enstair unconsciously frowned.

‘That taste is really peculiar. What’s so good about carrying around such a hamster?’

It wasn’t even a rare beast that could use magic, just an ordinary-looking hamster.

The inner thoughts of archmages were truly difficult to guess.

When his opponent stared intently at him, Lee Han felt uncomfortable and changed the subject.

“Why are those Seinguiros bastards coming?”

“…”

Since he knew the answer, it was a casually thrown question for Lee Han, but for Enstair it was a very difficult question to answer.

“Did you make some deal with them? There’s nothing to hide. It’s not like it’s some big deal.”

“Right, right.”

When his opponent opened the way, Enstair quickly took it.

Of course, Antagondals probably didn’t know how deep the relationship between Enstair and the Sainguiros Sect was.

But there was no need to tell him. If his opponent was misunderstanding, wouldn’t it be advantageous to use it as a mage criminal?

“We should prepare to fight them.”

Lee Han spoke aggressively while gesturing to Enstair.

It meant for him to quickly bring out his golems and prepare for battle too.

Of course, his true feelings were different…

‘I’ll wait and then stab him.’

If the Seinguiros assassins and Enstair fought, Lee Han would just be grateful.

When hateful bastards were destroying each other, why would he stop them? He planned to wait and then attack whoever remained.

But Enstair wasn’t stupid.

“No. I’m getting out of here first. There’s nothing good about crossing hands with lunatics.”

Whatever the purpose of the Seinguiros remnants was, staying here was dangerous.

Boldly entering a mage’s workshop like this would be impossible without something to rely on.

Moreover, these lunatics were difficult to predict conventionally.

Bandits would at least plunder, but these types might just start with self-destruction.

‘Damn.’

Lee Han was disappointed.

He wanted to make the two fight somehow…

-Huh. Wait.

‘?’

-…Did your memory fly away or something? Did you forget what you were doing underground just now?

“…!!”

Only then did Lee Han remember what the situation below was like.

Hadn’t Lee Han been working hard to interfere just moments ago!

‘But is that method really effective?’

The method the hamster had advised was quite weak in effect.

It was like continuously pouring water into a pot with a cracked bottom.

Then there was a possibility that the escape methods underground weren’t properly neutralized either.

-If we had a little more time, it would have been certain, but I can’t be confident.

‘I thought so. I thought it was too weak a method.’

-It’s because you, you greenhorn, can’t even do a proper spatial movement that we had to use this method. Don’t blame others. If only we could buy time until those lunatics come down…

Even if it wasn’t perfectly neutralized, just a certain amount of damage was enough to buy time.

Lee Han and the hamster waited for Enstair’s reaction with slightly anxious hearts.

Click-

“…Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!”

Enstair, who opened the door to the underground, threw away his previously calm demeanor and screamed.

There was no dignity or composure to be found as a mage. The situation underground was that terrible.

Whether dozens of installed spells had backflowed and malfunctioned, creating a synergistic effect, not a single intact object could be seen.

The preciously stored scrolls were nowhere to be seen, not even fragments, and the dimensional gate installed on the wall was connected to some strange dimension, gushing out bizarre slime.

Since the most preciously stored items were in this state, there was no need to mention the others. The hamster squeaked quietly.

-I don’t say this often, but aren’t your methods too vicious?

“…”

Lee Han was so dumbfounded he almost dropped the hamster from his shoulder.

You’re the one who told me to do it!

-You should have sent just enough to break some scrolls, do you have some grudge against the basement?

‘How would I know the appropriate amount? I’ve never done this before!’

“These damned bastards are causing a ruckus because they want to die…”

Enstair’s eyes turned red, emanating murderous intent.

He judged this disaster to be preliminary work by the Seinguiros assassins.

Lee Han quickly agreed.

“Their handiwork is truly vicious!”

“Do they think I didn’t deal with those bastards because I was afraid? I’ll kill them! Vermin that even stray dogs wouldn’t bite, how dare they…”

“We should show them what’s what!”

“All golems, come out!”

Enstair, mad with revenge, brought out all the operational golems. Lee Han praised him and encouraged his opponent.

The hamster looked at Lee Han with lukewarm eyes.

‘This young bastard, now that he’s showing his true colors, he’s really scary…’

He would have done really well as a mage criminal.

* * *

The worshippers of Seinguiros actually hadn’t come for assassination purposes.

As everyone knew, this sect was one that had been destroyed once, currently had many enemies, and the situation wasn’t very good.

They needed to persuade and recruit old remnants, not the time to assassinate with force.

“Ens…”

“Kill them!”

“!”

The worshippers heard the murderous sound along with the operating noise from the golem parts and quickly lowered their bodies.

Whooooom-

The golems immediately shot refined mana beams from artifacts mounted on their arms. It was an attack at the level of being determined to kill immediately upon coming down.

“Enstair, stop! I came in the name of the Regent. The Regent expects your loyalty!”

Instead of answering, Enstair sent additional golems charging.

This combat doll modified for close combat spewed poison fog from its face area and shot powerful force blades from its arms and legs. It was a powerful summoned creature that had taken the lives of many swordsmen and knights.

At the sight of the charging golems, the evil worshippers became enraged. Even an idiot could understand what that meant.

“How dare you?!”

One worshipper’s body turned into blood and immediately disappeared. At that sight, Enstair tensed up.

Having once belonged to the Seinguiros sect, he recognized what that sign meant.

They were sacrificing one person and bringing divine power!

“…Kraaaah!”

From the body of one relatively ordinary-looking worshipper, explosive energy poured out and he transformed into a monster of a form never seen before.

Then he tore apart the approaching golems in one strike. He didn’t care even when poison and force blades hit him.

Enstair’s complexion immediately darkened.

“Antagondals! Help me!”

