Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 374

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Chapter 374

Since dimensions had no rules, there were cases where strong monsters would pop out from places where much weaker monsters would normally appear at other times.

But a Poisonous Devourer in Zone 2.

This didn’t just mean that creature’s appearance alone, but that all of Zone 2 was dangerously lethal.

“Lower your voice and let’s quietly get out of here. It doesn’t seem to have noticed us yet.”

“Ah. I guess that kind of thing wasn’t supposed to appear originally.”

“…Of course not!”

Diret almost raised his voice for a moment.

If that kind of thing appeared frequently in this area, how could he have brought his junior here?

The students wouldn’t have entered either if that were the case.

-■■■■■…

The Poisonous Devourer chewed for a while, then turned its head and spat something out onto the bone grave.

Then it grabbed another squishy lump, put it in its mouth, and started chewing again.

“…?”

Diret was confused.

What was that thing doing right now?

“Senior. As far as I know, devourers are creatures that eat and swallow other beings to increase their size and strengthen themselves. For such a creature to spit things out like that instead of swallowing them, we should assume it intends to offer them to something stronger than itself.”

“Th, that’s…”

Diret, who had been surprised by those words, suddenly felt curious.

Wait, how did this junior know that…?

“How do you know that?”

“I learned it from a professor.”

“You learn things like that in your first year?”

“No. During additional lectures.”

“…”

Diret had to hold back hard to keep from suddenly feeling sad in the middle of all this.

“Mmph.”

“Why are you turning your head away…?”

“It’s nothing. Anyway, if what you’re saying is true, junior…”

If the Poisonous Devourer was regurgitating food to offer to something stronger than itself, that was chilling in its own way.

It meant there were several more dangerous monsters in this area.

“Let’s quickly go back and report.”

“Yes.”

Lee Han and Diret quietly lowered their postures and turned around.

However, on the path back, new undead were already wandering around. They were groups of Rakshasa Hungry Ghosts.

Diret frowned.

“There’s no choice.”

“Yes. Prepare for battle…”

“What!? No! I mean let’s go around!”

“Ah, I see.”

Lee Han lowered his staff with an embarrassed expression.

It had become such a habit that he automatically prepared for battle first.

* * *

“Senior! You’re back!”

“Did you guys encounter them too?”

Diret, who returned to Professor Mortum’s staff marker, was surprised to find that his juniors had arrived first.

“What do you mean?”

“Devourers. We encountered a Poisonous Devourer on our side. And Rakshasa Hungry Ghosts too…”

“A Poisonous Devourer?! That must have been really dangerous.”

The junior’s reaction wasn’t what someone who was scared by the appearance of a strong monster would show.

It was the reaction someone whose mind was elsewhere would show.

Lee Han whispered in surprise.

“Seeing that you’re not afraid of the Poisonous Devourer, you must all be confident in combat…”

“How could that be! What’s wrong with everyone? Why are you all excited like you’re drunk?”

“Senior. The professor discovered ruins!”

“!!!”

Diret was shocked.

Ruins.

Finding ruins in the normal outside world was already difficult and rare, but discovering ruins in another dimension was truly extraordinary.

There were many mages who never discovered ruins even once in their lifetime in dimensions, so their rarity needed no further explanation.

“Re… re… really?”

“Yes!!!”

“…Senior. You said it was dangerous when we were coming here…”

Lee Han was confused.

Diret’s eyes were suddenly gleaming with a strange light.

To be specific, it was somewhat like the look in Professor Boladi’s or Professor Verdus’s eyes.

“But other dimensions are dangerous anyway.”

“…”

Lee Han lamented inwardly.

Even Senior Diret, who had been normal, was becoming strange.

‘Is Einroguard’s location cursed? Does it corrupt even pure people?’

“Senior. You clearly said earlier that we should prepare to leave quickly once we arrived…”

Diret had said this on the way here.

-Since Rakshasa Hungry Ghosts and even devourers have appeared, there’s nothing to gain from wandering around here. We’ve gathered enough in Zone 1, so it’s fine to leave Zone 2 alone and get out. It’s profit enough.

-But won’t the other seniors be dissatisfied since they couldn’t find what they wanted?

-I’ll beat them into listening if I have to, so don’t worry about it, junior.

But to change like this.

“That was when there were no ruins. Ruins are worth risking danger for.”

Not just Diret, but the other seniors also whispered in enchanted voices.

“Junior. Think about it. What kind of artifacts might be inside the ruins.”

“Dark magic artifacts would certainly be interesting, but…”

“Ah. Dark magic artifacts won’t do.”

The students reacted firmly.

“Dark magic artifacts aren’t expensive and are hard to sell, so the professor will use them for research. It has to be other magic artifacts. Those sell well.”

“…”

“Soon the professor will return and tell us what kind of ruins they are…”

Just then, Professor Mortum came galloping from afar on a skeleton pony. Even though the professor had only gone briefly, he was coughing continuously.

“How is it, Professor!?”

“How is it?!”

“Cough. Everyone… you can be happy. They’re proper ruins.”

“Good… goodness…!”

“To have such luck in life!”

“Do I need to return for the second semester? Can I throw my withdrawal form in the Principal’s face!?”

“Let’s throw them together!”

Professor Mortum grinned at the sight of his happy disciples.

Even Lee Han, who didn’t have high expectations for the ruins, began to feel slightly excited seeing the seniors like this.

To join with the seniors and throw withdrawal forms in the Skeleton Principal’s face.

