Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 741

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Chapter 741

Professor Jorzic was momentarily flustered, but as one of the few professors at Einroguard who actually cared about students, he quickly figured out the reason.

“It’s because you have too much mana.”

“Yes!”

Lee Han’s face brightened.

Though he had a strange interest in strange places, the professor before him truly had real skill.

“How about mana absorption artifacts? The concept of a mage wearing mana absorption artifacts might feel unfamiliar, but…”

“I filled them to their limit, but there wasn’t much effect.”

“Then what about flame absorption artifacts?”

“If I enhance the output even a little, the artifacts themselves break, so it’s not a fundamental solution…”

“…”

Professor Jorzic was flustered for the first time in a while.

He had heard rumors, but he didn’t expect it to be this severe.

‘The rumors were actually underestimating it!’

“Is there perhaps no method?”

When the student asked with a slightly dark expression, Professor Jorzic shook his head vigorously.

Such a question to a mage who would become Einroguard’s principal in the future was rudeness itself.

“Impossible! As a mage’s wisdom is infinite, so too are the methods infinite.”

“Ooh.”

Lee Han sent expectation-filled eyes at the professor’s confidence.

As befitting an elemental magic specialist, Professor Jorzic seemed to be something different.

And 30 minutes later.

Professor Jorzic was stroking his mustache while looking down at the shattered artifacts around him with a face full of worry.

“Um. I’m sorry.”

“There’s nothing to be sorry about. Student Wardanaz. Why should being excellent as a disciple be something to apologize for? I’m grateful that there’s a student like you!”

“Professor…!”

Lee Han momentarily thought he should join the 【Make Jorzic of the Benmalppa Family Einroguard’s Principal】 group.

Wouldn’t replacing Einroguard’s principal as quickly as possible be for the students’ sake?

“There is one remaining method… Hmm. It’s a bit difficult though.”

“It’s fine. Professor. I trust you.”

“Thank you. Student Wardanaz. Yes. A talent like you should be able to handle it sufficiently!”

Professor Jorzic, who had been pondering, nodded as if he had made up his mind.

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“…So that’s how you ended up like this?”

The Blue Dragon Tower students whispered while looking at Lee Han’s appearance.

When they first saw him, they thought a cursed flame spirit had attached itself to him.

Whoosh!

Every few seconds, flames were periodically surging from Lee Han’s body…

“Everyone don’t worry. It’s fine. For now.”

“For now?”

Even at Lee Han’s words, his friends whispered even more.

No matter how they looked at it, he didn’t seem fine. Gainando was already trying to call Professor Garcia.

“Lee Han’s going to burn to death!”

“I told you I won’t die.”

After grabbing the back of Gainando’s neck, Lee Han explained to his friends.

When the various flame elemental training artifacts he had were destroyed, Professor Jorzic, after much consideration, came up with a somewhat difficult method.

-From the 【Five Forms of Bagni】 I mentioned earlier, using these artifacts is ultimately to internalize the sense of controlling that element.

-Indeed…

-So if you can just internalize the sense without using such practice or tools, the purpose would be achieved.

-But it’s difficult even with practice and tools, so how is that possible?

-Do you know about the method of constantly contacting elements to increase elemental affinity?

-Yes. Ah. Could flame elements be done that way too?

-No. Student Wardanaz has too much mana, so it’s impossible to get accustomed that way. A stronger method is needed.

-Like managing fireplace fires daily?

-No. It needs to be stronger!

-…?

‘It was my mistake to trust the professor.’

Lee Han looked down at himself with a bitter expression.

The magic Professor Jorzic cast on Lee Han was 【Bagni’s Flame Bull】.

This magic, whose nature couldn’t be guessed just from hearing the name, was a highly lethal flame magic that trapped the target inside bull-shaped flames.

Unlike lower-level magics that summoned flame elements, transformed their shape, and fired them, this required additional advanced properties since it was cast directly on the target, making its difficulty high.

Of course, Professor Jorzic didn’t cast this magic to attack Lee Han.

Professor Jorzic modified this magic in two directions.

One was a modification applying illusion magic that removed the flame’s damage and left only mental pain.

The other was a modification that transferred control of this magic to Lee Han.

So that Lee Han could control the flame bull magic himself and push back the flames.

In other words…

Lee Han had to spend the entire weekend pushing back the flame magic cast on his body to prevent it from burning him.

If his control became even slightly loose, the flame bull magic would immediately deal damage to Lee Han.

“I never knew Professor Benmalppa was such a crazy person.”

“A senior definitely said he was a decent person!”

“I thought so at first too. But I’ve learned once again that Einroguard professors shouldn’t be trusted.”

Lee Han spoke with a bitter expression.

Of course, from Professor Jorzic’s perspective, he chose this extreme method because there was no other way, but to Lee Han, it felt no different from Professor Boladi’s methods.

‘Could Professor Bagrek’s methods be the standard approach in the Empire?’

Lee Han shook his head.

No matter how he thought about it, that didn’t make sense.

“Still, Wardanaz. It’s the weekend.”

“Right. It’s finally the weekend!”

His friends shouted to comfort Lee Han.

While secretly watching Lee Han’s reaction.

They were worried he might be taking weekend lectures.

“I rest on weekends too, so you don’t need to worry so much.”

“Phew…!”

“Hey. What did I tell you? I said even Wardanaz would rest on weekends. Hand over the silver!”

Some Blue Dragon Tower students had even placed bets and were taking silver coins from their friends.

“…”

Lee Han, who had been looking at them with a displeased gaze, suddenly remembered something and called his friends.

“Right. I have something to tell everyone.”

“!”

