Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 474

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Chapter 474

“Oh.”

Lee Han looked at Perkuntra with a surprised expression.

At that reaction, Perkuntra was even more dumbfounded.

If something happened to a professor, wouldn’t it be natural for the upperclassmen to come looking first?

Why was a 1st year acting surprised after coming here?

“Well, the upperclassmen were here too.”

Exactly!

“But the upperclassmen probably wouldn’t come even if called…”

…

Perkuntra was bewildered, but Lee Han was serious.

Of course, Lee Han didn’t know all of Professor Verdus’s disciples, but he roughly guessed what kind of people the upperclassmen would be.

‘The only people who can endure under Professor Verdus are people like Professor Verdus himself.’

People who walked their own path of enchantment magic regardless of whatever Professor Verdus barked.

Such people wouldn’t show reactions like ‘Master has disappeared! I’ll go rescue him!’ just because Professor Verdus vanished.

If they were soft enough for that, they wouldn’t have been able to endure under Professor Verdus in the first place!

“There’s only me, so what can we do?”

…How does that Archmage who looks after you all manage the masters?

If the Skeleton Principal had been there, he would have furiously retorted ‘I did my best to filter and filter them,’ but unfortunately the Skeleton Principal wasn’t present.

Perkuntra once again built up prejudices against the Empire’s mages and the Skeleton Principal.

‘He’s not just any ordinary madman! Instead of expanding punishment rooms, he should manage the masters!’

“Anyway, is Professor Verdus here?”

He’s not here.

“Ah. Did he already escape!?”

No…

Perkuntra expressed his absurd feelings through crackling discharge and slowly explained.

There wasn’t just one punishment room at Einroguard.

From Perkuntra’s punishment room that currently managed students who committed wrongdoings, to the punishment room for other species on school grounds located in the western desert, to the punishment room for aquatic creatures located at the lake bottom…

“Why are there so many punishment rooms?”

Well, we can’t put external serious criminals together with students…

Perkuntra had a slight suspicion that planning the structure of punishment rooms and building new ones might actually be the Skeleton Principal’s hobby, but aside from that, it wasn’t a good choice to put students together with other criminals.

The serious criminals locked up from outside are in deeper places. I don’t manage there. The Archmage’s subordinates manage it directly.

“I see… Ah. Then what about the professor?”

In the place I just mentioned.

“…”

Lee Han was dumbfounded.

‘You said we can’t put them with external serious criminals…’

Students can’t be put together but professors can be locked up together?

Of course, professors at Einroguard’s level could probably subdue external serious criminals with just a glance…

“This is serious. If it’s a place the Principal manages, it’ll be more heavily guarded and complicated.”

Lee Han fell into deep contemplation.

Originally he planned to borrow Perkuntra’s power to meet Professor Verdus and somehow bring him out, but hearing he was in a more dangerous place complicated his thoughts.

‘Can I bring him out?’

…

Perkuntra looked at Lee Han with subtle eyes.

‘…Isn’t he going to ask?’

Why do mages contract with beings greater than themselves despite knowing the dangers?

It’s precisely to accomplish tasks they can’t handle themselves.

Anyway, when such problems arose, it was common to ask the contracted being to lend their power.

But this boy with ridiculously abundant mana seemed to have forgotten Perkuntra’s existence and was lost in thought, worrying alone.

Perkuntra asked in a displeased voice.

Aren’t you missing something?

“Yes? Uh… did the Principal perhaps set traps around the area?”

No. Not that.

“?”

Lee Han tilted his head at Perkuntra’s words.

What was he missing?

A way for you to bring your master out! There must be something you’re missing!

Perkuntra’s booming voice seemed slightly angry.

“Ah. Perhaps Sharkan?”

That rat-like summoned creature!

“Isn’t that too harsh?”

Lee Han protested.

How loyal a summoned creature Sharkan was, and yet such harsh words?

“Sharkan works so hard…”

Quiet, next!

“Ponrig?”

What would you do with one griffin!

“Uh, Gonadaltes? Not the Principal, but a different Gonadaltes. It’s a skeleton warrior I contracted.”

…Next!

Lee Han brought out several magic spells and items, but Perkuntra continued to refuse.

Only then did Lee Han realize.

“I understand.”

…Finally? Tell me!

“I don’t have the skills to go rescue him yet, right? But the current situation is urgent…”

What do you think our contract is! Do you think the mark is a decoration!

* * *

Perkuntra was so angry that he thundered loudly for 30 minutes.

Lee Han, who had been listening because his opponent seemed wronged, asked during Perkuntra’s brief rest.

“But earlier you said you wouldn’t help with the flood…”

Perkuntra wanted to hit this boy who had good memory in useless areas.

Really!

…That was a flood. Going to rescue a professor from a punishment room is a different story.

“They seem similar…”

I said they’re different!

When Perkuntra growled, Lee Han decided to agree.

“I see. They do seem different. But are you thinking of helping?”

Yes!

“Really?”

I said yes!

Perkuntra, who had been angrily trembling his lightning beard, suddenly felt something strange.

Why was he the one begging to help first?

When the other mage should be politely saying ‘Please lend me power according to our contract’?

Wait! Why are you having doubts…

“Ah. As expected, you won’t help…”

I said I would help!!

Perkuntra shouted angrily and immediately regretted it.

How on earth did things end up like this!

* * *

Perkuntra, who had consumed his own power to create a clone, grumbled constantly while guiding the way.

