Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 585

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Chapter 585

While the real Skeleton Warrior Gonadaltes was crossing over to an unknown dimension to engage in bloody combat, the lecture hall was gradually descending into chaos.

“Waaahhh! What is this! What is this!”

“Selamodir. It seems quite angry. It would be best to be careful not to provoke it.”

When the seal-like Selamodir sent desks flying in the lecture hall and slapped the student who summoned it with a splash of water, Professor Milay intervened by waving her staff.

Professor Milay began explaining to the huffing Selamodir in the seal’s language.

“■■ ■■■■ ■■■…”

After hearing the explanation, Selamodir waved its front flipper.

Lee Han sensed a strong message of ‘I’ll let it slide just for today, so be careful from now on!’ from that gesture.

Soon Selamodir returned to its own dimension.

Professor Milay spoke as if nothing had happened.

“As you can see, summoning beings from uncertain dimensions is a dangerous affair. Everyone should stay alert.”

“…”

“…War, Wardanaz. Did you see that?”

Nilia nervously tugged at the hem of Lee Han’s cloak.

The sight of Selamodir slapping someone’s cheek with its front flipper had been quite shocking.

However, Lee Han couldn’t respond.

He was concentrating on dealing with a Hell Sulfur Hound that had stuck its head halfway out of the magic circle and was struggling to get out.

“Surround it! Push it back so it can’t get out!”

Lee Han attacked the Hell Sulfur Hound together with the Skeleton Warriors.

Fortunately, the magic circle’s size was limited so it couldn’t pass through, but if it kept twisting its body like that, it might possibly get through.

They had to subdue it before it could pass through!

The Hell Sulfur Hound, after being repeatedly beaten, eventually retreated beyond the dimension while cursing the mage who had forcibly dragged it over.

“Good work, Gonadaltes. But let’s look for something else. I can’t submit that thing.”

After praising the Skeleton Warrior, Lee Han belatedly noticed his friend.

“What’s wrong, Nilia?”

“It’s nothing?”

“??”

* * *

While other students were collapsing from exhaustion, Professor Milay watched Lee Han persistently sending summoned creatures for dimensional fishing and said,

“A Hell Sulfur Hound should be sufficient, so why do you keep searching?”

“No. I’ll find and secure something better.”

“?”

Professor Milay looked puzzled at the words of a student who had already secured full marks.

“You already have enough, what are you talking about…”

“No! Something a bit better…”

“Wardanaz. Calm down. That’s enough!”

“Right! If you bring something stronger, we’ll be in danger too!”

Lee Han’s friends rushed over to stop him.

Even the Hell Sulfur Hound from earlier had looked dangerous, and they were afraid of what might happen if he brought something even better into the lecture hall.

They were here too!

“I still need to find more!”

The old professor slightly raised his eyebrows and waved his staff to erase Lee Han’s magic circle.

“Student Lee Han. Full marks. Now. Next.”

His friends released the arms they had been gripping while breaking out in cold sweat.

Nilia glanced around nervously (she had just been pulling Lee Han’s left leg with a rope) and asked,

“It’s fine since you got full marks, right?”

“I thought I might be able to find something that hasn’t been discovered yet.”

Lee Han sighed and stood up.

Seeing this, Nilia suddenly felt sorry.

Had she and their friends been too focused on their own safety and blocked their friend’s talent?

Their friend was trying to achieve the best results he could…

“If I found one, I was going to flatter the professor by naming it after him…”

“Hey.”

Nilia’s expression turned serious.

She had just felt sorry, and this guy?

* * *

“So Yoner. The summoning magic school kids really have terrible personalities.”

“Uh… yeah.”

Yoner looked at his friend with a complicated expression as he came back grumbling after getting full marks on the summoning magic exam.

Shouldn’t someone stop this friend?

“Lee Han. Wouldn’t it be better to study transformation magic?”

“Ah. Right.”

His grumbling friend’s mind immediately returned to the exams.

Yoner was impressed by this convenient reaction.

‘I should mention exams whenever something happens from now on.’

“Arm transformation is harder than I thought.”

Lee Han spoke in a much calmer voice than before.

Unlike other magic, transformation magic had a much higher difficulty level for someone like Lee Han.

Even just the magic to change hair color required Lee Han to put in several times more effort, concentration, and mana than his friends.

And fire would break out in the process…

In that regard, the transformation magic final exam of transforming one arm was not as easy as it seemed. In fact, this was one of the subjects Lee Han was practicing the most.

“Should I take a look for you?”

“Really? I’d appreciate that. Tell me right away if the shape looks weird.”

Lee Han transformed his other arm, the one not holding his staff, into a leopard’s front paw.

Sharkan seemed like the best choice compared to a griffin or basilisk.

Thanks to consistent practice, instead of his arm chaotically changing into dozens of different shapes like before, it maintained the form of a leopard’s front paw reasonably well.

Seeing this, Yoner sighed in relief and admired it.

“It’s much better than last time!”

Lee Han smiled contentedly.

His efforts had paid off.

At first, when his arm kept changing back and forth, he felt so overwhelmed wondering ‘Is this okay?’, but finally achieving results like this…

“It’s a perfect drake’s front paw.”

“?”

Lee Han paused.

“But it’s a leopard?”

“Huh?”

Yoner was even more confused by Lee Han’s words.

The scales, claws, curved joints, and so on.

No matter how he looked at it, it was the front paw of a dragon-type monster.

“It’s not… a leopard, is it?”

Yoner spoke carefully, considering his friend’s recent state.

Even students taking just one exam become sensitive during exam time, let alone Lee Han.

