Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 754

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Chapter 754

The griffin let out a low growling sound. Anyone could see it was in a foul mood.

“Who pulled the griffin’s feathers?! Salko, it was you, wasn’t it!?”

“Shut up, you idiot Prince! The griffin is acting like that because it can’t find Wardanaz!”

“Guys. I don’t want to say anything negative, but…”

At Yoner’s words, Giselle answered as if she already knew.

“If we can’t find him before the antidote potion runs out, we might all be wiped out together.”

“No. I was going to say that the angry griffin might eat us before that happens.”

“…”

“…”

At Yoner’s words, the friends’ atmosphere turned cold.

As if his words weren’t false, the griffin made clicking sounds with its beak. Its eyes glinting seemed to be viewing the mages with suspicion.

Gainando said indignantly.

“Lee Han really disappeared so we brought you here!”

Though it had followed the students’ words for now, the griffin didn’t trust anyone other than its master, no matter how close they were.

The cunning mages might have deceived it to use the griffin’s power while Lee Han was away.

If that were true, it wouldn’t let them off easily.

-■■■■■!

The griffin began a sudden dive along with its cry.

At the sudden movement, the students had no choice but to grab onto the griffin and scream.

“There, there’s Lee Han!”

“You guys…! How did you get here?!”

Lee Han, who had been racing down the mountain path like an arrow, was amazed to discover his friends.

The griffin shook its body, dropped all the friends, and tried to pick up Lee Han.

“Ponrig! You can’t do that!”

-!

“Apologize to my friends. Trying to drop them suddenly like that.”

-…

When Ponrig felt wronged, the friends tried to intervene while reading the situation.

After all, hadn’t it flown here diligently just trusting their words?

“That’s right! Apologize!”

Gainando jumped up and down while brushing off dust. Unfortunately, he had been sitting on the outermost edge and rolled around alone.

Ponrig glared at Gainando as if to remember this.

“Wardanaz. Let’s get out of here quickly. The potion’s duration isn’t that long.”

“Right. Thanks everyone. I didn’t expect you to come like this.”

Lee Han looked around at his friends, newly moved.

It would have been difficult to come rescue him even if he had just disappeared normally, but to come all the way to where he was kidnapped by the Insane Doppelganger.

“Wait. Shouldn’t you all be attending lectures right now?”

“Uh… there were no lectures today.”

“Right. The professor said something came up.”

At his friends’ words, Lee Han smiled bitterly.

Anyone could see it was a well-intentioned lie.

“You don’t need to lie. You skipped lectures to come rescue me.”

“No, no. The professor really said something came up…!”

Lee Han ignored his friends’ explanations and climbed onto the griffin. Once everyone was on board, the griffin flew up into the air again.

Gainando chattered in a relieved voice.

“The upperclassmen were no help at all. They gathered like that but couldn’t dispel a single spell for days.”

“What are you talking about? The upperclassmen and professors solved this.”

“Professors?”

The friends were puzzled.

They hadn’t expected even professors to come.

“Professor Garcia and…”

“Ah. So that’s how it was!”

“Professor Bagrek and Professor Verdus came together too.”

“Wardanaz. Aren’t you mistaken about something?”

* * *

“The junior has joined up. It looks like they’ll escape soon!”

“That’s strange.”

“??”

At Professor Boladi’s words, Diret was slightly flustered.

“What’s strange about it, Professor? Of course it might sound strange that the junior tamed a griffin, but originally he…”

The professor shook his head.

That wasn’t what was strange.

Professor Garcia and Professor Verdus also belatedly realized the strangeness and their faces hardened.

“Dimensional being?!”

“Did it summon something?”

“Must be a tracker. Send word.”

Professor Boladi gave orders coldly.

If it was a tracker summoned by the Skeleton Principal’s doppelganger, it wouldn’t be ordinarily troublesome.

“Wh-what should I send?”

“Tell them to disguise as other beings. Are there students nearby?”

Professor Boladi stuck his head out of the magic tent and checked the campsite.

Fortunately, several students who had come after lectures ended were amazed watching the sky melt.

“I need help.”

“Aaah!! What the… Professor Bagrek! What’s happening?”

Pop!

Professor Boladi waved his staff and transformed the student. The student, transformed to look similar to Lee Han, shouted in surprise.

“Wh-what is this?!”

“Run. Next!”

Professor Verdus understood and admired.

“Transform them to emit similar auras and confuse the trackers! An efficient method.”

“Is this really the time for such talk!?”

It was Diret who brought the underclassmen, who were panicking from being suddenly forcibly transformed, to their senses.

“Everyone, to the main building! Trackers from another dimension are chasing, so we need to confuse them!”

“Y-yes!”

The underclassmen began moving hurriedly despite their panic.

Ikurusha and the giants, who arrived a step late, were confused seeing students running away while emanating auras similar to Lee Han’s.

-What are you doing right now…

“Mr. Ikurusha. We need to evacuate the student but a nasty tracker has attached. We’re disguising them to deceive it!”

At Professor Garcia’s explanation, who was acquainted with him, Ikurusha quickly grasped the situation.

-You’re trying to deceive the trackers. I understand. I’ll cooperate. The giants here too!

“Uh… um… yes!”

Professor Garcia thought ‘Will transforming the giants really work?’ but since the situation was urgent, he cast transformation magic.

Then giants that somehow resembled Lee Han appeared in droves. The giants burst into laughter at each other’s ugly faces even in the urgent situation.

