Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 540

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Chapter 540

While Lee Han was bewildered, more text began to appear on the note.

-That idiot Moradi has now ruined everything because…

“??”

-ragaimfacdotmaningingmaer

“????”

‘Are you not alone?’

The chaotic scribbles looked like what would happen if two people were fighting over a quill pen, trying to snatch the paper away from each other.

After some time, the writing stopped and Anfargon began to properly explain the situation.

He had come with Balpatan to look for reagents when a minor argument broke out…

‘A minor argument?’

Lee Han looked around his surroundings.

The remnants of the forest, brutally torn apart by magic, came into view.

If this was a minor argument, what level would a serious fight be?

-So why are you with the giants? Were you captured?

-Ah. It’s not like that. I’m helping the giants with their work.

-?

“?”

The text appearing on the note stopped for a moment.

Lee Han wondered why the upperclassmen were acting this way.

-Why are you doing the giants’ work?

-Because we became friends.

Silence again.

When the upperclassmen remained quiet, Lee Han carefully wrote.

-I’m sorry, but as your junior, I’d like to say that it doesn’t seem like a good idea for you two to be arguing right now.

As soon as he wrote, a response came up immediately.

-We weren’t arguing. Anyway, understood.

-But didn’t you say you were Gainando last time?

Lee Han pretended not to see the last comment and quietly ignored it.

* * *

“How the hell can you become friends with a giant? I don’t understand.”

“Anything can happen at Einroguard. You still lack study.”

“Don’t bullshit me. So do you have any friends or upperclassmen who are close with giants?”

“…”

Anfargon shut his mouth.

Honestly, he couldn’t even imagine what one would have to do to become friends with a giant.

What exactly would you have to do…?

“But why isn’t he answering about the name question?”

“That’s not what’s important right now.”

Anfargon answered Balpatan’s words with an irritated voice.

With giants loitering right in front of them, what did it matter whether that junior had previously said his name was Gainando or Wardanaz?

He probably misheard or something!

“We need to get the giants to back off.”

“Ah. Right.”

At first, they wondered if their junior was deceiving and disguising himself among the giants, but if he had actually become friends with them, that was more advantageous.

Of course, it was still hard to believe…

‘I must ask him later.’

‘I should ask later.’

Even Anfargon from the Enchantment Magic school, who usually wasn’t interested in others, was curious.

-Make the giants retreat…

“Wait.”

“What? Why are you stopping?”

“Who’s going to pay the price?”

“You should pay.”

“Interesting bullshit. Why don’t you just bark instead?”

“Fine. Just so you know, you’re currently within my range.”

“Go ahead and try. If you want to boast about being stupid enough to make noise in front of giants.”

The two who were bickering eventually couldn’t overcome the situation and reached an agreement.

They would split the cost of asking their junior for help fifty-fifty.

-If you make the giants retreat, we’ll give you the following rewards…

-Rewards?

At their junior’s response, the two looked at each other.

Then they both spoke simultaneously.

“It’s because you put in trash!”

“Your reward is garbage.”

* * *

Lee Han was slightly moved.

‘The professors never give rewards when they make me work, but the upperclassmen are different.’

Actually, the professors had been giving lectures rather than making him work, but Lee Han didn’t care about that.

They said they would store ten sets of armor made from red lion leather, ten wind barrier scrolls, five jars of moonlight honey, and more near the thicket by Blue Dragon Tower.

He would have done it even if they had just asked, but such rewards made him even happier.

“I know where the culprit went. Please go in the direction I point.”

-Ooh!

-Mage is smart!

When Lee Han confidently shouted, the giants rejoiced and began moving their feet.

Lee Han looked toward the direction where the upperclassmen were likely to be and gave a subtle signal with his eyes.

It was a signal for them to escape on their own.

‘Hehe. Perfect.’

Lee Han felt proud watching the giants walk away.

Anyone could see it was the appearance of an exceptionally admirable junior.

Though their faces weren’t visible, both Balpatan and Anfargon were probably thinking fondly of Lee Han.

“…”

“…”

Balpatan and Anfargon watched with their mouths agape as the giants walked away.

He had confidently said to trust only him and leave it to him, but who would have thought he could command giants so easily.

“Gi… Giant Controller…!”

Lee Han had no idea that another nickname had been added to those circulating among his upperclassmen without his knowledge.

-But why are we going this way?

“Criminals always leave traces behind. There are traces of mana remaining here.”

Pointing ahead with his staff, Lee Han randomly picked up and spouted whatever words came to mind.

It wasn’t particularly difficult.

Just drag the giants around to create some distance, then say ‘Oops, we lost them, sorry.’

For Lee Han, who had been trained at Einroguard, it was as easy as blinking an eye.

-Indeed! The rocks here are broken!

“Exactly.”

-The trees here are smashed too! They definitely escaped this way!

“?”

Lee Han, who had been spouting nonsense, paused.

The giants’ reaction was somehow strange.

‘Huh?’

Right now, Lee Han and the giants were walking in a completely different direction.

They were walking deep within the mountain range, not toward the peak summit.

Naturally, there should have been no reason to find human traces.

But rocks were broken and trees were smashed.

‘Something’s strange…?’

-Over there! There!

-That’s him! The old Yatcha! The old Yatcha! I knew it!

“????”

Lee Han’s eyes widened in surprise.

Beyond the forest on the opposite side, a Yatcha was walking while clearing away trees and rocks.

With a massive build rivaling that of giants, and a fierce appearance reminiscent of demons.

Yatcha, like giants, were not a race commonly seen in the Empire.

The Yatcha, hearing the giants shouting, turned his head and spoke.

-Why are you idiots making noise in front of an elder again?

