Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 816

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Chapter 816

Unfortunately, Diret failed to notice that his evaluation had just dropped slightly in his junior’s mind.

He was concentrating on summoning and controlling the toad demon.

-Gurook! Mage! Only imprison up to three!

“Right. I’ll keep my promise so don’t worry. I’m only putting one in anyway.”

-Gururook! Mage, you have integrity! I trust you!

‘He must summon it frequently…’

While Lee Han was having pointless thoughts, Yukveltire spoke up.

“I’m starting.”

“Yes.”

Lee Han took a light breath and cast enhancement magic.

【Gonadaltes’s Swift Agility】 and 【Baegreg’s Momentary Foresight】.

Both were spells that could provide considerable advantage in close-range magical combat.

“Can you do dark vision too?”

“Yes.”

When Diret asked, Lee Han also cast 【Gonadaltes’s Dark Vision】.

Yukveltire, who became interested at this sight, asked additionally.

“Can you perhaps do invisibility too?”

“…Yes.”

When Lee Han cast 【Gonadaltes’s Invisibility Cloak】 as well, Yukveltire nodded slightly and observed carefully.

Originally, a mage’s magic couldn’t be cast infinitely due to limits of mana and concentration, but even if it could be cast, continuously stacking them was nearly impossible.

Each time a spell was cast, subsequent spells would clash with existing magic and affect each other.

Therefore, to cast several or more spells in one place required excellent and sensitive perception, as well as vast and pure mana that didn’t worry about consumption from conflicts.

Yukveltire knew that the mana possessed by the junior before her was the purest and most excellent among all the mana she had seen, but it was always refreshing whenever she saw practical examples of how far it could be utilized.

“That’s enough.”

“Can you perhaps add fire resistance too?”

“…”

Lee Han glared at his senior once and cast 【Lesser Fire Resistance】.

If Diret had been there, he would have stopped it, but unfortunately Diret was too busy talking with the toad demon to pay attention to the two.

-Gurook! Participating when battle breaks out is different from the contract!

-So on top of the offering from last time, this time five bull heads…

-Gururook! Don’t want to participate in battle! Mage battles hurt!

-No need to attack. Just protect.

-Gurook! All the mages?

-No. Just that junior over there. You don’t need to help him.

“And 【Lesser Cold Resistance】 too…”

“I refuse.”

At the repeated request, Lee Han became serious and refused.

Honestly, looking at those White Tiger Tower students, even fire resistance seemed unnecessary.

“Why?”

“Look at those seniors over there. Most of the elemental attributes felt from their mana are wind-based. There’ll be no need for cold resistance, let alone fire.”

The junior’s answer was very logical and reasonable, based on natural intuition. Though Yukveltire was inwardly disappointed, she couldn’t argue and agreed.

Finally, Diret, who had finished all contract negotiations with the toad demon, approached the two.

“Sorry. The discussion went long. Are you all ready? You didn’t cast cold resistance?”

When Diret asked casually, Yukveltire tried to explain instead.

“Those guys are mostly win…”

“Yes. I’ll cast it now, Senior.”

Lee Han cast 【Lesser Cold Resistance】 without complaint.

At those words, Yukveltire stared intently at the invisible junior.

“…Wasn’t that action just now illogical…?”

“Let’s go! Senior! They’re all passing by!”

“…”

Yukveltire trembled at her fingertips once again at a strange emotion she felt for the first time in her life.

Though she didn’t know it yet, the name of that emotion was anger.

‘So if you want to be respected, treat people a bit better…’

Diret, who was beside them, muttered inwardly with pity.

Yukveltire regarded ordinary mages like stones on the roadside, so whatever they babbled didn’t really affect her, but she was surprisingly vulnerable to harsh words from mages she acknowledged.

Diret himself had been lenient out of sympathy, but this junior had faced all sorts of evil enemies at Einroguard, so when opponents talked nonsense, he immediately responded sharp as a blade.

“Yukveltire. If you’re going to be that angry, just like I said…”

“What are you talking about? I’m not angry at all. Petty emotions like anger can’t affect me.”

“…Say that without gripping your staff so tightly.”

* * *

Crack!

“It’s an ambush!!!”

As the corridor instantly became pitch black, the Ibanna gang immediately reacted.

Being 3rd years at Einroguard, they knew well from experience that such abnormal phenomena didn’t just happen randomly.

“Protect the wooden barrel!”

The White Tiger Tower students were already casting magic in preparation for battle.

Some of them had even enhanced their hearing to echolocation, catching echoes that bounced back from sound waves.

“Above the stairs! Above the stairs!”

“Wall, block the path!”

“Protect the wooden barrel and get out!”

‘Indeed, they are seniors. Incomparable to Baldrogard.’

Lee Han was honestly impressed by how they moved in perfect unison as soon as the attack broke out.

Mages who moved quickly without wasting even a moment of time, as if they had practiced many times.

He could see why White Tiger Tower students had a notorious reputation in commissions and chaotic battles, even if they were somewhat lacking in magical research or grades.

The Enhancement Magic school often heard jeers like being simple and lacking creativity, or being merely a sub-school of the Enchantment Magic school…

But certainly, there were few magic schools that achieved such efficiency in combat.

‘They’re enhancing their hearing to catch sound waves. Since illusion magic mainly targets vision, they’re countering it.’

The sight of them immediately grasping the situation and then faithfully carrying out their assigned roles was like a well-connected mechanical device.

The seniors in the rear pulled out corridor bricks to create cover, then gripped their swords tightly and charged forward with battle cries.

Having created cover for their other comrades, it was now time to engage the enemy and buy time.

“Go.”

However, the two 5th year seniors weren’t flustered at all. Both being from Blue Dragon Tower and Black Turtle Tower, they were well-versed in conflicts with White Tiger Tower.

