Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 848

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Chapter 848

“I agree too. Some members of the Teleportation Club claim that everything in the world belongs to them, but…”

“…”

“…whether you agree with that or not, I think at least this item rightfully belongs to us Einroguard students.”

“You’re absolutely right, senior!”

Lee Han clapped his hands flatteringly at Sevius’s words.

Honestly, even if they had no rights to it, he would have suggested stealing it anyway if it was an improved spatial expansion backpack.

It was that necessary of an item.

“Shh. From here on, we need to be quiet.”

Sevius cautiously stopped walking. Then he asked Lee Han.

“Have you ever been to the 5th floor?”

“No, I haven’t.”

“I figured as much. There’s rarely any reason to go to the 4th floor either.”

When Einroguard 1st year students wandered around the main building, it was usually just the 2nd floor, occasionally the 3rd floor at most.

Once they became 2nd years, they could directly enter the 7th floor village where the upperclassmen gathered, so surprisingly, the 4th-6th floors became places you rarely visited unless there was something special.

‘But I went to the 4th floor a lot…’

Lee Han wanted to say he had frequently visited the 4th floor since his 1st year, but he held back.

He didn’t want his senior to think of him as a strange underclassman.

“The 5th floor isn’t much different from the 4th floor. Strange lecture halls, strange traps.”

“And the principal’s strange minions too.”

Sevius pretended not to hear and ignored it again. Lee Han felt disappointed.

“But if there’s one difference, it’s that there are guest accommodations. Anyone who doesn’t have connections with specific people usually stays there.”

Guests with connections to specific schools at Einroguard, like the Kalarograd students, could stay in those schools’ magic towers, but sometimes there were guests who had no connections with any of the school’s faculty or staff.

“The Baldroguard guys don’t like staying in places like magic towers regardless of connections.”

“Why is that? Because they dislike magic?”

“No. Because if they stay in places easily accessible to Einroguard students, they get attacked frequently.”

“…”

Lee Han felt slightly sorry as a fellow Einroguard student.

“Anyway, the 5th floor accommodations are quite a safe place. In the first place, if you’re not a guest, you can’t even see it.”

According to Sevius’s explanation, the 【Visitor Accommodations】 located on the 5th floor was like a small village.

A small village that only people with guest qualifications could reach.

Naturally, students who weren’t guests could wander around the 5th floor all they wanted but would never be able to reach that village.

“Now. How do you think we should approach such a place?”

At his senior’s question, Lee Han answered confidently.

As both a junior from the same school and the same club, he needed to show his competence at times like this.

“We kidnap a guest. If we put that guest in front, the path should appear.”

“…That would be a useful method too. Though what I was talking about was a way to approach from another floor.”

If there was something even the Skeleton Principal couldn’t touch, it was the chaos possessed by the Einroguard main building.

With so many spells accumulated over such a long time, each operating by different rules, it was completely unpredictable.

Clever Einroguard students knew how to skillfully exploit this chaos.

“When space overlaps from one floor to another and a path opens, the surrounding magic naturally weakens. When breaking through places with strong security, you need to approach from another floor.”

“I see. Thank you.”

Lee Han regretted it.

Instead of kidnapping a guest, if he had said ‘We exploit the weakening of nearby magic when spatial overlap phenomena occur between floors,’ how admirable would he have looked?

‘Ugh. I should have thought more before speaking.’

Sevius pulled out a map from his pocket.

Every Einroguard student had their own personal map. Without making a map, it was far too easy to get lost.

However, Sevius’s map was unusual. Instead of terrain, it was densely filled with times.

“Are those the overlapping times?”

Sevius nodded.

While Sevius was picky about choosing mages to work with on teleportation tasks, he couldn’t deny that this junior was an excellent partner.

Excluding only the disadvantage of being a 2nd year, it was hard to find such competent talent.

…He was so competent it was scary!

“Originally, a path would open near the pig tower statue over there in 30 minutes.”

“Then why did you come this way?”

“There’s a toxic swamp nearby, making it hard to enter. The chances of the path not opening have also increased.”

“…”

Lee Han changed the subject.

“What about here then? This ceiling says it opens in 47 minutes.”

“Someone destroyed the corridor here, so we can’t use it for a while.”

Sevius muttered a low curse with displeasure.

Some stupidly crazy bastard had smashed the 6th floor corridor, blocking another convenient path.

“…”

Lee Han quietly remained silent.

‘Could bad luck be gathering because of Gainando and Adenart?’

He had a strangely unlucky feeling…

“So we have to enter through here, which opens in an hour. Before we go in, let me explain a few spells.”

Sevius thought this was perfect timing and began his explanation.

Since his junior was also taking the 【Advanced Illusion Magic and Spirit Theory】 lecture, it would be good to explain the spells learned there.

“First, 【Ogonin’s Bewilderment】. It’s a 3rd circle spell. It’s cast on opponents and weakens their resistance, making them see illusions favorable to the caster.”

“Ogonin’s… Bewilderment…”

Lee Han listened while taking diligent notes.

While excellent illusion mages could literally control their opponents, originally controlling intelligent life forms was truly difficult work.

Since you had to completely read their thoughts and guide them precisely, it normally required tremendous effort.

Rather, it was more efficient to generally weaken the opponent’s resistance like this and let them imagine things on their own.

“Next is 【Ogonin’s Misperception】. Also a 3rd circle spell. This one is cast on the mage themselves. It disguises your appearance to match the surrounding terrain.”

