Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 641

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Chapter 641

“Do monsters usually respond to that kind of persuasion?”

“How would I know? I’m not close with spirits.”

“…S-sorry.”

“I wasn’t telling you to apologize, you know? Anyway, we got permission so let’s hurry up and search.”

“Lee Han. Honestly, no matter how good the treasure is, it’s not easy to search in this kind of atmosphere.”

Gainando grumbled.

With the rock Hecatoncheires glaring menacingly from the side, and in a tomb where undead monsters could pop out from anywhere at any time, finding treasure wasn’t an easy task.

“Yoner and Nilia are already collecting things though.”

“?!”

Gainando turned around to look behind him.

Yoner and Nilia were already picking out and collecting valuable items from among the silver burial goods.

“Those… those guys became weird from attending Einroguard!”

‘You attended Einroguard too though…’

Thud-

From inside, the Hecatoncheires called out to Arsil.

As the two had quite a long conversation, Lee Han asked curiously.

“What were you talking about for so long? Yes, they are Einroguard students but… No, why are you telling us that?!”

When Lee Han looked flustered, Gainando asked anxiously.

“What’s wrong, Lee Han? It’s nothing serious, right? Did it suddenly change its mind and want to eat us?”

The Hecatoncheires spoke to Arsil. Arsil spoke to Lee Han, and Lee Han relayed it to Gainando.

“It says don’t babble like an unlucky human. Why would it eat something like you?”

“…S-sorry.”

Lee Han called his friends over and relayed what the Hecatoncheires had just said.

“This Hecatoncheires apparently has the humiliation of being defeated by the Principal in the past.”

The Hecatoncheires spoke to Arsil. Arsil spoke to Lee Han, and Lee Han relayed it to his friends.

“…It’s not humiliation, but more like a debt, it says.”

The Hecatoncheires…

“Ah. Whether it’s debt or old grudge, what does that matter! Let me speak.”

Lee Han shouted irritably.

Having to receive messages through several people made the conversation twice as slow.

“Anyway, it has an old grudge and wants to take it out on us.”

The Hecatoncheir…

“It’s not taking it out on us, but wants to test us according to legitimate qualifications and rights. Honestly, isn’t that the same thing?”

When Lee Han muttered quietly, the Hecatoncheires angrily snapped back.

However, this time Arsil remained still.

The Hecatoncheires protested about why he was staying still.

When Arsil firmly replied that he wouldn’t relay words that would dirty his younger brother’s ears, the Hecatoncheires flew into a rage and hurled curses.

-■■■■ ■!

“Why is it acting like that this time?”

Arsil smiled and answered that ‘it’s excited so it’s acting like that.’ Lee Han thought it was quite a peculiar monster.

‘Are all high-intelligence monsters eccentric?’

Come to think of it, the Principal too, if you really consider it…

“No, why are you taking out your old grudge against the Principal on us!”

Gainando reacted belatedly.

That monster had many heads but its thinking level was lower than Gainando himself, who only had one head.

The Hecatoncheir…

“It says that just as a master’s honor passes to the disciple, and a master’s knowledge passes to the disciple, a master’s debts also pass to the disciple. No. Isn’t that too unreasonable?”

Despite Lee Han’s protest, the Hecatoncheires didn’t care.

At that reaction, Gainando fell into deep contemplation.

Since this friend didn’t usually think so deeply, Yoner asked curiously.

“What are you thinking about?”

“But here, isn’t Lee Han the only real disciple of the Principal?”

“…”

“Wow, what a trash guy.”

At Nilia’s muttering, Gainando hurriedly waved his hands in denial.

“I… I’m not saying I won’t participate… I was just thinking!”

“Wardanaz. Gainando says he won’t participate.”

“No! No! I’ll participate! Let me participate!”

The Hecatoncheires also looked at Gainando with eyes that viewed trash.

It was unbelievable that Gonadaltes’s disciple would try to abandon his companions like that.

* * *

The Hecatoncheires stood up from its position. Then, from where it had been sitting, the entrance to a massive passage was revealed.

The monster hadn’t simply been guarding this room. It had been guarding the passage that led from this room.

Arsil cheerfully asked to just let them pass through, but the Hecatoncheires coldly refused. When the spirits all jeered in unison, the Hecatoncheires let out a loud roar.

Rumble!

The Hecatoncheires rolled a massive rock to block the entrance of the revealed passage. Then it shouted at the four.

“Is the test to get through this?”

Arsil, who had been interpreting, nodded his head.

Not only was it large in size, but the complex traces of magic felt from the rock indicated it was definitely not an ordinary rock.

Lee Han thought to himself.

‘We collected burial goods, so wouldn’t it be okay to give up?’

Unaware of his younger brother’s inner thoughts, Arsil argued with the Hecatoncheires. It seemed some resentment remained from their earlier conversation.

“…No, brother. I can handle that much… No, please really don’t do that!”

When Lee Han looked flustered and tried to stop Arsil, Yoner asked in surprise.

“What’s wrong? What’s happening?”

“My brother keeps mocking the Hecatoncheires, saying someone like me could solve it in the blink of an eye.”

“…”

Seeing Lee Han troubled because of Arsil, Yoner felt sorry but also just a little bit excited.

Just as he himself had been embarrassed in front of Lee Han because of his crazy sister, he hoped Lee Han would also be embarrassed together because of his crazy brother!

“…That must be really troublesome!”

“Yoner. You look strangely happy.”

“N-no. It’s a misunderstanding. Is it because I collected burial goods earlier?”

Lee Han and his friends put their heads together.

