Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 233

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Chapter 233

“…What?”

“Snap out of it, you idiot!”

Gelliack could only come to his senses after hearing his comrades’ fierce shouts.

It had been that shocking.

That expensive scroll had no effect at all?

“If we waste time, the professors will come! We need to subdue them quickly and go meet the guide!”

“I know. Move!”

Gelliack and his comrades drew their weapons.

His comrades were equally shocked, but they knew well that giving more time here would be suicide.

Nothing was more terrifying than a mage with sufficient time.

‘Get close!’

Gelliack gripped his weapon tightly and kicked off the ground. The mana surging from within his body strengthened his physique solidly.

Currently, Gelliack and his comrades were wearing invisibility artifacts.

If they scattered and approached as quickly as possible, it wouldn’t be easy for the mage to target them.

“Spring forth.”

“!?”

Gelliack was flustered as a massive water mass surged up above the mages’ temporary fortress.

What?

Whoooosh-

The water mass suddenly split apart and scattered into countless water orbs.

And the water orbs came flying indiscriminately.

‘What?’

It was a trivial attack that was neither threatening in speed nor trajectory. One of his comrades dismissively swatted away a water orb with the gauntlet on his forearm.

No matter how much they wanted to buy time, such a clumsy attack couldn’t bind the steps of veteran adventurers.

“Flash forth!”

At that moment, lightning came flying.

As the lightning flashed and struck the ground’s edge, the adventurer panicked and jumped back.

‘How!?’

‘Has the artifact been nullified?!’

The invisibility artifacts they possessed were definitely not cheap goods.

They were powerful artifacts that could withstand most nullification magic…

“Avoid the water! He’s tracking our positions with water!”

Gelliack was horrified.

To think he could nullify invisibility artifacts with such simple magic.

It didn’t make sense.

And for good reason – it was a method he’d never seen before in his life.

He’d never seen a mage scatter water orbs like that, nor had he ever seen a mage detect which few orbs among so many had their trajectories twisted.

‘What the hell…!’

“Flash forth, flash forth, flash forth, flash forth!”

“Graaaah!”

The adventurer who had just collided with the water orb seemed to have been properly caught by the mage.

Lightning was flying without pause. He was barely managing to block it, but the attacks were so fast that it wasn’t easy to defend.

“Help me, you bastards!”

“…Tch!”

Another adventurer pulled out a flask from his pocket. Flames were flickering inside the flask.

It was a 【Baby Fire Dragon Flask】 made by first-class alchemists.

Gelliack was starting to feel a sense of crisis that this commission might result in a loss even if they succeeded.

The flask flew quickly through the air.

At that moment, an incantation came from the enemy side.

“Freeze solid!!”

Crack!

The adventurers’ eyes rolled back as they watched that expensive glass bottle freeze solid in mid-air and crash down.

“That mage bastard really…!”

“What the hell is that guy?!”

If not for the current situation, the adventurers would have seriously considered scouting their opponent.

Being a mage didn’t mean one could respond perfectly to every situation.

Mages could only use the magic they were capable of, and could only respond to what they were able to handle.

But right now, that mage whose face they couldn’t even see was blocking every move that Gelliack and his comrades pulled out, as if he had anticipated everything.

It was unbelievable.

A mage of that caliber should have been famous outside…

“This won’t work. Everyone abandon defense and charge.”

“Abandon defense?!”

Even in this urgent situation, his comrades hesitated.

That’s how reckless Gelliack’s words were.

The orthodox method of approaching a mage was to get as close as possible without being detected, scattered, and quickly.

Of course, even while approaching quickly, one must not drop their guard.

If a mage’s area attack hit once, it would be fatal for warriors.

Therefore, they had to approach as quickly as possible while drawing up mana throughout their bodies to solidify their defenses in preparation for area attacks.

If they dropped this, they could pour that much more mana into movement and become much faster, but…

“Abandon that guy! At this rate, we’re all going to die.”

“…Charge!”

“You bast… Ugh!”

The adventurer caught by the mage finally collapsed.

When dozens of lightning bolts came flying, he finally couldn’t endure and fell.

Seeing this, even the hesitant comrades changed their minds.

If they gave more time to a mage of that caliber, something truly terrible might happen!

‘Let it not be me who dies today.’

‘Let someone else die, not me.’

“Charge!”

The adventurers rushed like fierce wind. They didn’t even bother hiding their forms anymore, as if even the mana for the invisibility artifacts was precious. Their speed was incomparable to before.

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‘Damn. Did they catch on?’

Lee Han clicked his tongue.

The adventurers were fearing Lee Han as some mysterious archmage, but in reality, Lee Han’s situation wasn’t that good either.

The Black Turtle Tower students had collapsed from rebound.

He was concealing them with various barriers, illusions, and skeleton warriors, but if the adventurers got close, they could become hostages.

‘I thought the bluff would work…’

Since they mistook Lee Han for a 5th year student, he thought if he bluffed a little more, the opponents would get scared on their own.

Time was on Lee Han’s side after all.

But for some reason, the opponents suddenly abandoned their hesitation and started charging like madmen.

Just from their movements, they weren’t weaker than Lee Han when it came to sword combat.

“Skeleton warriors, move! Gonadaltes. Go!”

Lee Han didn’t get scared or panic.

What was important now was doing his best.

Clatter!

The skeleton warrior, Gonadaltes, rushed out among the other skeleton warriors and raised his bone spear.

