Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 768

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Chapter 768

‘This bastard. He didn’t trust me.’

Lee Han realized this from the other person’s reaction.

In that short time, Beaver-Penguin-Fox had definitely asked the other members as well.

Otherwise, there would be no reason for such a reaction.

Gonadaltes: I see, you must have advised Beaver-Penguin-Fox that such magic couldn’t be implemented right away in the current situation?

Iaktus: Ah, no. I actually recommended doing it.

Gonadaltes: Don’t lie.

In fact, Iaktus really had recommended doing it.

The problem was he used sarcasm…

Gonadaltes: In comparison, Bakwantalana’s insight is a step above. Iaktus. You should reflect on this.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Actually, Bakwantalana also said it seemed like a lie.

Gonadaltes: …

Bakwantalana: Revealing conversations we had with each other doesn’t seem like a good habit.

‘There’s no one to trust.’

Lee Han grumbled inwardly.

Of course, it might have felt somewhat far-fetched, but still, he was a new member and everyone was criticizing him behind his back like this.

The club name was 【Watchmen of Einroguard】 but their actions were closer to suspicious people.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: I’m busy so I’ll be going now. Anyway, Gonadaltes. I’ll express my gratitude once more.

Gonadaltes: It wasn’t particularly difficult work. Unlike someone else. Well then, I’ll be going too.

Iaktus: …

Bakwantalana: …

Iaktus: That’s really not the Principal, right?

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With a clattering sound, Agdung adjusted his jawbone.

“Ugh. That really startled me. What kind of magic was that?”

The wooden staff artifact left by Professor Taswan was protected by quite solid magic.

Given the nature of the magic cast on it, if it malfunctioned, articles like ‘Callarogard Professor Terrorizes Einroguard!!’ ‘Cause presumed to be humiliation from the Night of Dark Mages 7 years ago…’ could appear in the Imperial Newspaper.

But to break the protective magic with telekinesis.

Telekinetic magic was fine for detailed control with low output, but when used for combat purposes, the difficulty increased considerably.

Not only did it consume mana, but it also drained mental strength, so even regular combat mages would only use telekinesis as auxiliary support.

Either engraving it into items with enchantment magic before battle, or using it as a feint to distract the opponent’s attention or concentration…

But this disciple of the Skull Principal had definitely broken the protective magic and pulled the staff using only telekinesis.

From this distance, to produce such destructive power?

‘What kind of magic was that? Among telekinetic spells… 【Summon Small Fist】 would lack power. 【Minor Shockwave】 wouldn’t work either…’

“【Wardanaz’s Telekinesis】.”

“Ah. It must be a family secret magic.”

Agdung finally understood somewhat.

The world of magic was vast, and among it were occasionally secret magics that transcended circle limitations and displayed absurd power.

What Wardanaz just used must be one of those magics.

Among the famous anecdotes of the Wardanaz Family Head was moving entire seawater to create a reservoir.

“Family? Hmm. You could call it family…”

“May I ask what circle magic it is?”

“5th circle.”

“?”

Agdung doubted his ears.

“5th circle?”

“Yes. To create that level of destructive power with telekinesis, it needs to be at least 5th circle to be stable.”

“Uh, uhuh. But that’s not what I meant…”

Apparently the Skull Principal’s disciple understood Agdung’s question of ‘5th circle?’ as ‘Do you really need to use a whole 5th circle to implement such magic?’

“…【Contaminated Ones, Retreat!】 and 【Resolve Toward Corruption】, remember?”

“Yes? Yes.”

One was 3rd circle, the other was 4th circle dark magic defensive spells.

“You hadn’t learned either of them, right?”

“That’s right.”

“What did you say back then?”

“I’m sorry for not learning the magic?”

“…No! You said you couldn’t learn them because you were a 2nd year!!”

Agdung lost his temper with the Skull Principal’s disciple for the first time. Lee Han was slightly flustered.

“S-sorry?”

“Ah, no. Sorry… forget what just happened. Anyway, you said you couldn’t learn them because you were a 2nd year!”

“Yes.”

“But the magic you just used is 5th circle!”

“Senior. While it’s standard for mages to learn magic suited to their level, occasionally if it’s magic that fits their aptitude, they can learn magic 1-2 circles beyond their level.”

“…”

When his opponent brought up Imperial magic orthodoxy, Agdung felt annoyed to death.

Of course, what he said was correct, but that applied to relatively easy magic, and the 5th circle magic just cast was absolutely not at that level.

“Right. I had forgotten that…”

Agdung firmly secured his jawbone. It had almost fallen out again.

‘I really need to leave out Wardanaz when I go back and tell them.’

At this point, it wasn’t even a matter of speaking tactfully. He felt like he needed to completely erase the record so the underclassmen wouldn’t despair.

Whoooosh!

“!”

The massive contamination source began to burn.

As the ground and water overturned and the contamination source revealed itself, the upperclassmen who had been in the exile village came rushing over.

-Those confident with fire magic, over here!

-Priest! Can you use divine magic?

-The only divine magic I can use is turning water into wine…

“It’s Einroguard’s mages! Let’s fall back.”

Agdung gestured to his underclassmen.

Now that reliable forces had arrived, Lee Han and his friends could retreat and rest.

“Senior. Do you happen to have any spare contaminated cloaks?”

“I do, but why?”

“Could you possibly sell one to me?”

“??”

Agdung was flustered by the sudden proposal.

“You’re not planning to sell it in some village or city later, are you? I’m telling you in advance, contaminated cloaks don’t sell well. …Actually, they don’t sell at all.”

Agdung spoke in a roundabout way to save face, then confessed honestly in case the Skull Principal’s disciple might believe it and buy one.

