Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 541

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Chapter 541

“Uh. I’m sorry. I’m…”

Suddenly faced with the situation of changing his occupation from an Einroguard student to an Einroguard mountain keeper, Lee Han expressed his intention to decline.

The Yatcha nodded as if he hadn’t expected Lee Han to agree anyway.

-Well, there’s no reason for a young mage to abandon Einroguard’s academic tradition and hole up deep in the mountains.

“…After graduation, with connections and excellent business sense, multiply assets dozens of times… Ah. Yes. That’s right.”

‘Did I mishear?’

The Yatcha doubted his ears, wondering if he had just misheard.

It was unlikely that an Einroguard student, especially one who had accumulated such good deeds, would be greedy for money.

“So who is this troublesome guy that settled in the swamp? Could it be a Purple Swamp Bug?”

Lee Han went through his knowledge and brought up a monster that came to mind.

The Purple Swamp Bug was a monster the size of a bull that, once it settled in a swamp, would spew poison and kill surrounding plants, making it quite troublesome.

‘But with the giants helping, it shouldn’t be too difficult.’

It was annoying because it hid in swamps, but a race like giants with strong poison resistance and excellent physical abilities could just push through with brute force.

They could just go into the swamp and thrash around until it got caught and came out on its own.

-Hmm? Purple Swamp Bug? Ah… that tiny thing. Why would we call giants for something like that.

“Isn’t it quite big…”

-It’s a Gul Dragon. Since it’s an old one, not only is its size impressive, but its poison is no ordinary matter.

“…”

-Ow. Mage. Why are you pulling my hair? Don’t pluck it. It’s precious hair.

“S-sorry.”

Lee Han unknowingly panicked and pulled the giant’s hair.

Actually, the Gul Dragon had “Dragon” in its name, but strictly speaking, it wasn’t a dragon.

It was a similar subspecies with dragon-like appearance, or actually not even a subspecies but something vaguely similar.

The Empire’s dragon specialist scholars complained, saying “If you’re going to attach ‘dragon’ to every large reptile, why not call drakes ‘Walking Dragons’ too,” but people naturally prefer intuitive names.

And Lee Han had no particular complaint about the term Gul Dragon either.

If it was a monster that could instantly crush Lee Han to death, poison him to death with toxic breath, or kill him by slashing with contaminated claws, whether it was a real dragon or fake dragon didn’t matter much.

“Um… should I call the Principal?”

-What? Get lost, you little runt. You don’t know how scary Lord Gonadaltes is.

The Yatcha was dumbfounded hearing Lee Han’s suggestion to call the Skeleton Principal for such a trivial matter.

No matter how much Gonadaltes cherished his Einroguard disciples, he wasn’t such a soft mage that he would indulge every unreasonable whim.

“But I think he’d help with a request like this…”

-That’s the delusion. The same delusion shared by your seniors and your seniors’ seniors and your seniors’ seniors’ seniors! You’ve barely even talked to him, so where does this confidence come from?

“Hmm.”

Lee Han was slightly overwhelmed by the old Yatcha’s firm attitude.

Was that so?

‘Well, the Skeleton Principal is a bit crazy.’

Maybe only Lee Han thought they were close, and if he called, the Principal might go berserk…

“I understand. Still, I think facing a Gul Dragon might be a bit dangerous.”

-No, mage!

-Trust us!

The giants were offended by Lee Han’s reaction.

The mage was rating the Gul Dragon higher than them.

“It’s not that I don’t trust you…”

-Show us the way, old Yatcha!

-Right. Got it. Got it.

“…”

* * *

Balpatan and Anfargon, who had escaped from the giants’ grasp, immediately headed toward the summit…

…or rather, they followed behind the giants.

They were worried about their junior after all.

No matter how much their junior had the title of Giant Controller, giants were a fickle and unpredictable race.

If things went wrong, the Giant Controller could become giant food.

“…Wait. Isn’t that a Yatcha?”

“What? A Yatcha?! There’s really a Yatcha there?”

Balpatan was shocked.

He had heard from a graduated senior before that ‘there’s also a Yatcha somewhere in the mountain range,’ but he naturally thought it was a lie the senior told to scare him.

-On a day when it was snowing heavily, I met a Yatcha, and *hiccup*. He lectured me so much about accumulating bad karma. So Moradi, you should serve your seniors well and… *hiccup*. Where was I?

“Surprising… Where are they going?”

“W-well. Damn. Try sending another note. I think we should start getting out of here.”

As the giants and Yatcha began to move, the two seniors’ faces hardened.

Their orderly movement seemed ominous.

“They’re not planning to eat our junior, are they…?”

“You barbarous fool. What kind of ridiculous thoughts are you having!”

Anfargon got angry.

He didn’t believe in superstitions, but the White Tiger Tower student making ominous remarks right now was incredibly annoying.

“You think I’m not worried right now? You know how strange those giants are!”

“That junior is too small a portion for all the giants to eat.”

“What if he’s like seasoning?”

“…Shut up!”

The two quietly closed their mouths and followed.

The giants hummed while pulling out huge trees around them and began making something with chopping sounds.

‘C-camping preparations?’

Balpatan was horrified.

Giants preparing to camp->preparing to cook->junior becomes the cooking

“Send a note! We need to prepare for immediate evacuation!”

“G-got it. I’m sending it now!”

Anfargon’s face also turned pale, which was rare, as he sent the note.

* * *

-The Gul Dragon isn’t a violent or cruel creature. It’s just that its temperament is troublesome.

The Yatcha checked the wooden shields the giants had hastily made and gestured.

