Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 83
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Fire
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Fire
Fire
“Wardanaz, wasn’t this something you prepared in advance?”
“Sometimes I wonder what you guys think of me…”
Lee Han examined the shattered hole. Then he clicked his tongue.
“This is bad.”
“Why is that?”
“The debris is inside Kaksu Hall. Something came in from outside.”
If it had been one of Thunderstep’s creatures breaking out from inside Kaksu Hall, there wouldn’t be much to worry about, but looking at the current state, it was clear that a large monster had entered from outside Kaksu Hall.
Ratford looked at Lee Han with a slightly impressed expression.
“You truly have the qualities of a master thief.”
“Kuk…!”
“M-me too! Ratford. I can deduce things too!”
The Blue Dragon Tower students showed strange competitiveness.
Even if they fell behind in class grades or magical abilities, they didn’t want to lose in thieving skills.
Nilia looked at them as if wondering why they were acting like that.
“Why are they acting like that?”
“Maybe it’s because they grew up reading lots of fairy tales with honorable thieves.”
At Yoner’s words, Nilia thought it was ridiculous.
‘The Empire’s nobles grew up reading such absurd fairy tales?’
“What about hunters?”
“Uh… there might be fairy tales with hunter-turned-thieves…”
While his friends were talking, Lee Han, who had made up his mind, opened the door to Kaksu Hall.
“Listen carefully, everyone. From now on, we’re not secretly infiltrating Kaksu Hall.”
“?”
“???”
Not secretly infiltrating?
Then what?
Were they going to write ‘Blue Dragon Tower Students Were Here’ on the wall with paint?
“We voluntarily gathered to stop the summoned creature that invaded Kaksu Hall and protect the Professor’s precious belongings.”
“…Ah. Aha!”
“Indeed…!”
The summoned creature’s invasion wasn’t entirely disadvantageous.
If things went wrong later, they could make excuses blaming the summoned creature.
…Though it was questionable whether that would work on Professor Thunderstep.
* * *
Light.
”
Light.
”
Light.
Lee Han conjured an orb of light. The dark first floor of Kaksu Hall was brightly illuminated.
Greenhouses and lecture halls located along the corridor.
Students who had wandered around the magic school at night would know. The magic school at night was completely different from the magic school during the day.
Lecture halls that seemed ordinary during the day looked like they might hide a few undead at night…
Plants that grew receiving sunlight in warm greenhouses seemed to be holding their breath in the darkness, waiting for a chance to attack.
‘It wouldn’t be strange if Professor Thunderstep actually prepared such plants.’
While the first floor was familiar to all students, from the second floor onwards was uncharted territory.
What could possibly be there?
“!”
As they climbed the stairs from the first floor to the second floor, intense mana could be felt from within.
The space itself was imbued with mana.
‘Space expansion!’
A space that appeared dozens of times larger than the first floor greeted the students. The second floor was a vast botanical garden.
The students were completely overwhelmed by the sight of strange and gigantic plants they couldn’t even name, clustered together and growing abundantly.
“There’s a saying that an excellent alchemist must be an excellent gardener. Even so, the scale is truly impressive…”
Priest Siana muttered in an amazed voice.
Since they had to personally traverse mountains and fields to gather materials, it was natural for alchemists to cultivate what they could grow themselves.
But even considering that, the scale was truly impressive.
“Wow. What’s the name of this plant?”
Gainando pointed at a flower glowing in full color ahead and marveled at it.
The way it swayed with the gentle moonlight coming through the window was truly beautiful.
Lee Han kindly answered.
“That flower is a Nephelops.”
“Ooh. What effect does it have?”
“It devours whole any beast that touches its petals.”
“…”
Gainando stepped back in horror.
“But the honey from that flower sells for quite a high price…”
“Is that important right now?!”
“You asked, so I answered.”
Lee Han retorted and looked around.
There were far more things Lee Han didn’t know than things he did know. It would be the same for Yoner and Priest Siana.
‘But…’
Kaksu Hall wasn’t a dormitory tower. Since it was a workshop used by Professor Thunderstep, there couldn’t be that many traps.