However, Antagondals didn’t step forward. At that sight, Enstair gritted his teeth.

That mentality of never giving free help to others even if he died was truly that of a mage criminal itself.

“Good… explode!”

One of the golems immediately exploded, blowing away the surroundings.

There might be vibrations or commotion heard outside, but it couldn’t be helped. For now, he had to block first and see.

However, the worshippers didn’t stop. Rather, they charged in with even more fury.

Enstair felt like all the blood in his body was flowing backward at that sight.

Those bastards who had attacked and destroyed the mana core, the heart of the workshop, were being so brazenly defiant.

Enstair would normally have rationally considered escape methods first, but at this point it was do or die. He continued deploying golems and exploding them.

-Can these guys fight this intensely??

The hamster was flustered.

The evil worshippers were half-mad, but Enstair was a mage criminal.

If he kept exploding golems like that here, the aftermath would be impossible to handle.

‘Isn’t this paying the price for worshipping evil gods? The price for obsessing over power without regard for means and methods.’

The hamster inwardly thought it was actually Wardanaz’s instigation that was to blame, not such poetic justice, but didn’t bother saying so.

The war of attrition where neither side stopped ultimately ended in Enstair’s victory.

Fighting in a mage’s workshop, he was bound to have the advantage.

The last remaining worshipper staggered and glared.

“Enstair, don’t think you can survive after rejecting the Regent’s glory. He is watching you!”

“In the names of Prahgal and Kseaksarigol and Gonadaltes, he can go eat shit.”

Enstair, who had lost all remaining affection, shot back coldly.

As the worshipper collapsed with a thud, Enstair also quickly downed a potion. The damage was severe beyond ordinary severe.

Only about 1/5 of the golems remained, the workshop was half-destroyed, and the current commotion would have been heard outside, so he had to abandon any lingering attachment and flee first.

‘Time to strike.’

Lee Han prepared magic with the intention of finishing it in one blow.

Enstair was a strong mage, but he was ultimately a summoning mage who fought in a way that depended on golems.

At this distance, Lee Han had the advantage. Moreover, his opponent was exhausted and off guard.

-That guy’s level is roughly equivalent to a 4th year at Einroguard if we’re comparing. Since he’s tired, we could knock off half a year more.

‘Are you saying it would be difficult for me to win?’

Lee Han was puzzled. The hamster got annoyed.

-No. I’m saying attack right away since you can win! You blockhead!

Lee Han grumbled inwardly at the hamster’s incomprehensible analogy followed by anger.

That’s when it happened.

A huge red pattern rose above the corpses of the fallen worshippers. Enstair’s reaction was much faster than Lee Han’s.

“Sein… Seinguiros!!!”

A pattern he had seen when he was in the order.

Moreover, that pattern appearing over the completely dead bodies was very ominous.

What on earth…

So we meet like this.

A voice came from beyond the pattern.

It wasn’t a voice made by physically using vocal cords. Telepathy composed of hundreds, thousands of layers of meaning was being heard from beyond dimensions.

Enstair, who had never directly contacted an evil deity even when he was in the order, turned pale.

Could it be that the god himself came out directly just because he killed some worshippers?

“That’s impossible! Because of those worthless guys?!”

Lee Han was calmer than Enstair.

Though his career as a mage was much shorter, the scale of what he had experienced was on a different dimension, so he could make cool-headed judgments.

‘…Is it possible for an evil deity to have such self-awareness?’

-!

The hamster looked at Lee Han with surprised eyes.

It was surprisingly an accurate observation!

While even that mage was startled and flustered, this greenest one pointed out the key issue.

-Right. That’s strange. Evil deities aren’t… beings capable of conversation like that.

Being an archmage, the hamster also believed that the source of faith was collective unconsciousness.

It wasn’t that gods existed first, but that the power of mortals created gods.

Therefore, gods were a kind of law and rule without self-awareness.

But how?

-Nothing is impossible. The evil deity might have been corrupted or transformed. I don’t know how that’s possible, but…

The hamster’s voice was weaker than usual.

Unlike other times, it couldn’t be helped since there was no certainty.

A mage with unique hobbies.

Seinguiros said while looking at the hamster.

Why would a mage of that caliber deliberately abandon magic and become such a hamster?

-…

I have a proposal for you mortals. Stop pursuing my followers any further.

At those words, Lee Han and the hamster simultaneously cast incredulous looks.

An evil deity making such a flimsy proposal?

-Seeing him show such weakness, he must be quite desperate. Never accept it.

Wrong. I’m saying that even if you catch and kill my followers, nothing will change. Do you think my existence will disappear if you suppress the order? I already possess reality. Such shabby organizations mean nothing now.

“I’m curious if you could say the same thing even if a bishop-level figure from the order died.”

Lee Han spoke without wavering.

Of course, even if the order was completely destroyed again from the roots, the evil deity could endure.

But there absolutely wouldn’t be no impact like that.

A bishop? Hahaha… Among my followers, there aren’t even any who reach bishop level! They’re all pathetic scraps without exception.

Lee Han and the hamster’s eyes wavered.

Until now, they had thought that a strong figure of bishop level had revived the order under a meticulous plan.

But that wasn’t it either.

All of that was just the rampage of crazy remnants who didn’t think ahead?

If you want to chase and kill those vermin, do as you please. I already have sufficient existence, so I don’t care.

Lee Han’s expression became serious.

If those words weren’t bluster, there was a major problem with the plan.

Even if they suppressed the order, wouldn’t the evil deity remain with its power intact?

Even worse was the fact that it even had self-awareness.

-Let him go. There’s no way to catch him right now anyway.

‘Even if I steal and use another evil deity’s authority, I can’t inflict damage?’

-That’s just transmitting voice, so attacking is difficult… wait, wait. What did you say?

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