Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 807

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Chapter 807

At that moment, Lee Han turned around to look behind him.

-Gasp!

-We weren’t thinking anything at all. Huk… Lord Wardanaz.

“??”

Lee Han looked at the Death Knights suspiciously as they seemed more startled than necessary.

“I was going to ask how you blocked my lightning magic earlier…”

Before practicing powerful lightning magic, it was essential to prepare the surroundings.

This was especially true for Lee Han, who had recently caused damage to Einroguard’s main building due to an unfortunate accident.

His previous level of lightning magic could be practiced in an appropriate lecture hall, but if he aimed for anything beyond that, it was proper to think about safety measures for the surroundings in advance.

-Ah. What I used was 【Magus Ahiman’s Shield】. Student Lee Han. Since you’re from the dark magic school, you must have heard of Magus Ahiman, right?

“Yes. He’s a famous dark mage, isn’t he?”

-That’s right.

“He was so destitute and poor that he turned himself into an undead…”

-…Why that particular achievement out of all his many accomplishments?

Excluding the fact that he turned himself into an undead due to numerous research failures and bankruptcy in his later years, Magus Ahiman was indeed an outstanding dark mage who left his mark in the Empire’s magical history.

Among his works, 【Magus Ahiman’s Shield】 was such a convenient magic that even the Death Knights serving the Skeleton Principal favored using it.

-You could call it a crystal of intricately arranged negative energy and dark elements. This shield absorbs and neutralizes the energy and life force around it.

Basically, beings capable of wielding negative energy or dark elements could create similar effects against living creatures.

Just by contact, living beings would lose their vitality and become exhausted.

What made 【Magus Ahiman’s Shield】 special was that it very precisely layered and enhanced these effects.

This magic, completed through very efficient combination, was revolutionary enough that even Death Knights, who were knights from a much earlier era, were satisfied using it.

“Could I use it too, by any chance?”

-Of course!

“Thank you! What circle magic is it?”

-It’s 5th circle.

“…”

Lee Han’s joy turned to a serious expression.

The Death Knights looked at each other in confusion, unable to understand why their successor had become serious.

-If it’s 5th circle, isn’t it manageable…

“I’m already preparing to learn 5th circle magic, and now you want me to add another 5th circle magic on top of that!”

At their successor’s scolding, the Death Knights wilted and lowered their helmets.

The Insane Doppelganger coldly lectured them at this sight.

Knights are originally foolish and stupid creatures. What would they know when even their brains have rotted away?

-…

-…When will master finally subjugate that damn bastard?

The Death Knights gritted their teeth, but the Insane Doppelganger ignored them and continued his explanation.

Spirits are beings that are the very essence of power from birth. For magic to implement a spirit’s authority is close to a mortal’s folly in imitating immortality. However, mages…

‘This is trouble. The explanation is boring.’

As the Insane Doppelganger began a lengthy explanation, Lee Han realized it was more complex and boring than expected.

Previously, he had stayed alert due to the tense anticipation of not knowing when an attack might come, but now that it was just an illusion talking, drowsiness began to set in immediately.

‘Gainando endured it. I can endure it too.’

Lee Han gritted his teeth, remembering Gainando who had struggled not to fall asleep in the lecture hall.

He had scolded and harassed his friend by hitting his back, so he couldn’t collapse himself.

…Therefore, the first thing to do is to increase the power of lightning.

“Indeed! Wow!”

Relieved that the speech had finally ended, Lee Han reacted excessively enthusiastically.

Seeing his disciple’s passion, the Insane Doppelganger showed satisfaction.

“How much should I increase the lightning’s power?”

Until the surrounding space distorts. It needs to be at least that much for transformation to become possible.

“Ah. I understand. I’ll work hard at it.”

Get it done within this week.

“You can count on me!”

Whether Lee Han’s attitude pleased the Insane Doppelganger, the doppelganger disappeared obediently without further reproach.

