Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 516

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Chapter 516

‘What kind of ridiculous bracelet is this?’

Lee Han cursed the Skeleton Principal who had given him such an absurd artifact as a gift.

An artifact where a demon inside could pop out and steal his body.

No sane mage would have any reason to wear such an artifact.

However, in truth, the Skeleton Principal had his own justifications.

Basically, the demons trapped in this Manma’s Bracelet weren’t just imprisoned – their very existence was bound and sealed.

In other words, while they could come out briefly, they couldn’t last long and would quickly return inside the bracelet.

Moreover, how many demons were trapped inside?

With all these demons mixed together in a sealed state, it was extremely difficult for them to regain their individual consciousness and crawl their way up.

Even if they tried such a thing, there would be signs and it would take quite a long time, so the mage couldn’t possibly be unaware.

But Anfursas immediately regained his consciousness and recovered his mind, popping out of the bracelet before Lee Han could even react.

While the heat of war felt around them had awakened Anfursas, a demon of struggle and battle, the fundamental reason was actually the immense magical power of the mage wearing it.

Even without Lee Han consciously injecting it, the magical power that flowed in when he cast spells or utilized mana was tremendous.

Of course, unaware of this fact, Lee Han cursed the Skeleton Principal.

“Don’t talk nonsense, demon. Do you think I would compromise with a demon?”

-You underestimate me, Anfursas, mage! Though I may be sealed here, I was once the nightmare and terror of all enemies!

Anfursas also scoffed at Lee Han’s words.

While his existence was sealed and bound to Manma’s Bracelet, meaning he would eventually have to return, Anfursas was still a powerful demon.

Powerful enough to easily steal the body of a mage like this.

-Since you are the master of the seal and have generously provided me with magical power, I won’t treat you too harshly.

“…Wait. What do you mean by generously providing magical power…”

-Behold, and fear me, I am Anfursas!

Having ended the conversation, Anfursas exerted his power to steal Lee Han’s body.

He planned to briefly borrow the body to show what true warrior combat looked like.

“…”

-…

However, nothing happened.

Both Anfursas, who was straining with all his might, and Lee Han, who had tensed up at the demon’s declaration, were bewildered.

-Has my power not fully recovered?

Anfursas inflated his presence once more.

But the human mage’s flesh felt like an insurmountable weight, like an ant trying to push a massive mountain range.

After struggling for a while, Anfursas retreated, completely exhausted.

-…I won’t return inside until you give me a chance to fight!

‘Is this guy insane?’

Lee Han was flustered when the demon continued to persist instead of quietly returning to the bracelet after being exhausted and retreating.

Come to think of it, there was no reason for a demon to have conscience or shame.

“Then keep doing that.”

-I won’t return inside until you give me a chance to fight! I won’t return inside until you give me a chance to fight! I won’t return inside until you give me a chance to fight!

“…”

Lee Han wanted to find the Skeleton Principal, seal or no seal, and ask ‘Can’t we just annihilate all the demons inside Manma’s Bracelet?’

“Gainando. Listen carefully.”

-I am Anfursas!

“Ah. Sorry. For a moment… Anyway, Anfursas. Listen carefully. Of course I want to fulfill your wish. As the master of you trapped demons, why wouldn’t I grant such a request?”

Due to the demon’s ear-splitting chatter, Lee Han chose persuasion instead of ignoring him.

“However, this current situation isn’t a battle, it’s a festival. Look carefully.”

-But they’re bleeding each other?

“…When a festival gets exciting, people can bleed a little.”

-There are broken debris and corpses over there?

“…Those aren’t corpses, just people who fell down briefly. It’s because the festival is so exciting.”

The demon didn’t quite understand Lee Han’s words, but decided to accept them since he was the bracelet’s master.

-Is there truly no chance for me to fight? How truly disappointing…

Kurrrrrrring!

A dimensional rift opened and suddenly chilling cold began spreading everywhere.

The upperclassmen, sensing that enemies from another dimension were arriving, hardened their expressions and chanted spells.

‘If it’s cold air…’

‘Snow castle would be troublesome.’

‘Please don’t let it be a penguin army. Please don’t let it be a penguin army.’

Each upperclassman tensed up, recalling the worst cold-related enemies they had experienced.

Is this another mage territory? Why do you mages live so unstably?

“…”

At the sight of the familiar figure, Lee Han hung his head low.

The appearance of an intelligent giant wearing a blue ice crown.

What had emerged through the rift was the Frost Giant King.

* * *

Seeing the upperclassmen murmuring everywhere, Lee Han came to his senses.

‘What’s important now…’

Was to stay still while the upperclassmen dealt with the Frost Giant King.

If the Frost Giant King recognized Lee Han and called out to him, things would become troublesome.

-I won’t return inside until you give me a chance to fight! I won’t return inside until you give me a chance to fight! I won’t return inside until you give me a chance to fight!

“…Shut up for a moment.”

Lee Han growled lowly at the demon who was shouting ear-splittingly.

Once Anfursas returned inside the bracelet, he was determined never to call him again, no matter what.

No matter how much help he needed, he would absolutely never call him!

A young challenger. Have you been well? You haven’t aged much.

“…”

The Frost Giant King immediately recognized Lee Han and greeted him.

Come to think of it, Lee Han’s staff had the stone the Frost Giant King had given him embedded in it, so there was no way he wouldn’t recognize him.

