Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 660

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Chapter 660

However, Professor Boladi didn’t seem to mind much.

He had figured out Lee Han’s intention.

“It must not suit his aptitude.”

“?”

Lee Han wondered what the professor meant by those words.

‘Are there people who find Professor Bagrek’s lectures suitable for their aptitude?’

No matter how vast the Empire was, it seemed like no one would find Professor Boladi’s lectures suitable for their aptitude.

“What aptitude are you referring to?”

“Isn’t it because your underclassman is frail that you’re stopping him? You thought well.”

Professor Boladi praised Lee Han.

Einroguard’s lectures had harsh aspects that often pushed out and dropped students who weren’t prepared or lacked the qualifications.

Professor Boladi thought his own lectures fell into that category. After all, he hadn’t had disciples for quite a long time.

As such, it was good that Lee Han was carefully checking his underclassman before bringing him to the lecture. He was already fulfilling his role as a senior excellently.

“I’ll leave the students who want to newly join the lecture to you. If they’re not prepared, send them back.”

“…No…”

Lee Han was at a loss for words at such an absurd statement, so his reaction was delayed.

‘This doesn’t seem like the time to be picky about people.’

Right now, wasn’t Lee Han the only person actually learning from Professor Boladi’s combat magic theory school (though he wasn’t sure if this could be called a school)?

Even now, he should come to his senses and change the educational curriculum for underclassmen, and while at it, attack Lee Han a bit more gently…

If he didn’t do that, no one would join again this year.

The only positive aspect right now seemed to be that bringing just one more student would allow them to boast that the numbers had increased by 100%.

“This doesn’t seem like the time to send people back…”

“Grrrowl!”

“…Why are you acting up again?”

Lee Han covered his face with his hand and lamented as his underclassman beside him got worked up and made growling sounds.

Having one professor causing him trouble was enough, but now his underclassman was causing trouble too!

“I’m not weak!”

Eandurude shouted fiercely at Professor Boladi. The comment about being frail seemed to have scratched his pride.

The fuming gorgon hybrid underclassman looked at Lee Han. His eyes seemed to be asking for support.

However, Lee Han was cold.

“Underclassman. You are weak.”

“?!”

“Since you’re weak, hurry up and apologize. Go on.”

Lee Han was genuinely speaking for his underclassman’s sake.

What good would it do for Eandurude to prove here that he was actually strong and a master of arena fighting?

It would only result in Professor Boladi’s lecture attendance increasing by 100%.

It would be something that made everyone except the professor unhappy.

However, the immature underclassman didn’t understand Lee Han’s consideration and showed an expression full of betrayal.

“I’m not weak!”

“Hey…”

“I’ll prove it!”

“Hey!”

Lee Han was startled.

Eandurude had charged at Professor Boladi!

‘I didn’t educate him properly!’

When he told him not to charge at the Skeleton Principal, he should have firmly emphasized not to charge at Professor Boladi either!

Eandurude kicked off the corridor of the toy shop and lowered his stance.

Against opponents skilled in long-range attacks like mages, he needed to reduce his surface area and make aiming difficult.

At the same time, his cloak flew through the air. It was simple, but in such a narrow space, it could effectively block vision.

Professor Boladi lightly stomped his foot. Then the space inside the toy shop expanded.

The width of the narrow corridor stretched sideways, becoming a wide space with Eandurude standing alone on it, causing Eandurude, who had tried to use the terrain, to panic.

Still, Eandurude didn’t stop. He tried to attack the professor by diving into the blind spot of vision blocked by the cloak.

“I’m stro…!”

Suddenly Eandurude was flung sideways. An invisible telekinetic force had flown like a giant palm and struck Eandurude.

The casting speed was on a completely different level from the mages he had encountered so far, and Eandurude couldn’t even realize what had hit him.

“Underclassman, the casting speed of skilled combat mages is on a different dimension from what you know!”

Lee Han shouted from behind.

Basically, mages learned magic for the pursuit of truth, not for victory in battle.

Just looking at the Baldrogard students, you could see that among mages, there were quite a few cases of slow casting speed or low success rates.

