Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 809

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Chapter 808

There isn’t.

The Insane Doppelganger spat out as if asking what more was needed after giving such kind advice.

Just like the alchemy-related advice earlier, this Insane Doppelganger wanted his disciple to understand everything after throwing out just one word.

It might have worked in ancient times, but nowadays…

‘Isn’t that too old-fashioned?’

While Lee Han was whispering with the Insane Doppelganger, the Callarogard students took action.

They were trying to separate Galar somehow.

If they could just separate that external mage, they could easily subdue the Baldrogard students…

“Come forth. Blazing Agwi!”

An undead monster with its entire body blazing and spewing smoke and flashes from its eyes, nose, mouth, and ears revealed itself.

Galar was very tense.

Originally, the Empire’s students were violent and rough beings.

Troublemakers who would come out of school whenever they were bored to cause disturbances and engage in duels in nearby cities.

And the Empire’s mages were equally dangerous and troublesome.

They would cause magical accidents and problems everywhere whenever they were bored…

Now these two had combined to become the Empire’s magic school students.

Violent, rough, dangerous, and troublesome beings!

As Galar knew well what the Empire’s magic school students could do when they set their minds to it (excluding Baldrogard), it was natural for him to be tense.

“Why did you summon an undead?”

“I wanted to let it breathe Einroguard’s air.”

“Step back two steps.”

“I’ll only step back one step.”

“No. Cold. Swirl strangely.”

“Tch!”

Galar also chanted a spell and went on the defensive.

As cold-type illusion magic unfolded, cold mist wrapped around Galar. From outside, Galar could no longer be seen.

Not knowing what effects it might have, the Callarogard students clicked their tongues.

Such illusion magic was close to something you’d inevitably fall victim to if you didn’t know about it, making it disadvantageous when facing experienced mages.

“Should we push through the magic?”

“No. We might get counterattacked. Stay calm. He won’t be able to escape. Are you controlling the Blazing Agwi?”

“I fed it a whole fire crystal, so it should be docile for several days.”

“Mana strike? Confusion? Paralysis?”

“Looking at the flow, it doesn’t seem like paralysis. It seems to be interfering with mana or the soul…”

Though the Callarogard students wore gloomy black robes that could easily be mistaken for gravediggers at first glance, their abilities couldn’t be ignored.

Galar didn’t let his guard down and prepared his next magic.

It wasn’t even one-on-one but one-against-many. Moreover, since he had to protect the Baldrogard students as well, Galar was quite anxious.

The external Snow Mage from the Mage Tower quietly pulled out a reagent from the front pocket of his old cashmere vest.

It was precious, but he might have to use this to summon a blizzard.

‘Interesting.’

Lee Han watched with excitement at the tense atmosphere.

Watching fights that had nothing to do with him was always a happy and enjoyable thing.

For Lee Han, who had only been involved in fights related to himself recently, such spectating revived a joy he had forgotten for a while.

‘This is how it should have been originally. I’ve had too much bad luck lately. Getting unnecessarily involved in too many fights.’

What are you doing, you lowly thing.

“I’m spectating?”

The Insane Doppelganger frowned as if in pain at Lee Han’s words.

This disciple, despite his useful talent, made his master angry with his vulgar and pathetic manners.

I told you to sweep them all away.

“…Master. Actually, when I said external people attacked, that was somewhat of an exaggerated expression.”

When the Insane Doppelganger didn’t forget and ordered him to sweep them away again, Lee Han quickly changed his words.

Those people were actually guests, and the attack was a figurative expression…

Shut up.

The Insane Doppelganger made Lee Han shut his mouth.

It didn’t matter whether the opponents were outsiders or not, whether they had attacked or not.

What mattered was that they were casting magic and fighting in front of him and his disciple.

“??”

Lee Han tilted his head, not understanding.

“It’s a magic school, so they use magic, right?”

How dare they cast such lowly and insignificant magic without even distinguishing propriety before me. Such arrogance deserves extreme punishment.

“…”

Lee Han, who belatedly understood what the Insane Doppelganger was saying, made an expression of disbelief.

So he was saying it was arrogant to use magic in front of him?

‘Royalty really are absurd beings. Gainando and Adenart won’t become like that when they get older, right?’

Having very rude thoughts about his absent friends, Lee Han subtly changed the subject.

“But Master. Times have changed now, and this is a magic school, so using magic is normal.”

If he swept people away just for using magic in front of him, even Einroguard students would treat him like a madman.

Where in the world would there be such a madman?

That won’t do.

“What won’t do?”

Speaking from a distance, I can’t possibly fix your lowly manners. I’ll visit directly.

“I’ll go sweep them away now!”

Lee Han quickly changed his words again.

Whether it was Callarogard, Baldrogard, or external mages, he didn’t care.

He had to survive first, didn’t he?

“By any chance, does that Blazing Agwi have any weaknesses? It seems like quite a powerful undead.”

Why don’t you ask about breathing methods too?

“Oh. Are there also breathing secrets passed down from ancient times?”

The Insane Doppelganger still didn’t know that his disciple was an opponent who couldn’t be easily defeated without violence.

Just as countless professors at Einroguard had been defeated, the Wardanaz Family Boy was the disciple among disciples.

In comparison, the Insane Doppelganger, despite being an Archmage, was merely a novice level as a master.

