Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 349

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Chapter 349

“…Don’t make me cry.”

Not only Chil but other healing magic upperclassmen struggled to hold back their vision blurring with tears.

In the current situation, it might have been a better choice for the junior to just run away.

But this junior moved them by not running away.

“Did you see that just now? Today is that day!”

“It’s in front of our junior! Show him properly!”

The healing magic major students shouted and charged forward.

‘Is today that day?’

‘If it’s not that day, we’ll make it that day!’

That day.

Among healing magic major students, it was known as ‘the day we defeat Professor Alcasis and successfully escape to rest’.

It had never come even once so far, but someday that day would come!

“If you want to rest.”

Professor Alcasis swung his staff.

The charging student read the professor’s intention and desperately went on the defensive.

“Harden like steel, my mind!”

Despite the enhancement magic, Professor Alcasis simply took control of the student’s nervous system.

Having the control of nerves that connect all organs and transmit signals stolen was fatal in this kind of duel. The student fainted immediately.

“Go develop your magic skills!”

At the same time, the swords the professor wore at his waist floated into the air.

As Professor Alcasis shot forward, the swords swung with their sheaths and sent the students who were focused on defense flying.

“Then you could finish early and rest.”

“When guys who get hurt every time keep popping up, how does that make sense!!”

At his disciple’s resentful shout, the professor lightly waved his staff.

The student panicked and tried to protect his nervous system, but this time it was somewhere else.

The student whose control of blood flow in his blood vessels was stolen turned pale and collapsed.

‘…Should I have just run away.’

Seeing Professor Alcasis suppress the charging students with a single staff movement, Lee Han suddenly felt regret.

It was prejudice to think healing mages were weak. Healing magic itself could be used aggressively if one was determined.

Moreover, in the case of Professor Alcasis who had reached a high level, he pinpointed and stole control of opponents’ bodies for suppression.

While even a decent archmage would have to pour out mana to steal control of the entire body, stealing only specific parts like that had much lower difficulty.

Of course, if it were other mages, even if they stole control, utilization and application would be difficult.

It was a combat method only possible for Professor Alcasis who perfectly understood the human body.

‘Let’s stop regretting.’

Lee Han steeled his resolve and prepared.

Not abandoning the upperclassmen and running away was half calculation, half sympathy.

If he abandoned the upperclassmen and left in this situation, there was a possibility of hearing resentment when he met them later.

Right now they might send their junior away due to resentment toward the professor, but later when they came to their senses and did additional labor under the professor, they might come to hate the junior who wasn’t there.

Originally, human hearts were that complicated.

Moreover, seeing how the upperclassmen had been continuously suppressed until now, if Lee Han left, the upperclassmen likely wouldn’t be able to buy that much time.

Because Professor Alcasis would know the upperclassmen much better than the upperclassmen knew Professor Alcasis.

And…

‘…I just couldn’t leave them behind.’

While Lee Han was usually someone who moved while looking after his own interests, the healing magic major upperclassmen were really, truly too pitiful.

How could he run away alone leaving such people behind?

Lee Han had a conscience too.

“Upperclassmen. Please support me!”

“!”

The upperclassmen were surprised by Lee Han’s shout.

Surprisingly, their junior was running forward holding a sword.

‘Close combat?!’

Like the other friends, Chil was shocked.

A mage in close combat.

‘Junior, I understand, but what you’re doing now…!’

Since he was fighting a mage with overwhelmingly superior skills, competing with magic was absolutely disadvantageous.

In that case, rather engaging in close combat to prevent the opponent from using magic was also a choice worth trying.

But…

‘…We’ve all tried that too!’

Of course, it was something the healing magic major students had already tried.

Since they couldn’t compete with magic at all, they had each cast transformation or enhancement magic and charged at the professor.

Of course, the results were disastrous.

Professor Alcasis didn’t just carry the sword at his waist for show. He immediately suppressed the students like subduing rampaging patients.

“Wasting mana.”

Professor Alcasis looked at Lee Han charging toward him and swung his staff, then frowned.

He had unconsciously tried to steal bodily control and suppress him like he did with other students, then realized too late.

‘He really has an insane amount of mana.’

Tap!

Professor Alcasis lightly tapped the alley wall beside him.

Then the wall began to undulate as if alive and started charging toward Lee Han.

“Water!”

As the wall came crashing down, Lee Han put strength in his legs and explosively accelerated while pouring in mana.

Not only that, he summoned water from the air.

“Become a foothold!”

“!”

Professor Alcasis was surprised by the magic Lee Han displayed.

He wasn’t surprised by summoning water and transforming its shape.

Of course, a 1st year doing it so skillfully was impressive enough, but what surprised Professor Alcasis was…

‘He really wouldn’t be out of place jumping into battle magic right now.’

The way he quickly selected and cast magic in this chaotic and hectic situation.

It was natural talent as a battle mage.

Moreover, being born with such great mana on top of that, he would be like a nightmare to other mages.

Click!

Professor Alcasis, who didn’t want to waste any more mana, grabbed the hilt of his sword.

Rather than having a mana battle with magic for no reason, he planned to charge directly and suppress him.

From what he could see, it seemed like he was charging with enhancement magic cast, but Professor Alcasis was confident he could suppress him.

‘He’s coming!’

Lee Han tensed his entire body.

While he had induced close combat, his heart pounded when he actually faced the professor in close combat.

He was several times more nervous than when facing excellent swordsmen.

