Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 313

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Chapter 313

It can’t be over.

A howling sound burst forth from the depths of the abyss.

The King of Ghouls, who had naturally thought all living beings would be terrified by his descent, suffered a massive blow to both his pride and existence.

Some young mage, green as grass, was insolently preparing to attack.

And most humiliating of all was that the blow was significant.

Since the possessed body had been destroyed, damage was inevitable to the main body as well.

Because. Of. One. Stupid. Fool. I’ve. Lost. Much. Indeed.

The King of Ghouls despised the dead mercenary while gathering his power.

If that greedy mercenary had just done his job properly, he could have possessed him leisurely.

Wasn’t it because of that mercenary’s mistake that he suffered this blow while trying to possess in haste?

Dark power began to ripple and take shape where Buldahak had been.

“Strike forth, lightning of Perkuntra!”

Do. You. Think. The. Same. Attack. Will. Work. Twice. Insolent. Mage.

The King of Ghouls scattered his form and dodged the lightning.

Then he spoke in a voice filled with cold fury. It was a grating voice as if filled with noise.

As. The. King. Of. Ghouls. I. Shall. Mercifully. Give. You. One. Last. Chance. Submit. To. Me. Kneel. Before. Me. And. Swear. Loyalty. As. My. Servant. If. You. Do. So. I. Shall. Spare. Your. Life.

“Don’t be fooled, Wardanaz! Since his possessed body has been destroyed, he’ll soon be reverse-summoned to his own dimension!”

Raphadael drew his sword and shouted.

Unlike the other knights’ swords, the Grall family’s sword was mixed with true silver and light ore.

It was the wisdom of a family that had long fought against the undead.

“Begone, undead!”

A. Mere. Insect. Wants. To. Be. Trampled. By. Struggling.

Raphadael’s sword strike dealt damage to the King of Ghouls. When the sword touched him, there was a sound of his form burning.

However, the damage was far too minimal.

The King of Ghouls paid no heed and struck Raphadael directly.

Bang!

With a thunderous sound, Raphadael was sent flying.

“Spread out!”

Lee Han transformed the water’s form to catch Raphadael, then drew his sword.

The obsidian sword. Dawnstar.

As a sword that absorbed mana, it was suitable for facing incorporeal beings from other dimensions.

‘Lightning magic doesn’t work!’

From the exchange just now, Lee Han instinctively realized.

The opponent was reading the precursors of magic.

Moreover, it was a being that could scatter its form at will to avoid attacks.

Projectile-type or launch-type magic would be difficult to land direct hits with.

‘Then…’

Whoosh!

Lee Han was launched forward.

Thanks to his body enhanced by 【Gonadaltes’s Nimble Steps】 and exploding mana from his toes, it was more fitting to say he was launched rather than ran forward.

Even the King of Ghouls hadn’t expected that speed. Dawnstar precisely slashed through his form.

Urgh.

‘The damage went through…!’

Certainly the power felt from the opponent’s form had diminished.

However, tremendous power could still be felt.

Even after the possessed body was destroyed and mana was absorbed by Dawnstar, he was still this strong.

It was unbelievable.

Reminded of the strength of the Frost Giant King he had met in the upper floors of Einroguard, Lee Han immediately revised his strategy.

“Durgyu. We’re getting out. Get ready!”

“…Don’t you dare sacrifice yourself alone, Lee Han!”

“I have no such intention, so move!”

Where. Do. You. Think. You. Can. Go.

The King of Ghouls’ voice became even more cold and chilling. The cave’s temperature dropped so much that breath became visible.

And ghouls began rising from all directions.

Even. If. My. Plans. Are. Delayed. By. Decades. Today. These. Insects. Must. Be. Crushed.

“Shut up, undead! How dare you act insolent before the name of Wardanaz!”

“…”

Lee Han was contemplating strategy when he saw his friends’ outburst and was dumbfounded.

These crazy bastards are provoking whom right now…?

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Beings summoned from other dimensions, especially evil ones, wanted to remain in the world for as long as possible.