No matter how strong-willed someone was, they couldn’t help but waver during exam period.

Just looking at his reaction to getting full marks on summoning magic, it was possible to guess that his friend was having a tough time.

“It’s a leopard, right? Wait.”

Lee Han stared intently at his transformed arm.

Then he cried out in surprise.

“No, this isn’t a leopard at all?!”

When he first practiced, it was definitely a leopard’s arm, but now it had somehow changed into something completely different.

What the hell?!

Yoner calmly began his explanation.

“Originally, a monster’s appearance is created to withstand and maintain the mana that monster possesses, right? To withstand your mana, Lee Han, an ordinary leopard’s arm might be a bit difficult…”

The physical characteristics and mana of monsters were quite deeply connected.

Monsters with strong mana that they maintain have corresponding physical characteristics for that purpose.

This theory also applied to transformation magic.

It usually came up as a problem when ordinary mages tried to transform into overly powerful monsters that didn’t match their level, but it would work in reverse as well.

“But isn’t a leopard quite strong?? Besides, this isn’t an ordinary leopard’s front paw but a monster called Sharkan…”

“But it’s not working…”

“…”

Lee Han made a complicated expression at Yoner’s words.

“Should I just switch to a drake now?”

“Wardanaz! Wardanaz! Did you hear!?”

A Blue Dragon Tower student ran toward the two sitting in front of the courtyard.

It was a student who took transformation magic together with them.

“What?”

“About Professor Yonramo’s exam. A friend went ahead to check it out.”

‘Oh no!’

At his friend’s words, Lee Han realized he had been complacent.

Professor Yonramo had certainly said the final exam content was transforming one arm, but he couldn’t completely trust that.

He could go to the lecture hall and be told ‘Actually, the final exam content is surviving an evil transformation curse.’

Naturally, as an Einroguard student, he should have checked the exam location in advance and prepared things that would help with the test.

“Damn it. How could I make such a mistake…!”

When Lee Han was genuinely upset, the Blue Dragon Tower student said in confusion.

“Ah… no. Wardanaz, you didn’t have time for that anyway. It’s physically impossible…”

“So? What happened?”

Yoner brought the story back on track as it seemed to be going off topic.

“It doesn’t seem like it’s an exam about transforming an arm? There are rumors spreading among the guys who just came back from checking.”

“I knew we shouldn’t have trusted the professor!”

Yoner felt slightly pained seeing Lee Han accept it immediately without a second of doubt.

He was sure it wasn’t this bad at the beginning of this year…

“Tell me exactly. What was it like?”

“Well, that’s…”

His friend explained the rumors he had heard.

Professor Yonramo’s exam this time was being held in the Jade Forest lecture hall on the third floor.

While first-year students didn’t usually go to the third floor often, it was still a place they visited fairly regularly.

Students familiar with the third floor geography headed out to check near the Jade Forest lecture hall…

“It had completely become a jungle. You couldn’t see a single lecture hall door.”

“A jungle??”

“Yeah. The kids who went said they couldn’t find a path at all and had to turn back.”

“I think I know what it is.”

Lee Han spoke coldly.

At his appearance, the Blue Dragon Tower student’s eyes lit up.

The always cool-headed and rational top student of the year would surely provide a solid prediction even in a situation like this.

“What is it, Wardanaz?”

“There’s probably a hint in transformation magic. We’ll have to use the transformation magic we learned this semester to find the path through the jungle and enter the lecture hall.”

“Indeed…!”

The student felt it was definitely plausible and nodded repeatedly.

However, Yoner, who was listening from the side, made a puzzled expression.

‘Is that it?’

He was confused about whether Professor Yonramo was the type to put effort into testing students even before the exam like that.

Of course, it was possible, but right now Lee Han was tired and his judgment seemed slightly dulled.

Was it okay to make him worry about this?

“Good. I need to let everyone know about this. Thanks, Wardanaz!”

After his friend left, Lee Han was very troubled.

“I’m not sure if I can break through with my current level of transformation magic.”

“Lee Han. How about you get some sleep first? How much did you sleep?”

“About 3…”

“3 hours? That’s a bit much.”

“About 3 days ago…”

“Hey.”

* * *

The divination magic professor, Professor Passelette Kraer, let out a sigh.

There were various opinions on which professor suffered the most during year-end final exams, but Professor Kraer was definitely among them.

It wasn’t simply because of exam preparation. It was because he had to prepare the grand magic for finding next year’s new students at the same time.

A magic that spread across the entire Empire to identify the locations of new students with potential.

Even using the Archmage Gonadaltes and the territory of Einroguard with its vast mana, it was never an easy task.

To the extent that divination mages outside would be shocked to madness if they knew about this magic.

Professor Kraer, Professor Kraer!

“Ahhh I’m preparing it right now!”

Professor Paselette, who had been dozing, quickly summoned a personality and stood up.

Dozing in front of the Skeleton Principal at year-end would not end well.

I have something to tell you. It seems you won’t need to prepare the magic for additional location confirmation on site.

“?”

Professor Paselette was more confused than happy.

The method for finding new students was to first roughly identify locations spread across the Empire, then go to those areas and divine the detailed locations once more.

Not only the former, but the latter also consumed enormous mana, so preparation had to be done in advance by paying the price beforehand.

Of course, this involved processes complex enough to be called the essence of divination magic.

“Really?”

Yes. I’ll just use mana to find them on site.

“…”

Why are you looking at me like that?

“Principal. If you’re going to commit crimes, I’ll just do more…”

…

The Skeleton Principal glared at the professor.

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