Professor Thunderstep would need to move around here too…
Lee Han calmly searched for a path. There must be a path that Professor Thunderstep used when moving around this botanical garden.
Clatter-
Clatter-
Clatter-
“!”
As if reading Lee Han’s thoughts, the bone summon made a clattering sound from its belt.
The bone summon pointed in a direction as if telling them to look over there. Surprisingly, there were recently made footprints in the mud. They looked like footprints made by a monster.
‘I see. The monster passed through first!’
The invading monster must have found the path that Professor Thunderstep used first.
Lee Han was about to praise the bone summon.
“Wardanaz. I have a good idea. Looking at these footprints here, the monster that entered first definitely passed through! Then this path must be the safe path.”
Nilia whispered in an excited voice.
Lee Han hesitated while trying to praise the bone summon, then opened his mouth.
“…That’s really amazing, Nilia!”
Clatter clatter!
Clatter clatter!
Clatter clatter!
“As expected of someone from the Shadow Patrol Unit? You’re really amazing. I’m glad you came. I can’t even imagine what would have happened without you.”
“It’s nothing much.”
Nilia waved her hand dismissively as if it was no big deal, but her long ears were already perking up.
“Alright. I’ll find the way. Tell everyone to follow me.”
“Sure, sure.”
Lee Han sent Nilia ahead and let out a sigh of relief.
Clatter clatter clatter!
Clatter clatter clatter!
Clatter clatter clatter!
Lee Han apologized to the protesting bone summon.
“Sorry. Friendship is more difficult than I thought.”
The bone summon wiggled its finger as if it couldn’t understand.
* * *
Following the footprints of the monster that had entered first turned out to be a better method than expected.
While moving along the paths in the botanical garden, the students weren’t attacked by any plants.
Professor Thunderstep clearly hadn’t set any particular traps on the paths he walked.
‘Thank you, Professor.’
Lee Han moved his steps, grateful for the professor’s laziness.
-■■■■…
“…”
However, where there’s good luck, there’s also bad luck.
The stairs to the 3rd floor located at the far end of the botanical garden.
When he saw the monster positioned in front of those stairs, Lee Han’s expression hardened.
“A bull… right?”
“Yeah. Doesn’t look like an ordinary bull though.”
Not only had it broken through the main gate on the first floor, but it had also trampled several plants on the second floor, as debris, vines, and leaves were caught on the bull’s horns.
The moment he saw that, Lee Han recalled the bull Professor Thunderstep had mentioned before.
‘…Huh?’
Until now, he had thought the spirit bull that Professor Ingoldel had captured was that bull, but looking closely, the bull before his eyes was much more similar to the one Professor Thunderstep had talked about.
For one thing, it wasn’t mixed with spirits, and its physical abilities were enhanced only with various potions.
‘Then was that one just summoned by upperclassmen?’
Lee Han felt sorry for cursing Thunderstep after seeing the spirit bull.
‘No. Come to think of it, there’s nothing to be sorry about.’
Looking at the bull in front of him again, his apologetic feelings immediately disappeared.
He had stationed such a thing on the mountain?
“What should we do?”
“We don’t necessarily need to fight it.”
Though it was a slightly different type, he had already learned something from dealing with the spirit bull.
There was no need to beat up and subdue the opponent!
This botanical garden wasn’t a good place for fighting either, and they hadn’t come to subdue the bull.
Moreover, the bull seemed to have little interest in the students. It was positioned in front of the stairs, chewing on something.
“If that’s the bull Professor Thunderstep was raising… maybe it came back because it was hungry?”
Yoner’s words sounded plausible.
If it was one that Professor Thunderstep had been raising, it would make sense that it knew the way here well.
Not turning the other parts of the first floor into chaos and coming straight up here was something difficult for an ordinary monster to do.
“Then if we leave it alone a bit longer, won’t it eat and move away on its own?”
“That seems highly likely.”
The students sighed in relief when it seemed they wouldn’t have to fight.
The creature before them felt more violent and fierce than the spirit bull just based on its size.
“…Uh… Lee Han…?”
Yoner grabbed Lee Han’s sleeve and pulled as he spoke.
“That… is it really okay?”
