Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 127

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Chapter 127

Why… won’t you open the door for me…? Why…?

When the students didn’t respond, the voice became even more dramatic.

The Blue Dragon Tower students flared up and retorted.

“Enough already!”

“Why are you really doing this?!”

Such quick-witted little ones…

The Skeleton Principal expressed his regret in a wistful voice. The students guarding the door gritted their teeth.

This is really going too far!

They didn’t even want to imagine what would have happened if they had trusted the Skeleton Principal’s authority and opened the door.

“If you’re going to give us a quiz, just give it to us! Why are you interfering like this!”

What are you talking about?

They confronted the Skeleton Principal, but his reaction was different from what the students expected.

Huh?

I wasn’t trying to interfere with your quiz studying?

This IS the test?

“…”

“…”

The students glared at the invisible Skeleton Principal outside the door.

How can he call that…!

“Indeed. After all, solving problems in a lecture hall isn’t the only form of testing…”

Lee Han nodded as if he understood.

He had wondered why the Skeleton Principal chose such a bothersome method to prevent them from studying for the quiz, but if this itself was the quiz, it made sense.

Of course, one could ask what this had to do with 【Basic Magic Character Education】, but that wasn’t important.

After all, this was a lecture that sent students to trap-filled islands as assignments, so what was so surprising about this…

“Wardanaz?! You can’t just accept it!”

“Don’t fall for such ridiculous sophistry!”

“I didn’t fall for it… Principal!”

Lee Han called out to the Skeleton Principal.

That annoying voice must be Wardanaz. Why are you calling me?

“We have other quizzes tomorrow too. Is it really okay for you to do this?”

Yes! Because my lecture is more important than other professors’ lectures!

‘I made a mistake. He’s crazier than I thought.’

Bringing up other professors’ names was a failure. The Skeleton Principal was crazier than he had thought.

But you don’t need to worry too much!

“?”

Because the other dormitories are experiencing the same thing!

“Oh…!”

“What do you mean ‘oh’! Is this the time to be happy?!”

But even saying that, there was no helping that the faces of several Blue Dragon Tower students brightened up.

Wow! We all can’t study together!

Since you do need to go attend other lectures, I’ll clean up in the morning. If you can make it to morning, that is.

The Skeleton Principal spoke as if doing them a favor.

When the enraged Yoner raised his fist and tried to raise one finger, Lee Han shook his head and stopped him.

‘He might be watching from outside.’

‘Oh right!’

Lee Han inspected the inside of the common room again.

The barricade was still sturdy, probably because it had been reinforced several times.

‘It should hold for another hour or two.’

Just because it was safe for now, Lee Han absolutely did not let his guard down.

Considering the other person’s twisted mind, there was no way they would only attack from the front.

“Sharkan! Check directions other than the common room main door.”

The deep sky-blue panther made a growling sound and headed to the other side of the tower.

How long had it been since he spoke when Sharkan started knocking on the wall. It was a signal that undead were coming.

“Stairway window! Undead are climbing up from the stairway window side!”

“Are you seriously kidding me!!”

The students cursed at that news. When they urgently tried to rush toward the windows, Lee Han stopped them.

“Don’t panic! It’s not that kind of situation yet. I’ll give the orders!”

Originally, in such urgent situations, it was common for people to argue about who was right.

However, in Blue Dragon Tower, no such thing happened at all.

When Lee Han spoke, everyone moved into action in perfect unison.

“Yoner, take two people and handle the window side. Sharkan! Since you’ve checked the windows, now check other directions they could enter from! Gainando. You don’t need to guard the food storage right now, so go to the barricade!”

‘Next time I’ll have to eliminate that guy first.’

The Skeleton Principal, who was detecting each dormitory from inside his workshop, clicked his tongue at the Blue Dragon Tower situation.

That Wardanaz Family boy was too excellent, far too excellent.

Originally, a flock of sheep led by a lion was bound to defeat a pride of lions led by a sheep.

Since he wasn’t just a lion but more like a dragon leading them, the weaknesses disappeared in an instant.

When new students entered, there were always one or two guys who could naturally take on leadership roles, but wasn’t this a bit too much?

What a selfish bastard, stealing away all the opportunities for his friends to grow through hardship!

Let’s look at the other towers’ situations.

The Skeleton Principal changed the view of his clairvoyance magic to soothe his irritated mood.

As expected, the other towers were in complete chaos thanks to being ambushed.

Skeleton warriors opened the common room doors and dragged students out…

The Skeleton Principal nodded his head contentedly. Then he sent his voice to the Black Turtle Tower students who were closing the door and holding out.

Blockheads… open the door… I’ve come to help…

* * *

Lee Han learned for the first time today that the tower he was staying in had more vulnerabilities than he had thought.

Starting from the windows by the stairs to the chimney by the fireplace, students screamed at the sight of skeleton warriors crawling in through passages they had never even considered.

‘He’s certainly giving us thorough practical education.’

Normally, the tower’s magic should have driven out these intruders, but the Skeleton Principal had clearly broken through it himself.

Isn’t that cheating?

Grrrrrowl!

Still, the Blue Dragon Tower students were handling the situation relatively well.

Unlike other towers, they had immediately counterattacked when ambushed and then closed the door, which made a big difference.

Thanks to the common room main door being blocked with a barricade, even when one or two enemies came in from other directions, the students had room to deal with them.

Moreover, Sharkan was doing the work of several people.

He would crouch down, then bark and run in a direction, and undead would appear from that direction.

“Flash!”

When Lee Han’s lightning accurately struck down an undead climbing through the window, the Blue Dragon Tower students burst into cheers.

