Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 593
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Chapter 593
“It’s the end of the world!”
“That monster is going to destroy Einroguard and trample the Principal!”
The students screamed in terror while sneakily inserting their small everyday wishes into their cries.
Lee Han tried to calm his friends down.
“Calm down! It’s just a sheep!”
“…”
“…”
Normally, his friends would have believed Lee Han’s words and calmed down.
In fact, they almost did calm down even now.
If only the Mountain Destroyer hadn’t just smashed a mountain peak and changed the terrain.
“…How can we calm down right now!!”
“How is that thing a sheep! Are you crazy, Wardanaz?!”
‘But it really is a sheep…’
Lee Han thought to himself at his friends’ outcries.
The Mountain Destroyer was large and devastated the surrounding terrain when it rammed into things, but once you got to know it, it wasn’t such a bad creature.
If it had been a truly vicious creature, it would have been named something like Mountain Destroyer Vurdus or Mountain Destroyer Gonadaltes instead.
“Trust me. It’s a gentle creature.”
“Wardanaz… are you doing this because we didn’t want to enter the labyrinth?”
“Please forgive us!”
“…Forget it and just follow my instructions.”
Lee Han gave up on persuading his friends and decided to just take action.
That seemed faster.
‘But why did it come down? Ah.’
Mountain Destroyers usually preferred high mountain ranges and rarely came down below.
If it had been the type to come down frequently, it would have been called a School Destroyer instead of Mountain Destroyer.
So why was this one rampaging like this?
‘It’s because of the giants…!’
The giants who served as shepherds weren’t taking care of the sheep, so one of them must have gone berserk and escaped.
“Ratford. Stay here with the kids, and if the sheep comes this way, go down immediately. I’ll go calm that guy down.”
“You can’t!!!”
Ratford immediately attempted a takedown on Lee Han. Of course, Lee Han, trained in swordsmanship, didn’t budge an inch.
“Everyone stop him! Quickly!”
“No, Wardanaz! We’ll really enter the labyrinth, so stop being angry!”
“We were wrong! We’ll enter the labyrinth twice if you want!”
Even with four people grabbing onto each of his arms and legs, Lee Han maintained his upright posture.
“…Guys. So…”
“Even if you’ve defeated a Rock Drake before, that thing is different!”
“So that’s what…”
“Wardanaz, I know you’re crazy! But a mage who rises by the staff dies by the staff! It’s too dangerous!”
“You thought of me that way? No, that’s not what’s important…”
“That monster bastard just blew away another peak! Look!”
“…Guys. Just listen for a moment.”
When Lee Han spoke seriously, his friends who were clinging to him turned their attention to him.
“I have something to confess to you all.”
“???”
“But I hope you won’t be surprised or think of me as crazy after hearing this.”
At Lee Han’s words, his friends looked at him as if asking what nonsense he was talking about.
“Wardanaz… I wouldn’t be surprised even if you told me you’d mastered all the Empire’s forbidden magic.”
“Why act surprised now?”
“Wardanaz, you’re already sufficiently… amazing… I can’t be surprised anymore.”
His friends’ reaction made Lee Han’s wounds deepen just a little bit more.
“Right… thanks. Your reactions are reassuring. That sheep is actually one I was taking care of.”
“…”
“…”
His friends fell silent.
And then they all spoke at the same time.
“Wardanaz, you really are crazy.”
* * *
Clteran and Gatono from White Tiger Tower ran screaming.
Behind them, a monster summoned by demons to destroy the continent was chasing them.
“Aaaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaah!”
“Why is it acting like that? What did we do wrong?”
“Throw away what you’re carrying! One thing each! To the side!”
Clteran threw the fruits he had diligently collected today to the side.
It wasn’t for the illusion magic exam, but fruits he had gathered to eat as snacks.
However, the monster didn’t stop chasing them, as if it wasn’t angry about the fruits.
“What’s next?”
“A trap, a rabbit caught in a trap…”
“Throw it!”
“But it’s a rabbit! Not a bird! This precious thing…”
“Still… still throw it!”
Thud thud thud thud!
Meanwhile, Lee Han came running from up ahead.
Having cast several enhancement spells, his movement speed was extraordinary.
“Wardanaz!!”
“Stop!”
Lee Han stretched out his hand from a distance and shouted at the monster.
The White Tiger Tower students who had been calling for Wardanaz with tears in their eyes were bewildered.
“…?!”
“????”
What the hell was he doing?
If it had been any other friend, they would have thought he made a mistake out of fear, but Wardanaz was a potential Archmage who had grown up receiving harsh training from a prestigious magical family, with no blood or tears. He wasn’t someone who would make such a mistake.
But how exactly was he going to stop the monster with that…
Screeeeeech!
The charging monster suddenly stopped. Trees flew around and rocks were crushed, but somehow the monster succeeded in stopping its movement.
“Good. Well done.”
“Word… Word magic?!!”
Clteran unconsciously thought of the legendary high-level domain of magic.
“No, you idiot.”
“If it’s not word magic, then what…”
Lee Han ignored Clteran’s words and approached the Mountain Destroyer.
While the other sheep had their wool properly sheared, this one seemed to have been missed by mistake, as its wool had grown so much that it looked twice its size.
Seemingly very frustrated by this, the Mountain Destroyer growled and kept stomping the ground with its hooves.
“Right. I’ll cut it soon.”
“Its neck?”
At Clteran’s words, the Mountain Destroyer spat. Clteran tumbled away.
“Hey. Don’t say such vicious things. You’re scaring the kid.”
“…”
The two White Tiger Tower students couldn’t understand what they heard for a moment. Their brains refused to comprehend it.
