Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 437

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Chapter 437

In fact, having two summoned creatures was already crossing the line quite a bit.

What kind of group was this young-looking mage leading?

Moreover, it was right after he had mercilessly summoned lightning. Even squeezing mana from blood wouldn’t produce that level of power.

But now with even a griffin appearing, Bakdeggul’s patience hit rock bottom.

“I’ll kill you!”

As murderous crimson aura blazed and gathered on his skewer-shaped sword, Lee Han shouted to Ponrig.

“Fall back, Ponrig!”

The opponent’s swordsmanship skills were no ordinary matter. They seemed to be on a similar level to Jangcliff. If caught off guard by such an opponent, even a griffin could have its neck cleanly severed.

Sharkan and the skeleton warrior Gonadaltes, who didn’t care about damage, charged forward.

“Gonadaltes. I’m counting on you!”

“What, who…!”

Crack!

Even in his confusion, Bakdeggul precisely pierced through the skeleton warrior with his aura.

The swordsman’s aura, created through endless painful training, was both a crystallization of patience and a spear that could pierce through anything.

To pierce through an enhanced skeleton made by overlapping more than ten skeleton warriors, shield and all.

Lee Han couldn’t help but be surprised by the destructive power that exceeded expectations.

‘What the hell…!’

But there was something Bakdeggul hadn’t expected either.

Bakdeggul’s eyes widened as the skeleton warrior clung on regardless and wouldn’t let go.

However many layers of additionally summoned bone armor had been stacked, it endured without being immediately reverse-summoned by the aura.

“What the…!”

Taking advantage of that gap, Sharkan made a vicious sound as he bit into Bakdeggul’s ankle.

Bakdeggul cursed and tried to kick Sharkan away, but Sharkan didn’t get greedy and immediately retreated.

“Huff, huff…”

The skeleton warrior was reverse-summoned belatedly. Bakdeggul didn’t give even a moment’s opening as he distanced himself from the skeleton warrior.

The true attack of a dark mage began after such summoned creatures fell.

He had to be careful of the summoned creature’s corpse too.

However, despite being careful, an explosion occurred from Bakdeggul’s cloak.

Bang!!

Bakdeggul instinctively concentrated mana into his muscles to block the attack, but couldn’t completely prevent the impact.

“What the… damn…???”

Bakdeggul couldn’t understand.

He had clearly distanced himself from the summoned creature’s corpse, so how could there be an explosion of this magnitude?

At most, only some bone fragments should have gotten on him…

‘That’s fortunate at least.’

Lee Han let out a sigh of relief.

If the opponent had stayed close, he wouldn’t have been able to use it for fear of causing a massive explosion, but once all the bone fragments were shaken off, it actually became easier to use.

At that level, there was a limit to how much he could detonate!

Of course, even accounting for that, the power exceeded expectations…

Bakdeggul’s eyes caught sight of the opponent mage’s arrogant face.

It seemed like he was declaring ‘I still have plenty more hidden away.’

‘…This won’t do.’

Bakdeggul stopped paying attention to Sharkan and the griffin.

The mage’s summoned creatures were certainly threatening, but the mage wasn’t easy enough to defeat while also keeping those summoned creatures in check.

He had to escape from the opponent’s palm.

Bakdeggul took a deep breath.

Along with killing intent, the crimson aura’s color deepened and blazed more intensely.

Even if it cost him limbs one by one, he intended to directly attack the mage.

‘Damn.’

Lee Han clicked his tongue inwardly.

The situation was gradually flowing beyond expectations.

He thought the enemies would retreat after being blocked this much…

‘Why aren’t they retreating?’

Most of the prepared means had been blocked, and both frontal attacks and flanking attacks had been stopped.

Normally wouldn’t they retreat at this point?

‘Do they have such deep resentment against the knights? Did the Chestnut Knights insult their parents while imprisoning them?’

Lee Han didn’t realize that he had pushed the enemies too hard.