-There’s no time to laugh and play! Everyone scatter!

-Understood!

“Professor!”

Meanwhile, a griffin appeared in the distance.

Not even a week had passed, yet Professor Garcia and Diret felt as if they were meeting the student before them after nearly a year.

“Student Lee Han…!”

“Aaah! Lee Han became a giant!!!”

Before they could exchange touching greetings, Gainando screamed and pointed at the giant running away.

The giant felt proud at that sight.

The transformation had worked well enough to fool even a human mage.

-Haha. Foolish mage!

The giant left satisfied.

“…Everyone listen carefully. We’re going to scatter now and move to the main building. Professor Bagrek. Please take care of these two. Professor Beeble. Please take care of these two. If you lose any students, your life ends there too. Understood?”

Professor Garcia spoke firmly, worried that Professor Verdus might abandon the students and come alone out of annoyance.

“Student Diret. You will…”

“I’ll take these two with me.”

Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!

Seeing her friends transformed with facial features similar to Lee Han’s, Giselle made an expression as if she was about to vomit.

“Sorry, Moradi.”

“…It’s fine. I volunteered for this myself.”

“Moradi. That wasn’t me, but Salko transformed as me imitating.”

“This bastard…”

“Moradi. I’m the real one. Salko was joking.”

“…”

“They’re coming!”

For a moment, the students thought night had come seeing the darkened sky.

But it wasn’t.

Thousands of bats were flying over, blocking out the sunlight.

Professor Garcia muttered.

“Hunting hounds…! Of all the troublesome trackers!”

“Depart!”

Professor Boladi divided the students remaining at camp and Lee Han’s group and sent them off.

Lee Han rode the griffin with Professor Boladi and asked.

“Professor. Why are those called hunting hounds?”

No matter how he looked at them, they were bat-shaped monsters, far from hunting hounds.

As soon as the question ended, several bats disappeared and appeared before Lee Han.

Then they rose as swirling smoke and shadows before suddenly transforming into four-winged demons.

Professor Boladi crushed the demon with a single gesture and answered.

“They’re the Greed Demon Lord’s hunting hounds. Don’t lose them from your sight.”

The Greed Demon Lord, another demon duke rivaling Arrogance Duke Garisaima whom Lee Han had met.

Mages called that Greed Demon Lord’s pets the Greed Demon Lord’s hunting hounds.

To be precise, they weren’t in the form of dogs, but monsters that could transform into any form…

Swoosh!

“!”

Lee Han was shocked to see one hunting hound outside his field of vision close the distance with spatial movement.

It had clearly cast spatial movement immediately upon leaving his sight.

He knew that bizarre beings from other dimensions could instinctively use magic that mages spent lifetimes researching and building up, but this was quite shocking.

To use spatial movement of this level so casually?

Crackle!

Suddenly, jade-colored chain lightning burst from the western sky and began tearing apart the hunting hounds.

Professor Verdus screamed in a shrill voice.

“Garcia! Friend or foe identification! Friend or foe identification!!!”

Unlike Professor Bagrek, Professor Garcia was definitely not accustomed to combat.

Combat mages had skills to skillfully distinguish between allies and enemies, but Professor Garcia had no particular interest in such aspects.

Professor Verdus frantically defended himself at the sight of Professor Garcia boldly unleashing high-destructive magic even though he was within range.

“Handle your own defense!!”

“Bagrek! Switch positions with me!”

Professor Boladi ignored this and kicked the griffin’s flank. It meant to increase speed.

Despite the arrogant command, the griffin increased its speed. The Greed Demon Lord’s hunting hounds felt that threatening.

‘I see. So that’s why they’re called hunting hounds!’

Unlike demons with reason among them, those demons showed no rationality at all.

No matter what powerful magic hit them, they didn’t yield or feel fear.

They only pursued their target.

Moreover, their abilities were brutal. Spatial movement the moment they left the opponent’s sight.

Bang!

When one of the Greed Demon Lord’s hunting hounds approached, Lee Han cast Wardanaz’s telekinesis that he had learned this time.

Its durability wasn’t very strong, as the demon disintegrated into dust upon receiving the shockwave-form strike.

Professor Boladi questioned that sight.

“What was that magic just now?”

‘Oops.’

He thought ‘oops’ but couldn’t deceive since he’d already shown it.

Professor Boladi would have immediately recognized what level of magic he’d just created with silent casting and instant casting.

“…I learned it when I was kidnapped by the doppelganger.”

Lee Han tattled about how the Insane Doppelganger had pressured him, leaving out nothing.

This was coincidental, and the possibility of it happening again was really slim…

“A dangerous method of teaching.”

Even in this urgent situation, Professor Boladi criticized the Insane Doppelganger’s educational policy.

Magic should be transmitted through trust between master and disciple, not learned through such rough force.

“That one seems unsuitable as a master.”

“…”

Lee Han was momentarily speechless.

No…

No…!!

Of course, it was good that Professor Boladi criticized the Skeleton Principal’s Insane Doppelganger.

Lee Han could be moved just by the fact that Professor Boladi didn’t say something like ‘What a good method, truly the wisdom of ancient people.’

But hearing Professor Boladi say such things made him feel too wronged.

Why did he feel so wronged?

Lee Han couldn’t understand the reason himself.

“What’s wrong?”

When his disciple seemed distressed, Professor Boladi wondered if magical rebound had returned and asked.

“It’s nothing. I think some dust got in my eyes.”

“Still, don’t lose sight of the enemy.”

“Yes…”

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