-Ugh! Old Yatcha! You broke trees last time and you’re breaking trees this time too!

-Ignorant fools. Dead and rotting trees need to be cleared away to help the neighboring trees.

-Don’t lie! You smashed perfectly healthy trees too!

“…”

Lee Han felt a slight pang of conscience.

Because it was Lee Han’s upperclassmen who had smashed the perfectly healthy trees.

-If you have complaints, come at me, youngsters. I’ll even accept your beloved wrestling.

-Ugh…

-That Yatcha is too strong.

The giants flinched and showed dejected expressions.

It seemed they had clashed with that Yatcha several times before and suffered harsh defeats.

“Aren’t you at an advantage in terms of size?”

-Yatcha uses strange techniques.

-We can’t match him…

While they were talking, the Yatcha took a step closer.

Provoked by this, one giant beat his chest and shouted.

-We don’t run away in front of a mage! Watch!

The giant stomped his feet and charged fiercely. The surrounding trees were blown away by the force.

The Yatcha spoke as if dumbfounded.

-Why can’t you young ones ever consider your own size?

-Ugh! Groan!

The giant grappled with the Yatcha and struggled to overpower him with strength.

Then the Yatcha snickered and said.

-You should have accumulated good karma. What you youngsters do amounts to neutral karma at best. What do you expect to accomplish with such power?

“!”

Lee Han marveled at the supernatural flow of mana he felt from the Yatcha’s exterior.

Originally, the rare races of the Empire were born with peculiar abilities difficult to replicate even with magic, but the Yatcha’s ability was unusual even among those.

The ability to materialize the good and bad karma around oneself into tangible power!

The Yatcha himself converted accumulated good karma into his own strength, while evildoers who faced the Yatcha could only struggle against their own bad karma.

The giants had no bad karma but also lacked significant good karma, so they were being pushed back like this…

‘What a truly fascinating ability.’

Lee Han understood why mages, despite creating such magnificent scholarship, were still interested in primitive magic and such supernatural abilities.

The strange flows and patterns unseen in magic were hard for any mage to ignore.

-Ugh… I’m going too!

-Ugh!

As their companion was being pushed back, the giants rushed in to help. The Yatcha laughed heartily and blocked the giants’ charge with his other arm.

-Do more. More! You youngsters!

-I’m going too!

“Uh. Wait…”

Lee Han panicked as the giant carrying him on his shoulder charged forward.

It was good that he got angry seeing his friends being pushed back, but didn’t he forget about the small mage on his shoulder?

-Ugh!

-Where do you… Gack!

When the giant carrying Lee Han rammed into him, the confident Yatcha let out a single scream and tumbled backward.

-Huh?

-Huh?

The giants themselves seemed surprised by this result, looking at each other in shock.

-Uh… Uhh! We won!

-We beat the old Yatcha!

Lee Han dangled precariously from the giant’s shoulder, even using breathing techniques to avoid falling, before finally managing to climb back up.

While the giants excitedly applauded each other, the Yatcha got up looking utterly bewildered.

-What? What good karma did you accumulate in the meantime to become this heavy?

-The mage’s cooking was delicious. My body became that much stronger too!

When the giant carrying Lee Han shouted triumphantly, the Yatcha wondered what nonsense this was before belatedly noticing Lee Han.

-Why is an Einroguard brat here?? And with giants no less??

When the Yatcha asked in surprise, Lee Han realized anew that being friendly with giants wasn’t normal.

‘Is that why the upperclassmen were surprised earlier? No way. They’re Einroguard students, surely not over something like this.’

“I’m friends with the giants.”

-…What ridiculous…

-We’re friends!

-It’s friendship, old Yatcha!

The Yatcha waved his hand as if getting a headache from the giants’ noise.

Then he narrowed his eyes and glared at Lee Han, as if trying to judge what level of ability he possessed.

-Good karma is… what…?

“Oh, have I accumulated a lot of good karma?”

-What if the one who accumulated it doesn’t know!

The yatcha was dumbfounded, but the initial hostility he had shown was considerably diminished.

He judged that a mage who had accumulated so much good karma couldn’t be an evil person.

-This works out well. You young ones. Follow me. There’s something you can help with.

-We don’t listen to the old yatcha!

-Last time you made us work and didn’t give us anything!

The yatcha sighed as if he had a headache and explained.

-Didn’t I tell you? If we had left that glacier alone, it would have collapsed and crushed the cave where you sleep.

-If you make us work, you have to give us a reward!

-…Is Ikurusha around? Ikurusha?

When communication failed, the yatcha looked for Ikurusha.

Ikurusha was the only giant he could reasonably communicate with.

“Um. Everyone. How about we listen to what he has to say first?”

Lee Han persuaded the giants.

From listening to what the yatcha was saying, he didn’t seem like a villain.

Rather, he seemed similar to Ikurusha.

The way he got frustrated with the giants’ words but still tried to take care of them somehow was just like…

-Hmph. Go ahead and speak.

-We’re only listening this once.

-???

The yatcha’s eyes widened as he stared at Lee Han.

He couldn’t believe that an outsider, especially a mage, could handle the giants so well.

-Right now there’s a troublesome bastard that’s settled in the swamp. Because of this guy, all the surrounding forest is dying. You young ones need to help out a bit.

-Ha! Another trick! A trick!

“Uh… if all the forest dies, won’t the trees you all like die too?”

-Is that so? What do we do then?

“We have to stop it, right?”

-Hmph. We’ll reluctantly help!

-…By any chance, do you have any thoughts about not returning to Einroguard and working here instead?

The yatcha seriously recommended it to the young blood from Einroguard.

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