Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 314

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Chapter 314

The King of Ghouls lightly dispersed his body to avoid the lightning, just like before.

However, the situation was different from earlier.

Whoooosh!

Fierce flames that Lee Han could no longer control filled the vast cavity of the cave.

The violent inferno imbued with the mage’s mana was difficult for even the King of Ghouls to ignore lightly.

Already in a state of severe power consumption, if he got caught up in it and burned, the damage would be…

The insects. First.

The King of Ghouls changed his mind to chase and kill those who had just escaped to the back instead of crushing Lee Han.

“…Flash forth!”

However, Lee Han naturally didn’t let him do so. He fired lightning like crazy along the trajectory where the King of Ghouls might move, advancing step by step.

Crack, crack, crack, crackle!

Even the King of Ghouls flinched at the fierce barrage of spells.

Such insane rapid-fire was close to self-destruction. Wouldn’t his mana be depleted in less than ten seconds?

The King of Ghouls, who had much experience dealing with mages, was once again bewildered by Lee Han’s actions.

However, Lee Han neither ran out of mana nor collapsed. Rather, he made very good use of the time when the King of Ghouls hesitated.

Whoosh!

He blocked the passage where his friends had just escaped and filled it with flames.

Only then realizing Lee Han’s scheme, the King of Ghouls became extremely enraged.

How dare.

“Like I said, you should have negotiated when I offered to negotiate.”

Since things had come to this, Lee Han didn’t hide his true nature either. He glared fiercely at his enemy and swung his staff.

The phoenix emblem that still had power remaining transmitted energy to Lee Han’s grasp.

The uncontrollable flames around him tried to engulf Lee Han but retreated, coming under control once again.

‘Go!’

In such an inferno, there was no need for shape transformation or manipulation. Lee Han charged straight ahead.

Massive waves of flame began surging in layers toward the King of Ghouls.

Master. Of. All. Ghouls. Terror. Of. Mortals. Such. Impudence.

The King of Ghouls realized he could no longer drag out time. The positions had completely reversed from before.

Even if the consumed power was regrettable, there was no choice.

Even. Death. Cannot. Repay. This.

Just like when he tried to possess Buldahak’s body and descend, bluish yin energy condensed intensely and shot toward the waves of flame.

The flames that had been raging so fiercely began to die down, unable to withstand it.

However, the King of Ghouls still hadn’t accurately assessed his opponent.

This wasn’t an opponent who would be finished just by binding his magic like other mages.

“Burn!”

If the King of Ghouls had eyes, one could have seen them widen greatly.

As the flames that had been dying from the bluish yin energy reignited using mana as fuel, the King of Ghouls was left speechless.

And only then did he realize.

That trying to conserve power for a war of attrition from the beginning had been a mistake. That itself had been his opponent’s aim.

Whatever artifact he possessed, his opponent clearly had means to recover mana.

Insolent…

The King of Ghouls’ form became distinct and suddenly flew in like an arrow. As he penetrated the inferno covering the cave, burning sounds came from the King of Ghouls’ form.

However, the King of Ghouls endured that damage and got close to Lee Han.

The. Mage. Was. Wielding. A. Sword.

Lee Han swung Dawnstar with one hand. The King of Ghouls took the attack from Dawnstar and got even closer.

I’ll. Give. You. What. You. Want!

Grip!

The King of Ghouls firmly grasped Lee Han with his form, just like when he had possessed Buldahak.

Though the King of Ghouls had lost most of his authority, among the powers that remained was this ability.

Opening a gate to a dimension filled with void and connecting the grasped opponent’s body to it.

The empty void dimension endlessly sucked in the mage’s mana like a vacuum.

A mage’s greatest fear was mana depletion.

Moreover, this connection didn’t end even when mana was depleted. It continued until the mage’s life force was converted to mana and exhausted.

The King of Ghouls waited expectantly for the captured mage to collapse, bleeding from his eyes, nose, and mouth.

However, the situation that unfolded was different from his expectations.

“Thanks. For doing what I wanted.”

Lee Han spoke coldly and aimed his staff.

At this distance, with his opponent holding onto Lee Han, there was no way to miss.

“Gather, condense…”

Wait…

“…and explode!”

【Piblicus’s Insane Mana Explosion】 hit accurately at close range.

The King of Ghouls, already severely drained from using the dimensional connection power, screamed silently and shattered into pieces.

* * *

“We have to find it! Quickly!”

Durgyu shouted urgently.

With Lee Han risking his life to buy them time, it would be stranger if they had leisure.

Angrago and Raphadael knew this too, so they searched every nook and cranny of the cave. Sharkan, the summoned creature Lee Han had sent, flew around sharply tearing through everything as it guided the way.

“Here… Damn! I was wrong!”

“Hey you idiot! Are you blind? Even a blind person would be better than you!”

When Angrago looked wrong, Durgyu exploded in anger.

Angrago was so flustered he couldn’t even retort.

He hadn’t expected Durgyu to act like this.

Usually, no matter what mistake was made, he was the friend who would say ‘It’s okay, it wasn’t intentional’…?!

“I’m sorry!”

“Instead of being sorry, shut up and search!”

Raphadael in front was thoroughly intimidated by Durgyu’s intensity. If he made even one more mistake, it seemed like Durgyu would stab him with a sword.

-Grrrrowl!

Fortunately, Sharkan opened a path.

Sharkan, having caught the lingering traces of mana, knocked on what seemed like an empty cave wall and signaled to the three.

“Here?”

“It must be here!! Would he do that for fun? Swing quickly!”