Screeeech-

Longswords that emerged from thin air flew forth making sounds similar to a siren’s voice.

Though they had no effect on Lee Han at all, the White Tiger Tower students groaned in pain upon hearing that sound.

“Kugh!”

“Urgh!”

While enhancement magic protected their bodies so they weren’t immediately affected, the illusion magic that instantly targeted their enhanced hearing shook the White Tiger Tower students’ senses.

“Stay close!”

The White Tiger Tower students eventually abandoned their charge and retreated behind cover, raising their shields.

They planned to defend against attacks until they could break through the illusion magic.

Then Yukveltire took out the next artifact. As the stone mirror shot out lights of various colors, a tremendous roar erupted in the corridor along with explosions.

“…!”

The opponents were impressive, but this side was overwhelmingly superior enough to easily surpass them.

An enchantment mage who had prepared and brought plenty of artifacts was similar to a mage with infinite mana.

“Damn it! It’s Senior Sho Verdus!”

“Of all people, a 5th year!”

‘Sho Verdus?’

The White Tiger Tower students seemed to have instinctively recognized the identity from the sheer firepower that swept away the corridor surroundings including cover. They appeared to decide on focusing on escape rather than counterattacking.

“Diret.”

“Got it.”

Diret, who had been waiting, waved his staff and chanted a spell.

Then a massive curse flowed like muddy water and began sweeping in from the opposite corridor.

The White Tiger Tower students were horrified at the sight of such materialized curses rushing in like a flood, something they had never imagined.

“What the…?!”

If it were Lee Han, he would have just broken through with brute force, but the White Tiger Tower students were sane.

They couldn’t throw themselves into the muddy torrent without knowing what curses it contained.

“Now. Hand over the wooden barrel.”

“Kuk…!”

“Diret. Let’s just subdue them and then…”

“You be quiet.”

Diret already felt slightly guilty about taking the duke from his juniors and didn’t want to subdue them more violently than necessary.

“Senior! Enemies are coming from behind too!”

“?”

“?!”

The two seniors were startled by Lee Han’s shout.

Their senses hadn’t detected any enemies yet.

But Diret, who knew Lee Han’s talent, reacted before his friend.

“From the corridor side?”

“Yes.”

“How many?”

“Just one, but their mana is extraordinary…”

As soon as he finished speaking, a student appeared from around the corner at the end of the back corridor.

At the sight of the elegantly dressed cat beastkin student, both Diret and Lee Han sighed simultaneously.

This was the last person they wanted to encounter in this situation.

“Oh. Junior?”

When Senior Catten of the Jahan family greeted him cheerfully, Lee Han was flustered.

The corridor surroundings were currently pitch black, and…

…Lee Han was in an invisible state.

‘How?!’

-Don’t answer.

Diret sent a telepathy.

-In this situation, the opponent isn’t certain either. He’s testing the waters.

“…!”

Lee Han shuddered.

‘Indeed, all the 5th years are equally conscienceless!’

At this point, they should be considered half-professors.

To think he would calmly try to deceive his junior with such an innocent and cute cat face.

Diret’s words were certainly correct. In a situation like this, no matter how excellent a swordsman’s senses were, it would be difficult to pinpoint Lee Han with certainty.

He probably threw out the question to confirm the vague sensation he felt.

“Jahan. You’re already sponsored and have nowhere to spend it. Don’t come closer.”

“Is this voice Diret? I’m envious. To be able to darken corridors like this.”

‘…Even 2nd years can do that…’

“All I can do is swing a sword. Hmm. But this time will be different. Ilendil junior promised to provide full support with potions that help with magic learning if I catch the duke.”

“…”

“…”

Lee Han and Diret simultaneously cursed Ilendil.

Such underhanded tactics!

-We’ve secured the duke. Let’s get out of here.

Yukveltire, who had secured the wooden barrel, quietly stuffed it into the toad demon’s mouth and sent a telepathy. The two nodded.

At that moment, Catten moved.

The instincts of a swordsman who had reached mastery were truly sharp, beginning to move based on just a sense of unease even without knowing anything.

“Block him!”

The undead summons and artifacts positioned around just in case rushed at Catten who was charging from the rear.

Catten gripped his sword at a twisted angle and tapped the corridor floor repeatedly with his boots.

Lee Han didn’t understand what that senior was doing at first, but soon his eyes widened.

‘Sp… spatial magic!!!’

“Haat!”

With a shout, Catten swung his sword to tear space and teleported forward.

He had cast short-range teleportation magic, which even Lee Han couldn’t cast alone yet, as a secret sword technique!

‘Is he actually insane?!’

Lee Han couldn’t help but curse.

With skills like that, why on earth was he learning magic?

He felt a sense of deprivation similar to watching his second brother Arsil.

Diret seemed to think similarly as curses immediately spilled out.

“Crazy!”

“I’ll block him! Retreat first!”

As the invisible junior in the darkness accelerated and charged at him, Catten cautiously slowed his movements.

He couldn’t break through before identifying the enemy.

Clang clang clang!

“Wall Rock Sword? Are you a junior from the Wardanaz family?”

“…Wrong. I’m from the Moradi family!”

“Huh? The Moradi family doesn’t use such… Ah. It was a trick. Junior. Very clever of you.”

Catten stepped back two paces and circulated mana throughout his body to enhance his senses.

Since his opponent had the advantage, he had to wait briefly until he adapted to this situation.

“But junior. I don’t know why you’re there, but you’re mistaken about one thing. What senior would abandon their junior and escape alone?”

“Haha. Senior Catten, you’re the one who doesn’t know yet! Senior Yukveltire is so ruthless that she could easily abandon me and escape first!”

“…”

Yukveltire, who had been about to support Lee Han from behind, hesitated.

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