Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 316

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Chapter 316

The young students from knight families hung their heads in shame.

“Why… Ah. That’s not what’s important right now. A subjugation, what happened?”

Bang!

The bottom of the Adventurer’s Guild door, which had been kicked too many times today, broke.

The priests who rushed in were startled and apologized.

“We’re sorry! We came in too hastily… Everything’s ready, so you can depart immediately. The subjugation…”

“Wait. Everyone calm down and let’s share information with each other.”

Daihal spoke coolly.

It seemed like this situation needed some organizing.

* * *

“…So while Wardanaz was holding down the King of Ghouls, the other students here destroyed the sacred object it was dwelling in.”

Though it was hard to believe, the people gathered managed to organize what had happened.

Durgyu said.

“Actually, Lee Han killed the King of Ghouls before we destroyed it…”

“You said he killed it?”

As the quill danced frantically on the paper, Lee Han stepped on Durgyu’s foot once and said.

“It was a clone. A clone. I didn’t kill it either, just temporarily neutralized it.”

Angrago asked as if he didn’t understand.

“Isn’t that the same as killing it?”

“…”

Lee Han almost hit Angrago with his staff but stopped.

How much did he sleep during lectures at Einroguard to say such things?

A knight from Granden City’s Knight Order asked with a slightly embarrassed expression.

“Isn’t that the same as killing it?”

“…No.”

A priest beside him whispered and explained instead.

“Since it left its main body in the relic and sent out a clone, we don’t usually call killing such a thing ‘killing.'”

“Ah… But isn’t that the same thing?”

“Mages are usually quite sensitive about terminology. Let’s be considerate.”

Lee Han felt a headache he hadn’t experienced even after catching the King of Ghouls.

It was like there was a wall between them in their conversation.

To treat common sense in such a way…

“So after Wardanaz repelled the ghoul’s clone, the students here destroyed the relic…”

“Actually, Wardanaz was the one who destroyed the relic too…”

The guild clerk, Blancet, who was listening nearby, asked absentmindedly.

“Then what did you do?”

“…”

“…I’m sorry.”

“Oh, no! I wasn’t blaming you! There’s no way I’d blame mere first-year students!”

Lee Han said with a tired expression, rubbing his brow.

“If my friends hadn’t found the relic and destroyed all the obstacles, I wouldn’t have been able to destroy it.”

“That… that’s right! We did that!”

Angrago seemed to regain some confidence. The knight asked Angrago quietly enough that only he could hear.

“But why are you wearing that sign?”

“We… well… ran off on our own…”

“When?”

“When fighting the King of Ghouls…?”

“While that friend from the Wardanaz family was fighting?”

“Yes…”

The knight looked at Angrago with the contemptuous gaze one would give the filthiest refuse in the world.

They abandoned their friend while he was fighting and ran off by themselves?

“No, no! There were circumstances!”

“Don’t talk to me. You smell disgusting.”

“I’m telling you there really were circumstances…!”

Daihal finished organizing and said.

“You’ve really worked hard. Instead of sending a subjugation force, we’ll send people first to check the cave’s condition. It seems you should rest first…”

Daihal gestured to the gathered people.

It meant to stop bothering the first-year students who were already exhausted enough, send them away, and handle business among the remaining people.

“Let’s do that.”

“That seems right.”

As he was getting up, Lee Han suddenly remembered something and spoke to the clerk.

“Ah. I have something to tell you.”

“Is there something…”

Lee Han carefully put down his backpack and took out what was inside with delicate hand movements.

Blancet and the others tensed up, wondering if another fragment of an evil being might emerge.

“These are geranium flowers, snow grass, and sleep mugwort. I harvested them keeping the roots and leaves intact, so please verify them. And this is a Rapela field mouse.”

“…Ah… yes…”

Blancet recorded it in the documents while feeling confused inside.

‘What the…?’

* * *

After Lee Han and his friends returned to rest, the remaining people organized personnel and made plans to check the cave’s condition.

“Just in case, I’ll send a support request to Einroguard as well.”

“We sent a support request during the plague incident last time too, will it be okay? Einroguard might be a bit reluctant…”

“No. Above all, this involves Einroguard’s students, and they directly resolved it, so there’s no way they’d dislike it. Einroguard’s mages aren’t the type to do that.”

Daihal casually spouted words that would make Einroguard’s professors grab him by the collar if they heard.

Meanwhile, Blancet organized testimonies from other adventurers and mercenaries.

Actually, compared to Lee Han’s cold and specific testimony, these people’s testimonies were quite messy.

Especially the testimonies of the mercenaries who attacked first and got captured were even more so.

“So Buldahak said he’d kill you if you didn’t follow him?”

“Yes. *sob sob*”

“All these people because of one person’s threat?”

“*sob* That’s how much Buldahak was…”

“If you keep acting up, I’ll call an interrogator instead of handling this myself.”

“I’m… I’m sorry.”

After organizing the mercenaries’ testimonies, Blancet looked at Gu Bon and Bijidek with slightly expectant eyes.

Why would the guild have recommended these two?

Because they were experienced veterans.

Naturally, they would give a cool-headed report…

“He tied up the mercenaries with bone shackles and brought them in. Oh, and he summoned bone hands too.”

“When the evil spirit appeared, he cast lightning magic consecutively, but when it dodged, he immediately switched to flames…”

“With one swing of his staff, that entire wide cave was completely ablaze!”

