Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 1216

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Chapter 1216

‘Has my magic improved in the meantime?’

A mage’s skill could grow even in moments when they weren’t conscious of it.

And most of Einroguard’s professors were powerful mages.

Such powerful mages, who had nowhere higher to go except the realm of archmages, couldn’t easily grow stronger through ordinary training or research.

The speed of growth became very gradual.

Therefore, it was more common to break through blocked parts and ascend through certain experiences or realizations…

‘I have been suffering a lot mentally lately.’

In Professor Kirmin’s mind, his friend, junior, and disciple quickly flashed by.

This semester had truly been a cruel semester filled with all sorts of incidents. Moreover, not one of those three above listened to what he said.

If blocked magic had unconsciously been released due to such mental suffering, it made sense.

It meant there was still a little order left in the world.

Kill them! I’ll kill them all! My domain! My palace! My slaves!

You wail so much about your domain burning? It means you never had the qualifications to possess a domain in the first place.

“!”

The Yachaowang’s powerful provocation wasn’t very surprising anymore, but the other thing was definitely surprising.

‘The domain is burning?’

“There was a separate unit!”

The Einroguard professors belatedly realized the Yachaowang’s strategy.

No wonder he seemed to be acting too leisurely – there was a separate unit moving independently.

‘Wait. Then who is leading the separate unit?’

A question arose in Professor Kirmin’s mind.

Who could be a mage capable of leading a separate unit in place of the Yachaowang?

* * *

Hierdan firmly grasped the reins of the yacha forces with carrot and stick.

-Lord Hierdan. We have destroyed the Bloodmist Grave Basin.

“Excellent. As expected, the yachas of Great Iron Mountain are the most outstanding.”

-Thank you! We too are honored to receive command from the great archmage!

Carrots for the simple yachas.

-Th-there were casualties, but we occupied the Tower of Heart Thirst…

“You yachas of Seventh Gold Mountain, return to your original location. Beings like you don’t even qualify to receive commands.”

-…Please give us just one more chance! We swear on our true names to achieve revenge!

Sticks for the arrogant yachas.

Though not much time had passed, the yachas without exception deeply submitted to Hierdan.

-We seem to have destroyed all the places where the evil deity’s power was strong. Do you think he noticed?

“He’ll notice soon. But it doesn’t matter.”

Hierdan drew a short symbol toward the air. Then a spatial door opened and objects poured out from a subspace storage.

They were Sainguiros Sect evil worshippers captured alive in the Empire.

“Make these evil worshippers drink the potion.”

-???

-Understood!

The yachas were confused by the incomprehensible order but followed it anyway.

‘Is he trying to make them into arrow fodder for battle? But even so, the originals are weak so they won’t be of much use.’

‘Maybe he’s trying to offer them as sacrifices.’

The evil worshippers were forced to drink the potion, but nothing happened.

Their quiet state confused not only the yachas but even the evil worshippers themselves.

What on earth?

Hierdan ignored the gazes and stood before the captured evil worshippers, then spoke.

“Try begging Seinguiros to save you.”

“How dare…! Our master will punish you with tremendous power that a mere mage like you cannot even imagine!”

“Good job. Continue.”

“A blood curse shall befall you!”

“Continue. What are you doing?”

Hierdan called the yachas.

The yachas who had been watching blankly asked back in confusion.

-Y-yes?

“I’m telling you to stimulate them so they keep begging.”

Hierdan stepped back a few paces, thinking he had shown enough.

It felt like he meant ‘now try doing what you’ve seen and learned.’

The yachas were bewildered but moved anyway.

-Y-your Seinguiros is like a bug before the wisdom wielded by our king!

“You lowly vermin monsters! The Regent will never forgive beings like you!”

Fortunately, the evil worshippers jumped up and down even at trivial provocations, displaying their faith.

The yachas who had been confused at first also gradually gained momentum.

-Kruaang! I’ll chew Seinguiros alive and eat his flesh!

“???”

“Wait.”

Hierdan, who had been listening from behind, called the yacha who had just spoken.

The yacha stood before Hierdan feeling somehow intimidated.

“Provoke them in a way they can understand. A god isn’t a sheep raised by a shepherd, so how could a metaphor about chewing alive and eating flesh resonate with them?”

-S-sorry.

“Good that you understand. Do it again.”

The yachas began provoking earnestly again.

Of course, Hierdan didn’t just let things slide. Whenever a yacha made a weak provocation, he immediately called them over and reprimanded them.

If they had received such reprimands initially, they would have rebelled no matter how much loyalty they had to their king, but the yachas who were already groveling to Hierdan couldn’t say a word in protest.

-We’ll keep it in mind. Please forgive us.

-We’ll provoke more earnestly!

The yachas provoked fiercely and zealously as if they had met their racial enemies.

Their fervor was so intense that even the evil worshippers, who had nothing left but madness, were being pushed back.

‘What on earth is the reason for doing this?’

The leader of the yacha forces from Great Iron Mountain could hardly contain his curiosity.

He was doing it because he was told to, but he really couldn’t understand what it meant.

-Um. Lord Hierdan. Why must we torment these weak beings?

Finally, the yacha couldn’t hold back and asked.

His eyes kept watching for signs, worried that Hierdan might become furious and impose punishment.