A Death Knight who had been watching from behind asked with incomprehension.

-But Lord Wardanaz. I’m sure you said you weren’t confident about learning from this Insane Doppelganger. Will you be alright? You must have many other things to do…

“It’s fine.”

-!

The Death Knight was slightly impressed by Lee Han’s confident answer.

As expected, the Skeleton Principal’s successor was different in some way.

While others would already be suffocating under such a magical learning schedule, he was adding to it without hesitation.

It felt like witnessing the miracle of pouring water recklessly into a glass already full of water, yet it not overflowing.

“I’m not going to do it anyway.”

-…

Lee Han spoke very confidly.

While he had agreed to avoid provoking the Insane Doppelganger’s temper, he had no intention whatsoever of actually learning the magic.

It was physically impossible to begin with.

‘It’s just an illusion anyway. Whether it throws a fit or not, I’ll just apologize saying I tried hard but couldn’t do it.’

The Insane Doppelganger was misunderstanding his disciple.

Even though they were distant and it was just an illusion, he thought Lee Han would naturally follow along if shown magical secrets that Einroguard’s lectures couldn’t match.

But Lee Han was someone who could shamelessly avoid anything as long as there wasn’t a knife at his throat.

-Actually, I thought Lord Wardanaz would just master it.

“Why on earth would you think something so ridiculous?”

* * *

The Skeleton Principal’s Insane Doppelganger and the ancestor of the Dalcard family sent by that doppelganger were actually minor incidents when viewed across the entire club week.

Most students didn’t even know such things had happened. They only talked about it as ‘this year some big shot who throws around gold coins came and went.’

For the students, club week had only just begun.

Having dealt with the generous sponsors who arrived early, it was now time for the troublesome guests to start arriving.

“They’re here…!”

“Damn it. Why do people without money even come?”

Several upperclassmen who recognized the guests’ faces muttered with voices full of complaints.

During club week, basically only people whose identities were confirmed and who were willing to offer Empire gold coins visited Einroguard.

But there were exceptions to this rule.

External club members who had exchanges with clubs within Einroguard could be invited without such qualifications.

These club members were usually mostly mages.

And in the Empire, mages could be broadly described as ‘people who are always short on gold coins’ without much difference…

“Greetings, everyone from Einroguard. We came from the 【Wilderness Stone Root】 magic tower. We came here to see and learn about the famine relief plants that you all from Einroguard have improved.”

“Yes… well… are you going to invest?”

“Haha, we poured everything into research last year, so we don’t have money to invest… We’d be happy if we could receive some sponsorship here ourselves.”

“…I’ll show you around the storage. Please follow me for a moment!”

As Einroguard’s reputation was renowned throughout the Empire, there were quite a few mages who wanted to visit.

Since there were quite a lot of mages who came just to look around without any gold coins, Einroguard upperclassmen were disgusted when they saw mages who looked obviously poor.

“These bastards make the rich ones not want to come! Seriously, these mage bastards!”

“The magic on this pot is amazing! How on earth did you maintain this form?”

“You’ve seen enough! Move aside quickly!”

Mages who just came to look around were still better.

More troublesome were the mages who arrived with competitive spirit.

“Is this the 【Iaktus Soup Club】?”

“That’s correct.”

“What a grandiose name. My name is Batsaden. You’ve probably heard of it. Turning the withered plains green again…”

“I’ve never heard of it.”

“What?! Never heard of it? Einroguard isn’t much either. To think you’ve never heard my name. Anyway, I came here for a match. Do you see this glass bottle containing my elixir? Let’s see who can make plants grow faster…”

“Puhh. Customer. If you’re not here to watch magic, please step aside.”

“Ugh, keugh! Using bodyguards so cowardly…!”

From the Einroguard students’ perspective, they needed to earn every penny they could, so when random troublemakers kept interfering and causing disruptions, they couldn’t help but be furious.

“Why does the Principal keep letting people like that in?!”