“N-no. That monster is getting scared?”
The Mountain Destroyer spat again. This time Gatono went tumbling.
“Why do you guys keep doing that? You’re going to make the kid angry.”
Lee Han looked serious at his friends who kept making rude remarks.
Talking about cutting necks in front of the Mountain Destroyer, calling it a monster and such.
How hurt must the sheep feel?
“No…”
“Hey…”
“We almost died…”
“Look behind you…”
The two were so frustrated they couldn’t speak properly.
If they looked back now, the mountain was half carved away, and if they had run just a little later, they would have died…
Why are you only looking after the sheep!
“Wardanaz, is that sheep more important to you than us???”
Lee Han looked back in shock at such an absurd, childish question.
The Mountain Destroyer seemed to think similarly and cast a contemptuous look.
Gatono still had a tiny bit of shame left as a human being, so he stopped his friend.
“Hey. Stop it. Wardanaz isn’t a nanny, asking such embarrassing questions.”
“What stop it! I can ask! Wardanaz! Is that sheep more import…”
Ptui ptui ptui ptui ptui ptui!
“Argh! Aaagh! Aaaaagh!”
The Mountain Destroyer was thoroughly angry at Clteran and kept spitting until he could no longer get up.
* * *
After shearing all the wool, Lee Han escorted the sheep back to the cave and returned.
The students who had been waiting anxiously at the bottom of the mountain could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
“What exactly was that monster, Wardanaz?”
“A sheep that lives up in the high mountains. It’s just big, but once you befriend it, it’s not that fierce.”
“Why exactly do you raise such a mon… sheep?”
“Among the clothes I sold you guys, quite a few were made from that sheep’s wool.”
“…”
“…”
No wonder it was so sturdy and warm for sheep’s wool!
The students who realized the secret of the clothes looked up at the high mountain peak with shaking eyes.
They knew that to survive at Einroguard, one had to struggle fiercely…
…but perhaps they hadn’t truly understood it properly.
Maybe they needed to befriend sheep like that too…
“Wardanaz. Thank you.”
“Right. We should have thanked you first.”
“And sorry for trying not to enter your maze.”
‘I must never tell them I brought giants down with me.’
As his friends expressed their gratitude with repentant expressions, Lee Han firmly resolved inwardly.
“Haha. I don’t mind at all.”
‘For someone who doesn’t mind, you made the maze way too brutal…’
“I’ll enter twice.”
Inspired by Gatono’s words, Clteran also nodded.
“Me too. I shouldn’t have refused to enter.”
“Hey. Just entering once is fine. Don’t push yourself unnecessarily.”
“No! Now that I think about it, the test is to pass through someone else’s maze, so trying to reduce the number of times was the problem. Running away like this won’t improve my magic skills.”
“Why are you suddenly making sense?”
‘I told you it’s fine.’
“…Hey…”
“Ah. Sorry.”
Lee Han apologized to his friends.
His inner thoughts had accidentally come out first.
“Wardanaz. I’ll enter three times.”
“Me too, as a sign of repentance…”
The illusion magic school students gathered at the bottom of the mountain apologized to Lee Han with sincere attitudes.
Considering what they usually received, they shouldn’t have backed out just because the maze was a bit scary.
Lee Han accepted the apology with dignity.
“Thank you all.”
* * *
“Hmm. Wardanaz. No matter how I think about it, the maze you made this time was a bit too harsh.”
Professor Kirmin spoke carefully as he watched students entering Lee Han’s barn and coming out collapsed and foaming at the mouth.
Come to think of it, Wardanaz’s maze should have been saved for last.
Since all the students taking the lecture collapsed from the start, Professor Kirmin would have to handle the remaining evaluations himself.
“I don’t want to hurt your feelings, but even thinking about it again, it was way too harsh.”
Professor Kirmin didn’t want to hurt his feelings either.
But if he didn’t say this, Wardanaz might fail at controlling his strength again.
Someone had to say it!
“…I’m sorry. Professor Ku.”
Lee Han covered his face with his hands and spoke in a dejected voice.
“It’s okay. Anyone can make mistakes.”
“But it was just bad luck, it wasn’t that harsh, was it? If they had just been lucky, everyone could have passed…”
“Now. Wardanaz. Let’s start over from the beginning.”
Professor Kirmin explained to Lee Han with strong patience.
What kinds of things can happen when you make a makeshift maze too viciously?
* * *
“Doesn’t Lee Han look dispirited?”
“Wouldn’t it be strange if he had energy after taking so many exams?”
“It’s not that, but for some other reason…”
“Ah. It’s because he wiped out all the friends taking illusion magic.”
“What? That’s because the ones taking it were bad at it.”
At Gainando’s words, the illusion magic school students got fired up.
“Have you even tried entering it?!”
“The guys who fainted in the maze are idiots! Am I wrong?!”
“Gainando is right about this one.”
“Definitely…”
Students not taking illusion magic didn’t properly understand what happened today.
The frustrated illusion magic school students began explaining while waving their hands and feet.
“So the moment you open the door and enter, you lose your sense of direction and the Principal appears in front of you…”
“You fainted for half a day over that?”
“That’s not the end! Ah, really go inside and see! Follow me! I’ll show you around, exam or whatever!”
“But we already dismantled the barn after the exam ended?”
“…Wardanaz! Let’s build it just one more time! Just once!!”
“No. Now that I think about it, it was too extreme of a labyrinth.”
Lee Han spoke with a reflective attitude.
His conversation with Professor Kirmin had given him many realizations.
‘The skeleton illusion that looked like the Principal didn’t really need to be placed there.’
Now that he thought about it, this had been too vicious of a trap.
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