Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 242

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Chapter 242

“It’s nice to see them competing with each other.”

“…You don’t need to comfort me.”

‘That wasn’t comfort.’

Lee Han had meant it sincerely.

Weren’t they competing like that to do well on the exam?

The Blue Dragon Tower students should learn from this.

-Wardanaz. I’m so sleepy. My brain isn’t working. If I eat one sweet cookie, I might want to study again.

-Wardanaz. Will you give me cake if I finish all my assignments?

Even though he was selling for silver coins, there were times when he wanted to smack his friends on the back of the head when they tried to negotiate for desserts while doing their own assignments.

Just study a little!

“Sh-should we go in now?”

Durgyu spoke up, perhaps finding the silence awkward.

If it were up to him, he wanted to quickly run in and smack his friends on the back of the head.

“No.”

“Why not?”

“?!”

In contrast, Lee Han and Giselle had no intention of going in right now.

If left alone, they would fight among themselves and exhaust their strength, so why go in first now?

“Shouldn’t we stop them??”

“Originally, they need to fight enough before it’s good to stop them. Durgyu. Right now they still have emotions left, so there’s nothing good about forcing them to stop.”

“This time I have no choice but to agree with Wardanaz. That’s right. Choi. There’s nothing good about stopping a fight in the middle.”

“…Don’t tell me you two are…”

Durgyu couldn’t believe it.

“Durgyu. Don’t you trust me?”

“Are you doubting a comrade we’re working together with right now? Choi. Were you that kind of guy?”

“So-sorry. I doubted you guys.”

Rustle!

“?”

They heard the sound of someone moving through the thicket on the path ahead.

The three held their breath with tense faces.

“This is the right place, isn’t it?”

“Bartrek! I know you’re in there! Come out! Let’s have a fair fight! Hand over the book!”

“…”

Seeing another three White Tiger Tower students appear, Giselle and Durgyu sighed deeply.

Really, as a whole group…!

Lee Han muttered.

“Did the White Tiger Tower students agree to gather here today?”

“Shut up.”

“Guess not.”

Crash!

With a loud noise, the White Tiger Tower students who had been inside the cave came rolling out.

The students who arrived late were startled.

“How did you guys know!?”

“What about you guys?!”

“…Then let’s talk with swords!”

“That’s my line!”

“Blaze forth!”

“Legs, run!”

‘Oh. They fight well.’

Lee Han admired the fierce battle of the White Tiger Tower students.

Since he didn’t know when he might end up fighting these guys, it wouldn’t hurt to check their tactics in advance.

Even though White Tiger Tower bore the stigma of being ‘the least interested in studying’ among Einroguard’s four towers, it was still a tower where the Empire’s finest talents gathered.

Moreover, these were people enduring the hellish first-year life. It would be stranger if their magic skills didn’t improve.

The combat style the White Tiger Tower students were showing now was the very embodiment of a hybrid between swordsmen and mages.

Even just casting simple magic on swords, shields, or their bodies multiplied their power several times over.

Apart from their excellent swordsmanship, each had received solid foundational training from knight families, making them relatively quick to adapt to such enhancement magic.

Physical enhancement magic was actually quite tricky to adapt to.

When your limbs suddenly became lighter and strength you never had came gushing forth, not many people could skillfully control it.

Even mercenaries who had spent their entire lives on battlefields were like this.

This kind of thing was inevitably advantageous to those who had steadily built foundations since childhood.

Watching them clash quickly and brilliantly, Lee Han viewed the White Tiger Tower students a bit differently.

‘Why don’t these guys who can fight this enthusiastically study like that?’

Durgyu was also concentrating on watching the fight when he came to his senses.

“Lee Han. When are we going in… Lee Han? Lee Han??”

Durgyu looked around in surprise.

Lee Han, who had been right next to him just moments ago, was nowhere to be seen.

“Mo-Moradi. Lee Han is…”

“He just cast invisibility magic and went into the cave.”

“…”

* * *

While the White Tiger Tower students were fighting fiercely outside, Lee Han felt restless just waiting, so he entered the cave.

Since it was a book he’d take later anyway, it wouldn’t make much difference to take it now, would it?

A foul smell stung his nose.

‘Alchemy?’

A medicinal brew bubbling in a cauldron, and a book placed next to that cauldron.

