Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 419

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Chapter 419

The danger of dimensional intrusion phenomena lay in the difficulty of predicting what might happen.

In extreme cases, overlapping or collision could occur with absolutely nothing happening…

Or countless beings from other dimensions could come pouring out.

One of the main duties assigned to the Empire’s mages was to identify and prevent such natural phenomena in advance.

If they were lucky enough to block it beforehand, they could quickly resolve the situation, but if they missed it, there was no telling how beings from other dimensions might encroach upon reality.

From that perspective, the current situation could be considered somewhat fortunate.

At least they had discovered it before it erupted.

If they had more time, they might have been able to close it completely or resolve the collision, but there wasn’t such luxury…

“Let’s start preparing first!”

“Wa, wait. It might be wrong…”

“I learned at Einroguard that ominous calculations are usually not wrong. Have faith in your abilities!”

“Lord Wardanaz…”

The dark mages looked at Lee Han with slightly moved expressions.

Lee Han had to restrain himself from throwing a punch first at the sight of the dark mages wasting time unnecessarily when he was dying of anxiety.

‘If this were Einroguard, they would have gotten hit in the back of the head or shin at least once.’

“Of all things, a collision. I thought it would just be a temporary mana accumulation phenomenon.”

“I’ll prepare for summoning.”

Being a gathering of summoning mages, the mages tried to summon various forces to prepare for the situation.

Lee Han was slightly flustered by this sight.

“Wait. Wait. Everyone. Aren’t you forgetting something?”

“Yes?”

“Ah!”

One dark mage smiled and looked at Lee Han.

“You want to prepare together. I understand.”

“…That’s not it, there are knights here.”

The mages exclaimed ‘Ah’ as if they had just realized.

Lee Han could imagine how much of a headache the Empire’s bureaucrats must have managing between mages and knights.

“But wouldn’t it be uncomfortable to coordinate with those idiots for no reason?”

“They’re not idiots, they’re knights. And since this is a knight order’s camp, we should naturally inform them! I’ll go tell them.”

* * *

“But wouldn’t it be uncomfortable to coordinate with those mages for no reason?”

“…”

When the knights repeated exactly the same words the mages had said, Lee Han was dumbfounded.

“Ah. Of course we’re not talking about Lord Wardanaz. Lord Wardanaz is from a knight family…”

“Hey. What are you talking about.”

“Ah, oops. You’re so close with the other students that I got confused.”

The knight from the Chestnut Knights demonstrated an amazing ability to annoy both Lee Han and the White Tiger Tower students.

“The mages who came here are different from ordinary mages. They’re people who know how to respect and honor knights. Do you know what the mages said when this situation arose? ‘Fortunately in this misfortune! We have reliable knights by our side!'”

“?”

“???”

The White Tiger Tower friends looked at Lee Han like he was crazy, but the knights of the order were pleased by those words and wiped under their noses.

“Well… it’s not quite to that extent…”

“Hasn’t it always been knights who protect mages when enemies appear? You are the shield of the weak, the shield of the Empire, and also the shield of civilization…”

One minute later.

The knights ran off with happy faces to prepare for battle.

And as soon as the knights disappeared, Lee Han returned his expression to normal and muttered in a cold voice.

“Such troublesome people.”

“…”

“…”

“But Moradi. The Chestnut Knights are… you know.”

“?”

Giselle frowned, wondering what he was talking about. Lee Han checked that no one was listening around and whispered.

“Skills. Are their skills decent?”

“Ah.”

Giselle immediately understood what he meant.

Indeed, after seeing combat-oriented knights like the White Birch Knights, looking at the Chestnut Knights might make one wonder ‘Are these knights or nobles?’

“This much should be sufficient. They’re knights after all.”

“…Is there no other reliable reason besides that?”

“Hey, you bastard! What do you think knights are!”

Other friends listening nearby got indignant, but Giselle understood completely.

‘Maybe the current situation of unconditionally trusting just because they’re knights is what’s strange.’

“There’s one more thing. The vice-captain is here. It’s Jangcliff from the Jangclin family, a knight with a reputation.”

“That… what kind of reputation?”

“…A reputation for wielding a sword well, you bastard.”

Even Giselle finally let out harsh words after holding back.

How much are you looking down on knights?

Lee Han finally let out a sigh of relief.

‘If he’s a vice-captain, he must be a skilled knight.’

“But where is the vice-captain?”

“…He’s somewhere. Surely.”

“?”

When Giselle showed an anxious expression, Lee Han looked puzzled and called a knight passing by.

“Where is the vice-captain?”

“The vice-captain went out saying he would briefly visit Philone Village to pay his respects?”

“…”

Lee Han turned his gaze to Giselle as if asking for an explanation.

Giselle sighed deeply and said.

“He’s a bit… sociable.”

“It’s fortunate he’s not very sociable.”

* * *

Fortunately, those who were present succeeded in repelling them safely.

Monsters that looked like a mix of amphibians and fish appeared – creatures that even experienced adventurers, knights, and mages had never seen before – but they couldn’t break through the solidly prepared encirclement.

The summoned creatures, golems, artifacts, and weapons prepared by the summoning mages flashed as they unleashed firepower, and the undead summoned by the dark mages also launched fierce attacks with sinister mana.

That wasn’t all. Mages with remaining strength firmly bound the monsters’ feet with other elemental magic, poison, or curse spells.

And Lee Han also diligently cast magic…

…rather, he was busy running back and forth.

-No! Are you spreading poison fog right now? No matter what, poison is a bit… please tell them it’s unnecessary!