If you cast 【Ogonin’s Misperception】 on yourself in the Einroguard corridors at midnight, you would likely appear as a professor to others.

【Ogonin’s Misperception】 was a spell that disguised you as the most natural-looking form for that situation.

“These two spells are usually used together. Either one alone has many shortcomings.”

“They’re both spells that approach the soul, right?”

“…Yes. That’s correct.”

When Lee Han hit the core point, Sevius was inwardly amazed.

As could be understood from the fact that these were spells taught in this semester’s lectures, these two spells were developed to approach the soul, separate from their actual effects.

The great illusion mage Ogonin had developed efficient and excellent spells so that his students could easily follow along.

The spells themselves performed well, and learning them also increased one’s ability to approach the soul.

Sevius couldn’t help but admire Ogonin’s spells every time he saw them.

“One approaches the enemy’s soul to disturb its surface, while the other shakes one’s own soul’s surface to create waves… But aren’t there any spells created by mages other than Master Ogonin?”

Lee Han asked the question out of pure curiosity.

Then Sevius answered curtly.

“Are you saying you’re dissatisfied with Master Ogonin’s spells right now?”

“Oh, no. I was just curious.”

“…Sorry. I acted unbecoming of a senior. Sometimes there are juniors who dismiss Master Ogonin’s spells as boring.”

Sevius didn’t particularly like juniors who neglected Ogonin’s spells and tried to learn other spells first.

That was foolish behavior, caught up in superficial pretensions.

“I respect Master Ogonin too! I respect him tremendously!”

Lee Han quickly shouted, afraid his true feelings might be discovered. Sevius seemed quite satisfied, though he didn’t show it openly.

“Lastly, there’s 【Ogonin’s Detection】. If you’ve learned 【Ogonin’s Emotion Recognition】, it should be easy to understand…”

“I have learned it.”

“…R-right. Anyway, this is a spell that detects waves emitted by nearby souls to catch hostility.”

To explain it simply, separate from the principle, it was magic that could detect approaching enemies in advance.

All three were certainly efficient and convenient. Especially for members of the position movement club.

‘I definitely seem to have had too much prejudice against Ogonin.’

Lee Han reflected once again.

He had felt this before, but it seemed he had been too prejudiced due to his first meeting with Ogonin.

Perhaps it was because he had met Baldoron, such an excellent illusion mage.

When you’re next to the Skeleton Principal, even Alsicle from the Penguerin family would feel like a novice mage.

“These three spells are originally what you should learn during this semester. You passed the lecture because you learned soul recognition through a different method, but it wouldn’t hurt to master them later. Today I’ll cast them for you instead.”

“Oh.”

While Sevius was explaining 【Ogonin’s Detection】, Lee Han, who had mastered 【Ogonin’s Bewilderment】 and 【Ogonin’s Distortion】, hesitated.

Wasn’t he supposed to learn it now?

“…Just go ahead and learn the detection too.”

“Yes… But Senior. Shouldn’t you have told me this first…”

“Be quiet.”

‘That’s too much just because you’re a senior.’

Lee Han grumbled inwardly.

* * *

Zandani from the Alzadrak family, a fourth-year student at Baldrogard, spoke with a dejected expression.

“I knew Einroguard’s mages were amazing, but to think they could use such magic.”

The Baldrogard students who witnessed the ancient magic Black Imperial Crown received quite a shock after returning.

Especially Zandani, who prided himself on studying magic seriously (in his own way), was even more shocked.

How could that Einroguard student use such magic?

“…Don’t be too discouraged. Even by Einroguard students’ standards, that magic isn’t ordinary. It must have been a very exceptional situation.”

Galar, the mage hired by the Baldrogard students, comforted Zandani.

Though it wasn’t behavior that matched Galar’s usual personality, his words just now were sincere.

Magic like the Black Imperial Crown couldn’t be used carelessly even by Einroguard students.

He must have used some exceptional method like an ancient artifact.

“Aren’t you deceiving me? That Wardanaz family boy clearly cast it calmly.”

“…By sixth year, you can at least maintain a calm expression. You can’t distinguish by outward appearance.”

Galar felt somewhat confused even as he spoke.

Honestly, he wanted to ask how it was cast.

‘If an ancient artifact was used, why didn’t I notice?’

With Galar’s words and other students’ encouragement, Zandani finally regained his spirits.

Well, if it’s a sixth-year Einroguard student, it might be somehow understandable…

“Won’t the time we can stay at Einroguard end soon? Is it okay to keep staying like this?”

“It’s fine. We finished all the sightseeing on the first day. We should spend the remaining time relaxing leisurely before returning.”

“…”

‘Are these bastards really mages?’

Galar was inwardly dumbfounded.

When mages visit other mages’ territories, they should try to squeeze out and take every last drop.

Without such curiosity, they’re not mages.

Of course, expecting such desperation from Baldro brats was a luxury, but this was too lazy…

Clink-

Regardless, the Baldrogard students leisurely rested in their lodgings, sipping wine taken from expensive leather bags. One played music while the other two cultured themselves playing mage cards.

Despite being paid to work, Galar wanted to hit them.

“…That backpack. I’ve noticed since before, but it’s quite unusual. It doesn’t seem like a ready-made product.”

“You have good eyes indeed! That’s right. It’s a gift my senior’s senior received from an Einroguard mage. It’s proof of friendship.”

“…??”

Could dragons and mice really get along?

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