Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 766

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Chapter 766

However, Agdung didn’t stop answering.

As a senior from the same dark magic school, he couldn’t suppress his academic curiosity…

…And besides, what could he do when the disciple of the Death Magic Professor was asking for the purpose of extermination?

He could only pray that everything would go well safely.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: How did you finish the analysis so quickly? I really can’t believe it…

“This map and analysis seem really amazing. Senior. Does Callarogard have some special education?”

“An Einroguard student shouldn’t ask if there’s special education… And that’s because the professor wrote it.”

‘Ah.’

Lee Han, who had asked just in case since the other party was more surprised than expected, realized.

Since he was speaking based on what the Callarogard professor had analyzed and written beforehand, it was natural for the other party to be surprised.

Gonadaltes: Huh. This much is basic. Why can’t an Einroguard student even do this much?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: ■■ ■■ ■■…

Instead of swearing, the other party painted the ink in black square shapes.

That alone was enough to convey what they wanted to say.

‘This senior definitely has a nasty temper.’

Lee Han complained inwardly.

He had only disguised himself as an ordinary senior, yet this was the reaction.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: More than that… could it really be… prof… profe… no.

The other party seemed to give up on scribbling something and smudged the letters again, returning to the main topic.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Do you happen to have information about methods for purifying contamination sources?

“Senior. Do you have any advice about purification?”

“Hmm. Wait a moment… Here it is. The professor apparently left behind a peach wood staff artifact nearby just in case.”

“Oh. What kind of artifact is it?”

Professor Taswan was someone who knew well that Einroguard was a place that could become evil and violent at any time.

In case students visited alone someday and things went wrong, he had installed artifacts in the area in preparation for such times.

“Let’s see… This artifact is… Ugh. Professor. Why do you like Three Kingdoms period script so much?”

Though Agdung was good-natured, he couldn’t help but be annoyed that the professor had scribbled in ancient script instead of standard Imperial script.

“This is… what was it… purification? cleansing? spirit?”

“It looks like Seohalin Kingdom script rather than Three Kingdoms period script.”

“Ah. You’re right.”

Agdung, who had been nodding at Lee Han’s correction, paused.

“You said you’re a second year?”

“Yes.”

“…It’s nothing. Now. Let’s read again… Ah. It’s an absorption artifact.”

The artifact Professor Taswan had left behind long ago was a powerful artifact that could draw together contamination sources from the surrounding area all at once.

If they could pull out contamination sources by overturning the earth and water instead of searching for contamination sources scattered in the nearby underground one by one, the work would become much easier.

‘No. Isn’t this too excessive?’

Lee Han was startled.

An artifact of that level would have required quite a lot of time and effort to make, even for a professor.

To just leave such an artifact on the 7th floor of Einroguard and depart.

Could it be that Callarogard was a wealthy magic school unlike Einroguard’s dark magic school???

‘I hope that’s not the case… Wait! What am I thinking.’

Lee Han deeply reflected on his own wicked thoughts.

It would be good if other dark mages lived prosperously too, so he shouldn’t be jealous of that.

“Senior. May I ask one more thing?”

“Anything. Feel free to ask.”

“How is Callarogard financially?”

“Cough. Cough cough.”

Agdung almost spilled the water from the cup he was holding.

‘I should put this down.’

He couldn’t even drink water in his skeleton state anyway, but he had been holding it for the feeling, and it almost just caused an accident.

“Cal… Callarogard isn’t as good as those Baldro bastards, but we get by well helping each other.”

“?”

Lee Han felt puzzled about two things.

First was the part about ‘not as good as others but getting by well helping each other.’

That was usually…

‘Something that comes from poor schools.’

Einroguard’s dark magic school also often had sayings like ‘Even if we’re not as well-off as other schools, we still get along well helping each other, haha.’

And that was usually followed by things like ‘Shut up, Cohorti.’

And the second puzzling point was…

“Did you just say Baldro bastards?”

“What are you talking about? I said Baldrogard.”

“You said Baldro bastards…”

“No, no! How could I say such a thing. Wardanaz! I’m so sad that you would misunderstand like that. Are you thinking that way because I’m from Callarogard?”

“…”

Lee Han looked at Agdung as if dumbfounded.

While amateurs like Gainando might fall for it, Lee Han wouldn’t be fooled by such tactics. Lee Han himself was a master of such methods in the first place.

-Well done, Gainando. Open the next volume and study.

-Huh? Huh?? W-wasn’t it snack time after finishing this?

-What are you talking about. It was until the next volume.

-That’s not right?! It was definitely until this one!?

-Gainando… Are you trying to deceive me knowing that I’m tired from attending lectures all day? Even in that situation, I prepared dinner for you guys?! How could you do that?

-N-no…! No… I’ll, I’ll continue studying.

‘He definitely said Baldro bastards.’

Sensing the suspicious gaze, Agdung hurriedly changed the subject.

He couldn’t let his shameful inner feelings toward other magic schools be discovered in front of his juniors.

“So why did you ask about that?”

“Ah. The artifact you mentioned earlier seemed quite expensive, so I couldn’t understand why he would install it here and leave.”

“Aha.”

Only then did Agdung realize what misunderstanding the disciple of the Death Magic Professor had. Rattling his bones, Agdung laughed.

“It’s not that he installed such an artifact because he had a lot of money, but because Einroguard is such an insanely dangerous place that he had no choice but to invest in the artifact!”