-It would be nice if it stayed quietly sleeping deep underground, but occasionally it crawls out like this. That’s enough. That much will do. We’re not going to catch it anyway, so that’s sufficient.

“Ah. Are we resolving this through dialogue?”

-The Gul Dragon can’t understand speech. And even if it could, it’s such a lazy creature that it would ignore you.

Lee Han became dejected.

-The method isn’t too difficult. The young ones go in and push the Gul Dragon away with force. Once it gets far enough away, it’ll get too lazy to return to the swamp and go back to the underground cave where it lived.

“…Will that really work?”

Lee Han was surprised by the more peaceful method than expected.

-Yes. These guys just don’t listen, but their strength is remarkable.

Well, even if the method seemed simple, whether they could execute it was another matter.

Getting giants of this size to unite and exert their strength wasn’t an easy task.

-You little runt have only one job.

“Understood. What magic should I use from the front?”

Lee Han, steeling his resolve, gripped his staff and asked.

-What are you talking about? There’s no way we’d put a green young mage in front when dealing with a Gul Dragon. Give orders to the giants from behind. They don’t listen to me very well.

“Is that all?”

-No… then what did you expect me to do?

The Yatcha looked at the young mage strangely.

Lee Han felt embarrassed and quickly said.

“It seemed like I wasn’t doing much…”

-You’re already doing something amazing. These guys are incredibly disobedient. Good. That’s enough. Pull it out!

Kurrrrrrrr!

As soon as the command was given, the giants pushed through the forest and made a path.

Then the swamp that had been hidden and the massive Gul Dragon sitting on top of it revealed itself.

At first glance it resembled a dragon, but it was much smaller. Due to its twisted and hideous appearance in places, it looked more like a vicious chimera that a mage had created incorrectly rather than a dragon.

-Uooooo!

“Wait, wait! Keep in sync with the others!”

-Uoo…

“To the side! Turn to the side!”

The giants really didn’t listen.

Lee Han coaxed, persuaded, and threatened while making the giants form an encirclement.

The Yatcha watched this scene with great satisfaction.

-You’re really good at this. By the way, what year are you? I forgot to ask.

“I’m a first year.”

-I see… what?

-Old Yatcha! Help us!!

The giants called out to the Yatcha.

The Gul Dragon, which didn’t want to come out of the swamp, began to resist by putting all its strength into its body.

The giants screamed as the poison it spewed made their noses and eyes sting.

-I’m coming. Go! Lend me some strength for a moment!

“Huh?”

The Yatcha lifted Lee Han onto its head. The giant who suddenly lost its mage wailed.

-Wait a moment. I’ll return him soon!

As the accumulated karma transformed into power, an incomparably fierce strength flowed through the Yatcha’s entire body.

It had felt this from the beginning, but the good karma this young mage had accumulated was extraordinary.

-Get lost, you annoying bastard! Go back to the place you liked and sleep!

-The old Yatcha is doing well!

The giants’ clash felt like the entire surroundings were collapsing and being destroyed.

Lee Han did his best not to fall from atop the violently shaking Yatcha.

‘Hold on… hold on!’

At some point, Lee Han realized he was naturally standing on the Yatcha’s head.

Thanks to gaining insight while climbing the side of the ship during the previous exam, he had finally mastered mana conversion with adhesive properties in this situation.

Naturally, without needing to forcibly emit mana!

‘I did it…!’

-It’s being pushed back! Roll it! Roll!

-Push it out of the swamp!

The giants pushed excitedly, unaware of Lee Han’s struggles.

It was an impact that would shake even someone who was perfectly attached.

The basilisk in Lee Han’s sleeve made a pitiful crying sound.

How did it end up being dragged here by these giants…!

* * *

-Huff, huff huff.

-You worked hard. You young ones have accumulated good karma.

When the work was finished, the Yatcha spoke sincerely.

Without the giants who were now covered in mud and panting, it wouldn’t have been able to drag out the Gul Dragon by itself.

They had truly done well.

-What did the old Yatcha do!

-Did you forget that I ran over because you couldn’t pull it out?

-The old Yatcha also did something…

The giants became spirited and tried to argue but then backed down.

-Mage. Where did the mage go?

-The old Yatcha stole him!

-I didn’t steal him, young ones.

The Yatcha scolded the giants and returned Lee Han. Lee Han sat on the giant’s shoulder with an exhausted face.

-Wait. Why are you so tired?

“It was quite shaky up there…”

-What? With magic… wait. Don’t you know how? Are you really a first year??

The Yatcha was greatly shocked.

It knew there were all kinds of students down the mountain, but it never thought there would be a first year playing with giants.

-You’ll really achieve greatness. You’ll really achieve greatness! A first year coming all the way here and befriending giants.

“It’s not that I wanted to, the professors forced me…”

Lee Han was about to complain about the professors, but the Yatcha wasn’t listening.

-Take this. When you come to this area, if you need this old one’s help, just pull it and call. Since I received help, I should rightfully give help too.

The Yatcha handed over a small horn-shaped piece. Lee Han received it while harboring doubts.

‘Will I ever come here again?’

Once this work was finished, it seemed like he would never come near here again…

“Yes. Thank you.”

-If I had known you were a first year, I wouldn’t have asked for help. I feel unnecessarily sorry about this.

“Not at all. I’m happy just for your words.”

Lee Han answered bitterly, thinking of the professor who had sent him here.

“?”

While the giants were excitedly praising each other, Lee Han looked down at the ground.

Several pieces of paper that seemed to have been blown by someone were scattered on the floor.

‘What’s this? Was someone else here besides the upperclassmen?’

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