Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 657

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Chapter 657

“Wardanaz. No matter what, you can’t shoot at those guys.”

“What are you talking about?”

Lee Han was shocked by Nilia’s radical way of thinking.

“Oh. That’s not it?”

Nilia felt embarrassed.

Well, Lee Han wasn’t a crazy person, so there was no way he’d tell her to shoot arrows at the Baldrogard students.

“Rise, skeletal warriors!”

When he threw bone powder out the window, skeleton warriors rose up.

Lee Han pointed at the skeleton warriors and said.

“You should shoot those.”

“…”

Nilia was shocked by Lee Han’s radical way of thinking.

Was it okay to summon skeleton warriors and shoot them with magic arrows on a nobleman’s estate grounds?

Of course, it absolutely wasn’t okay.

The two Baldrogard students started screaming.

“Aaaaaaaah!”

“S-skeletons! Undead! It’s undead!”

“Why are you making such a fuss over skeletons?”

Gainando asked as if he was dumbfounded.

The words of Einroguard’s magic-obsessed lunatic weren’t helpful to the two.

Ingsen, who had barely calmed down, shouted to the others with tears welling up.

“Un-undead! It’s undead!”

“Of course it’s undead. Do you think that looks like a living person?”

“Why are you all so calm about this!!”

Ingsen screamed at Gainando as if having a fit.

Gainando’s nonchalant attitude, as if he was looking at a puppy wandering around the clearing, drove Ingsen even more crazy.

Yoner felt this wouldn’t do and urged Nilia.

“Quickly. Quickly take it down!”

“Ah, got it.”

Nilia hurriedly cast enchantment magic on her bow and summoned a spirit.

With a heavy resonance, powerful energy swirled around the bow. The spirit, sensing its contractor’s urgency, settled at the arrowhead tip to adjust the direction.

Bang!

The arrow struck the skeleton warriors precisely. Seeing the skeleton warriors properly shatter, the friends applauded.

“As expected of Nilia.”

“Hmph. If Lee Han had summoned them stronger, set up bone shields, and cast curses too…”

“This isn’t the time to brag about dark magic, Gainando.”

“Uh, everyone? Please look over there.”

“?”

The friends belatedly noticed the two Baldrogard students who had collapsed.

“…Now. You two. Look out the window! The skeletons are dead! Nothing to worry about!”

“That’s right. Lady Nilia here defeated them! Get up and look!”

“M-my legs have no strength…”

Priest Siana smacked the Baldrogard students’ backs with her staff at their excuse.

The other friends rushed over to stop her.

“You can’t hit them!”

“They said their legs lost strength…”

“Uh, does hitting their backs restore strength to their legs?”

“No, I just hit them because I was annoyed.”

Fortunately, the two were too out of it to realize they had been hit.

They finally managed to get up late, looked out the window, confirmed the shattered skeletons, then let out sighs of relief.

“They’re… they’re really dead!”

“Strictly speaking, skeletons aren’t dead but rather… mmph.”

Ratford covered Gainando’s mouth.

There was nothing good about giving a dark magic lecture here.

“Who defeated them?”

“Nilia here did it. It’s a combination of enchantment magic and spirit arts.”

“…!”

Ingsen was shocked.

Using both together to defeat skeletons when even casting one was difficult.

It was an unbelievable magical ability.

“A-amazing!”

“That’s impossible. She’s not even a noble?”

At Basiyu’s muttering, Yoner, who had been explaining as kindly as possible, got angry.

“Ah, this bastard really.”

“What?!”

“What?”

“Just now…”

“I didn’t say anything.”

The friends simultaneously nodded at Yoner’s words.

“He didn’t say anything just now.”

“Oh my. Haven’t you become weak-hearted from seeing undead?”

“Th-that… that seems to be it.”

Ingsen and Basiyu nodded with dazed expressions.

The scene of the skeleton warrior outside walking toward them was still vivid in their eyes.

They say when you encounter evil beings, a person’s soul gets shaken, but to think they’d even hear nonsense…

“Lady Nilia. Thank you for your kindness. It was truly amazing magic. For saving our lives…”

‘Isn’t that a bit much?’

Nilia was inwardly flustered.

Would anyone die from that?

“I didn’t see it properly.”

Basiyu muttered from the side. The last remnant of his pride made him find fault with something.

As soon as those words ended, Lee Han shouted from outside.

“Nilia. I’m ready!”

“…Wh-what?”

While the friends were unaware, Lee Han had gone outside and was preparing the next magic.

Nilia and the friends who belatedly realized this fact were flustered.

What did he prepare?

Outside were various defensive spells that Lee Han had conjured. Nilia tilted her head and asked.

“You want me to hit this as a target?”

Nilia was puzzled by the target that looked no different from the skeletons.

“Right. But wait a moment.”

Lee Han approached the Baldrogard students and grabbed both their arms.

Then he dragged them behind a shield.

“Now. You can shoot at us!”

“…”

“…?!!”

At the sight of Lee Han confidently shouting for them to shoot arrows at them, the two students’ expressions became like they were about to faint.

Even Nilia thought this wasn’t right and stammered.

“Th-this is a bit…”

“Now that I think about it, this seems like the best place to observe magic. It’ll be good for experiencing it firsthand.”

“…Won’t they be scared?”

Gainando, freed from Ratford’s grip, quickly shouted.

“He said he was so disappointed he couldn’t see properly earlier!”

“Oh. That worked out well. It’ll be much better to watch than before.”

Lee Han placed his hands on both their shoulders as if pleased.

Under that strong grip, their expressions turned beyond ashen to corpse-like.