“I’m thinking of selling it to those upperclassmen over there.”

“Hmm. Would it really sell?”

Though Agdung had pride in the 【Contaminated Cloaks】 researched by Callarogard students, he wasn’t confident whether they would sell well.

Basically, when dark magic school mages needed to sell something, their confidence would drastically decrease.

“First of all, they’re mages too so they’d know how to deal with them, the appearance is less refined, and now that I look at it, it seems to smell bad…”

‘That’s completely opposite to what you said earlier.’

Lee Han was slightly dumbfounded.

The person who was so confident about the performance earlier had shrunk back when it came to selling.

“Have confidence, Senior Agdung. This 【Contaminated One’s Cloak】 is definitely an effective item.”

“R-really?”

Lee Han nodded and approached the upperclassmen who were preparing to purify the contamination source.

Then he had some conversation with the upperclassmen and returned.

“How did it go, Lee Han?”

“They said they don’t need it. They can block it sufficiently without this smel… without this kind of item.”

“Ugh. Why do mages have to know how to use magic? So annoying.”

Gainando got angry at the upperclassmen’s rejection.

Anyway, mages were so specialized in versatility that it was hard to sell anything to them.

“I’m going to look around the area.”

“Huh? Why? Where are you…”

While his friends were puzzled, Lee Han left the mushroom field and moved.

30 minutes later.

Groups of Contaminated Ones appeared simultaneously from multiple directions. And Lee Han also dispelled his invisibility magic and arrived at the mushroom field.

“There are many Contaminated Ones.”

“…”

“I’ll go ask the upperclassmen again.”

“…Don’t tell me, Lee Han…”

“Shh. Be quiet.”

Lee Han approached the upperclassmen again.

The upperclassmen, who were annoyed by the groups of Contaminated Ones, listened to Lee Han’s proposal with a much more careful attitude than before.

-I’m certainly thinking of buying now…

-Is that so…

After the conversation ended, Lee Han returned.

His friends asked with expectant expressions.

“Did you sell it?!”

“Not yet. This time I rejected them.”

“Huh? Why!?”

“I think we can sell it for more if the number of Contaminated Ones increases. Senior Agdung. Could I perhaps learn about luring Contaminated Ones too…”

“…”

* * *

“Everyone together! Let’s fight for the forest!”

“Aaaah! It’s Senior Ilendil!”

“…”

Ilendil clicked her tongue watching the students run away.

Even though she had attacked some underclassmen who were logging in the forest, to think they would run away in this situation.

Fortunately, the contamination sources were decreasing rapidly.

The students in the exile village were all excellent mages, so they understood that now was a good opportunity.

“Huh…?”

Ilendil, who was bringing out spirits, was pleased to see a familiar underclassman resting in the mushroom field with a Callarogard student.

It was the kind-hearted underclassman who had warmly embraced her last time despite the dark elemental spirit going berserk.

“You…”

“I-Ilendil senior…!”

Ymirg muttered in a frightened voice. Lee Han was puzzled by his reaction.

Of course, Senior Ilendil was someone who attacked underclassmen entering the forest and created artificial dark elemental spirits that went berserk…

‘Hmm. That is something to fear.’

Even by Lee Han’s standards, Ilendil was among the evil upperclassmen.

Didn’t she receive excessive favor from spirits?

“What’s wrong?”

“Other upperclassmen told us to be careful of Senior Ilendil. That she’s re-really dangerous.”

“Come on. She doesn’t look that way.”

Gainando, who didn’t know much about Ilendil, snorted.

Honestly, just looking at appearances, Ilendil, a dryad hybrid, looked much more harmless than Ymirg, a giant hybrid.

“No. Senior Ilendil is really dangerous.”

“That’s right, Gainando.”

Siana and Yoner joined in with serious expressions.

Both being from the alchemy school, they had already heard rumors from other upperclassmen.

“They said she’s the most dangerous in the alchemy school.”

“What’s most dangerous…?”

Ilendil, who had approached, asked while tilting her head. The two second-year alchemy school students almost screamed.

“We were discussing that Professor Thunderstep’s greed is the most dangerous.”

Lee Han answered instead. Ilendil nodded as if she agreed.

Though he was an excellent alchemist, Professor Thunderstep coveted forest materials too much.

“How is the spirit doing…?”

“Oh, um, yes. Well.”

“Here…?”

“I was helping with purifying contamination sources.”

More precisely, he was making profit while helping with purification, but Lee Han summarized simply.

Going into detail would only bore the other person.

“As expected! I was right about you!”

Ilendil was moved to tears like last time. Lee Han silently nodded, not wanting to upset the evil upperclassman.

“What brings you here, senior?”

“I was also helping with purification.”

“I see…”

Come to think of it, since she was an upperclassman who cared about the forest, there was no reason she wouldn’t participate in such work.

‘Huh?’

Lee Han, who was nodding, felt something strange.

Someone who loves forests, has various forests, and is eccentric and bad-tempered…

‘!’

The beaver-penguin-fox from the Watchman Club flashed through Lee Han’s mind.

There were probably several upperclassmen in this area, so it wasn’t certain yet, but it seemed quite likely.

“Senior. Come to think of it, I seem to see animals frequently within Einroguard’s territory lately.”

“Really?”

“What kind of animals do you like, senior?”

“I like foxes… penguins…?”

“I see.”

“And beavers…?”

“Ugh. Why do you like that kind of professor?”

When Gainando showed disgust, Ilendil became serious and angry.

“I said beaver, not beaver beastkin! You can’t even distinguish between humans and apes!”

“I’m… I’m sorry.”

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