Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 441

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Chapter 441

That crazy bastard!

‘He’s praising me quite a bit.’

The Death Knight thought to himself.

It was quite rare praise for the Skeleton Principal to speak like that.

He’s attending school so shamelessly!

‘Even such high praise?’

He certainly deserved such praise.

In a situation like this, the safest place would be the library where Einroguard’s collections were stored.

Even during the flood ten years ago, some clever students used to do their assignments in the library.

…Of course, there weren’t any who packed their bags to actually live there…

* * *

Lee Han mobilized all the rafts and ferries he had prepared in advance to transport the students from all four towers.

The sight looked like a fleet searching for and migrating to a new island.

“Wardanaz. I respect your judgment, but…”

Salko spoke up cautiously.

Originally, Salko had a bold personality that didn’t care about Lee Han’s moods, but today was different.

-Water! The water’s rising!!

-I bailed it out, so don’t worry!

-There’s a hole in the boat…!

-I plugged it, so don’t worry!

-The boat capsized in the waves!!

-I’m launching an ice boat now! Switch over right away!

After weathering a storm, sailors come to respect their captain.

Even Salko had to acknowledge the debt from this incident.

“…Is staying in the library really a good idea?”

“Even if it’s not the best choice, let’s at least avoid the worst for now.”

In fact, Lee Han was anxious too.

Choosing the library as the safest place from water wasn’t wrong.

But the library wasn’t such an easy place either.

Since the terrain inside changed periodically, if they were unlucky…

‘We’re saved!’

Lee Han let out a sigh of relief.

As they entered the library, a familiar scene came into view.

A comfortable common room full of chairs, sofas, and tables, with passages stretching out behind it.

It seemed they wouldn’t be dragged straight into the wasteland like last time.

“The rain stopped!”

“Wardanaz! We’re saved! We’re alive!”

The students who had found a new shelter kissed the ground with expressions of deep emotion and lit fires. Gainando pulled out a book from the bookshelf to use as firewood but screamed when the book attacked him.

“This isn’t the time for that.”

“You’re right. It’s a place without a trace of moisture and completely dry, but we can’t just sleep on the floor. We need to build accommodations…”

“No. Salko. That’s urgent too, but there’s something more urgent.”

Lee Han called together the students from all four towers. The students who had been lighting fires and trying to boil something grumbled as they came running.

“Tables, desks, bookshelves… be careful with the bookshelves. They’ll have book protection magic on them. Anyway, gather up everything useful around here and build barricades first. We need to make a fortress.”

“…”

“…Huh, why?”

One friend who hadn’t fully grasped the situation asked in confusion.

“Idiot. The Principal might attack us.”

“Right. The common room has a set entrance, but this place is wide open and hard to defend.”

“Ah. So that’s why…”

Lee Han cut off his friends’ words as if it was absurd.

“No. Not because of the Principal, but because there were originally lots of monsters in the library.”

“Ah…”

“Wait, hold on. Wardanaz. Wasn’t that because we were wandering around the wasteland and deep areas back then? This is the common room area, so shouldn’t it be fine?”

Lee Han and Yoner shook their heads simultaneously.

“Monsters sometimes appear in the common room area too.”

“They attacked me while I was studying last time.”

“…”

“Alright. Everyone’s tired, but let’s just finish this work. Otherwise, we might have to keep waking up at night.”

“Wardanaz. I think it would be good to dig deep trenches on the outside too. Would it be okay to work together with the Black Turtle Tower friends?”

Lee Han readily accepted Salko’s suggestion.

The Black Turtle Tower friends, who suddenly had more work, glared at Salko. It was a very rare sight.

“But it seems difficult with just you guys. We should ask the White Tiger Tower to help too.”

The White Tiger Tower friends, who suddenly had more work, glared at Lee Han. Of course, since it was a common occurrence, Lee Han didn’t mind.