The desires and suffering of mortals were sweet wine to evil beings.

Of course, mortals didn’t just leave evil beings summoned from other dimensions alone either.

As soon as news reached them, they would send full force to reverse-summon them, or at minimum succeed in sealing them if that proved difficult.

The King of Ghouls was an evil being sealed in ancient times, long before the Empire.

Originally, he should have remained eternally sealed with no chance of escape, but long years and capricious fortune destroyed the artifact’s seal and awakened the King of Ghouls.

Having barely escaped from the seal, the King of Ghouls gnashed his teeth at the past enemies who had captured him, but he knew well that it was meaningless.

Mortals had short lifespans, and his adversaries would have all turned to dust by now.

So the King of Ghouls focused on recovery.

Though the seal was broken, all his power from his prime had disappeared, and he was in the pathetic state of being dependent on the very artifact that had sealed him.

If this artifact were destroyed, he would be reverse-summoned to another dimension immediately.

The King of Ghouls used his few remaining weak powers to summon ghouls, and sent them out during the night to drain travelers’ life force.

However, it wasn’t very satisfactory.

To manifest himself required an enormous amount of power, and dozens of travelers were nowhere near enough.

Thinking this would be endless, the King of Ghouls changed his strategy.

He would let some live and spread rumors.

If they heard rumors of treasure, wouldn’t greedy adventurers come looking?

If he could entice such people and steal their bodies, he could escape this cave without recovering his power.

But…

A mage stronger than expected had come.

Wardanaz. Was. It.

“That’s right. You should fear that name!”

At the White Tiger Tower student’s cry, Bijidek, who had been breaking out in cold sweat, finally realized.

The Wardanaz family!

The Empire’s greatest magical noble house!

“…Why are they here!?”

“What are you talking about, Bijidek! Get it together!”

Gu Bon grabbed Bijidek’s shoulders and shook him.

He had joined the party as a veteran, so what meaning would there be if he couldn’t step up when an unexpected situation arose?

He had to somehow find the opponent’s weakness.

“Ri… right. Sorry.”

Empty. Reputation. Is. Meaningless. To. Me.

The King of Ghouls intended to sweep away all the intruders today, even if it meant consuming all the power he had gathered.

If left alone, there was no telling what support they might call, and more than anything, he greatly coveted the opposing mage’s strength.

If he could take possession of a body of that caliber, it would be a far better choice than that pathetic adventurer from before.

Capture. Him.

Chaos.

The most frantic and fierce battle of all the fights today began to unfold.

It seemed like every ghoul in the cave was rushing toward them.

“Won’t you compromise, King of Ghouls! If you let us return, we won’t attack anymore either.”

Lee Han shouted while attacking indiscriminately to create a path.

The King of Ghouls gave a scornful reply.

To. lie. to. a. king. Do. you. think. it. will. work.

‘Damn. How did he know.’

Lee Han clicked his tongue inwardly.

He had been prepared to stake his family name and honor if necessary, but the King of Ghouls refused any compromise.

“Harden into steel, cloak!”

After slicing through an attacking ghoul with his cloak, Lee Han shouted again.

“I’ll warn you one last time, King of Ghouls! If you refuse to compromise, we have our methods too.”

-■■! ■■!

-■■!

-■■■!

You. are. bluffing.

The King of Ghouls paid no heed.

The artifact containing his true body was located elsewhere, and he could read the opponent’s magic before it was cast.

Though the King of Ghouls’ power would be consumed as the battle continued, the other side would fall first.

The limits of a mortal’s flesh were that absolute.

“Fine.”

Lee Han steeled his resolve.

He didn’t want to do this if he could help it, but seeing the enemy’s strength now, retreating would only be more dangerous.

Even if it was risky, he had to bluff.

“Blaze up!”

What. are. you. doing.

The King of Ghouls was dumbfounded when Lee Han cast his spell.

After all that threatening, it was just a low circle fire spell.

Moreover, it was pure flame summoning without adding form, speed, or any other attributes.

