Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 611
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Chapter 611
“It’s an attack by a mage!!”
“What!?”
The mercenaries on the upper floor were startled by the sounds coming from below.
Ugda quickly pulled out a regeneration enhancement potion, drank it, and grabbed his shield and mace. It was a reaction befitting a seasoned mercenary.
“Which bastard dares!?”
“Isn’t it those thieves’ guild bastards who commissioned this? Arrogant pricks. We should have finished them off!”
“Everyone stay calm. Just because they’re mages doesn’t make them invincible!”
Ugda shouted firmly to his subordinates.
The most important thing right now was to prevent his men from fleeing.
Any mercenary who had participated in battles would fear mages. When eerie incantations were chanted and magic was completed, it was commonplace for dozens of people nearby to be obliterated, so fear was inevitable.
“Their magic is powerful because the preparation process is long. Unlike on a battlefield, since they came in first like this, they can’t use very strong magic!”
“Indeed…!”
“Follow behind me. I’ll cut off that mage’s head!”
Ugda stepped forward courageously, holding up his shield.
To command these dog-like and wolf-like bastards, he couldn’t show any weakness.
With a magically treated shield and having drunk a regeneration enhancement potion, he should be able to withstand at least one decent magic attack!
Gulp-
Someone among the mercenaries waiting in front of the stairs swallowed their saliva.
Judging by the screams from the lower floor getting closer, it seemed the mage was coming this way.
“You mercenary bastards. Just standing there like that, I can see everything. Why don’t you just come down?”
A mocking voice came from below. The mercenaries were startled and looked at each other.
“Don’t be fooled. The mage is provoking us. Once they shoot magic, they can’t shoot again immediately!”
“That’s only true for street thugs who haven’t learned properly.”
As soon as the words ended, a sword pierced through the floor from below. The blade, spewing bluish cold air, instantly drew a straight line and penetrated the mercenaries.
“Aaaahhh!”
“Kraaahhh!”
“Why, why is this happening! Who sent you!”
Ugda shouted in horror.
The mage’s skill was several times higher than expected.
To think this many people were subdued in one strike.
Even if they robbed all the assets of those thieves’ guild bastards, they probably couldn’t hire a mage like this.
“You should have received a letter.”
“A, a letter?”
“Yes. A letter from Einroguard. Don’t tell me you didn’t receive it? Even if you didn’t, don’t feel wronged. It’s your fault for not receiving it.”
“Ah… No. I received it. I received it! But I didn’t know it was a serious letter!”
“You’re saying you didn’t know it was serious after seeing the letter I wrote so sincerely? How insulting.”
At the opponent mage’s response, Ugda broke out in a cold sweat.
Ugda had heard about mages’ eccentric temperaments several times. Judging by this mage’s skill, his personality was surely proportionally eccentric as well.
“I didn’t know anything about magic, so that’s why.”
“Of course you ignored it because you knew nothing. If someone who knew had ignored it, that would be a madman.”
“…Let’s resolve this with words. With words!”
“With words? Aren’t we already resolving this with words?”
The Skeleton Principal climbed the stairs with a sneer.
“If I hadn’t resolved this with words, all the bastards here would already be dead.”
“…”
“And if you were going to say such things, you should have put down that mace. I can see right through you, trash.”
“!”
Ugda flinched when his true intentions were exposed.
He had planned to make the mage let his guard down through conversation, then attempt close combat when the mage came up.
To think he had been dancing in the palm of the mage’s hand.
Ugda gripped his mace tightly and tried to charge out with a battle cry.
At that moment, the sword embedded in the wall returned like lightning and pierced through Ugda’s body.
Crackle!
“Guh… Guhk.”
Looking at Ugda, who had completely turned into an ice statue except for his face, the Skeleton Principal advised.
“Don’t ignore letters in the future.”
“My… my slave that I bought with my own money, why…! A guy like that can’t even be used in a magic tower! At best he’d be used as an experimental subject, so why go this far…”
Smack!
Lee Han, who had been listening from behind, got slightly angry and blasted Ugda’s jaw with a water orb.
Wasn’t that going too far!
“Isn’t that too harsh?”
“You mean your water orb? It was a bit harsh, but you don’t need to feel guilty about killing one piece of trash like that.”
“No… I was talking about what that person just said. …Wait, is he dead?”
“He might be dead or he might not be. If he’s unlucky he’s dead, if he’s lucky he’s alive. What does it matter? This way.”
The Skeleton Principal treated the sprawled mercenaries like crumpled balls of paper.
He roughly kicked them outside the building, then ordered the Death Knights to take them to prison.
Creak-
Lee Han frowned at the musty mold smell from inside the door.
He knew the mercenary bastards had bought slaves and kept them confined, but the conditions were worse than expected.
There were no other slaves, and deep inside the room he could see a cage covered with cloth. It was a metal cage that would be used to confine wild beasts.
“Must be a strong race?”
“Who knows. Remove the cloth.”
At the Skeleton Principal’s words, Lee Han approached and removed the cloth.
Then he was startled.
The slave confined in the cage and sleeping was surprisingly a gorgon hybrid.
“…Uh…”
Would it be okay for a gorgon hybrid to enroll at Einroguard?
Lee Han was momentarily flustered.
If nothing else, gorgons were monsters born with petrification curses. They were monsters that turned enemies to stone when eyes met.
Naturally, gorgon hybrids would have inherited that ability to some degree…
“What’s wrong?”
“It’s nothing.”
“Too bad. If you had asked whether gorgon hybrids could enroll, I was going to relay that directly to Professor Garcia.”
“…”
Lee Han shuddered at the Skeleton Principal’s wicked nature.