Swordsmen only swung swords, but the professor could use both sword and magic simultaneously. If unlucky, it was possible to be sent flying without lasting even a few exchanges.

‘…Work!’

Clang!

Professor Alcasis’s swords and Lee Han’s sword clashed strongly.

And Professor Alcasis was shocked.

“You!”

Lee Han’s sword, Morning Star, had instantly absorbed the professor’s mana.

Since they both had sheaths on, he hadn’t noticed, but Lee Han’s sword was made of black purple stone, a special ore that absorbed mana.

For a mage like Professor Alcasis who was very sensitive to mana management, it was an annoyingly troublesome sword that made him shudder.

‘The professor’s personality will definitely make this work.’

Lee Han never intended to actually defeat the professor from the start.

With such a difference in skill, how could he possibly win?

What Lee Han was aiming for was a compromise.

To make the professor think ‘What a petty and dirty bastard, I don’t need someone like you.’

To Professor Alcasis, who meticulously managed his mana, Lee Han wielding the Morning Star was an annoying existence no matter how he dealt with him.

Trying to subdue him with a sword would consume too much mana.

Trying to subdue him with magic would also consume too much mana.

“…”

“Junior, be careful!”

When Professor Alcasis’ eyes flashed, the other students panicked and swung their staffs.

The tree that had been sprouting from the ground immediately withered away. Lee Han felt a chill run down his spine.

To attack like this, targeting that brief moment when Lee Han had let his guard down. If the upperclassmen hadn’t been there, he might have been caught off guard.

Even a moment’s carelessness in front of a professor was fatal.

Professor Alcasis clicked his tongue once in displeasure and said.

“Fine. Go.”

“!!!!!”

The upperclassmen were shocked.

This was the first time they had seen Professor Alcasis bend his stubbornness.

‘This can’t be!’

‘Is this reality? It’s not a dream, is it??’

Professor Alcasis spat out in a rough, hoarse voice.

“You’re quite good at persuasion…”

“Thank you.”

The professor must have had the exact same thought as Lee Han.

To subdue him here would definitely require using more mana, but consuming so much of the professor’s mana just to use one additional 1st year student was putting the cart before the horse.

It was regrettable, but what could be done.

“But you won’t be able to keep avoiding it.”

“…I’ll work hard next semester.”

At Lee Han’s words, Professor Alcasis nodded slightly as if he understood.

It meant he would compromise with that.

“Go.”

“Professor.”

Lee Han looked over the professor as if viewing a snarling beast and carefully opened his mouth.

He felt as if his life depended on the words he was about to utter.

“Please let the upperclassmen rest as well.”

“…”

“…”

The air turned cold.

The upperclassmen watching from the side were so tense they couldn’t even breathe.

‘That… that crazy bastard!’

‘You’re going to die doing that!’

Professor Garcia, who was controlling the area to prevent passersby from approaching the fight scene, also gulped.

“Did you forget everything I said? During the lecture, I clearly…”

“I know. But Professor. There must be other methods. Calling mages from other regions, or asking the Principal…”

Chil, who was listening from the side, worried that his junior had truly gone insane.

The Skeleton Principal wasn’t some summoned creature that could be called just because there was a shortage of healing mages.

“…I think we can at least buy enough time to let the upperclassmen rest.”

“What if I refuse?”

Lee Han swung his sword.

Understanding the meaning of ‘let’s go down together,’ Professor Alcasis finally sighed and answered.

“I hope my disciples don’t learn bad habits from you. Fine. …I have been overworking you all too much. Go rest. I can somehow buy that much time.”

“Professor…!!!”

“Don’t cry and get out of here quickly. Go rest.”

The students rushed away in a hurry, afraid the professor might change his mind.

“Are, are you alright?”

Professor Garcia, who had been watching, asked out of concern. Professor Alcasis spoke curtly in an irritated voice.

“Do I look alright? Hm? Do you think I’m alright?”

The respectful demeanor he had shown toward his disciple as a professor in front of other students was nowhere to be found.

Professor Garcia, having returned to being a disciple, bowed his head deeply.

“I’m sorry…”

“It’s fine. It’s not your fault. The disciples need to rest too. They’ve suffered too much…”

“I, I’ll help too.”

“If you have any conscience, you should naturally do that.”

“I was wrong.”

“And… I’ll need to contact the Principal. He’ll help at least once.”

“That’s a good idea. He happens to be in Granden City.”

“Really? That works out even better.”

Professor Alcasis’ influence, who was saving every single patient in the neighboring regions under Einroguard’s name, was so high that even the Skeleton Principal couldn’t treat it lightly.

If he asked for help, the Principal could never refuse.

…Of course, from the Skeleton Principal’s perspective, it would be absurd.

Professor Alcasis, who never used to do such things, suddenly sending a message saying ‘Please help so my disciples can rest, Principal.’

“Oh. Please never tell the Principal that student Lee Han brought this up.”

“Understood.”

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“Junior! Isn’t this exciting! Isn’t it exciting?!”

“Look at this! Look at this!”

The healing magic major students were excitedly pointing their fingers.

What they were pointing at was none other than the fountain in the middle of the city square.

“…Uh, is there some complex magic hidden in that fountain? I don’t really understand…”

“There’s nothing like that, it’s just pretty.”

“Right. My wish was to sit still all day and watch the fountain.”

“To sit like this and watch peacefully… Wait. Junior. Why are you crying?”

“I’m not crying. Dust got in my eyes.”

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