Then let’s see how much you’ve improved in the meantime…

“Damn it.”

Even without using divination magic, Lee Han squeezed his eyes shut at the future he could instinctively sense.

“Seniors, please evacuate!”

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

Fil responded to Lee Han’s words as if telling him not to joke around.

What kind of senior would run away bringing a junior along?

“And no matter how strong that guy is, this is Einroguard.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Cohorti launched his undead army.

As the senior who knew the relationship between the Frost Giant King and Lee Han best, he felt a heavy sense of responsibility.

“Frost Giant King, do not touch the young mage!”

A dark mage? Your aura seems familiar…

“…What nonsense!”

Cohorti led his ghost army and struck at the Frost Giant King.

However, the Frost Giant King was no pushover either. He immediately summoned a penguin army from the rift and began pushing back Cohorti’s ghost army.

Several upperclassmen screamed upon seeing the penguin army.

“Good heavens! It’s a penguin army!!”

“Of all things!”

“?”

Lee Han was flustered by the upperclassmen’s reaction, but when he saw the penguin army fighting, he immediately understood.

Wrapping themselves in deadly cold magic and biting through the ghost army while attempting to break through, even that formidable ghost army was being pushed back.

“Support! Support!!”

“If they break through there, it’ll be dangerous! Deal with the penguin army first!”

The upperclassmen who saw the penguin army were greatly alarmed and rushed to deal with them first.

Anfargon also didn’t dare aim his artifact at the Frost Giant King. Breaking out in a cold sweat, he aimed at the penguin army instead. He looked ready to fire immediately if they moved even slightly in that direction.

The Frost Giant King turned his gaze back to Lee Han.

“…”

Go.

When the Frost Giant King gave the command, ice elementals appeared and began charging forward with roars.

A path made of cold air formed in the sky and stretched straight toward Lee Han. The ice elementals became even more powerful on top of it.

The healing magic students prepared for battle as if telling them to come if they dared, but Lee Han could see the compatibility was far too poor.

‘To use healing magic combatively, the opponent needs to be alive first.’

The combat application of healing magic involved understanding and disrupting various elements like the opponent’s nerves, organs, and systems to bring about maximum destructive power.

However, such methods were meaningless against ice elementals from another dimension. It was like fighting with one arm tied behind his back.

It would have been better if it was like last time, dodging attacks summoned by the Frost Giant King, but having passed the previous trial, the Frost Giant King seemed to have raised the standards significantly.

Those ice elementals were definitely not opponents he could casually defeat.

‘If I unleash flame magic without control… Damn it. The upperclassmen would take more damage.’

-Lend me, Anfursas, your arm!

“I told you to shut up.”

Lee Han’s voice turned cold as his patience finally ran out.

However, like a true demon, Anfursas didn’t particularly care about the other party’s emotions.

-I swear by Anfursas’s true name that if you let me eliminate that group, I’ll return!

“Can you actually eliminate them?”

Lee Han was skeptical.

Of course, if Anfursas were in his original state, he might have been able to eliminate them.

From what he heard, he was quite a powerful demon.

However, Anfursas was currently in a state where he had to fight by borrowing Lee Han’s body.

Even if he lent it to him, it was questionable whether he could fight well.

-If I fail to eliminate them all, I’ll become the most lowly servant and slave of the mage. I, Anfursas, as a warrior…

Anfursas boasted about what an excellent warrior he was and how many opponents he had defeated in his own dimension.

Lee Han didn’t really believe it. He could have made such embellishments himself.

‘I defeated the Imperial Family, captured a basilisk, and the King of Ghouls…’

But time was running out. The ice elementals were trying to break through the healing magic students.

When they tore apart the tree vines that had bound them and tried to strike an upperclassman, Lee Han gritted his teeth and shouted.

“If you can’t solve this properly, I swear I’ll annihilate you too. Go!”

* * *

Fil clicked his tongue in annoyance at the sight of the ice elementals.

They were better than the penguin army, but those enemies were also the worst opponents.

Being made of ice limited the magic they could use.

“Let’s call the guys on the penguin army side instead! It’d be better for us to face the penguin army!”

“Understood. I’ll signal now…”

As soon as he finished speaking, a black light suddenly flew from behind and split an ice elemental in half.

“?”

“???”

The healing mages’ physical abilities were currently enhanced by magic.

The mages were flustered by an attack that flew through their enhanced perception.

“What the…”

However, the surprise was only just beginning.

Lee Han drew Dawn Star and began slashing through the ice elementals while emanating killing intent.

Slash-slash-slash-slash-slash-!

The display shown by the Wardanaz family junior was closer to that of a swordsman who had reached enlightenment than a mage.

The ice elementals swung their pointed clubs in anger, but the junior left afterimages as he disappeared and cut down the elementals with single strikes.

‘That’s aura!?’

The senior from the White Tiger Tower was shocked to see Lee Han manifesting aura.

The supreme realm that a talented swordsman could only achieve by grinding away their entire life!

The ice elementals seemed to realize that Lee Han was a warrior they couldn’t possibly face, so they changed strategy. The moment one was split by his sword, they simultaneously rushed in to try to grab him first.

However, Lee Han swung his remaining fist to smash the ice elementals with pure force and roared.

“…”

“…The junior seems very angry today… doesn’t he?”

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