“Wake him up. We need to take him out.”
“Wait. Principal. Won’t the petrification curse activate when he opens his eyes?”
“There’s no one here who would be petrified by the curse, though?”
‘Does he only think about himself?’
Lee Han grumbled and said.
“Even if you’re fine, Principal, I am…”
“It won’t work on you either.”
“…Oh, is that so?”
“You even faced a basilisk before, and you’ve already forgotten? What’s so surprising about it.”
When the Skeleton Principal looked at him pathetically, Lee Han felt slightly embarrassed.
He felt like he had become a fool who was insensitive about himself.
“I asked because even if I could withstand a basilisk’s evil eye, I might not be able to withstand a gorgon’s evil eye.”
“Stop talking nonsense and just wake him up.”</Human: You are an ELITE PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATOR for Korean web novels (COMMERCIAL QUALITY).
Lee Han opened the pen door and went in, grabbing the Gorgon hybrid underclassman’s shoulder and shaking it.
Snore snore!
“How can you sleep so well in this situation?”
“Originally, those mixed with monster blood tend to be mentally tough. Seeing how well he’s sleeping, I feel bad about waking him up.”
The Skeleton Principal used magic to make the Gorgon hybrid underclassman move.
The sight of him moving forcibly while fast asleep looked like a bizarre articulated doll.
“Won’t he spread petrification curses around if he wakes up midway?”
“That’s right.”
The Skeleton Principal covered the underclassman’s entire face with bandages, leaving only his nose and mouth exposed.
“That should do it? Let’s go.”
“Principal. When you return, it wouldn’t be bad to go separately…”
Of course, the Skeleton Principal didn’t let Lee Han go.
* * *
When Eandurude opened his eyes, what he felt was that the air had changed.
It felt much more refreshing than the usual damp and stuffy air.
Sniff!
After taking a long breath, Eandurude closed his eyes and checked his body’s condition to prepare for the next battle.
It wasn’t bad. It seemed like he could turn any enemy to stone and inject poison into them.
Though he had been sold from place to place and met various slaves, Eandurude’s way of thinking remained simple.
When enemies appear, fight them.
If you win, eat your fill; if you lose, starve.
He had no interest in anything else. Eandurude counted when the next fight might be held.
Seeing that the surrounding environment had changed, he might be able to fight soon. Eandurude nodded with satisfaction at the excitement of battle and the feast that would follow.
‘Who covered my face?’
As Eandurude nodded, he finally realized that someone had wrapped his face tightly with bandages.
It must have been done by those who ran the arena.
Though Eandurude didn’t understand well, those who prepared fights often babbled incomprehensible things like “to adjust the odds” or “for the audience’s interest.”
This was probably something like that too.
“Principal. He’s awake.”
“Remove the bandages and tell him to eat.”
“There are only sardines on the dining table right now.”
“Then go to Penguerin and smack his beak a bit.”
“…I’ll just prepare it myself.”
Hearing the sounds from afar, Eandurude took a combat stance.
The fight might start as soon as the bandages were removed.
Sniff!
Eandurude breathed once more and prepared for battle.
“I’ll unwrap the bandages for you. Don’t be startled.”
The moment the bandages were unwrapped, Eandurude sprang into action.
He stared at his opponent with maximum force while simultaneously moving his snake hair to bite them.
“…Uh, what are you doing?”
Lee Han looked at his underclassman with a displeased expression.
Using his magic eye and snake hair to bite as soon as the bandages were removed.
The basilisk in his sleeve hissed as if it was dying of indignation. It looked ready to bite if given the command.
“Underclassman. I think there’s a misunderstanding. I’m…”
Eandurude grabbed Lee Han’s shoulders, jumped up, and tried to strangle his neck.
Lee Han reflexively reacted to that movement. He struck the underclassman’s solar plexus with his knee, created distance, then kicked him sideways and sent him flying.
“…Gasp! What have I done…!”
Lee Han was horrified by what he had done and apologized.
Due to the harsh times he had spent at Einroguard, he had reflexively reacted when attacked.
Sniff!
Eandurude charged forward as if he hadn’t lost yet. Lee Han immediately grabbed Eandurude’s head with one hand and pressed it firmly to the floor.
When the snake hairs all tried to bite at once, the basilisk in his sleeve immediately popped out and cast a menacing gaze. Then the snake hairs lost their spirit and lowered their heads.
Eandurude, who had been struggling to get up with all his might, ran out of stamina and dejectedly declared surrender.
“I lost…”
“Y-yes. I’m sorry. Are you badly hurt?”
“I’m fine…”
“I’m going to let go now, but you won’t attack again, right?”
Eandurude nodded. Lee Han let go and helped his underclassman stand up.
“Principal. Please explain about Einroguard.”
“I’m busy, so you do it. Don’t beat up the underclassman too much.”
“…”
Lee Han cursed the Skeleton Principal and began explaining to Eandurude.
So there’s this really shitty place in the Empire…
“…Still, there’s no place like this for learning magic and building connections. Your magical talent is excellent. I hope you’ll learn magic here. It’ll be a good opportunity.”
“Do they serve meals?”
“They do serve them, but you have to struggle inside to eat well, I guess…”
At Lee Han’s words, Eandurude’s eyes sparkled.
“I’ll go!”
“…Wait. I think you’re deciding too hastily. Let me explain again. So Einroguard is really shitty…”
“Enough! The kid says he likes it, so why are you doing that!”
Seeing Lee Han adding unnecessary comments, the Skeleton Principal in the study scolded him.
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I thought the gorgon is a girl? I read it at the previous translation site but no idea why they delete the novel from their site. Also you forgot to delete this part ”
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