After being beaten this badly, beyond just getting angry, they couldn’t easily retreat either.

With a mage like this, there was no telling what traps he might have prepared for a retreat.

The only path left for Bakdeggul was to cut off the mage’s head. That was the only certain path remaining.

“…Let’s see you try.”

“?”

“What. What are you waiting for?”

Bakdeggul spoke to Lee Han.

It was to probe the opponent and disturb his mental state.

What kind of trap had that mage left behind?

‘There isn’t any now though?’

Lee Han was slightly flustered.

He had used up all his summoned creatures and now all that remained was a pure battle of strength.

The moment the opponent charged, he planned to immediately cast illusion magic and invisibility magic, then go with a magic barrage.

Since he was a swordsman who could even use aura, he was worried whether there would be enough time, but in this situation there was no choice.

‘Wait. No.’

Lee Han decided to play along with the opponent’s misunderstanding.

At least he could buy some time.

“I’m waiting for you to charge in.”

“I see…”

Bakdeggul made a low snorting sound as he glared at Lee Han.

“There must be magic circles laid on the floor.”

Magic that activated invisible magic circles the moment one stepped on the floor was often used defensively.

Lee Han nodded.

“That’s right.”

“On the ceiling too.”

“That’s right.”

“On the walls too.”

“That’s right.”

“…”

Bakdeggul suddenly became confused.

He became even more confused because the opponent mage seemed to be calmly telling the truth.

What was this?

‘No, no, I… I almost got played by a mage again.’

Bakdeggul swallowed his pride.

First, he had to acknowledge that the opponent mage was unconditionally one step above him.

Being outmatched in experience by such a young mage was humiliating to the point his chest burned, but there was no choice.

He had been completely played in the palm of the mage’s hand until now.

‘I’ll kill him!’

At that moment, a dagger flew from behind Bakdeggul. Bakdeggul sensed the presence and quickly dodged.

“What… so this was it! Ha!”

Bakdeggul shouted loudly as if he finally understood.

The White Tiger Tower students who had been fighting alongside the knights came running to help Lee Han.

“No…”

Lee Han was flustered.

Why are you coming here??

“I told you to fight together with the knights!”

“You’re terrible at acting!”

Bakdeggul sneered openly.

Seeing him so flustered actually made him more certain.

These young knights were definitely the mage’s hidden trump card.

“Let’s see what you’ve got!”

Angrago aimed his crossbow.

His skills were quite practiced, but to a battle-hardened swordsman like Bakdeggul who had been through everything, there was still much lacking.

‘What? He’s not letting his guard down. It’s a trap…’

Bakdeggul wasn’t paying much attention, but suddenly he felt strong magical power from the crossbow.

Swoosh!

“…!”

Whatever artifact it was, the arrow passed by with a vicious sound. Even one hit would have enough power to bring him down.

‘As expected!’

“Hey! The power is hard to control because…”

“Bear with it! You have no choice but to adapt on your own!”

‘Was that magic cast by that mage!?’

Bakdeggul was getting curious at this point.

Just how many of the magic spells shown here had that mage cast?

Crash!

At that moment a potion bottle came flying. It was a potion thrown by Bartrek. Judging by the aura inside, it was definitely poison.

Bakdeggul had no choice but to stop his attack once again and knock away the potion bottle.

‘It doesn’t seem like that strong a poison. Did I block it for nothing? No. I shouldn’t judge by appearances. This is a trap set by that mage!’

‘His movement stopped.’

In the meantime, Lee Han gripped his staff and completed his spell.

The White Tiger Tower friends’ attacks honestly weren’t that impressive, but for some reason Bakdeggul was being overly cautious and wasting time.

That gap gave Lee Han another opportunity.

Crackle crackle crackle crackle!

“Gah!”

A much thicker lightning bolt than before came flying, burning through the spacious tent, and Bakdeggul instinctively dodged.