Keep in mind that consuming power to help like this is by no means a normal situation!

‘Do you perhaps have bipolar disorder?’

Of course, from Lee Han’s perspective, Perkuntra only seemed like a strange spirit who arbitrarily decided to help while getting angry, then grumbling about it.

Certainly Perkuntra was a powerful spirit, and it was true that having his help would be reassuring, but Lee Han couldn’t understand at all why he helped in such a capricious manner.

Stand back! It’s dangerous if you carelessly touch it.

After passing through maze-like complex paths, a massive door emanating powerful magical barriers appeared.

Intruders absolutely forbidden!

If there are any outsiders who touch this door, I’ll make sure they taste an especially terrible fate!

Thief-students who have come this far, take note. This isn’t my storage or kitchen, but a place where vicious criminals are confined! Don’t loiter around carelessly and regret it later!

Text written by the Skeleton Principal was scribbled like graffiti all over the place.

Lee Han shook his head disapprovingly upon seeing it.

Rumble!

Perkuntra puffed up his body like a cloud. Not satisfied with that, he borrowed Lee Han’s mana to replenish his strength.

If he were in his original state, he could have opened it with just a breath, but in the current situation with his main body bound in the punishment room, there was no choice.

This much should be fine, right?

“Huh? What do you mean?”

…

Perkuntra felt embarrassed when the mage himself didn’t even notice, despite thinking he had taken quite a bit of mana.

If he had a human face, it might have turned red by now.

Open…!

Lightning became a giant blade and struck into the gap between the doors with a thunderous roar.

‘Ooh.’

Though Perkuntra didn’t know it, Lee Han was quite impressed from behind.

The lightning element’s form fixation and transformation that Professor Boladi had recently been emphasizing for Lee Han to master.

Perkuntra was easily accomplishing that violent and difficult process.

And on an enormous scale at that!

Just watching such a process provided a mage with much inspiration and teaching.

‘If I watch a few more times, I think I’ll get the feeling.’

Lee Han discovered a new path in his lightning elemental magic training that had been blocked by a wall.

Now he just had to walk down this path to overcome the wall of lightning elemental magic and challenge the dozens of other advanced magical theories that Professor Boladi had assigned.

…Thinking about that suddenly made even the approaching enlightenment seem to disappear.

‘Oops. Let me focus.’

Lee Han decided to stop thinking ominous thoughts and only think happy ones.

Creak!

With a thunderous roar, the door finally began to open. Perkuntra exhaled roughly with satisfaction.

I opened it!

“…Uh. Perkuntra sir?”

The mage and great spirit froze.

Beyond the opened door, massive torrents of water began rushing toward them like mad.

What…? Did some crazy mage bastard trap all this water here!?

Perkuntra cursed and hastily drew up his power again.

The vessel of the clone he had created reached its limit and screamed out, but there was no choice.

If he didn’t block it quickly, the young mage would be swept away by those torrents, and after that…

-Hmph. I’ll never believe it again.

-Hmph. I learned that rumors are always exaggerated. What do you mean fought the Principal? You probably just surrendered.

…such cynical reactions were obvious.

He’s already indifferent enough as it is!

By using the faith of the bell keepers who guard the bell tower, I summon my servants! Attendants, arrive as quickly as possible!

Perkuntra, lacking in power, hastily summoned other spirits.

The spirits summoned for matters unrelated to them would be displeased, but it was urgent and couldn’t be helped.

Cracks connected to dimensions appeared in the air, and other spirits struck powerful walls according to Perkuntra’s instructions.

By using the fear offered by the watchtower guards of the small boats, I borrow my authority! Thunder, become a wall and strike away the water!

Perkuntra converted the thunderous roar into physical force and pushed back strongly.

The water torrents rushing from beyond the prison right now weren’t just ordinary natural phenomena.

Enraged spirits were definitely continuing to summon water to flood this area.

After somehow managing to block the water using every means available and catching his breath, Perkuntra shouted toward the underground punishment passage completely submerged in water.

The master of thunder and lightning, the fear of bell keepers and watchtower guards speaks! Stop the water right now!

Lee Han, who was behind the wall erected by the spirits, asked puzzledly.

“Will the spirits obediently listen when they’re angry enough to cause a flood?”

They won’t listen to a mage’s words. But they will listen to this Perkuntra’s words.

Though Perkuntra’s words were arrogant, there wasn’t a single waver within them. It was because he was that confident.

Even if spirits had caused a flood, if it had grown to this scale, they must have summoned high-ranking spirits from another dimension, and spirits of that level possessed intelligence and refinement proportional to their strength, so negotiation was naturally possible.

They wouldn’t ignore him after hearing Perkuntra’s name.

Whoooooosh!

However, no answer came back and the water torrents began to grow more violent.

Realizing that someone was blocking them, the spirits in the unseen place created even more torrents and poured forth fierce pressure.

…

Perkuntra was so enraged that his entire form became distorted and discharged electricity.

How dare they?!?!

“Well, I heard that if spirits are angry enough to cause a flood, they’re considerably upset and difficult to negotiate with. Should we just ignore them and go look for the Professor?”

Lee Han shared his knowledge as a mage, but Perkuntra had already lost his reason.

I swear by my true name and Achievement and fear! I’ll stick lightning in your chest and end this pathetic water play!!!

“No… well… Perkuntra sir. I came to look for the Professor…”

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