Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 158

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Chapter 158

“Sigh…”

Lee Han let out a sigh.

Then he spoke with a serious expression.

“I can’t tell you the details about that.”

“…”

Professor Thunderstep cursed his disciple inwardly.

‘What is this bastard saying with such a serious face…’

If it had been another student, for example someone like Gainando, he would have yelled ‘Stop talking nonsense and prepare for your exams!’

But Professor Thunderstep didn’t do that to Lee Han.

The disciple before him was too diligent to scold, and he had too many responsibilities on his shoulders.

“Fine. Just drink this.”

If the barley potion wouldn’t solve it, there were grape potion and rice potion.

Professor Thunderstep pulled out grape ju-, no, grape potion and rice potion from under the table and placed them in front of Lee Han.

Lee Han shook his head.

“It’s dangerous if I get drunk.”

‘Is this bastard really a new student?’

To refuse alco… no, potion during such a festive celebration.

It was truly steel-like patience.

“If you need to break through where they’re ambushing… you’ll need to increase your accomplices.”

“Hmm.”

Lee Han listened to Professor Thunderstep’s words and thought about it.

Lee Han wasn’t the only one holding an outing pass. Looking at the current trend, it wouldn’t be strange if other tower students also had at least three or four people each coming out.

What if he formed formations with them and prepared for attacks to break through the traps?

‘Hmm. They won’t listen to me.’

While Blue Dragon Tower or Phoenix Tower students might be one thing, Black Turtle Tower and White Tiger Tower students would likely refuse to listen to Lee Han no matter what.

Should he attack his friends in advance to suppress them and then threaten them?

‘That might not be a bad idea.’

When all other impossible methods were eliminated, whatever remained, no matter how absurd it seemed, might be the answer.

Though he would have to attack his friends first…

“Thank you, Professor.”

Unaware that Lee Han was having crazy thoughts, Professor Thunderstep smiled with slight satisfaction.

Receiving heartfelt gratitude from a disciple, especially a disciple like Lee Han, was a joyful thing as a master.

“I’m glad it was helpful. So you really won’t drink?”

“It’s fine. But for a magic school festival, is alco… I mean, are these kinds of potions sufficient?”

At Lee Han’s words, Professor Thunderstep shrugged his shoulders.

“What do people know about alchemy? Even if you show them potions that have gone through countless transformations, only fellow alchemists would know their value. People would just think ‘oh, it’s a potion’ and move on. But if you make something like this…”

“Everyone becomes happy.”

“Exactly right.”

A skilled alchemist is also good at making alcohol.

Lee Han listened with interest to Professor Thunderstep’s lecture on 【How Do Alchemists Manage Their Networks?】

The gist of the lecture was that alchemists who hole up in small rooms making potions tend to be antisocial, so they need to make and send good alcohol to maintain smooth human relationships.

‘That’s definitely true.’

Lee Han resolved to carefully observe Professor Thunderstep making alcohol later.

Giving bribes well wasn’t something just anyone could do.

“I’m impressed, Professor.”

“Good.”

“Then may I take some of this potion with me?”

“…Are you planning not to drink it now and sell it later?”

* * *

The Skeleton Principal looked at the gathered tras… guests with a bored gaze.

Then he cleared his voice.

The glorious distinguished figures of the Empire who have attended this gathering… and our proud students who will be responsible for the Empire’s future!

‘Disgusting.’

‘After graduation, I should never get involved with a lich for the rest of my life.’

While the guests clapped with impressed expressions, the new students glared at the Skeleton Principal.

What is he planning to do now!

The festival doesn’t have much time left. To take a brief rest, I’d like to pose some simple riddles to those gathered here.

Exchanging riddles while resting was one of the favorite pastimes enjoyed by both nobles and commoners.

Moreover, since the Skeleton Principal, one of the sages famous throughout the Empire, was going to pose riddles, the guests looked on with interest.

What kind of riddles would he pose?

Oh. If the guests from outside answer correctly, I’ll give you outing passes as gifts.

“Principal, really… what would we use those for?”

“You’re quite the jokester!”

“…”

Unlike the cheerful atmosphere of the guests, the students who hadn’t yet obtained outing passes were literally burning with passion.

And there were still people who hadn’t grasped the situation.

They were the guests from Baldrogard.

“This is an opportunity.”

“Right. A chance to show our abilities to Einroguard’s mages.”

‘Are they clueless?’

Lee Han looked at the Baldrogard students with pity.

The moment anyone here answered the riddles well and got an outing pass, Einroguard’s first years would consider the Baldrogard students their mortal enemies until graduation.

But they didn’t even know that and were burning with such enthusiasm.

Now then… everyone try to guess my age.

“?”

“??”

Everyone gathered for the ridiculous riddle was dumbfounded.

That’s…

That’s not even a riddle!

‘He’s creating a new concept of riddles.’

-Grrrr.

“What’s wrong?” Lee Han was puzzled when Sharkan grabbed his sleeve and pulled.

Sharkan was anxiously signaling for him to follow.

‘…Could it be?’

Lee Han wasn’t foolish enough to ignore his faithful undead summon’s warning.

As he lowered his posture and moved his steps, Sharkan guided the way. Lee Han headed toward the deserted area behind the main building with his summoned creature.

A massive pile of cargo covered with cloth came into view.

Though covered with cloth, Lee Han thought he knew what it was.

“…Fireworks.”

Through the exposed gaps, he could see very familiar magic fireworks.