Durgyu held his sword backwards and struck the wall like using a pickaxe, venting his anger.

“S-sorry!”

“Got it!”

The White Tiger Tower students frantically swung their weapons. With enhancement magic applied and knowing how to imbue some mana, their power was considerable.

With Sharkan joining in to slash at the cave wall.

Clang, clang clang, clang clang clang-

Sharp sounds repeated and they could feel the cave wall gradually thinning.

“Huff, puff. Gasp…”

Angrago felt sweat pouring from his entire body and his breath rising to his chin.

It was natural since he had been swinging his weapon at full power without rest after running at full speed.

“Don’t stop!”

Durgyu growled and shouted.

“Uh…!”

Angrago barely managed to squeeze out a response. Nevertheless, his hands inevitably slowed down.

“Rather collapse while swinging! Don’t stop!”

“Kugh. Huk. Heuhuk.”

Durgyu pushed his friends like a madman.

How much time had passed?

When cracks appeared in their weapons and the White Tiger Tower students’ palms were covered in blood, they finally heard the sound of cracking.

Crack, crackle!

“We did it!!!! We made it!!!!!”

“Go in and quickly destroy the artifact!!”

At Durgyu’s shout, the White Tiger Tower students kicked the broken wall.

Then an empty tomb appeared inside.

There were no other artifacts, but if there was one difference, it was that there was a crystal skull scattering ominous mana above the tomb.

It was clearly an artifact that would house an evil being from another dimension.

Raphadael drew his sword.

“Destroy it!”

Clang!

However, the sword bounced off without leaving a single scratch. Raphadael was horrified by the evil negative energy crawling up his hand.

“Keu… huk…”

As vitality disappeared from his hand and strength left him, his sword naturally fell.

Durgyu roared a battle cry and swung his weapon.

“If you can’t do it, get out of the way!”

“S-sorry…”

His momentum was so fierce that Angrago momentarily thought Durgyu was trying to kill Raphadael.

Bang!

Even though the sword was swung, the crystal skull stubbornly endured. Durgyu took out bandages and wrapped them tightly around his hands.

Then he said.

“Wrap them! Quickly!”

“Uh, uhuh!”

“Swing! Take turns!”

The three White Tiger Tower students began taking turns swinging their weapons.

Their weapons cracked and vitality disappeared from their hands, but they didn’t give up.

“Think of Lee Han!”

“Uhuh!”

“He’s probably risking his life fighting that thing right now!”

“Uh… uh!”

“Swing faster, I said!”

“Uhuh…”

And then Lee Han appeared from behind.

Lee Han said with a very tired and exhausted face.

“Guys. I caught the clone, so you can destroy it slowly.”

“…”

“…”

“…”

The three White Tiger Tower students who were holding swords and about to swing froze in place.

What…?!

* * *

Lee Han didn’t know exactly what kind of attack the King of Ghouls had used. It seemed like it had tried to drain his mana through some means.

However, that attack dealt almost no damage. Rather, what damaged Lee Han was his own magic.

【Piblicus’s Insane Mana Explosion】, which its creator insisted was a Magic Missile.

Even though he cast it with maximum control, the aftermath of the mana explosion had lashed Lee Han’s entire body.

A mage taking this much damage from his own magic. If the Skeleton Principal had seen this, he would have cackled.

Since it had no main body, was dependent on artifacts, and even had its clone destroyed, no matter how strong the being was, it couldn’t do anything for a while, so he could rest assured for now…

…but Lee Han couldn’t do that.

‘Let’s never use fire magic again.’

The flames that Lee Han had unleashed like a madman were spreading in all directions.

Moreover, the Phoenix’s emblem had also lost its power as its time ran out and returned to its original form.

In the end, there was only one method Lee Han could use.

Frantically putting out fires like a madman again.

Lee Han summoned water masses over and over and poured them onto the flames.

Even the flames that had merged together and were emitting terrible heat couldn’t withstand the persistent attacks and eventually slowly died down.

Having barely finished extinguishing the fires, Lee Han moved toward where his friends were.

His friends had somehow found the artifact housing the King of Ghouls and were swinging their weapons at it.

“Guys. I caught the clone, so you can destroy it slowly.”

“…”

“…”

“…”

While his friends were in shock, Lee Han compressed and spun a water orb tightly.

Since he had time, he could prepare sufficiently destructive magic.

‘It’s a shame to destroy such an artifact, but…’

If he carelessly took it with him out of greed and problems arose, it would be very troublesome.

Didn’t things always go wrong when people collected evil artifacts after defeating all enemies?

Lee Han wasn’t stupid enough to leave behind future troubles.

“Everyone step back.”

“Yeah, y-yeah.”

Crack!

The crystal skull shattered into pieces with one strike. The evil being that had dwelled within screamed and was reverse summoned to another dimension.

Raphadael was deeply moved by Lee Han’s decision to destroy the evil artifact without even a second of hesitation.

“Wardanaz… excellent.”

“Wait. You… why is your hand like that?”

Lee Han looked at Raphadael in horror. The tightly wrapped bandages were bloody and the exposed skin was blackened and dead.

Durgyu answered for him from the side.

“It’s like a medal.”

“A medal?”

“Yeah. Lee Han. While you were fighting that thing, this is a medal showing we did our best.”

At Durgyu’s words, the other two friends nodded.

Of course, Durgyu’s earlier anger still remained as a slight wound in their hearts, but bringing it up in this situation would seem too petty.

“No. Durgyu. Stop talking nonsense. Why is your hand like that?”

“Uh… that artifact…”

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