Since they could take their time and repeat several times in safe situations, it wasn’t really a big problem.

But combat mages who had to demonstrate concentration in tense battle situations and cast magic faster than others were different.

They weren’t interested in casting powerful and profound magic. They focused on casting even simple magic quickly and stably.

And Professor Boladi was the one who most perfectly embodied the philosophy of such combat mages, so it was natural that Eandurude couldn’t react and got hit.

‘So hurry up and say you were wrong and get back!’

Lee Han looked at his underclassman with such thoughts.

However, his underclassman seemed to have misunderstood Lee Han’s intention.

He made a pleased ‘Hmph!’ sound and gestured to Lee Han. It was clearly a gesture asking for a joint attack.

“…No, fall back…”

Before he could finish speaking, an ominous feeling surged. Lee Han rolled to the side.

Dignity was one of the first things a combat mage had to abandon.

Sure enough, Professor Boladi’s attack came flying in. The professor had clearly judged that Lee Han would join his underclassman in a coordinated attack.

‘What an absolutely ridiculous false accusation!’

“Aaaaah!”

Gainando, who took the attack instead because Lee Han dodged, was hung upside down. Despite his friend’s pain, Lee Han concentrated.

In magical combat, if concentration wavered, it was immediately over. He had to concentrate even if his friend died.

“Lee Han! I’m hanging! Lee Han!”

“Become agile like the wind!”

Since there was no time, it was difficult to prepare multiple spells. Lee Han cast an enhancement spell on his underclassman and then ran forward.

Approaching the opponent seemed stupid, but this was right for now. If he kept his distance and dodged, he would just become a one-sided punching bag.

‘I’ve cast Momentary Foresight and Nimble Steps. Next is…!’

Lee Han quickly racked his brain for what magic among those he had recently learned could catch Professor Boladi off guard.

Music magic was too slow, and at best…

‘The pocket watch. I have the pocket watch!’

Before his thoughts could finish, spheres made of mana poured down like rain along with a flash of light.

Professor Boladi had no intention of leisurely giving time to a high-mana holder like Lee Han.

Realizing he was half a beat late, Lee Han prepared to endure with his body instead of casting magic.

This was possible because of his harsh sword training. Mana filled his entire body and his cloak fluttered at the same time.

Whoooosh!

The defensive cloak Arsil had given him detected hostility and deflected the attack. The spheres scattered in all directions.

Lee Han almost shed tears of gratitude toward his brother.

Professor Boladi wasn’t surprised at all.

To a combat mage, the opponent’s artifacts were always an expected constant.

When one of the three patterns engraved on the defensive cloak lost its light and became quiet, Professor Boladi realized that the opponent’s artifact was a limited artifact that could be used three times a day.

Then one more time.

Once again, spheres made of mana poured down like rain. This time Lee Han advanced.

‘He’s aiming for something.’

Professor Boladi sensed intentionality in Lee Han’s approach.

Since his disciple wasn’t one to neglect training even during vacation, there might have been some achievement.

“Kyaak!”

The still unrefined gorgon half-blood new student charged forward. Perhaps due to his disciple’s enhancement magic, his speed was so fast it was difficult to aim at.

At the same time, eyes imbued with petrification curse flashed.

Though he was usually told not to use it, his ferocity exploded when Lee Han was attacked by the mad mage.

Professor Boladi didn’t neutralize the opponent’s eyes or defend against the curse. He simply closed his eyes and took action.

Bang!

Eandurude was subdued in one blow. Slammed into the floor, Eandurude growled, unable to overcome the shackles created by transformation magic.

At the same time, Lee Han approached closely.

Professor Boladi, with the generous intention of seeing what Lee Han was aiming for, let his cloak’s final defense be exhausted.

As a professor, wasn’t it magnanimous to acknowledge what his disciple had prepared?

Snap!

When Lee Han’s movements suddenly became unnaturally fast, Professor Boladi’s pupils trembled slightly.

He instinctively realized what magic his disciple was using.