Lee Han didn’t bother asking why these were piled up behind the main building like this.

That was something only amateurs would do now.

‘Should I avoid the riddle and whatever else and stay in the tower?’

However, before Lee Han could finish such thoughts, someone appeared from among the pile of fireworks with a rustling sound.

It was a mage he had never seen before in his life.

“…Damn it, caught! What the hell are you doing here!”

“!”

When the other person cursed and raised his staff, Lee Han instinctively responded.

“Sharkan, attack! Be paralyzed!”

What Lee Han had learned at the magic school was that no matter who the opponent was, if they tried to suppress him, he had to resist.

Even if it was the Skeleton Principal’s subordinate!

‘It’s not the punishment room yet! If I suppress him and then leave…!’

Lee Han concentrated with the single-minded determination to definitely suppress his opponent.

He would knock him down and make this situation innocent!

* * *

The mage, Ogonin, was not the Skeleton Principal’s subordinate.

He was one of the mages with quite a high reputation in the Empire.

…Of course, having a high reputation didn’t mean he wasn’t a thief.

This time, Ogonin was definitely a thief.

Mages who knew little about Einroguard tended to have illusions about it.

Unfortunately, Ogonin didn’t know much about Einroguard despite his reputation and skills.

So he fell into the same mistake that countless people had made before.

That inside there would be countless mysteries and secrets he was looking for!

It wasn’t wrong.

It was just that going in and coming out safely with what you were looking for was nearly impossible.

However, mages were like moths drawn to flame – no matter how impossible something was, if there was something they sought there, they would dive right in.

Ogonin was one such case.

During the festival, various thieves and adventurers had entered and been caught, but Ogonin didn’t care.

He didn’t care about his reputation or what would happen if he got caught.

-I will definitely get in there and obtain the mystery!

Ogonin’s skills were as excellent as his reputation.

Thanks to this, he was able to successfully disguise his identity to enter, and once inside, move around while avoiding the eyes of those around him.

However, his luck lasted only until he discovered the pile of fireworks.

Upon discovering the pile of fireworks (Ogonin didn’t realize what they were at first), he was delighted by the powerful mana he felt from them.

-Aha! They must be researching something!

To conduct a proper investigation, Ogonin cast a barrier around the area.

-Let the Will of the Forgotten Block Those Who Approach!

It was advanced Mental Magic that was far more powerful than crude Invisibility Magic or Vision Refraction Barriers – it broke the will of approaching people and sent them away.

After casting the barrier, Ogonin tried to investigate the pile of fireworks.

…Until some new student suddenly ignored the barrier and entered.

* * *

‘How did he get past the barrier!?’

Ogonin couldn’t imagine that a new student had ignored the barrier with tremendous mana.

He just thought he had made a ridiculous mistake.

‘Was I nervous because I’m not used to thievery…! Such a mistake…’

Ogonin thought he had to get out of this situation somehow.

If a new student caught him and word got out, how embarrassing would that be.

“May Another’s Phantom Devour You!”

Ogonin cast powerful Illusion Magic. It was magic that directly interfered with the opponent’s mind to show them phantoms.

With all sorts of unexpected illusions, the new student wouldn’t even notice what he had just witnessed.

“…?”

However, Lee Han didn’t waver even after being hit by the Illusion Magic.

Some wave of mana did strike his body…

‘What?’

Though he didn’t understand why the other person was acting like that, Lee Han decided to gratefully take advantage of his opponent’s mistake.

It was something he had learned from dealing with countless professors.

Don’t be complacent.

Suppress when you can suppress!

“Flash!”

Lightning flashed and rushed toward Ogonin. Ogonin rolled to the side in shock.

He was surprised by the Lightning Magic that was too fast for something cast by a new student, but even more shocking was that he wasn’t affected by the Illusion Magic at all.

‘What the hell is going on?!’

Ogonin wondered if he had mistaken his opponent for someone other than a new student.

Maybe a 4th or 5th year student…

But even so, it still didn’t make sense. Even a 4th or 5th year student shouldn’t be able to deflect his illusion magic like this.

“Another’s illusion…!”

“Flash!”

‘Urgh!’

The magic his opponent was firing was by no means weak. Its power was vicious and the casting speed was incredibly fast.

Normally, he should have acknowledged that his opponent was a peculiar being immune to illusion magic and changed his strategy.

But Ogonin’s pride held him back.

After all, wasn’t he someone who had built a reputation with illusion magic in the Empire?

Struggling against just one student would be too much of a humiliation.

“I Shall Dominate Your Mind!”

‘No. You fight damn well!’

Though he deflected the powerful illusion magic once again, Lee Han himself didn’t notice this.

Instead, he was impressed by his opponent’s evasive skills.

From what he could see, the man seemed to have quite a bit of magical combat experience.

Every time Lee Han tried to cast magic, he would roll and dodge first.

But why did such a person keep using only useless magic?

‘Is he trying to suppress me?’

Well, if he was the Skeleton Principal’s subordinate, it wouldn’t be strange for him to try to suppress students without hurting them… no, it was a bit strange, but it was possible.

Lee Han decided to gratefully take advantage of his opponent’s such consideration.

‘I can’t go to the Punishment Room!’

Lee Han swung his staff and frantically drew up his mana.

More than dozens of water orbs began to rapidly take shape in the air. Only then did Ogonin cry out in horror.

“Wait, wait!”

“Please forgive me, Professor!”

“No…!”

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