Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 241
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Chapter 241
“That shield!”
“Ah. This shield.”
Lee Han nodded while suppressing a yawn.
Like a diligent student, Durgyu certainly had a good eye.
“Isn’t it amazing?”
“Of course it’s amazing…!”
“Right. Even though I didn’t do the magic duration amplification separately, it’s still being maintained. I didn’t expect this either.”
The shield had been spinning around for over six hours now.
Normally he should have dismissed it and moved around, but Lee Han was leaving it alone to see how long it would last.
‘I need to check how long it lasts before I can decide whether to use it or not.’
It was honestly surprising that the enchantment magic was maintained even without the magic duration amplification process.
No matter how much mana he had, he never thought it would work like this.
It was something even Lee Han hadn’t expected.
But even when luck was given, he shouldn’t become complacent and settle for it. He needed to check exactly how far it was possible.
…And if the duration lasted about a day, Lee Han was planning to submit it right away.
‘I hope this wraps things up here.’
“But that’s impressive. Durgyu. I didn’t know you’d recognize it right away. To notice so quickly that this shield didn’t have the magic duration amplification process done separately…”
“…I, I guess I was lucky because I studied enchantment magic hard.”
Durgyu, who naturally hadn’t recognized it, stammered.
He was just surprised that Lee Han had already brought a completed work…
“More than that, Lee Han. I was originally planning to ask while working together.”
“You can just ask separately, it doesn’t matter. Durgyu.”
“Thank you so much. Wait. Would it be okay if Moradi joined in asking too?”
“I don’t mind, but you won’t interfere with me during finals after asking me questions, will you? If you have any conscience as a person.”
“Of course Moradi wouldn’t do that.”
“But Moradi has no conscience.”
“Lee Han…”
“It’s fine. She probably didn’t hear.”
‘I think she heard though.’
With the hearing of a student raised in a knight family, she could definitely hear from this distance.
“Then you can hear it directly from Moradi. Lee Han.”
“Good idea. Moradi. Would you promise on your family and honor that you won’t interfere with me during finals?”
“…Fine. I’ll promise.”
“Would it be okay if I hold you responsible even if just one White Tiger Tower student picks a fight with me?”
“Why would that be my responsibility?!”
Giselle, who had been about to nod unconsciously, was horrified.
He was trying to scam her without missing the moment she let her guard down.
“Aren’t you like the leader of the White Tiger Tower students?”
“There are so many who don’t listen to me… Do you think our tower listens as well as you guys in your tower?”
“Anyone listening would misunderstand. Our tower is the most disobedient of the four towers. Moradi.”
‘I’m really glad the other friends aren’t seeing this argument.’
Durgyu thought to himself.
If the Blue Dragon Tower students who trusted and followed Lee Han and the White Tiger Tower students who trusted and followed Giselle heard this conversation, they would cry ‘what did we do so wrong.’
* * *
“Good. Let’s agree to this much.”
Since they both needed something, Lee Han and Giselle each compromised a step.
“Don’t forget about lending me the White Tiger Tower guys when I need them later.”
Lee Han secured the right to mobilize White Tiger Tower students when needed later.
In exchange, Giselle compromised to have Lee Han teach the White Tiger Tower students.
Looking at the disastrous midterm grades, if they left things as they were, only a few including Giselle would be able to welcome vacation from the tower.
“You better not forget about teaching either.”
“What’s so difficult about teaching.”
“…”
“…”
At Lee Han’s words, Durgyu and Giselle fell silent.
Seeing their reaction, Lee Han felt slightly ominous.
“…Still, if they got into Einroguard, they all have basic talent, don’t they?”
“Th, that’s right.”
“Of… course.”
“The friends aren’t interested in studying, but they’re definitely not stupid.”
‘This is getting more ominous.’
Usually among those who made such excuses, there weren’t any who were good to teach.
“Teaching is for later, so let’s focus on what’s in front of us for now.”
Lee Han said while suppressing a yawn.
Seeing this, Giselle felt puzzled inside.
It was quite different from Wardanaz’s usual appearance.
‘Did he stay up all night? No way. That can’t be.’
Given Wardanaz’s thorough personality, there was no way he would have stayed up all night when he had to roam the mountain range from noon.
“Lee Han looks tired. Did you stay up all night or something?”
“Stop talking nonsense. There’s no way Wardanaz would do that.”
Giselle curtly scolded Durgyu.
“But the enchantment magic assignment too…”
“He probably finished it yesterday.”
“Is, is that so?”
From Durgyu’s perspective, the time seemed too short for that to make sense, but…
‘Since Moradi says so, it must be true.’
“So, shall we each share what we know about what monsters are in this mountain range.”
Probably even Einroguard graduates wouldn’t fully understand this mountain range.
The mountain range was that vast and deep.
Just last time, they walked for hours to get in but ended up wandering around the entrance area of the mountain range before coming out.
But the magic school students had accumulated knowledge and rumors.
“Bears, wolves, wild boars, and crocodiles.”
“Crocodiles appear?!”
Durgyu was startled. Giselle gestured slightly and answered.
“There’s swampland.”
“There’s swampland?!”
“Durgyu. What are you going to do if you’re already surprised like this? Anything could appear. It wouldn’t be surprising if a volcanic region appeared either.”
‘That would be surprising though.’
‘Shouldn’t you be surprised at that level…’
“Slimes and various chimeras.”
When chimeras were mentioned, Lee Han clicked his tongue.
Why would chimeras, which were artificial fusion magic life forms, appear in this mountain range with good water and air?
They must have come from mages’ experiments.
And those mages naturally would have come from Einroguard…
‘I resent the upperclassmen who experimented without following safety protocols.’
