Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 517

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Chapter 517

For a moment, Lee Han’s momentum was so fierce that one might think exactly that.

However, Fil soon came to his senses and noticed something was off.

“No. That’s not anger! It’s something completely different…!”

Before he could finish speaking, Lee Han finished off all the ice elementals clinging to him and began his counterattack.

The ice elementals charging from behind, perhaps tensed by Lee Han’s display of force they had just witnessed, quickly formed ranks to block his approach.

Long ice spears stretched out, blocking the path like dense thickets.

The spears weren’t simply made of ice either, but magical spears that breathed out cold air, making it impossible to approach the vicinity.

“What are you going to do?”

Lee Han asked Anfursas.

One shouldn’t recklessly approach opponents who had hardened their defensive stance like hedgehogs.

He needed to disrupt the enemy with various strategies before attacking.

Though Anfursas was a noisy and annoying demon, it was true that he was an excellent and experienced warrior.

Honestly, Lee Han was curious how Anfursas would solve this.

Crack!

“…”

Like the excellent and experienced warrior he was, Anfursas charged straight ahead.

Drawing out his aura, he slashed through the ice spears several times to create an opening, then leaped through it to engage in fierce close combat.

The ice elementals, who had initially held their ground, eventually couldn’t withstand Anfursas’s momentum as he wielded his aura in close quarters and were completely routed.

‘This bastard. I should never summon him from the bracelet again…’

Lee Han was dumbfounded by Anfursas’s brutish tactics.

To waste so much when it wasn’t his own mana or body!

He truly was a demon for good reason.

Swoosh!

As Dawn Star, blazing with aura, grazed by, half of the ice elemental’s form was blown away.

It wasn’t just the power of the aura, but Dawn Star’s mana absorption had drained the ice elemental’s strength.

Seeing this, Lee Han suddenly became curious.

“Wait. How did you coat Dawn Star with aura?”

Anfursas didn’t answer.

He only muttered as if entranced.

-Give me the next enemy, and the one after that, more enemies!

“…”

Lee Han firmly resolved once more never to summon Anfursas again and checked for himself.

Looking closely, the blazing aura on Dawn Star wasn’t stable and kept flickering as it reformed continuously.

Realizing the truth, Lee Han was incredulous.

‘No way…!’

Dawn Star was a sword that absorbed mana.

Naturally, it also absorbed aura, which was the essence of mana.

However, Anfursas kept pouring mana into the rapidly absorbed aura.

It was simple and brutish logic – if you input more mana than what disappears, the aura is maintained.

Seeing this, Lee Han thought.

‘I should do that later too.’

Though Anfursas was a crazy demon, he was indeed an excellent warrior.

* * *

Bang!

The number of ice elementals had already been reduced by more than half.

Lee Han’s body shot out like a cannonball and charged like lightning. Icicles launched by the ice elementals viciously pierced the spot where Lee Han had been just moments before.

With the sound of tearing air, an icicle flew in the opposite direction. Lee Han had caught one of the flying icicles and thrown it back, blowing away three ice elementals.

“What?!”

Balpatan of the Moradi Family, a third year, was engaged in fierce combat with his sword crossed against a penguin swordsman when he was startled by the scene unfolding beside him.

Not only within Einroguard, but even in the Northern Region, swordsmen of that caliber were not easily seen.

Hiss-

When one ice elemental raised a thick shield to block the attack, the aura suddenly blazed and flashed before exploding. Ice elementals were swept away by the shockwave.

Simply manifesting the form of aura was an enormously difficult task, yet that swordsman was displaying all sorts of techniques with completed aura.

It was something only a swordsman who had reached the pinnacle could accomplish.

Crack!

The swordsmanship also captured Balpatan’s attention.

If aura was a flower in full bloom, then swordsmanship was like the stem and roots supporting it beneath.

As a swordsman, he couldn’t fail to recognize the value of that swordsmanship.

Though wild and tyrannical, the swordsmanship that pressed from all directions was completely crushing and smashing the ice elementals.

“Was there such a guy?”

“What kind of guy is he?”

“A first year… wasn’t he? Just now, a first year…”

“You must have seen wrong. Or maybe one of the Principal’s minions disguised as a first year.”

Listening to his friends talking beside him, Balpatan tilted his head.

The face looked strangely familiar.

Your skills have improved!

The Frost Giant King was impressed.

Mortals were always amazing beings.

They grew unbelievably in just a short time of not seeing them.

But even knowing that, the mortal before his eyes was truly surprising.

How could this be?

Seeing him now charging through the ice elemental army, he looked like a battle-hardened veteran warrior.

Even in other dimensions, such warriors would be hard to find.

“Give me… your neck!”

What excellent fighting spirit!

The Frost Giant King wasn’t displeased even by Lee Han’s words as he glared and spat them out.

A warrior who had grown like that had the right to say such things.

You deal with him.

-Yes.

The ice elementals stopped attacking and began to retreat. Lee Han also frowned and pointed his sword at the intense presence that rippled and pressed the surroundings.

What appeared was a penguin several times larger than the other penguin swordsmen.

-Please take care of me.

“Why bother talking when you’re going to fall under my sword anyway?”

-No one knows who will be standing at the end of battle!

The Penguin Baron swung one wing to create a whirlwind. Though called a whirlwind, it was a vicious attack that tore through the surroundings like blades.

Naturally, Lee Han wasn’t caught by it. He instantly created distance and kicked the remaining ice fragments around him, shooting them forward.

The Penguin Baron stepped on those ice fragments, leaped into the air, and summoned aura to his other wing to thrust at Lee Han.