The bull ignored the students and bit into a plant positioned nearby. After chewing a few times, it spat it out as if it didn’t taste good.
Then it chewed another plant, and another, and trampled several with its feet…
As if it found this fun, the bull began destroying plants even faster.
The faces of Yoner and Priest Siana, who were alchemy experts, turned pale. Even though they weren’t their plants, it hurt to watch.
Lee Han’s complexion also changed.
Students coming in to borrow some potions was on a completely different level from some monster beating all the botanical garden’s plants to death.
And if these two things combined, the professor’s anger could be directed at the students.
Feet, Wrinkle the Ground!
“We have to stop that!
Feet, Wrinkle the Ground!
”
Feet, Wrinkle the Ground!
Lee Han cast the incantation and then rushed forward.
Then he launched curse magic at the bull.
Be Paralyzed!
”
Be Paralyzed!
”
Be Paralyzed!
Dark mana took shape like a wave and flew toward the bull.
However, the bull sensed the threat first and dodged the curse.
“Wardanaz! Why do we have to stop that thing?”
“That’s what honor is! Wardanaz. I’m coming to help!”
His Blue Dragon Tower friends, misunderstanding Lee Han’s intention, rushed in with their staffs raised.
Flame of Authority…
”
Flame of Authority…
”
Flame of Authority…
When Gainando tried to cast a flame creation spell, Lee Han was horrified and struck his mouth.
Smack!
“?!?”
“Fire is absolutely forbidden in a place with plants!”
Be Paralyzed!
“Ugh…
Be Paralyzed!
”
Be Paralyzed!
Be Paralyzed!!
”
Be Paralyzed!!
”
Be Paralyzed!!
His friends launched the paralysis curse they had learned in class. If they carelessly summoned the wrong element, they could burn down the entire area.
Unlike dodging Lee Han’s curse, the bull didn’t even bother avoiding the students’ curses. Even though several curses hit, the bull didn’t care at all.
“Ah, what on earth did Professor Thunderstep feed it!!”
The students screamed. The bull was tougher than they had thought.
“Go and interfere with it!”
Lee Han sent the bone summon and began summoning a water orb.
The bull didn’t care at all whether the other students waved their staffs or not, but it looked at Lee Han warily.
‘I shouldn’t have rashly cast a curse!’
It wasn’t easy to hit a monster with sharp instincts with curse magic.
Things had gotten complicated because he had unnecessarily cast a curse and made it wary.
Lee Han began firing water orbs in succession. The bull dodged accurately, but Lee Han didn’t panic.
‘First, I’ll draw it away from among the plants.’
He had been pouring attacks to separate the bull from the plants in the first place.
“Everyone, take these weakening potions!”
Priest Siana took out potion flasks and handed them out. The students who received them hurriedly threw them.
With the sound of breaking, the bull that was hit by the potions staggered. Realizing that its magic resistance had weakened, Yoner shouted.
“Everyone, cast curses once more!”
Be paralyzed, be paralyzed!
”
Be paralyzed, be paralyzed!
”
Be paralyzed, be paralyzed!
Be paralyzed!
”
Be paralyzed!
”
Be paralyzed!
The bull shook its head as if annoyed. Due to being weakened, it could feel the curses penetrating into its skin.
Lee Han made water orbs explode around the bull in irregular trajectories. The bull flinched and its movement stopped.
And Lee Han’s curse burst forth.
‘Faster!’
Be paralyzed!
”
Be paralyzed!
”
Be paralyzed!
The determination to cast faster than before made Lee Han’s incantation even quicker.
As a result, the curse shot out before Lee Han had even finished reciting the incantation. The situation was so urgent that even Lee Han himself didn’t notice.
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
The bull couldn’t withstand Lee Han’s curse as well and collapsed to its knees.
The students simultaneously let out long breaths without anyone going first.
“What on earth is going on here?”
“!!!”
A tall, slender willow tree was walking toward them from among the plants.
Lee Han immediately answered.
“We were protecting Professor Thunderstep’s plants.”
“…That’s right! A strange bull was eating the plants…!”
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
How to Live as a Mage in Magic School
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
Publication Date: August 15, 2021
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