Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 150
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Chapter 150
“I see.”
“?!”
One of the White Tiger Tower students was shocked by Lee Han’s expressionless reaction.
Shouldn’t he normally be more surprised?
“Isn’t that surprising?”
“Not really.”
Lee Han said coldly.
In fact, that level would probably be among the relatively easy ones among the hidden treasures.
A pile of blazing firewood.
Even from outside, it was easy to tell how dangerous it was.
The truly dangerous things were traps whose danger couldn’t be known until arriving in front of the treasure chest.
Lee Han still hadn’t forgotten how the Skeleton Principal had made them cross the lake and then dug traps under the sandy beach.
“Tutanta.”
“Wardanaz.”
Lee Han greeted the muscular, short dwarf—no, elf.
It seemed Salko and his gang were also targeting that treasure chest.
The White Tiger Tower students also crossed their arms and glared as if they wouldn’t back down quietly.
It was still undecided who would take it. A tense atmosphere could be felt.
‘Are there no Blue Dragon Tower students?’
Neblen of the Kirak family, one of the Imperial Princess’s followers, was visible.
Lee Han asked Neblen.
“Where did our tower kids go?”
“They left saying it would be better to find something else rather than get caught up in that mess…”
“What about you?”
“I was thinking if there might be a way to offer it to Her Imperial Highness.”
‘These Imperial Family guys live way too easy lives.’
Feeling mischievous, Lee Han said seriously.
“Neblen. The Imperial Princess wouldn’t want you to offer her that either. Why? Because treasures only have value when obtained through one’s own power.”
“Is… is that so?”
Among the Blue Dragon Tower students, there weren’t many who could withstand Lee Han speaking seriously.
Moreover, since Lee Han, who was closest to the Imperial Princess among the students, was saying this, Neblen was swayed and tempted.
“Look at Gainando. Gainando tries to obtain everything through his own power.”
“But Prince Gainando never had anyone give him anything in the first place…?”
“The dignity of the Imperial Family isn’t completed simply by inherited blood. It’s completed by one’s own conduct. Now, Neblen. Do you truly respect the Imperial Princess?”
“That… that’s right… you’re correct.”
“Right. Don’t offer anything, just live your own life.”
As Neblen left with an impressed expression, someone began to applaud.
Salko and his gang were clapping with very impressed expressions.
“…Don’t do that.”
“Why? The other guys should hear it too…”
If left alone, Salko seemed like he would grab passing customers and say ‘Hey, Wardanaz is going to give you guys an amazing speech’ and drag them over.
Lee Han quickly changed the subject.
“So that pile of logs… did you try to put out the fire?”
“Wardanaz. Aren’t you looking down on us too much?”
One White Tiger Tower student grumbled.
Since it had been a month since entering the magic school, everyone could use magic to some degree.
Of course, they couldn’t match that guy Wardanaz who had grasped the secrets of ancient magic before enrollment and mastered all sorts of evil arcane knowledge…
“Of course we tried. Look.”
One White Tiger Tower student summoned water.
A fist-sized water mass was poured over the pile of logs and evaporated immediately.
Salko also nodded.
“I tried with soil too.”
Salko, befitting his stonemason background, was already famous for earth elemental magic.
If even Salko had tried fire suppression with earth and failed, it had to be a fire that was difficult to extinguish.
“You failed too? It must be a fire with tricky magic cast on it.”
“Hey…”
The White Tiger Tower student was furious.
You ignore my attempt but believe it when that elf tries?!
‘How many spells are cast on this thing?’
Lee Han paid no attention and approached the pile of logs.
He could feel the complex flow of mana intertwined within the blazing flames.
‘First, they would have cast magic to prevent the flames from being extinguished…’
“Move!”
Lee Han swung his staff.
As expected, there were defenses against taking it with magic too, as the spell itself wouldn’t take hold.
“It seems we need to go in directly.”
“…”
“As expected…”
At Lee Han’s words, the other tower students sighed as if they had been prepared for this.
In fact, they had somewhat sensed it even before Lee Han arrived.
-This… don’t we have to go in directly and bring it out?
Flames that wouldn’t extinguish and a treasure chest that wouldn’t move.
That could only mean one thing.
Go in and bring it out directly!
“Isn’t this basically telling us to burn to death?”
“Just because he’s undead, this is really too much.”
Looking at the murmuring students, Lee Han opened his mouth.
“I did learn magic that grants fire resistance.”
“I see…”
Salko nodded with an expressionless face. One of Salko’s gang members beside him asked in a surprised voice.
“Salko. Did you know? Aren’t you surprised by that?”
“I was being surprised just now.”
“I, I see.”
At Lee Han’s words, the White Tiger Tower students put their heads together and talked among themselves.
-Wardanaz says he knows how to cast fire resistance…
-Who wants to go in?
-Even so, isn’t it a bit dangerous?
-Wardanaz isn’t the type to lie about magic-related things. We can’t let the Black Turtle Tower guys go in first.
-Fine. I’ll go in.
One of Salko’s gang members tilted his head after hearing the conversation.
‘White Tiger Tower guys. Can’t any of them already feel something’s off about Wardanaz knowing fire resistance magic?’
As far as he knew, the difficulty of fire resistance magic jumped to another level when casting it on others rather than oneself.
It wasn’t magic that a new student should be able to say ‘I know how to do it’ so calmly about.
“Wardanaz! We’re ready. Cast the magic!”
“But you guys, can you really trust me and go into the flames?”
Lee Han asked as if puzzled.
The White Tiger Tower students fell silent and looked at each other.