-…They say they’re truly sorry for insulting the knights’ honor, but this is the only magic they can use right now! If you prevent them from using this, the dark mages will have no choice but to charge with their staffs…

-That, that… I understand.

Blocking the knights’ protests.

-Those knight bastards are too much in the way! They keep getting close to the summoned creatures making spellcasting uncomfortable… could you possibly tell them to get lost?

-The knights say they’re truly sorry for disturbing the practice of the noble art of magic and are ashamed! But this is the limit of the techniques the knights have learned, so they ask for the mages’ generous understanding…

-Hmm. If they put it that way… I understand!

And blocking the mages’ protests too.

Lee Han ran back and forth between the two groups, desperately preventing their claims against each other.

And he was able to learn one thing.

‘…I must never do this kind of thing again!’

Even if he received a government position in the Empire, he must never accept a position that mediated between groups!

Just managing this small group together was exhausting enough to kill him, and imagining what would happen if the scale grew larger was terrifying.

Absolutely, absolutely he had to find a comfortable position without such troublesome work.

“Everyone worked hard.”

“Still, less came out than expected. We won’t even need to use potions.”

As the dimension subsided, those who participated in the battle spoke while evaluating each other favorably.

Their hearts had softened a bit as they felt how much the other side respected them during the battle.

Of course, Lee Han, who had been between them, was completely exhausted and in tatters.

“Have you finished investigating everything?”

“Yes? Oh, we have, but…”

Gu Bon and the adventurers were flustered by Lee Han’s utterly exhausted expression.

“Are you alri…”

“I’m perfectly fine. Well then, the request is finished, so I’ll be going now.”

Lee Han collected his payment precisely and then quickly prepared to leave.

“Why don’t you stay a bit longer before going…”

“No. Oh right. Please keep the fact that I was here a secret, everyone.”

“Why is that?”

“No matter how modest you are, being too modest isn’t good either!”

When not only the mages but even the knights clamored, Lee Han felt a headache coming on.

“Well… my skills aren’t complete yet, so I don’t want to tarnish Einroguard’s name. Please understand.”

“Oh my…”

“Such…!”

“Then I’ll be going!”

As Lee Han tried to leave as quickly as possible, the White Tiger Tower students whispered in confusion.

“Wardanaz. Of course we need to prepare to return, but the sun hasn’t even set yet, right? Why are you in such a hurry?”

“…You idiots. A dimensional collision phenomenon even occurred, so wouldn’t people come from Einroguard? We need to get out quickly.”

“…Horse!! Please lend us a horse!!!”

“?!”

* * *

While Lee Han hurriedly returned to the village to pack his things and prepare to return to the spire through Amur’s stables, the Skeleton Principal came flying and arrived at the campsite.

…Why is this here?

-Yes. It seems a knight order has set up camp.

…So why did the knight order set up camp here instead of staying in the village?

The Death Knight, the master’s faithful servant, answered loyally.

-Since they’re those who received permission to enter Einroguard, they probably wanted to arrive as quickly as possible.

…Damn it. This is why I hate sponsors.

The Skeleton Principal grumbled.

Come to think of it, a knight order had visited and said they wanted to interact with the students.

Those bastards created this kind of opening.

The White Tiger Tower students who weren’t caught probably fled this way, right?

-I believe there’s a high possibility of that.

Anyway, the problem with knights is they unconditionally side with other knight families. But anyway…

The Skeleton Principal looked around the campsite with burning eyes.

From what he could see, it looked very intact.

It must not have been a big deal. It seems they handled it well on their own, so I just need to check and seal it.

-Yes. I’ll do that.

The Skeleton Principal had flown over after feeling the energy of dimensional collision while catching escaped students, but he was relieved that the situation didn’t seem very urgent.

‘Well, if it had been urgent, they would have contacted me immediately.’

Open the door. The lord has come.

“Oh. Lord Gonadaltes!!”

?!

The Skeleton Principal was as surprised as the startled mages.

The mages who had participated in the festival were together with the knights.

Were you all here too?

“Yes!”

Did you block it together??

“How did you know?”

How did you block it together?!?

“Is that such a surprising thing?”

Of course it’s damn surprising! You cooperated with knights?? No, if you knew how to cooperate so well, why did you so annoyingly violate all the precautions I told you about during the festival?!

“…It wasn’t that bad…”

“Are, are you perhaps angry?”

I’m not angry. Just amazed.

The Skeleton Principal was truly amazed.

The mages here were typically those with no social skills whatsoever, the type who would go to knight families for investment and say ‘You probably won’t understand since you’re not smart, but please invest in us.’

Of course, the knights were no pushover either.

For those two groups to cooperate and block it together.

Was some existence that would destroy the Empire about to appear?

“No.”

Really amazing… truly amazing.

The Skeleton Principal first finished checking the situation. The mages had finished cleaning up on their own, all the entities that appeared had been dealt with, and no one was particularly hurt.

It was clear they had properly cooperated in coordination, not just nominal cooperation.

The Skeleton Principal’s eyes spun round and round.

Really amazing…

-Master. You must also find the students.

Ah. Right. Have you seen any students here by chance?

“Yes?”

It’s nothing serious… I just have urgent news to tell the students. Did the students perhaps ask you to hide them? Don’t worry. I turn a blind eye to occasional misbehavior too. I’ll just deliver the really urgent news and return.

“…I don’t quite understand what you mean.”

‘Well, look at this?’

The Skeleton Principal’s gaze flickered strangely.

Usually everyone would have answered by this point, but today the atmosphere here was strangely suspicious.

What on earth had happened?

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