However, contrary to his worries, Hierdan kindly explained.

“The faith they send is directly connected to the evil deity. That means if we contaminate that faith, we can also deal damage to the evil deity.”

Though Seinguiros, who had awakened his ego, boasted that he no longer needed faith, the power of belief sent by his followers was still connected.

If it were truly unnecessary, he wouldn’t have created such a domain and constructed places in the first place.

Even before coming here, Hierdan had already captured evil worshippers together with the Skeleton Principal and prepared alchemical potions to feed them.

-It’s possible to contaminate faith!?

“You’re interpreting the word contamination too extremely. If it’s hard to understand, you can interpret it as confusion.”

Temporarily amplify the soul power possessed by the followers and confuse their doctrines.

For example, in the case of the Sainguiros Sect, the core doctrine was sacrifice.

‘Offer sacrifices and gain power’ was the core doctrine.

What if we confused sacrifice with prayer here?

The concept of offering prayers and gaining power wasn’t very difficult, so it was easy to cause confusion.

“Ordinary divine beings wouldn’t care even if their doctrines changed. They don’t consciously think about how their power works. But this Seinguiros is different. He’ll experience confusion every time the power within him becomes corrupted.”

-Amazing!

“Normally I wouldn’t have told you, but since the yachas of Great Iron Mountain are the most outstanding, I couldn’t bear to hide it.”

The Yachas Leader looked at Hierdan with a deeply moved expression.

This mage truly had a discerning eye!

-You’ve seen it absolutely correctly!

“Then within the remaining time, you can stimulate the other evil worshippers in the same way, right?”

-…Of, of course!

The Yachas Leader was slightly worried, but couldn’t bring himself to show weakness in front of him, so he shouted boldly for now.

Let’s just do it!

‘I can do it. There’s no way I can’t, right?’

“Then go and do it. I’ll bring out new evil worshippers, so make sure they pray earnestly.”

Checking on the state of the Yachas Leader who was running off with renewed enthusiasm, Hierdan fell into thought.

If the yachas slowed down their work again, he would need another method to stimulate them.

‘I should think about it in advance.’

What method would be good?

* * *

The Evil Deity wailed in pain it had never felt in its entire existence. It lashed out with power in all directions, but this agony would not subside.

In front, all kinds of enemies were driving in chains and shackles while injecting alien sensations, and from afar, an unknown enemy was destroying its domain and corrupting its faith.

It was truly a frustrating battle. It had never once thought that fighting mages would flow in this manner.

It had expected them to face each other head-on, spilling blood while aiming for hearts…

Get out of the way!

Despite the roar, Yachaowang did not move aside. The wounds dripping with blood quickly sealed up, and conversely, a vajra flew toward the Evil Deity.

It wanted to escape this place and kill all the mages, but this was its situation!

With a wail, the Evil Deity concentrated its power. It was thinking of breaking through this encirclement first.

But then time slowed down. The Evil Deity instinctively realized that the time around it had slowed as if someone was pulling it back.

This…!

The enraged Evil Deity tried to find the surrounding magic and restore the flow of time to normal, but the others didn’t just leave it alone.

Yachaowang and the Death Knights quickly rushed in and stabbed attacks into its torso.

Several knights were reverse-summoned by the Evil Deity’s outburst, but it had no effect on the battle situation. The Evil Deity became even more furious.

Graaaaaaah!

In an instant, the Evil Deity’s massive form split into several pieces. It was self-harm that made no sense logically.

When it should be gathering and condensing power, such dispersion was absurd.

Moreover, forcibly splitting like that also damaged its own power. It wasn’t self-harm for nothing.

-What is that thing thinking?

-Is it trying to break through by dispersing? Block it! It’s already weakened and now divided.

The Death Knights were puzzled but moved anyway.

The response wasn’t difficult. They had been hitting and retreating while enduring even when the main body was rampaging. Split and weakened projections were even less of a concern.

-It’s also going toward the professors!

-It doesn’t matter. Anyway…

The knight who was about to say that Professor Boladi would handle it well anyway hesitated.

Something about the atmosphere was strange.

‘The professor is being pushed back?!’

The battle between the projection and Professor Boladi was clearly one where the professor was on the defensive.

Instead of the sharp movements he usually showed, he was being pushed back while barely defending, which greatly surprised the knights.

They wondered if he was setting a trap to lure the enemy, but it didn’t seem like that either.

What on earth?

-That thing must have pulled some trick. Support him! If Professor Bagrek is pushed back, Kim Professor will also be in danger. Send word to His Majesty too!

The Death Knights sent a signal to Yachaowang, who was holding down one of the Evil Deity’s projections and happily pummeling it with golden fists.

-Your Majesty! Please help the professors!

However, Yachaowang did not respond. Instead, he grabbed the projection he had been beating and squeezed it as if crushing it.

At this sight, the Death Knights became greatly enraged.

‘That yachas bastard!’

They had always found him suspicious, and now it seemed he was finally showing his true colors.

-Your Majesty! Do not ignore us!

Everything is prepared, so don’t interfere. Right now, I need to cut off this projection’s lifeline.

-What preparation…?!

Kwarrrung!

With lightning, as the projection on the professors’ side shook greatly, the knights belatedly remembered that there was a student here.

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