Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 165

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Chapter 163

“Why are you doing this!”

“Hmph. Do you think I don’t know the sinister thoughts hidden in your gaze when you just looked at me?”

“No. How did you know…”

“Die!”

“Stop it.”

Lee Han stopped Gainando and Asan.

The Death Knight stood still, guarding his position regardless of whether the two were fighting or not.

“If we sacrifice just one person?”

That’s right.

“What happens to that student if we sacrifice them?”

They’ll probably go to the underground prison.

“Un… underground prison??”

Gainando was frightened more than necessary. At his reaction, Lee Han kindly explained.

“Don’t worry about it, Gainando. It’s just referring to the underground detention room.”

“…Why, how, and for what reason is that nothing to worry about, Lee Han?”

Instead of answering, Lee Han looked at the Death Knight again.

“Will you really clear the path if we sacrifice someone?”

Student. Though I may have lost my life and grown distant from the world of the living, I have not lost the honor I carry in my chest. I swear upon my honor.

“If you really cared about honor, you probably wouldn’t be blocking the path like this…”

“Shh. Yoner. They say people get angry when you poke their sore spots.”

Lee Han covered Yoner’s mouth.

It would be hard to handle if the Death Knight decided to be spiteful.

‘The problem is…’

The Death Knight didn’t seem to be lying. The problem lay elsewhere.

There were more ways to deceive someone without lying than one might think.

“By any chance, are you planning to go ahead after clearing the path and ask us to sacrifice another student?”

…

The Death Knight was at a loss for words.

Then he hung his helmet low and couldn’t answer.

‘That’s right.’

“You said you had honor…!”

“Shh. Gainando. I told you people get angry when you poke their sore spots.”

Lee Han wasn’t particularly disappointed or surprised. Given the Skeleton Principal’s personality, it would have been more surprising if he had opened the path just for sacrificing one person.

Traditionally, evil beings don’t easily back down just because you give them one rice cake and keep chasing after you.

“There’s no choice then.”

“Do you have a method?”

The priests were surprised by Lee Han’s reaction.

To remain so calm without being flustered at all by the appearance of that Death Knight.

I knew Wardanaz was amazing, but really…

“You guys. Go back and wake up the White Tiger Tower kids and Black Turtle Tower kids and bring them here.”

“…”

“…”

It’s not the method we’re thinking of, is it?

* * *

Asan and Gainando woke up the Black Turtle Tower students and White Tiger Tower students who were sleeping at the inn.

Naturally, the students’ reactions were not good.

-Dalcard. Even so, a Death Knight is too absurd to believe.

-Prince. Do you think we can’t touch you just because you’re a prince? This is Einroguard. Well, this is outside, but after one day it’s Einroguard… Aaah! It’s a Death Knight!!

The students who had walked over half-believing while rubbing their sleepy eyes fell backward in shock.

In the darkness, a death knight was looking at them.

“H-how is this even possible??”

“Everyone stay calm. I already knew that the Principal wouldn’t let us in easily. That’s why I came out to scout like this in advance.”

In fact, he had planned to abandon the two tower students as bait and have only Lee Han and his friends enter first, but that wasn’t very important.

The other tower students were overwhelmed by Lee Han’s serious voice and nodded their heads.

Giselle, who was listening, felt something strange and tilted her head.

‘Hmm?’

Is there a reason for that Wardanaz bastard to take the lead like that?

“Now that we’ve confirmed there’s a Death Knight like this, we need to come up with a plan. If we’re not careful, we might not be able to return before sunrise.”

“Indeed…”

“I guess that’s the only way.”

After hearing the detailed explanation of the situation, the other tower students nodded with expressions that were fully awake.

It certainly wasn’t time to sleep.

Seeing that the other party seemed convinced, Lee Han continued speaking.

“Right. We’ll draw lottery slips and…”

“Come at me, Death Knight!”

“!?”

Lee Han was startled.

Angrago had drawn his sword and started charging toward the Death Knight.

“Angrago, wait…”

Before he could stop him, Angrago had already closed the distance.

Lee Han sighed.

‘This is why you can’t do big things with knight bastards!’

I was trying to manipulate the lottery drawing, but he couldn’t stand it and rushed out.

The Death Knight extended one hand wrapped in a gauntlet as if not surprised at all.

Young knight. Your courage is commendable, but you are excessively arrogant.

The Death Knight didn’t even draw its sword. It blocked Angrago’s strike with its metal-covered arm.

“!”

When his attack was blocked, Angrago was shocked.

It was surprising that his confident strike had been blocked, but what was even more shocking was…

‘My breath, my breath!’

Angrago was the one who had attacked, yet it was Angrago whose breath was being cut off.

The aura of death emanating from the Death Knight began to suppress Angrago’s life force.

“Kugh!”

Angrago dropped to one knee. The Death Knight looked down at Angrago. Blue light flashed from within its helmet.

‘Wait. Isn’t this resolved?’

Lee Han realized as he watched Angrago kneeling.

Since we’ve sacrificed one person now, we can pass this path, and on the next path we can provoke another White Tiger Tower knight to go out…

This might work out better than expected?

Come at me all at once.

“…”

However, Lee Han’s thoughts vanished along with the Death Knight’s violent declaration.

The Death Knight was waiting for all the students to attack together.

“Wait…”

Lee Han tried to say there was a misunderstanding.

The students here weren’t all from the same tower, but from different towers.

So if they had to take collective responsibility, wouldn’t it be fine for just the White Tiger Tower guys to fight?

But before waiting for an answer, his friends began their attack.

