Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 642

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Chapter 642

“Wardanaz. How did you break it!?”

“Hehe. This is something I often use when breaking through installed magic. If you condense mana and project it onto a large surface like this, then smash it…”

“Uh, isn’t that too violent?”

“Violent! Nilia. There are things you can say and things you can’t say. This is an advanced magic called 【Baldoron’s Mana Hammer】.”

“S-sorry. I didn’t know. I had no idea it was such advanced magic.”

Nilia panicked when her friend became serious.

Who would have thought it was such amazing magic!

In fact, Baldoron had no idea that Lee Han had named it this way…

-…

The Hecatoncheires watched with an incredulous expression as the students made holes in the rock where the magic had been dispelled.

If the Skeleton Principal had been watching, he would have looked at the Hecatoncheires pathetically and said:

-Just because you couldn’t break it doesn’t mean others can’t either. You’ll need to serve for two hundred years before your head gets any better!

The Hecatoncheires certainly had innate mana and the power to convert that mana into physical abilities.

But that didn’t mean there were no beings superior to the Hecatoncheires.

Sometimes beings would appear who had more mana than the Hecatoncheires and knew how to use it cleverly.

“Ah. It’s deflecting magic again.”

“Step aside. I’ll break it again.”

Sometimes beings would appear who had more mana than the Hecatoncheires and knew how to wield it brutishly.

He should have prepared under the assumption that such beings might exist…

Arsil patted and comforted the Hecatoncheires.

The Hecatoncheires angrily told him to disappear quickly.

* * *

Gainando, who was following Lee Han, almost tripped over a stone.

“Excuse me. Spirit. Please light this area properly. I can’t see.”

The light spirit ignored Gainando’s request without a moment’s hesitation.

“…Spirit. Spirit! I know you’re listening!”

“Gainando. The spirits only listen to my brother. I tried it before too. Spirit. Please light this area properly…”

The light spirit quickly increased the distance.

Lee Han made a hurt expression.

“I don’t think they used to run away like that before.”

“…I’ll just light a fire for you.”

Yoner, unable to watch any longer, threw a glass bottle into the air. The potion inside glowed brightly and illuminated the path.

Gainando looked at it with admiration.

“Seeing it like that, alchemy seems pretty good too…”

“What’s wrong, Gainando? You always looked down on alchemy before.”

Lee Han was surprised.

He thought Gainando’s hobby was usually talking nonsense about alchemy and earning Yoner’s anger?

“Compared to dark magic, everything looks good.”

“…”

When Gainando answered dejectedly, Lee Han couldn’t say anything. Nilia whispered from behind.

“Hey. Wardanaz. You should tell him dark magic is good too.”

“I was going to, but I can’t immediately think of any good points…”

Thump, thump, thump-

After passing the end of the passage, the rock Hecatoncheires suddenly stood up at the intruder’s appearance.

Gainando was startled and shouted.

“When did it run here?!”

“The Hecatoncheires are originally triplets.”

“Ah. Really?”

The Second Hecatoncheires looked at Gainando with contemptuous eyes.

How could a mage be so stupid!

Arsil stepped forward once again to explain what had just happened and how he had persuaded the First Hecatoncheires.

And how excellent his younger brother was, and how the First Hecatoncheires had been destroyed by being careless, and that story would spread throughout the Spirit Realm for a long time…

“Brother. Please…”

Lee Han stopped Arsil with a voice full of shame.

The Second Hecatoncheires was looking at Lee Han with eyes full of hostility.

Yoner patted Lee Han’s shoulder and said.

“It’s really hard when you have unusual siblings. Right?”

“…Yoner. It might just be my imagination, but you’re not actually excited, are you?”

The Second Hecatoncheires huffed and brought a huge rock. The four tilted their heads at the sight.

“Is it a different rock from before?”

“…It feels similar though? I think it’s the same one?”

Arsil explained on its behalf.

