Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 223

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Chapter 223

Despite his words, Lee Han controlled the flames as carefully as possible.

If he accidentally started a fire in the library, the Skeleton Principal might seriously execute him by burning, given his personality.

Whoosh!

Condensed flames appeared throughout the narrow passage.

They were small enough to only burn the back of a hand at most, but considering the destructive power of fire elements, this was sufficient.

‘Making the flames bigger would only make them harder to control anyway.’

The flames flew chaotically through the passage, burning the charging specters. Each time a flame exploded, the shadow specters writhed and tumbled.

Being incorporeal monsters with darkness attributes, they were even more vulnerable to fire and light.

Moreover, the flames Lee Han summoned didn’t disappear after burning two or three shadow specters. Like fire that would never be extinguished, they blazed continuously with an endless supply of mana.

-■■■■! ■■■■!

The shadow specters made chilling sounds as they tried to break through the narrow passage somehow, but Lee Han kept moving the flames.

No matter how enormous the number of specters was, there were limits to breaking through in such a narrow passage.

Especially when the mage blocking the passage could continuously summon flames without any mana restrictions!

‘I can block them…’

Crack!

Just as he thought he could block them, an ominous sound came from behind.

The shadow specters must have kept ramming into it, as one section of the bookshelf piled with books collapsed, creating a hole for them to enter.

“Block it!”

At Lee Han’s instruction, the students hurriedly cast magic toward the newly formed hole.

“Fire, come forth…”

“Shoot out…”

Magic missiles flew and flames soared, creating flashes characteristic of magic.

It looked quite powerful, but Lee Han coldly assessed the situation.

‘The hole is bigger than I thought!’

Unlike the narrow passage, the hole created by the collapsed bookshelf was too wide.

The Imperial Princess was commanding her friends and pouring out magic, but shadow specters were already entering one by one.

Lee Han gritted his teeth and swung his staff.

“Blaze up!”

Thanks to Lee Han swinging his staff, the momentum of the shadow specters charging through the newly formed hole subsided.

It was an unavoidable choice – if he had been even slightly late, it would have become complete chaos.

The problem was…

‘They’re coming!’

In the meantime, the shadow specters coming through the narrow passage had significantly closed the distance.

Even if he attacked again, several would inevitably collide with him.

He had already prepared for this. Lee Han drew mana throughout his body, preparing for possession.

‘The more mana you have, the stronger your resistance. Even if the shadow specters attempt possession, I should be able to shake them off relatively quickly…’

Lee Han trusted in the resistance his mana possessed.

He had shown considerable resistance to mental magic and poison, so there was a high possibility he would show strong resistance to possession by these specter monsters too.

Earlier, Gainando had also been possessed but somehow escaped, so Lee Han too…

Thud!

“?”

“??”

-?

A strange sound occurred.

It was the sound of a shadow specter that had charged at Lee Han with full force being bounced away.

And not just bounced away, but burning as if hit by fire magic!

Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud!

The shadow specter wasn’t the only one charging.

Dozens of them had pushed through the passage with built-up momentum and crashed into him directly.

And they all bounced away and burst into flames.

“…”

“…”

The Blue Dragon Tower student who had been helping Lee Han from behind looked at him with a horrified expression.

What the hell was that…?

Thud-thud! Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud!

As dozens were instantly cut down by failed possessions, the shadow specters behind them seemed to sense something was wrong.

They tried to slow down, but the other shadow specters behind them wouldn’t wait.

Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud…

“Spec… Specter Crusher! Specter Crusher!!”

“Don’t give me useless nicknames.”

To people of the Empire, a title befitting such an achievement would be an honorable nickname, but Lee Han didn’t want to receive a nickname like Specter Crusher from his friends.

Especially if all he did was brutishly sweep away specters like this!

Lee Han swung his staff and pushed forward in reverse. Once he realized the shadow specters couldn’t possess him, there was no need to fear.

The shadow specters crowded in the narrow passage literally all burst apart.

“We came to help!”

“What? You already blocked the passage?!”

The students who had been blocking the collapsed bookshelf hole were surprised when Lee Han and his friends from the passage side returned.

“It’s a long story!”

“Wardanaz! Let’s go!”

“?????”

The students were startled when Lee Han and his friends, instead of using magic, ran straight toward the hole where shadow specters were crowding.

“What are you doing now…”

Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud!

“…Good heavens.”

“What is that…?”

“I made a title after seeing that! Specter Crusher! Isn’t it good?”

“Specter Crusher… Oh…”

Asan thought that was quite a decent nickname.

Such a nickname seemed to suit Wardanaz, who was fighting honorably over there…

‘If I ever have to introduce Wardanaz, I should add that title.’

“Stop talking nonsense and provide magical support!”

At Lee Han’s scolding, the Imperial Princess, who had been nodding and agreeing with the title, was startled.

Actually, not just the Imperial Princess, but other students were showing similar reactions.

“But did you ask Lee Han? Does Lee Han like it?”

“Of course he’d like it. It’s a title given by friends who know honor to praise his achievement.”

“I don’t think Specter Crusher is that good…”

When Gainando muttered, Yoner beside him was slightly impressed.

Gainando had that kind of intuition?

“I think something longer like ‘Great and dignified, inheritor of noble bloodline, enemy of specters and…’ would be better.”

“Oh. That’s pretty good?”

“…”

Yoner shook his head back and forth.

* * *

“Pile up, earth!”

“Become hard like rock!”

Salko set up barricades at the front with students from his gang.

The sound of thumping came from outside the barricade mixed with dirt and stones. It seemed the specters had gathered quite a bit.

