Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 311

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Chapter 311

Magic was also a discipline that showed better to those who knew it.

Mages like Durgyu or Angrago who had no interest in dark magic didn’t know well, but Raphadael, who was learning dark magic together, was feeling how absurd what Lee Han had just done was.

No matter how low circle magic it was, to summon that many bone restraints, summon bone hands, and control them all simultaneously.

Bone magic also belonged to a type of elemental magic, and Wardanaz, who excelled at elemental control, would naturally be skilled at it, but…

This was truly an absurd feat.

How much mana and how much talent would one need to make this possible?

“Raphadael. What are you doing? Aren’t you going in?”

“…”

“Hey, hey! What are you doing!”

“You, don’t you have any thoughts seeing this?”

Raphadael asked Angrago.

Angrago answered as if asking what he was talking about.

“Wardanaz is originally good at magic.”

“…”

‘This stupid bastard!’

At the sight of his friends who couldn’t recognize what was amazing because they didn’t know dark magic, Raphadael beat his chest.

How amazing this was…!

“Mage sir. How are we supposed to fight like this?”

One of the mercenaries spoke to Lee Han with a whimpering voice.

It was a ploy to try to get the restraints released somehow by appealing to sympathy.

“You should be able to fight ghouls sufficiently in that state, right?”

“If an emergency situation occurs… the cave is dark and the terrain is complex, so we don’t know what might happen.”

“Don’t worry. The darkness doesn’t matter since I’ll float lights. Sharkan will go in first to assess the complex terrain. There won’t be any surprise attacks, so maintain formation and fight well.”

“…”

The captured mercenary thought to himself.

Mages were truly a tribe he didn’t want to deal with!

* * *

“Then we’ll go in now.”

“Wait. I’ll cast nimble steps magic on you.”

“Oh…!”

The two adventurers who got to directly experience the mage’s enhancement magic they had only heard about were delighted.

Lee Han cast 【Gonadaltes’ Nimble Steps】. At the power rising from deep within their bodies, the two adventurers trembled.

‘This is enhancement magic…!’

‘I think I understand why people try to get enhancement mages into their parties somehow!’

“Then we’ll go in.”

“Wait. I’ll also cast spatial perception magic on you.”

“Ah… thank you.”

When the 【Spatial Perception】 magic was cast, the two adventurers felt their sense of distance become very sharp and precise.

‘This is enhancement magic…!’

‘Enhancement mages somehow…’

“Now, let’s go in!”

“Wait. I’ll also cast sharp hands magic on you.”

“…”

“Th… thank you.”

The two adventurers were gradually getting flustered.

A mage’s mana wouldn’t be infinite either, so was this really okay?

It was good, but was it really alright to do this??

‘If you’re from Einroguard, is this level natural?’

“There. I’ve cast everything, so let’s go in now. Forward.”

Lee Han tightened the bone hand that was choking Buldahak’s neck. Buldahak made choking sounds and walked forward.

-Grrrrung.

Sharkan made a sharp sound, perhaps smelling ghouls inside.

“Stop for a moment.”

Lee Han again tightened the bone hand that was choking Buldahak’s neck.

Buldahak gritted his teeth and said.

“I understand even if you just speak…”

“Light!”

When a sphere of light with strong luminosity appeared at the cave entrance, the ghouls that had been positioned near the entrance began crawling out making terrible sounds.

They felt strong aversion to the light and were trying to deal with the mage who had summoned that light.

-■■■… ■■■…

-■■■■■…

“Block them!”

The mercenaries were more desperate than ever.

Normally they would have fought by moving freely while maintaining only loose formation, but in the current situation where they were all forcibly bound, they couldn’t do that.

They maintained tight formation shoulder to shoulder and stabbed to knock down the ghouls.

Durgyu unconsciously admired.

“I didn’t know mercenaries could fight in such coordinated harmony. It reminds me of family soldiers.”

“…Durgyu. Don’t you see the bones on their necks, wrists, and ankles?”

“Inside! Sharkan. Continue to assess the enemies!”

Lee Han pushed Buldahak and the mercenaries to the very front, and entered from behind while maintaining formation with his friends.

The cave was wide enough for over ten people to pass through easily. Lee Han floated another sphere of light.

-■■! ■■!

Inside the cave that became bright as midday.

The properly stimulated ghouls rushed out once again.

The mercenaries shouted and desperately swung their weapons.

A ghoul hit by a mace fell forward, and a ghoul slashed by a thick single-edged sword rolled around.

Lee Han floated water orbs and shot them according to signals from Sharkan. Ghouls that had been hiding behind walls or rocks came bursting out in anger.

“Protect Wardanaz!”

Since the cave was quite wide and ghouls were swarming from all directions, some ghouls broke through the mercenaries’ formation and came around to the back.

The White Tiger Tower students took up swords and shields and knocked down the ghouls.

Raphadael’s performance was particularly active.

“Where do you think you’re going, you ghoul bastards. Return to the land of the dead! How dare you!”

“Raphadael. You don’t need to go that far, Wardanaz is fine.”

Angrago was slightly flustered by his overly active friend’s behavior.

Wasn’t he worrying about Wardanaz too much? Wardanaz wasn’t someone who would fall to one or two ghouls.

“What? No! What bullshit are you spouting?! Choi. You explain instead!”

“Uh… thank you for worrying about Wardanaz. Raphadael.”

“…”

Raphadael lamented at the sight of these foolish friends who didn’t know much about dark magic.

‘It’s really frustrating moving with guys who don’t know dark magic!’