The Insane Doppelganger cast another curse at Antagondals, then spoke with eyes as cold as burning ice.

There isn’t, you lowly thing. Know that as a disciple, asking about methods to deal with undead like Blazing Agwi one by one is shameful.

Despite saying that, the Insane Doppelganger eventually explained.

This undead, mainly found in the hell-type dimension of the Agwi realm, had a soul burning with curses, easily burning not only surrounding enemies but even incoming attacks.

Of course, one could break through that defense with force, but it wasn’t an elegant strategy for a mage.

“Are you telling me to feed it until it’s full?”

That’s right.

If they summoned other dimensional beings like spirits with the power of flame and made the Blazing Agwi full, it would return satisfied instead of stubbornly remaining.

“Ah! I happen to have a contracted low-level fire spirit. It’s a creature that looks like a sparrow, really clever and cute.”

…

The Insane Doppelganger remained still without any change in expression.

It was such trivial talk that he didn’t even feel like saying ‘so what?’

-Compared to me, who’s cuter?

When the baby basilisk asked curiously, Lee Han pretended not to hear and continued speaking.

“I’ll summon this one to feed that Blazing Agwi until it’s full. Oh. Master. Do you know how I came to contract with this one?”

You lowly thing.

“Yes.”

If you chatter about that spirit one more time, I’ll sew your mouth shut.

‘No. This is too much.’

Lee Han felt very disappointed.

As a master, to show such little interest in the achievements his disciple had accomplished.

No wonder he had no other disciples. Come to think of it, Professor Boladi also had 2 disciples, but having 0 until now was quite problematic.

“In the name of laws and contracts, I summon you.”

With a flutter of wings, a low-grade fire spirit that looked like a sparrow revealed itself.

The spirit trembled upon seeing Lee Han and acted very cautiously.

Its manners would be more useful.

“You’re a smart one. Now, I’ll lend you plenty of mana, so can you feed that agwi some quality flames?”

The spirit nodded its head.

Lee Han asked again just to be sure.

“You understood properly, right? I’ll give you mana so…”

The spirit nodded its head.

It’s quite frightened.

“No. It’s just nervous. We’re close friends.”

-It looks nervous though?

The baby basilisk spoke without knowing Lee Han’s inner thoughts.

Already jealous, it didn’t easily miss the chance to criticize when the opportunity arose.

“…You be quiet. Now then, Master. How should we deal with that fog?”

…

When asked for a solution not only to the undead summon but also to magic cast by an external mage, the insane projection sighed for the first time today.

* * *

“Lord Galar. The fog is weakening!”

“It’s just temporary, so don’t worry about it.”

“Ah. Is that so? …Huh. It seems to keep getting weaker though…”

“I said it’s a temporary phenomenon!”

Galar shouted with an irritated voice. To wipe the sweat from his hands, Galar took out a handkerchief from his vest, wiped it, then gripped his staff tightly.

He needed more time to deceive those outside and spirit away these troublesome clients.

But making such a fuss over a temporary change.

“…W-wait!”

Galar was shocked to realize the fog was indeed weakening rapidly.

The magic that was supposed to buy time by preventing approach from outside was weakening this quickly.

Had its duration run out?

‘No. I definitely calculated it properly?’

Galar made contact with the magic again to check what was happening.

And he was shocked.

“…!??!”

Outside, the Wardanaz family boy was dismantling the fog by deploying counter-magic.

Counter-magic, an advanced magic that grasps the structure of magic and approaches it in reverse to dismantle the magic itself.

Actually, the principle itself wasn’t that difficult. It was just that there was a lot of information to grasp for each magic being countered.

Even battle-hardened mages often struggled or made mistakes in such areas.

Moreover, the fog Galar had deployed now was magic he had independently improved during his tower days.

Under normal circumstances, it would be hard to even discern the effect, let alone the structure of this magic.

Yet from that distance, he was casually waving his staff and dismantling the magic.

‘What kind of monsters does Einroguard’s second year gather and raise?!’

Galar felt shock before confusion or despair.

However, Galar wasn’t the only one surprised. The Callarogard students were similarly shocked.

“N-no! The agwi!”

“This bastard?! It’s trying to betray us and go back!”

While their attention was briefly turned elsewhere, the agwi made a satisfied cry and began moving to return to its original dimension.

The agwi, always starving and trying to devour any flame it saw, was now obediently trying to return.

Only then did the Callarogard students notice the low-grade fire spirit quickly escaping.

To think of sending a spirit to satisfy the agwi!

‘Unbelievable. Such a method. I never even thought of it.’

‘Even borrowing the spirit’s power would waste considerable mana, yet so boldly…!’

Both groups of mages stood in awkward positions, looking at each other as their prepared means were neutralized.

The Baldrogard students blinked, not quite understanding the situation.

One of the Callarogard students spoke accusingly.

“Why are you interfering in the sacred duel between Callarogard and Baldrogard!”

Galar, thinking similarly, shouted.

“The Baldrogard students were winning, so why interfere!”

“?”

Lee Han looked over momentarily. Galar’s face reddened as he averted his gaze. Seeing this, Lee Han felt sorry.

‘So that’s a professional adventurer.’

“The reason I interfered is…”

Tell them you couldn’t stand watching those arrogant trash making a scene.

“…because seeing your duel, I couldn’t bear it as a fellow mage!”

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