“Are, are you going to escape from the first week?”

“Or the storage?”

His friends gathered with expressions full of anticipation, though thinking it unlikely.

Of course, Lee Han hadn’t called his friends together for such reasons.

“I didn’t call you because of escape or plundering, but because a dangerous person has entered the school.”

“The principal?”

“No. Not the principal… or is it? Is it right? Anyway, I should tell the seniors about this too.”

Lee Han moved with his friends to the common lounge inside the tower.

Fortunately, he could see familiar faces like Perse.

“Senior. I have something to tell you.”

“What is it? Is it about ball game? Did Hormashi happen to bother you?”

Perse, being in the same ball game club, seriously worried about Lee Han.

Of course, since he was a disciple personally taught by the Principal, the fear hadn’t completely disappeared yet, but still, wasn’t he a junior from the same tower and same club?

If a madman like Hormashi tried to bully him, he should rightfully protect him.

“No. Senior Hormashi just suggested we play together as forwards in an unlimited match.”

‘Isn’t that bullying?’

Enticing a 2nd year underclassman to participate in an unrestricted ball game was already a bit…

“Then what is it?”

“A dangerous person has entered the school.”

“Are you talking about the Principal?”

“…That’s not it.”

Lee Han called his friends and the upperclassmen in the common lounge to explain what he had experienced.

The story of the Skeleton Principal’s insane doppelganger and evil mage criminal entering the school seemed like something Lee Han shouldn’t know alone.

Just in case, shouldn’t his other friends know about it too?

After hearing the whole story, Perse exclaimed in surprise.

“What? This is really serious. Did they perhaps enter the main building?”

“No. I heard they’re hiding in the outskirts of the territory.”

“Ah. That’s a relief.”

“?”

Not only Perse but all the other upperclassmen breathed sighs of relief.

“I thought they had settled on the 7th floor.”

“Well, if they had settled on the 7th floor, we would have known.”

“…Um, isn’t it dangerous even if they’re in the outskirts?”

Gainando asked because he couldn’t understand.

The very fact that there was an insane doppelganger of the Principal was a terrifying reality that would give Gainando nightmares.

“If it’s just the outskirts of the territory, well…”

“It’s not like there are just one or two monsters in Einroguard.”

However, the upperclassmen’s reaction was calmer than expected.

If they reacted to every dangerous monster in Einroguard one by one, they couldn’t graduate.

Even if there were ancient monsters sealed in the school’s underground, the Skeleton Principal wouldn’t wait for graduation research papers.

“No, no.”

“But it’s the Principal’s doppelganger?!”

Of course, the underclassmen found it hard to accept easily.

They also knew well that there were many monsters in Einroguard.

Giants and Mountain Destroyers roamed the territory’s mountain ranges, and sometimes forgotten monsters crawled up from underground…

Sometimes when bored, connections to other dimensions opened and monsters from there came out too!

But unlike these natural disaster-like monsters, the Principal’s insane doppelganger and mage criminal were threats with very explicit intentions, weren’t they?

“Underclassmen. I think the Principal’s doppelganger would be less threatening than the Principal himself.”

“…”

“…”

“This is a joke, but the Principal already knows about it, right? If it’s really dangerous, he’ll move on his own. He’s thorough about such things.”

“Sorry for bothering to tell us. But originally, to survive in Einroguard, it’s easier to just deal with the monsters in front of you. If you go hunting monsters in the outskirts every time they appear, when would you graduate?”

The upperclassmen showed apologetic but firm attitudes.

The upperclassmen were too busy to go hunting monsters just because they appeared.

“I didn’t bring this up to suggest hunting them. I just wanted you to be careful.”

“Thanks. But most of us stay near the 7th floor, so we’ll be fine. The 1st years might be a bit more dangerous.”

“Come on. What business would 1st years have going to the territory outskirts?”

“…”

Lee Han, who had been to the territory outskirts despite being a 1st year, said nothing and kept his mouth shut.

‘Well, that’s true though.’

Listening to the upperclassmen’s words, his worries actually decreased somewhat.

Weren’t there far more monsters in Einroguard that students couldn’t directly encounter and be threatened by than those they could?

This doppelganger might also be naturally resolved over time, as the Skeleton Principal said.

‘I should act a bit more calmly too.’

“Hey! The 7th floor is on fire!!!!”

One upperclassman threw off his blazing cloak and rushed into the lounge.

The upperclassmen who had just been calmly and boldly answering Lee Han’s questions screamed and ran out toward the 7th floor.

“…”

“…”

* * *

Fortunately, the fire on the 7th floor wasn’t that severe.

A salamander that escaped from its cage had only blown up about seven or eight buildings, and it was quickly contained through cooperation from nearby students.

“Isn’t this pretty severe?”

“Come on. This level means we blocked it well.”

The 2nd year students looked disgusted at the upperclassmen’s words.

Even though all the firefighting work was finished, Lee Han was puzzled when students appeared from far away in droves.

“Isn’t the work all done?”

“Ah. Those are the Stone Masonry Club students. Since buildings burned down, they came to repair them according to contract.”

“They’re doing good work.”

For Lee Han, who had experienced several of Einroguard’s strange clubs, just coming to repair according to contract was quite favorable.

The approaching Stone Masonry Club students stopped in front of another intact building. It was a two-story magic workshop.

Then they got into an argument with students who came out from there and swung their staffs.

Kwareurung-kwang-kwang!

“…”

The 2nd year students were horrified at the sight of the workshop collapsing before their eyes.

“Why, why are they destroying it!?”

“Payment must have been late. Tsk tsk. That’s why you should never delay Stone Masonry Club fees.”

“…”

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