“Since you must be tired from the test earlier, you definitely won’t be able to break this one? Hmm…”

‘Haven’t these monsters learned anything under the Principal?’

Lee Han was puzzled.

Einroguard students learn a lot after just one year, but these Hecatoncheires were excessively arrogant.

There’s no such thing as absolute in magic…

* * *

The Third Hecatoncheires was guarding the entrance to the deep inner chamber of the tomb when it burst with frustration.

Bang bang bang bang bang!

At the sight of it pounding the floor and walls while shouting as if it would die of injustice, Lee Han’s friends became curious and asked.

“What is it saying?”

“It thought that since you did it twice, you’d be tired and wouldn’t be able to break the third one.”

“…”

“…”

The students seemed to understand why these Hecatoncheires worked under the Skeleton Principal.

When even the last Hecatoncheires surrendered, Arsil excitedly opened the door.

As the bronze and gold door blocking the inner chamber of the ancient underground tomb opened, a chorus of darkness flowed out from within.

The chorus woven from magic whose spell names were now forgotten was majestic, tragic, and above all, struck the minds of the mages.

“Uh… uhhhhh.”

“Uhhhhh…”

Lee Han’s friends, except for Lee Han himself, witnessed a magnificent vision in the vast empty inner chamber.

It was the most prosperous time of the old kingdom.

A time when the order of heaven was coordinated for the kingdom and the rules of earth were adjusted for the kingdom.

Court mages in exotic clothing praised the roaring king with their bare upper bodies exposed, and the people gathered below raised their wine cups and sang celebration songs.

To decorate the king’s tomb, the mages had left the most beautiful moment here.

Arsil was pleased to see the students listening to the tomb’s chorus and witnessing that scene.

This experience would become a great treasure for the young mages.

The scenery of the old kingdom era that left no records and those magics.

There was no greater inspiration for a mage.

“Uh, brother.”

Lee Han called Arsil.

Since Lee Han alone couldn’t feel or see anything, he felt a bit awkward.

“Did you bring us here to listen to this song?”

“…”

Arsil also realized belatedly.

Even the magic of the ancient tomb didn’t work on this junior!

Arsil began explaining in a flustered manner.

So this was the tomb of some kingdom…

“…I’m fine… no, I’m really fine.”

Lee Han quietly stepped back so as not to interfere with his friends’ excitement.

Arsil was genuinely frustrated and protested to the Hecatoncheires outside.

-Ah, no. It’s not even a tomb I made, so why are you complaining to me…

* * *

The friends who awakened from the illusion exclaimed in unison.

“It’s… it’s really amazing. I never thought it would look like this!”

“Right! Did you see the magic used during the triumph ceremony? What kind of magic was that?”

“The palace was magnificent! Should I ask my mother to renovate our manor like that?”

The chattering friends looked puzzled when Lee Han remained quiet and asked.

“Wasn’t the illusion very interesting?”

“No, no. It was fun. That… the palace was magnificent.”

“Right?! What did you particularly like?”

“The sparkling parts were nice.”

“It sparkled and was dazzling!”

“The dazzling part was nice too.”

“See, see! Lee Han knows what he’s talking about!”

While Gainando was excited, Yoner tilted his head.

Lee Han’s vocabulary in describing the magic was as simple as Gainando’s.

Clank!

From the relief carved on the side wall, sculptures suddenly began walking out as if they were alive.

Gainando, who was excited, hadn’t noticed yet and kept talking.

“You must come when I finish renovating the manor, Lee Han.”

“Alright. I’ll go with you.”

“…Huh, Yoner and Nilia too?”

“Hey.”

Nilia said as if it was ridiculous.

“I don’t want to go to your manor either, you know? The Meikin Family mansion is better, you know?”

“Ah, no. It would be nice if you two came… no…”

Gainando, whose true feelings were exposed, quickly tried to appease Nilia.

Because it seemed like Lee Han wouldn’t come either if Nilia and Yoner didn’t come.

“I’ll release deer in the garden, so come. How about it?”