‘This bastard is keeping distance!’

The opponent mage didn’t seem to expect to hit in one shot either, as he launched continuous attacks. The distance gradually widened as Bakdeggul dodged those attacks.

It was a method rarely seen from typical mages.

Usually they would try to hit in one shot due to mana consumption, and the moment they dodged, weaknesses would be immediately exposed…

“Are you guys okay?!”

“We’re fine! Protecting the mage is a knight’s role!”

“Are you confident you can block?”

“…”

The White Tiger Tower friends didn’t answer. Lee Han felt a heavy sense of responsibility.

‘I have to protect them somehow.’

Meanwhile, Giselle wielded her twin swords and blocked Bakdeggul’s path.

The enemy’s sword blazing with aura.

It was a technique with tremendous destructive power, but that didn’t mean aura was omnipotent.

Giselle avoided contact with the sword her opponent held and attempted thrusting attacks while keeping distance as if restraining him.

“…House Moradi!! Wait, you people… wait… wait…?!”

Bakdeggul’s eyes widened when he saw that swordsmanship.

There had been so many confusing events today that his mind felt foggy, but seeing that swordsmanship made something come to mind.

‘That’s the Alpha family crest and that’s the Bak family crest… wait… wait…?’

They were all families unrelated to the Chestnut Knights and had no reason to be here.

Moreover, the knights were strangely young-looking.

Realization flashed in Bakdeggul’s mind.

“Don’t tell me you were students?!?!”

“…”

“…”

The White Tiger Tower students were even more flustered.

‘He didn’t know we were students? Why is he making such a fuss?’

“This crazy mage bastard with his tricks…!”

“Huh? No, he’s also a student…”

Realizing he had been fooled once again, Bakdeggul raged like a demon from hell.

To deceive students into acting like knights and tie his feet.

That enemy was not only cunning but vicious as well.

“Magic or whatever…”

Bakdeggul prepared to charge, trusting his trained swordsman’s body whether summoned creatures rushed at him or magic tore at him.

“…Try and blow me away!”

The air vibrated with his murderous voice.

Crash!!

And the Skeleton Principal’s Death Knights burst in, smashing through the tent with blue light in their eyes.

* * *

The Death Knights boldly trampled the mercenaries outside, energy drained the mercenaries inside, and finally engaged Bakdeggul in wheel formation combat.

At the sudden assault of the charging Death Knights, Bakdeggul angrily swung his aura, but whether the Death Knights took damage or not, they laughed ominously and immediately recovered.

-Stab more, living one! Stab more I say!

-Living one, I knew how to handle aura since you were wriggling in your father’s coin purse. Did you think you could do everything with that skill? Kehehe!

-The most wicked and terrible magic protects us!

“These cursed undead!”

Bakdeggul was horrified.

A sense of powerlessness he had never felt since becoming able to handle aura struck him.

Even undead dwelling in the Empire’s darkest and most vicious lands would roll on the ground unable to recover when hit by aura…!

Slash!

Each time the Death Knights’ swords grazed him, his blood froze, his bones grew dull, and his body’s vitality disappeared.

Bakdeggul tried to draw up his body’s mana, but his body stiffened and his legs collapsed.

Thud!

“I will… remember you…!”

-???

-Who are you holding a grudge against right now?

The Death Knights who were sealing Bakdeggul tightly with all sorts of artifacts were dumbfounded by Bakdeggul’s words.

Was he an idiot who didn’t even know whose sword had cut him?

“Mage bastard… today… I acknowledge… that I danced… in your palm… but… next time… never…!”

-…

-…

The Death Knights who grasped the situation became a bit awkward.

They had come to tail the students and came to help when a battle broke out, but it had inadvertently become a strategically meticulous ambush.

-That’s right. You danced in his palm.

-Hey!

-What. Isn’t this better?

-Well, that’s true too. Master’s Disciple would also be satisfied since this will make him even more notorious.

“????”

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