Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 395
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Chapter 395
Angrago and the White Tiger Tower students couldn’t answer immediately out of shame.
However, Lee Han immediately grasped the situation.
“These idiots skipped class and got caught by monsters?!”
“C-class doesn’t matter…”
The White Tiger Tower students were bewildered because Wardanaz seemed more angry about missing class.
Clatter!
Suddenly, there was a sound of trees colliding from behind.
Lee Han clicked his tongue.
The broken wooden dolls had split apart and new wooden dolls appeared.
‘What professor made these?!’
To be able to increase their numbers even when broken.
As a fellow mage, it was a technique he couldn’t help but admire, but as a student attending lectures, it was an infuriating persistence.
Lee Han took a deep breath.
With the ghostly tree behind them, there weren’t many options.
‘Finish this as quickly as possible and deal with the ghostly tree!’
Crack!
‘Amazing!’
Angrago admired while hanging upside down.
Though his personality had many problems, Wardanaz’s swordsmanship was undeniable.
Solid swordsmanship reminiscent of a walking fortress!
The Blue Rock Sword that Wardanaz had learned didn’t have many techniques, nor were its variations complex or strange.
Compared to all sorts of complicated and difficult advanced sword techniques, the Blue Rock Sword seemed like a low-grade sword technique at first glance.
However, conversely speaking, there had to be a good reason why the Blue Rock Sword, which didn’t have many techniques or complex variations, gained fame in the Empire.
Though it was a simple swing, if it couldn’t be avoided once unleashed, there was nothing more powerful than that attack.
The simplest attack is the strongest.
Only those who could accomplish this easy yet difficult principle through patience and dedication could be called true Blue Rock Sword swordsmen…
“What are you doing?!!”
Angrago forgot he was hanging and shouted.
While he was admiring, Lee Han was using some strange trick technique.
Suddenly the wooden sword’s length extended and the wooden doll flinched and retreated. That part was fine, but seeing how there was no damage even when it touched…
That wasn’t a real sword but a trick technique that deceived the opponent with illusion.
“Don’t talk to me. You’re breaking my concentration.”
“Ah, no… why use such techniques…”
He had been admiring the pure swordsmanship, but it was a bit disappointing when strange trick techniques were mixed in.
He wanted to see the beautiful Blue Rock Sword executed without a single gap…
Of course, Angrago’s expectations meant nothing to Lee Han. Lee Han generously unleashed the trick techniques he’d recently learned to defeat the wooden dolls.
The wooden dolls couldn’t react to the suddenly appearing trick techniques and crumbled.
‘Trick techniques are the best after all.’
Of course, using such random trick techniques against truly skilled swordsmen would be suicidal and wouldn’t work…
Lee Han had no intention of facing truly skilled swordsmen in the first place.
If they were truly skilled swordsmen, he should run away!
“Wardanaz! Be careful!”
Before Angrago’s shout even ended, Lee Han was already kicking off from his position.
Tree branches shot up from beneath where Lee Han had been standing. It was the ghostly tree’s attack.
“H-how?!”
“Of course I was on guard.”
Lee Han said while brushing off dust.
Fortunately, thanks to finishing the wooden dolls quickly, he avoided the worst situation of being attacked from multiple sides.
“With 【Spatial Perception】 magic… wait. Didn’t you guys use 【Spatial Perception】 magic?”
“…”
“…”
【Spatial Perception】 magic was difficult for its circle level, and it wasn’t magic that could be wasted like Lee Han was doing.
The White Tiger Tower students would find it difficult to maintain it for more than 10 seconds even if they succeeded.
‘I almost cheered for the ghostly tree for a moment.’
Swoosh!
An attack flying from behind.
Lee Han dodged by rolling to the side as if he had already expected it. The ghostly tree made an annoyed crying sound.
It realized that surprise attacks wouldn’t work on its opponent.
Whack, whack, whack, whack-!
Tree branches whipped like whips as attacks burst forth again.
Lee Han dodged while keeping his distance. As he skillfully threw his body and rolled, the ghostly tree made a mocking sound.
-■■■■…
It seemed to be mocking how a warrior with a sword couldn’t charge in but kept increasing the distance.
Lee Han was slightly flustered by that mockery.
‘Is that bastard misunderstanding something right now?’
Right now wasn’t the time for the ghostly tree to act leisurely.
Because…
“Blaze up.”
Dozens of flames bloomed in the air.
They were vicious flames that were small in size but contained powerful mana.
He hadn’t used ranged magic when dealing with the wooden dolls because it was Professor Ingoldel’s lecture, but the ghostly tree wasn’t included in that.
He had planned to immediately cast spells and unleash magic the moment he created distance, but it was acting leisurely.
Rather, the ghostly tree should have closed the distance to prevent Lee Han from creating distance.
-■■■■!
As if realizing this belatedly, the monster began rushing in frantically.
But it was already too late.
The flames Lee Han had created struck the exposed trunk of the ghostly tree, tracing deadly trajectories.
* * *
Splash!
Lee Han doused the White Tiger Tower students with water.
He was worried that the fire that had spread to the ghostly tree might jump to the students.
“Are you okay?”
“…The water wasn’t really necessary.”
The students, who looked like drowned mice, groaned as they got up.
Having been hanging upside down and swinging back and forth like a pendulum, they were more than a little dizzy.
“Is everyone alright?”
“!!!”
When Professor Ingoldel’s voice came from above, the students were startled.
“Why is the professor here?!”
“W-Wardanaz. Don’t tell me you… sold us out…?!”
“…You crazy bastards. You were the ones fooling around at the lecture location.”
Lee Han was dumbfounded.
