Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 436

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Chapter 436

Giselle knew her situation was better than her friends’, but she remained quietly silent.

Even from Giselle’s perspective, she seemed more likely to be helpful than Angrago or Bartrek.

“Sir Jangcliff. We probably won’t have time to give antidotes to everyone. Could you select the people who need them?”

“Don’t worry about that! I’ll prepare them right away.”

“This is impossible… impossible! How!!”

The Anti-Magic Extremist who had collapsed nearby shouted.

His face showed complete disbelief.

“How are you using mana!!”

Sir Jangcliff was about to get angry at the evil Anti-Magic Extremist’s interruption, but suddenly thought ‘that’s actually true’ and found himself convinced.

That’s right?

“But are you really okay?”

“I have a lot of mana constitutionally, so poison doesn’t affect me well.”

“What kind of bullshit is that!!!”

“Shut up.”

Thwack!

A knight nearby kicked the Anti-Magic Extremist.

It was hard to forgive someone who dared to ambush with poison and then interrupt their conversation.

“What do you mean having a lot of mana makes you resistant to poison? Normally when mana encounters external substances like poison, it reacts violently and resists, but in the case of something like mountain ring mushrooms, they’re special types that scatter mana and don’t give you a chance to resist…”

“Sir Jangcliff, this isn’t the time for that. You need to prepare! Can’t you ask about it later!”

Giselle found herself shouting without realizing it.

Strictly speaking, as she was still just a knight apprentice, this was rudeness she would never have shown under normal circumstances.

Moreover, Giselle was someone who valued reputation and influence among knight families very highly.

‘Oh no.’

After blurting it out, Giselle immediately regretted it.

If Sir Jangcliff took offense, Giselle’s reputation among the Knights of the Hornbeam Knight Order would immediately…

“You’re right. I’m sorry! Everyone move. Knights whose mana hasn’t recovered, over here! Reinforce the doors and windows so the enemies can’t get in. Knights whose mana has recovered, over there!”

Fortunately, Sir Jangcliff moved immediately instead of getting angry.

Giselle let out a sigh of relief.

Thumbs up-

“???”

The Knights of the Hornbeam Knight Order secretly gave thumbs up and thanked Giselle.

Giselle looked at them as if bewildered.

“Moradi. Thank you.”

“…”

At Lee Han’s words, Giselle was so speechless that no words came out.

To receive such good evaluation from one irrational action.

The entire situation from beginning to end felt completely nonsensical.

* * *

Bakdeggul ran fiercely up the hill.

As soon as the signal dropped, the Anti-Magic Faction charged forward.

“They can’t use mana! But don’t let your guard down. A knight is still a knight!”

“Don’t worry!”

Shouts from mercenary-turned Anti-Magic Extremists could be heard from various places.

Experienced mercenaries knew the terror of knights well, so they also knew their weaknesses well.

In a muddy fight that broke out after being poisoned, mercenaries had no choice but to have the advantage.

Swish swish swish swish swoosh-

At the sound of flying arrows, Bakdeggul shouted without being surprised.

“Block them!”

The sound of arrows bouncing off shields rang out. The Anti-Magic Faction succeeded in blocking without taking any damage.

“They must have noticed.”

“Since we poisoned them, that’s expected. We anticipated this.”

No matter how meticulously they prepared, they never thought the knights wouldn’t notice until the very end.

Once poisoned, expecting an attack was natural.

The mercenaries weren’t careless at all.

“Surround them and go in. Don’t leave a single one alive!”

Bakdeggul activated the 【Penetrating Eyes of Antagondals】 artifact. Even in the darkness, the area around the encampment the knights had set up was clearly visible.

As expected, there were no traps around. No matter how much they noticed, there wouldn’t have been time to set traps around the encampment.

Then it wasn’t difficult.

“They seem to be trying to hold out inside the building.”

“Pathetic fools.”

The camp set up for the banquet was much more solid and sturdy than ordinary camps, but it was still a hastily built camp. Since it was a structure covered with wood and cloth rather than iron and stone, it could be easily destroyed.

“Should we break down the door?”

“No need to do that for them. Why should we play into the knights’ schemes?”

Bakdeggul snorted.

They could break down the firmly blocked doors and windows and go inside, but why should they fight an unfavorable battle?

They had already come fully prepared.

“Set it on fire.”

“Yes!”

Setting fire to a large camp wasn’t as easy as it seemed. It wouldn’t spread just by throwing fire.

However, if prepared, it wasn’t difficult. Fire arrows blazed up in the darkness and flew toward the camp.

“Hahahahaha!”

“Knights! What will you do! Will you burn to death? Come out!”

The mercenaries shouted and stamped their feet to frighten and confuse the people inside. Fire spread throughout the camp and smoke rose. Anyone could see that the knights would soon come running out.

Splash!

“???”

“What?!”

Suddenly the fires in the camp began to go out. With splashing sounds from inside, the camp became soaking wet.

As if someone inside was pouring out a massive amount of water.

The mercenaries were shocked.

“Wh-what should we do?”

“Shoot fire again! They only blocked it once.”

Fire arrows flew again, but nothing changed.

‘Wasn’t it an artifact?!’

At first they thought an artifact or scroll was used to put out the fire. They thought it would be fine since it could only be used once or twice at most…

Bakdeggul frowned.

Surprisingly, the mercenaries’ fire arrows were about to run out first.

“…They seem to have prepared quite a lot of water. Break down the door.”

“Understood! Hey. Break down the door!”

One of the mercenaries tore a scroll. Then fierce wind was released and struck the blocked door of the camp.

Crash!!!

“Go in simultaneously. Break down the other places too!”

“Yes!”

Another scroll was torn and the thin wall of the camp was destroyed.