Ice orbs that appeared in an instant blocked Professor Boladi’s escape route. Lee Han fiercely thrust his staff that had transformed into a lightning spear.

Professor Boladi would know all of Lee Han’s ordinary magic perfectly, but precisely because he calculated everything perfectly, it would be harder to handle when variables arose!

However, Professor Boladi escaped Lee Han’s encirclement with disappointing ease.

“?!”

The secret was simple.

He had also accelerated time himself.

‘…Damn it!’

Lee Han cursed Alsicle.

No matter how he thought about it, Professor Bagrek shouldn’t be excluded from the suspects who made the pocket watch Lee Han possessed.

Look at him using that time magic now!

When the fruitless 5 seconds ended, Lee Han realized he had lost.

It was when the rebound from the 【Limited Time Acceleration】 magic was about to hit.

Thud!

“…I lost, Professor.”

Due to the rebound, Lee Han shouted while kneeling on one knee. Since this was his second experience, it was more bearable than the first time.

“Well done.”

“Excuse me?”

Lee Han wondered why Professor Boladi was suddenly praising him.

Was he acting hypocritically because many people were watching?

However, Professor Boladi pointed to the collar of his coat.

There was a small cut and burn mark where Lee Han’s lightning spear magic had grazed it.

The attack had hit!

“P-Professor!”

“?”

“I landed an attack on you, Professor!”

“You could say that.”

“I defeated your coat, Professor!”

“L-Lee Han. I don’t think that’s quite right…”

His friends said in bewilderment.

That was the kind of thing White Tiger Tower students who got beaten up by Lee Han would say – ‘Still, we made a hole in Wardanaz’s coat, so it was an even match’ – not something Lee Han should be saying.

However, Lee Han didn’t care.

His friends didn’t know how amazing it was to hit even Professor Boladi’s coat.

“I defeated the coat!”

“Lee Han’s gone crazy…!”

“Well done. I didn’t know you could use time magic.”

Lee Han, who had been cheering excitedly, immediately came back to his senses.

He took out the artifact he had used earlier from his pocket and asked the professor.

“Professor. Have you ever made an artifact like this?”

“No.”

Professor Boladi answered expressionlessly. However, Lee Han, afflicted with suspicion, found everything suspicious for no reason.

‘He’s not lying out of shame, is he?’

“Junior. Are you okay?”

“…I am weak…”

Eandurude got up, tears streaming down his face in shame.

To be subdued in one blow without being able to do anything.

“Don’t cry. The opponent was cra… I mean, the opponent was strong. All professors are like that.”

“Huhuhu.”

Lee Han comforted his junior. Even if he would scold him later, now wasn’t the time when he had just been thoroughly beaten by Professor Boladi.

“I’ll learn that person’s techniques… learn them and get my revenge…”

“Don’t talk crazy. Let’s go back later and discuss this again after you’ve calmed down.”

Lee Han didn’t want him to attend this lecture even if it meant breaking his junior’s legs.

“Is it… is it over?”

When the surroundings became quiet, the shop owner, Tatabats, peeked his head out from behind the counter and asked.

‘Oh no.’

Provocative Empire newspaper headlines flashed through Lee Han’s mind: 【Unauthorized Duel Between Einroguard Professor and Student】, 【Lord Gonadaltes, Leadership Problems?】, 【Anonymous Student A’s Report: ‘The Principal is Crazy’…】

“Yes… but the thing is…”

“That was truly amazing!! As expected of a professor!!”

As soon as Tatabats finished speaking, other customers began applauding.

The customers’ faces were full of satisfaction from having witnessed something spectacular.

“Professor, couldn’t you regularly perform the magic you showed us today here? We’ll pay you handsomely!”

“How much?”

Lee Han asked curiously, but Professor Boladi seemed uninterested and declined before walking toward the shop’s door.

Lee Han’s group followed the professor outside. Professor Boladi, who had been waiting, looked at Lee Han and said.

“Wardanaz.”

“Yes?”

“I’ll be expecting more advanced time magic.”

“…Professor. I used an artifact.”

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