The Imperial Princess, who had been sitting among her followers, immediately stood up.

This time, she was thinking of showing something.

“Oh right. I’m going to go outside for a bit. I have something to bring.”

“Be careful.”

“Is it okay to go alone? Should I come with you?”

“Gainando. Please don’t talk nonsense and stay here. Don’t make things harder for Wardanaz.”

“…Is, is offering to help such a wrong thing to do???”

One hour later.

Lee Han returned carefully carrying a large egg.

The friends who had been working looked at the egg with curiosity.

“What kind of egg is that?”

“A basilisk egg.”

All the friends burst into laughter at Lee Han’s joke.

Nothing was funnier than a friend who didn’t usually joke around making a joke.

“Let’s get back to work.”

“A basilisk egg… Puhaha!”

“…”

Yoner pondered what to say but decided to just let it go.

It didn’t seem like it would be good for his friends to know the truth.

Tremble tremble-

The basilisk egg trembled and clung to Lee Han. Lee Han, who needed to work, spoke as if troubled.

“I need to work…”

Tremble tremble tremble tremble!

“Alright. Alright.”

Lee Han soothed the egg and wrapped it tightly in cloth, carrying it on his back.

Given how much flooding there had been around the cabin, it was understandable that it was frightened.

“Wardanaz! Our side! Our side is urgent!”

“What nonsense are these guys talking about… Digging the ground is something you guys can do if you just work a little more diligently! Wardanaz! We need to build the barricade here first! This is more urgent!”

“You’re all wrong! Wardanaz. You know your talents well. You know my family is a family of chefs, right? You need to help prepare the meal!”

“…”

Before he could even take a step, his friends came rushing over trying to drag him away, leaving Lee Han speechless.

The basilisk egg on his back rattled as if dumbfounded.

It seemed to be wondering what kind of people these were.

* * *

Evening.

The friends who had finished relocating built a fairly solid fortress in the common room area at the library entrance.

Of course, the study rooms had all disappeared, but instead solid barricades and trenches had been created to protect the students.

“Here, take this.”

“Hmph. Not bad.”

“Just eat it, you bastard.”

Even the students from other towers who would badmouth each other whenever they met didn’t fight today and showed consideration for one another.

In the face of overwhelming crisis, even those who didn’t get along and growled at each other would band together.

The great flood covering the outside had instilled in the first-year students a sense of crisis that they needed to stick together.

Lee Han wiped the bottom of his wooden bowl clean of the remaining tomato soup with a piece of bread and ate it (Salko, who caught his eye, gave him a thumbs up) and checked his surroundings.

‘Not bad for coming here in a hurry.’

He had wasted the weekend, but still, managing to handle things like this wasn’t too bad.

The food supplies that had been swept away by water seemed like they could be roughly replaced with what they brought from outside…

‘I’ve divided and stored all the important reagents and books in private rooms, and I brought the books I need to read now to the library, so it should be fine.’

Lee Han unpacked his bundle once more and checked the books he needed for studying.

Gainando, who was checking his mage cards beside him, looked at Lee Han with disgust.

Whoosh-

“The red-haired swordsman cried out, Skeleton Principal, your end has come! Here is the sword to strike you down! Tempered with students’ tears and forged with quill pens…”

Other students were also lighting campfires here and there, lying loosely on blankets, singing modified songs (originally a song about a swordsman who defeated an evil dragon) or talking about the day’s events.

“So when you went outside, Anti-Magic Extremists attacked and that Wardanaz guy caught their leader??”

“I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s really true!”

“What did I tell you? That Wardanaz guy learned all the evil secret magic of the Wardanaz Family even before enrollment…”

“Are you going to keep spreading unconfirmed rumors? Do you even know how much I got beaten when I asked Wardanaz about that?”

“Ha! Someday you’ll know I was right!”

Lee Han, who was enjoying the peaceful atmosphere, felt strangely uneasy about something.