And a huge pile of dirt was revealed.

“…????”

“What?!?”

The mercenaries were horrified by the mound of earth revealed beyond the wall like some kind of fortress.

To have built up an earthen wall behind the barracks wall in such a short time?

Unless there was a mage…

“Isn’t there a mage?”

“If there was one, the guy inside would have said so. Don’t be fooled. Break through the other side! The knights are just struggling desperately.”

Bang!

A hole appeared in the other wall. However, a thick earthen wall was waiting there as well.

At this point, the mercenaries’ eyes began to waver. Pakdgul glared at the barracks with hatred-filled eyes.

Not all the mercenaries were thorough Anti-Magic Extremists. Some had joined out of greed for gold.

These types would flee without hesitation if the situation went even slightly wrong.

Pakdgul felt the need to give strong orders.

“The fact that the knights are poisoned hasn’t changed. To the door! Fire the remaining scrolls at the door then advance!”

Fortunately, the interior revealed through the barracks’ main gate had no earthen wall. It seemed the knights hadn’t managed to build one there.

When the remaining scrolls exploded, a thunderous roar spread around the main gate. It was an impact that would have sent any knights waiting behind the door flying immediately.

The mercenaries charged forward with shields raised, shouting battle cries.

At that moment, the ground collapsed downward.

“!!!”

Everyone was horrified by the pit trap that was deep enough for entire bodies to fall into, not just ankle-deep.

When had they dug such a deep trap?!

“Fire!”

Arrows flew from the knights inside. The fallen mercenaries screamed for help, but their comrades had no time to spare while blocking the attacks.

“Make footholds and advance!”

Pakdgul had no intention of rescuing them either. Now was not the time for that.

Siege equipment they had brought in case of emergency flew over the pit. As the mercenaries tried to charge again while blocking arrows with shields, lightning flew from inside.

“!!!”

The mercenaries couldn’t even scream as they fell into the pit from the relentless lightning strikes.

Lightning magic had particularly vicious power among elemental magic. The mercenaries flinched and retreated from the magic that penetrated even shields and tore through muscles.

“There really is a mage!”

“Isn’t he perfectly fine?!”

“Shut up and go in.”

Pakdgul spoke menacingly.

At this point, Pakdgul also realized something was wrong with the situation.

Something had gone wrong with the plan.

Whatever the guy who went inside had misunderstood, there was a mage who hadn’t consumed the poison!

“This isn’t what we were told… Gack!”

Blood spurted from the throat of a mercenary who was complaining. Pakdgul held a blood-dripping skewer sword and looked coldly at the mercenaries.

“Anyone else want to die?”

“Wa… Waaaah!!”

The mercenaries began charging again. Meanwhile, Pakdgul spoke to his subordinate.

“While the mercenaries buy time, we need to break through the weak earthen wall.”

“Yes!”

His subordinate understood immediately.

That seemingly penetrable entrance was now a trap.

With such preparations in place, even if it looked like they could enter easily, there was no telling what might be waiting inside.

It was hard to believe they had prepared so quickly, but to avoid being played by the knights any longer, they needed to seize the initiative.

Thud, thud, thud-

Pakdgul’s subordinates began breaking down the weak earthen wall.

It was a crude method of striking with mana-infused blows, but the effect was certain. The thick mound of earth crumbled, revealing a hole.

“Go in… Gack!”

Jangcliff, who had been hiding behind the earthen mound, began slaughtering the mercenaries.

Blazing aura burned from his sword, cutting through the mercenaries’ metal equipment like paper.

He was clearly a knight who had reached mastery, fresh and untired.

Both Pakdgul and his subordinates were horrified.

How???

“You trash Anti-Magic Extremists. Where do you get off committing crimes and arrogantly holding grudges!”

“Surround him!”

Pakdgul’s subordinate shouted while receiving Jangcliff’s attack.

He was certainly an impressive knight, but the elites he had brought were also veteran mercenaries. If they could just surround him, they wouldn’t lose easily.

However, other knights were also waiting beside Jangcliff. The fight instantly changed into a group versus group battle.

The knights, well-armed and in formation, were masters of group combat. The mercenaries felt suffocated by the pressure as if a wall of steel had been erected.

They were at most around twenty knights, and poisoned ones at that…!

Pakdgul drew his sword and charged. He wasn’t targeting Jangcliff.

‘The fact that the knights moved like that means, conversely, that the main gate is empty!’

Striking the reverse of the reverse!

Pakdgul gathered mana and kicked with his foot. The ground cracked with a ‘pak’ sound and Pakdgul’s body flew over the pit.

Lightning flew at him. Pakdgul rolled to dodge it.

Lightning flew again. Pakdgul blocked the lightning with his black spirit wood bracelet artifact with seven intertwined snakes.

“You mage bastard! I’ll kill…”

Pakdgul’s eyes widened as he shouted.

The mage in front of him was too young.

This mage was the one who had extinguished fires, erected earthen walls, and summoned lightning?

‘More than that, why does he look familiar?’

Despite Pakdgul’s killing intent, his opponent didn’t waver and waved his staff.

Then a massive Skeleton Warrior charged from the side and sent Pakdgul flying.

Pakdgul gritted his teeth and prepared to use his secret technique. At this level, he couldn’t dismiss him as just a young mage.

When facing a mage, speed was life.

He had to kill as quickly as possible.

‘Rush in with one strike and that guy…’

But at that moment, a green leopard summoned creature charged and clawed at Pakdgul. Pakdgul straightened his posture once more and gritted his teeth.

“Two summoned creatures…”

Finally, a griffin burst out from the ceiling and dug its claws into Pakdgul’s back.

Pakdgul threw away all dignity and howled.

“You damn mage bastard!”

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