Just thinking about it makes me happy…

“Junior. What did you like about what was just said?”

Diret was puzzled by Lee Han’s changed reaction.

Just moments ago he had seemed worried, so why suddenly?

“I was impressed by how cool it sounded when you said he’d throw resignation letters. The Professor is quite generous too.”

“Ah.”

Diret understood what he meant.

“Those guys aren’t his cherished disciples, so he doesn’t really care whether they quit or not, but he won’t let his cherished disciples quit.”

“…I, I see.”

Lee Han was nodding when he suddenly became curious.

‘…Don’t tell me I’m also among his cherished disciples? Not yet, right?’

* * *

Even among ruins of the same type, there were differences in quality.

The ruins that mages favored were ‘intact’ ruins.

Whatever form of ruins they were, those without external intrusion, plundering, or weathering usually had much to salvage.

In contrast, half-destroyed and ruined sites were mostly disappointing. Such ruins were the type that made mages sigh involuntarily.

In that regard, the dimensional ruin that Professor Mortum discovered was amazing.

Surprisingly, a palace-type ruin remained completely intact!

The palace built in an unidentifiable complex style stood quietly within the dimension.

“Cough. From now on, you may use any magic. If you sense danger, use it without hesitation.”

Professor Mortum told the students.

Though there was a risk of provoking the beings of this dimension, considering the dangers of this area, they had to be prepared for that much.

“Magic, lose your power. Walls, expand… Let’s go in.”

Professor Mortum cast a grand spell to prevent the echoes of the students’ magic from leaking outside and took the lead.

Then the students also began preparing for exploration.

“Come out, doggy!”

“Ulkas, protect me.”

“Poisonous mist, envelop.”

“Curse, detect hostility…”

From those summoning undead to those preparing curse magic or poison magic.

Diret even pulled out a small crossbow.

“It has surprisingly good compatibility with poison elemental magic… Wait, junior.”

“Yes?”

Diret, who had briefly not watched Lee Han while preparing poison magic, was shocked.

Starting with a leopard monster whose body was formed with green jade liquid, to over ten skeleton warriors.

He couldn’t believe when Lee Han had increased them to that extent.

“Will this be enough?”

“Ah. Of course not.”

“Right. If you think it’s too many, reducing the number might also…”

“I need to cast enhancement magic on the undead’s weapons. Their movements are slow, so enhancement magic is essential.”

“…That’s not what I meant, junior.”

While dark mages who commanded undead had various combat styles, they basically followed the principle of sending undead forward to draw in enemies.

Meanwhile, the dark mage in the rear would deal damage to enemies or cause confusion in various ways.

Thud-!

-■■■, ■■■, ■■■…

“They’re here. Guardians.”

“Everyone be careful.”

As soon as they passed through the palace entrance, human-sized golems emerged from both walls to attack.

Though it should have been surprising, the students used their summoned undead as shields while calmly catching their breath and preparing magic.

A third-year student looked at Lee Han and said.

“Look. Even when enemies appear, never panic and calmly from behind…”

Many mages would fail their magic due to tension when falling into combat situations, but dark mages were a bit different.

They could complete their magic while the summoned undead bought them time.

However, there were exceptions.

Someone who had received harsh combat mage training from the start and could cast magic quickly even in such situations!

Thwack!

Lee Han spun water orbs fiercely, knocking down golems and pummeling their bodies. The golem that took continuous hits crumbled and exposed its core.

“Thank you for the advice, senior.”

“…R-right. My advice was very helpful, wasn’t it?”

Diret inwardly thought the third-year junior was quite shameless.

* * *

-■■■.

-■■■■■!

One summoned skeleton great warrior grappled with a golem in strength and pressed it down.

When Professor Mortum lightly waved his staff, dark elements settled into its body and its power was further amplified.

Grateful for the professor’s help, the disciples immediately chanted spells. Then a corrosion curse was cast on the nearby golem’s body, causing it to lose balance and collapse.

“Bones, shoot forth. Bones, explode!”

Another dark mage student managed to embed bones into the golem’s hard body and exploded them.

At the loud noise, Professor Mortum gave a reprimand.

“Cough. Attacking is good, but refrain from noisy magic.”

“I’m sorry.”

When bone elemental magic, poison elemental magic, and curse magic linked together and burst forth, it was very powerful.

Moreover, the undead summons that the mages had called in advance left no gaps.

Thwack thwack thwack thwack-

“…”

“…”

And Lee Han was alone handling the right side, defeating the attacking golems.

He didn’t need others’ help.

Lee Han’s skeletons shot bone arrows, inflicting frostbite and poison on the approaching golems.

Slow movements didn’t matter. Over ten skeleton warriors were threatening just by their sheer presence.

“Bones, shoot forth!”

Lee Han used bone elemental magic like the other mages.

‘The magic’s power is definitely…’

He could see why it was an undead dimension. Even the same bone elemental magic had much more vicious power.

“Qu-quickly defeat them. The junior is taking them all.”

“I know. Don’t rush me!”

Lee Han was just doing his thing, but it was different for the seniors.

The seniors who whispered under pressure and desperately hunted managed to finish just before Lee Han.

When Lee Han finished and turned his gaze, the seniors acted nonchalantly as if nothing had happened.

“All done?”

“Yes.”

“We finished a while ago… Well, still impressive though.”

“Is that so? You’re amazing!”

When Lee Han genuinely admired them, the seniors felt slightly guilty.

…Did they have to go this far to maintain senior dignity?!

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