“…”

“…”

Not only Lee Han but even his friends looked at Agdung with sad expressions.

Even the students sitting at other tables in the tea house looked over with gloomy expressions.

Agdung belatedly exclaimed.

“…Of course, Einroguard is the Empire’s greatest magic school with that many learning opportunities! Ha, haha! Hahaha!”

“It’s okay, Senior. Our school is quite dangerous indeed.”

Lee Han contacted the beaver-penguin-fox with a bitter expression.

Gonadaltes: I’ve installed artifacts around there that absorb contamination sources. If we just activate them, we can turn the earth and water upside down and gather all the contamination sources in one place.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: …Don’t, don’t lie to me.

The other person’s reaction was more intense than expected. Lee Han answered calmly.

Gonadaltes: If you pay the price, I’ll even activate it for you.

Since it was a deal anyway, Lee Han was willing to activate the artifact as long as the price was right.

Since the mushroom field was defended, if they entered through that path, they could approach the artifact location marked on the map relatively easily.

Plus, he had a reliable Callarogard senior with him.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: …Wait! Let me ask a question and come back.

The beaver-penguin-fox suddenly disappeared while talking. Lee Han guessed that the other person was having a one-on-one conversation with Bakwantalana.

‘Since Bakwantalana was the one who brought me here, they’re probably asking if I can be trusted.’

It didn’t matter how the other person decided. Lee Han would be satisfied just receiving payment for the answers he’d given so far.

If the senior tried to pull any tricks, he planned to cause a huge commotion in the space where all the Watchman Club members could see.

With his abundant mana, he could connect to this artifact the longest and most persistently.

‘Having a lot of mana does have advantages like this sometimes.’

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: O… O… Okay. Let’s make… make a deal.

Gonadaltes: First, I’d like to settle payment for the help I’ve given so far.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Come to the Tower of Illusions on the 7th floor. I’ll leave the items under the red-green flag.

“?”

Lee Han, who didn’t know much about the Tower of Illusions on the 7th floor, hesitated.

‘Is it a trap?’

The other person might be trying to lure Lee Han in to ambush him.

In the worst case, they might even try to steal his Empire gold coins…

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Ah. Right. You’re new here. You don’t know how to use the Tower of Illusions. I’ll tell Bakwantalana.

Soon a message came from Bakwantalana.

The Tower of Illusions on the 7th floor was a magical building used by Watchman Club members for trading, created for members who didn’t want to reveal their identities to each other (and didn’t want to know either).

As such, entry was optimized for hiding one’s identity.

Bakwantalana: It doesn’t matter where on the 7th floor. Hold a mirror and reflect the bell tower at the top of the Tower of Illusions. When the light flashes three times, entry is complete, so look in the mirror. There will be a tower inside it.

Lee Han took out a mirror as instructed and looked around the high areas of the 7th floor Exile Village from the 2nd floor terrace of the tea house.

A flying contaminated one was approaching and burning to death from the village’s defensive magic, and inside, there was a workshop where steam was frantically spewing from eight chimneys because someone had mishandled magic.

-You bastard who’ll be locked in the punishment room for life, what are you thinking doing such experiments on the upper floor! I can’t see ahead because of the steam!

-It’ll disappear soon, so wait a bit! You impatient bastard! Should I throw you next to the contaminated ones outside!?

As he moved his gaze along the upper floors of the Exile Village where complicated incidents and accidents were occurring, towers began to come into view.

The towers that the old seniors had built haphazardly and carelessly were more than half abandoned buildings, with few functioning properly.

Among them was the Tower of Illusions. Lee Han adjusted the angle so the Tower of Illusions would fit inside the mirror.

Once, twice, three times.

“!”

Lee Han sensed that the Tower of Illusions had cast powerful magic on the mirror.

Even though mirrors were items that responded easily to magic, to connect from this distance with such simple conditions!

Looking inside the mirror, the interior of the tower was rippling. Each time he shook the mirror, the scenery changed as if the position had shifted.

The tower seemed to be composed of a giant spiral staircase, as similar scenes repeatedly appeared whether going up or down.

‘Red-green, red-green…’

Looking for the red-green flag among the countless flags hanging on each floor, Lee Han continued going up and down the tower.

‘Found it.’

Entering the room, Lee Han saw the piled supplies and realized that the beaver-penguin-fox hadn’t lied.

This seemed to be the payment.

Swoosh-

Lee Han put his hand into the mirror and began pulling out the supplies one by one.

* * *

“Why isn’t Lee Han coming down?”

“Isn’t it because you’re being noisy?”

“You guys were making noise together too!”

When their friend went up to the empty 2nd floor alone and didn’t come down, Gainando was about to throw the mage yut but stopped with a serious expression.

“I should go up and check.”

“You’re doing this because you’re afraid of losing, right?”

“N-no. I mean, I suggested playing the mage card game!”

“That’s hard to play with many people. And I don’t have cards either.”

“Are you a barbarian! You don’t even have mage cards?!”

Gainando blamed Raphadael for not having mage cards. Raphadael urged indifferently.

“Rather than mage cards, it’s polo. Throw the yut. I need to capture your horse quickly.”

“Right. Gainando. And Lee Han said misfortune comes when he contacts you. Someone other than you should…”

As soon as the words ended, Lee Han came down from the 2nd floor carrying huge loads with telekinesis.

His friends stared at the sight with stunned faces.

“…Did you rob the 2nd floor?”

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