“That’s about it.”
“I see. What about Durgyu?”
When Giselle finished talking about the monsters she knew, Durgyu opened his mouth.
“Actually, I heard from my friends, and they’re currently… targeting a giant.”
“…What?”
Giselle reacted before Lee Han. Giselle asked with her eyes wide open in disbelief.
“What idiots are trying to take down a giant? Tell me.”
“I, I can’t tell you because it’s a secret… and we’re not in the same group either.”
Giant.
A race with massive build and powerful defense, whose mere walking was enough to intimidate surrounding monsters.
They were so ferocious and savage that communication with other races was impossible, making it fair to consider them just monsters. You had to be prepared for attacks the moment you encountered one.
No matter how you looked at it, they weren’t opponents that 1st year students should target…
But several White Tiger Tower students were seriously targeting a giant.
The trigger happened to be finding a book about giants in the library.
-Only you know about this. See this map? There’s a giant living beyond the mountain range ridge.
-Oh…! Hey. Only you know about this. I heard that there’s roughly a giant living beyond this part of the mountain range.
-Wow… Come here. Don’t say I told you. This is really valuable information, but there’s a giant around this part beyond the mountain range…
“…Are they determined to die?”
Giselle muttered with a frown.
It was absurd that they were secretly whispering among themselves about this again.
In their own way, they probably hid it because they were afraid someone would steal it if they talked, but who would steal such a thing?
No matter how much they wanted to win the competition, targeting a giant was going too far.
“Wardanaz wouldn’t do such a reckless thing.”
“Right. …Wait. What do you mean by that?”
Lee Han felt something was off and tried to confront Giselle about it.
But Durgyu spoke first.
“Still, there seemed to be… some method to deal with the giant.”
“Since you said the book had the giant’s location, it wouldn’t be surprising if methods to deal with it were also written.”
The problem was that giants weren’t easy enough enemies that you could immediately use the methods just by reading about them in a book.
“If you could use something right away just by reading a book once, why would mages struggle so much?”
“Right. That…?”
Durgyu, who was about to nod, suddenly looked at Lee Han.
For a moment, he thought ‘Shouldn’t Lee Han not be saying such things?’
“You guys seem to be right. Let me seriously try to stop them.”
“No. Wait.”
“Hold on.”
“?”
When Lee Han and Giselle stopped him simultaneously, Durgyu was confused.
“Would sincere advice really be effective in the current situation?”
“I don’t want to agree with Wardanaz, but he’s definitely right. These are guys who are preparing in secret, so would they listen if we try to stop them? They’ll just do it secretly.”
“I, I see. Do you have any good methods?”
“First, let’s confirm the location. Tailing would be good.”
“After confirming the location, make sure to nail it down so they can’t approach.”
“We should steal the book too. If they keep the book, they’ll have useless thoughts during the remaining few weeks.”
“Right. Let’s steal the book too.”
“…”
They had definitely agreed to climb the mountain range on the weekend to check where monsters were located…
As the topic of conversation suddenly changed to masked robbery, Durgyu couldn’t help but be flustered.
“Isn’t stealing a bit too… much?”
“Durgyu. Don’t misunderstand. This is something we’re doing for our friends. You don’t think I’m doing this because I’m worried other guys might get good grades by catching the giant, do you?”
“Choi. Think carefully. What would you think later when you see your friends get hurt? Wouldn’t you think ‘I should have stopped them then’?”
“…That… might be true…”
Lee Han and Giselle nodded and put their arms on each of Durgyu’s shoulders.
“Then we’re doing this together. Durgyu.”
“So who has that book? Tell us.”
“…”
* * *
Gatono of the Dulak family looked around in front of the cave.
He was checking if anyone was following him.
‘Well, who would follow me to a place like this.’
“Who is it?”
“Gatono of Dulak.”
“Come in quietly.”
Friends from the same group inside the cave hurriedly gestured.
“It’s going well, right?”
“Of course. Who is Bartrek here? He’s from the Bark family.”
Bartrek was famous in White Tiger Tower for his excellent alchemy.
…Of course, he was a bit behind compared to the geniuses from other towers, but even considering that, his skills were undoubtedly decent.
“Is this that… thing?”
“Right. The potion that puts even giants to sleep.”
Deep inside the cave, a huge cauldron hung over a campfire, and inside the cauldron, a foul-smelling medicinal brew was boiling vigorously.
As Lee Han and Giselle had worried, the White Tiger Tower students weren’t brainless.
Since it involved dealing with a giant, they naturally had thorough calculations.
Here I write about the secret potion that puts giants to sleep, so that juniors may avoid unnecessary confrontations with angry giants…
To subdue a giant, it wasn’t necessary to kill it.
It would be enough to put it to sleep and take some of its hair or treasures.
If they secretly approached the creature’s dwelling at night, sprinkled the potion around while it was sleeping…
Bang!
“?!?”
“What was that sound?”
“It’s an intruder! Someone triggered the trap!”
“Could it be… isn’t that Wardanaz?!”
“Why would Wardanaz come out here! Don’t talk nonsense!”
* * *
“Is this the right place?”
“It seems right.”
“…Wait. I can hear fighting sounds from inside.”
The three who had stopped to watch from the thicket near the cave hesitated.
There were definitely sounds of fighting coming from inside.
-Hand over the book!
-You cowardly bastards! How can you call yourselves knights after doing this!
-Hmph. Taking by force is what knights do. If you don’t have the ability to protect treasure, you don’t deserve to have it!
“…”
“…”
Giselle and Durgyu simultaneously hung their heads low.
This is truly a disgrace to the Tower!
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