After he went through the trouble of saving them…
“W-we have to run!”
‘At least they’re not completely thoughtless.’
No matter how thoughtless Angrago and his friends were, they knew that facing a professor after skipping class wasn’t a good idea.
“Fine. Just stay still.”
“Why?! Don’t tell me you’re planning to sell us out…”
“…Shut your mouth before you get hit.”
In Lee Han’s view, the White Tiger Tower students had fallen into such paranoid delusions because of the Skeleton Principal.
Making them run around here and there after trapping them in the middle of the night…
“What kind of misunderstanding is this because of the Principal.”
“The Principal? No, this has nothing to do with the Principal…”
“Be quiet.”
Angrago wanted to say ‘We’re suspicious of you because of what you’ve done, not because of the Skeleton Principal,’ but his mouth was blocked.
“What are you all doing?”
Professor Ingoldel, who had come down, looked at the situation and spoke with a puzzled expression.
Lee Han answered as if feeling sorry.
“Angrago and his friends here were caught by a ghost tree. Because of this, they couldn’t even participate in the lecture…”
“???”
“…That’s right!”
Angrago was the quickest to catch on. He belatedly realized and played along.
“You were caught by a ghost tree? What were you all doing here?”
“They were practicing swordsmanship in the forest.”
“Oh my…”
Professor Ingoldel’s expression was colored with emotion.
She knew the White Tiger Tower students were serious about swordsmanship, but to this extent.
“Everyone stay after today’s class ends.”
“Pardon?”
“You must be very frustrated right now. I understand. I’ll help you so you won’t lose to the ghost tree.”
“…”
The White Tiger Tower students stared at Lee Han, but Lee Han ignored them and looked over the ghost tree to see if there was anything to salvage.
“Wardanaz…”
“Work hard.”
“Our golem repair…”
“You can do that and this too. Work hard.”
Lee Han patted Angrago’s shoulder. However, the ungrateful Angrago frowned deeply.
“Wardanaz did well. You dodged the wooden puppets skillfully.”
“Thank you.”
“Oh right. Wardanaz. About the Chestnut Knights I mentioned earlier. They said they’d visit the school once…”
“What??”
Lee Han was startled.
The knights’ initiative always surprised Lee Han.
When they said ‘Let’s have a meal together sometime,’ knights were the type who would definitely visit for that meal!
“Of course, we need to get permission…”
“That would be difficult, right?”
“…Fortunately, the Principal gave permission this time.”
“What???”
“If it were some random group, maybe not, but the Chestnut Knights are always generous with donations. It seems to have worked out well.”
Professor Ingoldel nodded as if her reasoning was highly plausible.
And this time it was Lee Han’s face that frowned deeply.
* * *
“Why do we have to move this…”
“Blame your friends.”
After the lecture ended and while Angrago and his friends were receiving supplementary lessons, Lee Han moved timber with the White Tiger Tower students.
Part of it was because Angrago had whined tearfully, ‘We finally found it, but if we don’t take it now, we might not be able to get it later’…
‘If the golem can be repaired, it might be useful.’
At first, the possibility seemed too low for him to pay much attention, but with this many people gathered, Lee Han’s thoughts began to change.
How convenient work would be if they had a golem of that caliber.
With Einroguard assigning more and more tasks lately, that golem would become a reliable helper.
“Lee Han. I heard about the storage. How about searching through more storage areas?”
Durgyu asked while wiping sweat from his forehead.
To obtain materials needed for the golem, they had to search every corner of the school thoroughly.
The storage currently piled with miscellaneous items looked like a junkyard at first glance, but if they searched carefully, they might find something decent.
After all, there was only a fine line between trash and miscellaneous items.
Lee Han was impressed.
“Durgyu. You bastard. Are you suggesting we take advantage of the White Tiger Tower students being deceived to quickly finish the chores we’d have to do at night? That’s genius.”
“…No! That’s not it!”
“Good idea. White Tiger Tower guys! Let’s go! There’s another place to get materials!”
Lee Han shouted to the White Tiger Tower students who were putting down the timber.
The White Tiger Tower students, caught up in the atmosphere, unconsciously followed behind Lee Han.
Lee Han was pleased by this sight.
Whatever else, this kind of loyal simplicity was an advantage of the White Tiger Tower students.
‘I hope we can finish everything before the weekend.’
If that happened, he could leisurely catch up on his studies over the weekend.
Crash! Bang! Clatter!
The White Tiger Tower students who swarmed into the storage began taking out packages one by one, just like they had done last week.
“Just how much of this trash is there that it’s endless?”
“Oh. This is basalt, right? It looks like we could use it if we polish it?”
“That’s monster dung.”
“…”
Thud-
“?”
Lee Han felt something hit his foot and looked down.
A heavily rusted bronze door handle was connected to a floor door.
“Wait, everyone come here.”
“W-Wardanaz. We weren’t slacking off!”
“…I’m not scolding you, so come quickly.”
Lee Han resolved to treat the White Tiger Tower students a bit more gently.
“Have you seen this before?”
“…Huh?!?”
‘They haven’t.’
From the White Tiger Tower students’ reaction, Lee Han realized this floor door leading underground had never been discovered.
It must have been revealed as the mountain of miscellaneous items was cleared away.
“Th-this… Wardanaz… isn’t this that thing?? That thing???”
“What?”
Lee Han asked with slight anticipation at the White Tiger Tower student’s reaction.
Did they know something about it?
“An underground passage that the upperclassmen made for escaping outside…!”
“…I don’t think there would be an underground passage connecting from Einroguard’s 2nd floor to outside the school’s castle walls.”
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