Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 684

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Chapter 684

The mages came to their senses at those words.

Come to think of it, they couldn’t understand why they had just stood still while the boy in front of them was fighting alone.

Troublesome-bastards-like-you-!

As dozens of spells began to be prepared along with the incantation, the Arrogance Duke frowned.

Even if mages weren’t strong, they were always troublesome ones due to their cunning.

The spells they were casting now were like that too.

Realizing it would be difficult to deal direct damage to the Arrogance Duke, they were casting weakening magic on this entire space.

【Light of Demon Banishment】, 【Resistance Against Evil】, 【Demon Realm Connection Strike】, and so on.

Such weakening magic couldn’t deal much damage to the Arrogance Duke, but if dozens of them stacked up consecutively, the story would be different.

Moreover, some of them were preparing grand magic.

It would take quite some time, but once completed, it would deal considerable damage even to the Arrogance Duke.

Getting on your nerves, huh? Why don’t you retreat now?

Perkuntra seemed to have read the Arrogance Duke’s inner thoughts as she sneered and suggested.

In a situation where neither could easily determine victory from the start, the longer time dragged on, the more advantageous it was for Perkuntra, not the Arrogance Duke.

The Arrogance Duke might have been relying on the gateway opened behind him, but Perkuntra had a contractor who was no less impressive than that, no, even more remarkable.

The Arrogance Duke who hadn’t anticipated this was practically defeated from the beginning.

Was-he-a-mage-from-Einroguard-his-skills-have-improved-since-I-last-saw-him-

Hmm. That’s…

When the Arrogance Duke looked at Lee Han and highly evaluated the skills of Einrogard students, Perkuntra hesitated.

That was similar to a statistical error like including the Skeleton Principal to average the skill level of Empire mages.

Fine-fine-I’ll-retreat-I-lost-today-!

At the opponent’s declaration of surrender, Perkuntra rejoiced and whispered to Lee Han.

-Congratulations! You won!

-Huh? Weren’t you going to imprison him in Einroguard’s Infinite Abyss?

-…

Perkuntra was shocked by this bold first-year student.

-How do you imprison the Arrogance Duke like that! Does he look like some nameless demon to you!

-Can’t you imprison named demons too?

-That’s only possible when demons can’t overcome their own greed and get tricked. Normally it’s impossible!

-The Principal…

-Are you that guy?

Lee Han considered mentioning the Wardanaz family story but stopped. It didn’t seem like a very good example.

-The Arrogance Duke has clashed with Gonadaltes before and knows about Einroguard. Don’t underestimate him! It’s better to send him back when he’s acting cultured. How many people do you think will die here if he goes berserk?

-I understand.

Certainly, if the opposing demon knew about the Skeleton Principal, he probably wouldn’t be trapped in the Infinite Abyss.

In that case, he’d just kill himself and revive again in the Demon Realm!

Mage-I-want-to-know-your-name-

“Osyu of the Gonadaltes family!”

…

…

“…”

The Arrogance Duke, Perkuntra, and even Diret looked at Lee Han as if dumbfounded.

Lee Han realized his mistake belatedly.

‘He said he had clashed with the Principal before, and I made such a mistake!’

When thinking of a mage’s name who would be fine even if harassed by a powerful demon, the Skeleton Principal’s name immediately came to mind.

“Vible of the Verdus family…”

Enough-mage-. It seems you don’t want to tell me your name-

The Arrogance Duke chuckled.

But-innate-power-calls-destiny-like-how-we-met-today-we-will-meet-again-for-sure-!

‘He’s spouting ridiculous nonsense.’

Lee Han was disgusted.

“Demon Duke, do you think you can return safely after destroying the surroundings like this!”

One of the mages who had been preparing grand magic shouted with an angry expression.

The Arrogance Duke replied as if absurd.

What-shamelessness-from-those-who-were-intoxicated-by-the-fight-between-me-and-the-mage-and-watched-to-their-heart’s-content-?

The mages collectively blushed.

It was certainly true.

Be-satisfied-that-you-protected-your-souls-today-where-else-would-you-find-such-fortune-!

As soon as he finished speaking, the Arrogance Duke opened a new dimensional gateway.

Even though the existing gateway had been sealed by Diret’s magic and the power supply had weakened, he lightly tore through space with just his remaining power.

The Arrogance Duke gracefully bowed and disappeared beyond the gateway. After confirming the dimensional gateway had completely closed, Perkuntra released the unity.

Good work. I’ll be going back now too!

Thud!

Lee Han collapsed forward. He had no strength in his body.

“…Perkuntra… I have no… strength in my body…?”

Hmm! You must have used too much power. You’ll recover if you rest well. You have mana after all.

“Earlier you definitely said it would just be muscle pain…”

Perkuntra seemed embarrassed as she quickly said farewell and returned to her domain.

Lee Han cursed Perkuntra inwardly while collapsed on the floor.

‘Spirits really can’t be trusted!’

“Junior, are you okay!? If you can speak, say something!”

Diret came running in panic.

His junior who had summoned a great spirit and fought for a while had collapsed from exhaustion, so he couldn’t help but worry.

“Any pain? Any burning pain? Lightning burning through your body…”

“I just have no strength in my body.”

“Nothing else besides that? Just that?”

“…Just that, you say.”

Lee Han spoke with disappointment in his voice.

A person had collapsed and he says ‘just that’?

Diret seemed to realize belatedly as he explained while hiding his embarrassment.

“Th, that’s not what I meant. When you forcibly draw out a spirit’s power or force unity, there’s a rebound. I was asking if there’s no mana exhaustion or the spirit’s power burning your flesh… that kind of thing?”