“Do I look like a hunter who would get excited and run over just because you release deer?”

“You don’t like deer?”

“I do like them.”

“What…?”

While Gainando was puzzled, Lee Han quickly grabbed the back of his neck and pulled him.

“Gack!”

“It’s an attack!”

Only then did Lee Han realize that enemies who had walked out from the vast wall were surrounding his friends.

Gainando, who had fallen to the floor, coughed and shouted.

“Is, is it the Principal?”

“No. The tomb’s watchmen! Everyone move!”

Lee Han had realized his own complacency after losing pathetically to Giselle’s sister last time.

Firmly resolving not to be complacent like that this time, Lee Han began casting magic.

As much magic as possible before the enemies approached!

Pop pop pop pop bang!

The dark and spacious inner chamber became as bright as midday. The orbs of light Lee Han cast strongly illuminated the shadow forms that had crawled out from the reliefs.

After confirming the appearance of the watchmen, Lee Han immediately summoned undead to block the path.

“Rise, skeletal warriors!”

Bone fragments thrown from the air intertwined with magic and transformed into warriors.

Seeing this, Gainando cast dark magic to help his friend.

“Bones, become armor and sword!”

Gainando, who cast bone elemental magic to strengthen the undead, concentrated but slipped up for a moment.

Then the spell got tangled and became bone sweaters and bone flags instead.

“…Hey, you didn’t study properly!”

“I, I studied! I made a mistake because it’s a tense situation!”

While being scolded by Nilia, Gainando hurriedly prepared the spell again.

Regardless, Lee Han concentrated and rapidly cast spells in succession.

When the battle preparations were roughly finished, Lee Han looked over the tomb watchmen.

‘Is it dark elemental magic?’

The chorus he heard earlier was quite unusual magic when he thought about it.

First, it was magic in the form of song.

As the Skeleton Principal had said, if it was incantation then use incantation, if not then not, but the half-hearted form of musical magic in between was inefficient and archaic, so its transmission had been cut off long ago.

To think he would see traces of such magic here.

Being an old tomb, it could be said to be natural in a way, but…

‘Dark elemental, music, illusion. About three schools? Then I shouldn’t use dark elemental magic…’

Seeing that Lee Han’s undead and Gainando’s dark magic were being cast more strongly now, it seemed true that dark elements were abundant.

Crackle!

Lee Han’s staff transformed into a spear condensed with lightning and struck an approaching watchman.

The watchman made of clustered shadows couldn’t maintain its form and scattered.

“Gainando, come inside!”

“Prin, Principal! The Principal is over there! Lee Han!”

“What nonsense are you babbling about…”

“No, no! It’s not the Principal, it’s a yeti raider!”

“!”

Lee Han realized the situation was serious when even Nilia suddenly started seeing things.

“Yoner, take cover behind me! They’re using illusion magic! Gainando, Nilia! Over here!”

Lee Han grabbed Gainando’s cloak and pulled him while slapping his cheek hard, then gestured to Yoner.

Yoner immediately gave Nilia a potion. Nilia, who drank the strong shock potion, awakened from her fear.

‘Such a method?!’

Lee Han felt slightly sorry for Gainando and summoned flames.

“Burn… in the name of Apha!”

The spark of sacred white flame flickered in the air.

No wonder they weren’t charging roughly, the enemies weren’t making physical attacks. They were ones who made illusion magic-type attacks.

‘I need to feel the flow of mana. There must be signs!’

When he concentrated, the flow of mana around him began to be read more sensitively.

Lee Han found the place where mana was wriggling and sprouting.

‘Found it!’

Whoosh!

The flame burned the watchman who was about to cast fear. However, the watchman completed the magic to the very end.

Lee Han blocked the magic flying toward him with his body and pushed Gainando down.

“Dodge, Gainando!”

“C-can’t we just get hit instead?”

Gainando, who was crumpled to the side, said weakly.

It seemed like it would be better to be afflicted with fear instead.

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