Having done this more than once or twice at Einroguard, they were used to encountering such difficulties together.

Gainando said with a serious expression.

“If we combine the strength of the four of us, we should be able to produce magic at about the level of a 4th year at Einroguard. Let’s just pass that bast… I mean, that person’s test.”

“Gainando. You don’t mean that four 1st years together equals a 4th year, do you?”

Yoner asked in horror at his relative’s miraculous arithmetic skills.

“Huh? I said about 4th year level because Lee Han uses 4th year magic.”

“…”

“…”

Although they hadn’t exactly combined their strength to become 4th years, his friends had to acknowledge it.

They had seen Lee Han use 4th circle magic.

“Guys. Just because you use 4th circle magic doesn’t mean you’re at 4th year level.”

“We know that, but the 4th circle magic you use, Lee Han, is more amazing than the upperclassmen’s…”

Blocking Gainando’s mouth as he kept spouting troublesome nonsense, Lee Han began his explanation.

“He just hasn’t seen the upperclassmen’s magic. Even if it’s the same magic, it’s completely different.”

‘Honestly, don’t you think Lee Han wouldn’t be pushed back even if he fought the upperclassmen?’

‘I think so too.’

Yoner and Nilia conversed with their eyes. Lee Han, unaware of this, was absorbed in finding a way to move the rock.

“What about control series spells? I’ve only learned 【Basic Control】, but I could try 【Intermediate Control】 for the first time with this opportunity.”

“Even intermediate level would be pushing it. Even a dozen kilograms would be precarious.”

The control magic series, a non-attribute telekinesis specialized magic, was highly versatile magic that many mages learned.

The simplicity of lifting objects and moving them at will was used very broadly.

Assistants who had to do a lot of odd jobs, and especially mages who wanted to be lazy (and show off their skills) used this magic for various tasks like cleaning or letters.

There was no better self-introduction than showing a room cleanly tidied up with a single spell at gatherings of mages.

Occasionally, among blood-crazed battle mages, there were those who coveted the fast casting and versatility of this ‘control’ magic and modified it for combat use.

Anyone with their right mind wouldn’t learn under such a mage, but sometimes disciples as strange as their masters would appear and learn it.

Anyway, this control magic series had such convenience and versatility, but it came with equally strong constraints.

For low mana consumption, fast casting, and delicate control, the weight limit was quite tight.

Even intermediate control was precarious with just a dozen kilograms…

“Even if we all learned intermediate control and did it together… Hmm. It would be impossible.”

“W-wait. Wardanaz. I don’t have confidence in learning intermediate control magic right now! I don’t!”

Nilia was startled and denied it when Wardanaz overestimated her too much.

To naturally include herself as a constant and proceed!

However, Lee Han thought Nilia was being modest again and laughed it off.

“What are you talking about. You can do it.”

“I can’t…!”

“Alright, alright. Let’s say you can’t. Control magic is impossible right now anyway.”

‘He’s my friend but I want to hit him!’

Nilia momentarily understood why White Tiger Tower students muttered ‘We avoided failing thanks to that Wardanaz bastard, but we still want to hit the back of his head once.’

This friend from the Wardanaz family had an excellent talent for getting on people’s nerves.

“Other magic… transformation magic, earth elemental magic.”

“There’s also alchemy. Melting rocks like that isn’t a particularly difficult potion either.”

Since they often had to melt and use solid materials, alchemists dealt with many acidic or corrosive potions.

It would take a long time, but they could definitely make a hole in a rock of that size.

“I did learn 【Rock to Sand Transformation】.”

“Huh? Was there such a thing among the transformation magic we learned this year?”

“I learned it while repairing Einroguard with the Principal at night.”

“…?!”

“More than that, what I’m worried about is… No. Let’s try it first.”

Lee Han approached the rock with his staff.

“Rock, become sand…”

Clang!

The magic bounced off with a collision sound only mages could hear.

Lee Han realized there was a very powerful magical structure situated inside the rock.

‘As expected. I thought it wouldn’t be easy.’

The Hecatoncheires, who had been humiliated by the Skeleton Principal, wouldn’t have given such an easy challenge.

This rock was definitely designed to be impervious to magic.

‘Who made this? The structure is so hard to understand. It deflects external mana and disperses impact…’

Seeing Gonadaltes’ disciples struggling, the Hecatoncheires clapped with several hands.

The rock that Gonadaltes’ disciples were struggling with now was the very rock the Hecatoncheires himself had faced.

-Hecatoncheires! I heard you triplets are the strongest on this continent. But can you really break this rock? I don’t think so.

-Ha, don’t talk nonsense, mage. I can break rocks like this with my eyes closed!

-Really? If you do that, this humble mage will serve you for a hundred years! But if you can’t break it? Honestly, it seems like it would be hard to break…

-If, if I can’t break it, I’ll do whatever you command, mage. But if I break it, I’ll smash your skull too!

-Haha! Well decided!

How much the Hecatoncheires had suffered from the trick rock presented by the mage who came with a plan.

Now it was the disciples’ turn to struggle.

The mages who had been throwing various spells seemed half-resigned as they started grabbing the rock and directly pounding it with mana.

Seeing this, the Hecatoncheires’ heads burst into laughter.

No matter how desperate they were, for mages to abandon magic and choose such a crude method.

Such a thing could only be done by monsters with innate mana and strength like the Hecatoncheires.

Even the Hecatoncheires himself had tried and failed, hadn’t he.

Boom!

“I think it worked?”

“Wow. To think such a method would work…”

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