Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 842

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Chapter 842

Professor Garcia felt a slight regret, wondering if she had spoken too coldly.

“I’m sorry, Lee Han. I got angry for no reason.”

‘Hmm. She’s not apologizing to Professor Verdus though.’

Lee Han thought to himself.

Professor Garcia apologized for speaking curtly to Lee Han just now, but she absolutely didn’t apologize for assigning work to Professor Verdus.

And Lee Han actually agreed with that.

‘She’s right. There’s no reason to apologize.’

Feeling sorry here was something only Einroguard new students would do.

If you were a professional Einroguard student or professor, you would never apologize.

Even if they hadn’t assigned him work, Professor Verdus would have found some other excuse to postpone it anyway.

“But can I really do this?”

“What kind of nonsense… I mean, what are you saying, Professor?”

When Professor Verdus spoke up, Professor Garcia started to get annoyed but held back.

There was a disciple listening nearby, wasn’t there?

“It seemed like Yukveltire wanted to do this.”

Professor Verdus usually wanted to do interesting things himself regardless of whether his disciple was interested in the topic or not, but there were a few exceptions.

One of them was when an angry Professor Garcia was standing in front of him.

If he later found out that this staff creation was actually a topic his disciple had wanted to work on…

Then it wouldn’t just be his collarbone but all the bones in his body that might get crushed.

Professor Garcia’s physical strength awakened the common sense that had been sleeping within Professor Verdus.

“Didn’t I tell you to stop with the nonsense?”

But Professor Verdus’s sincerity didn’t get through. At the sound from his shoulder, Professor Verdus screamed.

“It’s not, not nonsense!”

“What do you mean Yukveltire wants to do it. You don’t even know what your disciple wants to do, Professor.”

“That’s true, but this time Yukveltire really wanted to… Agh! Ahhh!”

“Enough. Enough. Don’t try to dump this on Yukveltire.”

Professor Verdus, subdued by physical force, shut his mouth.

Since he hadn’t brought it up because he wanted to dump it on his disciple in the first place, but because he was worried about getting thoroughly beaten by Professor Garcia later, he had no intention of bringing it up again.

‘I definitely said it. It’s not my fault.’

“Then shall we start?”

“Yes.”

“Could you please remove your hand from my shoulder?”

“No.”

“Okay…”

Professor Verdus began working with a drooping posture that evoked sympathy.

Fortunately, Lee Han and Professor Garcia weren’t swayed in the slightest.

* * *

“Your skills are impressive, Professor.”

Despite everything, Lee Han couldn’t help but admire.

Special metals that absorbed mana like obsidian were quite difficult to refine or process. It was natural since even blacksmiths who didn’t use magic still used magical tools.

But despite such adverse conditions, Professor Verdus was processing the obsidian like lightning, shaping it.

‘Of course, it might be because Professor Garcia has her hand on his shoulder, but even considering that, it’s genuinely impressive.’

Whoosh-!

Professor Verdus took out a necklace with a small glass cube hanging from it and blew on it. Flames flickered inside the glass cube.

‘A miniature world!’

Lee Han was surprised, wondering if the enchantment magic on that necklace was actually miniature world magic.

He might have misjudged, but he could feel such powerful force from it.

The flames inside the glass cube rode the outside wind and escaped, then wrapped around the obsidian like licking it.

If it were flames mixed with mana, they should have died out instantly, but instead the flames blocked the obsidian’s properties and softened the ore.

‘To refine by changing reality itself like that, it would be difficult without a miniature world.’

“Professor Verdus is indeed a skilled craftsman.”

Professor Garcia nodded as if agreeing.

The miniature world magic Professor Verdus was using now, the flames of Magnum Opus, could melt and burn all kinds of rare and special materials.

There were probably only a handful of mages in the Empire who carried around such a creation-specialized miniature world stored in the form of enchantment magic.

“Mmph!”

Professor Verdus grabbed the heated obsidian with his hands and shaped it.

The second method for refining mana-absorbing metal was simply to endure it.

Keep casting magic and endure with strength as mana gets absorbed!

Still finding it somewhat difficult, Professor Verdus glanced back. Lee Han, who met his eyes, was puzzled.

“What should I help you with?”

“Yeah! …Agh! Ahhh!”

“Turn your head back forward, Professor.”

Professor Garcia cut off the conversation with force before even speaking.

Lee Han, still not understanding the situation, asked a question.

“What’s wrong?”

“Lee Han. Professor Verdus looked at you to borrow your mana. Just ignore him.”

“Ah.”

If he had a disciple with infinite mana, he could have them do this kind of work instead of continuously recovering with artifacts and potions himself.

Lee Han finally understood and called out to Professor Verdus.

“Professor.”

“?”

“Keep it up.”

“…”

Professor Verdus pouted and continued with his work.

The third method for refining mana-absorbing metal.

Whirrrr-

A magical device connected to a massive forging hammer appeared.

In ancient times, to forge metal, craftsmen had to directly cast magic on hammers and control them to pound away.

However, modern Empire craftsmen didn’t use such primitive methods. They could use massive magical forge equipment with built-in magical gears and mechanisms, so there was no need to cast magic individually.

Just by pulling a rope, it would emit steam from mana combustion and the hammer would automatically pound the metal.

“Won’t the mana get absorbed because of the obsidian?”

“That’s why it was modified. Look, Lee Han.”

Professor Garcia pointed upward.

The magic’s role was only to amplify the massive hammer’s mass and lift it up to the ceiling.

