Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 273

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Chapter 273

‘The professor’s words might indeed be correct.’

As Lee Han finished his work in the vegetable garden and headed back, he thought this way.

Right now the phoenix was insanely dropping his academic concentration, but getting caught up in this might actually be a mistake.

Trying to prevent something that couldn’t be prevented no matter what would only cause suffering.

It might be better to just accept the phoenix as an existence like the Skeleton Principal and simply do what he needed to do.

“Wardanaz!! Wardanaz!!!”

White Tiger Tower students came running toward Lee Han as he walked from the cabin.

Since there were few people around, Lee Han gave a warning first.

“Wait. Speak from there. Don’t come any closer.”

“This isn’t the time for that!! Follow us!!”

“That’s even more suspicious.”

“…Ah! It’s really not like that!! Please believe us!!!”

The White Tiger Tower student screamed and rolled around on the ground.

Even his friend beside him was shocked by that unsightly display.

“…Fine. Lead the way.”

If that was acting, it was such desperate acting that he felt he should go even if it was a trap.

* * *

“…”

“…”

Lee Han was so shocked he couldn’t close his mouth.

The students from each tower who had arrived first and gathered also had similar expressions.

Whoooosh!

The storage containing the final exam assignments for 【Basic Imperial Geometry and Arithmetic】 was burning.

“…The storage should be flame-resistant, right? How is it burning?”

“The phoenix broke open the storage door and went inside.”

“…”

Even if flame-resistant magic was cast on the storage’s outer walls, there was no way it could withstand the phoenix opening the door and rolling around inside.

Lee Han looked around.

From students who had lost their minds and burst into laughter to students crying and pounding the ground with their fists.

It was a natural reaction since the 【Basic Imperial Geometry and Arithmetic】 final exam was burning up in an instant.

“Everyone, let’s put out the fire first.”

“Huh? Uh… uhh.”

“Isn’t putting it out now impossible?”

The students murmured, but Lee Han spoke through action.

He summoned water from the air and threw it.

It was simple magic, but continuously summoning massive chunks of water in the face of flames set by a phoenix was something only Lee Han could do.

After repeating this dozens of times, the fire died down. Lee Han looked at the storage that had become ash with a bitter expression.

‘I worked so hard on those.’

“This won’t do.”

“???”

“Let’s catch the phoenix first, then study.”

“Wardanaz…!”

The students’ eyes widened at Lee Han’s words.

Was he really thinking of catching the phoenix?

“I’ll join you!”

“I offer my sword to you, Wardanaz!”

“Now that it’s come to this, the final exam doesn’t matter at all!”

“That’s not right though.”

“U, uh-huh.”

* * *

Of course, no matter how angry he was, Lee Han wasn’t stupid enough to go hunt a phoenix with just his friends.

“Professor. Could you perhaps help us hunt the phoenix?”

“…Pardon?”

Professor Garcia was bewildered but didn’t stop the students or refuse.

“Of course, these kinds of experiences do help mages grow, but phoenix hunting seems like it would be too difficult…”

“I’m planning to ask other professors for help too.”

Professor Garcia hesitated at Lee Han’s words.

‘That doesn’t seem likely to work.’

Usually, magic school professors didn’t particularly like helping students.

The old theory that mages must research on their own to grow was one thing, but Professor Garcia actually suspected it was because helping students with their affairs one by one was bothersome.

“Well, Lee Han. Actually, the professors are busier than you think…”

Professor Garcia tried to persuade Lee Han without hurting his feelings.

However, Lee Han already knew this.

“I’m aware of that.”

Professors were originally beings who gave work to students, not beings who helped students with their work.

But sometimes there were exceptions.

Bang!

“Professor Verdus! Please help us new students!”

“What? No!”

When he opened the door to the Sacred Workshop and entered, Professor Verdus, who was in the middle of working with hammer and chisel, refused outright.

Lee Han didn’t panic and continued speaking.

“If you help us, I’ll help you with work too!”

“Then fine!”

Professor Verdus jumped down from his chair.

Seeing this, Professor Garcia asked worriedly.

“Um, Lee Han? Professor Verdus is quite a hard worker even among the professors…”

No matter how much they needed Professor Verdus’s help, making such a promise rashly was dangerous.

“You don’t need to worry.”

“??”

“We didn’t decide what kind of work, right? I can just do some simple work and make excuses.”

“…”

Professor Garcia blinked.

“…So, you’re deceiving him?”

“No, Professor. It’s not deception but skillful rhetoric. The Principal would agree too.”

“…”

Professor Garcia couldn’t help but question whether character education was being done properly.

Bang!

“Professor Bagrek! We’re trying to hunt a phoenix, please help us!”

Professor Boladi, who had been sitting, raised his eyebrow slightly, then nodded and stood up from his seat.

Then he spotted the gathered students and sent a slightly puzzled look.

“Weren’t you going to face it one-on-one?”

“…I’m not quite at that level.”

* * *

At first, Professor Garcia thought it might be okay, but when Professor Verdus and Professor Bagrek joined in, his thoughts changed.

Of course, Einroguard’s professors were supposed to help students only at an ‘appropriate’ level.

They couldn’t just defeat a phoenix simply because students asked them to defeat it.

But if you received appropriate levels of help from multiple people, the story would be different.

And with no one watching, who would say anything if they helped a little more…

Good! I’ll join too!

“…”

“…”

The cheerful atmosphere among the first-year students who had been getting along well with the professors froze cold.

The Skeleton Principal asked as if wondering why they were acting like that.