“No.”

Diret let out a sigh of relief.

He had worried about the worst-case scenario, but it seemed they had avoided that.

If it was just exhaustion with no strength in the body, they had gotten off very cheaply.

“Really fortunate…”

“You’re saying fortunate right now?”

“You misheard. Don’t worry. This kind of exhaustion is easy to recover from.”

Diret supported his junior to straighten his posture, then took out a potion and dropped three drops into his mouth.

“It’s a pulsatilla potion. Don’t try to force yourself to use strength, slowly circulate your mana and focus on the sensation returning to your fingertips and toes. When exhaustion is severe, you need to revive the senses first.”

“There’s a better method.”

Yukveltire suddenly poked her head out and spoke. Diret was so startled he almost hit his friend’s face with the potion bottle.

“What is it?”

“There are excellent healing mages at the manor where I’m staying. Diret. Rather than first aid, it would be better to leave it to a professional school. Don’t you think that would be better?”

“Ah. In that case…”

Diret was delighted.

Rich friends were convenient at times like this.

“Would it be okay to impose on you?”

“Of course.”

“The fact that you have money is actually helpful for once in a long time!”

“Naturally.”

When Diret praised her for the first time in ages, Yukveltire nodded her head as well.

‘That doesn’t sound like praise though…?’

Lee Han thought to himself, but couldn’t respond as he was busy circulating mana to regain control of his body.

“Then let’s go right away… wait a moment.”

Diret was about to carry his junior toward Yukveltire’s manor when he suddenly stopped.

He felt something was off.

‘Was Yukveltire always this caring toward people?’

It was like the feeling he had before, when he saw the Skeleton Principal skillfully coaxing a summoned demon into a contract…

“…Yukveltire.”

“What is it?”

“Why did you ask about this junior’s family earlier?”

At Diret’s cold voice, Lee Han wondered what was happening.

Yukveltire answered calmly.

“I’ve heard stories about the new student from the Wardanaz Family.”

“Why did you know he was taking dark magic, alchemy, and enchantment magic?”

“Similarly, I’ve heard those stories before. Why are you asking such pointless questions, Diret?”

“Just answer. What were you planning to make this junior do after taking him to your manor and letting him recover?”

“Of course, my research…”

“…Get away, you trash just like Professor Verdus!”

Diret swung his staff while spitting out curses.

Yukveltire spoke with a hurt expression.

“Do I look like a foolish person like Professor Verdus? Take that back, Diret. I can’t understand why you’re saying such things.”

“You’re a wicked mage who’s more… well, not more than Professor Verdus, but just as bad! Hey there! Someone drag this person away! This mage is trying to kidnap someone!”

“!”

The mages who had been checking the surroundings and confirming possible connections to other dimensions came running in a hurry.

To think someone was trying to kidnap the young mage who had summoned a great spirit to protect them, who on earth could it be…

“…Oh, no. Lady Yukveltire…”

“You’re saying Lady Yukveltire was trying to kidnap someone?”

Diret decided this wouldn’t work and poked Lee Han.

“Junior. You tell them too.”

“…”

“Hurry! Whose junior are you?”

Strictly speaking, since he had taken both dark magic and enchantment magic, both applied, but Lee Han knew the enchantment magic senior wouldn’t be much help, so he chose the dark magic senior.

“That person was trying to kidnap me…”

“!!!”

“Lady Yukveltire. Please come with us!”

“There seems to be a misunderstanding. I was just going to take him to my manor to help him recover…”

“And then force him into your research afterward!”

“That would be a kindness.”

At the Imperial Princess’s answer, the mages seemed to have figured out who was the worse person.

“Come with us, I won’t say it twice!”

“Are you foolish mages going to ruin my artifacts and then interfere with my next research too? How truly unfortunate.”

Yukveltire left while thoroughly irritating the mages. Only then could Diret feel relieved.

“Please call some healing mages here. I’ve given first aid, but I think the professional stuff should be handled by healing mages.”

“Don’t worry. We’re preparing right now!”

The mages who had participated in the exchange meeting expressed their gratitude with respectful attitudes.

Considering what that young mage had accomplished today, no magic would be too precious.

In fact, the healing mages were currently gathering all the reagents they had to prepare the most powerful healing magic.

“Since we used Alhazad’s Tears, no matter how severe the mana depletion, we can recover it immediately…”

“Ah. My mana is fully recovered, so please just help with physical recovery.”

“?!”

At Diret’s words, the mages looked at each other in confusion.

The healing mages who received the message also seemed unconvinced and came to see for themselves.

“I’m sorry, but you can’t arbitrarily decide the order of healing magic! In this situation, the most important thing is mana. We need to recover mana first…”

“Just check his mana.”

Diret spoke with a tired expression.

Having used so much magic today, Diret was also running low on energy to explain.

The healing mages still looked unconvinced as they checked Lee Han’s mana.

Then they fell backward in surprise.

“How… how… how… how is this possible…?!”

“Now that you understand, let’s skip the mana part and please help with other recovery.”

“Un, understood. Wait. But…”

“What now?”

“Are you perhaps Sir Diret?”

At the healing mage’s words, the other mages nearby also looked up.

Come to think of it, they seemed to have heard Diret’s name earlier.

“That’s right! How is your research on the pseudo-perpetual engine using demonic mana progressing? I was truly impressed by that concept…”

“…”

Lee Han looked at his senior in horror at the ominous research name.

Diret, forgetting to hide his name, hastily made excuses.

“Even though the name sounds like that, the research approach is much more peaceful than you’d think!”

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