Then the other skeleton warriors all raised their bone spears in unison.

“?!”

Thud!

The foot of the adventurer who had approached closest instinctively stopped.

When a powerful mage’s undead summons began to move, there weren’t many who could abandon defense and charge forward with full force.

‘Damn. How strong is this guy? Surely he’s not immune to physical attacks?’

Barriers, illusions, a desperate situation.

What seemed like ordinary skeleton warriors felt like powerful undead summons to the adventurer.

And Lee Han precisely targeted that opening.

“Strike forth, lightning of Perkuntra!”

“Kraaaah!”

The adventurer instinctively activated his shield artifact and wrapped mana around his body to strengthen it, but immediately realized his mistake.

This wasn’t something to block.

He should have dodged!

The lightning’s power was so strong that it tore through the shield artifact and burned his body completely. The adventurer collapsed without even being able to scream.

“That…!?”

“Fire away!”

Lee Han dismantled one skeleton warrior and began firing bone fragments indiscriminately.

The other adventurer’s movements slowed as he approached through the fiercely scattered bone bullets.

“Cloak, swallow me. I am Night Breath!”

At the same time, Lee Han quietly chanted an incantation and cast invisibility. With the illusion magic still active, the adventurers didn’t notice immediately.

“Gather, condense, and explode!”

Boom!!

As the mana explosion spell burst at close range, another adventurer was launched into the air.

Gelliack could no longer even grasp how many of his companions remained.

Only the thought that they had really picked the wrong fight today filled his mind.

To encounter such a battle mage.

He had seen battle mages more experienced than his opponent, and battle mages who used higher-level magic than his opponent, but this was the first time he’d encountered such an ironclad battle mage.

‘But I won’t just die like this.’

Gelliack pulled out a potion from his chest and drank it. Then his entire body’s senses and mana began to amplify madly.

It was the 【Potion of Sambir Berserker】 with tremendous side effects, but its effectiveness was certain.

Gelliack could clearly sense where the invisible mage was.

Even if one could deceive sight, hearing, and smell, one couldn’t deceive the subtle traces left in the sand.

The amplified mana began to condense on his sword blade. It was an aura, a crystallization of mana that could even cut through mages’ magic.

The moment he saw that, Lee Han realized things had gone wrong.

His opponent was glaring at him with bloodshot eyes.

Lee Han hastily drew Morning Star and drew up his mana. However, his opponent had already reached him first.

‘Faster!’

Faced with murderous danger, his instincts exploded. Lee Han’s sword accelerated and collided with Gelliack’s.

Clang!

A collision of mana against mana.

The obsidian blade absorbed Gelliack’s mana, but the half-crazed Gelliack didn’t care.

Clang!!

Another collision.

Lee Han felt his grip tear and bleed. It was tremendous force.

‘I need to draw up more mana!’

No matter how fine a sword Morning Star was, it wasn’t more important than Lee Han’s life.

Lee Han drew up more mana. Unfortunately, Lee Han couldn’t display such advanced techniques like his opponent.

To counter the sharply refined crystallization of his opponent’s mana, he had no choice but to push forward with a brutally overwhelming amount.

Clang!!!

The collision of mana on a completely different level from before shook the surroundings and several summons disappeared.

The area had become unstable due to the mana collision.

The aftermath also affected the invisibility magic.

For a moment, Lee Han’s face was revealed.

Gelliack muttered in a stupid voice that didn’t match the situation.

“You’re not a 5th year…? Gack.”

Suddenly Gelliack dropped his sword and clutched his throat.

At that sight, Lee Han breathed a sigh of relief.

“Principal!”

The Skeleton Principal gave no response and flew rapidly from the distance, exploding with blue light.

Gelliack fumbled to twist open the lid of his ring. Then he poured it into his mouth.

It was suicide poison prepared for emergencies.

‘What kind of vicious…?’

Lee Han was shocked at the sight of Gelliack whose breath had been cut off.

The one who had been rampaging just moments ago chose suicide just from seeing the Skeleton Principal’s face.

Where do you think you’re running?

The Skeleton Principal spoke coldly.

At that moment, Gelliack, whose breath had clearly been cut off, raised his head and stood up.

Gelliack blinked as if he couldn’t believe he was alive.

“Wh-what…?”

This is my territory. Without the lord’s permission, death is not allowed. You vermin.

Lee Han was even more shocked than before.

When a person dies, their soul should naturally scatter from their body according to natural law, but the land of this magic school was rejecting that law.

To hold the soul captive, preventing it from leaving the body.

He couldn’t even guess what level of magic this was.

“Principal. This is…”

Ask magic questions later.

“No. It’s not a magic question, but it seems they have companions. He said earlier that he had to meet a guide.”

Gelliack looked at Lee Han as if he couldn’t believe it.

You heard that in that situation?

The Skeleton Principal immediately gave orders.

Intruders have entered. Block the students from going out and find the rats.

-Yes. Understood.

Lee Han showed a surprised expression. The Skeleton Principal was puzzled.

What’s wrong?

“No… I might have heard wrong, but you trusted me so much…”

Did you get hit in the head while fighting? Of course I should listen carefully. Did you think I would doubt you just because you’re a first year?

“You’re absolutely right.”

“…What did you just say…”

I didn’t tell you to open your mouth.

The Skeleton Principal swallowed Gelliack whole. Gelliack disappeared without even being able to scream.

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