Meanwhile, the wave of ghouls that had rushed in was completely defeated. The mercenaries breathed heavily and lowered their weapons. Fighting while forcibly bound made it feel several times harder than usual.

“Mab…”

When one of the mercenaries tried to turn his head, Lee Han reflexively shot a water orb and tightened the bone hand.

“Kuk kuk kuk.”

“Ah you crazy bastard!”

“Why are you falling over!”

As the accomplice tied up next to him fell over, the other mercenaries staggered and got irritated.

“Ah. Sorry about that. You shouldn’t have turned your head. Why did you do that?”

“Rest, rest…”

“Fine. Rest.”

“Maybe something to drink too…”

“You crazy bastard. Don’t you have any sense?”

The mercenary next to him whispered in horror.

They had been caught trying to attack someone while having a bounty on their heads, and now he was asking for something to drink?

If he didn’t want to be dissected before reaching the city, he should just keep his mouth shut, but there was always one clueless idiot like this.

The type who immediately got cocky just because the other person showed a little consideration!

It would be fine if he died alone, but the problem was that he would drag everyone else down with him. The mercenary lamented the fact that such an idiot was part of their group.

“Water?”

Lee Han summoned water and poured it over the mercenaries. The mercenaries screamed with joy at the cold life-giving water that washed away their sweat, blood, and heat.

“Thank you!”

“Thank you, Mage sir!”

“Want to drink more?”

“Just a little more…”

“Hey, you crazy bastard!”

The other mercenaries were horrified, but Lee Han showed no particular reaction. He summoned another mass of water and poured it over the mercenaries.

Buldahak inwardly cursed at the sight of the mercenaries immediately giving in.

It was said that mercenaries would gather for silver coins and betray for gold coins, but seeing it right before his eyes made his stomach churn. It was absolutely despicable.

“We’re moving again.”

The group moved again just like they had done before.

Sharkan would scout the path first, Lee Han would float light orbs, then the mercenaries would deal with the swarming ghouls.

Of course, things didn’t always go smoothly.

“The path is blocked!”

“We chose the wrong fork. We’re going back.”

The cave was as complex inside as it was vast, and if they took the wrong path, they had to retrace their steps.

Gu Bon spoke as they exited the path.

“It would be good to leave markers at the front so we don’t enter again.”

“Is that so. Light!”

Gu Bon was flustered at the sight of Lee Han floating a light orb at the entrance they had mistakenly entered.

“You could just leave chalk marks on the wall instead of using magic.”

“It might get erased, and this way it’s easier to see from far away, isn’t it?”

“But your mana… are you alright…”

“I’m fine.”

‘He doesn’t seem fine.’

Gu Bon and Bijidek fell into worry.

No matter how they looked at it, he didn’t seem fine, but Lee Han’s other friends were acting like it was really okay.

Was it because they didn’t know magic??

‘Even so, this seems like too much of a waste of mana…’

-Grrrrrrrr!

“!”

Sharkan stomped his feet and roared as if telling them to look this way.

Thanks to the light orb floating in the air, Bijidek could see clearly and shouted.

“It’s a trap! Everyone stop!”

“Is it the type that activates when stepped on?”

“That’s right.”

The mercenaries murmured among themselves.

Normally, encountering traps in caves or dungeons was a very dangerous sign.

Ghouls, which lacked intelligence and charged chaotically, could be handled without much trouble as long as nothing unlucky happened, but traps hidden in the dark dusty depths were difficult for even experienced adventurers to avoid.

But this situation was a bit different.

Some crazy mage was making the inside of the cave as bright as broad daylight…

…and more importantly, the presence of traps meant there was a high possibility of treasure.

There wouldn’t be traps in places where there was nothing.

“Could this really be…”

“Shh. Gu Bon. This isn’t the time for such talk.”

Bijidek rolled up his sleeves as he spoke.

When traps appeared, that’s when Bijidek’s abilities would shine.

“Perhaps?”

“Yes. I learned techniques from a thief before.”

Bijidek spoke while glancing around nervously.

When conquering old ruins or dungeons, trap disarmament specialists like this were absolutely necessary, but the perception of such specialists wasn’t very good.

Because usually these specialists were former thieves!

No matter how much the specialist said ‘I’ve gone clean’ or ‘I don’t steal anymore’ or ‘I was a righteous thief,’ from other party members’ perspective, it was hard to trust whether that specialist would pick the locks of the ruins or the locks of their own backpacks.

So even those from thief guilds would speak indirectly, saying things like ‘I happened to learn the techniques once’ rather than saying they were from the guild.

“Oh. I’ve also learned techniques from a thief before.”

“Yes. Yes… Yes????”

Bijidek doubted his ears at Lee Han’s words.

What did he just say?

“What did you say?”

“I said I learned techniques from a thief before.”

“Are you joking? How could that… make sense?”

Lee Han asked back as if he found it absurd.

“Bijidek, you learned techniques from a thief before, so why doesn’t it make sense for me?”

“Well… uh… that’s true, but…”

“Right? Then let’s disarm it together.”

“…”

Bijidek walked forward with Lee Han, feeling somehow mesmerized.

Thanks to the various enhancement magic cast on him, his senses were sharpened, making it even easier to disarm traps.

“It seems to be a structure that activates when pressure is applied. Is that right?”

“Right, that’s right. How did you…”

“Should we dig in from the side and disable the device below? Or should we just trigger the trap?”

“It would be better to safely disable it. I have equipment, so let’s dig from the side…”

“Dig.”

Seeing a pit immediately form, Bijidek quietly thought.

‘When I return to the city, I should save money and learn magic once…’

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