“One’s coming in from the side!”

Swish!

Nilia pierced the shadow specter trying to enter from the side with an arrow.

Such accurate shooting in a chaotic situation was a feat worthy of praise, but Nilia’s expression wasn’t bright.

The other Black Turtle Tower students felt the same way.

“The numbers… don’t seem to be decreasing?”

“This is bad.”

Lee Han had set up camp in the passage because he was confident he could catch them all if there were no variables, but the Black Turtle Tower students didn’t do such reckless things.

Instead, they put up barricades throughout the passage and went into defensive mode.

It would have been a fairly good choice if the number of shadow specters hadn’t increased beyond a certain point, but…

Unfortunately, things didn’t flow that way.

The lights on the ceiling weren’t getting brighter, but the number of shadow specters kept increasing.

“Other places must be in chaos too…”

Nilia trailed off and fell into thought.

What if the Blue Dragon Tower students got possessed by shadow specters and came this way?

‘…If Wardanaz gets possessed, that would be really scary…’

“It’s Wardanaz!”

“No, no!”

“??”

Ratford, who was beside her, looked at Nilia strangely.

“What’s not allowed?”

“Ah… it’s nothing.”

Nilia hurriedly ran toward the barricade.

Fortunately, Lee Han wasn’t possessed by shadow specters. He had a very normal expression.

“Thank goodness… ???”

“??????”

Thud thud thud thud thud thud thud thud thud!

The Blue Dragon Tower students were charging forward with Lee Han in front like some kind of battering ram.

All those shadow specters screamed and burst apart every time they collided with Lee Han.

“…”

The Black Turtle Tower students were so shocked they lost their words.

After spinning around a few times and clearing away the shadow specters, the Blue Dragon Tower students shouted with dignity.

“We’ll consider your thanks as received.”

They had actually come to prevent other tower students from getting possessed and causing chaos, but even considering that, the Blue Dragon Tower students thought themselves very honorable.

They had come to help after all!

“But why aren’t those guys saying anything?”

“Right?”

The Blue Dragon Tower students hesitated while waiting for a response, and when no reaction came back, they grumbled and left.

Don’t they even know how to say thanks!

However, the Black Turtle Tower students weren’t staying quiet because they didn’t know gratitude.

Only after they left did one of the students speak up.

“What… what the hell just happened????”

* * *

The Phoenix Tower priests had a similar reaction.

Except the passage they entered was blazing with fire.

Lee Han cast a low-level flame resistance spell and then swept away the shadow specters.

Nigisor Priest of the Aphra Order welcomed him and expressed his gratitude.

“Thank you, Lee Han of Wardanaz Family.”

“I’m glad I wasn’t too late.”

The Phoenix Tower students actually had the best situation.

Unlike the Blue Dragon Tower where walls collapsed creating new entry points, or the Black Turtle Tower where shadow specters had piled up.

It seemed that the flame magic cast by Nigisor Priest had been quite helpful.

Lee Han asked curiously.

“Did you use area flame magic on the entire passage? How did you not burn the library?”

Lee Han wondered if it was a secret technique of the Aphra Order.

Since it was an order that specialized in handling flames, there might be a way to cast area magic around here without burning the passage.

‘If that’s the case, I definitely want to learn it.’

Nigisor Priest tilted his head, not understanding what Lee Han said.

“I just let it rip?”

“…Ah. I, I see.”

Lee Han stepped back slightly.

He thought that was exactly what true madness looked like.

Using area attacks in a library without thinking about the consequences…!

“Wardanaz. Let’s go save the White Tiger Tower guys.”

‘How annoying.’

He had stepped up because it would be troublesome if other guys got hurt, but after going around several times, he was getting tired.

Nigisor Priest said admiringly.

“You’re truly doing good work, Lee Han of Wardanaz Family. If it’s alright, I could help…”

“…No. I can’t borrow someone else’s help for such honorable work.”

Lee Han felt tempted for a moment but held back.

…He was lucky this time, but there was no guarantee it wouldn’t become a sea of fire next time!

* * *

Seeing the students walking out of the library looking somewhat grimy and tired, the Skeleton Principal smiled with satisfaction.

They must have studied hard.

The students ignored him.

Not because they didn’t want to make the Skeleton Principal happy, but because they were too tired to respond.

The Skeleton Principal, annoyed by being ignored, spotted Lee Han and floated over.

He was a truly peculiar disciple who simultaneously made him want to praise the excellent skills shown in dungeon conquest and scold him for making dungeon conquest boring.

Did you study hard?

“Yes. Thanks to you.”

You really… pretend otherwise but you’re quite competitive. Catching that Rock Drake and all. The other professors were surprised too.

“…Excuse me?”

Lee Han paused.

Apart from the misunderstanding about ‘catching’ it, the fact that the Skeleton Principal had been watching surprised Lee Han.

Actually, it wasn’t that surprising.

It was a well-known fact that the Skeleton Principal had eyes throughout the school, and given his personality, there was no way he wouldn’t watch such an interesting spectacle.

But still…

“Other… professors?”

Yes. But honestly, wasn’t this expedition annoying? How about going in alone to fight next time?

Ignoring the Skeleton Principal who was casually spouting nonsense, Lee Han asked while suppressing his rising fear.

“Which professors happened to be there?”

Well. So many came and went… Plus I’m not the type to remember such things in detail.

“Was Professor Bagrek there too?”

Bagrek was there. I remember him because he has a talent for killing my mood.

Lee Han’s face contorted with sorrow and pain.

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