“I think it’s definitely on purpose. He’s doing this to get on our nerves.”

“This won’t do. We need to tell our invited guests to rest for the day. There are too many annoying people.”

When the mages from outside wandered around the 7th floor, the Einroguard students sighed.

Given the situation, they had no choice but to postpone the wealthy customers for a moment and deal with, no, handle these customers.

* * *

“We’ve arrived. Is this Einroguard?”

“Yes. That’s right!”

The Baldrogard Gourmet Club students nodded repeatedly. Their eyes blazed with anticipation and a desire for revenge.

How much humiliation had they suffered when they visited Einroguard last year, led by the Kitchen Club.

For the honorable Baldrogard students, it was an unbearable wound.

Who would have thought that one of the twin pillars leading the Empire’s magic would be so vile.

However, the honorable Baldrogard students did not act the same way as their opponents. Since one of the twin pillars had fallen into corruption, the other had to maintain its nobility.

So the Baldrogard students honorably and nobly hired an external mage and visited again like this.

‘These damn Baldro bastards.’

The external mage, Galar, had to suppress the contemptuous look rising in his eyes.

Galar had once been promising enough to conduct research alongside Alsicle of the Penguerin family.

But fate was cruel. No one could know when it would show its merciless side.

After three research failures, five accidents, and one attempted assassination of a sponsor (Galar insisted it was an accident, but the sponsor didn’t believe him) passed like a storm, Galar wasn’t given proper opportunities for a while.

Thanks to that, he had to participate in adventurer parties looking for mages, help guilds urgently seeking mages, or even accept pointless requests from idle Baldrogard students.

The first two were at least tolerable, even if difficult.

However, the current request from the Baldrogard students made Galar fall into self-loathing.

To challenge young Einroguard students to a match and crush their pride.

No matter how good the pay was, he couldn’t believe he had to do such things.

“Where do I need to go?”

“The Kitchen Club. Please compete in magic with the members there.”

“Kitchen Club… they must be skilled in alchemy or transformation magic. I’ll need to be careful.”

“As expected of Master Galar. You have a good eye.”

‘This is obvious though…’

Expecting that Kitchen Club mages would be skilled in alchemy or transformation magic was completely natural.

Seeing them admire this made Galar’s vision go dark.

‘Sigh. No. This isn’t the time for me to be prideful.’

Galar shook his head and came to his senses. Now wasn’t the time for pointless stubbornness.

“If you see any Einroguard students on the way, feel free to crush their pride as much as you want.”

“Weren’t you humiliated by Kitchen Club members?”

“The other Einroguard bastards who didn’t stop them and just laughed are equally vile. Look! I see one right there.”

Spotting a noble boy with statue-like features walking from afar, the Baldrogard students urged Galar on.

Galar sighed and approached Lee Han.

“Are you a student of Einroguard?”

“Are you perhaps a subordinate of the Insane Doppelganger?”

“What are you talking about? I’m Galar. I’m from the Northern Snowflake Magic Tower, though I’m not affiliated anywhere now… Anyway, I came here invited by Einroguard’s Kitchen Club.”

“Ah.”

Lee Han nodded.

This person seemed to be one of those unprofitable customers he’d only heard about.

‘Wait. Isn’t that Baldrogard?’

“I have something I’d like to ask you, student.”

“Yes.”

“Can you tell me what materials could substitute for juniper, perilla leaves, and talc in Dobrooke’s Shadow Potion?”

“???”

Lee Han was flustered.

It was etiquette he’d never heard of in his life.

‘Do Baldrogard guys ask things like this as soon as they meet?’

Galar waited for an answer with a tired face.

Though he didn’t feel good about suddenly throwing such a question, he had no choice if he wanted to satisfy the Baldrogard students.

“Let me think about it for a moment.”

“Go ahead.”

Lee Han turned around and stepped back for a moment. Then he began whispering to his staff.

“Are you there? Master?”

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