After spending several weeks here, all the students were learning magic one by one, but the magic shown by the Wardanaz Family boy always made them feel it was on a different level.

He had been continuously using magic since earlier but wasn’t getting tired at all.

And he was even controlling a summoned creature separately!

Neblen of the Kirak Family unconsciously let out an exclamation of admiration.

Though Neblen was loyal to the Imperial Princess and believed she was the most outstanding among the students, Wardanaz’s abilities made people tremble with awe every time they saw them.

Being from the Empire’s greatest magical noble family was certainly no empty reputation.

“Really amazing… Ah. I’m sorry, Imperial Princess.”

“?”

When Neblen apologized, the Imperial Princess raised her eyebrows as if puzzled.

“Well… Wardanaz is amazing, but I think you’re more outstanding, Imperial Princess. Mana capacity isn’t everything for a mage! Of course, Wardanaz is quite good at cooking and has popularity, but…”

When cooking was mentioned, the Imperial Princess nodded.

Neblen said in confusion.

“I, I believe that if you were to cook, Imperial Princess, you would surely do it better…”

The Imperial Princess shook her head.

“No? Well, he really is good at cooking…”

“What are you two doing?!”

Gainando, who was struggling to carry chairs, got frustrated and shouted.

Why are you playing around!

“They’re resting to recover mana because they just used magic!”

“Rest while working! You only used up your mana, you still have stamina left!”

“Gainando, in front! Be careful!”

“?”

Gainando, who was carrying chairs, realized that the sound from the common room main door had gotten louder and creaking sounds had been added.

Crash!

Like water droplets splitting rock, the skeleton warriors’ persistent pounding had finally broken through the common room main door and split the barricade.

Skeleton warriors that burst through the gap immediately grabbed Gainando.

“Aaaaah!”

“Gainando!!!”

“Leave him! Gainando is wrong!”

While his friends were saying that, Lee Han drew Dawn Star and charged forward.

The three Skeleton Warriors closest to him were sliced clean through and tumbled to the ground. Lee Han grabbed Gainando’s ankle as he was being dragged away and pulled him back forcefully.

Though a few handfuls of hair were pulled out, Gainando was safely rescued. The Prince shouted with a soul-drained expression.

“Those… those crazy undead bastards! Isn’t the Principal really going too far!?”

“What’s so surprising about it now.”

“Gainando, fall back, and everyone be careful of the entrance! Don’t get close!”

Lee Han warned his friends to be careful, then raised his sword and swung it.

The Skeleton Warriors trying to enter through the gap seemed to sense the mana absorption aura emanating from Dawn Star and didn’t dare come in.

Clatter clatter clatter!

The Skeleton Warriors made a loud racket outside the barricade.

Asan asked in a bewildered voice.

“Why are they suddenly acting like that?”

“Maybe they’re angry because a mage is wielding a mana absorption sword?”

“…!”

Yoner had answered without much thought, but it was surprisingly plausible.

The Skeleton Warriors began smashing the barricade again to widen the gap and charge in all at once.

But this time Lee Han didn’t let them.

“Space Recognition Spell!”

Casting the Spatial Perception Magic once more, Lee Han began firing Water Orbs at the skeletons outside the barricade.

The viciously flying Water Orbs burst through the gaps in the barricade and shattered the ancient bones of the Skeleton Warriors.

‘I’ve stopped this!’

Just as Lee Han was confident of that, a new group appeared in the distance, piercing through the darkness of night.

“No… no way?”

“No! They’re not undead! That’s…”

-Please help us!

What appeared were Phoenix Tower Students.

Seeing Skeleton Warriors swarming behind the students in pursuit, they could understand the situation without asking.

‘Their Common Room was breached so they escaped!’

“Wh… what should we do?”

“Wardanaz. It could be dangerous if we take them in. Considering the undead following behind them, there’s a 90% chance…”

“Let’s take them in.”

“!”

“!!!”

At Lee Han’s immediate response without a moment’s hesitation, the friends who had been saying not to take them in suddenly felt ashamed.

No matter how terrified they were of the undead, to show such behavior.

“Wardanaz… I misspoke. I’ve tarnished my family’s name and dishonored it. I’m sorry!”

“I’ll go out with you to bring them in! Wardanaz! Let’s go together!”

“???”

Lee Han was flustered by the sight of his friends suddenly reflecting on their own.

‘What are these guys talking about?’

Lee Han had only one reason for suggesting they take them in.

Who else could have sent those students here?

The Skeleton Principal was the only culprit.

And given the Skeleton Principal’s personality, if they didn’t take in those students, there was a very high chance he would find fault with them, claiming they had undermined the significance of 【Basic Magic Character Education】.

Even minor faults had to be avoided!

“Th… that’s right. Thank you all for agreeing.”

He hadn’t even had time to persuade them, but it was convenient that they came forward like this on their own. Lee Han nodded.

* * *

The Phoenix Tower blockheads escaped and are running away?

The Skeleton Principal, who had been resting, opened his vision again at the reports his summoned creatures were sending.

The Phoenix Tower students were indeed frantically running away, piercing through the darkness of night.

Normally this would have been a situation to laugh pleasantly about, but…

‘They’re running away to Blue Dragon Tower?’

What bad luck, why of all places are they going to the place that blocks things best right now?

The Skeleton Principal grumbled and sent out a wish.

‘Don’t take them in, don’t take them in, don’t take them in…’

However, Lee Han trampled on the Skeleton Principal’s expectations and came out through the barricade with his friends to run out and rescue the Phoenix Tower students.

The Skeleton Principal burst with frustration and shouted.

That selfish bastard! That selfish bastard!!

The other summoned creatures in the workshop glanced at the Skeleton Principal and bowed their heads.

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