Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 893

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Chapter 893

‘This is why fake information is dangerous.’

Lee Han resolved that he would think twice before spreading false rumors in the future.

“If that’s true, they really are wicked and disgusting intruders!”

“I-Is that so? But junior. Just because they stole the Principal’s treasure doesn’t necessarily make them more evil…”

Catten was confused why his usually cool-headed junior class representative was getting so angry.

Jowrin quietly explained from the side instead.

Lee Han was like that because he was Gonadaltes’ disciple.

“I see…”

To Catten, the Skeleton Principal was just an unfamiliar Archmage with a strange personality, but if he was a direct disciple, it made sense that he would be angry about such theft.

“Junior seems cold but is actually quite sentimental.”

Jowrin thought so too…

“What are you doing back there? Hurry up and come!”

Lee Han got angry when Catten and Jowrin weren’t moving and were whispering behind him.

* * *

Mages were fundamentally weak beings.

Of course, the power of magic they used was strong and destructive, but the mages themselves were ultimately fragile mortals with many weaknesses.

That’s why experienced adventurers didn’t fear mages that much. There was even a saying among adventurers:

-Rookie adventurers tremble just hearing rumors of a mage, but experienced adventurers prepare calmly.

There were various ways to deal with them.

Interfering with spellcasting, ambushing before casting, creating confusion to break concentration, making the surrounding mana turbulent…

The 【Kangle’s Shadow】 adventurers who had infiltrated Einrogard were naturally veterans at dealing with mages.

Moreover, since they were infiltrating Einrogard, they had come prepared with much more additional preparation.

But there was one thing these adventurers had never experienced before.

That was dozens of mages tracking them relentlessly by any means necessary.

-Stay calm. There are many of them, but they’re rookies who’ve never experienced real combat. We can easily fool…

-There’s an intruder over there! There’s an intruder over there!

-Damn it! My artifact found them first! My artifact found them first! Hormashi! Can’t you hear me!

-I can’t hear you! My dog found them first! Kill them!

-…

The confidence they had tried so hard to maintain disappeared within minutes.

Einrogard’s students really began tracking down the adventurers in an instant.

-Grrrrrowl!

“Isn’t that a Cerberus?! Why is the school raising that?! It should be banned by Imperial law!”

“This isn’t the time to worry about that. Swordsman! Run this way! Tear the fog scroll so they can’t follow us!”

“The scroll won’t activate!”

-The Cooking Club blocked the scroll! Everyone saw it, right?! It’s our achievement!

-What are you showing off for! Don’t even think about claiming the reward with that!

“These arrogant little brats! They keep pushing their luck because we’re going easy on them!”

Being chased only by young students like this, eventually one of the adventurers exploded. Since they had gathered only evil ones, their patience wasn’t very deep.

The swordsman drew the sword strapped to his back and chanted a spell.

“Drink blood and tear apart enemies!”

As the sharp blade grazed the swordsman’s finger, drops of blood formed. When the blood was absorbed, the sword trembled menacingly and emitted a faint red glow.

“Ha!”

With a shout, the swordsman swung his sword. The light beam from an artifact flying from afar was completely extinguished.

This sword was also a powerful artifact that could erase low-level magic.

The swordsman held his breath and erased his presence. Hiding in the bushes, he stabbed his sword straight into the unlucky student running in front.

Thunk!

From the sensation at his fingertips, the swordsman was certain of success.

“You mage bastards, do you see! Keep following me. I’ll turn you all into this…”

“I caught him! I caught him!”

“?!”

The student who should have definitely died was giggling and grabbing the swordsman’s wrist.

Then he cheered to his other friends that he had caught him. The creepy sight sent chills down the swordsman’s spine.

“What kind of crazy…?”

The swordsman hastily pulled out his sword. Other mages were already approaching. There was no time to waste.

Swish!

With a spell, the tree branches near the swordsman turned into blades and aimed for the intruder’s neck.

At the same time, the stones on the ground also transformed into sharp projectiles and flew up. The swordsman swung his sword to erase the magic.

However, the magic wasn’t erased like before. When he looked with wide eyes, the light the sword had been emitting had also disappeared.

“That’s impossible… Gah!”

“Got you, bastard! Hand over the treasure!”

“Hey! I caught him completely! I sealed that sword!”

“Even if you hadn’t sealed it, I could have caught this guy who was showing off relying on such an artifact!”

With the swordsman completely subdued, the students argued over who would take the treasure.

The student who still had a large hole in his body grumbled.

“I went through the trouble of casting transformation on blood to seal the sword…”

“Hmph. If it were me, I would have caught him right away without getting stabbed. What’s the point of bragging when you couldn’t even catch him first.”

“Hey. This guy was hiding so well! How could you find him while casting transformation magic!”

“Everyone. Stop fighting and let’s just find the treasure.”

The swordsman glared at the students with bloodshot eyes, but to the Einrogard students, the swordsman was already a subject of no interest.

The Einrogard upperclassmen had experienced far too many dangers to be frightened by such an adventurer.

“There’s no… treasure!?”

Damn it! We caught the wrong one! I thought it was strange that he came out separately to draw attention!”

“Wait a minute. Friends. This intruder seems to want to say something?”

When the bound swordsman moved his mouth, the students expectantly released the paralysis for a moment.

“Are you trying to tell us where you hid the treasure? If you tell us, we’ll give you a little leniency…”

-I’ll kill you all! You rookie mage bastards!

