Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 206

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Chapter 206

“The Frost Giant King is an honorable being who enjoys legitimate challenges from worthy challengers.”

Professor Boladi kindly explained when Lee Han looked curious.

It was truly the erudition befitting a professor.

Lee Han momentarily suspected that Professor Boladi had come knowing in advance who the being inside the twisted dimensional corridor was.

‘It seems like that’s the case.’

“I have… heard of him before…”

Diret spoke in a trembling voice.

Among the beings residing in other dimensions like spirits, demons, and angels, there were some with considerable fame.

The Frost Giant King was one such being.

An honorable existence who enjoyed legitimate challenges from worthy challengers and bestowed appropriate rewards for those challenges.

…Of course, that was that, and it didn’t change the fact that the current situation was strange.

No matter how much the opponent was an honorable being who liked challenges, pushing a first-year student in there was really not right!

Diret couldn’t hold back and spoke up.

“Professor. I think it’s too early for a new student to challenge the Frost Giant King.”

“Wrong.”

“…”

Having mustered up courage to speak, Diret was furious when an immediate answer came back without even a second of consideration.

The fourth-year friends were horrified and grabbed Diret’s sleeves.

“Diret. You need to endure it. The opponent is a professor!”

“A mad professor at that!”

…Isn’t he too young? It seems a bit reckless.

However, an unexpected ally took Diret’s side.

It was the Frost Giant King himself.

The Frost Giant King looked at Lee Han and tilted his head.

Even though mages were geniuses who showed outstanding abilities from a young age, the mage before his eyes looked far too young.

The Frost Giant King preferred fair and square challenges.

He didn’t particularly want to face a challenger who was too young.

“Frost Giant King. I stake my name on guaranteeing this challenger’s abilities.”

Professor Boladi spoke firmly. Sensing the strength emanating from the opposing mage, the Frost Giant King nodded for now.

If a mage was staking his name…

“…”

Lee Han, who had been listening quietly, made a reluctant expression.

When the opponent was saying that much, did he really need to stake his own name to make the challenge?

Challenger seeking audience with the king, state your name.

“I am Lee Han of the Wardanaz Family.”

Good. Young challenger.

The Frost Giant King pointed to the blue ice crown worn on his head.

If you can damage this crown that symbolizes pride, it shall be your victory.

‘More than I thought…?’

At the unexpectedly kind and gentle demeanor of the Frost Giant King, Lee Han quickly formulated a plan in his head.

From what he could see, the Frost Giant King’s display was far from sincere.

The fact that just damaging the crown would be acknowledged as Lee Han’s victory, and his current standing posture was quite relaxed.

Well, it would be stranger if he was seriously on guard against a first-year student…

In any case, he had to make the most of this advantage.

The powerful strategy he had used until now, one that only Lee Han could execute.

Finishing it with a preemptive strike while the opponent was off guard!

“But Frost Giant King.”

What is it?

“The dimension around here is currently twisted, so if I win the challenge, will this problem be resolved as well?”

If that is what you desire, it shall be so. It is the legitimate right of one who wins the challenge.

The Frost Giant King readily nodded.

It seemed that Frost Giant King was one of the key elements maintaining this domain.

When the Frost Giant King left, this twisted dimensional corridor would soon return to normal.

Lee Han subtly took a step forward.

Actually, the content of the conversation just now wasn’t that important.

What mattered was closing the distance!

‘Just one more step.’

“Frost Giant King. Let me ask just one more thing.”

Do so.

“Is that thing behind you your subordinate?”

The Frost Giant King turned his head.

At that moment, Lee Han extended his staff and shouted.

“Strike forth, lightning of Perkuntra!”

It was the fastest and most violently cast magic among all the spells Lee Han had cast so far.

Since the opponent couldn’t notice, he couldn’t draw any mana in advance.

In the moment the Frost Giant King turned his head, draw maximum mana, chant the incantation, and weave the mana to explode it at the tip of the staff!

“!”

The fourth-year students’ eyes widened. The power of the lightning magic shooting out was much stronger than expected.

The magical combat they had seen from that new student so far was a method of increasing firepower by continuously firing easy spells.

Though they were impressed, the difficulty itself was something fourth-year students could do given time.

Because the magic itself wasn’t difficult.

But the surprise attack shown now was magic of a level several stages higher than that.

To handle lightning, one of the most unstable elements, and complete and cast it so quickly.

That wasn’t something that could be done just by having fast magic casting speed.

It was impossible without strong control and deep understanding of the lightning element!

‘When I was a first-year, I couldn’t properly control fire element, let alone lightning…’

They were so surprised that they didn’t even notice that the new student had used deception and launched a surprise attack against the Frost Giant King.

The White Tiger Tower students, who didn’t fully understand how amazing the magic just shown was, murmured.

“Uh… is it okay to deceive like that?”

“Since he’s at a disadvantage, it should be fine, right?”

Bang!

However, Lee Han’s attack didn’t reach the crown.

A wall of blue ice appeared in front of the crown worn by the Frost Giant King and blocked the lightning.

“…”

Lee Han thought he understood why Professor Boladi had told him to complete the floating cold shield magic.

‘The performance is… good.’

Despite being caught in a surprise attack, the Frost Giant King didn’t get angry.

Rather, he seemed to have gained interest.

You certainly have the qualifications.

“Thank y…”

Lee Han prepared to launch water orbs while giving thanks.

However, the Frost Giant King wouldn’t be caught twice.

Crack crack crack crack crack crack!

Ice began bursting out in a semicircle from behind the Frost Giant King.