“The evil spirit tried to struggle and suppressed the flames, but he swung his staff again and…”

“Wait. Wait.”

Blancet realized something was strange and restrained the adventurers.

“No matter how I think about it, wasn’t there too much magic casting? You used potions several times during the process, right?”

“…I don’t think I used any…?”

“What do you mean… No matter how I think about it, it’s too wasteful. If you didn’t use potions, then even more so…”

“Well, wasn’t the mage always like this? During camping, he lit fires for us and summoned water…”

“When entering the cave, he also provided light…”

“What did he do???”

Blancet dropped her quill pen, doubting her ears.

What kind of menial tasks were these adventurers making the mage do?

* * *

“Ugh.”

Lee Han got up from bed, groaning in pain.

Even though he had rested all weekend, his body still felt stiff.

Having fought so fiercely with the King of Ghouls, he was fortunate it was only this much.

Lee Han thought of his White Tiger Tower friends.

‘I hope the rest of them except Durgyu are suffering from even worse muscle pain.’

Having used so many enhancement spells, they were probably lying in bed groaning right about now.

“Wouldn’t it be better for you to rest more?”

Alarlong rushed over as soon as he heard that Lee Han had gotten up.

Having heard news that he had fought a fierce battle with an evil being in the cave, he couldn’t help but worry.

“I’m fine, Sir. There’s no problem with moving around.”

“Still…”

“More importantly, what happened with the cave situation?”

“The confirmation is complete. The search results found no evil magical power whatsoever, so it was definitely completely reverse-summoned. Einrogard’s mages also joined the support, so it’s certain.”

“Einrogard’s mages also joined the support?”

“Yes. It’s a matter related to magic, isn’t it? Students were even involved. Of course they had to participate.”

“…”

Lee Han tilted his head.

‘I don’t think the professors would think that way.’

“It’s truly… fortunate.”

Alarlong spoke with a voice full of worry.

“From what I heard, the opponent wasn’t such an easy enemy. It was extremely fortunate that you could win without getting hurt like this.”

“I was lucky. I also had help from other friends.”

Lee Han politely included his White Tiger Tower friends in the mix.

“The Adventurer Guild sent gifts as an apology and expression of gratitude.”

“…Come to think of it, I think my role was a bit bigger, so I wonder if the Adventurer Guild properly recognizes that?”

“Huh? Of course they must recognize it.”

Alarlong couldn’t understand why Lee Han was acting like this. Lee Han regretted it.

‘Damn. I should have inflated my contributions more.’

Come to think of it, the Adventurer Guild was also a place where people lived, so wouldn’t they give something extra when someone did a much better job than the given request?

If he had known this would happen, he thought he should have downplayed his White Tiger Tower friends more.

“I should check and go see.”

“Do you have any appointments today?”

“Ah. It’s the day to go to the Meikin Family’s alchemy workshop.”

“To think you cherish friendship with friends while not neglecting your studies. I’m nothing but pleased.”

“…Uh… Um… Right. I do.”

Lee Han felt slightly embarrassed.

He was going because they paid him a lot of silver…

* * *

‘It’s hefty.’

Before going out, Lee Han was pleased as he checked the silver coins he received after completing the request.

It was a prejudice that adventurers had to live a dissolute life of earning big and spending big.

Soon, a new era of adventurers who earned big and consumed efficiently would arrive.

‘I should take the White Tiger Tower guys out again once they recover.’

After stacking the silver coins neatly and putting them in the safe, Lee Han reached for another box.

The small box made of antique brown wood aroused expectations just by looking at it. It was a gift from the Adventurer Guild.

‘Gold coins, gold statues, gold plaques, anyway anything made of gold would be delightful.’

Click!

Inside the box were a ring and a simple instruction manual.

To Lee Han of Wardanaz Family, who perfectly completed everything from valuable requests to trivial requests for his own honor, we offer this 【Lightning Discharge】 ring with sincere gratitude.

“Uh…”

Lee Han put on the ring.

And cast magic as written in the instruction manual.

“Ring, summon lightning.”

One of the three gems embedded in the ring lost its color.

It was written that it could be used 3 times a day, and one use seemed to have been consumed.

A lightning bolt flying out the window.

It was a very useful artifact that could conveniently shoot lightning without any mana consumption, but…

“…”

‘It’s magic I already know.’

Lee Han was disappointed by magic that wasn’t much different from what he had done.

Rather, since it was pre-inscribed magic, precise control was impossible, making it more inconvenient.

‘Why would they give something like this… No.’

Lee Han, who was about to complain, changed his mind.

Come to think of it, lightning-type magic was quite difficult to handle even among elemental magic, and they had inscribed it into a ring.

This ring would be quite valuable.

‘I should sell it.’

If other students had heard this, they would have said ‘Why sell that useful artifact!?’ but Lee Han was different.

It was magic he already knew how to use, and he had overflowing mana, so why bother…

‘Ah. Right.’

Lee Han rummaged through the luggage he brought from school.

Something suddenly came to mind.

‘Where was it… Here it is.’

A helmet revealed itself from the dusty luggage.

It was the ego artifact discovered in Einroguard’s underground dungeon, the Helm of Wisdom.

…You finally called for me…

The Helm of Wisdom seemed somehow very angry.

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