Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 160

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Chapter 160

“How could I refuse such a delightful opportunity?”

I knew he wouldn’t refuse.

Master and disciple spoke with hidden schemes in mind.

Having finished his declaration, the Skeleton Principal held up the outing pass and looked around at the gathered students.

Revenge against Ogonin for ruining the festival was for later, and now he had to first deal with… no, take care of the students before him.

Are all the students gathered here?

“Yes!”

Since you found treasure through luck and skill during the festival, I, Gonadaltes, bless you in my name.

“Thank you…?”

“Why is he acting like that all of a sudden?”

“Did the festival put him in a good mood?”

The students whispered in confusion, but Lee Han, who knew the truth, was different.

Pure terror!

To you blockheads going on this outing, I shall grant freedom and indulgence from Saturday’s sunrise to Sunday’s sunrise. You must gather at the school’s main gate before the sun rises.

“Understood!”

‘So it begins.’

* * *

“Wait.”

“What’s wrong?”

As the Skeleton Principal disappeared, the students who were about to disperse hesitated at Lee Han’s call.

And then they became wary.

“Everyone be careful!”

“It’s Wardanaz. Remember what Tutanta said? Never give in.”

“Don’t take out your outing pass! Hide your outing pass!”

“…”

Even with his friends’ cold reaction, Lee Han wasn’t hurt.

Prophets are always persecuted.

“Friends. Listen to what I have to say.”

“We’re listening. Wardanaz. Go ahead.”

The friends from other towers stepped back to create distance before waiting for Lee Han’s words.

Lee Han calmly began his explanation.

“So…”

5 minutes later.

The students looked at Lee Han with strange expressions.

It was an expression that said ‘even so, that’s a bit much.’

“It’s true.”

“…Even so, that’s a bit much…”

“It doesn’t make sense.”

“Why would he go that far… though he is that kind of person.”

“That’s also true though.”

‘No. They’re listening better than I thought.’

Lee Han was surprised that his friends’ reactions were more positive than he had expected.

Thanks to what Lee Han had done so far…

…though it was more because of the evil reputation the Skeleton Principal had built up.

“But how did you find this out?”

“Well…”

“It’s Wardanaz. Of course he could figure it out.”

“True.”

“?”

Lee Han was puzzled by the sight of the other tower students asking and answering among themselves.

What do they mean he could obviously figure it out?

“Wardanaz. So what’s your reason for telling us this story?”

“Isn’t he asking us to hand over our outing passes in exchange?”

“No. Since it’s come to this, he’s saying we should all cooperate together to overcome the crisis.”

“…”

The White Tiger Tower students and Black Turtle Tower students fell into very deep contemplation.

“Ah… should we accept this?”

“Moradi. What do you think?”

“No matter how I think about it, isn’t it dangerous?”

“But if the Principal really set up traps…”

At the reaction of the students seriously contemplating among themselves with truly grave expressions, Lee Han looked at his Blue Dragon Tower friends and asked.

“…Am I that untrustworthy?”

“Of course not. Wardanaz. Those guys are just stupid, have no eye for judgment, and are overly suspicious.”

“To think they’re acting like this when Wardanaz is trying to save them! Of course, Wardanaz did raid the common room and beat up some White Tiger Tower guys! But that was a kind of teaching!”

“You could call it a lesson.”

‘I shouldn’t have asked.’

After debating for a while over whether Lee Han was scarier or the Skeleton Principal was scarier, the White Tiger Tower students and Black Turtle Tower students reached a conclusion.

“Alright. Wardanaz. We’ll work together.”

“We’ll also move together. But once we leave the main gate, we’ll act separately.”

“Right. I also have no intention of staying with you guys even outside.”

“And we absolutely won’t accept being used as arrow fodder.”

“Fine.”

“Sending us first when there are traps, using us as magic test subjects, using us for…”

“…I get it. I understand.”

Lee Han resolved that he should clear up some of the misunderstandings the White Tiger Tower students had during this outing.

The misunderstanding accumulated due to the school’s strict rules persisted without disappearing.

‘The school creates misunderstandings between people.’

* * *

Lee Han, Gainando, Yoner, Asan.

These were the students from Blue Dragon Tower going on the outing.

“What are you going to do when we get out, Gainando?”

“First, I’ll buy a new card set…”

“…Not cards!”

“Stop playing card games!”

His friends shouted at Gainando as if they were fed up.

Gainando could be called the number one card player in Blue Dragon Tower.

It wasn’t because of his skill.

It was because once he started playing cards, he would cling on until he won.

“But a new card set should have come out this month…”

“Buy me some books.”

“I want snacks.”

“Is alcohol possible?”

“You’ll get caught with alcohol at the main gate.”

Watching his friends have their cheerful conversation, Lee Han felt sorry for them.

Such a carefree mindset.

With that kind of attitude, they would be greatly hurt when they went out.

“I’m going to go to a cafe first…”

“You’re wrong, Gainando.”

“Huh?”

“Don’t be confident that you can get out before passing through the main gate.”

“Uh… huh?”

“Steel your mind. Think of it as taking midterms early. Don’t play around and go to bed early. We’ll gather with the guys from other towers before sunrise and head to the main gate.”

Lee Han gave serious advice and walked away.

He planned to sleep early today.

Tomorrow would be a fierce battle from dawn.

When Lee Han went up to his private room, Gainando tilted his head as if he didn’t understand.

“Why is Lee Han acting like that?”

“Wardanaz isn’t someone who says meaningless things, shouldn’t you go to bed early?”

“No. It’s fine. It’s fine. Want to play a round of cards?”

“Please let’s do something else…”

* * *

“Aaaaah! Aaaaaaaah!”