And that ice rushed toward Lee Han as if it were alive and moving.

“…Blaze forth!”

Lee Han chanted an incantation while throwing his body.

It was the beginning of a true challenge.

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“Bones, seize the enemy. Cloak, engulf me!”

As Lee Han summoned bone restraints and cast Gonadaltes’s invisibility cloak, the Frost Giant King looked on with interest.

He had wondered what that mage behind the barrier was so confident about, but seeing the current fight, this young mage certainly had the qualifications to be a challenger.

First was his enormous mana that felt almost endless.

The magic he used still felt incomplete, but his tremendous mana reserves compensated for those shortcomings.

This advantage was especially apparent when he cast fire magic.

This area was a place where the Ice Giant King had proclaimed his power, so ordinary flames shouldn’t even be able to ignite, yet the magic this boy cast blazed forth regardless of the cold.

And quite fiercely at that!

Whoooosh-

Since fire was naturally opposed to cold, even the ice wielded by the Frost Giant King became sluggish before the flames.

Of course, that alone wouldn’t have been enough to last this long. The young mage had other advantages as well.

‘He has good instincts.’

His sense for danger was excellent enough to earn the Frost Giant King’s admiration.

Seeing how he detected elemental movements around him a step ahead and dodged in the opposite direction, one had to wonder if this was really a young human.

When those excellent instincts combined with his enormous mana that could maintain various enhancement magic, he dodged with such agility that even the Frost Giant King found it difficult to land a hit.

And finally, his flexibility in combining various magic.

The Frost Giant King asked with curiosity.

Most mages dig deep into their specializations, but you handle an unusually wide range of fields. Is there a reason?

Just the magic this challenger had shown already covered various fields including elemental (fire, lightning), illusion, enchantment, and dark magic.

It was even more remarkable considering he was a young mage.

Lee Han didn’t answer.

In truth, it was closer to being unable to answer because it was too difficult.

Right now, massive ice was writhing like a living creature before his eyes, so there was no way he could leisurely respond.

If he relaxed his guard even slightly, sharp ice fragments would fly at him like raindrops…

Professor Boladi answered instead.

“He learned it himself out of necessity.”

Indeed. To learn on his own to complete combat magic at that age. Impressive.

The Frost Giant King was amazed.

There were many mages who recognized their weaknesses and worked to compensate for them, but it was rare to find a mage who moved so proactively at such a young age.

The 4th year seniors were also impressed.

‘Was that it?’

The White Tiger Tower students were also amazed…

Crash!!

“Lee Han!!!”

Durgyu screamed in terror. A massive ice pillar had just slammed down right where Lee Han had been standing.

“Don’t worry, Durgyu.”

Lee Han, who had rolled to the side, spoke through gritted teeth. He had been able to dodge thanks to detecting the elemental movement before it fell from above.

His body ached a bit though…

‘This is maddening. He’s not giving me any openings.’

Lee Han felt overwhelmed for the first time in a while.

No matter how much mana he had, it was meaningless if he couldn’t weave it into magic.

If given just a little time, he could summon flames all around and build up more firepower, but the Frost Giant King gave him no time at all and pressed him fiercely.

Just focusing on dodging was barely enough, making counterattacks nearly impossible to even dream of.

“Shield, unfold!”

Instead of forcing an attack, Lee Han chose defense.

It was painful and difficult, but this was the only path with the highest possibility right now.

The Frost Giant King’s eyes gleamed with interest at the young mage’s unexpected persistence.

Challenger. Is there a reason you insist on fire magic? You’ve only been using fire among elemental magic since earlier.

The Frost Giant King pointed at the flame shield Lee Han had raised and asked.

In fact, flame shields were the least used among elemental shield magic.

Weak defense, high mana consumption, difficult to maintain form…

Of course, these weren’t problems for Lee Han.

“Isn’t it… effective against cold?”

Lee Han answered warily as his opponent stopped attacking.

It is effective, yes. But mages are beings who utilize their environment. Is there a reason to go against the abundant cold energy surrounding this area?

‘…Huh?’

Lee Han hesitated.

Was that so?

Come to think of it, that was right.

Another mage would have noticed when fire magic wouldn’t cast properly and switched to cold magic instead…

But Lee Han had been enthusiastically using only fire magic, intoxicated by the satisfaction of his hard-earned fire magic being well-controlled.

‘Did the cold freeze my brain?’

I understand, challenger. It must be your pride as a challenger. I highly value that pride.

“No…”

But this challenge is not a life-or-death battle. Sometimes you must learn to set aside your pride and utilize other powers.

Instead of explaining, Lee Han tightened his grip on his staff.

And shouted.

“Freeze!”

Crack!

Instantly, a massive chunk of ice formed in the air.

It was incomparably larger than his flames.

Lee Han swung his staff, attempting to change its form.

“Shatter!”

Just like when he had controlled multiple water orbs simultaneously, Lee Han manipulated the ice fragments.

Dozens of ice shards separated from the mass and began flying rapidly.

However, the Frost Giant King showed no surprise at all. He brought out the blue ice wall that had blocked the lightning earlier.

At that moment, Lee Han’s hand moved instinctively. Before his mind could make a judgment, his body expelled what it had learned first.

The advanced application of water elements he had learned from Yumidifus.

“Evaporate!”

Instantly, the blue ice wall became thin and disappeared.

It reformed immediately, but the ice fragments were faster.

The ice shards Lee Han had fired with all his might penetrated into the barrier.

‘It hit!’

With a sharp metallic sound, one ice fragment lodged into the crown worn by the Frost Giant King.

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