Ingsen glared at Basiyu as if he wanted to kill him.

“You… don’t ever speak like that again…!”

“I… I didn’t know either… save me…”

“Haha. You won’t die. Don’t worry. Nilia. Fire away!”

* * *

After that, Lee Han showed off several more of his friends’ magic spells.

And the more he did, the more the Baldrogard students withered and lost their vitality.

But Lee Han paid no attention to such changes.

His mind was filled only with the desire to firmly imprint on these outsiders just how amazing his friends’ magic was.

“Durgyu. Ratford. Come out for a moment. This one seems like it’ll need some preparation.”

“What are you planning to do?”

“How about the Demon Phantom Blood Slash?”

As soon as the three left, Ingsen rolled his eyes like a cornered rat, then quietly opened the door and went out.

“?”

“Where’s he going?”

“Isn’t he running away?”

At Gainando’s words, Basiyu, who had been half out of his mind, suddenly raised his head.

‘No way…?’

The other friends scolded as if asking what he was talking about.

“How could he run away when there’s another friend here?”

“He left his friend behind and ran because it would be suspicious to leave together.”

“Even so, how could you think such a thing?”

Five minutes later.

Ingsen returned together with Lee Han.

Lee Han smiled kindly and patted Ingsen’s back.

“Oh my. Getting lost like that. The grounds here are quite extensive.”

“How… how did you find me…”

“Someone went out, so I followed the footprints just in case. I’m glad I found you before it was too late. There’s nothing more embarrassing than getting lost inside a manor. Haha.”

“Ha… hahaha…”

Ingsen laughed dryly with a face that wanted to die.

He thought he had escaped, but the Wardanaz family boy had suddenly appeared from behind.

“Well then, please rest. I’ll go prepare some magic.”

“Wardanaz. Aren’t you showing too much magic?”

“Is that so?”

“!”

At Nilia’s words, the two were genuinely moved.

Among the cold and cruel mages in this reception room, there was one person who actually cared about them.

“Then after just this one magic spell…”

“!”

“Let’s prepare the magic those two brought. It would be rude to keep showing only ours.”

‘It’s magic hell!’

The two finally realized.

This was magic hell.

They had read about it in fairy tales.

The place where mischievous children were dragged after being caught by evil wizards.

It was magic hell, from which they could never escape.

No one came to help them.

They would be forever trapped between those spells, destined to despair.

Thinking he would never see his family members and seniors again, Ingsen wailed.

Then, while Lee Han was out, he begged the only person he could trust.

“Please!”

“?”

“Please, Lady Nilia. Show us mercy!”

“What can I do…”

“Let us escape!”

“What? You can just leave.”

Nilia wondered why they were acting like this.

They were talking nonsense as if they couldn’t make normal judgments.

If they just said they had urgent business, Wardanaz would let them go.

‘…Or not? Won’t he let them go?’

“If we run away, we’ll be caught. By that Wardanaz family archmage…”

‘How do they know Wardanaz’s nickname?’

Nilia was curious.

“What if you secretly escape?”

“We’ll be caught! If we leave the reception room, we’ll be discovered! We’ll be caught…!”

Basiyu pleaded desperately.

“Lady Nilia. I apologize for being jealous of you. I was unconsciously jealous of your outstanding magical abilities.”

“What??”

“But now I understand. You’re the only one who thinks of us. Please! I apologize like this. Just one more time, show the mercy you’ve displayed so far…!”

The two appealed to Nilia with tears.

Their plea was so sincere that Nilia couldn’t even call her friends.

“Well… I do have an invisibility potion.”

“!!”

“Such a secret method…!”

‘Are these guys really magic school students?’

Attempting invisibility in dangerous areas was the first thing any Einroguard student would think of.

Suppressing her disbelief, Nilia said.

“But the problem is that footprints remain.”

“Sob…!”

“Actually, there’s a way around that too.”

“Lady Nilia!!”

“…If you crawl through that thicket, you can reach the main gate without leaving traces?”

Nilia felt slightly embarrassed as she spoke.

Even Nilia, a former Shadow Patrol member, felt ashamed crawling through the thicket – could these two from noble families really do it?

“But it would probably be difficult for you…”

“Thank you, thank you!”

“I won’t forget this kindness! If I have a child, I’ll name them Nilia!”

“…Please really don’t do that.”

Nilia refused with a serious expression.

* * *

Lee Han, who had returned after diligently preparing with Durgyu and Ratford, paused when he saw the reception room with two fewer people.

“Where did they go?”

“W-well. I think they went back?”

“They left their reagent pouches behind too?”

“They, they must have left them behind.”

“Why didn’t I notice? Hmm.”

“M-maybe you were too focused on magic?”

Lee Han shrugged at Nilia’s words.

Come to think of it, that seemed possible.

“Why are you sweating so much, Nilia?”

“It’s… it’s hot inside. You know what? I’m from the Northern Mountains! Shadow Patrol Hunters walk around wearing just cloth clothes even in the middle of winter!”

“When I saw the Shadow Patrol last time, they were all dressed warmly though?”

“…”

Fortunately, Lee Han didn’t ask any more questions and sat down in a chair.

“I prepared all this and they’re gone. How disappointing. Did they have urgent business?”

“What will you do with these reagent pouches?”

“Hmm… It’s bothersome, but it can’t be helped. I’ll have to send a letter. I’ll say I’ll visit and deliver them personally.”

“Lord Wardanaz is too kind.”

“It’s nothing much.”

Nilia had a strong premonition that the two students might suddenly start feigning illness from today onwards.

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