“…We don’t trust your character, but we trust your magic. Wardanaz.”
“That’s pretty fearless talk for someone about to receive fire resistance magic from me.”
The White Tiger Tower students’ attitude suddenly became much more polite.
“No… Wardanaz… why are you being like this…”
“I’m joking. Wait a moment.”
Before casting magic on the White Tiger Tower students, Lee Han summoned water masses to try to reduce the flames on the pile of logs even a little.
“Spring forth!”
No matter how powerful a magic spell was, if it continued to be attacked, that magic’s power would naturally diminish.
A massive water mass incomparably different from what the other students had summoned earlier erupted from the air.
‘This much water when there isn’t a drop of water around…?!’
The other tower students looked at Lee Han’s magic with awe-filled gazes.
It was easy to forget since they always saw him beating people with water orbs, but the boy before them wasn’t simply skilled only in magical combat.
A masterpiece raised by the Wardanaz Family that explores the mysteries of all magic!
Splash! Splash! Splash!
Lee Han summoned water mass after water mass and threw them onto the flames.
Then the flames on the pile of logs just went out.
‘Huh?’
“…”
“…???”
“!”
The first to regain his senses was Lee Han.
Thud!
Lee Han quickly leaped onto the pile of firewood, grabbed the treasure chest, and ran off in the opposite direction.
It was such amazing speed that even the White Tiger Tower students from knight families reacted a step too late.
“Hey!! Hey!!! Wardanaz, you bastard!”
“Come back! Let’s talk about this calmly!!”
Salko, who had been watching Lee Han’s disappearing figure with his arms crossed, spoke to his gang members who were standing there with their mouths agape.
“See? I told you so. Never make deals with Wardanaz alone.”
“I… I understand, Salko.”
* * *
Lee Han enhanced his body with 【Gonadaltes’ Nimble Steps】 and disrupted his pursuers’ vision with 【Pahait’s Lesser Illusion】, then quickly shook them off.
‘They’re gone.’
After confirming there were no pursuers, Lee Han walked with a satisfied expression, carrying the chest under his arm.
“Professor Garcia!”
When Lee Han spotted the troll professor walking ahead, he already felt his heart becoming warm and cozy.
It was a sense of security that no other professor at this magic school could provide.
“Student Lee Han?”
“Hello.”
“That treasure chest… isn’t that the chest the Principal enchanted? You managed to get it out.”
Professor Garcia roughly guessed what magic had been cast on it just by looking at the treasure chest’s appearance.
Unextinguishable fire, control spell prevention, and so on – it was a crystallization of obsession designed to torment new students somehow.
“I put out the fire and brought it.”
“?!”
“But Professor, there’s something I’d like to consult you about.”
“No… that’s… how did you… Yes. I understand.”
She was really curious about how he had obtained the treasure chest, but the boy before her wasn’t usually a student who asked for help.
If such a student had something to consult about, it must be a very important matter.
“Let’s hear what you have to say. Come, sit down.”
* * *
“…So Professor Bibble Verdus keeps saying I have no talent for enchantment magic, but from my perspective, I think I could learn it reasonably well, so I’m troubled. If that’s the case, I’d like to seriously study enchantment magic… I came to see you because I wanted to hear Professor Garcia’s advice.”
“…”
Professor Garcia brought her fist down under the table.
And she gripped a stone in her fist.
Crack!
The stone turned to powder.
“Don’t listen too seriously to what Professor Verdus, that bas… that person says.”
“Did you just say brat?”
“Professor Verdus is truly an excellent mage, but he’s rather indifferent when it comes to student education and their level.”
“I thought so.”
Lee Han had already sensed this.
That’s why he had asked Professor Garcia about it.
Actually, it wasn’t very surprising.
Professor Garcia cleared his throat awkwardly, seemingly embarrassed that he had ended up acknowledging the poor education quality of the magic school in front of his disciple.
“Student Lee Han.”
“Yes.”
“Student Lee Han has talent in Enchantment Magic.”
“!”
“Just saying you have talent would be an understatement – at that level, you’re a genius. Enchantment Magic suits you. You should do it.”
【Azirmo Summoning Enchantment】.
Magic to Engrave Dragon Illusion of Light into Paper.
【Lesser Fire Resistance】.
Magic to Project Fire Element Resistance to Another World.
This wasn’t magic that a first-year who had just started learning Enchantment Magic could master.
‘Perhaps student Lee Han’s unique mana capacity is the best match for Enchantment Magic…’
His tremendous mana capacity caused frequent destruction and failures during Enchantment Magic, but considering that, it became a powerful advantage.
He could attempt endlessly, almost infinitely.
Effects that would normally require other methods to implement could just be solved with mana capacity.
Even if there were errors in magic circle structure or circulation causing insufficient total mana, there was no need to worry.
Looking at them all, they were each powerful advantages.
These advantages combined with Lee Han’s outstanding magical talent must have produced such results in Enchantment Magic.
“Thank you, Professor Garcia. Thanks to you, I’ve made up my mind. I’ll work hard to learn Enchantment Magic.”
When Professor Garcia said that much, Lee Han decided to learn Enchantment Magic as well.
Originally, he had high interest since it was the most profitable field of study. Having heard such words, there was no reason not to learn it.
‘The professor is a bit strange, but all the professors at this magic school are strange anyway. If other upperclassmen endured it, I can certainly do it too.’
“Uh…”
When Lee Han said that, Professor Garcia suddenly snapped to attention.
How many magic subjects was student Lee Han planning to specialize in right now?
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