Lee Han could immediately identify what it was.

‘Fortunately, they weren’t planning to face the giant head-on.’

Come to think of it, no matter how reckless the White Tiger Tower students were, they weren’t reckless enough to face a giant head-on.

Lee Han slightly regretted suspecting the White Tiger Tower students.

Since there were so many crazy people in the magic school, he had thought ‘what if’ about the White Tiger Tower students too.

After putting the book in his pocket, Lee Han examined the inside of the cauldron.

It was to check how complete the medicinal brew was.

“!”

Lee Han was surprised by the unexpectedly high-quality appearance of the medicinal brew.

Looking at the manufacturing method written in the book, this was definitely not a low-difficulty brew. It had clearly been completed after several trials and errors.

‘I should take some just in case.’

Lee Han opened the cap of an empty potion bottle and filled it with the medicinal brew.

Bang!

‘What’s that?’

Lee Han was puzzled by a sound from outside that was different from the noise up until now.

Had new White Tiger Tower students arrived perhaps?

If not, then why suddenly…

“It’s a Kurale Lizard!”

Lee Han, who had rushed out of the cave, realized what was happening.

The commotion caused by the White Tiger Tower students had attracted nearby monsters.

“Get low! It’ll be troublesome if you get hit!”

“Don’t let it get close! Keep it at bay!”

The students who had been fighting just moments ago were also startled and formed ranks, standing shoulder to shoulder.

A massive lizard monster with a body like a giant crocodile – the Kurale Lizard.

Its heavy weight itself was a formidable weapon, but more threatening was the paralyzing poison it shot from its salivary glands.

Swish!

As the students clustered together, the Kurale Lizard immediately shot out its paralyzing poison. A sticky, viscous mass came flying toward them.

With a splattering sound, the paralyzing poison stuck to their shields. The White Tiger Tower students’ eyes trembled with shock.

“Over here! You lizard bastard!”

When Durgyu and Giselle came charging out, the White Tiger Tower students were startled.

What?

“Durgyu! Why are you here…”

“Focus!”

Lee Han shouted firmly from behind as he came running out.

“Even Wardanaz?! Why on earth… Ugh!”

Despite the warning, one student who couldn’t hide his curiosity stiffened and collapsed forward.

The Kurale Lizard swung its front paw with fierce momentum. It intended to drag away the paralyzed student.

“I told you to focus!”

“Would you be able to focus in this situation?!”

Not only Durgyu and Giselle, but even Wardanaz had suddenly appeared – how many people could stay calm in such circumstances?

However, the Kurale Lizard was definitely threatening. The White Tiger Tower students forgot about why those friends were here and decided to deal with the monster first.

“Flash forth!”

Lightning magic crackled between the White Tiger Tower students with a flash of lightning.

However, the Kurale Lizard wasn’t hit. Not because the creature was agile, but because Lee Han’s aim had been off from the start.

“Lee Han?!”

“Wardanaz!! Did you get hit by poison?!”

Not only Durgyu but the other White Tiger Tower students turned around in shock.

Lee Han failing to hit with his magic.

It was simply unbelievable.

Unless he had been poisoned or something…

“…I can miss too, you bastards. Focus, I said!”

Lee Han was dumbfounded.

As long as Lee Han was human, he was a being who could make mistakes.

…Of course, he usually didn’t, but after staying up all night making simple artifacts and climbing mountains, lack of concentration was unavoidable.

‘Damn. I didn’t expect to experience this firsthand.’

The professors had constantly said that ‘not only a mage’s mana but also a mage’s will is important in magic,’ and he was feeling that with his body now.

With insufficient concentration, magic would inevitably become disrupted when weaving spells.

‘Instead of lightning magic, I’ll use other magic…’

“Bones, seize the enemy!”

Lee Han threw bone fragments and summoned restraints.

The first magic missed and only caught the Kurale Lizard’s tail, but it didn’t matter.

“Bones, seize the enemy. Bones, seize the enemy. Bones, seize the enemy. Rise up, warriors! Bones, shoot forth!”

The White Tiger Tower students, who had wondered ‘Is this dark magic?’ when the first bone restraints were summoned, were shocked by the frenzied barrage of spells.

As if difficult proper aiming could be solved by sheer quantity, bone fragments were shooting out indiscriminately.

“Durgyu!”