“…Ah seriously. Why did we have to catch this kind of guy.”

“Tie him up again, tie him up. Let’s send him to the Death Knights.”

“It’s a waste, can’t we use him for magic experiments?”

“Don’t say things that’ll cause trouble. The Skeleton Principal will go crazy.”

“Why is it okay to do magic experiments on the students themselves but not on outside intruders?”

“I think the Principal wants to monopolize the fun for himself.”

-…

The swordsman learned for the first time that calm conversation could be more terrifying than rough threats.

He had often heard that Einrogard’s mages were on a different level from mages elsewhere, but he never thought it would be to this extent.

They were far too different from the kind of mages he had always thought of.

* * *

“No way. This many were caught??”

Lee Han, who arrived late, was shocked to see the upperclassmen taking a light rest after hanging the intruders at the bottom of the mountain range.

Far more intruders had been caught than he had expected.

‘Did Antagondals perhaps get scammed?’

He had thought the adventurers that Antagondals had trusted and commissioned would be impressive, but so many had already been caught.

“Ah. Maybe these captured ones are just a small fraction and there are many more intruders remaining…”

“Huh? No. I tortured… I mean, interrogated them, and we caught almost all of them. Only a few are left.”

“…”

Lee Han began to wonder whether his upperclassmen were amazing or if these adventurers here were just mediocre.

The 【Kangle’s Shadow】 party was literally dismantled. Most of their members were caught in an instant after being discovered once, so calling it ‘dismantled’ was putting it nicely.

All the preparations they had brought in were meaningless. Even if they blocked attacks once or twice, the students relentlessly continued pushing with sheer numbers.

If they blocked divination magic tracking with scrolls, they’d be tracked by magical creatures; if they evaded magical creature tracking with floral scents, they’d be tracked by detection artifacts…

This result came from being discovered just once. From the intruders’ perspective, it was truly an unfair situation.

“Hmm. They might really be insignificant adventurers after all. Maybe Antagondals got scammed…”

Hmm. That might be so.

Jowrin expressed agreement with Lee Han’s speculation from beside him.

Since Antagondals was a mage criminal, there would have been limits to the adventurers he could hire.

Besides, who would want to enter Einroguard?

So he had no choice but to forcibly hire even those with poor skills like this…

Lee Han and Jowrin engaged in an insulting conversation that would have made the 【Kangle’s Shadow】 adventurers shed tears of blood if they had heard it.

“By any chance, have you seen Professor Ingoldel?”

“Professor Ingoldel? He went inside earlier saying he’d catch the intruders.”

“As expected, professors are different. We’ve half given up by now, but he’s going to catch them to the end.”

The upperclassmen admired Professor Ingoldel’s persistence.

The students gathered here had half given up on the Skeleton Principal’s treasure despite catching so many, yet it still hadn’t appeared.

However, Professor Ingoldel continued tracking without caring. It was a choice only possible with the greed to obtain the treasure at all costs.

Was this the difference between students and professors?

“…No. Is he really doing this because of treasure? Why on earth? If it’s the Principal’s treasure, shouldn’t the Principal step forward?”

“I think exactly the same! Isn’t it cheating for a professor to jump into the competition?”

At the admirable junior’s point, all the students expressed agreement.

Honestly, someone at the professor level shouldn’t covet the Skeleton Principal’s treasure. He should yield for the students’ sake.

‘Should I just give up?’

Lee Han pondered slightly.

Looking at the number of intruders the upperclassmen had caught now, even if Professor Ingoldel captured all the remaining intruders, there wouldn’t be that many.

Then even if those intruders appeared as exam questions during midterms, it wouldn’t be that difficult…

‘What crazy thoughts am I having. Even one person is dangerous enough.’

Fighting adventurers who had experienced all sorts of hardships from outside wasn’t something to feel relieved about just because their numbers decreased. It was right to block them unconditionally.

“I didn’t know Professor Ingoldel was this greedy.”

“It might be because of the exam.”

“That’s even more terrifying.”

At Professor Boladi’s words, Lee Han was horrified.

If he was doing this not out of greed for treasure but purely out of desire to use intruders during midterm exams, that was even scarier.

-Found an intruder!

“!!”

A shout came from far away to Lee Han’s ears as he pondered.

Then the upperclassmen simultaneously began engaging in a free-for-all.

“Shadows, blind the enemy’s eyes!”

“Earth! Bind them!”

“Fog, confuse the direction…”

Why, why are they doing that?!

Jowrin momentarily wondered if the students had been hit by some magic. Catten kindly explained.

“They’re trying to check others and go first, Your Majesty.”

…

Jowrin, who had been looking at them pathetically, looked at Lee Han and asked.

But Lee Han, if you’re looking for Professor Ingoldel, shouldn’t you go that way?

“Ah… I was considering giving up since it seems too late.”

Lee Han was gradually thinking of giving up and facing the intruders during midterm exams.

With the upperclassmen’s fight being so fierce, how difficult would it be to stop Professor Ingoldel?

…Lee Han! You mustn’t give up! Lee Han must definitely get Gonadaltes’s treasure first!

‘That’s a false rumor.’

Lee Han wanted to prevent Professor Ingoldel from capturing intruders, not to obtain treasure.

However, Jowrin didn’t care and spread her wings wide, then forcibly carried Lee Han.

Let’s go! Jowrin will take you there!

At the sight of the dragon soaring into the air, the upperclassmen who had been fighting each other looked up at the sky in surprise.

Flying on a dragon?!

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