“Is there something I forgot?”

“The Tanzhuer horn? You said you’d try using it when the flood starts.”

“I was planning to prepare and try that as soon as dawn breaks tomorrow.”

“Then there doesn’t seem to be anything you forgot?”

Despite Yoner’s words, Lee Han remained lost in thought.

And finally he realized.

“…Yoner. Isn’t there a midterm exam next week?”

“…Ah!”

* * *

Morning of the new week.

The students walked to the library entrance with dark faces.

No one harbored the delusion that ‘with a flood like this, won’t they postpone the exam by a week?’

That was something only freshly enrolled amateurs would think.

“Those going to Advanced Imperial Literature lecture, this way!”

“Hey! That guy’s the one who capsized the boat yesterday! Why would we trust that guy to steer!”

“Friends taking Monday Advanced Geometry lecture! Come this way! Wait. Where did everyone go?!”

“I’ll take the Wednesday lecture. It seems safer to move with Wardanaz!”

The area in front of the library had become a temporary dock.

Students boarded boats according to the lectures they needed to attend. Among them, there were cases where students refused to board boats with unreliable helmsmen.

“Lee Han. What are you doing?”

“Preparing for summoning.”

“What kind?”

“Tanzhuer.”

“What’s that?”

“Gainando. I’m a bit busy right now, so go over there for a moment.”

“!!!”

Gainando was shocked and ran to his Blue Dragon Tower friends.

Then he tattled on them.

“Those priests…! Those priests!!”

“What are you talking about?”

Usually the friends would ignore Gainando’s words, but this time was a bit different.

They could clearly see Lee Han preparing for summoning together with the priests.

“Gainando is right though. That’s something we could help with too.”

“Right?! He pushed me away…”

“Even if Gainando can’t help, we can be helpful.”

“Right. Right.”

“…”

Ignoring Gainando’s glare, the Blue Dragon Tower students slowly approached.

“Wardanaz. We could help too.”

“No… it’s fine.”

Lee Han declined.

Since he had already rehearsed this Tanzhuer summoning ritual with the priests several times, there was no need to get help from his Blue Dragon Tower friends.

“Gi, give us a chance! A chance to prove ourselves!”

“???”

Lee Han was confused by his friends’ nonsense.

‘Did their breakfast go bad?’

Why are they talking nonsense after eating well?

“Proof or whatever, this is just about preparing reagents according to plan and putting in mana… Ah. Wait. Where did Priest Siana go?”

“Right now Priest Siana is preparing drinking water…”

“Right. I forgot. We’re short one person. Imperial Princess. Could you help us?”

Lee Han spotted the Imperial Princess and called her.

Since she was also knowledgeable in alchemy, he could trust her to handle it even without Priest Siana.

“Understood.”

Adenart calmly nodded and then quickly ran over.

And before the other Blue Dragon Tower friends could react, she squeezed into the summoning personnel position.

“…”

“…”

The Blue Dragon Tower friends looked at the Imperial Princess with eyes full of betrayal.

She alone…!

“To the one who swallows ships, I humbly petition, with the following offerings we seek to call upon you. Sea Shadow Sand, Eightfold Water…”

Lee Han began chanting the spell in a clear voice.

The Tanzhuer summoning ritual was quite simple in method, aside from the reagents being very difficult to obtain and the heavy mana consumption.

The priests sprinkled the materials on the magic circle as planned. Mana swirled violently and suddenly the flow of surrounding water quickened.

“Horn of the Tanzhuer, keel fragment from an eighty-eight-year-old sunken ship…”

“It’s coming!!!!”

The students screamed.

The sea, no, the water that had risen in the school split in half as a massive presence was rising up.

With the sound of water sloshing, a giant whale-like being opened its mouth.

Every word it spoke felt like splashing and surging.

Thank you… for calling me back… to the sea…

‘It’s not the Sea.’

‘Should I point it out?’

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