“Paralysis Curse!”

“Projectile Spell!”

‘Damn. I should have told them beforehand.’

Lee Han regretted not telling his friends to ‘just stay still even if White Tiger Tower students or Black Turtle Tower students get caught by the Death Knight.’

But what could he do?

The fight had already begun.

“Thank you, Lord Wardanaz!”

“For what?!”

“For giving us such an opportunity!”

‘I want to punch him.’

Lee Han felt slightly irritated at the sight of Nigisor Priest, who had fire spirit blood, rushing out with an excited voice.

Usually he didn’t harbor bad feelings toward Phoenix Tower priests, but…

“Blazing Flight!”

“Whirlwind Strike!”

“Weight and Sharpness Enhancement!”

Spells were fired from all directions and flashing elemental collisions occurred.

The White Tiger Tower students, having learned from somewhere, cast enhancement spells on their blades and charged forward.

Lee Han watched this and thought.

‘For some reason, it feels like he was trying to use that on me…’

“Wardanaz! Watch out!”

At Asan’s shout, Lee Han ducked his head.

The Death Knight had grabbed a White Tiger Tower student by the collar and thrown him, so his friend was flying toward him.

“Sharkan. Go!”

Lee Han called Sharkan’s name, summoned water, then threw the emerald solution.

Sharkan, granted an emerald-colored body different from usual, let out a cry mixed with happiness.

-Grrrrowl…

“Sharkan. Don’t engage head-on, confuse him!”

At the urgency in Lee Han’s voice, Sharkan charged forward as if understanding.

The students noticed that even the Death Knight, who had been treating them lightly, moved warily against Sharkan.

Has a dead one come who serves a master? Being in the same situation, I won’t go easy.

A sword was quickly drawn from the Death Knight’s empty hand. Though it was rusted and blackened, the aura of death emanating from its blade was murderous.

Clang!

When it struck the ground, the surrounding soil turned black. However, Sharkan dodged a step ahead. At the movement faster than expected, the Death Knight spoke in a murky voice.

Is this the power of insight that emerald possesses? How troublesome.

The Death Knight unleashed swordsmanship in succession to block Sharkan’s evasion path.

The students’ magic poured down from above. The Death Knight, thinking it couldn’t keep taking hits, raised its shield.

“Lee Han. Should we just leave him and run?”

“Hey…!”

Asan was flustered by Gainando’s all-too-refreshing question.

What if the others hear!

“If there’s no way, we have to run!”

“There is a way.”

“Then?”

“It’s just a bit unreliable…”

“???”

“No. Let’s try calling first.”

Lee Han imbued power into the mark Perkuntra had left and chanted an incantation.

The Death Knight was a very troublesome opponent.

Illusion magic didn’t work, and it had high resistance to various ordinary elemental magic.

Even if he fired dozens of water orbs for a barrage, it wouldn’t be easy to pierce the defense it possessed.

Even if he tried to make water massive to increase destructive power, the Death Knight wouldn’t wait for that…

Only one option remained.

“Sing the thunder, O spirit!”

Perkuntra.

Perkuntra, the powerful lightning spirit, certainly had the possibility to face the Death Knight.

However, there was a reason Lee Han was reluctant to summon Perkuntra.

The track record from all the times he’d summoned him so far was…

‘Pretty disappointing, I think…’

-Do you think I can’t feel your distrust!

Lightning struck from the sky and simultaneously Perkuntra’s roar echoed in Lee Han’s mind.

-It’s a misunderstanding!

-Don’t give me that misunderstanding nonsense!

Perkuntra was dumbfounded.

How could he receive such sincere distrust from a new student at a magic school?

No matter how twisted things got, this was too much…

-Then defeat that Death Knight blocking our path ahead and show us your abilities!

-I am not a spirit who normally responds to such lowly provocations. But just this once! To address your ridiculous suspicions, just this once! I will clearly demonstrate my abilities!

Perkuntra puffed up his body.

Lightning that fell from the sky struck Perkuntra and built up even more power.

Strong spirits didn’t make excuses, but Perkuntra had no choice but to make them.

The first time they met was inside the Skeleton Principal’s punishment room, and the next time they met was when his power was limited by the chains of that ridiculous command.

Originally, Perkuntra was the kind of spirit who should receive enormous gratitude and respect from his summoner each time he was called forth, barely deciding whether to appear or not.

But to be summoned with such an arrogant attitude of ‘should I call him or not’…

Behold, and tremble!

I have lost. Great Lightning Spirit.

The Death Knight stopped attacking Sharkan and sheathed his sword. Then he bowed his head.

Perkuntra, who had been flashing and bursting with lightning, hesitated.

…What?

With the power I possess, I dare not defeat you. I have lost.

As the Skeleton Principal’s summoned creature, the Death Knight naturally knew Perkuntra’s identity.

Since they were in the same position of working together, there was no need to waste effort fighting against a spirit stronger than himself.

Students of the magic school. You have passed my test with your abilities. You may pass this path without offering tribute!

“…!”

“!!!”

At the Death Knight’s declaration, the students’ eyes widened.

To think the path would actually open like this.

The Death Knight looked at Lee Han and spoke.

I will remember your name. Student.

Having your name remembered by the Skeleton Principal’s undead summons was not a good thing.

Lee Han looked at Giselle.

Giselle, who was holding her twin swords, wondered why that Wardanaz bastard was suddenly looking at her and glared back.

‘Hmm. Too many people listening, so impersonation would be difficult.’

Lee Han gave up. It was unfortunate.

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