The moment it dropped from there, even if the mana disappeared due to the obsidian, the force would remain intact.

‘Ah.’

Lee Han admired this differently than before.

Using miniature world magic or just accounting for mana absorption were sufficiently impressive methods, but this was admirable for catching one off guard with thinking.

‘I should have thought of this before hearing it. Have I been relying too much on magic lately?’

“I’ve reflected on this, Professor Garcia. I learned from enrollment that I shouldn’t rely too much on magic, yet I couldn’t think of such a method.”

“You’re being too strict on yourself, Lee Han. Rather, reflecting like this is impressive. It’s not easy for mages to forget magic.”

“Haha. That’s true too.”

Lee Han and Professor Garcia chatted cheerfully.

Meanwhile, Professor Verdus, who had been working while sweating profusely, turned his head while panting.

“Can’t we rest a little?”

“No. Rest after you finish.”

“Hing…”

‘He’s really so cool.’

Lee Han once again sent the hottest gaze of respect of the year.

He wanted to become a mage like that!

* * *

“Hmm.”

Lee Han examined the completed staff as he walked.

Originally he would have liked to leisurely test the staff for several days, taming and checking it gradually, but Einroguard’s tight schedule (especially in Lee Han’s case) wouldn’t allow that.

-Huff, huff huff. I finished it all. Save me.

-Are you sure you really finished everything? If you left anything out because you were lazy, the professor’s bones will be pulled out too.

-I don’t do that with works I’m interested in making! There are no flaws whatsoever!

-You shouldn’t have flaws in works you’re not interested in either… Fine. Just tell me the precautions.

-Like any powerful new staff, it’ll take some time to get used to. Short as a few days, long as a few months. This will be even more so because both materials are so strong and unique. You’ll have to test various things.

‘The wood spirit’s authorities were 【Authority of Recovery】, 【Authority of Life】, 【Authority of Stubbornness】, right? Since that guy called Tujeonsseungmogwang awakened, there must be more now. It would be nice if I could use 【Authority of Grafting】 too.’

Just because Lee Han was attending lectures from all schools didn’t mean he was learning all magic equally.

Among elemental magic, there were relatively unused types of magic, such as earth or wood elements.

In that regard, Gwangmok King’s branch was definitely useful. Even without Lee Han investing separate time, he would have an advantage when using wood element or earth element magic.

‘Since the two elements have quite an intimate relationship, they influence each other. The problem is…’

The time Professor Verdus mentioned it would take for the staff to become familiar.

Unlike the basic staff Einroguard provided to new students, since it was made with such strong materials, there was bound to be trial and error.

How troublesome would it be if he tried to summon a wooden wall in front and accidentally trapped himself in a wooden coffin?

‘…I should practice a few things.’

Lee Han turned his gaze from Gwangmok King’s branch to look at the black amethyst.

This ore, softly emitting a mixed radiance of black and purple, maintained one axis of the staff in a mysterious form.

Initially it was a material chosen to control Gwangmok King’s branch, but since this material wasn’t ordinary ore either, it would surely have an influence.

“Water.”

Along with the incantation, a familiar mass of water appeared.

‘It did get faster. The magic became stronger too.’

Lee Han tried to control the water mass but accidentally focused his mind on the black amethyst part of the staff.

Then immediately the water mass scattered into the air.

‘Control became more difficult but… not to a degree I can’t handle.’

Another student would have groaned, but Lee Han had suffered too much until now to be troubled by something like this at this point.

When he entered the 【Poison, Bone, Blood】 lecture hall, Diret, who was sitting and reading a 【Monthly Dark Magic Trends】 magazine, waved his hand welcomingly.

“You came. Junior?”

“Hello. Senior Diret.”

Lee Han bowed his head in greeting and discovered various dark magic reagents positioned at the front of the lecture hall.

【Large Monster’s Bone】-Skeleton Golem

【Shriveled Toad Skin】-Demon Toad

【Soul Fragment of Chiyeon Agwi】-Chiyeon Agwi

…

…

Like the clever junior he was, Lee Han figured out the intention behind the reagents Diret had prepared.

“Is this perhaps undead enhancement?”

“That’s right.”

Diret smiled contentedly.

It was worth the effort he put into preparing and bringing them.

Whether using ancient orthodox dark magic or current Empire dark magic, there was no dark mage who disliked strengthening and evolving the undead they commanded.

Just as an excellent ball game club player raises their mount from when it’s young, dark mages also strengthen their undead summons by adding various things.

‘Is this a quiz? I should work hard.’

Lee Han examined the reagents with a careful expression.

Currently, the skeleton warriors Lee Han commanded were being strengthened by adding dark elements or blood elements.

Both were rare and powerful methods, but it was still difficult to escape the limitations of being skeleton warriors.

It might be time to learn how to find and create new undead.

‘Skeleton Golem… Hmm. It has similarities to skeleton warriors, but I’m not sure if I can do well summoning such a medium-sized or larger summon for the first time. Is the demon toad the one Senior Diret summoned when kidnapping the duke last time? It’s not bad, but I’m not sure if I have the skill to implement even the muscles. Ugh. If I choose something easy, Senior Diret will give me a low score, right?’

‘Hehe. He likes it. He likes it.’

Diret was pleased seeing his junior carefully contemplating.

Since there had been various incidents recently and there would be a quiz this week too, he had prepared this to let him rest a bit, and it seemed to work well.

Who knew he would like it this much!

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