“Got him out!”

As the barrage of bone fragments flew like rain, even the Kurale Lizard seemed overwhelmed by the momentum and retreated.

Taking advantage of the gap, Durgyu carried the fallen friend on his back.

Thud! Crash!

“!”

Lee Han turned his head at the sound coming from behind.

Two more lizards were emerging from the cave entrance they had escaped from earlier. One of them had a cauldron stuck on its head from whatever chaos had occurred inside.

“My medicinal brew!!!!”

Bartrek screamed. Gatono also realized belatedly and shouted together.

“No! My book!”

“Are you insane!”

Durgyu grabbed Gatono’s shoulder and shouted forcefully.

“It was wrong to be so unreasonably greedy in the first place! Defeating a giant, really. Pursuing honor may be a knight’s duty, but if you pursue it through excessive greed, would that be honor! Look at yourselves! I don’t know what that book is, but it would be fortunate to let the monsters take it!”

At Durgyu’s heartfelt cry, the White Tiger Tower students blushed with shame.

Lee Han also blushed slightly.

‘I already took the book though…’

“Choi. The lecture is good, but do it later. Retreat first!”

Giselle shouted sharply.

Another Kurale Lizard had appeared from a different direction.

Looking at the current situation, it wouldn’t be surprising if more appeared.

“…I’m sorry. Durgyu! Let’s retreat! Friends!”

“I was wrong! We’re all getting out of here together!”

“Well thought, everyone!”

While the White Tiger Tower students were making their passionate resolution, Lee Han suppressed his awkwardness and shouted.

“Right! Let’s all get out together!”

“Wardanaz…!”

When one student tried to embrace him, Lee Han gently pushed him away with his hand.

* * *

Retreating while surrounded by monsters was more difficult than expected.

They had to keep threatening while backing away, and if they showed even the slightest opening, they would immediately be caught.

“Gonadaltes, keep it in check. Sharkan, block the one on the left!”

“What?! Who?!”

“Focus, I said!”

Smack!

Lee Han struck the back of one White Tiger Tower student’s head with his staff.

This wasn’t the time to be distracted.

“Bones, shoot forth!”

Lee Han used the skeleton warriors as projectiles very effectively.

Though they couldn’t move, the summoned skeleton warriors were collections of bones.

In Lee Han’s situation where fatigue made complex control or aiming difficult, such quantity that allowed for indiscriminate firing was very useful.

Splat!

-■■■!

When another attack was blocked by the floating shield, the lizard made a threatening sound.

It seemed quite irritated.

‘Really fortunate that I brought the floating shield!’

Lee Han didn’t thank the professors for their foresight, but was grateful for his good luck.

Without the floating shield, several more White Tiger Tower students would have fallen.

“Wardanaz.”

“?”

“If we send the ones in front to another direction, the lizards will also split up. Wouldn’t it be better to quickly go around and call for support?”

Giselle whispered in a small voice.

In Giselle’s view, the current situation wasn’t very good.

Wardanaz’s condition was strangely poor, and the monsters weren’t giving up and kept pursuing them.

If so, they had to make a choice.

If they split up here, the Kurale Lizard would surely chase after the other White Tiger Tower students instead of pursuing Giselle or Wardanaz.

Anyone could see they were easier targets.

She didn’t care if people called her heartless. Giselle judged it would be better to quickly return and call for reinforcements.

‘Wait. If it’s Wardanaz, he might refuse because of his pride…’

Lee Han immediately answered.

“That’s a very good idea. Then you persuade Durgyu.”

“…Choi won’t listen to me. It would be better if you said it.”

“Damn.”

Lee Han couldn’t argue with that.

“We’re splitting up! Durgyu! This way! Everyone else, take that path!”

“Split up! Durgyu! This way! Everyone else, go that way!”

At the charismatic shouts of the two students, the White Tiger Tower students moved first and thought later.

Durgyu moved too.

…Toward the White Tiger Tower students.

“Kuk! Those damn lizards…!”

“Durgyu! Come here!”

“I can’t break formation!”

Durgyu, who had been maintaining formation with his friends, missed the timing to break away and moved along with them.

Lee Han and Giselle sighed.

“Let’s save him later.”

“That bastard. We’ll save him later.”

“…Wait. The monsters seem to be coming toward us.”

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