Lee Han turned Dawn Star sideways to defend against the attack. Nevertheless, Lee Han’s body was buried halfway into the ground by the Penguin Baron’s offensive.

The Penguin Baron became suspicious of Lee Han’s behavior, entering a disadvantageous position instead of dodging.

An experienced warrior wouldn’t receive such an attack so disadvantageously instead of avoiding it.

What was he aiming for?

-!

The answer came immediately.

Lee Han’s body, which had been buried halfway in the ground, suddenly shot out. It was a speed that exceeded the Penguin Baron’s expectations.

Like an arrow that had been attached to the end of a tautly drawn bowstring, Lee Han charged forward. The Penguin Baron was startled.

‘To waste mana like this?’

If you could enhance your body by imbuing it with mana, then other techniques were also possible.

Like condensing mana in your own body and shooting it out like this.

But this was excessive waste.

To do such a reckless thing for the sole purpose of making him lower his guard and drawing him in?

Magnificent!

The Frost Giant King was impressed.

Getting that close to the Penguin Baron wasn’t easy.

The Penguin Baron was a swordsman who could unleash powerful magic with one wing and powerful swordsmanship with the other.

Instead of engaging in a boring prolonged battle, that mortal had made the Penguin Baron charge in and gotten close.

A mortal who couldn’t overcome fear wouldn’t have been able to show such a display.

This was truly something only a warrior who knew courage and honor could accomplish.

Thud!

Dull sounds echoed continuously. The two warriors who had gotten close to each other were viciously exchanging attacks.

Not just swords, but shoulder clashed against shoulder and leg against leg. Shockwaves burst out and blood splattered.

Soon the winner was revealed. The Penguin Baron lowered his wing and retreated backward.

The initial blow he had taken was significant, and his opponent’s attacks weren’t just aura but were also absorbing mana. There was no way to win by dragging it out longer.

-Magnificent, mortal. I shall remember your fearless name. May the day come when we duel once more!

‘?’

Lee Han, who had been listening, hesitated.

What did he just say?

An unwelcome guest has arrived.

The Frost Giant King turned his gaze.

In the distance, an angry lord was approaching.

We’re leaving! Send the retreat signal.

The remaining penguin forces and ice elementals quickly began to retreat.

Not wanting to fight the Skeleton Principal, the Frost Giant King retreated through the remaining dimensional rift.

I won’t forget today’s display. I look forward to next time!

“…”

-I am satisfied!

Unaware of Lee Han’s troubled heart, Anfursas cheerfully shouted and was sucked into the bracelet.

The fierce battle that had taken place today had satisfied Anfursas.

“…I’m never summoning you again.”

-???

He had no idea how many future enemies he had made just trying to save some upperclassmen today.

Lee Han resolved to avoid places full of cold air or anything penguin-related for a while.

The Skeleton Principal, floating over, looked around at the chaotic surroundings as if it were nothing.

The upperclassmen who had just been fighting fiercely without fear were slightly tense at the Skeleton Principal’s appearance.

“Principal. We didn’t really cause any problems.”

“We even closed the rift.”

‘Hmm. Amateurs.’

Lee Han felt sorry for the upperclassmen who were rambling excuses without even being asked.

That was what amateurs did.

Professionals kept their mouths shut and stayed quiet while looking for opportunities.

Instead of answering, the Skeleton Principal looked around the area once more.

Not knowing what he was looking for, Balpatan cautiously asked a question.

“Is there something you’re looking for?”

The Skeleton Principal wouldn’t act like this just because the area had become chaotic. This level of festival was routine at Einroguard.

Is there something you’re looking for?

Yes.

“What might that be?”

I was pondering which bastards to send to the punishment room.

“…”

“…”

“N-no. This was a festival, and the rift wasn’t really…”

“No buildings collapsed either…”

“The castle walls are fine too…”

“We didn’t rob the Principal’s storage either… we didn’t, right? If anyone did, come out now.”

“…”

Lee Han was dumbfounded by the upperclassmen’s conversation.

And the Skeleton Principal was equally dumbfounded.

You made a 1st year fight and what are you babbling about?

“Pardon?”

“Where’s the 1st year?”

At their bewildered reaction, the Skeleton Principal made a clicking sound.

At first he had thought about locking up everyone who participated in the festival, but thinking about it, there were extenuating circumstances.

With Wardanaz running wild like that, how could the upperclassmen have known he was a 1st year?

Fine. Let those who don’t know continue not knowing.

“…?”

But there are still bastards who need to go to the punishment room. Those who asked a 1st year for magical help, come out right now!

Hearing those words, Balpatan chuckled.

“What kind of bastard would do that… huh?”

“???”

The students were shocked to see Cohorti and Anfargon walking out with their heads hung low.

“What?”

“What the…?”

What else would they be? Shameless bastards.

The Skeleton Principal took the criminals and Lee Han and floated away.

The remaining students watched their retreating figures with confused faces.

* * *

You already used Manma’s Bracelet? How much mana did you put into it?

The Skeleton Principal immediately figured out what had happened just by looking at the scene.

“I didn’t really put much in.”

The Skeleton Principal summoned his bony hand and extended it toward Lee Han.

Cohorti, who was in the path, got hit and was flustered.

“Huh?”

Look. What did you just see?

“I saw the Principal getting angry at Senior Cohorti?”

I had no intention of hitting him at all, but he got hit just for being in the way.

‘I think you did intend to hit him though…’

“Yes.”

That’s what your mana is like. You should have checked the bracelet’s changes on your own.

“…”

Cohorti, who had been listening from the side, unconsciously said.

“How could a 1st year know that…?”

Quiet!

“Mmph mmph mmph.”

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