Gainando screamed and ducked his head. Lee Han grabbed the back of Gainando’s neck and pulled him back.

“Fall back! Shield, unfold!”

Lee Han summoned a massive water shield.

A sticky green liquid mass that flew from afar splattered onto the water shield with a wet thud.

“What is that?!”

“Sleep Catcher! Don’t let the liquid touch you! If it does, you’ll be forced into sleep!”

In truth, when Lee Han had given his serious warning, students from other towers still harbored some doubt deep in their hearts.

-Would the Principal really do such a thing?

-No matter what, he’s still the Principal, right?

-Isn’t Wardanaz just trying to deceive us?

However, such doubts vanished the moment they departed for the main gate at dawn.

Strange-looking plant-type monsters suddenly emerged along the path and began shooting green liquid masses.

“Anyone who can make shields, make shields! Yoner! The stuff we prepared!”

“Here!”

Yoner pulled out potion bottles and distributed them to his friends.

“Throw them!”

The White Tiger Tower students crouched low and threw the bottles as instructed. With the sound of breaking glass, flames erupted.

Whoosh!

“Wardanaz…!”

When the Sleep Catcher hit by the fire potion stopped attacking and flailed about, the White Tiger Tower students were truly amazed.

It was surprising enough that he anticipated there would be traps, but to accurately predict what kind of traps there would be.

One Black Turtle Tower student asked in disbelief.

“Wardanaz. How did you know that monster would appear?”

“Because I’ve faced it directly myself.”

“…”

“…”

The students were shocked.

What!?

‘Did the Wardanaz Family make him do it?’

‘That’s too much…!’

Of course, the Wardanaz Family hadn’t made him do any such thing.

The reason Lee Han knew so much about the monsters currently lying in ambush was because he had gone around catching escaped monsters together with the warehouse keeper.

Since he had to face them again, Lee Han had thoroughly studied the monsters.

And the methods to deal with them too.

He had spent the entire Friday preparing to face the monsters.

“The monster is down!”

“Wait! Don’t approach carelessly.”

“Let’s go finish it off for sure…”

One impatient White Tiger Tower student tried to rush forward.

Lee Han struck his back with his staff.

Smack!

“I told you to wait!”

“S-sorry.”

After waiting a bit, sure enough, the Sleep Catcher suddenly sprang to its feet. It seemed to have been playing dead.

“Throw it again!”

Once more, the round flask bottle cut through the air.

The Sleep Catcher was an annoying creature that shot green liquid with sleep effects when distant, and swallowed things whole when close.

But knowing that, dealing with it wasn’t particularly difficult.

Just set up solid defenses and aim for its weak spots from behind.

Thud-

“I-it fell down.”

“Good. Let’s move.”

Lee Han urged the students without letting his guard down.

The students who had been wary just moments ago, saying ‘Wardanaz might target us’ and ‘Wardanaz might steal our outing passes,’ completely changed their attitude.

First, let’s overcome the Skeleton Principal’s traps!

“Moradi. Maybe Wardanaz really was trying to help us this time…”

“How foolish.”

Before Giselle could respond to the White Tiger Tower student’s words, a Black Turtle Tower student interrupted.

It was one of Salko’s gang.

“Wardanaz is trying to tame you in that way. You’re already dancing in the palm of his hand.”

“Wh… what?”

“Soon, when you come to your senses, you’ll find yourself following Wardanaz’s orders. For you guys without a leader like Tutanta…”

“Hey. Get lost.”

“Those guys are really getting on my nerves.”

The White Tiger Tower students irritably pushed away the Black Turtle Tower students.

White Tiger Tower didn’t just have bad relations with Blue Dragon Tower. They disliked Black Turtle Tower just as much.

“Moradi. Don’t mind what those bastards say.”

“I’m not minding them, okay? But more importantly, Anglago Alpha.”

“Huh?”

Anglago flinched at Giselle’s call.

“Did you have an outing pass? I don’t remember hearing about it.”

“Ah… well.”

The goat beastman student hesitated before opening his mouth.

“Actually, it’s fake.”

“…What did you say?”

“I said it’s fake.”

Anglago confessed the story behind this fake outing pass.

That bastard Wardanaz had made it for him before, and yesterday they happened to meet and talk about it.

-That outing pass. Wouldn’t it be better to use it when many students are going out together? That way the chances of getting caught would decrease.

-In… indeed! Wardanaz. I have to acknowledge your cunning.

-Yeah. I’m saying all this for your own good.

“…”

Giselle looked at Angrago with contempt, as if she were looking at the stupidest person in the world.

To think he’d come out carrying a fake outing pass that Wardanaz gave him because he had nothing else to trust?

“You know it’s dangerous, right?”

“I know, Moradi. But if I miss this chance, I might not be able to get out until the end of the semester…!”

Giselle clicked her tongue inwardly.

From the looks of it, he wouldn’t listen even if she tried to stop him. Giselle nodded her head.

“Do whatever you want.”

“Y-yes! Thank you!”

While they were talking, Lee Han called out to Angrago.

“Angrago. Come here. I’ll cast enhancement magic on you.”

“Don’t you think that Wardanaz guy is being strangely kind to Angrago?”

“Yeah. Is it because they fought together on the island last time?”

“…”

* * *

Lee Han summoned fire and light in all directions to create a path.

Then he had Sharkan make the shadow monster that was hiding come out.

The shadow monster ran fiercely along the path made of fire and light. Then Lee Han immediately blocked the entrance to the path.

-!

“Got it. Let’s go.”

It ended in an instant without any fighting or commotion.

Gainando voiced the thought that the other friends were only keeping to themselves.

“But it seems like Lee Han could have come alone…”

“Shh. Be quiet.”

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