He had read and dodged even lightning attribute attacks, so there was no way he’d be hit by such an attack.

Whoooooooooosh!

However, the flames Lee Han unleashed without restraint blazed up madly.

The King of Ghouls was finally surprised by the range of flames that seemed to pierce the high cave ceiling.

What.

Even the King of Ghouls, who had defeated countless mages in ancient times, was seeing this for the first time.

If one was going to use wide-range area fire magic, it was natural to use high circle magic, and if one’s level was insufficient and had to use low circle magic, they should use narrow-range limited fire magic…

But here was a mage using low circle magic to execute wide-range area attacks.

It was the height of inefficiency, but the effect was certain. Lee Han swung his staff and summoned even more flames.

“Blaze up, blaze up, blaze up!”

The flames imbued with strong mana overlapped and amplified each other, becoming even more fierce.

At some point, Lee Han felt that the flames in the cave were no longer under control.

He had raised the scale of the flames beyond his elemental control ability.

What. are. you. thinking.

“Can you still run away like before in these flames?”

You. will. burn. to. death. first.

“Can’t a mage control his own magic? More foolish than I thought.”

Though he was frantically anxious, Lee Han spoke without batting an eye.

At that moment, the flames changed direction and lashed at Lee Han.

‘Damn!’

Lee Han circulated mana throughout his body and steeled himself.

If it was discovered that these flames were uncontrollable, the situation would become twisted.

At that moment, a warm power flowed through his body.

It was the power flowing from the mark the phoenix had left behind.

“…!”

Lee Han felt the phoenix’s mark pushing back and controlling the surrounding flames.

He felt grateful to his past self for not killing the phoenix (though he actually couldn’t) and playing with it, as this was desperately needed power in the current situation.

‘I don’t know how long this will last!’

Before the mark’s power dimmed and ended, Lee Han swung his staff.

The surrounding flames then surged like waves and swept away the nearby ghouls.

“Behold, undead! This is Wardanaz!”

“It is the mage’s power!”

Holding weapons dripping with ghoul blood and fluids, the students and adventurers cheered.

They too couldn’t imagine that these flames were uncontrollable.

‘Sweep away the remaining ghouls as quickly as possible and create an escape route!’

While the King of Ghouls hesitated, Lee Han swung his staff once more to send flames. The number of ghouls was greatly reduced.

Regardless of the King of Ghouls considering Lee Han threatening, Lee Han had no serious intention of defeating the King of Ghouls.

Turning everything around into a sea of fire to prevent escape and then having a life-or-death battle – wasn’t that something only Professor Boladi would do?

Lee Han just needed to escape somehow.

If the opponent responded to negotiation, that would be good, and if they didn’t respond and hesitated, he had to use that.

‘…Got it!’

Lee Han almost cheered.

While the King of Ghouls was distracted by the flames, he had burned all the ghouls gathered behind.

Now that an escape route was created, all he had to do was flee.

“Wardanaz, I got it!”

“Raphadael. I don’t know what you figured out, but right now just shut up and…”

“I understand why he’s acting like that! It makes no sense for him to stay inside the cave when he has that much power! And being so resistant to attacks even without a host! There’s only one answer! That’s a clone! His true body is in a separate artifact!”

Lee Han was about to reply, ‘Yeah, you’re so smart, so let’s go outside and talk about it.’

However, Raphadael, excited by his realization, looked at Durgyu and Angrago and shouted.

“Let’s go. This is the opportunity Wardanaz created by risking his life! We must destroy the artifact!”

Raphadael ran like a madman through the gaps in the flames, rushing deeper into the cave.

Angrago immediately followed behind him.

Durgyu looked back and forth between Lee Han and Raphadael in confusion like a donkey stuck between haystacks.

Lee Han sighed.

‘It’s my fault for bringing White Tiger Tower students.’

“Go, Sharkan. Help those bast… those guys!”

How. dare.

“We would have both been better off if you’d let us go. Flash!”

Lee Han gritted his teeth and cast his spell.

Whether it was his imagination or not, the lightning shot out much more violently than before.

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