Why is everyone acting like this?

“They seem moved by the fact that you’re offering to help, Principal.”

That guy… it’s fine. I understand everything.

The Skeleton Principal spoke magnanimously. Lee Han cursed inwardly.

‘Damn it. I should have somehow blocked the Death Knights’ eyes.’

There was no way the Skeleton Principal had just come to help.

He must have heard from the Death Knights that the professors were helping and come to interfere.

How petty!

Now then… how are you planning to catch the phoenix? Tell me. Surely an Einroguard student wasn’t planning to rely on professors without any thought?

“That’s not it.”

Shh!

When Professor Garcia spoke, the Skeleton Principal quickly covered his mouth.

Be quiet. I won’t allow you to communicate with each other using secret codes!

“There’s no such thing…”

Whether Professor Garcia was bewildered or not, the Skeleton Principal was thorough.

Among the professors here, Professor Garcia was the only one who would help Lee Han.

‘The other professors aren’t being stopped? …Hmm. There’s no need to stop them.’

Lee Han looked at Professor Verdus and Professor Boladi and nodded.

Seeing the two of them, he understood why the Skeleton Principal wasn’t stopping them.

“Of course I have something planned.”

Catching a phoenix with invincible regenerative power that didn’t even consider any attack as an attack seemed impossible at first glance.

But all creatures have weaknesses. The phoenix was no exception.

First, the method of weakening the phoenix’s regenerative power and suppressing it by dealing damage.

‘It’s a good method, but it’s beyond my current level.’

He had no idea what kind of high-level magic would be needed to weaken the regenerative power of a being like the phoenix.

Another method was to exhaust the phoenix’s stamina.

More precisely, it was the phoenix’s mana. The phoenix, being a summoned beast, was moving using its own vast mana as a power source.

If this mana was exhausted as much as possible, the phoenix as a summoned beast would have no choice but to be reverse summoned to another dimension.

“…This is how we exhaust its mana.”

You did think about it somewhat. Though it’s reckless.

The Skeleton Principal didn’t say it was complete nonsense, but he didn’t say it was a good method either.

It was too crude to be called a good method.

Making a summoned beast with vast mana exhausted until all its power was drained.

Even if it sounded good, there was a high possibility that the people would collapse first.

Of course, among the methods that first-year students could use now, this was about the only option…

“Then I’ll proceed. Professor Verdus. Please cast flame protection magic on the students.”

“Huh? Everyone here?”

Professor Verdus, who had been quiet, asked in surprise.

“I don’t want to. It’s a waste of mana.”

A mage’s mana was a precious resource. Especially for someone like Professor Verdus who devoted himself to artifacts without any spare time in a day.

It was strange for a mage to waste it like water; managing it thoroughly like this was normal.

“Don’t worry. Professor Garcia!”

“I’m listening, Student Lee Han.”

“Please absorb my mana.”

“Alright… what did you say?”

The students stirred. The Skeleton Principal also sent a shocked look and asked.

By any chance… have you absorbed mana before?

“No?!”

Professor Garcia said in horror.

Since mana was like life to a mage, the act of arbitrarily absorbing mana could be misunderstood.

Especially since the other party was his disciple, he had to be even more careful.

“There’s no way I would do such a thing!”

True. You’re not Bibble, and you’re not the type to do such things. Sorry about that.

“I never did such a thing!”

Professor Verdus grumbled. Seeing this, Lee Han had a memory that suddenly came to mind.

‘Wait. Didn’t Professor Boladi try to absorb my mana before?’

Didn’t he try mana drain saying I couldn’t control the iron ball because I had too much mana?

Lee Han looked at Professor Boladi in bewilderment. Professor Boladi, feeling the gaze, made a puzzled expression.

“Do you want to duel one-on-one after all?”

“…No.”

“I see.”

Lee Han turned his gaze to Professor Garcia.

“You can absorb my mana and give it to Professor Verdus.”

“Do we really have to do this?”

Professor Garcia made an expression of really not wanting to do it.

Do we really have to?

The Skeleton Principal also wondered if they really had to go that far. It wasn’t like Professor Verdus was on the verge of collapse from mana deficiency, so did they need to take care of him to that extent?

Professor Verdus didn’t care and extended his arm.

“Give me mana quickly.”

Please just shut up for once.

* * *

Just as the process of blood transfusion wasn’t easy, the process of transferring mana to another person wasn’t easy either.

A mage’s inner self was another world.

Since they were transferring elements that formed the order of that world, there was bound to be conflict.

Naturally, a mage of Professor Garcia’s caliber could mitigate that conflict.

Wooooooong-

A sphere of condensed mana appeared in the air. It was a sphere about the size of a human head.

However, the amount of mana contained within was extraordinary. It was a compressed sphere of pure mana, filtered and refined of various attributes and thoughts.

“Student Lee Han. Tell me if it gets difficult.”

“I’m fine, Professor. It doesn’t affect me at all.”

“…From now on, just pretend it’s difficult.”

“?!”

Lee Han realized his mistake belatedly.

“Then I’ll connect it.”

A line extended from the sphere of mana and connected to Professor Verdus.

“Power… power…!”

Receive it a bit more quietly.

The Skeleton Principal scolded him.

“I think this is enough?”

Already?

“Yes! That’s sufficient.”

Professor Verdus was someone who would be greedy if he wanted to be greedy, but not someone who would forcibly end things quickly for his disciple’s sake.

The Skeleton Principal and Professor Garcia, who knew this well, looked at each other.

‘The purity of the mana…’

‘…just how high is it?’

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